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Gen. Stanley McChrystal included an option to send at least 60,000 more US troops to Afghanistan.
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Navy snipers shot three pirates who had held Richard Phillips hostage since Wednesday. The episode threatens to change the dynamics of piracy in the region.
Chaotic Somalia keeps U.S. on terrorism watch

Latest missile strike at the East Africa nation, aimed at a suspected Al Qaeda operative, keeps terrorists off balance. But some say US should do more to nation-build in Somalia.

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Bill Morse stands outside the Landmine Museum in Siem Reap, Cambodia, wearing the Army uniform of the pro-Western Lon Nol government (1970-75).

From the good life to digging up land mines in Cambodia

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High end of troop request for Afghanistan: 60,000-plus

Captain freed from pirates in daring rescue

Chaotic Somalia keeps U.S. on terrorism watch

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In Saudi Arabia, a quiet tide of reform

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