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Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them....Tags: Politics, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Government, Justice and Rights, Justice System
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Tribunal de EEUU ratifica que fotos de cadáver de Bin Laden no sean públicas
El tribunal de apelaciones del Distrito de Columbia ratificó hoy que las fotos del cadáver de Bin Laden tras su muerte en Pakistán a manos de un operativo militar de EE.UU. deben permanecer secretas. El dictamen del tribunal compuesto por tres jueces...Tags: Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda
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FROM ABBOTTABAD TO FULBRIGHT: Big things expected of Centre grad Jadoon
tkleffman@amnews.comWhen Ibby Jadoon receives his diploma today, Centre College will be saying goodbye to one of its best and brightest. Jadoon is a bonafide Big Man on Campus (Academic Division), having earned a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and being chosen by his...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Drugs and Medicines, Financial Aid, Biology, Belief and Faith
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TV review: 'Manhunt' keeps Bin Laden hunt as real as possible
How many films about the search for and killing of Osama bin Laden can the market bear? The answer appears to be three — a bad one, a good one and now, a messy but provocative one. National Geographic Channel's docudrama "Seal Team Six" was...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Police Investigations, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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After Boston explosions, people rush to Twitter for breaking news
SAN FRANCISCO -- In an age of near instant communication, Twitter again became the world's town square as traffic to the service spiked minutes after the deadly Boston Marathon explosions. People rushed to Twitter for real-time information on fatalities...Tags: Media Industry, Sports, Boston Marathon, Entertainment, Television
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Navy SEAL killed in training accident is identified
A Navy SEAL who died in a free-fall parachuting accident this week during training exercises in Arizona was identified as Brett David Shadle of Elizabethville, Pa. The accident happened on Thursday near the Pinal Airpark in Marana, Ariz., where military...Tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, Jan Brewer, Pakistan, Awards and Prizes
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'Zero Dark Thirty' a first draft of history ★★★★
To consider what director Kathryn Bigelow has accomplished in "Zero Dark Thirty," imagine the events depicted by the story if they'd been given the "Argo" treatment. Not to take anything away from that rousing true (-ish) story of hostages freed and...
Tags: Chris Pratt, Argo (movie), Jennifer Ehle, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke
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'Zero Dark Thirty' writer: Torture 'clearly part' of finding Bin Laden
In some of his most expansive comments since his movie touched off a Washington firestorm, the screenwriter of "Zero Dark Thirty" defended his film as depicting torture accurately and said that a pending Senate investigation brought him "a chill." "We&...Tags: Politics, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Congress, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Report: SEAL who killed Bin Laden is struggling in civilian life
The American raid to kill Osama bin Laden may be the most famous top-secret mission of all time, and the latest petal of secrecy was peeled away by Bin Laden's killer himself. On Monday, Esquire and the Center for Investigative Reporting co-released a...Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Pakistan, Arthritis
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Confusion swirls around Esquire story on Osama bin Laden's killer
The fog of Abbottabad strikes again. On Tuesday, confusion continued to swirl around Esquire magazine's cover story about the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden during the instantly legendary May 2011 raid on the terrorist leader's compound in...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Los Angeles Times, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Periodicals, Punishment
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Land mine blast kills 2 polio workers in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A land mine blast killed two polio vaccination workers in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, the latest in a recent wave of violence involving healthcare teams trying to eradicate the disease in the South Asian nation. The blast...Tags: United Nations, Explosions, Polio, Emergency Incidents, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Richard M. Walden, Operation USA's charity buccaneer
Almost on impulse, almost 35 years ago, Richard M. Walden and a friend rounded up six tons of relief supplies and a jet to ferry them to Vietnamese boat people in Malaysia. Thus was Operation California — now Operation USA — born. A Times...
Tags: Politics, Natural Disasters, Julie Andrews, Mexico, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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