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Romney says Obama "misunderstood" US values
By News on Sep 30, 2012
BOSTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama has "misunderstood" American values in his policies toward other countries. The Republican nominee is planning a major foreign policy speech in the coming weeks....
Ryan rejects need for breakthrough moment
By News on Sep 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's running mate shot down the need for a breakthrough in the first presidential debate Wednesday, trying to allay Republican concerns that the race is slipping away with five weeks to go and momentum on President Barack Obama's side....
US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000
By News on Sep 30, 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that now garners little public interest at home as the United States prepares to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014....
Syrian fighting torches historic medieval market
By News on Sep 29, 2012
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BEIRUT (AP) -- A fire sparked by battles between Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops and rebel fighters tore through Aleppo's centuries-old covered market Saturday, burning wooden doors and scorching stone stalls and vaulted passageways. The souk is one of a half-dozen renowned cultural sites in the country that have become collateral damage in the civil war....Biden: Days into job, news of $1 trillion deficit
By News on Sep 29, 2012
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says that he and President Barack Obama had been on the job less than a week when a top economic adviser told them the country was facing a trillion-dollar budget deficit....