self.document.write('<div style="margin : 0px; width : auto; height : auto; border : solid 0px; overflow : hidden; font-size : 1em; font-family : \'Verdana\'; color : black; background : inherit;"> <div style="padding : 3px;" > <ul style="margin : 0px; padding-left : 0px;"> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=622c572bb0e84f81283686f1af408e2b" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Jim Sciutto: A Tiny Town Salutes Its Fallen</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> ABC\'s Senior Foreign Correspondent Jim Sciutto reports: Today, the tiny British town of Wootton Bassett reached a sad milestone: the 100th time residents have saluted the return of fallen British soldiers from Afghanistan. These powerful but unofficial ceremonies began two... Wootton Bassett - Afghanistan - British Army - Asia - Wiltshire </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://abcnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">abcnews.com</a> - 2009-11-21 00:43:19 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32158/f/414204/s/74568d2/l/0L0Sitn0O0Cb0A580Ac3da8dfcfea6370A393ec340A53f50Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Afghan market blast kills 15</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A suicide bombing at a market in south-west Afghanistan has killed at least 15 people, including one senior police official. <p>Related Stories Childcare pledge to military families Soldier named after being killed in Afghanistan Afghan president Karzai sworn in for second term At least 15 dead in Pakistani bomb attack Paul O\'Grady\'s dog dies </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://itn.co.uk" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">itn.co.uk</a> - 2009-11-20 21:36:44 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/RSXNeoiTRTk/idUSTRE5AJ43N20091120" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama\'s announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://reuters.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">reuters.com</a> - 2009-11-20 19:43:06 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120588723&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> When the Marines of "America\'s Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment - and after the loss of a dozen comrades - they see warfare in a different light. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://npr.org" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">npr.org</a> - 2009-11-20 17:31:11 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/20/hillier-afghanistan-detainee-torture.html?ref=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Hillier didn\'t hear detainee torture allegations</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Former chief of defence staff Rick Hillier says he\'s never heard suggestions that Canada may have been complicit in the torture of detainees in Afghanistan. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cbc.ca" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cbc.ca</a> - 2009-11-20 13:36:00 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/afghanistan-bomb-farah.html?ref=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Suicide bomb kills 16 people in Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A suicide bomber on motorcycle killed 16 people and wounded 23 others on Friday in a crowded square in the city of Farah in western Afghanistan. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cbc.ca" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cbc.ca</a> - 2009-11-20 13:36:00 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www1.voanews.com/r?19=961&amp;43=571122&amp;44=70606227&amp;32=7079&amp;7=580897&amp;40=http%253A%252F%252Fwww1.voanews.com%252Fenglish%252Fnews%252FMotorcycle-Blast-Afghanistan-70606227.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Motorcycle Blast Kills 16 in Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Separately, police officials said a roadside bomb killed three civilians in eastern Khost province. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://voanews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">voanews.com</a> - 2009-11-20 12:48:17 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/nov/20/karzai-vows-war-crooks-20091120/" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Karzai vows war on crooks</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://arkansasonline.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">arkansasonline.com</a> - 2009-11-20 11:57:09 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/afghanistan-bomb-farah.html?ref=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Suicide bomb kills 13 people in Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> A suicide bomber on motorcycle killed 13 people and wounded 30 others on Friday in a crowded square in the city of Farah in western Afghanistan. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cbc.ca" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cbc.ca</a> - 2009-11-20 11:36:42 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120602844&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Pelosi: Obama Needs Room To Make Afghan Decision</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi expects health care and Afghanistan to dominate work on Capitol Hill in the new year. Pelosi says she believes a health-care bill will pass, despite fierce debate over language about abortion. And she tells Renee Montagne that she doesn\'t sense wide support among House members for a significant troop increase. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://npr.org" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">npr.org</a> - 2009-11-20 11:29:44 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/nvgazjwNKEM/2009-11-20-afghanistan-violence_N.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Suicide bomber kills 13 in Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> An Afghan police official says the death toll from a suicide bombing in western Afghanistan has increased to 13. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://usatoday.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">usatoday.com</a> - 2009-11-20 09:34:34 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/afghanjournal/2010312712__spc_gary_lee_gooch.html?syndication=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Fort Lewis remembers two soldiers from a hard-hit platoon</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Spc. Gary Lee Gooch and Spc. Aaron Seth Aamot grew up in opposite ends of America. Gooch was raised in Florida, while Aamot was raised in the town of Custer in the northwest corner of Washington. Their lives were intertwined when they were both assigned to the same platoon of the Fort Lewis-based 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which headed off to war in Afghanistan in July. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://seattletimes.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">seattletimes.com</a> - 2009-11-20 08:36:43 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/nation/~3/gQfBZheWLGo/6730333.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Senators\' Fort Hood panel warned of homegrown terror</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The Fort Hood attack that killed 13 and wounded 43 is the latest evidence of homegrown terrorism by a handful of U.S.-born Muslims who are becoming radicalized and more aggressive as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on, experts told a Senate committee Thursday. