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US shows flag in Tripoli, pledges support

The United States gave Libya's new rulers a very visible show of support on Wednesday when a senior envoy visited the capital and praised their efforts to assert control of armed groups three weeks after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.
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Former MI5 Chief Justifies Dialogue with Gadhafi

Terming the dialogue initiated by the British government with Colonel Gaddafi in 2003 as right decision, the former MI5 chief Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller today acknowledged that though it was difficult, but the decision to engage in dialogue with Gaddafi in 2003 was right.
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9/11 Anniversary

With Funereal Grief, America Marks September 11

Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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9/11 Anniversary: Skeptics Rally in New York

A group of nearly 100 protesters traveled to the financial district in New York City to protest what they believed was dishonesty from the U.S. government regarding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
9/11 Anniversary

U.S. Marks 10th Anniversary of Day Nation, World Changed

The United States marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pa. Sunday with memorial services at the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania -- all three of which are hallowed ground.
Iraq war veteran Jordan Towers poses at the War Memorial building in San Francisco

Man Who Joined Marines After 9/11 Made Sacrifice

Jordan Towers said he was unpacking a truck during a family move from Truckee, California, to the state capital of Sacramento when he heard the news that a plane had flown into New York's World Trade Center.
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31 million watch Obama jobs speech on TV

More than 31 million Americans watched President Barack Obama deliver his agenda for creating jobs in a speech broadcast live on television, ratings data showed on Friday.
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Opinion: Did Osama Bin Laden Succeed?

The United States has killed the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Osama bin Laden. But in engaging in two costly wars, did the U.S. do much of what bin Laden wanted the U.S. to do?
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Militants Strike India, Pakistan Alike

At least 34 people were killed in separate terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan Wednesday when militants attacked both civilians and state officials. Police have a number of suspects, but so far nothing is confirmed.
Lockheed CEO eyes new F-16s for Taiwan

Lockheed CEO eyes new F-16s for Taiwan

Granting Taiwan's politically sensitive request for new F-16 fighter aircraft would merely maintain the island's air power capabilities, not boost them, the chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the plane's manufacturer, said on Tuesday.
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Ex-BP boss to seal return with $4 billion Iraq deal

Tony Hayward, who stepped down as BP boss in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will imminently seal his return to the oil industry, by buying into Turkey's Genel Enerji, in a deal valuing the target at around $4 billion, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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Exclusive: Ex-BP boss to seal return with $4 billion Iraq buy

Tony Hayward, who stepped down as BP boss in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will imminently seal his return to the oil industry, by buying into Turkey's Genel Enerji, in a deal valuing the target at around $4 billion, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.

Petraeus Sworn Into Top Post at CIA

After a famous 37-year army career that included leading the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus has been sworn in as director of the CIA.

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