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San Fernando Valley residents want troops home, survey finds
Trade agreements are disastrous and troops should leave Afghanistan immediately, according to a survey released last week by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks). The survey showed that 58% of San Fernando Valley residents who answered a questionnaire...Tags: Israel, Brad Sherman, Economic Organization, Trade Agreements
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Mailbag: Ramani deserved harsher punishment
The Fair Political Practices Commission is an embarrassment, engaging in a full investigation, convicting Sunder Ramani of 33 direct campaign violations ("Report: Ramani campaign erred, Sept. 3) and simply slapping him on the hand and saying don't do it...Tags: Adam Schiff, Political Fundraising, Foreign Aid, Defense, Bribery
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Pen pals reunited: Reservists from Afghanistan meet the sixth-graders who wrote them letters
South Florida reservists serving in Afghanistan got a dose of American culture every few weeks when they opened letters from sixth-grade students. Students told the reservists about the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, about a new popular song called...
Tags: Barack Obama, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. But as the female chief executive of a...
Tags: Technology, Human Rights, Media Industry, Employees, Science and Technology
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Fourth U.S. drone victim influenced by Sept. 11, war
WASHINGTON — In his early teens, Jude Kenan Mohammad was a familiar sight in his middle-class section of Raleigh, N.C., riding around on his bike to deliver groceries to elderly Muslim neighbors. But with an American mother and Pakistani father,...Tags: Islam, U.S. Military, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Pakistan, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Khaled Hosseini sets 'And the Mountains Echoed' against Afghan history
Although Khaled Hosseini has lived in the United States since he was 15, he remains engaged in the struggles of his native Afghanistan, which he has made palpable for Western readers in two bestselling novels, "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Nabi, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan), Book
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British soldiers descend on Imperial
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — Scorching heat, desert sand and locals’ scrutiny are just some of the things that members of the British Army Air Corps 672 Squadron 9 can expect when they deploy to Afghanistan. But when they landed a helicopter at T.L. Waggoner...Tags: Military Equipment, Armed Forces, Students, United Kingdom, Education
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Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service
U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....
Tags: U.S. Military, Human Interest, Air and Space Accidents, Holidays, Armed Forces
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Tags: Manmohan Singh, India, Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, NATO
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Pakistan, Human Rights, Emergency Incidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Justice and Rights
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Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...
Tags: Rebellions, Moscow (Russia), National Government, John Kerry, Russia
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Injured warrior breaks down barriers
Still feeling the effects of the nerve damage suffered when her arm broke in half while she was serving in Afghanistan, Marine Sgt. Lorie Yrigoyen stood on the podium on the first day of the Warrior Games, gold medal in hand. The following Thursday,...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, U.S. Army, Paralympic Games, Cycling, Sports
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