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Homeland Security
9:03 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Northwest Scientists Seek New Ways To Trace Chemical Weapons

Credit Anna King / Northwest News Network
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Originally published on Thu December 6, 2012 7:24 pm

RICHLAND, Wash. -- President Barack Obama has been publicly warning Syria’s leaders not to use chemical weapons against their own people. The news is unexpectedly relevant in southeast Washington. Researchers at at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing new scientific techniques to trace chemical agents back to their sources.

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International News
10:00 am
Mon November 26, 2012

Tamim Ansary On Afghanistan's Interrupted History

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The US military and its allies are drawing up plans to leave Afghanistan by 2014, but it will be some time before the nation is truly independent. Peace in Afghanistan has been interspersed with foreign invasion for centuries, from the Mongol Empire to today’s war. We talk with writer Tamim Ansary about his new book, “Game Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan,” and what Afghan independence might look like in the future.

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Impact of War
9:27 am
Tue November 6, 2012

Army Prosecutors: Sgt. Bales Exhibited 'Sheer Brutality'

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. Photo courtesy of Maj. Brent Clemmer
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By Austin Jenkins

Originally published on Mon November 5, 2012 3:53 pm

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Army prosecutors say Staff Sgt. Robert Bales murdered 16 Afghan civilians in two villages this past March in an act of “sheer brutality.” That was the opening argument at a pretrial hearing Monday to determine if Bales will face a full court martial and possibly the death penalty.

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