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Obama Will Speed Pullout From War in Afghanistan

President Obama said that the “tide of war is receding” and, in an acknowledgment of domestic economic strains, that “it is time to focus on nation-building here at home.”

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A debate inside the Republican Party over American military engagement has changed the political dynamic.

Sandbags stacked over a storm sewer were part of the effort in Minot, N.D., to keep the Souris River from inundating the city.
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In N. Dakota City, River’s Threat Renewed

Residents of Minot were told to head to high ground as the Souris River threatened to top the city’s levees. Sandbags were stacked over a storm sewer to battle the flood.

Some Greeks Fear Government Is Selling Nation

The crown jewels of Greece’s socialist state are now likely to go to the highest bidder.

Cuomo Secures Big Givebacks In Union Deal

The state’s largest union of public employees agreed to major wage and benefit concessions.

South Africa Embraces Mrs. Obama With Fervor

The prickly ambivalence that South Africans often show toward the United States seems to have been suspended for Michelle Obama.

Need Overwhelms Makeshift Clinic in Syria Camp

Activists say there is an acute need for care in makeshift refugee camps scattered on the Syrian side of the border.

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