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Israel envoys ‘target of attacks’

Israel envoys ‘target of attacks’

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Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war (AP)

Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war 
    (AP)

AP - Outside it was pitch dark. The six American soldiers couldn’t see much of the desert landscape streaming by outside the small windows of their armored vehicle. They were hushed and exhausted from an all-night drive — part of the last convoy of U.S. troops to leave Iraq during the final moment of a [...]

Banking reforms given green light

Banking reforms given green light

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Czech statesman Vaclav Havel dies

Czech statesman Vaclav Havel dies

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Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war (AP)

Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war 
    (AP)

AP - The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy’s exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered and [...]

Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends (AP)

Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends 
    (AP)

AP - The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy’s exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered, with [...]

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war (Reuters)

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war 
    (Reuters)

Reuters - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty.[Read more...]

Final U.S. Troops Leave Iraq

Final U.S. Troops Leave Iraq

(AT THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER) - The final convoy of U.S. troops left Iraq early Sunday, bringing a nearly nine-year military mission to a definitive close. The column of armored trucks and tractor trailers rolled across the Iraq-Kuwait border in the early morning hours. The vehicles were greeted by the glare of television cameras; a [...]

Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends (AP)

Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends 
    (AP)

AP - The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered, with troubling [...]

Nearly nine years on, U.S. withdraws from Iraq (Reuters)

Nearly nine years on, U.S. withdraws from Iraq 
    (Reuters)

Reuters - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq Sunday, crossing into Kuwait and ending the American withdrawal nearly nine years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, a U.S. military official said.[Read more...]

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