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© wikis.uit.tufts.eduTaliban Hint At Softer Line In Talks With Afghan Leaders -- New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — After years of deriding Afghanistan’s government and army as corrupt tools of Western occupiers, the Taliban have begun publicly airing a softer vision for the country’s...

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.Watch More News Videos at ABC|2012 Presidential Election|Entertainment & Celebrity NewsTop 7 Surprise Military Homecoming Videos of 2012 -- ABCNothing is sweeter than seeing a soldier or sailor reunited with their family after a long deployment overseas. Embracing each other for the first time...

China To Clamp Down On Military Banquets -- Wall Street JournalBEIJING—China's top military brass said it will put a stop to boozy banquets for high-level officers, in the latest sign that intense public pressure is forcing Chinese officials to show they are trying to root out corruption.The state-run Xinhua news agency said late Friday that the Central...

Dark Sword Drone Nick KaloterakisInside China's Secret Arsenal -- Popular ScienceThe Chinese government is rapidly building a bigger, more sophisticated military. Here’s what they have, what they want, and what it means for the U.S. In a single generation, China has transformed itself...

Journalist Marie Colvin, second left, poses for a photograph with Libyan rebels in Misrata, June 4, 2011. She was among 67 journalists killed worldwide in 2012, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Zohra Bensemra / Reuters file2012: A Year Of Living Dangerously For...

flikr/DVIDSHUBThe Relationship Between A Battlefield Bomb-Tech And His Dog Is Unlike Anything Else In The World -- Business InsiderArmy Specialist John Nolan’s heart pounded as he stared into the wadi in central Afghanistan. He wasn’t sure what lay beneath the loose, granular dirt.Was...

Hamid Karzai Says Americans Made Afghanistan One Of The Most Corrupt Countries On Earth -- Business Insider/AFPPresident Hamid Karzai on Saturday blamed foreigners for most of the corruption in Afghanistan and said the withdrawal of NATO troops in 2014 would help rid the country...

Egypt Votes On Divisive Draft Constitution -- Al JazeeraFinal round of voting is underway on the new Islamist-backed charter that critics claim is polarising the nation.Polling stations opened in Egypt in the second and final round of a referendum on a new constitution that was drafted by an assembly dominated by Islamists and that the opposition says...

Here's something on that: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/11/itunes-radio-was-set-to-launch-in-48-hours-until.html -- david@luda.net pad4 On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:23 AM, "William" <a1operator@dishmail.net> wrote: > Hello to the Group, > > Question about iTunes on the iPad. > > On my MacBook iTunes when you are in the Music...

A U.S. Navy concept for the Ohio-Replacement Program submarine. (Naval Sea Systems Command)Submarine Design Effort Gets $2B Boost -- Defense NewsThe effort to design and develop the U.S. Navy’s next ballistic missile submarine got a major boost Friday with the announcement of a nearly...

Former Generals And Diplomats Urge Obama To Put Sanctions On Table In Iran Talks -- Julian Borger, The GuardianLetter to the White House says time for diplomacy is running out.A group of 24 experts on nuclear weapons and Iran, including former generals, diplomats and officials, have...

China Shores up Territorial Claims -- Voice of AmericaChina has long had territorial maritime disputes with its Asian neighbors, but over the past year tensions over its claims in the East and South China Sea have seen a dramatic uptick. Beijing is using everything from establishing a new city in the South China Sea to weather reports to take a more...

  Hi Jonathan. The genius's at the genius bar checked that nVidia issue for me when I brought mine in and it didn't have one of the defective cards---attached an external drive and booted from it. It had a app on it from nVidia that...

  Hello to the Group, Question about iTunes on the iPad. On my MacBook iTunes when you are in the Music section there is a Radio button. When you press this button you have hundreds of radio stations you can listen to via streaming....

The Deathwatch Phase -- Strategy PageDecember 21, 2012: The Syrian rebellion is now in its deathwatch phase. The government is doomed and its forces grow weaker every day. It’s only a matter of time before the government losses control of the entire country and surviving officials flee for sanctuary. Allies (Iran, Russia, China) have been quietly offering...

North Korean children mourn their deceased leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, on December 27, 2011 in this photo released by the North's KCNA on December 28, 2011. (Reuters/KCNA) North Korea A Culture Of Warriors -- Tatiana Gabroussenko, Asia Times " ... Young guerrilla girl Kumsuni...

A crater lake at Tianchi (Heaven Lake, 天池) at Baitou (Chinese Changbai Shan) at the border of China and North Korea. WikiepdiaChina’s Other Territorial Dispute: Baekdu Mountain -- J. Berkshire Miller, The DiplomatWith disputes brewing in the East and South China Seas, there is another...

Air Force crew chiefs conduct pre-flight checks during a mission employment phase exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 7, 2012. The crew chiefs are assigned to the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The phase is the capstone, graduation exercise conducted by the U.S. Air...

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comEx-Marine Jon Hammar Back On US Soil After Release From Mexico Prison -- FOX NewsThe ordeal for Jon Hammar Jr., who languished under deplorable conditions in a violent Mexican prison for four months, is finally over.Jon Hammar Sr. has confirmed that his 27-year-old son, a Marine combat veteran, is back on...

Why Soldiers Keep Losing to Suicide -- FrontlineMost soldiers who take their own lives today have no history of deployment. They’ve never seen combat, never been to war.Nobody really knows why.And although the military’s suicide problem flared during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,...

Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Chris Faris and his wife, Lisa, have met with special operations troops and families across the country to discuss their struggles as a couple and what others can do to save their marriages. Matt A. Marriott for USA TODAYSpec Ops Troops’ Stress ‘Worse Than We Thought’...

15 More Of The World’s Most Dangerous People, Selected by You -- Danger RoomWe’ve published our list of the 15 people most responsible for turning this world haywire. But 15 dangerous folks weren’t nearly enough, you told us in your comments, your tweets and your Facebook mentions....

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CIA Complains About Depictions In Osama Bin Laden Movie ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ -- Washington PostThe CIA on Friday said that a Hollywood movie portraying the hunt for Osama bin Laden “departs from reality” in significant ways, and emphasized that despite assistance it provided to the filmmakers, the agency had no control over the final product.In an unusual...

From Beijing With Love -- Bill Gertz, Washington Free BeaconChina aided Iran’s missile, nuclear programs, report states.China’s government provided goods and expertise for Iran’s nuclear program in the past and also gave Tehran’s Islamist regime missiles and other arms as part of...