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Nasdaq - Tue Dec 8, 1:32 am ET
DUBAI (AFP)--A spokesman for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed the kidnappings of one Frenchman and three Spaniards, seized late last month in Mali and Mauritania, in a sound tape released Tuesday by Al-Jazeera television.
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Online Journal - Tue Dec 8, 1:10 am ET
At long last we find ourselves not needing to give President Barack Obama any more rope with which to hang himself.
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The Battalion - Tue Dec 8, 1:09 am ET
Last Tuesday, President Barack Obama addressed the country from the United States Military Academy at West Point on the issue of Afghanistan and his plans to begin resolving the situation there.
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Online Journal - Tue Dec 8, 1:09 am ET
The 800-pound gorilla standing in the auditorium at West Point is still waiting for an answer to why Obama made his surge-speech for 30,000 more troops and $30 billion to pay for them. That gorilla wonders “why” Obama pitched so hard for the US to stay and surge through Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 7, 11:58 pm ET
If ever there was a war where the lines between good and evil and right and wrong were clearly defined, it was World War II. Is Afghanistan the new face of American war?
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 10:16 pm ET
Islamabad - If Osama bin Laden is still alive, he must be laughing over US officials' confusion about his location and the way media reports have speculated on his possible whereabouts over the years. Since the United States lost the world's most-wan...
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The Yahoo! Newsroom via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 9:20 pm ET
A lot of news happens in a decade, and as we prepare to close this one, there will be plenty of lists about the top stories from the last 10 years. This is not one of those lists. These are the stories you told us you were interested in … by searching for them. From the gravely serious to the supremely silly, we present a decade of news you couldn't get enough of.
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The Louisville Cardinal - Mon Dec 7, 8:28 pm ET
By: Michael Kennedy A brief look at the past decade....
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The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 7, 6:29 pm ET
They key to Afghan withdrawal lies in Pakistan and Obama needs to tread carefully on this path.
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The Marshall Democrat-News - Mon Dec 7, 5:06 pm ET
On page 2: Tips from Missouri Department of Transportation about driving in winter weather. On page 3: Advice from Annie's Mailbox and the calendar of events. News from the Arrow Rock NSDAR.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 2:46 pm ET
Washington - US President Barack Obama Monday praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's overtures to Turkey's minority Kurdish community after the two leaders met at the White House. The more the Kurdish population feels included in the n...
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WashingtonTV - Mon Dec 7, 2:07 pm ET
Washington, 7 December (WashingtonTV)—US National Security Advisor James Jones said on Sunday that Washington would launch a new effort to track down al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 1:45 pm ET
Bombers struck in two Pakistani cities on Monday killing 43 people and wounding more than 100 as the Supreme Court began a hearing that could deepen political tension in the nuclear-armed country.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Mon Dec 7, 12:46 pm ET
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of ...
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Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Mon Dec 7, 12:38 pm ET
There are so many things wrong with Obama’s “New and Improved” Afghanistan War that it’s hard to know where to begin, but I guess the place to start is with his premise.