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200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:02 PM EST
Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.
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Anwar al-Awlaki --- Born in U.S., a Radical Cleric Inspires Terror
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:21 PM EST (The New York Times)
Mr. Awlaki, 38, the son of a former agriculture minister and university president in Yemen, has never been accused of planting explosives himself.
UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children
Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:31 AM EST
UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
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Gene Roddenberry: The Star Trek Philosophy
Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:06 PM EST
In celebration of the DVD release of J.J. Abrams' reboot of the classic Star Trek franchise I thought that it would be cool to share some thoughts from the creator of the original Star Trek.....
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From Welfare to Work: Reconceptualizing the Health Care Debate
Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:50 PM EST
Disease is the enemy of productivity. Universal health care should be conceptually treated as a category separate from welfare.
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6th Saban Forum starts Saturday in Jerusalem, West Bank | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict
Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:35 PM EST (JPost.com)
Netanyahu: Israel will respond to unilateral moves | Israel Palestine-Gaza Conflict
Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:29 PM EST (JPost.com)
Intel to remain open on Sabbath in Jerusalem
Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:15 PM EST
Intel Corp. said it has no plans to close a factory in Jerusalem on Saturdays, despite violent protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the chip maker of desecrating the Jewish Sabbath.
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Never-before-seen 'Star Trek' pilot found
Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:58 PM EST (thrfeed.com)
"Star Trek" fans know there were two pilots for the original series. The first, "The Cage," was rejected by NBC for being "too cerebral" (ah, some things never change).
ABC, CBS both have early corporate ties to NBC
Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:45 AM EST
The three original broadcast networks still around today can all be traced back to the National Broadcasting Co.
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Key dates in history of National Broadcasting Co.
Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:43 AM EST
Some key dates in NBC's history:
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Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover
Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:40 AM EST
Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.
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Can saffron stop the heroin trade in Afghanistan?
Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:11 AM EST
On National Public Radio yesterday, I heard a Muslim woman who is a reformist there say that they had tried and succeeded last year in introducing saffron production as an alternative to poppies.
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Obama Says a Rising China Can Be Source of Shared Strength
Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:13 PM EST (The New York Times)
TOKYO — The United States is not threatened by a rising China, President Obama said Saturday, but will seek to strengthen its ties with Beijing even as it maintains close ties with traditional allies like Japan...
Marriage History Age of Consent
Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:58 PM EST ()
Throughout most of the 19th century, the minimum age of consent for sexual intercourse in most American states was 10 years.
Palestinian vote put off, Abbas remains in office
Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:38 PM EST (The Seattle Times)
Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran
Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:59 PM EST
Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.
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Clinton: Specific demands will accompany US help
Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:35 AM EST
The United States is limiting its goals in Afghanistan and demanding better accountability from that country's underperforming leader, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday, and she tied additional U.S. civilian help to results from Kabul.
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Forbes: Mexico kingpin among world's most powerful
Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:03 PM EST
Mexico's most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he eludes capture.
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