(( Title: AFGHANISTAN – US HEAD: Karzai: US Troop Immunity Up to Afghan Elders DATE: 01/14/2013 PUBLISHED AT: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:41:11 AM NUMBER: 4006378 TYPE: CN Afghanistan’s president says a meeting of the nation’s elders should be called to decide whether U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan after 2014 should be granted immunity from […]
Karzai: US Troop Immunity Up to Afghan Elders
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Thousands of people marched through Moscow Sunday to protest a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Protesters carried posters with photographs of lawmakers who voted in favor of the law late last month. The word ‘shame’ was written across their portraits in red. The protest march, which was permitted by Russian authorities, was organized […]
Obama: End of Afghan War in Sight
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Democrats Urge Obama to Consider Unilateral Debt Hike
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US Senator Rockefeller Announces Retirement
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Obama, Karzai Meet at White House
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