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Q & A with Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos
Soon after President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos will fly to Washington to lobby for continuance of Plan Colombia, the largest U.S. foreign aid program outside the Middle East and Afghanistan. The...Tags: Foreign Aid, United Nations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Justice and Rights, Armed Forces
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FOR FAMILIES: A guide for parents to Jan. 9 and earlier releases
Tribune NewspapersNEW THIS WEEK 'Bride Wars' Opening: Jan. 9. Rating: PG for suggestive content, language and some rude behavior. What it's about: Best friends become dueling brides when they both book the wedding they've always dreamed of in the same place on the same...Tags: Luis Guzman, Folklore and Mythology, Reese Witherspoon, Twilight (movie), Adam Sandler
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Guantanamo hunger strike grows to 30 prisoners, highest in months; US cites anniversary
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The long-running hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has grown to 30 prisoners, the highest number in months. A U.S. military spokeswoman tells The Associated Press the sudden increase may be linked to the upcoming...Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons, Puerto Rico, Labor Disputes
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Neuhaus, conservative Catholic intellectual, advocate for religion in public life, dead at 72
AP Religion WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a leading intellectual of the Christian right who helped build a new coalition of conservative Protestants and Roman Catholics, and informally advised President George W. Bush, died Thursday. He was 72....Tags: Christianity, International Military Interventions, Richard John Neuhaus, George Bush, Death and Dying
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Visitor finds bones of Union soldier at Antietam in Md., site of Civil War's bloodiest battle
Associated Press WriterSHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) — Cutting through a cornfield where soldiers were literally blown to bits on the bloodiest day of the Civil War, a hiker spied something near a groundhog hole: fragments of bone and a metal button, clotted with red clay. He...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Missing in Action, Death and Dying, Abraham Lincoln, Metal and Mineral
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Rockets from Lebanon reignite tension in Israel's north
Lebanese army and international forces bolstered troop numbers, stepped up patrols and declared a state of alert Thursday after an early morning rocket attack on Israel by an unknown group in southern Lebanon threatened to widen the ongoing Gaza Strip...Tags: International Relations, Crisis, Judaism, United Nations, Armed Forces
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Remains of Civil War soldier found at Antietam
The Associated PressCutting through a cornfield where soldiers were literally blown to bits on the bloodiest day of the Civil War, a hiker spied something near a groundhog hole: fragments of bone and a metal button, clotted with red clay. He brought the remains to the...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Missing in Action, Death and Dying, Abraham Lincoln, Gardens and Parks
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,223 Thursday, according to Associated Press count
As of Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at least 4,223 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,403...Tags: International Military Interventions, Death and Dying, Georgia
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At least 561 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says
As of Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at least 561 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its...Tags: Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Death and Dying, Justice System
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Judge releases Alabama sheriff after finding he profited by feeding skimpy meals to inmates
Associated Press WriterBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff who made $212,000 in the last three years by feeding inmates what a judge said were skimpy portions was released from prison Thursday after submitting a plan pledging to feed them better. Morgan County...Tags: Trials, Prisoners and Detainees, Mobile, Laws, Alabama
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Richard John Neuhaus dies at 72; Christian theologian helped build conservative coalition
Times Staff And Wire ReportsThe Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a leading intellectual of the Christian right who helped build a new coalition of conservative Protestants and Roman Catholics, and informally advised President George W. Bush, died Thursday in New York. He was 72....Tags: Christianity, International Military Interventions, Richard John Neuhaus, George Bush, Minority Groups
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Gaza war claims 257 children, leaves many more injured or psychologically scarred
Associated Press WriterGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tiny bodies lying side by side wrapped in white burial shrouds. The cherubic face of a dead preschooler sticking up from the rubble of her home. A man cradling a wounded boy in a chaotic emergency room after Israel...Tags: Terrorism, Foreign Aid, United Nations, Family, Armed Forces
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