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Gates reaffirms US commitment to Afghanistan
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the Afghan security force needs to be strengthened and more soldiers and police need to be recruited to battle militants, but he added that the U.S. is committed to help Afghanistan for the long haul.
Obama envoy begins rare trip to NKorea
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President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist nation in more than a year as a senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks.
Questions and answers about EPA action on warming
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A big meeting in Copenhagen. A cap-and-trade bill in Congress. And now, a determination by the Environmental Protection Agency that global warming pollution is a threat to public health - a move that clears the way for the first-ever federal regulations targeting climate-changing emissions.
Coordinated attacks in Baghdad kill at least 62
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An official at Iraq's Interior Ministry says at least 62 people have been killed in a series of coordinated blasts around Baghdad. State television placed the toll higher to at least 70.
Police: Bomb near Pakistan intel office kills 12
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A bomb exploded near an intelligence office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, damaging the building and killing at least 12 people amid a surge of extremist violence that has prompted the U.S. to offer additional aid in the country's battle against the Taliban and al-Qaida.
Ohio killer awaits 1st one-drug lethal injection
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Witnesses to the scheduled execution of a killer who scattered a woman's remains across two states could have an even more somber experience than those who watched previously when Ohio put nearly three dozen other inmates to death.
8 killed, 26 injured in China school stampede
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Eight youths were killed and 26 injured when students descending a crowded staircase after evening classes at a school in central China lost their footing amid a crush of bodies, state media and the local government reported Tuesday.
Watered-down 'public plan' emerges in Senate
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They may still call it a "public plan," but private insurers - not the government - would offer coverage under a compromise Democrats are considering to win Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Letterman jokes about Tiger on the'Late Show'
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David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show" on Monday, joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice.
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