Articles from 'December 2009'
Blood Money 2010: Healthcare in America
Ask patients who need lab work done how that all works out today in America, and then imagine where this trend is going in the ...
Afghanistan suicide bombing kills 8 American civilians
Reporting from Washington Eight American civilians were killed today when a lone suicide bomber struck a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. The ...
The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill
The question was simple: Should the lending practices of auto dealers be regulated?It was already October and the 42 Democrats and 29 Republicans on the ...
Afghans protest civilian deaths in foreign raid
ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against the killing of 10 civilians, mostly teenagers, in a ...
Suicide bomber attacks CIA base in Afghanistan, killing at least 7 Americans
The CIA on Thursday confirmed the deaths of seven of its officers in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan, an audacious attack on a key ...
Afghan civilian casualties up 10%: UN
KABUL — Civilian deaths in Afghanistan rose more than 10 percent in the first 10 months of 2009, UN figures showed Tuesday, amid anger over ...
Karzai, NATO clash over reports of civilian deaths
KABUL -- Afghan government and foreign military officials sparred Tuesday over reports that 10 civilians died during a military operation - claims that further inflamed ...
Army mom in trouble with military over involuntary leave back home in Oakland
OAKLAND — Next week, Alexis Hutchinson, a 21-year-old Army specialist from Oakland, will return to her base in Georgia and the decision that awaits her ...
Holocaust survivor stages hunger strike for Gaza
CAIRO — An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor was among a group of grandmothers who began a hunger strike in Cairo on Monday to protest against Egypt's ...
Egypt cracks down on foreign protesters heading to Gaza Strip
Getting in to the Gaza Strip is no easy feat, but driving across Egypt should not be this hard. On Sunday, more than 1,000 international ...
Idaho Soldier Held Captive
We have an update on a Northwest soldier, who is believed to be the only U.S serviceman held captive at this time. The country first ...
Cowboy hats, secret files and more headed to Bush library
LEWISVILLE, TEX. -- Eight years of "still-evolving" American history is meticulously catalogued, wrapped, stored and guarded in the climate-controlled warehouse. Included here are 68 million ...
Troops deaths in Afghan war seen rising with surge
KABUL — The arrival in Afghanistan of tens of thousands of reinforcements to fight the Taliban will lead to a higher death rate among foreign ...
Afghanistan children killed 'during Western operation'
At least 10 Afghan civilians, including eight schoolchildren, have been killed in fighting involving Western troops, President Hamid Karzai has said.Mr Karzai said the deaths ...
Films that marked the past decade
Emilie Bickerton looks at the films that helped define the past 10 years. FAHRENHEIT 9/11, 2004 (Cannes Golden Palm winner) Political documentaries made waves with ...
U.S. Troop Fatalities Double in Afghanistan
A U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan on Sunday raised the American death toll in 2009 to exactly twice the number of those soldiers killed there ...
US B-52 bomber hovers over Fata
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - America’s B-52 heavy bomber aircraft, which can carry nuclear and conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability, was again seen hovering over ...
US B-52 plane hovers over tribal areas
PESHAWAR: US’s B-52 jet plane, along other spy planes, continued its flights over the tribal areas for last several weeks here in Pakistan on Sunday ...
Protesters Rally Outside President Barack Obama's Kailua Vacation Rental
Immediately after a briefing with top security aides, President Barack Obama and first-lady Michelle left their Kailua vacation home around 6:30am for day two of ...
NATO: US serviceman killed in Afghanistan
KABUL -- NATO says an American serviceman has been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. A statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force says ...
The 10 most important blockbusters of the decade
The blockbusters of the past 10 years gave us comic book heroes and animated clown fish, iron men and Autobots directed by Michael Bay. But ...
10 most important works of the decade: No. 7, Farenheit 9/11
We asked our critics and our readers to vote for the 10 Most Important Works of the Decade. We count down to No. 1 as ...
Lafayette crosses remain as memorial to war dead
LAFAYETTE – Kyle Stadt, like many Bay Area commuters, passes by them every day – thousands of white wooden crosses that sprawl across a hillside ...
Racism and U.S. War
When I first joined the army, we were told that racism no longer existed in the military. A legacy of inequality and discrimination was suddenly ...
Car bomb wounds 19 in Pakistan's commercial capital
KARACHI, Dec 26 - A bomb in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi wounded at least 19 people on Saturday, police said, in an apparent attack on ...
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