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During a three-hour meeting Wednesday, some members of Obama's national security team argued the Taliban in Afghanistan did not pose a direct threat to America, the New York Times reported in its Thursday edition.

Top of the News: The global recession was seeded in America. Recovery will depend heavily on Asia.

No back channels needed when front channels open: Krishna: No breakthrough on composite dialogue NEW YORK: A meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday concluded without a major breakthrough in the context of composite dialogue, with Krishna linking 'a sustained dialogue ...

The biometric anklet represents a recent technological breakthrough whose popularity is gaining as state and local governments search for ways to close budget deficits.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges will be giving two talks in Pullman this week.

'I have been asked to stop fighting the TTP and surrender my weapons, which I did,' Turkistan Bhittani, the pro-government... 5 killed in Taliban firing on Swat van Staff Report RAWALPINDI: Five passengers were killed when Taliban opened fire on a vehicle in Swat, security forces said on Saturday.

Terry Tussey, 59, of Wenatchee, lost two fingers in an accident Monday at Standard Pallet Co.

The United States welcomes Malaysia's crackdown on human trafficking, but wants to see "results rather than rhetoric" before it can remove the Southeast Asian country from a blacklist, a senior official said Thursday.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Brad Eckert of Wenatchee carries an old bumper from the Wenatchee River during the Wenatchee River Clean-Up along Riverside Park in Cashmere Saturday.

How will NATO protect Afghan voters against rising violence? 19. August 2009, 08:31 By Gordon Lubold, The Christian Science Monitor Washington - Insurgent attacks are up before the Afghan elections, but NATO officials in Kabul said Tuesday that they do not expect the threat of violence to stop the country from conducting a credible election ...

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Three vie for Cashmere School Board seat Three vie for Cashmere School Board seat By Rick Steigmeyer World staff writer CASHMERE - A retired college marketing instructor and an orchard supervisor are challenging two-term incumbent for her Position 5 seat on the Cashmere School Board.

Transcript of a Conference Call with IMF Senior staffs on the Launch of The State of Public Finances: A Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 30, 2009 OFFICIAL 1: I wanted to start by just giving a very short introduction of what the Monitor is and then also a brief summary of what's in this particular issue of the document.

Transcript of a Conference Call with IMF Senior staffs on the Launch of The State of Public Finances: A Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 30, 2009 OFFICIAL 1: I wanted to start by just giving a very short introduction of what the Monitor is and then also a brief summary of what's in this particular issue of the document.

If God's everywhere, why would some members of the Stemilt Hill Community Church drive 50 miles roundtrip for a Sunday service? Monitor church to celebrate 100th anniversary Monitor United Methodist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary after the regular 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday.

July 1, 2009 Bats let AppleSox down in loss BREMERTON - The Wenatchee AppleSox, 12 wins and first-place standing aside, have struggled to swing the bats at times this summer.

If God's everywhere, why would some members of the Stemilt Hill Community Church drive 50 miles roundtrip for a Sunday service? Monitor church to celebrate 100th anniversary Monitor United Methodist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary after the regular 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday.

The cause of the fire early Saturday morning at the old Stemilt warehouse is accidental, federal and local fire investigators say.

The US says its Army will be out of Iraq's major cities by June 30. That's the deadline but is it feasible? Where does this leave the Iraqi government? The commander of US forces in Iraq said he felt "much more comfortable "about Mosul, which is seen as one of the most violent cities.

Federal officials had warned Metro about that type of train and say it is 'unacceptable' that it hadn't been retired or improved.