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Tender Moments in the Maelstrom of War New York Times (blog) At least for now, other hidden photo treasures from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information archive will remain just that: hidden. Esther Bubley/Library of Congress In the lobby of the United Nations Service Center. December 1943. See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

What about a war ceiling? Los Angeles Times US forces are in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, and the Pentagon budget is at its highest since World War II. All this while leaders in Washington are struggling to keep the debt down and the economy afloat. What's wrong with this picture ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Three down, 27 suspected war criminals left Toronto Sun By Bryn Weese ,Parliamentary Bureau After pressure from QMI Agency and Sun News, the Canada Border Services Agency has released the names and details of 30 war criminals wanted in the country, mostly in Toronto. We're getting results! ... See all stories on this topic »

In war-torn Libya, no pause for Ramadan Washington Post The prophet Muhammad himself waged war in the Battle of Badr against the infidel Meccan idolaters during Ramadan in 624. Although the Koran makes an exception, and specifically allows its holy warriors to drink and eat during Ramadan, almost every ... See all stories on this topic »

Sri Lanka Admits to Civilian Deaths During War Voice of America August 01, 2011 Sri Lanka Admits to Civilian Deaths During War VOA News Sri Lanka has acknowledged for the first time that civilians may have been killed in the last phase of the country's quarter-century-long civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels. ... See all stories on this topic »

Tea Party's War on America New York Times Cutting spending spiraled the country right back into the Great Depression, where it stayed until the arrival of the stimulus package known as World War II. That's the path we're now on. Our enemies could not have designed a better plan to weaken the ... See all stories on this topic »

Analysis: Syria - Is it on the threshold of a civil war? Jerusalem Post The general direction of the revolts in the Arab world now suggests that the region's worst dictators have an even chance of survival, on condition that they have no qualms about going to war against their own people. Syrian President Bashar Assad ... See all stories on this topic »

Miley Cyrus gets inked for the gays, starts a Twitter war Entertainment Weekly by Lanford Beard Miley Cyrus has gone on record in support of gay rights in the past, but this time she went with a decidedly more permanent statement. Last Friday, the singer tweeted a photo of her new tattoo, an equal sign on her right ringer finger, ... See all stories on this topic »

Lebanon-Israel border incidents could quickly turn to war: UN The Daily Star BEIRUT: UN envoy to Lebanon warned that incidents such as Monday's exchange of fire on the Lebanon-Israel border could quickly turn into a war, as Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed Lebanon's commitment to defend its sovereignty by all legitimate ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Pakistan Asks US for Clarity in Joint War on Terror Voice of America August 01, 2011 Pakistan Asks US for Clarity in Joint War on Terror VOA News Pakistan is calling on the United States to agree upon what it described as "clear terms of engagement" in the fight against Islamist militants. ... See all stories on this topic »

The war will go on ABC Online When international forces came along, interrupted the civil war and ousted the Taliban there was a spike of hope for the Afghan people. But since then their hopes have evaporated as things have become progressively worse. ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

Sign of Advancing Society? An Organized War Effort New York Times By NICHOLAS WADE Some archaeologists have painted primitive societies as relatively peaceful, implying that war is a reprehensible modern deviation. Others have seen war as the midwife of the first states that arose as human population increased and ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Tempers flare in Vineland cake war Vineland Daily Journal VINELAND -- Some area bakeries are calling Mayor Robert Romano's decision to ask a popular TV baker to make a cake for the city's 150th birthday an insult. "It would have been nice to have the city's bakeries involved in some way," Stephen Wilson, ... See all stories on this topic »

Wine arson suspect at war with his ex-lawyer San Francisco Chronicle David Graves, in Saintsbury's small stash of older wines; it lost 38000 bottles in the fire. VALLEJO -- The prosecution of Sausalito wine connoisseur Mark Christian Anderson is aging, but not well. Nearly six years have passed since the portly bon ... See all stories on this topic »

Fares drop to $9 each way in 'Colorado Day' fare war USA Today By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY A fare war appears to brewing in Denver, where competition among airlines has been extraordinarily intense in recent years. The city is home to a large hub for United -- the world's largest carrier -- and to low-cost ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

War to go on even if NATO bombing ends — Qaddafi camp Arab News By MISSY RYAN AND MUSSAB AL-KHAIRALLA | REUTERS TRIPOLI/ZLITAN, Libya: Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's camp has vowed to push on with its war against rebels whether or not NATO stops its bombing campaign, leaving little room for diplomacy to end the ... See all stories on this topic »

