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Ex-general links gays in Dutch army to genocide (AP) - Yahoo: Politics

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - A retired American general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war partly because its army included openly gay soldiers.

FDA rules will restrict tobacco marketing toward teens, children - Washington Post: Nation

Lyndsey Layton — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Food and Drug Administration announced rules today that will severely restrict the way the tobacco industry can advertise and sell cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, especially marketing efforts designed to appeal to children and teenagers.

Chicago Terrorism Suspect Pleads Guilty - WCCO: National

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai before a terrorist attack that left 166 dead and planning to attack a Danish newspaper whose cartoons offended many Muslims. David Coleman Headley could have been sentenced to death if convicted of the most serious charges he faced — conspiracy to bomb public places in India and six counts of murdering U.S. nationals in India. But the 49-year-old's plea agreement with federal prosecutors on Thursday ruled out the death penalty, provided that he cooperates with the government's terrorism investigations.

Operation Enduring Occupation - Truthout - All Articles

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

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The 2008 National Defense Strategy reads:

US interests include protecting the nation and our allies from attack or coercion, promoting international security to reduce conflict and foster economic growth, and securing the global commons and with them access to world markets and resources. To pursue these interests, the US has developed military capabilities and alliances and coalitions, participated in and supported international security and economic institutions

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Former general says gays in Dutch army partly to blame for 1995 genocide in Bosnia - Star Tribune: Politics

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

DA: Calif. serial killer linked to 2 more missing women cases; tips pouring in - Star Tribune: Nation

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Ex-general links gays in Dutch army to genocide - Seattle Times: Politics

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A retired American general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war partly because its army included openly gay soldiers.

Ex-con admits killing pen pal, encasing him cement - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

An ex-convict has pleaded guilty to killing his prison pen pal, encasing the body in cement and living off the victim's savings and credit cards.

LA woman paroled in deadly fire may be deported - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A clothing store owner who spent 23 years behind bars for a deadly arson fire after proclaiming her innocence was paroled from state prison on Thursday but immediately taken into immigration custody and faces deportation by the end of the week, officials said.

Murder convictions of 2 Conn. men overturned - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Connecticut judge has overturned the convictions of two men serving 80 years for a 1993 murder and ordered their immediate release from prison, saying they are the victims of a "manifest injustice."

Another Gulf War Syndrome? - Mother Jones

Beth Hawkins — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Before her last deployment, 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Danielle Nienajadlo passed her Army physical with flying colors. So when she started having health problems several weeks after arriving at Balad Air Base in Iraq, no one knew what to make of her symptoms: headaches that kept her awake; unexplained bruises all over her body; an open sore on her back that wouldn't heal; vomiting and weight loss. In July 2008, after three miserable months, Nienajadlo checked into the base emergency room with a 104-degree fever. She was sent to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and learned she had been diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia , a fast-progressing form of the disease. She told her doctors and her family she had felt fine until she started ...

Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ at Risk of Beatings and Intimidation, Says Amnesty International - Commondreams.org Newswire

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

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March 18, 2010

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International urged Cuban President Raúl Castro to ensure the safety of a group of female relatives of prisoners of conscience ahead of a scheduled demonstration today.

The call came after a protest by the Damas de Blanco (ladies in white) was forcibly broken up by Cuban police yesterday, who briefly detained several women.

U.S. man pleads guilty in Mumbai attack - CNN: Top Stories

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Chicago man charged in two international terror plots, including the Mumbai attacks, pleaded guilty to a dozen counts against him, and now will not face a trial.

Dems Wrong War: Health Care Amid Jobs Crisis (RealClearPolitics.com) - Yahoo: Opinion/Editorial

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

RealClearPolitics.com - Barack Obama said 3,341 words before he advocated health care reform during his State of the Union address. It was indicative of the White House pledge to pivot to jobs in 2010. As early as last Thanksgiving, the president declared, "I will not rest until businesses are investing again and businesses are hiring again and people have work again."

Burma junta frees, deports Montgomery Co. activist - washingtonpost.com - Politics

Glenn Kessler — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Burma's government on Thursday released a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Montgomery Village after six months of sometimes brutal captivity.

'Jihad Jane' Pleads Not Guilty - Wall St. Journal: World

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Colleen LaRose pleaded not guilty to federal charges that she conspired to wage jihad abroad, including a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose work enraged Muslims.

Wisconsin girl sent to juvenile court in overdose death - Twincities.com: News

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A 14-year-old girl accused of providing the prescription drugs that killed a 13-year-old boy will be sent back to juvenile court.

VA seeks to make getting benefits easier for vets - Seattle Times: Politics

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Veterans Affairs Department took steps Thursday to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits. To qualify for the new streamlined status, they must have malaria, West Nile Virus or one of seven other diseases.

NJ gay marriage battle back in court - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gay couples who sued New Jersey for the right to marry once before are taking their case back to court.

PR beggar accused of stabbing mother with needle - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Police said Thursday they have arrested a panhandler who stabbed a woman with a hypodermic needle when she declined to give him money.

Trial begins for man accused of drowning stepdaughter in 2003 - Seattle Times: Local

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The first-degree murder trial began this morning for an Auburn-area man accused of drowning his 3-year-old stepdaughter to collect on a $200,000 life-insurance policy.

Colleen LaRose: Accused 'Jihad Jane' Pleads Not Guilty - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Jeff Muskus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania woman accused of trolling the Internet as "Jihad Jane" while she cared for her boyfriend's father denied in court Thursday that...

Post-coital warfare: insect semen kills rival sperm - New Scientist: Sex and Cloning

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Post-coital warfare: insect semen kills rival sperm

Woman Known as JihadJane Pleads Not Guilty - NY Times: World

By IAN URBINA — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Colleen R. LaRose, 46, known by her Internet name Jihad Jane, is accused of being a terrorist sympathizer.

Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran? - NPR: All Things Considered

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Scholar Philip Jenkins argues that scriptures in the Quran are less brutal than those in the Bible. In his new book, Jesus Wars, Jenkins points out that violence in the Quran is mostly defensive, but in the Bible, it is often a method of genocide.