Thursday, November 24, 2011

U.S. troops bottlenecked trying to leave Iraq

U.S. troops bottlenecked trying to leave Iraq


U.S. troops bottlenecked trying to leave Iraq

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:58 PM PST

The U.S. military is ordering that soldiers crossing from Iraq into Kuwait be returned home at a faster rate, ahead of a year-end deadline to withdraw.

Military: Ex-PM will retake Egypt post

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:06 PM PST

The move follows days of violent protests and ahead of parliamentary elections. Kamal Ganzouri was also prime minister in the 1990s under President Hosni Mubarak.

U.S. students expect to be freed in Egypt

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:04 PM PST

Three American college students arrested on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails during a protest in Cairo were released today, an Egyptian official told CNN.

Yemen clashes rage

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:46 AM PST

At least five people were killed in Yemen when pro-government gunmen shot at anti-government protesters in the capital, medics in Sanaa's Change Square told CNN Thursday.

26 bodies found in vehicles in Mexico

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

Authorities found the bodies of 26 men inside three vehicles in Guadalajara, an official said. Drug cartel killings are rare in Mexico's second-most populous city.

J.K. Rowling describes media 'hounding'

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:11 AM PST

The "Harry Potter" author told a panel on British press ethics that the media hounded her and a reporter slipped a note in her 5-year-old daughter's school bag.

N. Korea threatens 'sea of fire' on South

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:12 PM PST

One day after South Korea staged exercises near Yeonpyeong Island marking the anniversary of North Korea's deadly shelling, the North's military threatened "a sea of fire" upon the South's presidential office, the South's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.

Opinion: What's behind Pakistan furor?

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PST

Peter Bergen and Andrew Lebovich on the Pakistani-American businessman who has set off a political firestorm in Pakistan over a memo to the U.S. military

Plane hits Arizona mountain; 6 die

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:22 PM PST

An airplane that crashed Wednesday evening into a rugged mountain east of Phoenix was carrying three children on a Thanksgiving trip, authorities said.

Occupy protesters celebrate holiday

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:40 PM PST

Occupy protesters across the country celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, bringing all the trimmings of a traditional meal to the unlikely location of a demonstration.

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