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Obama Administration's efforts to kickstart peace talks with the Taliban are underway but the hard-core Islamist group may find it difficult to accept some of the tough conditons laid out by Washington.

A coalition of veterans say retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin's inflammatory rhetoric is incompatible with Army values, and only puts our troops in danger.

Jessica Buchanan, a 32-year-old American aid worker, and her Danish colleague Poul Hagen Thisted, 60, were rescued Wednesday, by Navy's Seal Team 6, a U.S special forces team, after pirates held them hostage for months near the Somali town of Adado.

President Obama delivered his 2012 State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, making a bid for 2012 reelection. In a sweeping speech, the President touched upon issues like taxes, the economy, manufacturing and keeping the American dream alive. Though the current State of the Union is quite shaky, Obama highlighted the progress being made and attempted to solidify a sturdy campaign base.

The proposed Enemy Expatriation Act would allow the U.S. government to revoke citizens' nationality if they are accused of supporting anti-American hostilities.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh gave his farewell address on Monday, stepping down after 33 years in power in response to months of protests.

Four French soldiers were killed and several wounded in Afghanistan on Friday by a member of the Afghan National Army, prompting President Nicolas Sarkozy to suspend France's training operations in the country.

A militant who acted as a senior operations organizer for al-Qaida was targeted and killed in one of two U.S. drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a U.S. official said Thursday.

Al-Qaeda has always had a strong presence in Yemen, but with the country currently in the middle of a governmental transition, the terrorist group has launched a violent campaign for land and power.

A copy of an al-Qaida-linked magazine was delivered to the Guantanamo detention camp for suspected terrorists, a military prosecutor said Wednesday during a courtroom discussion of mail security.

A prime suspect in the Christmas Day bombings that killed more than 40 Nigerians in attacks aimed at Christian churches has escaped from police custody, officials said.

Pakistan has rejected U.S. special envoy Marc Grossman's request to visit the country, a senior official said on Wednesday, highlighting the increased tensions between the uneasy allies.

In a spirited debate last night in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Republican candidates went after both President Barack Obama and their GOP rivals on issues ranging from U.S. trade relations and the federal income tax to misleading attack ads and America's relationship with Turkey. But what statements were true, and what were false?

British government officials are determined to expel Qatada from the country.

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, was believed killed by a U.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters Sunday.

A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 15 people in an attack that targeted Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims passing through a checkpoint in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Saturday, police said.

The U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars housing suspected terrorists in the military prison since 2002. So far, only six people have been convicted by a military commission.

A federal judge dismissed charges that the construction company founded by Osama bin Laden's father had any connection to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's dismissal of defence secretary increases tension between civilian government and military.

Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are in talks for a plea deal for Jose Pimentel, the man accused of planning to pipe bomb attacks on police officers and soldiers.

Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is loading up on stars.