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The U.S. thwarted a bomb plot by al Qaeda's Yemeni branch aimed at bringing down a jetliner with a more advanced version of an underwear bomb used in a failed 2009 C...
Lawyer for U.S. soldier accused of Afghan massacre objects to background ch...
The lawyer representing Robert Bales, the U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers, is objecting to a routine background check required by the...
Dissident Chen Guangcheng phones U.S. hearing: ‘I want to meet Clinto...
In an extraordinary scene on Capitol Hill, blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng phoned in to a congressional hearing Thursday from a Beijing hospital and pleaded f...
Romney looks to Virginia governor for assist in swing state
For Republican Mitt Romney, it was another visit to a battleground state, another appearance with a potential running mate - and another endorsement from a former ri...
Osama bin Laden complained of ‘incompetent’ al-Qaida affiliates...
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US confirms blind activist Chen Guangcheng wants to leave China
A U.S. spokeswoman has confirmed that blind activist Chen Guangcheng now wants to leave China with his family. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told r...
US man left in cell 4 days just tried to survive
After two days of being handcuffed in a tiny holding cell and desperate for food and water, Daniel Chong said he realized he had to stop wondering when he'd be let o...
U.S. officials: We’re still trying to help China activist Chen Guangc...
U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he was pressured to leave t...
U.S. Is Seeing Positive Signs From China
When China suddenly began cutting back its purchases of oil from Iran in the last month, officials in the Obama administration were guardedly optimistic, seeing the...
U.S. Probes Lebanon Banking Deals
The Obama administration is intensifying its scrutiny of Lebanon's financial system, concerned that Syria, Iran and the militant group Hezbollah are using Beirut's b...
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