President Obama praises U.S. troops during surprise Afghanistan visit; meets with Karzai

President Obama addresses troops at Bagram Air Base. The two leaders met in Karzai’s heavily fortified presidential palace in Kabul , emerging briefly to walk a red carpet so Obama could review an Afghan honor guard standing at attention. He later thanked U.S. troops for putting their lives on the …

New York Daily News · March 28, 2010, 1:05 PM (PST)

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Colombia’s FARC rebels release captive soldier

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia – Colombian rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in their first release of a captive in more than a year. Pvt. Josue Calvo had been held since April 2009. He walked out of a loaned Brazilian helicopter emblazoned with the Red …

YAHOO! · March 28, 2010, 1:12 PM (PST)

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Austin American-Statesman

Obama Makes Surprise Visit To Afghanistan

President Barack Obama walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Sunday. Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Sunday …

NPR News · March 28, 2010, 10:49 AM (PST)

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Seattle Times

Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor

Issa Salomi’s first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son’s childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January. A few hours later, the Iraqi-American contractor called his wife of 30 years, Muna, and …

Columbia Missourian · March 28, 2010, 12:43 PM (PST)

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Boston Globe

Pakistani army kills 22 Taliban near Afghan border

PARACHINAR, Pakistan – Pakistani troops repulsed a Taliban attack Sunday on an army base and bombed two militant hide-outs close to the Afghan border, killing 22 insurgents in a region where the army is pressing an offensive, a government official said. The fighting occurred in Orakzai tribal region …

msnbc.com · March 28, 2010, 12:43 PM (PST)

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Rescuers search Morocco lake for Abu Dhabi sheikh

RABAT/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Rescuers on Sunday were searching a Moroccan hillside lake for the boss of the world’s largest sovereign fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), two days after his plane crashed into it. The aircraft of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the younger brother of the …

Reuters · March 28, 2010, 10:06 AM (PST)

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Maktoob Business

Bombs kill 5 near house linked to Sunni election candidate in far western Iraq

BAGHDAD – Several bombs exploded Sunday near a house linked to a prominent Sunni figure who ran in this month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq, killing five people and wounding 26 others, a police official said. The attack adds to fears of postelection violence as the bitter election rivals enter …

Republic · March 28, 2010, 12:36 PM (PST)

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Idaho Statesman

Arab League defers decision on Mideast peace talks

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Arab leaders failed to agree Sunday whether to back indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, making it unlikely the talks aimed at reviving the stalled peace process will happen any time soon. The Arab League this month endorsed a plan for so-called …

Washington Post · March 28, 2010, 9:30 AM (PST)

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Ledger-Enquirer

Cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour

LONDON — Europe’s best known landmarks-including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome’s Colosseum-fell dark Saturday, following Sydney’s Opera House and Beijing’s Forbidden City in joining a global climate change protest, as lights were switched off across the world to mark the Earth Hour …

KHOU · March 28, 2010, 11:18 AM (PST)

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