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Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
BERLIN (AP) — Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of...
Tags: G8, Russia, Germany, Government, Vladimir Putin
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Afghan government exits security talks with U.S.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Underscoring Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s reputation in Washington as a mercurial U.S. ally, the Karzai administration suspended security talks with the United States on Wednesday, apparently without warning, a day before U....
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Doha (Qatar), Government, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Coroner has not determined if crash victim is Michael Hastings
The Los Angeles county coroner's office had yet to determine Tuesday night whether a body recovered from a fiery car crash was that of award-winning journalist Michael Hastings. The body was badly charred and identified only as "John Doe 117," law...
Tags: White House, Transportation Accidents, Los Angeles Police Department, Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Obama calls U.S.-Taliban talks agreement 'important first step'
KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, the U.S. and the Taliban have met almost exclusively on the battlefield of America's longest war. In coming days, both sides said, they will sit down at a negotiating table to discuss ending the bloodshed...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, U.S. Army, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Barack Obama, Peace Negotiations
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Michael Hastings was working in L.A. when he died in car crash
Journalist Michael Hastings was living in Los Angeles and reporting on national security issues and the entertainment industry when he died early Tuesday in a car crash in the city, according to his employer. Hastings, a hard-charging reporter whose...Tags: White House, Transportation Accidents, Los Angeles Police Department, Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Obama welcomes Taliban assent to Afghanistan talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Calling for an “Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process,” President Obama expressed cautious optimism about the Taliban’s surprise agreement to negotiate directly with U.S. officials toward ending America&...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, U.S. Military, G8, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Mohammed Omar
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Russian lawmakers pass ban on adoption tied to gay foreign couples
MOSCOW -- The lower house of Russia's parliament gave initial approval Tuesday to ban the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-sex married couples or by single persons from countries where same-sex marriages are allowed. Some lawmakers said the...
Tags: Justice System, Laws, Russia, Parliament, Vladimir Putin
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U.S. says Taliban agrees to Afghanistan peace talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday that the Taliban has agreed to participate in peace talks based in Qatar, a key step forward in the effort to jump-start a political resolution of the war in Afghanistan...
Tags: G8, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan), Barack Obama
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Suicide bomb blast kills more than 20 in northwest Pakistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide bomb blast at a funeral in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 people Tuesday, including a newly elected provincial lawmaker, authorities said. [Updated, 7:56 a.m. PDT June 18: Authorities later revised the casualty...Tags: Explosions, Islamabad (Pakistan), Nawaz Sharif, Taliban, Suicide
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HANDOVER IN AFGHANISTAN Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over from the U.S.-led NATO coalition...Tags: Miami Heat, Central Intelligence Agency, G8, Wars and Interventions, National Basketball Association
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Bombing mars final NATO transfer of Afghan security duties
This post has been corrected. See the note below for detailsKABUL, Afghanistan -- An hour before NATO transferred formal responsibility for the nation’s security to Afghan forces, a large bomb targeting a minority lawmaker exploded in western Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing three civilians and wounding...Tags: Iran, Hamid Karzai, Islam, U.S. Military, Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Carnett: From A-bomb drills to dreams of angels
I patiently awaited the end of the world. I wasn't obsessing, mind you, but I was clearly on high-alert status. It was the fall of 1954, and I was a 9-year-old fifth-grader in Mrs. Ballreich's class at Lindbergh Elementary School on Costa Mesa's...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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