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Army shoots down plan for military theme park
08-10-2006
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AP
The Army shot down a developer's proposal Tuesday to build a military theme park on a Virginia Army base that would feature rides that allow visitors to "command the latest M-1 tank", and "feel the rush of a paratrooper free fall**
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Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Democrats withdraw support for Lieberman
08-10-2006
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By Stephanie Reitz - AP
Top Democrats on Capitol Hill abandoned Sen. Joe Lieberman one by one Wednesday and threw their support to Ned Lamont, the anti-war challenger who defeated him in the primary
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WAR: About that War
Clearing the path for war with Iran
08-10-2006
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Asia Times
Israel has argued that the war against Hezbollah's rocket arsenal was a defensive response to the Shi'ite organization's threat to Israeli security, but the evidence points to a much more ambitious objective - the weakening of Iran's
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Opinion • More about Legislative Mischief
The Politicalization of America
08-09-2006
Howard Blitz
All across America today one or more of existing legislative bodies from the national congress to city councils decide by majority vote on whether individuals can work, how much they may be paid, what type of benefits they can receive, how much of th
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Domestic Policy
Red Alert: Homeland Security
8-10-2006
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Reuters
"For that reason, the United States Government has raised the nation's threat level to Severe, or Red, for commercial flights originating in the United Kingdom bound for the United States," the statement said.
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British police say foil plot to bomb aircraft
8-10-2006
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Reuters
British police said on Thursday they had thwarted a plot to blow up aircraft in mid-flight between Britain and the United States and arrested more than 15 people.
Britain's security services raised the threat level to the country to "crit
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Economy - International
Record China Trade Surplus Makes Case for Yuan Rise
8-10-2006
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Reuters
China's trade surplus hit a record in July for the third month in a row, reinforcing the case for a stronger yuan to address policy makers' growing concerns about the country's economic imbalances.
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Israel
Israeli Casualties Mount Amid Fresh Offensive
8-10-2006
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LA Times
Hundreds of Israeli tanks, missile launchers and other armor massed in the north, firing a thunderous barrage of artillery into Lebanon as soldiers crossed the border from the Metulla area in larger numbers than in previous days.
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Oregon Sailor Charged With Spying for Israel
8-10-2006
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AP
The Navy said that Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann gave the classified information, containing national defense data, to an undisclosed foreign government before he destroyed the computer.
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Domestic Policy
3 Missing Egyptian Students In Custody
8-10-2006
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AP
Three Egyptian students sought along with eight others who failed to show up for an exchange program in Montana were taken into custody on Wednesday, the FBI said.
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Police State
Statue of Liberty's crown to stay closed
8-10-2006
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AP
Tourists won't be climbing back up to the Statue of Liberty's crown. That's the word from the National Park Service to lawmakers, some of whom have been fighting to reopen the crown following the 2001 terror attacks.
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Central Intelligence Agency
2 Testify CIA Questioner Beat Detainee
8-10-2006
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AP
A CIA interpreter who used the pseudonym Farooq Ali and appeared behind a blue privacy screen said Passaro hit Wali with a flashlight whenever he got an answer he didn't like.
"I do not remember exactly how many times (Passaro swung),"
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World News
The sheikh behind Hizbullah
8-10-2006
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Christian Science Monitor
They have watched Nasrallah transform the Shiite militia into the only Arab force credited in the Arab world with defeating Israel on the battlefield - forcing the end of an 18-year Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon in 2000 - and a potent politi
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Science, Medicine and Technology
Look Ma, no legs! New robot
8-10-2006
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LiveScience.com
A new type of robot balances on a ball rather than relying on legs or wheels.
The Ballbot, as it is called, can move in tight spots, making it potentially more useful than other designs for some uses.
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Internet
MTV upgrades to compete against YouTube and Google Video
8-10-2006
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Reuters
Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks said it would buy Internet video and games company Atom Entertainment Inc. for $200 million as big media companies move to compete with online upstarts such as video leader YouTube.com.
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Science, Medicine and Technology
New test predicts if lung cancer will spread
8-10-2006
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Reuters
Researchers say they have developed a test that can predict with near certainty whether the most common form of lung cancer will return after surgery.
