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Woman earns Silver Star in Afghan war (AP) -

Spc. Monica Lin Brown from Lake Jackson Texas of 82 Air borne stands guard at a forwarded operating base in Khost, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 8, 2008. Brown, will be the fifth female soldier awarded the Silver Star since World War II, for her role in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor.


Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:32:07 GMT

AP: Water makes US troops in Iraq sick (AP) -

Two Iraqi boys hold lollipops as they watch U.S. soldiers the of 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol, during the second day of the Sukhumi clearing operation in Al-leg, Iraq on Saturday, March 8, 2008.  U.S. soldiers, Georgian soldiers, and Iraqi volunteer civilians known as Sons of Iraq, were taking part in the operation. ( AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon's internal watchdog says.


Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:14:22 GMT

Obama wins in Wyoming, adds 7 delegates (AP) -

Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives to speak in Laramie, Wyoming March 7, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)AP - Sen. Barack Obama captured the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, seizing a bit of momentum in the close, hard-fought race with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's presidential nomination.


Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:57:02 GMT

China: Terrorists targeted Olympics (AP) -

Chinese police search pedestrians at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. A Chinese official said that suspected AP - Chinese police killed alleged terrorists plotting to attack the Beijing Olympics, while a flight crew managed to prevent an apparent attempt to crash a Chinese jetliner in a separate case just last week, officials said Sunday.


Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:38:02 GMT

Musharraf opponents to form new gov't (AP) -

Police fire tear gas at lawyers as they chant slogans against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a protest near the residence of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in Islamabad March 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed   (PAKISTAN)AP - Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement Sunday to form a coalition government and said parliament will restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf — further clouding the U.S.-allied leader's political future.


Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:31:57 GMT