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Afghanistan News.

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  Congresswoman Comes to Aid of Single Army Mom

  By Darragh Worland | Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:28 PM ET

  with their own health issues."Hutchinson's lawyer told the Huffington Post that her client has been threatened with a court martial to appear in Afghanistan, but that pressure from widespread coverage in the media has so far kept the military from acting on that threat. However, militar Read More

  More like this in: Children, California, Family, Georgia, Army, Military, The Huffington Post
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  14 Months Alone in Afghanistan? No Problem for this Pooch

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:45 AM ET

  allowed to return to Australia, where she will surely be greeted as the top dog that she is.Photo courtesy of Manfred Scheid via Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Hope, Australia, The Associated Press, Kevin Rudd, World, Life & Style, Mideast, Australia/New Zealand, Animals & Pets
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  Soldiers Come Home To Very Excited Dogs

  By Erin Green | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:30 AM ET

  tummy-rubs ensue. Licks, kisses and hugs all-around. Now imagine that you aren't coming home from your office — you're coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan. Would your dog even remember you after your deployment? If these YouTube videos are any indication, the answer is a resounding Read More

  More like this in: YouTube, Smile File
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  The Past 10 Years — Abridged

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:35 AM ET

  when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers, sparking terrorism on a scale never before seen in this country and leading to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that we are still fighting today.In pop culture, we are reminded of those hugely annoying yet oft-mimicked Budweiser commercial Read More

  More like this in: Martha Stewart, Al Gore, Florida, Iraq, American Idol, 9/11, Budweiser, Newsweek Inc.
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  Dentists Take Kids Halloween Candy — But It's All Cool

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:55 PM ET

  parts about the plan? All the candy is then shipped to troops overseas. "It's good to get anything from home," Bryan Adams, spokesman for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told the Newark Star-Ledger. "It let's you know people back home are still thinking about you, they still care abou Read More

  More like this in: Halloween, Iraq, Veterans, Candy, Wisconsin, Army, Troops
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  Photo Gallery: International Day of Climate Action

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  of the importance of 350:Vilandai, India Sydney, Australia Koprivnica, Croatia Santa Cruz, California, USA Mexico City, Mexico Kunar, Afghanistan A beach somewhere in the world There are many more where these came from. To submit your own 350-themed images, e-mail photos@350.or Read More

  More like this in: California, Climate change, India, Australia, Mexico, Santa Cruz, GOOD Magazine, Croatia, Bill McKibben
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  Local Contact with Children of War

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:29 PM ET

  students write letters to their peers in both countries. In all 27,000 have been collected and will be distributed next year. "A kid over in Iraq or Afghanistan who has received a letter from a kid in the United States will probably hold onto that letter for the rest of his life," Swanson tell Read More

  More like this in: Children, Non-Profit, United States, Nonprofit, Iraq, Peace, Ice Cream, Military, Christian Science Monitor
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  Tonic's 50 Most Beautiful People: 11-20

  By Lisa Germinsky | Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:09 PM ET

  theoretically they're responsible for providing textbooks, teachers' salaries -- everything a public school here might get. But given the state of Afghanistan right now, it doesn't happen as perfectly as we'd like it to. So we’re working with the villagers to develop teacher supplemen Read More

  More like this in: Children, Education, Schools, Philanthropy, Mexico, Farmers Market, Hurricane Katrina, Entrepreneurship, Hurricane, Labor, Congo
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  Protecting the Protecters

  By Kendall Hunter | Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:50 AM ET

  Cooperation and the Overseas Development Institute tallies a total of 122 aid worker fatalities in 2008 including 45 in Somalia, 33 in Afghanistan and 19 in Sudan.(Don't worry, it gets better!)With this horrific trend in mind, Jeffrey Paul Vance has started an appeal to have 201 Read More

  More like this in: Children, Death, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, World, Social Responsibility, Asia, Africa, Mideast, Europe, Volunteerism, Activism, Development, Human Rights
• Looted Afghan Art Returned

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:58 PM ET

  lost a lot of things from our museum and from illegal excavation in different parts of Afghanistan. This is very important," National Museum of Afghanistan director Omar Khan Massoudi told the AFP.The artifacts, which include jugs, pots, dishes and coins, date back as far as 10,000 to 15,00 Read More

  More like this in: UNESCO, Museums, Islam, World, Asia, Mideast, Culture