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The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday A former senior intelligence official says the man was being courted as an informant and that it [...]
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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The CIA on Thursday confirmed the deaths of seven of its officers in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan, an audacious attack on a key intelligence post that apparently caused the greatest loss of life for the agency since the start of the eight-year-old war. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
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The Flores brothers had never looked like much in the eyes of local narcotics agents. But by the time it all came crashing down this year, the drug-distribution network allegedly run by the 28-year-old twins from the Mexican American barrios of Chicago was one of the largest and most sophisticated ever seen in the U.S. [...]
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Nigeria and the Netherlands announced plans Wednesday to equip their international airports with full-body scanners to prevent terrorists from sneaking hidden explosives aboard airliners, as Somalia reported that it foiled a bombing attempt last month similar to one allegedly directed against a Northwest Airlines jet approaching Detroit on Christmas Day. Read more
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A suicide bomber infiltrated a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight Americans in what is believed to be the deadliest single attack on U.S. intelligence personnel in the eight-year-long war and one of the deadliest in the agency’s history, U.S. officials said. Read more
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KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan and killed eight CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the U.S. agency’s largest death tolls, while four Canadian troops and a journalist died in a separate attack. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last week’s failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet has exposed lingering fissures within the U.S. intelligence community, which had information from interviews and clandestine intercepts but did not put the pieces together, officials said. Read more
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Eight Americans working for the CIA have died in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, the worst against US intelligence officials since 2001. Read more
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BEIJING (AFP) – China’s central bank governor said Thursday that 2010 would be a key year in the nation’s battle to overcome the financial crisis and pledged a relaxed credit policy to boost economic recovery. Read more
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KABUL – The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide bombing at a base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight American civilians and one Afghan, the worst loss of life for the U.S. in the country since October. A U.S. congressional official said CIA employees are believed to be among the victims. Read more
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After rockin’ all over the world for more than 40 years, the two remaining original members of Status Quo have been recognised in Britain‘s New Year Honours List. Read more
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In total there are nearly two million men and women living in Britain who have been forced to go back home. Read more
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PROSPECT, Connecticut – A grieving family learned their 95-year-old great-grandmother had been cremated when they found a stranger’s body in her casket, and a funeral home is being investigated in the incident. Relatives of Aurelie Tuccillo noticed the wrong body when they arrived at the Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home in Connecticut for calling hours [...]
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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Traders work the floor at the beginning of the trading day at the New York Stock Exchange Oct. 15, 2008, in New York City. By Nov. 20, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to 7,552.29, a new low. Read more
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I’ll begin this with an editorial comment: JUST SAY NO to pressure from the People’s Republic to censor. But businesses care more about the profit potential in China, so will bow to the regime’s whims in return for market share. Sad, pathetic, and pitiful. Now Apple has jumped into the game, blocking apps related to [...]
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 Anyone who has had the misfortune of being behind its walls knows all too well about the violence, corruption and squalor that characterizes this institution. Simply put, Cook County Jail is a harrowing, unforgettable experience for anyone. It is so awful that for many of its detainees a quick guilty plea and a trip to [...]
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9:57pm UK, Wednesday December 30, 2009 Alex Watts, Sky News Online The Netherlands and Nigeria are to begin using body scanners on US-bound flights following the attempted bombing of a plane over [...]