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Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2021 - Top US generals said Tuesday that they advised President Joe Biden to keep American troops in Afghanistan and expressed concern that the Taliban has not severed ties with Al-Qaeda.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - The top US commander in Afghanistan will issue a request for more troops this week but President Barack Obama will hold off making a decision as his advisers engage in an intense debate about war strategy, officials said Wednesday.
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 3, 2008 - A US general said Wednesday that he expected the numbers of the Afghan army to swell by nearly double to more than 130,000 troops.
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Portland (AFP) Sept 12, 2020 - US officials girded Saturday for the possibility of mass fatalities from raging wildfires up and down the West Coast, as evacuees recounted the pain of leaving everything behind in the face of fast-moving flames.
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New York (AFP) Sept 6, 2012 - US fruit giant Dole has reached an agreement to terminate 38 lawsuits filed in the United States and Nicaragua alleging pesticide-related injuries, the company said.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 02, 2014 - US military forces carried out an operation against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in Somalia on Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said.
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Chicago (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 - Seven emergency workers who responded to the aftermath of last month's mega-storm Harvey sued chemical company Arkema Thursday for exposing them to smoke from a fire at its flooded Texas plant.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2011 - Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but 4,600 are still dying annually, mainly in Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, said a US study on Wednesday.
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Red Fir, United States (AFP) Sept 18, 2021 - Firefighters battling to protect the world's biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved.
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New York (AFP) Sept 19, 2012 - A US financial industry group warned banks and other institutions to beware cyber attacks Wednesday, after some firms reported sporadic problems with their websites.
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Yorba Linda, United States (AFP) Sept 3, 2018 - Matt Shobert opens his eyes and wishes he was dead, a recurrent thought that started four years ago when the former firefighter first contemplated taking his own life.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - The Pentagon insists high-profile assaults by Afghan insurgents are a sign of a weakened enemy but former officials and analysts say Taliban tactics could undercut the effects of a US-led military campaign.
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Denverton, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 - A stealth campaign by Silicon Valley elites with a dream of turning a swath of California farmland into a new age city has ranchers who live here challenging their tactics and their motives.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2011 - Family members of US war dead from a disastrous Afghan mission - from which a young Marine got the highest US military decoration - called Sunday for senior officers to be court-martialed.
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San Francisco (AFP) Sept 14, 2009 - Health experts meeting in San Francisco have expressed confidence that a fresh (A)H1N1 outbreak can be contained, as the northern hemisphere braces for its winter flu season.
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Miami (AFP) Sept 2, 2012 - US scientists are to investigate what led 22 whales to beach themselves in Florida - killing 17 of them - one of three such incidents in North America over the weekend.
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