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Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Military's Independent News Source: Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Top headlines from Stars and Stripes. See the rest of today's news at www.stripes.com Afghanistan struggles to keep girls' schools open In the past seven years, Julia Bolz has raised money to construct 19 new schools and repair more than a dozen others in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan. Those schools, now operated by the Afghan Ministry of Education, serve nearly 18,000 students, most of whom are girls. U.S. Africa Command adds aircraft,  personnel to bolster anti-piracy U.S. Africa Command has bolstered its anti-piracy forces with the recent addition of maritime patrol aircraft and more personnel in the Seychelles islands. The Navy last month deployed three P-3 Orion aircraft from the Maine-based VP-26 Tridents, along with 112 sailors. U.S. commander in Iraq says troop drawdown on track The nearly two-month delay in holding Iraq's nationwide elections will not keep American combat troops from leaving the country as scheduled by the end of August, Gen. Ray Odierno told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday. Counterterror efforts in Yemen expected to be difficult As the war on terrorism turns toward the al-Qaida threat from Yemen, U.S. intelligence officials say that the country's strategic location, lawlessness and instability may make it an even more problematic battleground than Pakistan or Afghanistan. Soldier badly wounded in Afghanistan wants to return to duty WASHINGTON — Army Sgt. Robert Samuel knew that he had lost much of his leg almost as soon as the improvised explosive device went off beneath his Stryker armored vehicle. Bloodied and dazed, he... South Korea snowed in by historic storm The worst one-day snowstorm since South Korea started keeping records paralyzed air and road travel across much of the peninsula Monday, and extended the holiday weekend for most U.S. military personnel and their children. Watch lists grow; more screening on flights to U.S. The names of dozens more people have been added to the government's terrorist watch list and no-fly list after a failed terrorist attack on Christmas prompted U.S. officials to closely scrutinize a large database of suspected terrorists, an intelligence official said Monday. Report: Sailor's overboard death was preventable The death of a USS Shiloh sailor who fell overboard near Tokyo Harbor last summer could have been prevented at several points, according to an official investigation report obtained by Stars and Stripes. U.S. helping get Nigeria's C-130s back off the ground As the United States looks to build strategic partnerships with African countries, it's investing a lot of hope in Nigeria.
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