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Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
ReutersBy Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military...Tags: Military Equipment, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, Jay Carney, George W. Bush
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JGB yields surge, markets spooked by Bernanke remarks
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds plunged on Thursday, taking yields to their highest in a year and leading a selloff in bonds globally after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks sparked worries of a reduction in U.S. monetary...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), U.S. Military, Labor Day, Services and Shopping, Waddell & Reed Financial Incorporated
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COLUMN - Prosperity without power
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde May 22 (Reuters) - In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awake. In Beijing and São Paolo, they are lawyers...Tags: The New York Times, Periodicals, National Government, Political Corruption, Business Enterprises
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EEUU admite haber matado a cuatro de sus ciudadanos en ataques en el exterior
ReutersWASHINGTON, 22 mayo (Reuters) - El Gobierno de Estados Unidos reconoció formalmente el miércoles por primera vez que mató a cuatro estadounidenses en operaciones contra el terrorismo en Yemen y Pakistán, donde Washington ha realizado ataques aéreos...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Anwar al-Awlaki
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Obama administration says fourth American was killed by U.S. drone
WASHINGTON – A day before President Obama is set to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that it had killed four U.S. citizens – one more than previously known – with...Tags: Barack Obama, Queens (New York City), Washington, DC, Central Intelligence Agency, Yemen
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Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International Prize
Lydia Davis, known for writing powerful, compact short stories, was announced as the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for fiction Wednesday. The prize, which was presented at a ceremony in London, comes with an award worth more than $90,000....
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In Britain, terrorism suspected in man's hacking death
LONDON — As bystanders watched in horror, a man was hacked to death in broad daylight on a London street Wednesday and two suspects were shot and wounded by police, who are investigating the incident as a likely terrorist attack. The two...
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Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out the rationale for U.S. drone strikes in a speech on Thursday in an effort to be more transparent about his counterterrorism policy, a White House official said. Obama has been pressured from both...Tags: Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Military, White House, Washington, DC
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Government killed four Americans in drone strikes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Attorney General Eric Holder...Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, White House, U.S. Department of Defense
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
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U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to improve conditions for detainees, putting more pressure on the Obama administration to make good its promise to close...Tags: U.S. Congress, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Strikes, U.S. Military
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China's Li offers to help end Pakistan's energy crisis
ReutersBy Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD, May 22 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing...Tags: India, Energy, China, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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