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Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime. Scattered battles erupted, and the mercurial...Tags: International Law, Misrata (Libya), Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes
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Lasting Imprint: Danville man trained soldiers to protect the homeland
Staff WriterSgt. Major Jack Tussey proves the saying that “those who can’t, teach” is both wrong and dangerous. Tussey, 60, a Danville resident originally from Berea, has been in the armed forces since 1970 when he volunteered and became a...Tags: Kentucky, Retirement, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Defense
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Breaking News: Libya officials say Gadhafi captured, possibly killed
Associated PressSIRTE, Libya (AP) - Libyan transitional government officials said Moammar Gadhafi was captured and possibly killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed the ousted leader's hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Misrata (Libya), Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al Jazeera (tv network)
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Conway: Beshear leading from behind
Kentucky is now surrounded on three sides by neighbor states that are making dynamic conservative changes to their economic policy and experiencing dynamic results.
Recently we learned that the conservative leadership of Indiana has led to a $1.2 billion...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Indiana, Tennessee, Executive Branch
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Military briefs for July 28
news@jessaminejournal.comKlingshirn completes pre-deployment training Marine Corps James M. Klingshirn, son of Shelia R. Klingshirn of Wilmore and James H. Klingshirn of Orlando, Fla., and fellow Marines assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics,...Tags: U.S. Navy, Charlie Crist, Politics, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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U.S. helicopter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 8 Afghans
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Politics, Tennessee, Human Rights, Defense
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To not respond would scar our nation's soul
Everyone knows someone like Muammar Gaddafi; he’s the guy who always gets a little too liquored up and starts picking fights. Everyone usually ignores him, but occasionally he goes too far and someone will give him a whooping. Usually, guys like...Tags: U.S. Navy, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Politics, Defense, Elections
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Political Corruption, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Manmohan Singh
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: International Law, Hamid Karzai, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Executive Branch
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Armed Conflicts, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, National Government, Shootings
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Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships
For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...
Tags: Balkan Peninsula, Estonia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armed Conflicts
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