Articles from 'January 2010'
Two US soldiers, one civilian killed in Afghanistan
KABUL — A civilian was among three Americans killed in Afghanistan in an incident still under investigation, NATO said Saturday.A brief statement from NATO's International ...
Justice Official Clears Bush Lawyers in Torture Memo Probe
For weeks, the right has heckled Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. for his plans to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators in New York City and ...
Afghanistan's corruption poses dilemma for U.S. military
The meeting in a muggy tent at Kandahar Airfield was dragging on when a lieutenant colonel with the Army Corps of Engineers broke in with ...
Summers: ‘Statistical Recovery and Human Recession’
Key Obama economic adviser Larry Summers coined a telling way to look at the current American economic state of play. He said the U.S. is ...
NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan troops
Kabul, Afghanistan - NATO forces today called in an airstrike that killed at least four Afghan troops in the second lethal "friendly fire" incident in ...
Disease Spreads in Quake-Hit Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti's desperate earthquake survivors faced a new deadly threat Friday as the United Nations reported a rise in cases of diarrhea, measles and ...
Tough challenge gets tougher for Haitian amputees
(CNN) -- Haiti's earthquake is creating "a generation of amputees," something that will pose a challenge for Haitian society for years to come, experts say. ...
NATO troops clash with Afghan allies
SALAR, Afghanistan, Jan 30 (Reuters) - NATO troops clashed with their Afghan allies in a so-called "friendly fire" incident on Saturday, calling in air strikes ...
Afghan interpreter shoots dead two US soldiers
Two US soldiers who died in eastern Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an Afghan interpreter, it has emerged. A Nato official said the ...
7.0 on the Horror Scale
Following is the log of Beverly Bell during the first ten days after the earthquake in Haiti. January 12, 2010 4:12 p.m. 7.0 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ...
Some residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti sell dirt-cookies to get by
A woman makes cookies out of mud to sell in the Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince. Made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening, the cookies ...
US troops shoot and kill Afghan cleric near Kabul
KABUL - U.S. soldiers shot and killed an Afghan cleric as he drove Thursday with his young son near an American base on the eastern ...
Obama, GOP exchange barbs, ideas in rare encounter
BALTIMORE – In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic ...
Families of Iraq war dead voice anger at 'smirking' Blair
The families of British military personnel killed in Iraq condemned Tony Blair's performance before the Chilcot inquiry today, accusing him of being disrespectful.One, Theresea Evans, ...
Blackwater's Youngest Victim
Every detail of September 16, 2007, is burned in Mohammed Kinani's memory. Shortly after 9 am he was preparing to leave his house for work ...
Spec ops, helos are 2011 budget winners
The Pentagon’s 2011 budget will seek nearly $10 billion for the “acquisition of modern rotary wing aircraft.” About one-third of that amount will go toward ...
Obama's Secret Prisons
[The research for this story was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.]One quiet, wintry night last year in the eastern Afghan town of Khost, a ...
California Senate approves single-payer health care proposal despite governor's veto pledge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the nation's most populous state on Thursday, ignoring a veto ...
Unions, Liberal Groups Urge Dem Leaders To Think Big In Campaign Finance Fight
Dear Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid: If you’re going to go to war with corporations over that Supreme Court decision, do it right. ...
Think Again: Court Disposes, Media Yawn
You may have heard of the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which has been ...
Alito's 'Not True' Was Out of Line; Court Deserves Obama Smack
In June, 1891 Supreme Court Justice David Brewer was called to New Haven to address the graduates of Yale University. Brewer knew the key to ...
The State of My Union Isn't So Great
While the media wonks and policy geeks banter about what President Obama will or won’t say in his first State of the Union address, I’d ...
Leahy Slams Alito For 'Under Oath' Testimony To Committee
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) lashed into Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday morning on the Senate floor, calling out the swing vote who overturned ...
Wall Street Group Starts Backlash Against Industry Backlash
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street has someone starting a backlash against the backlash. “Obama started a war against Wall Street. Enough is enough,” Thomas ...
A day in the life of a Haiti tent city
Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Morning arrives with the melody of the Haitian streets. A rooster crows, and two street preachers stand near the gates ...
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