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The entire globe is a battlefield for Pentagon
War Forget it; the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is not becoming more "democratic" - or even transparent. US President Barack Obama now pledges to transfer the responsibility of the shadow 'Drone Wars' from the CIA to the Pentagon - so the US Congress is able to monitor ...
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Strong earthquake hits Russias Far East
Russian Academy of Sciences , told The Associated Press the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter scale. ...
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Ex-sex slaves condemn Japan mayor
Two Korean former sex slaves have demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and cancelled a meeting with him for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its ...
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Heathrow airport closed after British Airways plane on fire over central London makes emergency landing
A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow as eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft "on fire" flying over central ...
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Smoke billows from plane at Heathrow
BOTH runways have briefly closed at London's Heathrow airport, a spokeswoman says, after a British Airways plane reportedly had to make an emergency ...
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Group linked to Algeria gas plant attack claims Niger raids
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group that carried out the raid on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in January has claimed to have participated in Thursday's attacks in ...
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British security services in spotlight after soldier murder
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence ...
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Former sex slaves demand Mayor Toro Hashimoto of Osaka Japan quit over remarks justifying WWII comfort women
South Korean Kim Bok-Dong, who served as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers during World War II, speaks during the 1,000th weekly protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, Dec. 14, ...
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Photos Life-Size Star Wars X-Wing Storms Times Square
Thousands gather in New York City's Times Square on May 23, 2013 to watch the unveiling of the world's largest LEGO Model, a 1:1 replica of the LEGO Star Wars X-wing Starfighter that took 32 model builders, 5.3 million LEGO bricks and over 17,000 hours to complete. The original toy with retracting wings is made of 560 bricks and costs ...
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3-D Coffee Art Reaches New Heights
twitter.com/george_10g Baristas across the globe may have to bow in awe of the new 3-D designs of Japanese foam artist Kazuki Yamamoto. Yamamoto’s work, which has previously depicted everything from anime characters to Pinocchio, has reached new heights – literally – over the past few months. Some of the latest temporary masterpieces swirled out of Yamamoto’s cup ...
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Truth Justice The American Way
May 24, 2013 6:00am What happens in our relationships when we keep secrets? When we think telling the truth brings harm or that hiding something serves a broader purpose? It usually means trust doesn’t exist and the relationship is doomed to either failure or one that loses all sense of intimacy and closeness and openness. A few years ago I wrote ...
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Cops Bynes Arrested After Tossing Bong Out Window
May 24, 2013 2:27am Former child star Amanda Bynes was arrested on Thursday evening in New York City, police confirmed to ABC News. Bynes, 27, was charged with tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of marijuana, NYPD spokesman Det. Brian Sessa told ABC News. ';There was a 911 call at her apartment building that someone was smoking marijuana in the ...
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Best Memorial Day Weekend Sales
Memorial Day weekend weather forecasts in some parts of the country, retailers will be displaying their summer goods in full force and with discounted prices. Memorial Weekend sales at some national retailers started as early as Tuesday, so shoppers may want to shop earlier rather than later, according to Thayer Meicler, co-founder of the free location-based ...
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5 Long-Weekend Health Hazards
For many people Memorial Day weekend means finally getting to kick off summer by striking up the barbecue, taking a dip in the ocean or simply basking in the sunshine during a long weekend. But celebrating the unofficial start of summer also means encountering a few hazards of the season. From sunburns to bug bites or even an ill-cooked hotdog, the summer months have a few perils to contend ...
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9 Simple Steps to Happiness
FYI, you won't find it at the mall. "Purchasing things like televisions, clothes and coffee machines won't make you happier overall--but buying experiences maximizes happiness," says Michael Norton, PhD, associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending. Research shows that people who ...
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Guess Whos Coming to Dinner Bears
bears . From May 1 to June 21, as grills fire up and tasty smells waft through the neighborhood, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife considers it "second bear ...
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Autistic People Find Job Niche in Tech
Phillip Griffin graduated high school with honors in 2009, but despite his good grades and interest in math and science, finding a job proved difficult . That's because Griffin, 22, has autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disorder characterized as difficulties with social interaction and communication - making job interviews a nightmare. "I got a little frustrated," he ...
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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Next weakens as Morgan Stanley cuts rating
May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)Philip Morris International's deal to buy out a minority shareholder in its ...
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Runways reopen after delays at Heathrow Airport
LONDON (AP) -- A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the ...
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Europe needs a more European UK says ECB president
European Central Bank , has called for the UK to be "more European" and said the continent's key institutions could face dissolution if the UK leaves ...
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Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage
The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ...
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US bridge collapse sends cars people into river
A highway bridge over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed Thursday, sending cars and people plunging into the water below without causing any ...
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FCC hopes to avoid end of world for cell phones
"I e-mailed my boss to ask what would happen if we don't free up enough spectrum," said Tom Sugrue, T-Mobile's vice president of government affairs, at a panel discussion held at the CTIA wireless industry trade show in Las Vegas this week. "He wrote, 'It will be the end of the world as we know it.' He didn't put a smiley face at the end or anything." ...
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Survivor of Bangladesh factory building collapse speaks out
(CBS News) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- When she was 11 years old, Tahmina Akhter Sadia went to work in a garment factory. Four years later, she's her family's breadwinner -- and a survivor of one of the worst industrial accidents in ...
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Europe needs sports police force says Platini
(37 mins ago) UEFA President Michel Platini says he wants a European sports police force to tackle betting, corruption, match-fixing, doping and hooliganism. In an advance copy of a speech to the UEFA Congress in London, Platini says that six years after proposing a sports force "there has been no response'' from European governments, AP reports. "Given the absence of any ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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