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Iran Increases Atomic Research Despite UN Threats

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s announcement raised the stakes in Iran’s dispute with the West, but he said talks were still possible on a nuclear swap offer by world powers designed to allay fears the Islamic Republic is making an atomic bomb. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the response by Iran, a major oil exporter which [...]

February 7th, 2010 | Filed under World News | Read More »

U.S. Marines end role in Iraq; Biden visits Baghdad

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops as the U.S. turns its focus away from the waning Iraqi war to a growing one in Afghanistan. In Baghdad, meanwhile, Vice President [...]

January 24th, 2010 | Filed under World News | Read More »