Memorial Day Observed by U S Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq
At Bagram Air Field Afghanistan about 400 soldiers paused for a Memorial Day ceremony led by Gen. Stanley McChrystal as airstrikes against Taliban continued in Nuristan. In Baghdad troops remembered fallen comrades inside Camp Victory before a wreath laying and band performance.
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Bagram Air Field
Afghanistan
U.S
Iraq
NATO
Nuristan
Pakistan
Kandahar
Bagram
Stanley McChrystal
Kabul
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Sonya Powell
Cincinnati
Powell
401St Army Field Support Brigade
McChrystal
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
Victory
Peruvian Girl Sparks Talk on U S Immigration Policy
Seven year old Daisy Cuevas who met Michelle Obama at an Maryland school became a focal point in debates over illegal immigration. Her mother and father, undocumented in the United States, fear deportation while Peru’s president calls the Arizona law irrational and seeks dialogue with President Obama.
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Lima
Peru
Daisy Cuevas
U.S
Michelle Obama
Daisy
Washington, D.C
Genaro Julia
Associated Press
United States
Washington
Barack Obama
New Hampshire Estates
Silver Spring
Maryland
Arizona
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Julia
Alan Garcia
Obama
Garcia
German President Koehler resigns under pressure
President Horst Koehler steps down effective immediately amid criticism over a radio interview linking deployments abroad to export interests. Chancellor Merkel faces a race to appoint a new head of state within 30 days as Germany confronts budget strains and eurozone turmoil.
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Berlin
Horst Koehler
Angela Merkel
Koehler
Merkel
International Monetary Fund
Bremen
Jens Boehrnsen
Social Democrats
Europe
Germany
Christian Democrats
Afghanistan
Eva Luise Koehler
Bellevue Palace
Haiti faces storm season with no shelter from the rain
Port au Prince grapples with an expected record hurricane season as hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors rely on tarps and tents. Authorities race to finalize emergency plans amid toppled shelters and standing flood risks.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Caribbean
Jean Pape
Mark L. Schneider
International Crisis Group
U.N
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jean-Max Bellerive
Associated Press
Bellerive
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Sherwood
San Antonio
82Nd Airborne Division
Gero Neugebauer
Free University
Somalia
Bellevue
Claudia Toussaint
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