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U.S. drone guidelines could reduce 'signature strikes'
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and could reduce controversial "signature strikes" targeted at...Tags: George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Government, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Conflicts
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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...
Tags: Washington, DC, George W. Bush, U.S. Navy, Armed Conflicts, Barack Obama
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Defending the drone
President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes. Critics argue that the secret CIA-run program provokes political backlash in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, outweighing the value of...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Armed Conflicts, Barack Obama, Yemen, Judges
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Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
ReutersBy Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Washington, DC, George W. Bush, John McCain, U.S. Navy
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Volatile Nikkei keeps Asian stocks on edge
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell to one-month lows on Friday and the yen rebounded broadly as extreme volatility in the Nikkei kept investors on edge. The Nikkei has soared nearly 70 percent since November, off the back of aggressive fiscal and...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Ryanair Holdings Plc, priceline.com Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Missile Systems
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Lawsuits seek more than U.S. acknowledgement of drone killings
ReutersBy David Ingram WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is facing demands in court to reveal more about the U.S. drone program, despite his speech addressing it on Thursday and his government's acknowledgement a day earlier that four...Tags: Washington, DC, Lawyers, Freedom of Information Act, Government, Freedom of the Press
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Fourth U.S. drone victim influenced by Sept. 11, war
WASHINGTON — In his early teens, Jude Kenan Mohammad was a familiar sight in his middle-class section of Raleigh, N.C., riding around on his bike to deliver groceries to elderly Muslim neighbors. But with an American mother and Pakistani father,...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Religious Conflicts, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Military, Religion and Belief
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Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration's use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and "heavily constrained," but he also appeared to be laying groundwork for an expansion of the controversial targeted...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government, Armed Conflicts, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Barack Obama
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Obama restricts drone strikes overseas
WASHINGTON -- Under pressure from Congress and international allies, President Obama announced a change in what has been a central piece of his counter-terrorism strategy, saying he will place new restrictions on the targeting of terrorists with...
Tags: George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Armed Conflicts, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama
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RPT-Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out...Tags: Washington, DC, George W. Bush, Government, Anwar al-Awlaki, Barack Obama
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Huawei's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent in 2012: executive
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G mobile networks and IT outsourcing will be among its main regional growth drivers, the firm said. The world's second-...Tags: China, Consumers, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Samsung Group, Saudi Arabia
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Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that kills 13
ReutersPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta. Sixteen people were wounded in the attack in the capital of...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Armed Conflicts, Taliban, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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