Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review
WASHINGTON - Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will open an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-17
Afghanistan, Iraq among the world's most corrupt
BERLIN - Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that receive billions of dollars a year in international support, are among the world's most corrupt nations, a watchdog group said in a report released Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan Poland Belarus Lithuania Denmark New Zealand People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Second Gulf War Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-11-17
Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals
BEIJING - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.
Nations:China North Korea Pakistan Denmark Afghanistan People:Dalai Lama Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S.
2009-11-17
Obama said to want revised Afghanistan options
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama won't accept any of the Afghanistan war options before him without changes, administration officials say, amid an argument by his own ambassador in Kabul that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government.
Nations:Afghanistan Philippines People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-11-12
Blame game erupts over probe of Fort Hood suspect
WASHINGTON - Finger-pointing erupted between federal agencies Tuesday over Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan. Government officials said a Defense Department terrorism investigator looked into Hasan's contacts with a radical imam months ago, but a military official denied prior knowledge of the Army psychiatrist's contacts with any Muslim extremists.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:Joe Lieberman Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-10
Resolute Fort Hood soldiers ready for return
FORT HOOD, Texas - Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he's asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his scheduled January deployment to Afghanistan.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Joe Lieberman Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-09
Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise
BEIJING - Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China - one that would exclude the United States.
Nations:Japan China Afghanistan South Korea Singapore North Korea People:Robert Gates Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:Japan-U.S. China-U.S.
2009-11-09
Suspect told 'There's something wrong with you'
FORT HOOD, Texas - There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-07
US reels after Muslim doctor kills 13 on army base
FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - A stunned nation battled to understand Friday why a Muslim army psychiatrist may have snapped, mowing down 13 people and wounding 30 others in a massacre at a sprawling US military base.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AFP)
2009-11-06
Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
FORT HOOD, Texas - An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-06
Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect
WASHINGTON - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-05
Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attack at Fort Hood
FORT HOOD, Texas - An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.
Nations:U.S. Afghanistan People:Kay Bailey Hutchison Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-05
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