NPR 2011-01-26

The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a US civilian court is being ordered to serve life in prison for the 1998 bombings of two US embassies. During sentencing today, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said anything Ahmed Ghailani may have suffere

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NPR 2011-04-19

The credit rating agency Standard and Poor's is putting Washington on notice. NPR's Zoe Chace reports that if Congress and the president don't agree on a long-term deficit plan by 2013, then the US may be a riskier place to invest. US government debt

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NPR 2010-07-05

President Obama is hosting a barbecue at the White House today for members of the military and their families. They will be able to watch the national fireworks from the South Lawn. Some local displays around the country are being canceled this year

NPR 2011-02-04

Lawlessness is spreading in central Cairo where protesters for and against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have been engaged in running street battles, allowing businesses to be looted and buildings torched, all this with apparently little intervent

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CNN 2008-03-17

I am Asieh Namdar at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Clashes between police and militants in Iraq's Diyala province have left at least seven people dead. Similar clashes in the city of Kut killed at leas

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