U.S. Reaction to al-Qaeda in Yemen
Following the failed attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 by Nigerian Umar Abdulmutallab — a man with ties to al-Qaeda in Yemen —...
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Pachauri’s Lucrative World of Climate Change
Many analysts bemoan the failure of governments at December's UN Climate Change Conference to arrive at a legally binding agreement to rescue the...
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Copenhagen Report: Obama Fails to “Seal the Deal”
It had been billed and hyped as the "Seal the Deal" summit, a conference that would produce a binding global agreement on greenhouse...
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Cheers and Jeers at Copenhagen’s Climate Conference
Edward Conlon, in his book Blue Blood, provides an in-depth and colorful narrative of his career as a New York City cop. In...
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Sounding a False Alarm on Yemen?
The Times of London reported December 29 that in the wake of the botched airplane Christmas day bombing Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr...
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Vladimir Putin Condemns U.S. Nuclear Defense
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling for drastic reductions in planned U.S. missile defense as U.S. and Russian officials spend the last...
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American-born Cleric Associated With Abdulmutallab
As has been widely reported, al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch is proudly claiming responsibility for the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day...
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Ft. Hood Shooter’s Spiritual Leader Targeted in Yemen Air Strike
In the twilight of the pre-dawn on Thursday, bombs dropped on the home of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born, Yemeni-based cleric. Yemeni Air Forces...
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Lithuanian Parliament Condemns CIA Prisons
A Lithuanian Seimas investigating committee has concluded that he Soviet-era holdover “Committee for State Security” spy agency had struck a deal with the...
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Tony Blair: Climate Missionary or Climate Mercenary?
Tony Blair, global-warming activist and former British prime minister, is under fire from the media for allegedly trying to cash in on climate...
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NATO Head Says No Deadline for Afghan Troop Pullout
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, upon completing a two-day visit to Afghanistan on December 22, pledged that the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force...
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Copenhagen Consequences
Parties on both sides of the global-warming debate are calling the UN Climate Change Conference at Copenhagen a failure. Instead of producing a...
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Gore Effect Impacts Copenhagen Climate
Over four inches of snow fell in Copenhagen last night as temperatures dipped to below 25°F, not including wind chill. Officials with Denmark's...
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Scientists Unravel Cancer Codes
According to Times Online for December 17, researchers led by Professor Mike Stratton of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger...
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Clinton Promises Billions in Eco-Aid at Copenhagen
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is promising delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference billions in foreign aid to developing countries. She's...
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