The Guardian
Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania woman who called herself JihadJane was tied Tuesday to an alleged assassination plot against a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog. In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, ...
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Economist (blog)
Are peace talks doomed to fail before they start?
Ha'aretz
There is a deep reason the majority of Israelis and Palestinians can't move toward the two-state solution. After more than a year in which both Obama and Netanyahu have been in office, the truly minuscule movement of resuming indirect ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Massa: Yeah, I Groped Male Staff But Not Sexually
FOXNews
Former New York Rep. Eric Massa said sure he groped his male staff, but never sexually misbehaved and doesn't think that rough-play with other men is unusual, even at age 50. New York Rep. Eric Massa is resigning Monday in the wake of an ethics ...
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Washington Post
Obama pushing on health care end game
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system. ...
Democratic leaders ban earmarks for
USA Today
Buffeted by recent ethics problems, House Democrats said today that they will bar the controversial practice of awarding no-bid contracts, known as earmarks, to for-profit companies. The move -- announced by Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Corey Haim's Final Moments: Dizzy, Stumbling with Flu Symptoms
People Magazine
Corey Haim had been suffering from flu-like symptoms for several days before finally stumbling in front of his mother at her Los Angeles apartment early Wednesday morning, a coroner spokesman confirms. "Some time after midnight, he got up, ...
Times Online
Pakistan militants attack US Christian aid group, killing six
Los Angeles Times
All of the dead were Pakistanis employed by World Vision, which has been helping victims of a devastating 2005 earthquake in the country's north. By Alex Rodriguez and Zulfiqar Ali Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan -- Militants ...
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Globe and Mail
Indonesia says killed leading militant Dulmatin
Christian Science Monitor
Indonesia said Wednesday that it had killed leading Islamist militant Dulmatin, who helped organize the murder of 202 people on Bali in 2002. Chief of Police Medical Department Brig. Gen. Musaddeq Ishaq shows a picture of the leading Islamist militant ...
BID Award for Quality
Business leaders from over 100 countries will attend the International Quality Conventions which are organized every year by Business Initiative Directions in Geneva, Frankfurt, New York, Paris and London.
BID is proposing the nomination of Prof. Bohdan Zakiewicz for the Nobel Prize for a lifetime career dedicated to scientific solutions for saving energy in the coming centuries.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Scott Brown gets book deal, having changed the Obama White House
USA Today
HarperCollins has won the Scott Brown book race, announcing today it will publish the new Massachusetts senator's memoir in early 2011. "In his book, Senator Brown will write about his family background, his early career, and his ascent to the office ...
Russian trades with Italy
Ansaldo, the energy partner of Russia, receives B.I.D Quality Award
BID Award for Quality company
Ansaldo Energia, BID International Century Quality Award, is proud to have signed a 100 million euro-contract with Power Machines, the main producer of electric generation systems in Russia.
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