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‘US armed Israel for Iran attack’
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- Published on Monday, 27 February 2012 20:42
The United States has provided Israel with the military technology and arms to aid Tel Aviv in a possible attack against Iran nuclear facilities, a prominent American journalist says.
“Arm the Syrian rebels! And, while we’re at it, give the Israelis the tools they need - bunker-busters, refueling aircraft - so that if they decide to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, they’ll get it right the first time,” David Sanger wrote in The New York Times.
The article says although “the White House has been deliberately vague on what kind of technology it has shared with the Israelis,” it has been aimed at sabotaging Iran’s nuclear energy program which the West claims contains a covert military dimension by using “bombs, sanctions or covert action.”
US fears Iran on verge of 20% enriched uranium
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- Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 11:55
Islamic Republic's production of material that can be used to make nuclear weapons at underground facility may bolster calls for military or covert action, Obama administration officials say.
Minister investigates anti-Israel blogging during office hours
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 07:32
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister James Moore is investigating allegations someone in his department used a government computer to slag Israel during office hours.
U.S. university urges employees to sign form saying they aren’t gay or risk being fired
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- Published on Thursday, 03 November 2011 12:14
Employees at a Southern Baptist university in Georgia are being told to sign a statement declaring they aren’t gay or be fired, the school’s president has warned.
Murdoch has no plans to step down from News Corp.
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:08
Rupert Murdoch has told British lawmakers that he has not considered resigning his job as the head of News Corp., and he believes he is the most qualified person to resolve its current problems.
Conference aims to normalize pedophilia
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- Published on Monday, 29 August 2011 12:41
If a small group of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have their way at a conference this week, pedophiles themselves could play a role in removing pedophilia from the American Psychiatric Association’s bible of mental illnesses — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), set to undergo a significant revision by 2013. Critics warn that their success could lead to the decriminalization of pedophilia.
Debt talks grind on, clock ticks toward default
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 09:57
WASHINGTON— Budget talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals are at a frustrating standstill, leading a top Republican to launch a long-shot proposal to give Obama sweeping new powers to muscle through an increase in the government's debt limit without the approval of a bitterly divided Congress.
More F-words appearing in PG-13 films
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- Published on Friday, 19 August 2011 10:29
Courtesy of: The Globe and Mail: theglobeandmail.com
Those extra expletives you’re hearing at the multiplex these days aren’t just echoes. PG-13 movies, officially allowed one nonsexual F-word per script, are making increased use of that allotment – and more – as filmmakers work the rules in a world where R-rated comedies full of both male and female trash talk have become a summertime staple. Recent PG-13 examples include F-bomb reactions to Ryan Gosling’s abs in Crazy Stupid Love, Bryan Cranston’s boorish behaviour in Larry Crowne and those rampaging robots in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”
Clinton: Assad is 'not indispensable'
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 08:38
Rebuke comes after Syrian loyalists attack US, French embassies; US expert: State Dept. has realized Assad is no reformer.
Lawyers for Defendant in Giffords Shooting Seem to Be Searching for Illness
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 21:55
PHOENIX— Jared L. Loughner’s grandparents and great-grandparents died years ago, but lawyers defending Mr. Loughner in connection with a Jan. 8 shooting spree outside Tucson are delving into their lives and those of numerous other Loughner ancestors in an apparent effort to show that mental illness runs in the family.
A raft of subpoenas that Reuben C. Cahn, one of Mr. Loughner’s lawyers, issued last month, and then withdrew, indicates that the defense is researching the backgrounds of many of the defendant’s relatives from Illinois, all on his mother’s side.
Cleared of murder, Anthony awaits sentence for lying
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 July 2011 02:30
A sensational Florida murder trial reached a dramatic conclusion Tuesday, when the jury delivered a verdict experts and onlookers were surprised to learn could see Casey Anthony set free within days.
Google to buy Motorola for $12.5B
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- Published on Monday, 15 August 2011 17:59
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.'s US$12.5 billion deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to gain the upper hand in the increasingly important mobile computing market.
The all-cash acquisition announced Monday is the boldest move in Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) 13-year history.
US Republicans hammer Obama on debt talks eve
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 July 2011 02:30
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama's Republican foes denounced his handling of cash-strapped Washington's debt woes Wednesday, on the eve of White House talks seeking a deal to avert an early August default.
GOP debate in Iowa ahead of straw poll
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- Published on Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:25
AMES, IOWA - Eight Republican White House hopefuls meet in a nationally televised debate Thursday, hoping to generate momentum two days before an Iowa straw poll that will test the strength of their campaigns.
The first Republican debate in nearly two months will give struggling contenders like Tim Pawlenty an opportunity to make an impression on Iowa voters before they deliver their verdict in Saturday’s nonbinding straw poll.
North Dakota: Feeding the hungry in a land of plenty
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2011 04:36
North Dakotans like to think they feed the world. But right now they are being encouraged to feed themselves.
Online petition urges: Let Bert and Ernie get married on Sesame Street
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- Published on Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:03
Ever wonder what Bert and Ernie were up to behind the scenes? You wouldn’t be the first.
Video games win: U.S. high court strikes down ban
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- Published on Monday, 27 June 2011 04:06
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let California regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to children, saying governments do not have the power to "restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed" despite complaints about graphic violence.
Polygamist Warren Jeffs sentenced to life in prison for child molestation
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 August 2011 15:35
Georgia Immigration Law Faces a Test by July
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:32
ATLANTA—A federal judge said Monday he would rule before July 1 on a request by civil-liberties groups to block a new Georgia law cracking down on illegal immigration.
Gunman shoots eight in Ohio
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- Published on Monday, 08 August 2011 04:48
Eight people have been shot dead in the US state of Ohio following what police have described as a domestic dispute.
Obama and the Practice of Medicine
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 August 2009 07:32
On the defensive because of an increasingly skeptical public, President Barack Obama has recently spoken extemporaneously about his health plan.
The embattled Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s grim choice of “fight or flight” just got more complicated. 
Consultation draws objections to proposed fee increase. 
