What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News What A Downed Black Hawk In Somalia Taught America It's been 20 years since the Battle of Mogadishu, a mission gone wrong that cost 18 American lives. The operation and its aftermath left an opening for extremists, says journalist Mark Bowden, and made the U.S. more cautious about sending troops into foreign conflicts. Would the operation go differently today? Read this story U.S. Forces Raid Terror Targets In Somalia And Libya Special forces captured an al-Qaida leader in Libya, and a Navy SEAL team struck at a leader of al-Shabab, the group blamed for last month's attack at a Nairobi shopping mall. Read this story It's Time To Rediscover The IUD, Women's Health Advocates Say Intrauterine devices are more than 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy — and they work for years. But misnomers about side effects and high initial costs have kept many women in the U.S. from using them. Health organizations and private companies are looking for ways to change that. Read this story Reports: U.S. Captures Al-Qaida Leader In Libya Raid An al-Qaida leader indicted in the United States for coordinated 1998 attacks on two U.S. embassies in East Africa was captured on Saturday in a daytime military raid in Libya, according to several published and broadcast reports. Read this story Angola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' Freedom Herman Wallace was released from prison in Louisiana on Tuesday after more than 40 years in solitary confinement. A judge overturned his conviction on the grounds that Wallace had been denied a fair trial. Wallace died just three days later. Read this story more news stories

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