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Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention

By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the country's state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor. The 85-year old Mubarak said in

AP Exclusive: Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control - and, if necessary, launch - nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit's launch skills

Forest Service to states: Give subsidies back

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing the automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states

Chinese incursion leaves India on verge of crisis

By NIRMALA GEORGEAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - The platoon of Chinese soldiers slipped across the boundary into India in the middle of the night, according to Indian officials. They were ferried across the bitterly cold moonscape in Chinese army vehicles, then got out to traverse a dry creek