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Paul the soccer-predicting octopus oracle picks Spain to win World Cup amid media frenzy, death threats
L.A. UnleashedBERLIN — There's been plenty of ink for Paul the octopus lately, and why not? The octopus, also known as the "Oracle of Oberhausen," has successfully predicted the winner of six World Cup matches. Now, Paul has forecast the winner...... -
German aquarium rejects Spanish bid for celebrity soccer-predicting octopus Paul
L.A. UnleashedBERLIN — Octopus oracle Paul's prescience wasn't needed to predict how this one would turn out: His aquarium in Germany on Friday gave a resounding nein to a bid to move the celebrity mollusk to Spain. Paul rose from obscurity...... -
Octopus Oracle Picks Spain to Win World Cup
KTLA NewsBERLIN -- There's been plenty of ink for Paul the octopus lately, and why not? The octopus, also known as the "Oracle of Oberhausen," has successfully predicted the winner of six World Cup matches so far. Now, Paul has forecast the winner of Sunday's...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, KTLA, England, Government, Ayad Allawi
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Judging the war on terror
![The Obama administration has deleted the term "global war on terror" from the government lexicon but is finding it more difficult to wipe the slate on some of the dark activities that rhetoric was used to justify. Since his election, President Obama has said he would prefer to look forward instead of backward at charges that the Bush administration used illegal detention and torture to prosecute its campaign against terrorism. That's an understandable political impulse, but it may prove difficult to sustain.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-04/45969175-03172609.jpg "The Obama administration has deleted the term "global war on terror\" from the government lexicon but is finding it more difficult to wipe the slate on some of the dark activities that rhetoric was used to justify. Since his election, President Obama has said he would prefer to look forward instead of backward at charges that the Bush administration used illegal detention and torture to prosecute its campaign against terrorism. That's an understandable political impulse, but it may prove difficult to sustain.")
The Obama administration has deleted the term "global war on terror" from the government lexicon but is finding it more difficult to wipe the slate on some of the dark activities that rhetoric was used to justify. Since his election, President Obama has...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes, Human Rights, Central Intelligence Agency
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Critics say attacks justify early opposition to Iraq war
Tribune foreign correspondentAnd now, the political fallout. George Galloway, the sharp-tongued member of Parliament who flummoxed a U.S. Senate panel at a hearing in May on the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, struck first. "We argued, as did the security services in this country,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, London (England), Government, Wars and Interventions
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City had awaited attack since 9/11
Brian Paddick, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, summed up the critical difference between the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States and the bombs that went off last week in London. "We are clearly shocked by what...Tags: Crimes, Death, Central Intelligence Agency, 2016 Olympic Games, Italy
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Attack was no surprise in London
Brian Paddick, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, summed up the critical difference between the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States and the bombs that went off last week in London. "We are clearly shocked by what...Tags: Crimes, Death, Central Intelligence Agency, 2016 Olympic Games, Italy
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Subway blasts were seconds apart
The three bombs that brought terror to the London Underground last week exploded within seconds of one another, according to new information disclosed by authorities Saturday. Investigators previously thought the bombs were about 26 minutes apart, but...Tags: Suicide, Madrid (Spain), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Death, Guerrilla Activity
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Bring the Cuban terrorist to justice
IT IS TIME TO BRING Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to justice. Dithering on the part of the U.S. is leaving the nation open to charges of hypocrisy in the war on terror — specifically, to the charge that some forms of terrorism are more...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Venezuela, Death, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington (U.S. state)
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King's words to Chavez start a battle royal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSomeone finally told Hugo Chavez to shut up, and the Spanish-speaking world can hardly stop talking about it. The verbal slap to the Venezuelan president came from none other than King Juan Carlos I of Spain, providing fodder for satirists from Mexico...Tags: Brazil, Telefonica SA, Santiago (Chile), Fidel Castro, YouTube
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The Seven Wonders of the World, 2.0
Times Staff WriterThe world's most wondrous wonder is actually the computer. Millions of people from across the globe joined in what was essentially a huge publicity stunt, voting via the Internet to choose a new list of the Seven Wonders of the World, announced Saturday....Tags: China, Lisbon (Portugal), Chile, India, Easter
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At least 100 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA commercial airliner bound for the Canary Islands with at least 173 people aboard crashed during takeoff today at Madrid's ultramodern Barajas airport, exploding in flames and killing most people on board. The Madrid regional government confirmed at...Tags: Madrid (Spain), Death, Los Angeles Times, Spain
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