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Afghanistan War News Updates — January 10, 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, setting off a firefight that killed 10 people, the Interior Ministry said, the latest sign of insurgent strength after a …

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Afghanistan War News Updates — January 10, 2012

Afghanistan Taliban Insurgents Attack Government Building, At …

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, setting off a firefight that killed 10 people, the Interior Ministry said, the latest sign of insurgent strength after a …

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Soviet Lessons for America in Afghanistan « Ghosts of Alexander

Artemy Kalinovsky has worked his LSE dissertation on the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan into a book that is both very readable and a valuable scholarly contribution to the literature on Afghanistan , the Soviet Union and …

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Soviet Lessons for America in Afghanistan « Ghosts of Alexander

Afghanistan airdrops surpass record levels in 2011 | Air Force News …

In 2011, mobility Airmen delivering airdrops reached a new annual record with 75956235 pounds of cargo delivered. That's nearly 16 million more pounds.

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National Guard Airmen Return From War In Afghanistan « CBS Detroit

About 300 airman of the Michigan Air National Guard returned home from a four-month deployment in Afghanistan on Monday.

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Barry Larkin elected to baseball Hall of Fame (AP)

AP – Barry Larkin was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Monday with plenty of room to spare.

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Rep: Nick Cannon released from the hospital (AP)

AP – Nick Cannon is out of the hospital after battling what wife Mariah Carey called “mild kidney failure.”

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FDA steps up testing for fungicide in orange juice (AP)

AP – The Food and Drug Administration says it will step up testing for a fungicide that has been found in low levels in orange juice.

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Many US communities are blocking medical marijuana (AP)

AP – More and more states are saying yes to medical marijuana. But local governments are increasingly using their laws to just say no, not in our backyard.

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Muslim man from Kosovo charged in Fla. bomb plot (AP)

AP – A Kosovo-born Muslim man was charged with plotting to attack crowded locations around Tampa, including nightclubs and a sheriff’s office, with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives, federal authorities said Monday.

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