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Medical Tourism in Jordan Rises by 16.5% in First Five Months of 2025
Jordan News
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July 3, 2025
New data from the Private Hospitals Association reveals a 16.5% increase in the number of visitors coming to Jordan for medical treatment during the first five months of 2025.اضافة اعلان According to the association's figures, 92,776 medical...
Artesian soldier who died of rare cancer after Iraq deployment finally honored
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 4, 2025
MITCHELL — For nearly two decades, Joyce Olson and her daughter Jill have been advocating for recognition — recognition they say is long overdue — for Army Specialist David Olson, a helicopter crew chief who died from cancer that his family...
Army updates facial hair policy, requires exemptions and shaving plan
Army Times
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July 8, 2025
The Army has updated its grooming policy on facial hair, now requiring soldiers with nonreligious exemptions to be supported by a medical profile and memo from their chain of command. The update reinforces the requirement that soldiers be...
Drone carrying explosives shot down near Iraq's Erbil airport
The National News
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A drone laden with explosives was shot down near Erbil airport in northern Iraq late on Thursday, the latest in a spate of drone attacks around the country in recent days. The counter-terrorism agency in the Kurdistan region said no casualties or...
'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut
Middle East Eye
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July 4, 2025
For Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, winning the Camera d’Or for best first feature at last month’s Cannes Film Festival was not just an acknowledgement of a gifted Arab talent, it was a historic event that put Iraqi cinema on the world film map. His...
Officials Continue to Note Progress Amid Violence in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The idea that progress and violence co-exist in Iraq is fast becoming a mantra for officials both in Baghdad and here. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, made...
Five Servicemembers Killed in Iraq; DoD Identifies Previous Casualties
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.02.2006 Courtesy Story Five servicemembers died in Iraq yesterday, and the Defense Department has identified five earlier casualties. Three Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb...
Five Servicemembers Killed in Iraq Blasts
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 01.04.2005 Courtesy Story Insurgents using improvised explosive devices killed five U.S. servicemembers in three separate attacks in Iraq today, military officials in Baghdad reported. Three Task Force Baghdad soldiers...
Good Ol’ Boy Racism Chokes Out History and Health
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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July 4, 2025
Today we celebrate the birth of a nation built by slaves on stolen land. Two and a half centuries later, the United States of America still treats people inhumanely because of their skin color, sexual orientation, gender, or religion. It’s 2025,...
Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
Alaska Beacon
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
Soldier Killed in Mosul; More Weapons Caches Found in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 12.30.2004 Courtesy Story Troops in Iraq are making continued progress in identifying and destroying weapons caches, and a Task Force Olympia soldier died of wounds received Dec. 29 after a car bomb detonated on a patrol...
Car Bombs Rock Baghdad; U.S. Soldiers Killed in Separate Incidents
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 04.29.2005 Courtesy Story Several car bombs have rocked Baghdad, Iraq, today, and elsewhere another car bomb killed a U.S. soldier. Multiple car bombs in and around Baghdad today killed at least 24 Iraqis and wounded at...
RHOBH star Erika Jayne holds hands with ex-Army Special Ops boyfriend nicknamed ‘Shrek’ on LA date
The U.S. Sun
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July 8, 2025
REAL Housewives of Beverly Hills' Erika Jayne has been spotted holding hands with a famous retired U.S. Army Special Operations Sergeant Major named John McPhee. The U.S. Sun has exclusively obtained photos of RHOBH star Erika, 53, getting very...
Troops Kill Four, Seize Large Weapons Cache in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 11.26.2007 Courtesy Story Iraqi and coalition forces killed four suspected terrorists yesterday in an operation that also claimed the life of a child. Meanwhile, combined forces uncovered a significant weapons cache,...
Hellfire Missile Kills Insurgent, Destroys Vehicle in Baghdad
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.10.2008 Courtesy Story A U.S. Hellfire missile killed an insurgent near the site of a roadside-bomb attack in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district today, U.S. military officials said. A vehicle was destroyed while another...
Chairman Says Time Has Come for Iraq to Act on Status Agreement
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.20.2008 Courtesy Story Iraq is running out of time to approve a status of forces agreement that will let U.S. forces remain in the country past Dec. 31, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. Though the...
Illness and Endless Wars
TomDispatch
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July 8, 2025
War kills in so many ways. These days, Americans are bombarded with images from Gaza and elsewhere of people or broken bodies being ferried on stretchers from the rubble of homes and hospitals, by rescue workers whose thin bodies and stricken...
Air Force Medical Personnel Train Iraqi Counterparts
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 12.30.2009 Courtesy Story Members of the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital here are training Iraqi defense ministry medical personnel as part of the new American-Iraqi Air Medical Evacuation and Medical Provider Training...
This bald eagle was never supposed to fly free again. Watch what he did moments after being released in Oregon
OregonLive.com
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July 8, 2025
An injured bald eagle named Phantom, caged for years for its protection, was treated and released back into the wild Monday evening over southern Oregon’s Rogue National Wild and Scenic River area. As Phantom fans watched from the patio of the...
County OK's having Trump's name on Palm Beach County boulevard
Palm Beach Daily News - Florida
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Despite public opposition, Palm Beach County commissioners voted to rename a section of Southern Boulevard after President Donald Trump. The same resolution also designates another part of Southern Boulevard as "PBSO Motorman Highway" to honor...