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Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq
A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said The attacks, some of which hit market places...
Tags: Iraq, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Al-Qaeda, Baghdad (Iraq)
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John F. Brinson: U.S. fighting world war against a political ideology
World War I was everybody versus Germany and Austria (1914-18). World War II was everybody versus Germany, Italy and Japan (1939-45.) World War III was the Cold War, with everybody versus the Soviet communist empire (1947-91). World War IV began in 1979...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Germany, Crime, Law and Justice, Judaism, FBI
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Past time for heads to roll in Washington
AUSTIN, Texas - The twin revelations of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political organizations and, now, that the U.S. Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press -- all in a few days -- mean this: It is time to air the...Tags: Eric Holder, Elections, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Correction: Tunisia-Salafi Crackdown story
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — In a May 15 story about the Tunisian government taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups ahead of this past weekend's conference by the group known as Ansar al-Shariah, The Associated Press...Tags: Revolutions, Mali, Landforms, Islam, Mountains
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election...Tags: Prisons, New York City, Parties and Movements, Baghdad (Iraq), Awards and Prizes
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This Week in The Civil War, 150 Years Ago
By The Associated PressThis week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant hurled his Union forces at heavily fortified Vicksburg, Miss., in hopes of a swift conquest of the Mississippi River city. Union artillery began the assault early on May 19, 1863 before troopers...Tags: Wars and Interventions
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Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage
WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't...
Tags: Libya, Elections, The Washington Post, U.S. Department of State, FBI
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Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold
BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...
Tags: National Government, Wars and Interventions, Activism, Bashar Assad, Skype
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Raddatz returns, gets Centre degree while telling war stories to grads
tkleffman@amnews.comMartha Raddatz told one on herself Sunday during her commencement address to Centre College’s Class of 2013. The highly decorated and respected ABC foreign correspondent who has reported from war zones around the world, the White House and the...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Colleges and Universities, Education, Iraq, University of Louisville
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Gun safety a top priority during 150th at Gettysburg
York Daily Record/Sunday NewsThe document is 39 pages long. And this year it is going to contain some of the most important words read in Gettysburg — maybe not timeless, Gettysburg Address important. But important nonetheless. It is the Safety Standard Operating Procedures...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Weaponry
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Egypt's border with Gaza stays closed as protest continues
CAIRO — Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a sit-in. A video was briefly posted on YouTube...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Cairo (Egypt), Egypt, Kidnapping, Hamas
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Gordon Gayle dies at 95; received Navy Cross for attack on Peleliu
Retired Marine Brig. Gen. Gordon Gayle, who received the Navy Cross for leadership and bravery during the assault on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest and most complex and controversial battles fought by Marines during World War II, has died. He was 95....
Tags: United States Naval Academy, Georgetown, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Japan
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