AFGHANISTAN

A U.S. Army specialist has been charged with attempted espionage by communicating classified military information to a suspected foreign spy.

American drone strikes in Pakistan have killed hundreds of innocent people, as a result of often having missed their target or hit the wrong one.

A former U.S. Army Ranger arrested during demonstrations in Oakland last week and later hospitalized is reluctant to become the face of protests there, his friends said on Monday.

One year before the presidential election, a new poll shows President Obama beating all his GOP contenders, despite low ratings. Obama falls below expectations in most areas, but is still supported above Republicans. Also, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are supported by 50 percent of those polled.

Two months before the Iowa caucus and one year before the presidential elections, a new poll shows President Obama beating all his GOP contenders, despite low ratings and a pervading air of negativity and dissatisfaction in America at large. Obama falls below expectations in most areas, but is still supported above Republicans. Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are supported by 50 percent of those polled.

Putin and Gilani also reportedly discussed other important topics, including battling against terrorism and extremism.

The ING NYC Marathon took place Sunday, Nov. 6, and was a huge sensation. Thousands of runners participated in one of the most anticipated contests of the year and the premiere event of the New York Road Runners.

Boeing, Chicago-based aerospace and defense corporation, has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Army for a multi-year contract for the production and delivery of 155 CH-47F helicopters.

A suicide bomber killed eight people during religious celebrations in northern Afghanistan on Sunday.

Pakistan's troubled foreign relationships scenarios have improved in recent months, said a top diplomat on Saturday, pointing to forthcoming trade talks with New Delhi and a broad agreement on regional security goals with Washington as evidence.

Major Gen. Peter Fuller, a top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was relieved of his duties Friday after making comments critical of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a senior U.S. defense official said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister said today that its troubled relationship with India has improved in recent months.

Indian government source accused Pakistan of backtracking its announcement on granting the trading status of Most Favoured Nation to the country, but Islamabad denied the allegation.

The Supreme Court of Canada blocked on Thursday the extradition to the United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted by Washington on terrorist charges

The Iraq/Afghanistan Wars have been costly, but the United States' longer trend of spending too much on defense and not enough on public goods over two decades could end up costing the economy and the nation far more.

A suicide car bomb was detonated by suspected Taliban insurgents outside a NATO contractors office in the Herat province of Afghanistan.

Viktor Bout was busted in a sting operation attempting to sell weapons to a Colombian rebel group, FARC.

Suspected suicide attackers launched an assault near a base used by NATO-led forces in the western Afghan province of Herat Thursday, authorities said, and gunfire was still being heard although there was no immediate word on casualties.

Condoleezza Rice book No Higher Honor released on Nov. 1.

U.S. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs exploited a lawless platoon culture when he directed plans to execute innocent Afghanistani civilians and disguise the killings as combat engagements, prosecutors charged at the start of Gibbs' court martial.

Dorothy Rodham, mother of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, died Tuesday, shortly after midnight at the age of 92.