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News briefs: Warnings credit with saving lives during tornado weekend
Early, dire warnings credited with limiting human death toll in Midwest tornado outbreak WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — When a tornado shrouded in darkness and wrapped in rain dropped quickly from the sky above this northwest Oklahoma town, many...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Government, Armed Conflicts, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, U.S. Department of Justice
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ANALYSIS: Syria's Assad unbowed by Kofi Annan plan
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. insists a fragile truce it brokered in Syria is holding, even though regime forces have been hammering the rebellious city of Homs with artillery for days. It's a sign of the leeway the international community seems willing...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Iran, Bashar Assad, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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News Briefs: Dick Clark made a fortune
Dick Clark ran company as he played host; fortune thought to be in 'hundreds of millions' LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark married music and television long before "American Idol." But his legacy extends well beyond the persona of the laid-back host...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Sex Crimes, Cultural Development, Explosions
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Illinois moves closer to cracking down on family members who help fugitives flee
— Illinois moved closer Thursday to cracking down on a fugitive's family members who help him flee.
A House judicial panel voted 7-1 for a measure that would make it a felony for a family member to help prevent a fugitive's arrest or aid in his...Tags: Esther Golar, Chicago Tribune, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment Events
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French presidential election begins
French President Nicolas Sarkozy cast his ballot Sunday in the country's presidential elections as he fought to keep his job in the face of challenges from nine other candidates. Sarkozy voted with his wife Carla Bruni in Paris. Socialist candidate...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Radio Industry, Polls, Politics, Europe
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Decline or decadence?
Victor Davis HansonAlmost daily we read of America's "waning power" and "inevitable decline," as observers argue over the consequences of defense cuts and budget crises. Yet much of the new American "leading from behind" strategy is a matter of choice, not necessity....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Science and Technology, Hosni Mubarak, Obesity, Government Health Care
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Death toll in Syrian conflict tops 8,000
CNNOpposition activists have declared Tuesday a day of mourning across Syriaas the death toll from a year of government attacks escalates. More than 8,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, including many women and children, said Nassir...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Free Syrian Army, Lebanon, Government, Activism
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Syrian army plants land mines
KIAHAs if enough isn't going on in Syria, now another issue to deal with island mines! The Syrian army has planted Russian-made land mines near the country's borders with Lebanon and Turkey. Human rights watch groups are up in arms saying there's no... -
Wars and potential wars abound
William PfaffPARIS -- The two most recent American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed or are disastrously failing. The United States is being pressed to launch two new wars. There is little public support for any of the four. The government of Israel, the...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Iran, Government, Lobbying
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Joel Brinkley:The screws tighten on Syria's Assad
American VoicesSitting in his sumptuous palace, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can almost certainly hear the drip, drip, drip, like a leaky faucet, of his life dribbling away. The world is finally closing in on him, and he realizes that to remain alive, or at least a...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Air France-KLM, The New York Times, Genocide
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Wichitans raise awareness of violence in Syria
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA group of Wichitans stood together in Old Town Friday to send a message to the world. - Check Out Photos from Rally in Old Town The group hosted a "Global March for Solidarity with the Syrian people", to recognize the one year anniversary of the... -
Cumberland Valley Relief Center volunteers can meat to prepare for crisis
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comIt’s a given that when there’s a conflict in the world, a group of people in Franklin County, Pa., is rallying to support those in need. The Cumberland Valley Relief Center, the local humanitarian organization at 4225 Molly Pitcher Highway,...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Charity, Franklin County (Virginia), Health
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