While talking about the foreign policies they hope to pursue if elected, the two US presidential hopefuls (photo, from abcnews.com) have differed over Iraq, Afghanistan and the ‘war on terror’. On Tuesday they pledged in speeches to make the US a safer place.
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Lebanese prisoners back home
Posted in Middle East, health, news, politics, tagged exchange, Israel, Lebanon, prisoner on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Israel handed five Lebanese prisoners over to the Hezbollah movement, as part of a swap for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers (photo, from smh.com.au).
US deserter deported by Canada
Posted in Americas, Justice, Middle East, health, news, politics, tagged Canada, Iraq, Robin Long, USA on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After fleeing his country three years ago, a US army deserter has been deported by Canada. It is the first time that the country has expelled a resister to the US war in Iraq (photo, from abc.net.au).
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