CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked them to help craft a massive stimulus package to create jobs and tackle the crumbling economy. ... > full story
KABUL, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Two U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been charged with the abuse of Afghan detainees, the U.S. military said Tuesday. ... > full story
MINGORA, Pakistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide car-bomber killed eight people on Monday in an attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, military officials said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 30 people and wounded dozens more on Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 29 people and wounded dozens more Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said. ... > full story
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed eight civilians and two policemen in an attack on a police convoy in a crowded bazaar in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, the local police chief said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The number of civilians killed in Iraq rose last month after a series of Baghdad bombings, but the U.S. military death toll fell to its lowest level since the war began in 2003, data showed. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — An Iraqi court on Sunday ordered the release of a freelance photographer working for Reuters news agency who has been held by U.S. forces since early September. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's government tried to quell criticism on Sunday of a security pact which sets deadlines for U.S. military withdrawals, saying opponents could wait to judge how Washington honors commitments to pull back its troops. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda's second-in-command said in an Internet video the U.S. financial crisis was caused by Washington's military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and taxpayers were paying the price. ... > full story
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Iraq: Bomb wounds senior Defense Ministry official Dec. 1, 2008 (San Francisco Chronicle) — An Iraqi military spokesman says a senior Defense Ministry official has been wounded in a roadside bomb attack that killed one of his bodyguards ...
Iraq civilian deaths up, US military toll on lowest level Dec. 1, 2008 (GulfNews, United Arab Emirates) — Civilian deaths in Iraq rose in November following a series of bombing, but US military death toll was at its lowest level since 2003, data ...
Iraq, U.S. push for quick implementation of forces deal Nov. 30, 2008 (Tehran Times, Iran) — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with U.S. officials on Saturday to push for rapid implementation of an accord to end the U.S. military presence ...
Iraqi Christians returning home fear violence Nov. 30, 2008 (Houston Chronicle) — A month after thousands of Christians fled this northern Iraqi city in terror, many of the refugees have returned home, but some fear a new wave of ...
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