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The Face of Terrorism
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The Face of Terrorism

The White Widow Samantha Louise Lewthwaite, born and raised as a Christian, converted to become a Muslim at the age of 17 is one of the deadliest terrorist alive today. Media has called her the “The White Widow” after he...

Syrian rebels behead catholic priest
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Syrian rebels behead catholic priest

Jihadists have beheaded Franciscan Father Francois Murad a catholic priest in Syria. The Vatican City has ( of the priest. The 49-year-old priest was mercilessly killed in Gassanieh, in northern Syria. It is being said t...

Sarabjit Singh declared brain dead
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Sarabjit Singh declared brain dead

ventilator," Verka, who was instrumental in securing visas for four members of Sarabjit's family from the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Saturday, told media. Sarabjit's lawyer Awais Sheikh told a news channel...

School teachers trained to use guns
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School teachers trained to use guns

At 8:30 on a cloudy, frigid morning late last month in this folksy Ozark town, the superintendent of an area school strolled through the glass doors of the local newspaper office to deliver a news release. Hours later, t...

Dubai's new police car: a £360,000 Lamborghini
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Dubai's new police car: a £360,000 Lamborghini

The Lamborghini Aventador, in local police colours, was shown off in the forecourt of Dubai Mall, the city’s most upmarket shopping plaza. A picture was shown off on the service’s Twitter feed, with the caption: “Latest...

Mohandas Pai declines to speak at Wharton
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Mohandas Pai declines to speak at Wharton

Days after ( (WIEF) dropped Gujaratchief minister Narendra Modi as its keynote speaker, ( chairman, Manipal Global, turned down the invitation to speak at the annual event, saying that he is upset at the way India is tre...

Ashley Judd to enter politics
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Ashley Judd to enter politics

Ashley Judd has yet to officially announce her political aspirations, but a source with intimate knowledge of the situation tells FOX411's Pop Tarts column the actress is preparing herself to challenge Senate Minority Le...

Asian Pope ?
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Asian Pope ?

Asia's most prominent Roman Catholic leader knows how to reach the masses: He sings on stage, preaches on TV, brings churchgoers to laughter and tears with his homilies. And he's on Facebook. But Philippine Cardinal Luis...

Kate Middleton is having a girl
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Kate Middleton is having a girl

THE Duchess of Cambridge yesterday dropped a big hint that she is having a daughter. As a woman gave her a teddy bear, Kate, 31, said: “Thank you, I will take that for my d... for my baby.” After the slip on a visit to G...

1,000 people injured by falling meteor in Russia
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1,000 people injured by falling meteor in Russia

A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Urals region Friday morning, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left hundreds of people hurt. The number of injured continues t...

Islamists pledge attacks on French soil
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Islamists pledge attacks on French soil

Islamist groups with ties to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb pledged retaliatory attacks on French soil following France's military intervention in Mali, where French forces had deployed in January 2013 to halt the advan...

White House threatens executive orders on guns
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White House threatens executive orders on guns

The president is going to act," said Biden, giving some comments to the press before a meeting with victims of gun violence. "There are executives orders, there's executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided wh...

Smoking Marijuana Legal In Washington State
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Smoking Marijuana Legal In Washington State

In the city of Seattle pro-cannabis campaigners celebrated in a haze at the foot of the Space Needle tower at one minute past midnight, the moment the state's new law came into effect. Vivian McPeak, director of Seattle'...

George Zimmerman sues NBC for Yellow Journalism
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George Zimmerman sues NBC for Yellow Journalism

George Zimmerman, the Florida man who was acquitted of murder in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC News alleging that the network's editing of a 911 call record...

OBAMA'S SECRET DIVORCE PAPERS
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OBAMA'S SECRET DIVORCE PAPERS

Rumors about Barack and Michelle Obama's marriage — specifically, claims that divorce papers had been filed at some point, or that the marriage had experienced serious crises that nearly ended it — circulated periodicall...

Who Won The Vice Presidential Debate?
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Who Won The Vice Presidential Debate?

Joe Biden's performance against Paul Ryan in the 2012 vice-presidential debate was the most discussed and debated political event of that week—praised by Democrats as the assertive, aggressive rebuttal they had desperate...

