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Eleven men sentenced in Britain for terrorist plot
This post has been corrected and updated. See the notes below for details.LONDON -- Three men convicted of leading a plot to launch terrorist attacks in Britain to rival the Sept. 11 assault and surpass the 2005 deadly bombings on London’s transit system were given sentences Friday ranging from life to 15 years'...Tags: Religion and Belief, Emergency Incidents, Punishment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Court Preliminary
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Margaret Thatcher spotlighted in new exhibition at Reagan Library
The alliance between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan was one of the most enduring political friendships of the past 50 years. The former British prime minister and the decades-long relationship between the two families are the subject of a new...
Tags: White House, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Margaret Thatcher, Arts
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Memorial at Camp Pendleton remembers coalition fallen
CAMP PENDLETON -– It took more than an hour Thursday for the names of the fallen to be read aloud -- American, British, Danish, Jordanian, Georgian and Australian -- in tones that were crisp and respectful. Behind the iconic, inverted-rifle...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Taliban, Afghanistan
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Kerry says NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons
BRUSSELS — Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged nervous NATO allies to begin considering how they would respond if the Syrian regime uses chemical weapons in its civil war. Though NATO officials insist they are far from any military...
Tags: Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, John Kerry, NATO
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Physicians debate whether patients need to know they're dying
In the days when American physicians dispensed oracular commands and their judgments were rarely questioned, a doctor could take it upon himself with few ethical qualms to keep from a patient the bad news of a terminal diagnosis. For better or worse,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Heart Failure, Palliative Care, Health Treatments, Diabetes
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A 'red line' on Syria
President Obama has followed a commendably restrained policy in refusing to intervene militarily in Syria's civil war. But if the U.S. confirms that the regime of President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons, the president should adhere to his...
Tags: Israel, Wars and Interventions, World War I (1914-1918), Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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British big cat theory gets bump from lynx link
Scientists have uncovered a Canadian lynx specimen that briefly roamed the British countryside, at least until it killed two dogs and was dispatched by a gun-wielding farmer in southwestern England. The discovery probably will cause fanatics of the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, England, Cheshire, Arts, Science and Technology
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Are Sheryl Sandberg and Nate Silver America's greatest thinkers?
Who are the great thinkers in the debate about our world and its future? The U.K.-based magazine Prospect invites you to answer that question, and it has nominated 65 public intellectuals for you to choose from. There are plenty of Americans on the list...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Barack Obama, Noam Chomsky, Authors
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Coachella 2013: Soulful devotion to new sounds
Even before the release of her debut album, the English singer Jessie Ware was attracting next-big-thing buzz with appearances on tracks by cutting-edge dance-music artists such as SBTRKT and Joker. But she wasn't born hip. "Growing up, I was the person...
Tags: England, Social Distortion (music group), Local Natives (music group), Entertainment, Yeasayer (music group)
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Britain's plan to regulate the press goes too far
Britain's three major political parties have agreed on a new system of regulating newspapers in the aftermath of shocking invasions of privacy by some tabloid journalists. In this case, unanimity doesn't equal wisdom. The London-based Index on...
Tags: Parliament, Freedom of the Press, Journalism, Elizabeth II, Newspaper and Magazine
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Britain's Daily Mail apologizes to Journey's Neal Schon
Britain's Daily Mail has issued an unusual high-profile apology and will pay an unspecified settlement to Journey guitarist Neal Schon in connection with an article that falsely characterized him as a "deadbeat dad" who slighted his children and ex-wife...
Tags: Journey (music group), Entertainment Events, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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Boris Berezovsky dies at 67; outspoken Russian tycoon, enemy of Putin
LONDON — Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England. He was 67. In recent years, the one-time Kremlin powerbroker-...
Tags: Russia, Roman Abramovich, Vladimir Putin, England, Andy Warhol
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