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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Baghdad blasts kill 127
Courier-Post - Tue Dec 8, 5:57 pm ETA suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near Baghdad's Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority.
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Sensitive Air Security Doc Posted In Error On Net
WJXT Jacksonville - Tue Dec 8, 5:52 pm ETTravelers stand at United Airlines' ticket counters at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Ill. WASHINGTON -- The 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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TSA Posts Sensitive Airport Security Info Online
KFWB News 980 Los Angeles - Tue Dec 8, 5:37 pm ETThe U.S. 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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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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Vanguard students create positive art for new DeVos Children’s Hospital
MLive.com - Tue Dec 8, 3:34 pm ETBrian Forde Vanguard Charter Academy students Syria Chapman, 11, and Jaclyn Bruining, 10, paint pictures that could soon be hanging on the walls at the new DeVos Children’s Hospital in downtown Grand Rapids.
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Rights group reports violations in Arab countries
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 3:33 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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Obama welcomes Ankara's PKK efforts
UPI - Tue Dec 8, 12:04 pm ETWASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The steps taken by Ankara to address lingering issues with the Kurdish minority and separatists are considered helpful, the U.S. president said in Washington.
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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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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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Poll: Tiahrt gaining ground on Moran
Lawrence Journal-World - Tue Dec 8, 11:47 am ETIt looks like we could have a race on our hands.
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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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Arab countries flop on human rights: report
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 10:53 am ETHuman rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practised in several countries, namely Egypt, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday.
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Can Governments Become More Democratic?
KCET Los Angeles - Tue Dec 8, 10:49 am ETEditor's Note: This is part three of TTLA 's four-part archival conversation with RAND's Dalia Dassa Kaye. Here's the link to last Friday's part one and Monday's part two .* TTLA: Is the audience for your report domestic, international, or both? And as a follow-up, can the current governments in the six countries you studied adopt more democratic means? Or will there have to be changes in ...
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Lebanon's Hariri keen on improving ties with Syria
AFP via Yahoo! News - 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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