Posts Tagged ‘U.S.’

September 3 2010

U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report

An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.

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September 3 2010

U.S. court backs ‘Ladies Night’ promotions

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September 3 2010

U.S. Asks Educators to Reinvent Student Tests, and How They Are Given

Could the bubble be on the way out? In the near future, students may take their tests on computers.




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September 3 2010

Gates: U.S. troops face ‘tough days’ ahead

U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday.As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south.


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September 2 2010

Mexican army kills 25 drug suspects near U.S. border

At least 25 drug suspects were killed Thursday in a gunfight with the Mexican army near the U.S. border, military sources said.

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September 1 2010

Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. declining

The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent.

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September 1 2010

U.S., Iraq formally mark end of combat mission

Defence Secretary Robert Gates prepares to speak with troops from the 4th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, while visiting Camp Ramadi on Wednesday.The U.S. marked on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own






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September 1 2010

U.S., Iraq formally mark end of combat mission

Defence Secretary Robert Gates prepares to speak with troops from the 4th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, while visiting Camp Ramadi on Wednesday.The U.S. marked on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own






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September 1 2010

New York imam heading back to U.S.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a leading figure for the plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks, attends a lecture hosted by the Dubai School of Government on Tuesday in the Gulf emirate.The State Department says the imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York is returning to the United States on Wednesday.


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August 31 2010

Fact check: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.?

Iraqi policemen stand guard at a check point in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the end of American combat operations Tuesday leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States and he assured his people their own security forces will protect them.Despite President Barack Obama’s declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.


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