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Cell Phone-Related Crash Claimed Life of Marine
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Ball St. gets grant for Afghan school
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) – Ball State University has received a $1 million State Department grant to help Kandahar University in Afghanistan develop economics curricula emphasizing free market principles and entrepreneurship.
Logansport soldier’s body returns home
LOGANSPORT, Ind. (WISH) – The body of an Indiana soldier killed in Afghanistan returns home today.
5 al-Qaida suspects detained in Turkey (AP)
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained five people suspected of providing financial and technical support to al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Anatolia said the five, including four university students, were detained Wednesday during raids in five Turkish cities.
Qur’an burning would increase risk of terror attacks – Interpol
Pakistani Christians beat a burning effigy of Terry Jones during a protest in Lahore against his plans to burn the Qur’an. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Interpol, the international police agency, has warned of an increased risk of terror attacks if the planned burning of the Qur’an by extremist US pastor Terry Jones takes place on Saturday.
Afghans protest planned Florida Quran-burning (The Upshot)
A small group associated with a fringe Christian church in Florida is planning to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 — and is now the subject of outraged protests in Afghanistan.
Accused New York slasher was embedded journalist in Afghanistan
The U.S. military saw no sign that the suspect in the slashing of a New York cab driver might not have been able to cope with the experience of living with U.S.
Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus (AP)
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. – With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will signal a shift in America’s focus from the Iraq War to the war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.
Marines likely to stay in Afghanistan for years
WASHINGTON – It will likely be a few years before Afghanistan is secure enough for the U.S. Marines to leave, Commandant Gen.
Omnivox Awarded Medical Technology Contract Worth $33 Million
Service disabled veteran-owned small business to develop and prototype technologies to mitigate and treat injuries from roadside bombs DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 23 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The Joint Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) has awarded Omnivox, LLC, headquartered here, a contract to design, develop and prototype medical technologies to assist in the prevention, mitigation and treatment of blast injuries, the leading cause of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
