The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan wants more troops and a new strategy — but most importantly, he wants to win the battle for the hearts and the minds of the people in the war-torn country
U.S. must win Afghan hearts and minds, commander says
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Facebook gets caught in Golan Heights dispute
Logging onto Facebook as a resident in the Golan Heights, should you enter Syria or Israel as your home country? Decades of war and occupation have not provided an answer to that question — but the social networking Web site now permits both options, sparking fears about an anti-Facebook cyber-war
Kanye West could be Leno’s new Hugh Grant
Jay Leno says immediacy is key to his new show, and he should have plenty of it for his prime time premiere Monday, when Kanye West is a musical guest. The rapper created a fan and artist uprising Sunday night when he jumped onstage at MTV’s Video Music Awards to hijack singer Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech
Dying Blagojevich fundraiser said he overdosed, mayor says
Police are looking into the death of the former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as a “death-suicide investigation,” an Illinois mayor said Sunday.
Jennifer Aniston ready to reveal her singing voice
Jennifer Aniston will be singing and playing the guitar in an upcoming film, and she makes one guarantee about her big-screen musical debut: “I can carry a tune.” Aniston is both starring in and producing “The Goree Girls” — the story of a real-life 1940s-era country music group comprised of all-female prison inmates — and is currently honing her singing skills as the production prepares to roll in January.
Uruguay passes same-sex adoption law
Uruguay became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex couples to adopt children after the Senate voted to approve a bill modifying the country’s adoption statute.
Saudis reveal details of attempted assassination of minister
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has identified the suicide bomber who attempted to assassinate the country’s assistant interior minister last Thursday and released details of a phone conversation between the two men prior to the attack. The disclosures reported by the country’s official news agency were highly unusual
Karzai ahead in Afghan election but could face runoff
President Hamid Karzai continues to maintain a strong lead in last month’s presidential election but needs more votes to avoid a runoff, according to partial results issued by Afghan election officials on Wednesday. Karzai is the choice on 47.28 percent of the ballots counted so far and his closest challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, is at 32.57 percent, Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission said
Pakistan minister escapes assassination attempt
Pakistan’s religious affairs minister escaped with a minor injury in an attack that killed his driver Wednesday.
‘Office Space’ creator returns to the workplace
Let those other filmmakers focus on world destruction or masked superheroes or beautiful people doing beautiful things. Mike Judge prefers to deal with real life. Judge, writer and director of “Office Space” and co-creator of the TV series “King of the Hill,” has long liked to set his work in the world of malfunctioning copiers and beer-drinking propane salesmen.