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Congress sends war funding bill to Obama
Wed 28 Jul 2010
Washington: After weeks of wrangling, the US Congress Wednesday sent USD 37 billion emergency funding bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to President Barack Obama to sign it into law. Earlier,... (photo: Creative Commons / sskennel)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama. speaks at a rally in Missoula
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U.S. Congress gives Obama long-delayed Afghan war funds
Wed 28 Jul 2010
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday gave President Barack Obama long-delayed funding for his troop increase in Afghanistan despite opposition from many fellow Democrats, while... (photo: creative commons / )
080504-M-6001G-013 U.S. Marines patrol an area of Garmsir in the Helmand province in Afghanistan on May 4, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force. DoD photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)  BBC News  Wed 28 Jul 2010
US Congress approves new funding for Afghan war
The US House of Representatives has approved funds to pay for President Barack Obama's increase in US troop numbers in Afghanistan. The 308 to 114 vote comes at a time when some lawmakers are growing... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps. / Cpl. Alex C. Guerra)
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Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.  The Independent  Wed 28 Jul 2010
US unable to account for billions of Iraq oil money
The US defence department is unable to account for almost $9bn taken from Iraqi oil revenues for use in reconstruction, according to an official audit released yesterday. The report by the US Special... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jourani)
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Marines in the middle of a sand storm make their way back to their vehicles after dismounting and patrolling a nearby mountain ridge in Bakwa, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 3. The Marines of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan, are operating in Bakwa to maintain security in the rural area. U.S. Marines are in Afghanistan to reinforce success and sustain the momentum of the ongoing progress by alliance forces. Company I's mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations while training and mentoring the Afghan national police. Al Jazeera Tue 27 Jul 2010
Obama challenged after Afghan leak
US legislators opposed to the Afghan war have pushed to pull US forces out of Pakistan in a blunt challenge to President Barack Obama. As the US Army opened a criminal... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Brian D. Jones)
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The New York Times Tue 27 Jul 2010
Document Leak May Hurt Efforts to Build War Support
WASHINGTON — The disclosure of a six-year archive of classified military documents increased pressure on President Obama to defend his military strategy as Congress... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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100222-M-5645B-004 U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Daniel Garner (left) and Chris Ducharme, both with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, investigate a possible improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 22, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to carry out counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released) The New York Times Mon 26 Jul 2010
Leaks Add to Pressure on White House Over Strategy
WASHINGTON — The White House sought to reassert control over the public debate on the Afghanistan war on Monday as political reaction to the disclosure of a... (photo: US DoD / Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde, U.S. Marine Corps)
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Jailed opposition senatorial candidate, former navy gunner Antonio Trillanes Inquirer Thu 22 Jul 2010
Court junks Trillanes plea to attend 1st Senate session
MANILA, Philippines—A Makati judge has thrown out Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV's petition to attend the inaugural session of the 15th Congress, dashing the detained former... (photo: AP Photo / Bullit Marquez)
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., applauds before speaking at a Chicago 2016 Olympic rally at Daley Plaza in Chicago Friday, June 6, 2008. Inquirer Mon 19 Jul 2010
Obama to host British PM on first White House visit
LONDON, United Kingdom—British Prime Minister David Cameron meets US President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday for the first time since taking power, with... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
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A member of a pro-government militia unit guards the perimeter of a village in Maguindanao Inquirer Thu 15 Jul 2010
Army, PNP ask Congress to keep Maguindanao state of emergency
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Top military and police officials are asking Congress to sustain a state of emergency in three provinces where militias and gunmen, allegedly... (photo: IRIN News / Jason Gutierrez)
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A British soldier of International Security Assistance Force patrol as afghan people look on, near the site of a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 11, 2008. A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a dozen, officials said. Clashes and an airstrike in the south killed 25 militants and eight civilians held hostage by insurgen Portrait of an occupied country Al Jazeera
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron look at one another before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Cameron Defends His Criticism of Pakistan The New York Times
Skulls from those buried at the killing fields of Choeung Ek are arranged at a memorial Sunday, March 13, 2005, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge's second in command behind Pol Pot, will go before the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal for the first time. Legacy of the killing fields Irish Times
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates hosts a Pentagon meeting with European Union Secretary General and High Representative Javier Solana. FBI to assist in war leaks probe Channel 4
United States Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he arrives with his wife, Jill Biden, at the red sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik airport, Egypt, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode Newsvine
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon. Pentagon asks FBI to probe leak Al Jazeera
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Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron Hit for six: Kapil and Pakistan The Telegraph India
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Karzai doubts allies plan to fight terror Gulf News
zai, center, shakes hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron prior to a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, June 10, 2010.  Pakistan slaps down Cameron in terror row Independent online (SA)
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