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US general in Afghan war to explain remarks Wed. (AP)

File photo of US General Stanley McChrystal, top US commander in Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama confronts his commander in the Afghan war face-to-face on Wednesday, amid speculation he may sack the general for a show of disrespect in a damaging magazine interview.(AFP/Pool/File/Mustafa Quraishi)AP – The U.S. commander of the war in Afghanistan is at the Pentagon, starting a day of meetings to explain derogatory remarks about the Obama administration that he and his aides made in a magazine article.


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White House summons US general to explain himself (AP)

** FILE ** In this May 10, 2010 file photo, Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry brief reporters ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit at the White House.  An article out this week in 'Rolling Stone' magazine depicts Gen. Stanley McChrystal as a lone wolf on the outs with many important figures in the Obama administration and unable to convince even some of his own soldiers that his strategy can win the war.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and his colleagues, administration officials said Tuesday.


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Custom may explain dumping of dead babies in China (AP)

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT A man points at the body of a baby dumped in a river on the outskirts of Jining in China's Shandong province, on Sunday, March 28, 2010. The bodies of 21 babies, some with hospital identification tags around their tiny ankles, washed ashore on a river in eastern China and two mortuary workers were detained for allegedly dumping them. (AP Photo)  CHINA OUTAP – Rural traditions of abandoning dead infants because they’re considered bad luck may have played a role in the case of 21 babies’ bodies found along a river in eastern China, apparently dumped by hospital mortuary workers.


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Federal investigators can’t explain runaway Prius (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP – The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego freeway and acknowledged it may not be able to solve the mystery of what happened to the hybrid.


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Gov’t says it cannot explain runaway Toyota (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP – The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week.


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Geithner called to explain AIG bailout secrecy (AP)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee during a hearing on over-the-counter derivatives reform on Capitol Hill in Washington December 2, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasAP – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will face a congressional grilling later this month about the suppression of details on deals that funneled billions to big investment banks while he was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.


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