Archivists seek to digitize Civil War mementos Wilkes Barre Times-Leader The sun rises behind a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson as Civil War re-enactors prepare to participate in the First Battle of Manassas 150th Anniversary Commemorative ceremony at the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Mannassas, Va., ... See all stories on this topic » Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

War, Guilt and 'Thank You for Your Service': Elizabeth Samet Bloomberg Today, the soldier's homecoming has been further complicated by the absence of a draft, which removes soldiers from the cultural mainstream, and by the fact that the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have little perceptible impact on the rhythms of ... See all stories on this topic »

The Nuba Mountains war isn't going away The Daily Star By Julie Flint One thing is clear about the new war in the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan, the first war of the shrunken Republic of Sudan presided over by President Omar al-Bashir: No one outside Sudan knows how to address it. ... See all stories on this topic »

Dueling cities Campbell, San Jose call truce in annexation war San Jose Mercury News By Tracy Seipel Tom Davis, left, and Mike Krisman, right, were the grassroots leaders in the fight to be annexed to Campbell, as seen on Friday, July 29, 2011. The protracted battle between the cities of San Jose and Campbell over annexing the Cambrian ... See all stories on this topic »

Reenacting religious services during the Civil War Washington Post Many prayers on that street were for the livelihoods of those present — most being itinerant hawkers, like those of Civil War times, dependent on sales of wares as they move from one reenactment to another. The Crafts are founders of Historic Faith ... See all stories on this topic »

Deaths of two Oklahoma soldiers a stark reminder we're at war NewsOK.com The work being done by our troops in faraway Afghanistan and Iraq can get lost amidst our everyday concerns here at home. The story of two Oklahoma soldiers killed in the line of duty serves as a sobering reminder. Ewy and Vicari were among several ... See all stories on this topic »

Israeli Centre for Studies wages war on Lebanon Pakistan Observer Islamabad—A report of the Hague-based Center for Information and Documentation (CIDI) revealed that "the decline in imports of Egyptian gas to Israel after Jan 25 revolution may be the cause of an Israeli-Lebanese war outbreak, due to the Israel's ... See all stories on this topic »

War crimes 'roller coaster' gains speed TheNewsTribune.com The Army's "kill team" investigation at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is in its home stretch, and attorneys on both sides are calculating whom they can count on to give believable testimony at some of the most watched war crimes courts-martial since Abu ... See all stories on this topic »

A Bangin' New Gears of War Video Ve3d.com A new, and pumpin' trailer for Gears of War 3 has been released to kick things into gear for the September 30th release, and this time it features a new track from Body Count. Here's the juice: Just when you thought "Gears of War 3's" Horde mode ... See all stories on this topic »

Painting Solves Mystery of World War II's Pilot's Disappearance ABC News (ABC News) Lt. John Ramsay was an intelligence officer with a love of painting during World War II. He was sketching a Corsair plane about to take off from the Solomon Islands when Herman Spoede climbed into the cockpit. "I'll give this to you when you ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Grass war? Met police retracts call for public to report anarchists The Guardian Are there any anarchists here? Police clash with protesters in Millbank Tower during the tuition fees protests. The Met police has retracted an appeal for the public to report anarchists to police. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian/Felix Clay The ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

The War of the Sons Begins on 'Weeds', Plus the Return of Conrad BuzzFocus.com Now, the stage has been set for an emotional war of sorts between the three brothers. Silas has been trying his hardest to build a barrier up between himself and his mother. Unfortunately, as much as he verbalizes animosity towards the woman who lied ... See all stories on this topic » BuzzFocus.com

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions Travels To iPhone This Week Siliconera 12:03pm Square Enix are finally done porting and getting Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions approved for the iPhone. The game will be released this Thursday (August 4th) for 1800 yen, $15.99 or 12.99 euro, depending on where you live. ... See all stories on this topic »

Guest column: Wars of choice are a cause of debt problem Sarasota Herald-Tribune Many of the same politicians calling for a balanced budget amendment are the same ones who routinely voted to fund expensive wars of choice. These expenditures constitute a primary cause of our national debt. Florida Veterans for Common Sense is proud ... See all stories on this topic »

Maldonado, Capps build war chests Santa Maria Times The 2012 race for the newly configured 24th Congressional District is looking more and more like a head-on collision between Republican Abel Maldonado and eight-term incumbent Democrat Lois Capps. Maldonado announced his candidacy in February, ... See all stories on this topic »

