House Republicans on Thursday criticized the Obama administration’s delay in nominating inspectors general for several key agencies. There are 10 inspector-general vacancies , including five at Cabinet-level agencies. Four of the positions have been vacant for more than three years and some, such as the State Department’s, have been led by a deputy inspector general for years. Read full article > >

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Panel chides Obama for inspector-general vacancies

Former MP George Galloway claims six soldiers killed together in Afghanistan, including five from Yorkshire, “died in vain”.

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Bomb blast troops ‘died in vain’

Sixteen people — including five children — died after an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO exploded Saturday morning in Khyber Agency, a district of Pakistan’s volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a government official said.

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A suicide bomber killed one of the most senior local figures in Kunar Province and 11 other people, including five schoolboys.

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Suicide Bomber Strikes Meeting of Elders in Eastern Afghanistan

At least 12 civilians, including five children, have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.

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Bomb kills Afghan civilians

A Texas plant has been ordered to stop processing food and recall its shipped products after 10 listeriosis cases, including five deaths, were reported to the Texas Department of State Health.

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Tainted celery linked to 4 deaths

At least 16 people, including five security personnel, are killed in two separate attacks in Pakistan’s troubled south-western province of Balochistan.

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Pakistan ethnic violence kills 16