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JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai farm worker, Israeli medics said, in the first death from a rocket attack since Israel’s Gaza offensive last year. Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency service, said the man was about 30 …
Associated Press · March 18, 2010, 5:03 AM (PST)
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American. LaRose, 46, spent long days chained to her Pennsburg, Pa., apartment caring …
Washington Times · March 18, 2010, 4:56 AM (PST)
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Sudan’s government and a Darfur rebel group, the Liberation and Justice Movement, signed Thursday a framework peace accord, as talks with the larger Justice and Equality Movement appeared to falter. The agreement for a ceasefire and talks was signed in Doha by Ghazi Salahuddin, an adviser to …
Raw Story · March 18, 2010, 4:34 AM (PST)
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful. For the past week, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been sleeping …
Washington Examiner · March 18, 2010, 4:34 AM (PST)
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March 18 (Bloomberg) — Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou set a one-week deadline for the European Union to craft a financial aid mechanism for Greece, challenging Germany to give up its doubts about a rescue package. Papandreou said he may turn to the International Monetary Fund to overcome …
Bloomberg · March 18, 2010, 4:49 AM (PST)
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SUVA, Fiji – A powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many villages in northern Fiji, but only one death has been reported, officials said Thursday. The full extent of the damage from Cyclone Tomas has yet to be determined because communications to the hardest-hit areas remain cut …
Norman Transcript · March 18, 2010, 3:15 AM (PST)
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ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said. The men – all Muslims from the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia …
Washington Examiner · March 18, 2010, 12:02 AM (PST)
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A senior Al Qaeda operative being hunted in the December bombing of a U.S. base used by the CIA in Afghanistan was among those killed in a missile strike in Pakistan’s tribal area, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Hussein Yemeni, an Al Qaeda bomb expert and trainer, is believed to have been among more …
Los Angeles Times · March 18, 2010, 3:08 AM (PST)
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John Ruplenas, foreground, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va ., and in background from left, Jessica Scott, Brandy Bazinet, and Johnna Pitt, all from Alabama, wait on 5th Ave for the start of the St. Patrick’s day parade, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in New York. Ruplenas arrived on 5th Ave to get a spot at 5 a …
Delaware County Daily Times · March 18, 2010, 2:11 AM (PST)
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MARJAH, Afghanistan – A month after losing control of its southern base in Marjah, the Taliban has begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the United States and its Afghan allies. At least one alleged government sympathizer has …
Philadelphia Inquirer · March 17, 2010, 11:55 PM (PST)
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