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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Rights group reports violations in Arab countries
WBAY Green Bay - Tue Dec 8, 3:08 pm ETU.S.-allied Arab governments in the Middle East are flouting human rights through violations including torture, extra-judicial killings and repressive laws, an Egyptian human rights group said Tuesday.
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Russia reigns over its weather
Los Angeles Times - Tue Dec 8, 3:20 am ETMoscow officials have already chased away clouds on public holidays. Now they're considering cloud seeding to keep snow-removal costs down in the winter. Neighboring towns may get dumped on. In the snow-hushed woods on Moscow's northern edge, scientists are decades deep into research on bending the weather to their will. They've been at it since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin paused long enough in ...
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SOE Launches Mass Animation Contest on Facebook
IGN PC Games - Tue Dec 8, 11:44 am ETDC Universe Online (PC) Design an animation for the game, fame to follow shortly.
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Obama rebukes Turkey leader on Israel
JTA - Tue Dec 8, 3:36 pm ETWASHINGTON (JTA) -- President Obama rebuked the Turkish prime minister for belligerent anti-Israel rhetoric, saying it was harming Turkey's profile.
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String of bombings in Baghdad kills 127 people
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Tue Dec 8, 6:37 am ETBAGHDAD — At least five car bombs ripped through neighborhoods across Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing 127 Iraqis and prompting urgent questions about Iraq's security forces just as the country gears up for national elections early next year.
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In Obama meeting, Turkey touts diplomacy for Iran nuclear program
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 4:00 am ETTurkish 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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TSA Leaks Sensitive Airport Screening Manual
Wired News - Mon Dec 7, 4:10 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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Syria says explosion near bus was an accident, 3 killed by exploding tire
The Morning Call - Thu Dec 3, 4:28 am ETDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A blast at a gas station in a Damascus suburb killed three people Thursday, gutting the back of an empty bus and blowing out nearby windows, officials said.
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Iraqi Scam: Looking For Police Job, Finding A Con
NPR - Mon Dec 7, 1:03 am ETIn Iraq's dismal economy, the desperate search for jobs has fueled a new kind of scam. Con artists are telling young men that they can bribe their way into the Iraqi security forces. The would-be recruits pay up, and the scammers keep the money for themselves.
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The Gawker Guide to Getting Pass Airport Security This Holiday Travel Season [Secrets]
Gawker - Mon Dec 7, 5:44 pm ETChristmas is coming, so it won't be long before you're walking barefoot through spilled soda and children's vomit at a security checkpoint in some godforsaken airport. Fortunately, the TSA has leaked...
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Obama's Afghanistan Policy: Separating Taliban, al-Qaeda
Time Magazine - Sun Dec 6, 12:39 pm ETObama's foreign policy takes a narrower view of American power -- we can't fight everyone all at once
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Veil's spread fans Egypt's fear of hard-line Islam
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 8:34 am ETWhen Egypt's government banned Islamic veils and all-encompassing robes in the dorms of public universities, it cited reports of men wearing the garb to sneak into the women's quarters.
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Syria says explosion near bus was accident, 3 dead
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 9:28 am ETA blast at a gas station in a Damascus suburb killed three people Thursday, gutting the back of an empty bus and blowing out nearby windows, officials said.
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Delawareans with Cuban ties welcome an open door
The News Journal - Mon Dec 7, 3:51 am ETThe last time Pedro Ferreira saw his father was March 23, 1962. He was 15 years old and his parents had just put him and his 13-year-old brother, Enrique, on a plane in Havana, Cuba, for a short hop to Miami.
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Iraq's vice president hails lawmakers' approval of new election law
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 6:47 am ETBaghdad - Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said Monday that parliament's adoption of the new election law was a victory for Iraqis. I am happy to see Iraqis in and outside of the country celebrate this democratic national event that would not h...
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