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://chron.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">chron.com</a> - 2009-11-20 07:52:57 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20091120/NATION/911200377/1020/rss09" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Afghan president promises stability</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> <p>Kabul, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://detnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">detnews.com</a> - 2009-11-20 06:44:50 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=637826fedb0b31076ad5fdabb152515f" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> SEOUL -- President Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said Thursday. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">washingtonpost.com</a> - 2009-11-20 04:25:46 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ba6a7ec3f7ae7ffab350e258d56a149f" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >In announcing new Afghan strategy, Obama faces a crowded calendar</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> As White House observers attempt to read the tea leaves about the timing of President Obama\'s Afghanistan announcement, one thing becomes clear: There\'s not much time left. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">washingtonpost.com</a> - 2009-11-20 04:25:46 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/fNnGyMx9_GQ/2009-11-19-afghan-jail_N.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan holds few Taliban diehards</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The U.S. military says the vast majority of the 700 detainees at its biggest prison in Afghanistan could eventually be released ... </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://usatoday.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">usatoday.com</a> - 2009-11-20 03:29:48 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=fbde84210b817c8425680e14f69ed0c4" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Clem\'s Chronicles: Hasan\'s Emails/FAA outage/Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Howdy folks-tonight\'s note......... WARNING SIGNS/HASAN\'S EMAILS-Brian Ross reported last Thursday that accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan had corresponded via email with American-born and now Yemen-based cleric Anwar Awlaki. What those emails contained was a mystery...until tonight. Ross reported... United States - Brian Ross - Government - Yemen - Afghanistan </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://abcnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">abcnews.com</a> - 2009-11-20 02:42:43 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://newsblaze.com/story/20091119162608stat.nb/topstory.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Secretary Hillary Cllinton Has Strong Praise for Troops in Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> I just want to make three quick points. First, we are here for a purpose, and this is a mission that is important to the United States and to those who have joined us in it. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://newsblaze.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">newsblaze.com</a> - 2009-11-20 00:57:47 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www1.voanews.com/r?19=961&amp;43=571122&amp;44=70557842&amp;32=7079&amp;7=580897&amp;40=http%253A%252F%252Fwww1.voanews.com%252Fenglish%252Fnews%252FUS-Defense-Secretary-Urges-Against-Afghan-Withdrawal-Timeline-70557842.html" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >US Defense Secretary Urges Against Afghan Withdrawal Timeline</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging caution on those who are calling for a timetable for an allied withdrawal from Afghanistan. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://voanews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">voanews.com</a> - 2009-11-19 23:44:37 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=6b1a06076204c9fb4f6c97825c88d904" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Eight Years Later: \'Most Dangerous Place To Be Born\'</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> ABC\'s Nick Schifrin files this sad item from Kabul: In a press conference in Geneva today, the South Asia regional director for UNICEF said this: "Afghanistan today is without a doubt the most dangerous place to be born." Dan Toole... Afghanistan - Kabul - South Asia - UNICEF - Asia </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://abcnews.com" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">abcnews.com</a> - 2009-11-19 23:41:43 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32158/f/414204/s/7404bb0/l/0L0Sitn0O0Cf2ca32833cf1a3220A9226887c55ef0Aa50Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Soldier named after being killed in Afghanistan</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Sergeant Robert David Loughran-Dickson of 4th Regiment, Royal Military Police was killed in the Babaji area of Helmand Province. <p>Related Stories Poverty and no jobs are "cause of Afghan conflict" British soldier killed in Afghanistan Obama decision on Afghan troops due soon Childcare pledge to military families Afghan president Karzai sworn in for second term </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://itn.co.uk" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">itn.co.uk</a> - 2009-11-19 22:35:41 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32158/f/414204/s/7404c27/l/0L0Sitn0O0Cad740A3341920A8240Aaa819a345890A1ee90Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Afghan president Karzai sworn in for second term</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Hamid Karzai has been sworn in for a second term as Afghan President. <p>Related Stories Childcare pledge to military families European Union President decision \'a long way off\' Belgian trumps Blair to become EU President Soldier named after being killed in Afghanistan At least 15 dead in Pakistani bomb attack </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://itn.co.uk" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">itn.co.uk</a> - 2009-11-19 22:35:41 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2009/11/19/afghanistan-torture-colvin-inquiry.html?ref=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >Tories reject call for Afghan torture inquiry</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> The Canadian government is dismissing calls for a public inquiry into the alleged torture of prisoners handed over by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cbc.ca" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cbc.ca</a> - 2009-11-19 20:36:27 GMT </div> </li> <li style="margin-bottom : 4px;list-style : none;"> <div style=""> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2009/11/19/afghanistan-torture-colvin-inquiry.html?ref=rss" target="_blank" style="font-weight : bold; font-size : 1em; color : inherit;" >No proof of Afghan torture allegations: MacKay</a> </div> <div style="margin : 2px 0px; font-size : inherit ; color : inherit;"> Defence Minister Peter MacKay defended his government Thursday in the face of claims that detainees in Afghanistan were routinely abused by Afghan authorities after being handed over by Canadian soldiers. </div> <div style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;"> <a href="http://cbc.ca" target="_blank" style="font-size : 1em; color : inherit;">cbc.ca</a> - 2009-11-19 19:35:57 GMT </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div>');