U.S. slow to deliver promised aid to Syrian rebels
| |Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013
WASHINGTON — While State Department officials are fond of saying they’re providing hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to the Syrian opposition, only a fraction of the promised funds has arrived, and none has gone to the political body the U.S. looks to as an alternative to President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Afghan Taliban claim they killed 4 US troops
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war.
Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
VATICAN CITY — Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a loud parade and plenty of leather.
AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in US
| |Friday, Jun. 14, 2013
BERLIN — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.
Hezbollah chief: group will keep fighting in Syria
| |Friday, Jun. 14, 2013
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's leader says the Lebanese militant group will keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed."
Suicide blast in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
| |Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 39 in the second consecutive day of militant attacks in the heart of Kabul.
US leaker Snowden faces hard choices while hiding
| |Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2013
HONG KONG — Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs, has few options to stay one step ahead of the authorities while in apparent hiding.
SAfrica: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'
| |Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's president says that Nelson Mandela is responding better to treatment after several days in the hospital
Army specialist from Watauga is killed in Afghanistan
| |Sunday, Oct. 09, 2011
Michael Roberts, 23, was on his second tour. He joined the Army in November 2007.
North Texas soldier dies in Afghanistan
| |Sunday, Oct. 09, 2011
Private First Class Jesse W. Dietrich, 20, of Venus, died Thursday in Kandahar Province from injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire, the Department of Defense said.
Summer staycations in the DFW area
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