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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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Why the Valentine’s Day party poopers? Valentine’s Day = St. Valentine = not an Islamic holiday. Plus, as an Islamic scholar told the Saudi Gazette, “As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women.” So in Saudi Arabia, the religious police — agents of [...]
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Kill Westerners. Death to America. Establish the caliphate. And, oh, by the way, stop climate change. Oh my. Yes, the latest audiotape from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who made a recent audio appearance to claim responsibility for the Christmas Day underwear bombing attempt, takes aim at the U.S., but for something other than [...]
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You can make people laugh by caricaturing a text or conversation through self-referential descriptions of discourse functions and relations, abstracted away from specific content…..Mark Liberman in Language Log He references this currently viral item (which made my wife laugh until she wept) and this sketch from Chicago’s Neo-Futurists. [...]
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1:21pm UK, Saturday January 30, 2010 Alison Chung, Sky News Online Haiti’s earthquake survivors are facing a new deadly threat as the United Nations warned of a rise in potentially fatal diseases [...]
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John & Edward have reportedly auditioned for roles in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Hobbit. Read more
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China suspended military exchange visits with the United States on Saturday in protest over $6.4 billion in planned U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and warned the U.S. ambassador that the sales would harm already strained ties. Read more
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Yesterday we blogged about the possible musical chairs that could ensue if Rep. Jackie Speier decides to run for Attorney General. (At least one other media outlet picked up the story as well .) Well, in… Read more
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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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David Cameron has been accused of exploiting the Edlington torture case by using it as an example of a broken society. This morning he defended his right to speak out, but do you think he is correct? Online Surveys & Market Research Read more
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LONDON — European officials on Friday sought to quell rumors of a pending bailout for Greece, insisting that the financially troubled nation could still manage to avoid a debt crisis on its own. Read more
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The Obama administration announced the sale Friday of $6 billion worth of Patriot anti-missile systems, helicopters, mine-sweeping ships and communications equipment to Taiwan in a long-expected move that sparked an angry protest from China. Read more
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — In the hours and days after the city crumbled and the enfeebled government of Haiti disappeared from public view, a remarkable thing happened here: The police showed up for work. 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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LONDON — Former prime minister Tony Blair on Friday unequivocally defended the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, telling a panel investigating Britain’s role in the war that the world was made “a safer place” by the removal of Saddam Hussein. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had no regrets about the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed. Read more
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BALTIMORE (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday engaged in a rare face-to-face showdown with Republican critics and testily accused them of trying to block his policies while urging them to “join with me” in creating jobs. Read more
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SHARED READ WATCHED/LISTENED Russia launches fighter jet Inside China’s chocolate wonderland F22 Raptor wows Farnborough Haiti’s ‘tented villages’ delayed Views from Iraq on UK war inquiry Blair: ‘No regrets on removing Saddam’ [...]
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AP – A boy selling candy leans against a wall next to a banner of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, … Play Video Climate Change Video:Scotland’s ski industry faces up to global warming AFP Play Video Climate Change Video:Experts Use Cargo Plane For Climate Research CBS4 Denver Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,067.33 -53.13 ^GSPC [...]
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LAGOS, Nigeria – The main militant group in the oil-rich Niger delta called off its cease-fire with the Nigerian government on Saturday. Read more