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Greek leaders agree to new cuts (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:52:05 +0000

AP – Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and his coalition partners have struck a deal on new cuts demanded by creditors to secure a vital euro130 billion bailout.

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Sources: Pentagon rules shift on women in combat (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:38:07 +0000

AP – Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Greece debt talks fail to reach full deal (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:24 +0000

AP – Greece’s crucial euro130 billion ($173 billion) bailout appeared to be in limbo Thursday, after coalition party leaders failed to accept the entire batch of new harsh austerity measures demanded by creditors.

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Dwindling time, rising tension make Iran top fear (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:10:07 +0000

AP – The prospect of conflict with Iran has eclipsed Afghanistan as the key national security issue with head-spinning speed. After years of bad blood and an international impasse over Iran’s disputed nuclear program, why does the threat of war seem so suddenly upon us?

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Analysis: Obama contraceptive mandate has a price (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:55:54 +0000

AP – The Obama administration’s new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers’ birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issues have surged to the forefront in the presidential campaign.

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AP sources: New Pentagon rules on women in combat (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:08 +0000

AP – Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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EU threatens new sanctions on Syria (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:27:44 +0000

AP – The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official has said, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime’s siege of the restive city of Homs.

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8 minutes pass before cops got sent to Powell home (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:13:49 +0000

AP – Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell’s children were in danger and when sheriff’s deputies were dispatched. By the time officers were on their way, the home was exploding in a gas-fueled inferno, with Powell and his two young boys inside.

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APNewsBreak: 8 minutes to send cops to Powell home (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:00:06 +0000

AP – Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell’s children were in danger and when sheriff’s deputies were dispatched. It took another 14 minutes for a deputy to get to the home, but by then, the home was engulfed in flames with Powell and his two young sons inside.

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APNewsBreak: Sources: New military roles for women (AP)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:45:56 +0000

AP – For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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