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U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...
Tags: Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State, John Kerry
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Five women detained in Israel over prayer shawls at Western Wall
Israeli police detained five women for wearing prayer shawls at the Western Wall on Thursday, days after a new proposal emerged to set aside part of the holy site for men and women to pray together. Female worshippers at the sacred site are barred...
Tags: Judaism, Rituals, Religious Events, Religion and Belief, Christian Orthodoxy
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In Seoul, Kerry stresses 'possibilities of peace' for Koreas
BEIJING -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry hinted at the possibility of dialogue with North Korea on the first leg of a sprint through East Asia that has been shadowed by threats from Pyongyang. At a Friday news conference in Seoul with South Korean...
Tags: George W. Bush, Kim Jong Un, NATO, Pyongyang (North Korea), Wars and Interventions
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North Korean motives, strategy remain mysteries
Contrary to the adage, what we don’t know about North Korea could hurt us. It’s not known whether the intermediate-range Musudan missiles poised for imminent firing could reach U.S. bases on Guam or Japan, though at least the latter is...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang (North Korea), U.S. Congress, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama
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Ranking Democrat, Republican press Obama administration on Syria
WASHINGTON – The ranking Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee both urged the Obama administration Thursday to exert more pressure on behalf of the rebels in the Syrian civil war. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Bob Corker, Bob Menendez, Wars and Interventions
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Palestinian prime minister's political future uncertain
RAMALLAH, West Bank – The political future of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad appeared shaky Thursday amid reports that he will resign after growing tired of constant battles with his rivals. Fayyad has come close to stepping...
Tags: Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, West Bank, Mahmoud Abbas, Politics
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Ministers from Group of 8 nations slam North Korea
LONDON – Foreign ministers from eight of the world’s leading economies denounced North Korea’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric “in the strongest possible terms” Thursday and warned the isolated Asian nation that they would...
Tags: North Korea, Russia, Bashar Assad
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North Korea poised to launch up to five missiles, South Korea says
BEIJING -- North Korea is poised to launch as many as five missiles from its east coast, South Korean intelligence officials said Thursday. But security analysts said they believed the launches would be part of a military exercise and would not pose an...
Tags: Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang (North Korea), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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A Russian 'frenemy'
The White House is trying to revive the "reset" with Vladimir Putin's Russia. It is likely to be a wasted effort. The reset is dead not because of someone's ill will or mistakes. It is because Washington and Moscow have reached the limit of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, American Enterprise Institute, Summits, Diplomacy, Wars and Interventions
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Chevrolet to debut 415-horsepower SS sedan ahead of Daytona 500
The Pontiac G8 is dead. Long live the Chevrolet SS. Chevrolet is set to reveal the 415-horsepower V-8 sedan at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, one day before the NASCAR version of the car is scheduled to begin qualifying for the Daytona...
Tags: NASCAR, Passenger Cars, Pontiac, George Lucas, Daytona 500
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Bipartisan group sees change in politics on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Declaring that the politics of immigration “have been turned upside down,” a bipartisan group of senators Monday outlined common principles for comprehensive immigration reform and expressed optimism that legislation...
Tags: George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Illegal Immigrants, Chuck Schumer
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New Camaros tear down runway to help U-2 spy planes land
The Air Force is in the midst of swapping out the fleet of high-speed sport cars that chase down its sinister-looking black spy planes at breakneck speeds. For more than 50 years, the chase cars have been critical to the high-flying U-2’s mission....
Tags: Armed Forces, Pontiac, U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin Corp., Chevrolet
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