news articles for 4/15

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Date: Apr 15, 2009 1:37 PM
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Operation Iraqi Children delivers school supplies to children in Iraq
BAGHDAD – An initial delivery of school supplies from Operation Iraqi Children arrived in the hands of local school kids after a trip of over 7,000 miles which originated from Dallas, Texas.


Final MV-22 Deployment Closes Book on Operation Iraqi Freedom Legacy
AL ASAD AIR BASE — The presence of the MV-22 Osprey in Operation Iraqi Freedom is coming to a close as the final Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron prepares to head home this spring.


ISOF training reaches new heights
AL ASAD, Iraq – Training took to the air as Iraqi Special Operations Forces turned their focus to helicopter operations April 1 in Al Asad, Iraq, in order to increase their capabilities in the region.


U.S. says new troops push Taliban away from Kabul
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan, April 15 (Reuters) – An influx of new U.S. troops near Kabul this year is reclaiming the Afghan capital's outskirts from the Taliban, but violence would increase in the short-term, the U.S. commander in the area said.


Appreciation Finds No Language Barriers During Continuing Promise
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, April 15, 2009 – Eighty-five-year-old Simone Alexis arrived at a medical clinic set up by the crew of USNS Comfort wearing her Sunday best in anticipation of getting new eyeglasses.


Singer Uses Stage to Bring Attention to Servicemembers’ Sacrifices
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 – A former Marine sergeant turned country-music artist is using his newfound fame to urge Americans to do more to support the men and women returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.




Federal agency warns of radicals on right
The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in "rightwing extremist activity," saying the economic recession, the election of America's first black president and the return of a few disgruntled war veterans could swell the ranks of white-power militias.


American Legion to DHS: We're not terrorists
In response to a newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report that warns of dangers associated with "right-wing extremists" – and singles out returning war veterans as particular threats – the American Legion has fired off a letter to DHS in protest.


OPEC sees 'devastating contraction' in oil demand
OPEC again revised down its estimate for world crude demand on Wednesday, saying a "devasting contraction" in consumption would keep prices under pressure in the months ahead.


US food aid ship escapes Somali pirate attack
MOMBASA, Kenya – Somali pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship managed to escape the attack and was heading Wednesday to Kenya under U.S. Navy escort, officials said.


Mexico to seek solution to trucking fight
WASHINGTON — Mexico will press the United States to resolve a trade dispute and allow its trucks to travel U.S. highways past the border region when Presidents Felipe Calderón and Barack Obama meet later this week, Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan said Monday.


Ukraine arrests 3 in radioactive material sale
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian security agents have arrested a regional lawmaker and two companions for trying to sell a radioactive substance that could be used in making a dirty bomb, officials said Tuesday.


Iran willing to build new relationship with US
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said Wednesday he is willing to build a new relationship with the United States, adding that he is preparing new proposals aimed at breaking the impasse with the West over his country's nuclear program.


Is America the new Russia?
Is the US Russia? The question seems provocative, if not outrageous. Yet the person asking it is Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and a professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In an article in the May issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Prof Johnson compares the hold of the “financial oligarchy” over US policy with that of business elites in emerging countries. Do such comparisons make sense? The answer is Yes, but only up to a point.


Here is today's break from all the serious stuff.

Cash stash in bra stops bullet from piercing heart
SAO PAULO – Police say a wad of cash stuffed in a woman's bra saved her life during a shootout in northeastern Brazil. Salvador city police spokesman Vicente de Paula said 58-year-old Ivonete Pereira de Oliveira was a passenger on the bus that two gunmen held up on Saturday.




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