Van Jones:
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Van Jones:

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Who Will Win The 2012 Presidential Election
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Who Will Win The 2012 Presidential Election

Obama is more likeable, but trust Romney more to handle the economy It's official: With President Barack Obama's( both the Republicans and Democrats have chosen their nominees for the 2012 presidential election. Let the...

Paul Ryan Lying About His Marathon Timing
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Paul Ryan Lying About His Marathon Timing

Paul Ryan's false claim about his marathon finishing time — stated during a radio interview in August 2012, shortly after he became Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate — became a surprisingly revealing episode i...

Pakistani Media :
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Pakistani Media :

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Ann Romney Reveals Mitt's Tender Side
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Ann Romney Reveals Mitt's Tender Side

Ann Romney has recalled how her husband would "curl up in bed with me" as she battled depression and the onset of multiple sclerosis, revealing a tender side to the man who will formally accept the Republican presidentia...

The World Wants Paul Ryan Shirtless Pictures
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The World Wants Paul Ryan Shirtless Pictures

Paul Ryan's emergence as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential pick in August 2012 triggered an unusual media phenomenon: intense public fascination with the Wisconsin congressman's physique, fueled by his well-publicized dedi...

Syria Confirms Chemical Weapons
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Syria Confirms Chemical Weapons

The Syrian regime threatened to use chemical and biological weapons in the case of an external attack yesterday, in what appeared to be a chilling warning to Western and Arab nations pushing for intervention in the count...

Dr Doom : US Economy Going from Bad to Worse
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Dr Doom : US Economy Going from Bad to Worse

A robust and self-sustaining U.S. recovery is not on the cards, and we should now expect below trend growth for many years to come, according to Nouriel Roubini, the economist famed for his bearish views. Roubini, best-k...

Batman Movie Massacare
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Batman Movie Massacare

Gunman kills 12 in Colorado movie theater A heavily armed gunman attacked an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater early Friday, tossing tear gas before opening fire on the terrified audience and killing 12 and wounding 38, au...

North Dakota Considers Eliminating Property Tax
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North Dakota Considers Eliminating Property Tax

North Dakota's 2012 ballot measure to eliminate property taxes entirely—replacing them with unspecified alternative state revenues—was the most radical property tax proposal considered by any American state in recent mem...

Obama- Totally Out of Touch
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Obama- Totally Out of Touch

It was just six words from a 29-minute news conference, but President Barack Obama's assertion that "the private sector is doing fine" looks primed to play a starring role in this already-fevered campaign season. Preside...

Democrats now believe Obama could lose
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Democrats now believe Obama could lose

In this June 4, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in New York. President Barack Obama and Democrats awoke Wednesday to the cruel reality of June, the political blows from the bitter loss in Wisconsin's guber...

Virus War - Suspected to be Waged by US & Israel
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Virus War - Suspected to be Waged by US & Israel

The attackers behind the complex Flame cyberespionage toolkit, believed to be a state-sponsored operation, used an extensive list of fake identities to register at least 86 domains, which they used as part of their comma...

Thoughts on the elite 1% problem
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Thoughts on the elite 1% problem

The conversation about inequality in America has increasingly centered on a distinction that was, until relatively recently, obscured by the broader category of "the rich": the difference between the merely affluent — do...

Egypt : looking for a superman
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Egypt : looking for a superman

Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president CAIRO- Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brotherhood candidate or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united i...

Reagan's 'blood' auction called off
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Reagan's 'blood' auction called off

An auction for a vial allegedly containing President Reagan's blood has been called off, according to officials at his presidential foundation who had fought to halt the sale. Instead, the vial will be donated to the Ron...

Strauss Kahn faces group rape probe
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Strauss Kahn faces group rape probe

A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The move by the prosecu...

53,000 Dead Voters Found in Florida
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53,000 Dead Voters Found in Florida

Florida election officials discovered approximately 53,000 deceased individuals on the state's voter rolls during a 2012 audit of registration records—a finding that fueled ongoing debate about voter roll maintenance, el...

Mitt Romney now leads among women
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Mitt Romney now leads among women

A shift in polling data from April 2012 caught the attention of both campaigns in the presidential race: after weeks of trailing Barack Obama significantly among women voters — a gap that had widened during debates over...

