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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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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TSA document online
UPI - Wed Dec 9, 8:58 am ETBy United Press International WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A 93-page document regarding U.S. airport security measures was posted on the Internet, giving details of passenger screening operations.
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Settlers protest in Jerusalem against freeze
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 minute agoJewish settlers planned a mass protest in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday night in what they said would be the largest show of resistance to the government's new slowdown on new housing construction in the West Bank. Police expected thousands of people to...
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Rights under growing threat in China: analysts
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 7:05 pm ETHuman rights are increasingly under threat in China, according to a British firm which analyses dangers for business worldwide, while also describing risks in Russia, Nigeria and India as extreme.
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Rights group reports violations in Arab countries
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:54 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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No bail for alleged Hezbollah member
UPI - Wed Dec 9, 12:03 am ETPHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A Lebanese man who allegedly told U.S. agents he is a member of Hezbollah has been ordered held without bail by a federal judge in Philadelphia.
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TSA puts 5 employees on leave over online posting
News 10 NBC Rochester - 12 minutes agoFive Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave since it was discovered that sensitive guidelines...
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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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Syria says bus blast not terrorism, but circumstances unclear
The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Dec 4, 8:28 am ETSyria says a large bus explosion Thursday near a shrine frequented by Iranian Shiites was caused by excessive tire pressure, not terrorism.
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Iraqi leader asks for patience after bombings
The Champaign News-Gazette - 1 hour 52 minutes agoBAGHDAD (AP) – The prime minister appealed Wednesday to Iraqis to stand by their security forces, even as angry lawmakers demanded answers and called on top officials to resign following the third massive attack against government sites since summer. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his interior minister were expected to appear before a special parliamentary session Thursday to answer ...
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Israel gives initial OK to Jerusalem referendum
The Champaign News-Gazette - 1 hour 7 minutes agoJERUSALEM (AP) – Israel'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. If approved, the law could constrain the ability of any future Israeli government to turn over captured land as part of a peace deal.
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Sensitive TSA Document Posted In Error Online
KYW News Radio 1060 - 1 hour 59 minutes agoThe 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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Sensitive air security info pops up on Net
Detroit News - Wed Dec 9, 1:02 am ETWashington -- The U.S. Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets regarding airport passenger screening practices when it posted online this spring a document as part of a contract solicitation, the agency said.
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Series of Deadly Bombings Rocks Baghdad
CBS News - Tue Dec 8, 7:30 pm ETOfficials Confirm at Least 127 Killed in Coordinated String of Explosions Targeting Government Offices
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Report from Cairo
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Syria's Assad: Israel not 'ready' for peace
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