US commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal apologises for ‘poor judgment’ over Rolling Stone article

THE US commander in Afghanistan has apologised over a magazine profile in which he mocks Vice President Joe Biden, while his aides are dismissive of President Barack Obama. Tensions between General Stanley McChrystal and the White House are on full display in the unflattering article in Rolling …

The Australian · June 21, 2010, 11:06 PM (PST)

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Wall Street Journal

Van der Sloot refuses to talk to Peruvian judge

June 21: Anita van der Sloot, the mother of accused murderer Joran van der Sloot, said Sunday she won’t visit him in his Peru prison cell. Joran also told a Dutch newspaper over the weekend he was retracting his murder confession. NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports. LIMA, Peru – Murder defendant …

msnbc.com · June 22, 2010, 12:39 AM (PST)

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Faisal Shahzad Pleads Guilty In Times Square Car Bomb Plot, Warns Of More Attacks

Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to trying to explode a car bomb in Times Square on May 1, and to receiving terror training from the Pakistani Taliban, and warned that further attacks on the U.S. were coming. New video shows sparse interior of accused terrorist’s apartment. The 30-year …

ABC News · June 22, 2010, 4:13 AM (PST)

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Washington Post

Who Wins, Who Loses if Israel Ends Its Gaza Siege?

Israel ‘s announcement that it will end its prohibition on a wide variety of civilian goods entering Gaza marks the collapse of the Israeli strategy to topple the territory’s Hamas rulers through " economic warfare ." The Islamists who rule the tiny coastal strip will count the announcement as a …

YAHOO! · June 22, 2010, 4:49 AM (PST)

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San Jose Mercury News

Leading candidate for president wants Poland’s troops out of Afghanistan in 2012

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s interim president says he will end Poland’s military mission in Afghanistan in 2012 if he wins a runoff election. Bronislaw Komorowski said Tuesday he will start scaling back Poland’s force of some 2,600 troops in Afghanistan in 2011 and end the mission the following …

FOX News · June 22, 2010, 4:56 AM (PST)

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Kansas City Star

Rains burst levee in southern China, 68,000 flee latest disaster in weeklong floods

BEIJING (AP) – Torrential rains burst a dike in southern China, sending 68,000 people fleeing their homes and prompting China’s top leaders to call Tuesday for stepped-up rescue operations for the thousands still in danger. Floodwaters breached the Changkai levee on the Fu River in Jiangxi …

FOX News · June 22, 2010, 3:45 AM (PST)

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CBS News

Suspected Kurdish rebels kill 5 in bombing

ANKARA, Turkey – Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled bomb in Istanbul Tuesday, killing five people and wound
ing 12 on a bus carrying military personnel and their families, officials said. Authorities stepped up security across Turkey, fearing more attacks. The dead included the …

Huffingtonpost.com · June 22, 2010, 5:11 AM (PST)

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Britain’s 150-year-old budget box, first used by William Gladstone, takes its last bow

A red box that has carried the government’s budget to the House of Commons for scores of years has made its last official appearance. Treasury chief George Osborne posed with the box Tuesday before his budget speech. The box was first used by William Gladstone in 1860, and most Chancellors of the …

Minneapolis Star Tribune · June 22, 2010, 5:04 AM (PST)

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Atlanta Journal Constitution

NATO: 4 Troops Killed in Afghan Copter Crash

KABUL, Afghanistan — A helicopter crash killed three Australian commandos and a U.S. service member before dawn Monday in a rugged area of southern Afghanistan where fighting has raged for days. Five other international service members, including four Americans, died in separate attacks in the east …

FOX News · June 21, 2010, 8:28 PM (PST)

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Beaver County Times

Pakistani PM ignores US warning on Iran gas deal

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Defying a warning from Washington, Pakistan’s prime minister promised Tuesday to go ahead with a plan to import natural gas from Iran even if the U.S. levies additional sanctions against the Mideast country. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ‘s comments came two days after the U.S …

Stamford Advocate · June 22, 2010, 4:49 AM (PST)

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