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Congress scrutinizes Obama's Afghanistan plan
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Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Obama administration's new surge-and-exit troop strategy in Afghanistan is aimed more at wringing reforms from President Hamid Karzai than mollifying a war-weary American public.
Iran releases 5 British sailors detained at sea
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Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday's release and praised Tehran's handling of the incident.
WH gate-crashers went without confirmed invitation
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Copies of e-mails between the White House party crashers and a Pentagon official undermine their claims that they were invited to President Barack Obama's first state dinner.
Ahmadinejad: Iran will enrich uranium even more
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday Iran will now enrich its uranium to an even higher level, defying a U.N. call to halt the process due to fears over the country's nuclear program.
US commander: Offer Taliban chance to end fight
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The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the Afghan government and its international partners should use the coming 18 months to convince the Taliban they can't win and offer militants a way to quit the insurgency "with dignity."
GM CEO resigns as board demands faster turnaround
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The leader of the new General Motors was done in by an old problem at the nation's largest car maker: Change wasn't happening fast enough.
Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts
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A group of European scientists say they have successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial hand and control it with his thoughts.
Google allows publishers to limit free content
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Google Inc. is allowing publishers of paid content to limit the number of free news articles accessed by people using its Internet search engine, a concession to an increasingly disgruntled media industry.
AP: Little Richard released from hospital
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Little Richard is out of the hospital following hip surgery, promising to perform again.
Case closed but Woods scrutiny continues
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Tiger Woods didn't have to say a word to get Florida troopers off his case. The same strategy may be harder to pull off when it comes to the tabloid media probing his private life.
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