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Protesters block some gates at western US ports (AP)

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is seen in the background as protesters block one of the entrances to the Port of Oakland, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Anti-Wall Street protesters along the West Coast joined an effort Monday to blockade some of the nation's busiest docks, with the idea that if they cut off the ports, they cut into corporate profits.   (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)AP – Hundreds of Wall Street protesters blocked gates at some of the West Coast’s busiest ports on Monday, delaying truck traffic in a day of demonstrations that organizers hope will cut into the profits of the corporations that run the docks.


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Gates: Military pressure key to talks with Taliban (AP)

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks during a media availability at the Pentagon Thursday, June 16, 2011 in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – As President Barack Obama nears a decision on an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, his retiring defense secretary says he doesn’t believe the Taliban will engage in serious talks about ending their fight until they are under extreme military pressure.


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Are Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg engaged? Bill Gates seems to think so

Could Mark Zuckerberg be changing his relationship status on Facebook from “in a relationship” to “married”?

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Gates: NATO alliance future could be ‘dim, dismal’ (AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves after delivering his speech AP – In a stern rebuke, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday that the future of the historic NATO military alliance is at risk because of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat. The United States won’t carry the alliance as a charity case, the outgoing Pentagon chief said.


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Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance (AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2011. NATO defense ministers shift their focus from Libya to Afghanistan during talks on Thursday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP – America’s military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a “dim, if not dismal” future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address.


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Gates: no US ‘rush for the exits’ in Afghanistan (AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, top,   arrives at a meeting with NATO and non-NATO ISAF participating nations at the NATO Defence Ministers Summit in Brussels, Thursday June 9, 2011.   (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there will be no “rush for the exits” by the United States in Afghanistan when President Barack Obama announces details of cuts in American troop numbers in the 10-year war against Taliban insurgents.


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Gates says US support troops should go home first (AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, centre, thanks troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Walton in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Gates is beginning two days of farewell visits to remote U.S. troop bases in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, pool)AP – A soon-to-begin U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should leave combat power intact as long as possible to press an anti-Taliban offensive, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. He said support troops should go first.


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