Boston Globe
Ex-Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82
CBS News
In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1970, Sen. Edward Kennedy, center, and his wife, Joan, left, greet Boston Mayor Kevin White and his wife, Kathryn White, at their Charles street polling place in Boston Mass. Former Boston Mayor Kevin White died Friday, Jan.
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Way to a quality life in space
Research in Space receives B.I.D Quality Award
Winner of the BID Award for Quality for space station
Over 20,000 people in Russia and other countries are employed by Khrunichev Enterprises, BID International Arch of Europe for Quality.
The Guardian
Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters
New York Times
SAQBA, Syria — If the scene here on Friday was anything to judge by, the armed opposition to the Syrian government was making inroads and had won control of this town at the doorstep of the capital, Damascus, and perhaps of several other neighborhoods, ...
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USA TODAY
For first time publicly, Panetta cites source of key intelligence for bin ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the US in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May.
Telegraph.co.uk
Navy Plans to Make Base From Old Ship
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Navy is converting an amphibious transport and docking ship to serve as a floating base for military operations and humanitarian assistance, with deployment expected this summer to waters in the Middle East, Pentagon officials said ...
CBC.ca
"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time
Reuters
By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a ...
The world's highest skyscraper
B.I.D Quality Award for the Dubai Tower & Turner Construction
Winner of the BID Award for Quality at Geneva
Turner Construction Company, one of the largest and most important construction management companies in the United States, is in charge of the project management of the impressive Burj Dubai, or Dubai Tower. On January 4, 2010, the world's highest building was inaugurated.
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Christian Science Monitor
College tuition costs: Hold 'em down or else, Obama says
Christian Science Monitor
College tuition costs could determine how much federal aid colleges and universities get, President Obama says in a speech at the University of Michigan. College tuition costs rose 7 percent at the university this year. By David Jesse, Detroit Free ...
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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.
USA TODAY
France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit
USA TODAY
PARIS (AP) – France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military ...
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