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Video: No simple exits in America's three wars

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT

May 29: Memorial Day is not only a time to remember veterans, but also to honor the 150,000 Americans in harm's way on three fronts. NBC's Richard Engel reports.  (Nightly News)Memorial Day is not only a time to remember veterans, but also to honor the 150,000 Americans in harm's way on three fronts. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Heroes' welcome, 66 years in the making

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT

May 29: Twenty-four WWII veterans went to Washington, D.C. to see the WWII memorial and were overwhelmed by their greeting. NBC's Lester Holt reports.  (Nightly News)Twenty-four WWII veterans went to Washington, D.C. to see the WWII memorial and were overwhelmed by their greeting. NBC's Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)




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New Mexico sticks with its spaceport dream

Posted: 29 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Dozens of metal panels are spread out at New Mexico's Spaceport America in preparation for their installation on the exterior of the spaceport's passenger terminal, seen here in the background.Construction of the world's first built-from-scratch spaceport is moving ahead despite the challenges posed by Mother Nature and the site's location in New Mexico's "no man's land."




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Libya's Misrata rebels face tough new fight

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT

A Libyan rebel fighter fires a machine gun on the front line, west of Misrata, in Libya on May 28. The new rebel administration on Saturday warned it was fast running out of money because countries that promised financial aid have not come through.The rebels face new challenges as they shift from street battles to fighting in the olive groves, wheat fields and sandy desert that surround the city.




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Posted: 29 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT

Israel braces for border clashes in coming days

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers guard as a military tractor destroy wells used by Palestinian farmers for agricultural irrigation near the West Bank village of Kfar Dan west of Jenin, on Sunday. The Israeli military says the wells were drilled illegally and endanger an underground aquifer. The Israeli military is preparing for the possibility of violent protests along its borders in the coming days, aiming to avoid a repeat of deadly unrest that erupted earlier this month, a senior military official told The Associated Press on Sunday.




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Video: Obama: 'This time of pain and trial'

Posted: 29 May 2011 01:16 PM PDT

May 29: President Obama says survivors of Missouri's deadly tornado in Joplin are showing the world how to come together, and he is pledging that the nation, as he put it, "will be with you every step of the way." Watch his entire speech.  (NBC News)President Obama says survivors of Missouri's deadly tornado in Joplin are showing the world how to come together, and he is pledging that the nation, as he put it, "will be with you every step of the way." Watch his entire speech. (NBC News)




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VA infection issues lead to 13,000 veterans' tests

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Some 13,000 U.S. veterans have been warned in the last two years that their blood should be tested for potentially fatal infections after possible exposures by improper hygiene practices at five VA hospitals in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee

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Video: Obama heads to Joplin

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:19 AM PDT

May 29: As the president heads to the Missouri town ravaged by the most-devastating tornado ever recorded in the U.S., Washington is abuzz about a shakeup at the Pentagon. "Meet The Press" moderator David Gregory runs down the changes coming to the Defense Department.        (Today Show)As the president heads to the Missouri town ravaged by the most-devastating tornado ever recorded in the U.S., Washington is abuzz about a shakeup at the Pentagon. "Meet The Press" moderator David Gregory runs down the changes coming to the Defense Department.       (TODAY)




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French minister accused of rape resigns

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:13 AM PDT

A preliminary investigation was opened last week against George Tron, who served as a junior civil service minister, after two women alleged that he had attacked them between 2007 and 2010.

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NYT: Retro Russian import lures older, easier riders

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:42 AM PDT

David Reich and his wife, Jeanne, out for a ride in Oregon.Russia's Irbit Motor Works, which for decades had churned out its signature Ural motorcycle with sidecar attachment, has found salvation in an unlikely niche market: older American riders.




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Veterans, supporters gather for 'Rolling Thunder'

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:44 AM PDT

Shelly Pfennig, from Fayetteville, N.C., uses a bandana to help rest as she waits at the beginning of Rolling Thunder at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for the traditional annual Memorial Day weekend event. The streets of Washington and the surrounding area echoed with the rumble of thousands of motorcycles on Sunday as veterans and their supporters gathered for the main events of the annual Rolling Thunder rally.




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Wheldon wins second Indy 500 in wild finish

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT

Dan Wheldon celebrates his second Indy 500 victory Sunday.JR Hildebrand slammed into the wall on the final turn, and Dan Wheldon drove on past to claim an improbable Indy 500 win Sunday in his first race of the year.




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Posted: 29 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT

Children of fallen troops turn to each other

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Mentors Josh Angel, left, and Russell Gibson, second from left, play football with Ian Mason, 8, right, and brother Weston Mason, 8, of Sioux Falls, S.D., during "Good Grief Camp" in Arlington, Va., on May 27.More than 4,300 children of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are growing up, forging their own paths while trying to keep the connection to their mom or dad alive.




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Clashes erupt in Belgrade against Mladic arrest

Posted: 29 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Thousands of demonstrators sang nationalist songs and carried banners honoring jailed former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on Sunday as they poured into the street outside Serbia's parliament to demand the release of the war-crimes suspect, whom they consider a hero.Thousands of demonstrators poured into the street outside Serbia's parliament Sunday to demand the release of jailed former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic.




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Taliban's new tactic: High-profile inside jobs

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:32 AM PDT

Afghan soldiers check a military ambulance April 18 before it enters the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, where a gunman in an army uniform gunned down two Afghan soldiers before being killed. The gunman also fatally wounded an Afghan army officer who died later at a hospital. The attack, brazen and cleverly orchestrated by insurgents, is indicative of the high-profile yet small-scale attacks that are trademarks of the Taliban's spring campaign. A car with the license plate of a high-ranking Afghan general approached the gates of the Defense Ministry in Kabul last month. A special "A" pass also was on its windshield, so guards quickly waved it through.




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Report: UK trains forces quelling Arab Spring

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:35 AM PDT

The United Kingdom is training an elite Saudi security force that was sent to Bahrain to help quell recent pro-democracy protests, a British newspaper reported on Sunday.

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Syrian tanks attack towns that held protests

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Syrian anti-regime protesters carry national flags and banners during a rally Friday in Talbiseh, in the central province of Homs, Syria. Syrian government troops backed by tanks attacked Rastan and Talbiseh on Sunday. The two central towns have seen intense protests against President Bashar Assad's regime leaving at least two people dead and several wounded, activists and a rights group said.Syrian government troops backed by tanks attacked three central towns Sunday in an attempt to stop round-the-clock protests there against President Bashar Assad's regime, killing at least three people and wounding several others, activists and a rights group said.




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Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 14

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:28 AM PDT

A NATO airstrike targeting insurgents inadvertently hit two civilian homes in the volatile southwestern Helmand province, killing 12 children and two women, an Afghan government official said Sunday.

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