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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Command flag cased, Iraq war formally over

BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The United States formally ended its nearly nine-year military mission in Iraq Thursday in a solemn ceremony at Baghdad's international airport. In declaring the official end to the war, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recognized a "independent, free and sovereign... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

6.1 earthquake shakes Indonesia

GORONTALO, Indonesia, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi Island Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS said its monitors placed the epicenter of the quake 99 miles deep and about 43 miles south of Gorontalo, 231 miles east-northeast of Palu and 612... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

NATO to end training mission in Iraq

BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The NATO Training Mission in Iraq will end Dec. 31 when its mandate expires, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. Efforts to reach agreement on extending the program were unsuccessful, despite "robust negotiations" conducted during the past few weeks,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Gingrich, Romney ripped by Bachmann

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Michele Bachmann said Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are political twins, dubbing them "Newt Romney" in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa Saturday night. The Minnesota congresswoman said neither the former House speaker nor ex-Massachusetts governor are true... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Virginia Tech gunman identified

BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The gunman who took his own life after killing a Virginia Tech police officer was identified Friday as Radford University student Ross Ashley, police said. Ashley, 22, of Spotsylvania County, Va., was a part-time business management student at Radford. There was no... Sign in to see full entry.

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