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Senate passes $631 billion defense bill

By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move quickly to get U.S. combat troops out of Afghanistan, tightens sanctions on Iran and limits the

Iran claims US drone capture; Navy denies loss

By By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran claimed Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over drone surveillance, displaying a purported U.S. unmanned aircraft it said was captured intact. The U.S. Navy, however, said

UN calls on Israel to open nuclear facilities

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and backing a high-level conference to ban nuclear weapons from the Middle East which was just canceled. All Arab nations and Iran planned to

Obama hails Nunn, Lugar efforts to secure nukes

By By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hailing two decades of efforts to help the former Soviet Union secure nuclear weapons stockpiles, President Barack Obama said Monday that the world must continue to stand guard against nuclear threats - including terrorists who seek to gain