Archive for January, 2010

Jerusalem Past, Present and Future Conference

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Tonight – All day tomorrow – Sunday, morning and evening!

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Saudi Teen Sentenced to 90 Lashes for Cell Phone in School

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

A teenage girl in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for taking a cell phone to school, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Wednesday.

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Iran hangs two people in first unrest executions

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

TEHRAN – Iran executed two people on Thursday who were sentenced to death in trials that followed the disputed presidential election last year which caused bloody opposition protests, Iranian media said.

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Obama calls for ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Washington — President Obama said Wednesday night he will work with Congress and the military to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the armed forces.

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Two Koreas trade fire

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010


South Korean soldiers conduct a military drill in Yanggu near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, northeast of Seoul January 27, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Lee Sang-hak/Yonhap

SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months.

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U.S. is unprepared for major bioterrorism attack, commission finds

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the United States is still unprepared to respond to the threat of large-scale bioterrorism, a congressionally appointed commission said Tuesday in a report that gave the government mixed grades overall for how it has protected Americans from weapons of mass destruction.

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Al-Qaeda is losing. Prepare for a daring hit

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The latest supposed message from Osama bin Laden underlines his weakness, not his strength

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Intelligence from Tehran Elevates Concern in the West

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The Secret Nuclear Dossier

The West has long been suspicous of Iran’s nuclear program. SPIEGEL has obtained new documents on secret tests and leadership structures that call into question Tehran’s claims to be exclusively interested in the peaceful use of the technology.

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Report says Al-Qaeda still aims to use weapons of mass destruction against U.S.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

When al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called off a planned chemical attack on New York’s subway system in 2003, he offered a chilling explanation: The plot to unleash poison gas on New Yorkers was being dropped for “something better,” Zawahiri said in a message intercepted by U.S. eavesdroppers.

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Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill

Monday, January 25th, 2010

(CBS) Exclusive: CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson Follows the Money from Copenhagen to the U.S. Taxpayer

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