Iraqi and U.S. troops from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force exchanged gunfire for more than one hour before capturing a number of paramilitaries and seizing weapons and explosives, U.S. Central Command said.

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The two leaders spoke for one hour and discussed a number of topics, including the successful Kabul Conference, the upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections, renewal of the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Declaration, anti-corruption efforts, civilian casualties, and regional relations.

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The two leaders spoke for approximately one hour and discussed a number of topics, including the impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the fight against terrorism and on regional dynamics, their shared commitment to Afghan-led reconciliation, progress on forging an enduring U.S.-Afghan strategic partnership, and transition to Afghan leadership for security.

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Last week the VA office released a report finding that 22 U.S. veterans committed suicide each day in 2010, which works out to just under one suicide per hour, a disturbing number by any account.

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Research indicates that children in families receiving welfare hear less than one-third the number of words per hour as children from more affluent backgrounds and will turn four having heard 32 million fewer words than children from professional families.

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Two months after losing to the Croatian at Wimbledon, Britain's number one rushed through the first set in half an hour after breaking in the third game.

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The company also says it will introduce a new semiconductor chip that will increase the number of base pairs its machine can read out in one two hour run to 1 billion.

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Number one: I am going to keep fighting every single day, every single hour, every single minute, to turn this economy around and put people back to work and renew the American Dream, not just for your family, not just for all our families, but for future generations.

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