Lebanon's Hariri keen on improving ties with Syria
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 9:58 am ETLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
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SOE Launches Mass Animation Contest on Facebook
IGN PS3 - Tue Dec 8, 11:52 am ETDC Universe Online (PS3) Design an animation for the game, fame to follow shortly.
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Oh D'Oh They Didn't! TSA Posts Airport Screening Manual On Web
Gothamist - Tue Dec 8, 3:59 pm ETIn a spectacular snafu, the Transportation Security Administration stupidly posted an entire airport screening procedures manual on a government website. The 93-page document included details on special screening rules for diplomats, CIA and law enforcement officers; a list of items for which screening is not required (like wheelchairs, casts, orthopedic shoes); and the fun fact that during peak ...
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Obama rebukes Turkey leader for anti-Israel rhetoric
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Tue Dec 8, 3:58 pm ETPresident Obama rebuked the Turkish prime minister for belligerent anti-Israel rhetoric, saying it was harming Turkey’s profile.
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In Obama meeting, Turkey touts diplomacy for Iran nuclear program
MinnPost - Tue Dec 8, 11:09 am ETWASHINGTON — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told President Obama Monday that the issue of Iran's nuclear program can be solved only through diplomacy - just as the Obama administration and other international powers are beginning to lose patience with Iran.
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Wave of coordinated attacks in Iraq kills 127
El Paso Times - Tue Dec 8, 9:03 am ETBAGHDAD—A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority.
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TSA Leaks Sensitive Airport Screening Manual
Wired News - Mon Dec 7, 8:13 pm ETGovernment workers inadvertently leak a "sensitive" Transportation Security Administration manual detailing airport screening procedures. The full text of the security document is viewable by the public because the workers bungled the PDF redaction.
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Top Syrian Baathist condemns fresh Iraq bombings
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 12:01 pm ETDamascus - A senior Syrian Baathist official on Tuesday joined in the international chorus of condemnation of the morning's stunning bomb attacks in Baghdad, in an apparent bid to head off Iraqi recriminations. Suleiman Qaddah, one of the Syrian Baat...
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Obama's Afghanistan Policy: Separating Taliban, al-Qaeda
Time.com via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 5:25 am ETObama's foreign policy takes a narrower view of American power -- we can't fight everyone all at once
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Syria And Iran Discuss Water And Energy
OfficialWire - Mon Dec 7, 1:12 pm ETSyria's history of water resource management can only benefit by an expanded working relationship with Iran, the Syrian irrigation minister said.
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Syria to Double Imports of Gasoil Next Year, Oil Minister Says
Bloomberg - Sun Dec 6, 7:21 pm ETDec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Syria plans to double imports of gasoil to 2.5 million metric tons next year as stocks are declining, Syrian Oil Minister Sufian Al-Alao said.
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Netanyahu: Israel ready for Syria talks
JTA - Mon Dec 7, 9:21 am ETJERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel is ready for direct negotiations with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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Five TSA Workers Put On Leave Over Security Gaffe
NPR - 54 minutes agoSensitive guidelines about airport passenger screening were posted on the Internet in a way that could offer insight into how to sidestep security. Homeland Security officials say an investigation is under way and that the employees have been taken off duty pending the results.
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TSA accidentally reveals airport security secrets
Washington Post - Wed Dec 9, 12:00 am ETThe Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets related to airport passenger screening practices when it posted online this spring a document as part of a contract solicitation, the agency confirmed Tuesday.
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Israel Gives Initial OK to Jerusalem Peace Referendum
Fox News - Wed Dec 9, 9:45 am ETIsrael's parliament has given preliminary approval to a piece of legislation that would require a national referendum on any peace deal that gives up control of east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
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Sensitive air security doc posted in error on Net
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 9:25 pm ETThe federal government improperly posted an internal guide to its airport passenger screening procedures on the Internet in a way that could offer insight into how to sidestep security.
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