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  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours Tehran's research reactor center on Feb. 15, 2012. (Associated Press/Iranian President's Office)

    Panetta reiterates 'red lines' on Iran

    By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday reiterated the Pentagon’s limits for Iran’s nuclear program and the Islamic republic’s aggression in the Persian Gulf during a House Appropriations Committee hearing. Published February 16, 2012 Comments

  • ** FILE ** President Barack Obama with H.E. Ambassador Eklil Hakimi of Afghanistan. (Photo courtesy of http://www.embassyofafghanistan.org)

    Afghanistan to seek foreign aid

    By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

    Afghanistan’s government hopes to persuade foreign countries to pledge funds that are key to keeping progress in the country on track, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. Published February 16, 2012 Comments

  • Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Mesa, Ariz., on Monday. Arizona holds its GOP presidential primary on Feb. 28, the same day as Michigan, the home state of the former Massachusetts governor. (Associated Press)

    Romney finds tough times in Michigan

    By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

    Michigan native son Mitt Romney is mounting a giant effort to win back some love in the state of his birth, amid fresh signs he will have trouble winning the Feb. 28 primary or a general election matchup for the state’s 16 electoral votes this fall against President Obama. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • TRAILING: Rick Santorum has won four states but just three delegates so far. Mitt Romney also has won four states but has 73 delegates. He is waging a strong effort to beat Mr. Santorum in Michigan. (Associated Press)

    Victory doesn’t always mean gain in delegates

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Pay no attention to those projected delegate counts you’ve seen. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • George W. Huguely V arrives Feb. 8, 2012, at court in Charlottesville for the start of his trial. Mr. Huguely is charged with the murder of fellow University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love. (Associated Press)

    Friend says he saw change in Huguely

    By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

    George W. Huguely V lied to friends about his whereabouts the night Yeardley Love was killed and had a “blank stare” on his face after he returned to his apartment, a close friend testified Wednesday. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja accuses the government of bowing to pressure in blocking his wireless broadband network. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Reston firm vows to buck denial of wireless network

    By David Hood - The Washington Times

    Reston-based LightSquared Inc. vowed Wednesday to continue its fight to establish a national wireless broadband network, a day after federal regulators ruled its plan posed too great a danger to existing defense, aviation and GPS networks. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • Turkish riot police stand guard as Kurdish protesters gather for a demonstration in Istanbul on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the 1999 capture of Abdullah Ocalan, then head of the Kurdish rebel group PKK. (Associated Press)

    Kurdish conflict takes toll on Turkey’s image

    By Yasemin Ergin - Special to The Washington Times

    Turkey’s regional status as a democratic role model is being threatened by the Muslim country’s 30-year conflict with Kurds, which now is pushing Turkey toward violent upheaval. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • Education Department deploys ‘mystery shoppers’ to check for fraud

    By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

    The Department of Education has dispatched “mystery shoppers” posing as prospective students to various colleges and universities across the country — an anti-fraud initiative that came months after another agency dumped a similar plan amid criticism that it amounted to spying. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • President Obama shakes hands with DiAndre Jackson as he is introduced Feb. 15, 2012, at the Master Lock Company in Milwaukee, where he spoke about the importance of American manufacturing. (Associated Press)

    Obama touts manufacturing at Midwest stop

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    President Obama visited ground zero of the movement to end collective bargaining rights for public employees Wednesday, meeting briefly in Wisconsin with Republican Gov. Scott Walker and advocating tax policies to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

  • In this combination of images made from surveillance video on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, three Iranian bomb-plot suspects, identified by police as (from left) Saeid Moradi, Mohammad Kharzei and Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, walk down the middle of a residential street in Bangkok after a blast at an explosives-filled house where the three were staying. (AP Photo/National Thai Police)

    Malaysia arrests suspected Iranian terrorist

    By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

    Malaysia on Wednesday arrested a suspected Iranian terrorist accused of plotting to kill an Israeli diplomat, a day after he fled Bangkok, where his rented house exploded, injuring another Iranian believed to be a bomb maker. Published February 15, 2012 Comments

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