A Decade On, A Boy, A Ball And A West Bank Wall Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News A Decade On, A Boy, A Ball And A West Bank Wall Part of Israel's separation barrier around the West Bank cut off the home of 13-year-old Ishaq from his Palestinian village and — most important to him at the time — his soccer buddies. An American boy saw a documentary about Ishaq's family and wanted to know what happened to them. Read this story Senate Gets A Dose Of Scolding With Its Morning Prayer Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black has made no effort to hide his frustration with the political turmoil in his daily morning prayers. Read this story For Myanmar's Kachin Rebels, Life Teeters Between War, Peace Myanmar, also known as Burma, has struggled to end the ethnic insurgencies that have long divided the country. Now, the Kachin — the last of the insurgent groups that have been fighting the government — have signed a preliminary agreement that could end the conflict. Read this story U.S. Reaches Partial Deal To Keep Troops In Afghanistan Talks between U.S. and Afghan officials have yielded a partial security agreement between the two countries. Secretary of State John Kerry and President Hamid Karzai held discussions Friday and Saturday on a deal to keep the U.S. military in the country beyond the 2014 pullout date for most U.S. and NATO troops. Read this story Taken By The Taliban: A Doctor's Story Of Captivity, Rescue Dilip Joseph was working for an international aid organization in Afghanistan when he was kidnapped by the Taliban last year. He was in captivity for several days before being rescued by a team of Navy SEALs. Read this story more news stories

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