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Tony Orlando has joined the list of entertainers performing at galas around Washington, D.C., the night of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Orlando, who is known for the hit songs "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," "Candida" and "Knock Three Times," is set to perform at Friday night's Salute to Our Armed Services Ball. The ball is free by invitation only for members and veterans of the armed services and their families. It will be at the National Building Museum. On "The O'Reilly Factor" tonight, Orlando said he felt it was his "patriotic duty" to accept Trump's offer...

PESHAWAR, March 17: The government has ordered regular troops and paramilitary forces to move immediately to the South Waziristan tribal region as suspected militants fired rockets into a scouts fort, officials said. They said orders had been given to Pakistan Army and the paramilitary Frontier Corps to immediately dispatch more troops into South Waziristan to reinforce the single army brigade stationed at Zari Noor and the over 4,000 militia force. The officials would not give the exact number of troops to be moved to the troubled region for security and operational reasons, but said the reinforcement would help take decisive...