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Pakistan Fighting Off US Aid
Karachi - The killing of Osama Bin Laden on May 2 in a covert operation by the United States has prompted strident calls by many in Pakistan to see …
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Report: Intelligence Unit Told Before 9/11 to Stop Tracking Bin Laden
Smoke billows from the World Trade Center in New York, on September 11, 2001. (Photo: Ruth Fremson / The New York Times) A great deal of controversy …
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Tornado Ravages Missouri City, Killing at Least 89
Joplin, Missouri - A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through …
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Daniels Is Out, in Another Jolt to GOP Field
The announcement Sunday by Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana that he would not run for the Republican presidential nomination ended one major chapter of uncertainty in the race but …
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Anti-Rape Legal Experts Mobilize for Change in Haiti
Images of Port-au-Prince, Haiti under massive death, destruction and rubble are starting to fade from the media, but conditions of squalor and psychological aftershocks remain as Haiti deals with …
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Obama Addresses Jewish Group, Just Days After Mideast Speech
Washington — The last time President Obama spoke to the annual conference of the nation’s foremost pro-Israel lobby, he was the presumed Democratic presidential nominee heading into a campaign …
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California Internet Privacy Bill Faces Big Opposition
Sen. Ellen Corbett (D-California). (Photo: dsleeter_2000 / Flickr) Internet behemoths Facebook, Google, Skype, and Twitter have joined forces to oppose an online privacy bill in California that …
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Netanyahu Rejects Obama Proposal on Pre-1967 Borders
WAashington - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an extended meeting Friday amid controversy over Obama's call for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians …
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Blast Hits Military Hospital in Afghan Capital
Kabul, Afghanistan - A powerful midday blast on the grounds of the heavily guarded national military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital killed six Afghan medical students and wounded 23 others, …
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Congress Pushes for Vote on Libya Intervention
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., May 18, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Washington - As …