Michelle Obama shuns Oprah for being fat
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Michelle Obama shuns Oprah for being fat

The 'jealous' First Lady: How Michelle orders women close to Barack watched and has shunned Oprah because she 'hates fat people' Michelle Obama orders women close to her husband to be watched in case he cheats on her lik...

She has never worked a day in life!
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She has never worked a day in life!

The observation by Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen that Ann Romney "has never worked a day in her life" detonated a controversy that briefly dominated the 2012 presidential campaign and forced both campaigns to naviga...

Strauss-Kahn charged in alleged prostitution ring
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Strauss-Kahn charged in alleged prostitution ring

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged in France on Monday with "aggravated pimping" for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring, prosecutors said. He is not allowed to have...

Suicide Attack Bid On US Defence Secretary
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Suicide Attack Bid On US Defence Secretary

A would-be suicide bomber was arrested before he could carry out an attack targeting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a visit to Afghanistan, in an incident that underscored the persistent security challenges f...

Tearful Putin Claims Election Victory
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Tearful Putin Claims Election Victory

Vladimir Putin's emotional public display following his victory in Russia's March 2012 presidential election—tears reportedly visible as he addressed supporters in Moscow's Manezhnaya Square—became one of the most analyz...

Colbert for President: A Run or a Comedy Riff?
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Colbert for President: A Run or a Comedy Riff?

When Stephen Colbert announced he was exploring a run for president of the United States — or rather, president of "the United States of South Carolina" — the announcement was simultaneously a joke, a media event, a camp...

Russians revolt against Putin
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Russians revolt against Putin

It was not a chant that many had ever expected to hear, as up to 50,000 Russians from all walks of life stood, the snow falling steadily upon them, a few hundred yards across the Moskva river from the Kremlin. "Russia wi...

Why Obama will not win the second term
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Why Obama will not win the second term

The case against Barack Obama's re-election in 2012 rested on economics—specifically, the stubbornly slow pace of recovery from the 2008 financial crisis and the perception among significant portions of the electorate th...

Gaddafi killed as Libya's revolt claims hometown
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Gaddafi killed as Libya's revolt claims hometown

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya's interim rulers said. His killing,...

Thousands run in underwear to protest Utah laws
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Thousands run in underwear to protest Utah laws

Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through downtown Salt Lake City in a demonstration organized to protest what participants described as an overreaching Utah legislative agenda on social issues — a...

Lady Gaga Talks to President Obama About Bullying
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Lady Gaga Talks to President Obama About Bullying

Lady Gaga attended a fundraiser with the president on Sunday night, according to a White House pool report, and she raised the issue of suicide and bullying of gay teens. The report describes her as wearing enormous heel...

Bill Clinton not to support Obama
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Bill Clinton not to support Obama

A report in Newsmax claiming that Bill Clinton had expressed private reservations about supporting President Obama's reelection bid generated immediate attention and denial — a combination that illustrates the particular...

Gays can now work in military
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Gays can now work in military

After years of debate and months of final preparations, the military can no longer prevent gays from serving openly in its ranks. Repeal of a 1993 law that allowed gays to serve only so long as they kept their sexual ori...

Bill O
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Bill O

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly made headlines — and sparked considerable mockery — when he threatened to quit his job if the Obama administration raised income taxes on high earners. "If it goes to 50 percent, I'm not going...

New York Magazine Calls Obama
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New York Magazine Calls Obama

New York Magazine's cover story describing Barack Obama as "the first Jewish president" generated significant debate in 2012, illuminating tensions within American Jewish political identity and the gap between foreign po...

Democrats distancing from Obama
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Democrats distancing from Obama

Democratic congressional candidates in vulnerable districts faced an uncomfortable calculation in 2014 and 2010: how far to distance themselves from a president whose approval ratings had declined among the independent v...

Is Perry all hat and no cattle?
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Is Perry all hat and no cattle?

Rick Perry entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination with timing that could not have been better calibrated if it had been engineered — arriving precisely as the party's establishment wing was growing a...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn free man
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn free man

The smirk of a free man: Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed from sexual assault charges as protesters chant for a 'fair trial' DSK freed today at Manhattan court more than three months after he was accused of rape Describes fa...