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Iranian president chides Bush
8-10-2006
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CBS News
"They want to build an empire," Ahmadinejad said of the Americans. "Those who refuse to accept an invitation will not have a good ending or fate. ... Hatred vis-a-vis the president is increasing every day around the world."
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Politics: Independent and Other Campaigns
'McCain-Lieberman Party' still emerging
8-10-2006
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NY Times (via Raw Story)
According to New York Times columnist David Brooks, the "three major parties in America" are "the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the McCain-Lieberman Party," and "all were on display Tuesday night."
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Israel
40,000 Israeli troops poised to invade, while Bush has cold feet
8-10-2006
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Jerusalem Post
[See what a Lieberman defeat can do?] 40,000 IDF troops and reservists were massed along the northern border in preparation for Israel's largest and deepest ground incursion into southern Lebanon since the beginning of Operation Change of Directi
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Politics: Independent and Other Campaigns
Governor Carey's campaign a bust?
8-10-2006
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web site
Slogan: Finally a politician you want to be screwed by! Increase plastic surgery tax so that you can lower gas prices. Make strip clubs full nude with full alcohol. Porn for pistols. Unemployed serve jury duty.
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Energy
Oil over $78 a barrel
8-10-2006
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AFP
The price of crude oil enjoyed a record-breaking runs higher this week beyond 78 dollars per barrel, while many other commodities were lifted by escalating violence in the Middle East. Gold climbed alongside other precious metals, owing to their safe
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Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Internet, activists help topple prominent US Democrat
8-10-2006
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Reuters
Fueled by opposition to the Iraq war and anger at President Bush, liberal grass-roots and Internet activists claimed their most significant political victory" defeat of Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman. [Can McCain campaign "reform" be far
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Science, Medicine and Technology
Sneaky Parasite Filmed While Infecting Blood Cells
8-10-2006
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LiveScience.com
Treating malaria and other diseases caused by parasites requires a good understanding of the parasite. A new video of the malaria parasite at work should help researchers develop better treatments.
The malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum and
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Breakthrough gives 3-D vision of dawn of life
8-10-2006
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Reuters
A new technique allowing virtual dissections of half-billion year old fossil embryos is producing the first three-dimensional images of the dawn of life. It reveals a universe of detail impossible using previous methods much as the electron microscop
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Feature Article • More about WAR: About that War
Why “terrorist” is the wrong label and leads to the wrong strategies - by Craig Cantoni
Ernest Hancock
To suggest that the indiscriminate labeling of all our enemies as terrorists masks the complexities of the Middle East, misleads the American people into believing that we are facing a monolithic enemy
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Iranian doctors say they cloned a sheep
8-10-2006
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USA Today
Iranian doctors have overseen the country's first animal cloning"a lamb that died minutes after birth"plan future experiments in genetics and stem cell research. Part of the Islamic regime's center for medical, aerospace and nuclear technolog
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Space Travel and Exploration
Mystery of missing lithium solved
8-10-2006
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Reuters
The case of the lithium that has gone missing since the Big Bang has been solved -- the stars swallowed it. The discrepancy between the quantity of lithium estimated to have been created at the start of the universe and the small amount now actually
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Israel
Israel agrees to widen Lebanon offensive
8-10-2006
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AFP
Israel's security cabinet agreed to expand the ground war in Lebanon to try to deliver a knockout blow to Hezbollah, amid warnings that the conflict could last another month or more.
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WAR: About that War
Baghdad security boost as divers seek downed chopper crew
8-10-2006
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AFP
US and Iraqi forces launched a new drive to regain control of Baghdad's violent streets, as divers hunted for 2 US servicemen missing after their chopper crashed into a waterway. Arrest of 4 Iraqis suspected of kidnapping reporter Jill Carroll an
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U.S.-French Alliance on U.N. Cease-Fire Resolution Crumbling
8-10-2006
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FOX News
The French U.N. delegation has joined with Arab nations and is now calling for a complete and immediate Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as a condition of any cease-fire. And agreed with Arab demands that the Lebanese force be accompanied only by UNIF
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