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McManus: Rebooting the war on terror
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26.5.2013 |
LA Times: Commentary |
Obama clarified the terms of the fight and said the battle will end, someday. But it's still going to look an awful lot like war.
President Obama's speech last week on the future course of America's 11-year-old war against Al Qaeda was long overdue. |
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[flenvcenter :: Unions]
[newstrust :: International Islamic Terrorism]
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Rebooting the war on terror
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26.5.2013 |
LA Times: Opinion |
Obama clarified the terms of the fight and said the battle will end, someday. But it's still going to look an awful lot like war.
Obama clarified the terms of the fight and said the battle will end, someday. But it's still going to look an awful lot like war. |
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[flenvcenter :: Unions]
[newstrust :: International Islamic Terrorism]
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Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan
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25.5.2013 |
AP Politics |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15.... |
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[sdeepak :: Religious People]
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Federal outreach to Muslim American communities is a pillar of Obama counterterrorism strategy
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25.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Politics |
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[sdeepak :: Religious People]
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Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan
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25.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Politics |
| Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15. |
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[sdeepak :: Religious People]
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region
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25.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region |
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region of Dagestan
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25.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region
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25.5.2013 |
World |
| MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, police said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces. |
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region
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25.5.2013 |
AP Top News |
| MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, police said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces.... |
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Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level
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25.5.2013 |
AP Politics |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.... |
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[sdeepak :: Religious People]
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Turkey builds wall at Syrian border after deadly bombings
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25.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Turkey builds wall at Syrian border after deadly bombings |
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Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region
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25.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. |
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Briefs
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25.5.2013 |
Philly.com News |
| Congressional honor for girls in '63 bombing
WASHINGTON - President Obama signed legislation yesterday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil-rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger triumph and a more just and equal and fair America." |
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Friend of triple murder victim says police knew of ties to Marathon bombing suspect
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25.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Friend of triple murder victim says police knew of ties to Marathon bombing suspect |
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London police make terror arrest
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25.5.2013 |
CNN: Top Stories |
| British police arrested a 31-year-old man in London Friday night on terrorism-related offenses, according to a statement from London's Metropolitan Police Service. |
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‘Four little girls’ killed in 1963 church bombing honored with Congressional Gold Medal
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25.5.2013 |
Washington Post |
| “Four little girls” received in death Friday one of the country’s highest civilian awards, as the nation’s first African American president honored some of the youngest victims in the historic fight for equal rights. ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Civil Liberties]
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Drone program had largely run its course
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25.5.2013 |
L.A. Times - World News |
| Drone program had largely run its course |
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Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
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25.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| the Associate Press
Published May 24, 2013 07:21PM MDT
Washington • Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to civilians. President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair. The three 14-year-olds and an 11-year-old were killed Sept. 15, 1963, when a bomb planted by white supremacists exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Se... ... |
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Soldier's slaying prompts UK security review
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25.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| LONDON—Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. |
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Obama: Sexual Assault Has No Place In The Military
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25.5.2013 |
NPR: All Things Considered |
| President Obama delivered the commencement address at Annapolis on Friday, challenging the U.S. Naval Academy graduates to help redefine national defense in the 21st century. |