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Charges revealed in alleged Somali jihadist efforts

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:55:00 GMT

USA Today - Found 2 hours ago
Federal law enforcement officials unsealed terrorism-related charges Monday against eight Muslim immigrants, some of whom are accused of getting training from al-Qaeda overseas and returning to the United States to recruit jihadists in a Minneapolis mosque. The FBI's one-year investigation probed ...
Charges Detail Road to Terror for 20 Recruited in U.S. - New York Times
LIVESHOTS: Suspects in Terror Probe Identified - FOXNews.com
Terror charges are filed against 8 - Washington Post
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CBS News

A long and bloody history of Phillipines elections

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:00 GMT

New York Times - Found 1 hour ago
As my colleague Carlos Conde reports, at least 21 people were killed on Monday in election-related violence on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, after a convoy carrying the registration papers of a candidate for governor was attacked. In an interview with ABS-CBN News in the ...
Philippines Imposes Emergency Rule After Massacre - ABC News
State of emergency declared in Philippines - Times Online
Philippines declares emergency after gunmen kill at least 24 - USA Today
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Daily Express

Taylor Swift wins five AMAs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:18:00 GMT

Hollywood Reporter - Found 13 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year. Jackson, who had been expected to enjoy a clean sweep, ended up with four awards. He and Swift went head-to-head ...
Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers - Reuters
Michael Jackson's Big Night - FOXNews.com
Jackson wins posthumous gongs - BBC
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In Entertainment

Marine census reveals creatures of the deep

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:31:00 GMT

USA Today - Found 12 hours ago
An astonishing variety of deep sea marine species -- over 17,650 below 640 feet and 5,722 living two-thirds of a mile and deeper -- have been inventoried as part of a historic effort to create a global Census of Marine Life to be released next year. At those depths there is no sunlight, little heat ...
5,600 new species found in deep sea - MSNBC
Deep-sea world beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species on edge of black abyss - Science Daily
Bizarre Creatures Inhabit Deep Oceans - CBS News
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Science Daily

Federal Government Faces Balloon in Debt Payments

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:20:00 GMT

New York Times - Found 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true. J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times “What a good country or a good squirrel should be doing is stashing away nuts for the winter. The ...
Payback Time: Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - International Herald Tribune
Payback Time: Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - New York Times
Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - New York Times
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CNBC

US Afghan decision 'within days'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:21:00 GMT

BBC - Found 1 hour ago
Some are expecting Mr Obama to make an announcement next week US President Barack Obama will announce his decision on whether to deploy thousands more US troops to Afghanistan 'within days', officials say. Mr Obama met top advisors on Monday night in what could be one of his last major meetings on ...
U.S. decision on Afghanistan within days - CNN
WH: Afghanistan decision within days - CNN
Afghanistan decision to come within days, White House says - CNN
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Reuters India

Beckham promises to return to MLS, buy club

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:40:00 GMT

NBC Sports - Found 16 hours ago
SEATTLE - David Beckham did all he could to win a football championship in a third country but it wasn't quite enough. The England veteran took three painkilling injections to dull the pain in his bruised right foot before Sunday night's MLS Cup title match for Los Angeles. He set up his team's only ...
Salt Lake upsets L.A. to snatch MLS Cup - CNN
Real Salt Lake upset Beckham's Galaxy - CNN
After overtime, penalty kicks Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup - USA Today
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Regina Leader-Post

Two Are Executed for Roles in China Milk Scandal

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:00 GMT

New York Times - Found 53 minutes ago
HONG KONG China executed two men on Tuesday for their involvement in the contamination of milk products that killed at least six Chinese infants and sickened about 300,000 other children. The municipal court in Shijiazhuang, in a statement cited by the state news agency Xinhua, said Zhang Yujun ...
Two executed over tainted milk - CNN
Two executed in China over tainted milk - CNN
Two Are Executed for Roles in China Milk Scandal - New York Times
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CNN

Tax Rich, Fund War? Lawmakers Want Troop 'Surtax'- 4 Americans Killed in Afghan Attacks- U.S. Enlists Allies in New ...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:50:00 GMT

FOXNews.com - Found 6 hours ago
Two top Democrats say they want to impose a new tax on the wealthy to finance any increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war. Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the purse string-controlling House Appropriations Committee, is calling the idea a "war surtax." He said that just as the federal ...
Congressman Obey's Tax on the Afghanistan War - Time
Lawmakers Propose 'War Surtax' to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan - FOXNews.com
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Huffington Post

New Details on Sen. Ensign's Affair

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:04:00 GMT

ABC News - Found 6 hours ago
Former staffer Doug Hampton claims John Ensign broke ethics laws after affair.
WATCH: Inside Sen. John Ensign's Affair - ABC News
Hampton: 'Crystal Clear' on Severance - ABC News
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