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World Briefs: Soyuz craft, crew of 3 ready for mission to space station

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World Briefs: Libyans close borders, declare martial law

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Boeing returns to Iraq after 30 years

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns listens to a question from a journalist at a press conference following the meeting of the "Friends of the Syrian People" in Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Delegates from more than 100 countries gathered to pledge their support to the Syrian people as the new opposition coalition called for more concrete aid in their struggle against President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Arabic at back left reads "Syrian." (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Newly recognized Syrian coalition hits U.S. terrorist designation

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Obama gives Syrian rebels recognition

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he prepares himself for advance, close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, on Dec. 10, 2012. The gains by rebel forces came as the European Union denounced the Syrian conflict, which activists say has killed more than 40,000 people. (Associated Press)

Extremists among Syrian rebels who seized base

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

**FILE** Libyan military guards inspect the burnt-out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megaref to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the consulate. (Associated Press)

U.S. knew for years of Benghazi extremism

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Marines are coached in Mind Fitness Training. A study of Marines who had taken the course found that they scored higher on emotional and cognitive evaluations than those who did not. (Elizabeth Stanley)

Marines expanding use of meditation training

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

Domiz refugee camp in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq has absorbed more than 30,000 Syrian Kurds since April, housing many of them in U.N. Refugee Agency tents. (Giulio Petrocco/ Special to The Washington Times)

Syrian Kurds find refuge in Iraq’s Kurdish region

By Jacob Resneck and Krasimir Yankov - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Last American Diplomat’

By Doug Bandow - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration Brave Soldier by John Camejo for The Washington Times

NORTH: Crossing America on patriot tour

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project senior staff lawyer Ariela Migdal (right) gestures while speaking alongside fellow ACLU lawyer Elizabeth Gill (left front) at a news conference Tuesday in San Francisco. Plaintiffs also present for the event (background from left) were Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Capt. Zoe Bedell and Marine Corps 1st Lt. Colleen Farrell. The fourth plaintiff is Air Force Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar. (Associated Press)

Women press to end combat ban

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** People clean up the aftermath of a bomb blast on the Zahra Shiite mosque in the Hurriya neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Three car-bomb explosions rattled separate Shiite religious sites in Iraq's restive capital late Tuesday, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 43 people

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wednesday, (from left) Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Jill Biden, Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar and Sen. Jack Reed applaud during a groundbreaking ceremony for an education center that will tell the stories of generations of veterans killed in combat. (Associated Press)

Education center breaks ground

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Democrat, lost both of her legs when her helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. During her recovery, she found a new mission — taking care of those she describes as her military brothers and sisters. (Associated Press)

Nine recent war veterans join Congress

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

**FILE** A flatbed truck carries wounded veterans and their families during a parade on Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas, before it was struck by a train. Four veterans were killed and sixteen people injured in the resulting collision. (Associated Press/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)

Driver in Texas parade crash is an Army veteran

By Betsy Blaney - Associated Press

2007: The U.S. commander, visiting an Iraqi village, hears that the security situation has improved dramatically. (Associated Press)

From Iraq to Washington: Petraeus has long record of facing tough situations

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Instead of reducing VA disability backlog, Obama has doubled it

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

World War II veterans salute for a group photo following the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Sick veterans wait for Obama’s promise

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

President Obama presents a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., during a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama lays wreath in Arlington, honors veterans’ sacrifice

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times