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Pamela Varkony: On Memorial Day, remember heroes like Derek Holland
Kathy Andreas doesn't watch much television, but on this recent Sunday afternoon she's watching "Section 60," the award-winning HBO documentary that tells the story of loved ones visiting the place in Arlington National Cemetery where veterans from the...Tags: Netherlands, Wind Gap, Human Interest, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Indiantown
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Returning soldier will celebrate Memorial Day — and Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, more
Away at war, Celina Yebba missed a thousand little things about her family back in Sanford. Especially the holidays. Not just Christmas, as one might expect. The Yebbas are people who have always celebrated holidays — no matter how small —...
Tags: Religious Festivals, St. Patrick's Day, Personal Service, Memorial Day, Orlando International Airport
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Taliban attack international compound in Afghan capital
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, sparking a five-hour battle with security forces. A plume of smoke hung over Kabul after the attack was...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan), Armed Conflicts, International Organizations
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World's wrecked cars reincarnated on Afghanistan's dusty streets
HERAT, Afghanistan - They sit in the sun harboring their lost histories, their forgotten dreams, their traces of funerals, graduations and stolen kisses. On dusty windshields, insurance stickers from Travelers and State Farm bear witness to wrecks in...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, World Bank Group, Services and Shopping, Insurance, Vehicles
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Obama's drone limits may bolster ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama's commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders said...
Tags: National Government, Nawaz Sharif, Elections, Government, Pakistan
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In Benghazi and eyond, fallen workers remembered
Let's take a break from the raging discord that has dominated Washington lately by remembering federal employees who died abroad in service to their country. With so much attention focused on what the government has done wrong, we'll end the week with...Tags: Christopher Stevens, Career and Workplace, Anne Smedinghoff, Prince George's County, Benghazi
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Cut all ties to Afghanistan
The May 23 headline read, "Karzai: More peace after US withdrawal in 2014." You're kidding, right? I can't believe that we continue to stay in Afghanistan and stuff the pockets of Hamid Karzai and his goons. This guy has the gall to say "things will only...Tags: NATO, Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times, Hamid Karzai
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 26 - June 1, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Trisha's Southern Kitchen In the season...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Television, Joe Mantegna, Chris Pratt, Government
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Slain British soldier's family did not expect he'd face danger at home
LONDON -- The family of the soldier hacked to death on a London street in an apparent terrorist attack said Friday that they understood the danger he faced while deployed abroad but had not expected him to be in peril at home. At a tearful news...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Murder, Religion and Belief, Canterbury, Christianity
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London attacker was British-born of Nigerian descent: source
ReutersLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said Thursday....Tags: David Cameron, Computer Crime, Armed Conflicts, Shootings, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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UK attack spurs Muslim community soul-searching, backlash fear
ReutersBy Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on...Tags: National Government, Religion and Belief, George W. Bush, Islam, Government
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RPT-Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
Reuters(Repeats with no change to text) By Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Elections, Washington, DC, Civil Rights, Armed Conflicts
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