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US Special Forces Ready to Cross into Syria
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 9:56 PM EDT (Big Peace)
12,000 troops from 19 countries, mostly from the U.S., are undertaking a massive war game exercise called "Eager Lion 2012" in Jordan, near Syria's border, involving land, air, marine and special forces. Officials are denying that the exercises have anything to do with the crisis …
Free Syrian Army puts up stiff resistance in Al Rastan.
Mon May 14, 2012 5:15 PM EDT
The Syrian military shelled the town of Al Rastan today killing nine of its citizens. An all out battle ensued early this morning as mukhabarat security forces clashed with members of the Free Syrian Army. Casualties were in the dozens amongst the Syrian military, …
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Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul
Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 7:26 PM EDT (Reuters)
A onetime Taliban leader who defected to work for peace was shot dead Sunday in what seems to have been a drive-by shooting in the capital of Kabul. The Taliban has denied involvement in the killing of Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the country’s High Peace …
Indonesia airline boom raises new safety questions
Sun May 13, 2012 1:26 AM EDT
Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say.
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US resumes some arms sales to Bahrain
Fri May 11, 2012 2:53 PM EDT
The Obama administration is resuming some arms shipments to Bahrain after most were suspended last year because of a government crackdown on political dissent.
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UN refugees chief: Africa sinks deeper into crisis
Fri May 11, 2012 2:28 PM EDT
The head of the U.N. refugee agency says deepening humanitarian crises across the Middle East and North Africa combined with persistent global economic woes have created a "nightmare scenario."
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Afghan War Risks Are Shifting to Contractors
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 5:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)
This is a war where traditional military jobs, from mess hall cooks to base guards and convoy drivers, have increasingly been shifted to the private sector. American employers here are under no obligation to publicly report the deaths of their employees and frequently do not. Wh …
SpaceX, Bigelow teaming on private space stations
Thu May 10, 2012 12:27 PM EDT
Southern California rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies and Nevada's Bigelow Aerospace are teaming to offer passenger launches to private space stations.
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US allocates $40M for victims of Syrian crisis
Thu May 10, 2012 10:29 AM EDT
A U.S. State Department official responsible for refugees says Washington has allocated $40 million to assist relief organizations aiding victims of the Syrian crisis.
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2 NY sites recall Benedict Arnold's early heroics
Thu May 10, 2012 2:26 AM EDT
Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily, at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered.
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China TV 'claims' Philippines as Chinese territory.
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 12:15 AM EDT ()
An anchor[woman, He Jia] on China's state-run television network has accidentally declared the Philippines a part of China, in an embarrassing gaffe as tensions between the two nations run high.He Jia, anchor for China Central Television's (CCTV) nationally televised news broad …
Bachmann Becomes a Citizen of Tyrannical Switzerland
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 7:16 PM EDT (The Daily Beast)
As a citizen of Switzerland, Bachmann can now partake in a healthcare system that is the envy of the world. It has transparent costs, it is consumer driven, and it provides near universal coverage. It also has an individual mandate: all Swiss citizens are required to purchase bas …
Study: Outside media changing N. Korean worldview
Wed May 9, 2012 5:34 PM EDT
The growing availability of news media and cellphones in reclusive North Korea likely forced it to admit within hours that its long-range rocket launch last month was a failure, the U.S. human rights envoy to the country said Thursday.
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Volcano eruption in Indonesia: Mount Merapi on Java erupts as a tsunami hits Sumatra
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 1:41 PM EDT (Telegraph)
Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted three times after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful explosion in years. A two-month-old baby reportedly died as panicked villagers fled the area.
Defense leaders push US to sign sea treaty
Wed May 9, 2012 1:01 PM EDT
Top defense leaders argued Wednesday for the U.S. to ratify a long-debated treaty governing ocean rights in order to bolster the nation's national security interests in the Asia-Pacific region and other key global waters.
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CIA derails plot with al-Qaida underwear bomb
Tue May 8, 2012 7:26 AM EDT
U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and taken down a commercial airplane.
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U.S. to Fulfill Afghan Contract with Russia despite Syria
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 4:19 AM EDT (RIA Novosti)
The United States does not intend to change the terms of its contract or cancel agreements with Russia on the delivery and maintenance of helicopters for Afghanistan’s armed forces, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Monday. Earlier the U.S. administration said …
Trade, public anger sharpening Beijing-Manila spat
Tue May 8, 2012 2:26 AM EDT
The monthlong standoff between China and the Philippines over a South China Sea shoal is snowballing with hints of economic retaliation and sharpening public opinion that are narrowing the space for a negotiated settlement.
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IAEA, Iran begin new nuke talks
Mon May 7, 2012 2:14 PM EDT
A senior U.N. nuclear agency official urged Iran on Monday to allow access to sites, people and documents it seeks in its probe of suspicions that Tehran conducted secret research into nuclear weapons development.
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Israeli spy flick reimagines Dubai killing
Mon May 7, 2012 1:10 PM EDT
The brazen 2010 assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai, in which Israel's spy agency was accused, unfurled like a spy movie thriller — and in fact much of it was caught on camera. Now an Israeli movie plays it as a spy caper, complete with a sly seductress played by Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli.
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Map: US bases encircle Iran - Interactive - Al Jazeera English
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 1:39 AM EDT (alJazeera Magazine)
Closet w/ bullethole revealed as Army nurse slumps forward during Skype conversation.
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 2:59 PM EDT ()
An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife.
Congo military in control of 2 areas in North Kivu
Sun May 6, 2012 1:48 PM EDT
A Congolese army spokesman says the military has taken control of two territories in the North Kivu province that have seen fighting in recent weeks.
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Leftist economist behind Argentina's YPF takeover
Sun May 6, 2012 12:51 PM EDT
Miguel Galuccio sat quietly with a nervous smile as Argentina's president suddenly thrust the youthful oil executive from obscurity into one of the nation's most high-pressure jobs: leading the newly state-controlled energy company.
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Israel Gets German-made Nuke-capable Submarine
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 12:04 AM EDT (Palestine Chronicle)
Your tax dollars at work. Will it be used against us or our allies. Possibly! Israel acts without considering others.
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Free Syrian Army puts up stiff resistance in Al Rastan.
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- Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul
A onetime Taliban leader who defected to work for peace was shot dead Sunday in what seems to have been a drive-by shooting in the capital of Kabul. The Taliban has denied involvement in the killing of Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the country’s High Peace …
Indonesia airline boom raises new safety questions
Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say.
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If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their h …
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