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Iranian general reportedly assassinated while traveling from Syria
BEIRUT -- A high-ranking member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated this week while traveling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, Iranian media reported Thursday, in the strongest indication to date that senior Iranian military...Tags: Lebanon, Tehran (Iran), Israel, Government, National Government
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On the War Over the Drone War
Drones are in the news thanks to a leaked Department of Justice memo outlining the legal reasoning behind the killing of American citizen and al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar Al-Awlaki. For those of us extremely unsettled by the Bush-Obama policy of extra-...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011), U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama
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Secret drone strikes simplify Obama Doctrine
For years, scholars and journalists have struggled without much success to define the Obama Doctrine — the president's foreign policy principles. As a Democratic candidate, Barack Obama couldn't even define his own doctrine as he sought to succeed...
Tags: Republican Party, Rahm Emanuel, Dick Durbin, Trials, U.S. Congress
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Giffords' plea to Congress on guns: 'you must act'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, "too many children are dying" without them. "The time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous,...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Congress, Wayne LaPierre, Barack Obama
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Bill O’Reilly’s ‘Killing Kennedy’ to become National Geographic Channel film
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel“Killing Lincoln,” the film of Bill O'Reilly's best seller, won't premiere until February on National Geographic Channel. But the channel on Thursday announced that it will make a film of O'Reilly's “Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot.&... -
Aaron's Law: What's in a name?
The Times has an editorial Friday about legislation proposed in the aftermath of the suicide of Aaron Swartz, the computer prodigy who was being prosecuted by the federal government for allegedly gaining unauthorized access to an online repository of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System, Laws, U.S. Congress
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America's go-to man in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan — A shy boy with filthy hands and a shabby tunic approached the great man, bowed and tried to kiss his hand. Gen. Matiullah Khan was seated like a sultan on a cushion in his hojra, his airy receiving room. He barely...
Tags: Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Religion and Belief, Armed Forces, Bombings, U.S. Military
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap, Adrienne, Brandi and character assassination!
This week starts with Kyle, who is increasingly becoming my least favorite Housewife. Did Kyle's family get egged? As a result of her meddling, I hope. Mauricio pretends to believe it's some high school prank targeting Alexia. But aww, it's a new car...
Tags: F-bomb Dropping, here! (tv network), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (tv program), Kelsey Grammer, Hips
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A case for targeted killings
WASHINGTON — President Franklin Roosevelt was truly astonished when told by a reporter that Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, had been shot down by U.S. planes over a Pacific island after Americans decrypted Yamamoto&...Tags: Armed Forces, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. Military, Fidel Castro, Gerald Ford
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Pakistani Taliban now on Facebook
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — It’s a world of likes, apps and status updates, so it was bound to happen: The Pakistani Taliban now has its own Facebook page. The Pakistani insurgent group’s spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, confirmed that it had...Tags: Religion and Belief, Malala Yousafzai, Computer Networking and Internet, Islam, Taliban
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'Kennedy' musical workshops in Chicago
Leslie Bricusse, the Academy Award-winning songwriter behind such monster hits as "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Candy Man" (penned with the late Anthony Newley) and "Talk to the Animals," slipped quietly into Chicago this week. So did the producer-writer-...
Tags: Theater, Music, Music Industry, Megan Mullally, John F. Kennedy
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Attack on retired Indian general evokes '84 Golden Temple assault
World NowSikh India Attack: A painful chapter in India’s history was reopened this week when a retired general who oversaw the storming in 1984 of the Sikh’s most revered site was stabbed in London in an alleged “revenge attack” by...
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