Robert Booker: Book examines role of blacks in Civil War Knoxville News Sentinel By Robert Booker One of the most revealing books about blacks in early American wars is "Black Phalanx," edited by Joseph T. Wilson in 1889. He had been a member of the Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers and aide de ... See all stories on this topic »

Columbia's Invisible War The Atlantic Yet behind the calm that seems to reign, Buenaventura is still at war. This city and the neighboring towns and countryside on the Pacific coast have become a new epicenter of Colombia's four-decades-long conflict. And here in the city's countless ... See all stories on this topic »

WWII Vet's American Flag Torched: 'Why Did They Pick on Me?' International Business Times An 85-year-old World War II veteran returned from a Staten Island Yankees game to find a scorched American flag in his front yard. Harold Bernstein, a Brooklyn native who has lived in his Rolling Hill Green neighborhood of Staten Island for 16 years, ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Conservatives fighting 'war' against liberals Vineland Daily Journal George Patton said, "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other guy die for his." I agree. Competing political views in Washington are akin to a war, and it is the object of conservatives not to "die" in the debate to save ... See all stories on this topic »

Great Little War Game heading to PS Vita via loaner dev kits Joystiq "I can confirm that Sony was generous enough to loan us some kit," Johnson said, telling Gamasutra that those kits are being used to port the indie's iOS strategy title Great Little War Game to the Vita. "They really do seem to have gotten behind ... See all stories on this topic »

Understanding Obama's "War on Drugs" Huffington Post (blog) Last month I was interviewed on CNN.com as part of the network's coverage of the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon declaring the "war on drugs." It was just one of thousands of articles, broadcasts and blog posts featuring the voices of ... See all stories on this topic »

Michael Bourn Wins The WAR Against Hunter Pence Talking Chop Okay, so maybe you don't trust FanGraphs version of WAR (fWar). I do, but you don't have to. Maybe you prefer Baseball-Reference.com's version (rWar). According to rWAR, Bourn's lead is significantly larger: 11.8 to 6.4. The simple truth is that if you ... See all stories on this topic »

Big Brother Veterans vs. Newbies: It's War The Morton Report By Pat Fish, Contributor Big Brother is now into the meat of its 13th season. There are ten contenders left, including my predicted winner, Rachel, or her beau, Brendon. Dominic was voted out on the most recent episode and the remaining contenders are ... See all stories on this topic » The Morton Report

A Republican War on the Environment Salem-News.Com A bill is loaded with a promise to business to end regulation and leaves only the profit motive to determine the use of land, water and wildlife. (APTOS, Calif.) - As the nation's attention remains riveted on the GOP attempt to downsize government by ... See all stories on this topic » Salem-News.Com

Current Enemies Caused Evolution Of US War Vision, Contends Texas A&M Prof Texas A&M University 1, 2011 — The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in a radical shift in the US Armed Forces' concept of war, observes Texas A&M History Professor Brian McAllister Linn. Prior to these conflicts, both US military and political leaders believed ... See all stories on this topic » Texas A&M University

The Debt Ceiling War A Risky Victory for Obama Spiegel Online By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington President Obama, after announcing a breakthrough deal with Republicans on the debt ceiling, said: "Is this the deal I would have preferred? No." President Barack Obama has announced a breakthrough in the debt ... See all stories on this topic » Spiegel Online

The US Loves War, Hates Community Theater (or Kansas Won't Buy Anyone Crayons) Comedy Central ... Medal of Honor for his bravery in battle against the nefarious cabal of painters, actors, dancers, sculptors, directors, writers, and illustrators who seek to turn our nation into a place where every single dollar isn't spent on futile wars. See all stories on this topic » Comedy Central

Civil War terrorists Kansas City Star (blog) The Star's Brian Burnes on July 24 accurately wrote in "Terror's lessons" about northern atrocities during the Civil War, tactical similarities between Union and Taliban occupations, and Supreme Court decisions on Lincoln's habeas corpus violations. ... See all stories on this topic »

Wrightsville gets early start on Civil War plans Yorkdispatch.com Rivertownes, the heritage group composed of Wrightsville, Columbia and Marietta, is planning events to celebrate the area's role in the Civil War. The celebration will begin with a parade in Columbia on June 15, 2013, and wrap up with walking tours of ... See all stories on this topic »

Korean War vets gathered to remember Daily Republic Robert Hill, former commander of the Brookings chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, holds a Korean War-era rifle Saturday. Hill brought his collection of Korean War memorabilia to the Mitchell VFW Post as part of a Korean War veterans' gathering ... See all stories on this topic »

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