WASHINGTON – National security has jumped to the top of U.S.  President Barack Obama’s agenda, but it is unlikely to distract  him from overhauling healthcare and tackling double-digit  unemployment over the long term.

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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan – A suicide bomber killed three  soldiers at a military school in Pakistani Kashmir yesterday,  the military said, as 13 militants were killed in U.S. missile  strikes near the Afghan border.

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KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met members of  parliament in the hope of persuading them to confirm a cabinet  in time for an international conference at the end of the month,  a spokesman said yesterday.

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VIENNA – The United States and top EU allies are seeking  extended sanctions against Iran over its rejection of a U.N.  plan to temper its nuclear ambitions, but Chinese and Russian  resistance poses a major stumbling block.