Iraq

US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer AB BAND, Afghanistan (AP) - Fed up with the Taliban closing their schools and committing other acts of oppression, men in a village about 100 miles south of Kabul took up arms late last spring and chased out the insurgents with no help from the Afghan

Iraq issues arrest warrant for central bank chief

By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi authorities have issued arrest warrants for the longtime governor of the central bank following allegations of financial wrongdoing, the country's judiciary said Thursday. Allegations against Sinan al-Shabibi, who has led the bank

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve

By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before

FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S. Consulate in