Pakistan Creating More Problems
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Pakistan Creating More Problems

Pakistan could "pull troops Afghan from border" if U.S. cuts aid ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan could pull back troops fighting Islamist militants near the Afghan border if the United States cuts off aid, the defense min...

China
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China

A Chinese government official became an involuntary internet celebrity after accidentally posting intimate messages to his public Weibo microblog rather than sending them privately—a digital mistake that spread rapidly t...

India,  is expected to be the world
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India, is expected to be the world

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

Organised Crime major Job Source in Mexico
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Organised Crime major Job Source in Mexico

Mexican teenage girls train as drug cartel killers MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dwarfed by surrounding reporters and with her head bowed to avoid the television cameras, the slender 16-year-old hesitated slightly before she a...

Sexting Weiner heading to Rehab!
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Sexting Weiner heading to Rehab!

Anthony Weiner, the New York congressman whose career seemed constructed for satirical purposes even before the scandal that destroyed it, has checked into a treatment facility following his resignation from the House of...

Ilyas Kashmiri killed Again !
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Ilyas Kashmiri killed Again !

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

China, Balochistan & Pakistan - the new Great game
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China, Balochistan & Pakistan - the new Great game

The occasion of Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Gilani's official visit to China was an opportunity for both parties to stake a claim to a post-United States future as the closest of allies, with a shared commitment to a s...

Palin, Romney- run for president?
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Palin, Romney- run for president?

The question of whether Sarah Palin would enter the 2012 Republican presidential primary occupied political media through most of 2011 before she announced in October that she would not seek the nomination—a decision tha...

 Donald Trump Out of 2012 US Presidential Race
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Donald Trump Out of 2012 US Presidential Race

Donald Trump announced in May 2011 that he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, ending months of speculation and a brief period during which polls had placed him among the leading potential cand...

IMF Chief Strauss Kahn Denied Bail
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IMF Chief Strauss Kahn Denied Bail

A New York City judge says the head of the International Monetary Fund must remain jailed at least until his next court hearing for attempted rape and other charges. A tired and grim-looking Dominique Strauss-Kahn appear...

Salman Rushdie - declare Pakistan a terrorist state
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Salman Rushdie - declare Pakistan a terrorist state

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

How Tunisia's revolution began
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How Tunisia's revolution began

The Tunisian revolution — the first of what would come to be called the Arab Spring — had a proximate cause that became one of the defining images of 2011: a twenty-six-year-old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi, unab...

Next global currency - Yuan !
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Next global currency - Yuan !

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...

New Year, new start - Zardari's days look numbered
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New Year, new start - Zardari's days look numbered

As 2011 began, Pakistan's political landscape was shifting in ways that made Asif Ali Zardari's continuation as president look increasingly precarious. The coalition that had brought the Pakistan Peoples Party to power a...

Carla Bruni - the Italian French first lady
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Carla Bruni - the Italian French first lady

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrived at the Élysée Palace in 2008 as the most unconventional first lady in the recent history of Western democracies — a former supermodel and successful pop singer who had been photographed by som...

 Wikileaks founder -Julian Assange on the Run.
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Wikileaks founder -Julian Assange on the Run.

He grew up constantly on the move, the son of parents who were in the theater business in Australia. Now, Julian Assange, 39, finds himself on the move again, wanted in Sweden for alleged sex crimes and wanted by officia...

Should Hillary Clinton Resign?
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Should Hillary Clinton Resign?

The calls for Hillary Clinton to resign as Secretary of State following the WikiLeaks release of State Department cables placed her in an unusual political position: defending her department from unauthorized disclosures...

Lost Her Job when She Confronted Obama!
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Lost Her Job when She Confronted Obama!

The woman who stood up at a televised town hall meeting and told Barack Obama that she was "exhausted" of defending him — that the change he had promised had not arrived for her family, that her husband had been unemploy...

 Wikileaks- How did it Happen ?
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Wikileaks- How did it Happen ?

The question of how Bradley Manning — a 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst with documented psychological problems and a history of concerning behavior observed by supervisors — was able to download hundreds of thousan...

Iran President about to get fired
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Iran President about to get fired

Understanding Indian Politics India's politics is complex—federal system, multiple languages, religions, castes, and classes create extraordinary diversity. Understanding Indian politics requires understanding this diver...