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WORLD HEADLINES 8/19/2010
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BREAKING NEWS
NEWS: Wyclef Jean not on Haiti’s list of approved candidates for president — Reuters
CBS News
Last US combat brigade exits Iraq
The last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn on Thursday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces more than seven years after the [...]
John Billingsley comes back for a visit with NDB Media.
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On August 23, 2010 @ 7:00 P.M. PDT/10:00 P.M. EDT
John Billingsley comes back for a visit with NDB Media. John is best known for his portrayal of Doctor Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise and currently Mike Spencer on the hit HBO series True Blood. Join us as we catch [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/18/2010
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Boston Globe
Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait— As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles …Boston Globe · 55 [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/16/2010
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Salon
Petraeus: Progress in Afghanistan will take time
WASHINGTON • Progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and needs time to take root, Army Gen. David Petraeus said in comments broadcast Sunday that were aimed at shoring up American support for the war. …Victorville Daily Press · 3 hours [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/13/2010
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Washington Post
WikiLeaks prepares to publish more Afghan war files
LONDON — WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said yesterday that his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be more …First Amendment Center · [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/11/2010
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MSN UK News
China speeding up rescue, relief work in mudslide-hit county: vice premier
BEIJING, Aug 11, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — China is speeding up its rescue and relief work at the site of the deadly mudslide in Zhouqu County in northwest China’s Gansu Province, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/9/2010
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Washington Post
Blood diamonds, dinner parties: Mia Farrow, Naomi Campbell turn war-crime trial to …
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Naomi Campbell flirted with Liberia’s former president across the dinner table at Nelson Mandela ‘s presidential mansion in 1997 and boasted the following morning [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/8/2010
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Boston Globe
Taliban kill 10 medical workers
KABUL, Afghanistan — They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains, unarmed and without security, to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers — until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn. Ten …Detroit Free Press · 2 hours [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/7/2010
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Katu.com
Saudi officials say agreement reached with BlackBerry on services, averting ban
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the makers of the BlackBerry have reached a preliminary deal on granting access to users’ data that will avert a ban on the phone’s messenger service in the [...]
WORLD HEADLINES 8/6/2010
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Boston Globe
Naomi’s diamonds kept by Mandela aide
An official at a Nelson Mandela charity said Friday he kept suspected blood diamonds for over a decade, giving them to police only when supermodel Naomi Campbell testified at a war crimes trial. Campbell’s appearance …Raw Story · 3 hours [...]
