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WASHINGTON – The situation in Afghanistan is growing worse, and without more boots on the ground the U.S. risks failure in a war it's been waging since September 2001, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says in a confidential report. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, squeezing in an eleventh-hour pitch for his domestic agenda, is promoting his administration's promises of innovation at a New York community college before weeklong meetings on international priorities. Full Story »
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LAHORE, Pakistan - The leader of a banned Islamist group that India has accused of carrying out attacks on its financial capital late last year was placed under house arrest again on Monday. Full Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. - A 20-year-old California man calling himself Syko Sam rapped in his horrorcore lyrics on "the best feeling" derived from killing people slowly, watching their last breaths. Full Story »
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ARLINGTON, Texas - Lawrence Tynes sent home the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history muttering about what might've been. Tynes kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, giving the New York Giants a 33-31 victory over the turnover-prone Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night and ruining the debut of their rival's $1.15 billion stadium. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says in a confidential assessment of the war that without additional forces the mission "will likely result in failure." Full Story »
WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would push world leaders this week for a reshaping of the global economy in response to the deepest financial crisis in decades. Full Story »
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado man, his father and an accused accomplice in New York are to appear in federal court on Monday on charges of lying to federal agents about a plot to blow up unspecified targets in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Full Story »
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has not given up the option of a military response to Tehran's nuclear programme, senior officials said on Monday, after Russia's president said his Israeli counterpart assured him it would not attack Iran. Full Story »
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Russia's top general said on Monday that plans to deploy missiles in an enclave next to Poland had not been shelved, despite a decision by the United States to rethink plans for missile defense in Europe. Full Story »
BERLIN (Reuters) - A daily dose of aspirin can prevent cancer in people with a genetic disorder that increases their risk of developing the disease, scientists said on Monday. Full Story »
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Embattled New York Governor David Paterson said on Sunday he was still running for office, in the face of reports that President Barack Obama had asked him to withdraw from the 2010 race for fear that he cannot regroup from a series of political setbacks. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama travels to New York on Monday to promote his strategy to improve the U.S. economy by spending on education and innovation, as he shifts his focus from healthcare reform to a week of diplomacy and international economic issues. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The top US military commander in Afghanistan has warned that more forces are needed within the next year or the war against the Taliban will be lost, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Full Story »
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, best known for its work combating malaria, AIDS and other diseases, this week announced an effort to bring banking, including savings accounts, to the poor. Full Story »
Police officers foiled a plan to assassinate a regional education minister in northwestern Pakistan when they engaged four militants in a gunbattle Monday that ended with a teenage suicide bomber blowing himself up, police said. Full Story »
A year after its least-watched telecast ever, the Emmy Awards plaintively acknowledged TV's changing role in the Internet age, bringing a collective sense of reckoning to the revamped show with everything from scripted jokes about the decline of networks to unemployed stars openly job-seeking. Full Story »
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