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North Korea Returns to Talks
One of the world’s most isolated states has taken the first step towards international normalization as North Korea announces its intention to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear missile tests, contingent on 240,000 metric tons
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Police Evict Occupy London
London police forcibly evicted the Occupy London protesters from the area in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral early Tuesday morning. Occupy London, ongoing since mid-October of last year, has felt backlash before: the Dean
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Republican Debate
Four GOP presidential candidates met Wednesday night for their final debate of the primary season, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul. Coverage of the debate had high viewership: 3.5 million domestic
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The Would-Be Bomber
The FBI mounted a successful sting operation Friday, apprehending a would-be Moroccan terrorist who intended to set off a bomb in the Capitol. The suspect, twenty-nine year old Amine el-Khalifi, had long been in
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Women’s Health or Religious Freedom?
The policy of the Obama administration on the required inclusion of contraceptives for insurance providers, even for religiously affiliated organizations, has come under fire from both Republican and religious leaders. The controversy has expanded
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Al-Assad Renews Homs Assault
In the wake of Russia and China vetoing an Arab- backed United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria, the Assad regime renewed its bombing in the city of Homs on Thursday.
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Facebook Goes Public
Facebook announced Wednesday its intention to float in the stock market at an initial public offering (IPO) of 5bn USD. It will join its main internet rival, Google, as a publically traded company later
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Military Restructuring
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Thursday the military’s intention to cut approximately 100,000 active duty troops from the Army and Marines, as well as large fiscal cut-backs by all the branches of the
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Mutiny in the Pacific
A military faction in Papua New Guinea, led by the retired Colonel Yaura Sasa, seized control from military leadership in an apparent mutiny early on Thursday. The displaced head of the Papua New Guinea
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State of Our Union
President Obama gave a hopeful State of the Union address to the nation Tuesday, lauding the power of the American people to find growth in the face of adversity. His speech portrayed an optimistic
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