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Thursday, 03 May 2012 04:40

Group Charges Iraq with Suppressing Press Freedoms

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua CohanRubberball/Mike Kemp(WASHINGTON) -- Journalists in Iraq have much to fear, a local rights group has charged.That fact was already documented in media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders’ 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index, which…

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Thursday, 03 May 2012 11:11

Human Rights Group Accuses Syrian Government of War Crimes

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua CohanAlessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Human Rights Watch charges that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are guilty of war crimes for committing various atrocities in northwestern Idlib province.The international rights group said…

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Thursday, 03 May 2012 11:10

Corrupt Government Could Jeopardize US Postwar Pact with Afghanistan

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua CohanMANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) -- International experts believe the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed Tuesday by President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai may not be worth the paper it's written on unless Afghanistan gets it…

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Thursday, 03 May 2012 10:34

Osama Bin Laden Letters: Al Qaeda Leader Frustrated at Impotence

Written by Rebecca Fenton

Authors: Rebecca FentonAFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An analysis of newly declassified letters found in Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound shows that the late terror leader was frustrated at his own inability to control the violent jihadi…

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Thursday, 03 May 2012 09:25

Al Qaeda Cleric's Call From Grave: Attack With Bio Weapons

Written by Rebecca Fenton

Authors: Rebecca FentonTracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One of al Qaeda's most prominent radical clerics may have been killed in a drone strike last year, but his words appear to have lived on…

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Thursday, 03 May 2012 07:26

US Defends Deal as Chen Guangcheng Begs to Leave with Clinton

Written by Rebecca Fenton

Authors: Rebecca FentonSTR/AFP/GettyImages(BEIJING) -- United States officials are defending the deal they reached with the Chinese government concerning the fate of blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, while the dissident is now begging to leave…

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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 19:23

Al Qaeda Magazine Calls for Firebomb Campaign in US

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen CoxABC News(NEW YORK) -- The men who launched al Qaeda's English-language magazine may have died in a U.S. missile strike last fall, but "Inspire" magazine lives on without them -- and continues to…

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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 23:19

Slice of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s Wedding Cake Up for Auction

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen Coxpfcauctions.com(LONDON) -- You can have a piece of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding cake if the price is right.Days after the royal couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary, a slice of their…

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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 21:33

Lawmakers’ Drunken Brawls Mean New Rules at Parliament’s Bars

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen CoxiStockphoto/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- It just got a little bit harder for British lawmakers to drink on the job at the House of Commons.The House of Commons’ four bars, which open every day and stay…

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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 19:42

British Spy Probably Killed by Another Person, Coroner Says

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen CoxIan and Ellen Williams, parents of slain British MI6 officer Gareth Williams, leave the Westminster Coroners Court in central London after the verdict was announced. /AFP/GettyImages(LONDON) -- The long-awaited coroner’s verdict into the…

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