![]() USA TODAY | Obama to honor Iraq war vets and fallen CNN (blog) By Barbara Starr The White House plans to hold a formal dinner in the coming weeks honoring Iraq war veterans, the fallen and their families, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday. The dinner will be held on February 29th. White House Plans Formal Dinner for Iraq War Vets Obamas to Mark Iraq War's End With Dinner for Service Members Obamas plan to host dinner Feb. 29 to honor Iraq war veterans |
![]() Los Angeles Times | Threat of civil war looms over Syria The Hindu However, it now appears to be mutating into an incipient guerilla force, as the room for peaceful protests begins to dissipate in Syria in the face of State violence, and the spectre of a civil war looms over the horizon. The government, however ... UN victory may push Syria's Assad into unwinnable war Hillary Clinton warns of 'brutal civil war' in Syria Clinton points finger as Syria faces civil war |
![]() Kansas City Star | Border War sadly coming to an end ESPN By Dick Vitale It was sad to think that the last Border War in Columbia, Missouri was played on Saturday night. The Kansas-Missouri game had so much passion and emotion. Clearly there was a lot at stake, both in the Big 12 race and in the pride ... Border War actually lived up to the hype, and more Students out early and in force for Border War |
![]() Zap2it.com | 'Downton Abbey' recap: The aftermath of war Los Angeles Times Because first, the other big news: the war is over! Lord Grantham interrupts the servants' dinner to make the announcement. Wine flows! Toasts! Happiness all around. Later, everyone gathers to mark the end of the war with a solemn ceremony. 'Downton Abbey' recap: Return of the Living Dead 'Downton Abbey,' Season 2, Episode 5: TV Recap 'Downton Abbey' recap: 'Dawn of a new age' |
![]() USA TODAY | Iran steps up tension with Gulf war games The Australian IRAN has launched fresh war games at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in a show of defiance towards the West. The Revolutionary Guard has begun air and land exercises in the south of the country and naval manoeuvres are scheduled to begin in the coming ... An Iran-Israel war will be main market mover in 2012: Richard Russell When Talk of War Transcends Idle Chatter Are we ready to go to war with Iran? |
A fan's Border War open letter to Bill Self Kansas City Star I personally am on record as supporting the stance of the woman who sent it to me and other media outlets, that Kansas and Missouri should continue their Border War rivalry as a non-conference matchup in any and all sports. But let's face it, ... |
![]() Boston.com | Vietnam gives condolences for AP war correspondent Boston.com Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, ... |
Purdy: War of QBs becomes battle of supporting cast San Jose Mercury News By Mark Purdy INDIANAPOLIS -- The football sailed in an arc, a very high one, for almost 60 yards. The entire NFL season was along for the ride. Sunday's final play of the Super Bowl was a desperation pass into the end zone, with maybe a I-in-XLVI ... |
![]() Boston.com | Despite ceremony, NY fort's skeletons not buried Boston.com By Chris Carola AP / February 6, 2012 LAKE GEORGE, NY—For decades, tourists visiting this popular Adirondack village could gape at the skeletons of soldiers from nearby French and Indian War sites. Then in 1993, a somber reburial ceremony was held to ... Soldiers given burial ceremony at historical site that inspired The last of ... |
![]() NDTV | In Afghan War, Officer Becomes a Whistle-Blower New York Times Daniel L. Davis traveled 9000 miles, patrolled with American troops in eight provinces and returned in October of last year with a fervent conviction that the war was going disastrously and that senior military leaders had not leveled with the American ... Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan US colonel: Don't believe US statements on progress in Afghanistan |