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Human Rights Watch says it has found evidence Syrians were tortured in government prisons
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday....Tags: Rebellions, Religion and Belief, Human Rights Watch, Weaponry, Science and Technology
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: Yemen, Angus King, U.S. Department of Defense, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Manuel M. Nicolaides, attorney
Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who served for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92. "Manny served with distinction for many...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Taxation, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Politics
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Russia defends weapons shipments to Syria
MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday defended the country’s weapons sales to Syria, saying the country is primarily providing defense systems that are in line with international treaties. Responding to news reports that Russia has sent advanced...
Tags: Russia, Weaponry, Ban Ki-moon, Missile Systems, Pakistan
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Rebellions, Explosions, National Government, Karachi (Pakistan)
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Brown to launch campaign for governor
Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor. Brown, 51, will announce his candidacy in his...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Harvard University, Douglas F. Gansler, Anthony G. Brown, Politics
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Video: Nissan GT-R drag races Swiss fighter jet
Autoblog.comFiled under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., Videos, Nissan Proving that speed is fun in any language, Nissan's German arm recently pitted a GT-R up against an ex-Swiss Air Force fighter jet, called the Hawker Hunter. Now the idea of a car-versus-plane drag... -
U.S. seeks use of nine Afghanistan military bases after 2014
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States has requested the use of nine large military bases in Afghanistan after international forces complete their combat mission here at the end of next year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday. In the...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai, Terrorism, Pakistan
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U.S. Army Delay On New Armed Helicopter Could Be Good News For Sikorsky
WASHINGTON — U.S. Army officials this week said they do not expect to decide until later this year whether to start a multibillion-dollar program to develop a new armed scout helicopter, or extend the life of the current Vietnam-era OH-58 Kiowa...Tags: Vietnam, Education, Italy, Boeing Co., Personal Service
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Army Helicopter Rescues 2 from Plane Crash near Nenana
Channel 2 NewsTwo people were rescued from a small-aircraft crash near Nenana Wednesday afternoon by a Fort Wainwright-bound U.S. Army Alaska helicopter that was in the area, military officials say. National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Craig Hatch says...Tags: U.S. Army, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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The president's walk-back: A pink line over Damascus?
WASHINGTON - You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Religious Conflicts, Weaponry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Republicans say military could have done more in Benghazi
WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the political battle over the killing of four Americans in Libya is unfolding this week, with Republicans pointing to the testimony of a State Department official as evidence that the U.S. military could have...Tags: U.S. Embassy, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Adam B. Schiff, Tripoli (Libya)
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