From out newly minted Taliban partners in peace. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Three separate explosions killed 11 people and wounded dozens of others in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the volatile region. In the first attack, four children and a policeman were killed when

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AFP – US President Barack Obama welcomed Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan to the White House Tuesday for closed door talks on security in the volatile Middle East.

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Uncertain future for US policy as Egypt shifts (AP)

On February 12, 2011, in Uncategorized, by Barry Munz

AP – The United States faces an intensely uncertain future in Egypt, a stalwart ally of decades in the volatile Middle East, where key tenets of American foreign policy are now thrown into doubt.

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Uncertain future for US policy as Egypt shifts
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Reuters – With a diplomatic push from U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli and the Palestinian leaders will start direct peace talks on Thursday shadowed by skepticism on all sides and fresh violence in the volatile West Bank.

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Israel, Palestinians set for face-to-face talks
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AP – The House on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a major war-funding increase of $33 billion to pay for his troop surge in Afghanistan, unmoved by the leaking of classified documents that portray a military effort struggling between 2004 and 2009 against a strengthening insurgency.

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Big war boost clears Congress, despite Afghan leak
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