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Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...
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Obama to Heckler Part of Free Speech Is ... You Listening
"Ma'am, let me finish. Let me finish ma'am," said Obama. "This is part of free speech is you being able to speak but also you listening. And me being able to speak. All ...
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Swedens riots raise questions about inequality
Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had locked himself in an ...
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Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech
CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Barack Obama during his speech on national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. She was removed from the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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Islamist Militants Kill More Than 20 People In Niger
More than 20 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in attacks by Islamist militants in Niger. The attacks in the western African country on May 23 were claimed by one of the Islamist militant groups that seized control of northern Mali last year before being driven out by French-led African troops. At least 20 soldiers were killed when a car bomb exploded at an army camp in ...
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Kerry urges Netanyahu Abbas to compromise for peace
Kerry to Peres: This moment is critical for Israel, region The two met spoke in the evening after a long day of back-to-back meetings that included talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.It is likely that Kerry will meet Netanyahu again on Friday before departing for Ethiopia. Kerry is expected to meet Abbas again in Jordan on Sunday, ...
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Obama to limit drones moves to shut Guantanamo
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.In a major foreign policy speech after two weeks of fending off domestic scandals, Obama limited the scope of what his predecessor, George W. Bush, had called a global war on ...
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Maternity Ward Its Magic
For all intents and purposes, this event should never have taken place. No one should have allowed all these essential people to be in the same place at the same time. Had they taken a direct hit, it could have had serious consequences for the country's population growth figures, and that's not an exaggeration.I'm talking about the farewell party for the legendary director of ...
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Dear Jewish media stop making lists of Jews
There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler's, but mainly Jewish list-making has been an activity of those who are hostile to ...
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Does Israel have a long-term strategic plan
Every year there is a new state budget with new cuts. What was approved last year has just been retracted. Half-built roads and incomplete infrastructure have been abandoned to gather dust. Metropolitan Tel Aviv still has no light rail or subway, even though plans to build them have been in the works for decades. Year after year the defense establishment is allocated more funds than any ...
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QA What is known about London attack
A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks. Q: What happened?A: Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a soldier near military barracks in the south London neighbourhood of Woolwich. Two UK government officials told the AP the attack seemed to have been ideologically motivated ...
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Two more arrested over London soldier murder
British police investigating the brutal murder of a soldier by suspected Islamists in London said on Thursday they had arrested two alleged ...
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More arrests
>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- British police have arrested two more people as part of the probe of the brutal cleaver attack that killed a soldier. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, London's Metropolitan Police said. ...
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Alexander Lebedev witnesses say they were pressured into attending court case by investigators
The trial of the businessman Alexander Lebedev has descended into farce as witnesses admitted they had been pressured into attending the court case by ...
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Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey gets hamburgers for life
Heroic Charles Ramsey could be in line for reward CLEVELAND - The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to buy a hamburger in his hometown again. More than two weeks after Charles Ramsey became an instant folk hero after telling his story to television reporters, Cleveland food blogger Michelle ...
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Utah teen arrested in slayings of younger brothers
(Fotolia) Police in Utah have arrested a 15-year-old boy after his two brothers, four and 10 years old, were found stabbed to death Wednesday. The teen was in charge of watching the younger boys, while their mother and three sisters were at a dance recital, ...
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87-year-old woman loses to Trump in court
An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday - she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch scheme. The federal jury in Chicago returned with a finding in Trump's ...
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Issa IRS Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights
Insisting that she's "done nothing wrong," Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the division that targeted conservative nonprofit groups for additional scrutiny of their applications for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional ...
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Cockroaches evolved to avoid sweetened poison
This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut butter. For 30 years, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out sweet-tasting bait mixed with poison. But in the early 1990s, a formerly effective product stopped working. Some cockroaches had lost their ...
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Third Calif. law student charged in Vegas bird killing
Three University of California-Berkeley law school students are accused in the Oct. 2012 killing and decapitation of a helmeted guinea-fowl, like the one seen above, that was part of a Las Vegas resort ...
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Forecasters warn Up to 6 major storms this season
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major ...
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Heartburn raises throat cancer risk but antacids may help
Having heartburn often may lead to cancers of the throat and vocal cord, according to a new study. The good news, though, is over-the-counter antacids may help reduce risk, the study authors said. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers of the head and neck have generated mixed results," study author Dr. Scott M. Langevin, a postdoctoral research fellow at Brown ...
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Teacher confronted terrorists
>Were you there? Send us your photos, videos(CNN) -- Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London. Thursday she was being hailed as one incredibly brave woman who confronted a man seconds after he hacked a British soldier to death in broad daylight. READ MORE: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands ...
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Teacher confronted terrorists
>Were you there? Send us your photos, videos(CNN) -- Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London. Thursday she was being hailed as one incredibly brave woman who confronted a man seconds after he hacked a British soldier to death in broad daylight. READ MORE: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands ...
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Can Weiner win back New Yorkers
>Editor's note: Errol Louis is the host of "Inside City Hall," a nightly political show on NY1, a New York City all-news channel.(CNN) -- Anthony Weiner's long-anticipated official announcement that he's running for mayor of New York City began with a slight glitch this week: A video announcing his candidacy was posted on YouTube in the middle of the night, then yanked off the site -- and ...
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Honolulu to finally have a family justice centre
The Justice Department of Honolulu has announced to Honolulu news media that most of the funding for a family justice centre has now been secured, and it hoped the centre will act as a comprehensive facility to meet all the needs of victims fleeing the physical and psychological effects of domestic violence.
The plans for a center aimed at family justice was announced by city prosecutor Peter Carlisle who said funds of $400,000 had been secured through federal grants for the planning of the center, the training of staff as well as rent and equipment. Read more
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