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Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-9/11 level

Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.
18:14 May 25, 2013

Fort Worth police say 'Colonel Mike' created an elaborate ruse about a military career

When Brig. Gen. G.B. McDowell passed away on Veterans Day 2011 near Seattle, condolences in an online guest book lifted up his son, Col. Michael Douglas McDowell.
21:48 May 25, 2013
Obama: Nation must do more for fallen heroes

President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.
19:15 May 25, 2013
Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.
15:49 May 25, 2013

Ryan Crocker says US is fumbling on Iran's nuclear program

Ryan Crocker has long been viewed as America's indispensable diplomat in the Muslim world. President George W. Bush named him ambassador to Iraq in 2007 to rescue a failing policy, and four years later, President Obama dispatched him to salvage the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
22:31 May 25, 2013
Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital

A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The attack came a day after a Taliban assault in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers.
11:33 May 25, 2013
Israeli expert says Syrian cyberattack foiled

An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa.

'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU

Croatia may be on the doorstep of the European Union, but in the village of Kumrovec another group of nations was getting all the glory. In Kumrovec, the birthplace of Yugoslavia's late communist leader Josip Broz Tito, thousands gathered Saturday to mark his birthday.
08:20 May 25, 2013
French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris

A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and France's president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier.
Pirates release German ship's 4 crew members

A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast.

2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar

Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.
11:16 May 25, 2013
2 former sex slaves demand Japan mayor quit

Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its military.
11:12 May 25, 2013
Osaka mayor in unprecedented crisis

The list of those in and out of Japan who scorn and deride Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto for justifying the wartime “comfort women” is growing daily, presenting a unprecedented crisis for the once-popular politician.
13:19 May 25, 2013

Ceremony today repatriates remains of 10 US airmen downed in 1969

One day in 1969, when Paul Clever was 6, he came home to find his mother crying as two Air Force officers stood by. After they left, his mother told him and his sister that their father, Sgt. Louis Clever, had been lost.

Survivor, rescuer reunite at Maine B-52 crash site May 25, 2013
Quilt maker helps to keep troops, veterans covered May 25, 2013
Teens create touching exhibit on local veterans at History Museum May 25, 2013
Gold Star mother supports military's role May 25, 2013
WWII veteran to share military story on cable TV series May 25, 2013
Volunteers gather to plant flags on graves of veterans May 25, 2013
Vet's heroism in Battle of the Bulge may yield nation's highest military honor May 25, 2013

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Germans prep for post-2014 role in Afghanistan

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