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Tunisian feminist arrested for 'provocative' appearance in holy city
Associated PressTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a...Tags: Feminism, Tunisia, Islam, Police Arrests, Arab Spring
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Today in History
Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2013. There are 213 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship"...Tags: Politics, Doug Hutchison, Helen Keller, Bill Rancic, U.S. Embassy
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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: Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Baghdad (Iraq), Religious Conflicts
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Revolutions, Jihad, Mountains, Islam
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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: FBI, Politics, Susan Rice, U.S. Department of State, Elections
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Syrian regime troops score gains, push into strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the...Tags: Islam, Politics, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Iran
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The president's 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 meet...
Tags: FBI, Politics, Susan Rice, U.S. Department of State, Elections
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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Elections, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan
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Assad says Syria transition talks internal matter, seems to cast down on US-Russia initiative
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to...Tags: Television Industry, Research, Politics, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Suspected US drone strike kills 4 militants in southern province of Abyan
Associated PressSANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials. The officials said the attack took place around dawn in an area...Tags: Military Equipment, Barack Obama, Yemen
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Bombs in Sunni areas of Iraq kill at least 76 people in major spike of sectarian violence
Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could...Tags: Migration, Free Syrian Army, Islam, Politics, Cults and Sects
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Obama's White House Creates Credibility Crisis
The Hartford CourantLet the facts speak for themselves. They are damning enough. Let Gregory Hicks, the honorable, apolitical second-in-command that night in Libya, movingly and grippingly demolish the president's Benghazi mantra that "every piece of information that we got,...Tags: FBI, Politics, Susan Rice, Elections, U.S. Department of State
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