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Good
News on the al-Qaida Front
Officials claim that the al-Qaida network has been
weakened, largely thanks to an increase in spies as
well as more effective airstrikes.
Read
original story in The
Washington Post | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Pakistani
Terror Group Still Going Strong
Despite vows to crack down on Lashkar-e-Taiba after
the Mumbai, India, attacks, it has been able to
continue operating and even grow.
Read
original story in The
New York Times | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Will
the Public Option Survive? Depends on Obama.
The president now has to decide whether to risk
widening a rift in the party by pushing the issue.
Other ideas are being looked at as alternatives.
Read
original story in Politico
| Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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U.K.
Intelligence Says Iran Has Been Working on Nuclear
Warhead
The assessment contradicts the conclusions of U.S.
intelligence services.
Read
original story in The
Financial Times | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Scores
Killed as Tsunamis Strike Samoas
A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific led to
tsunamis that have killed more than 100 people.
Read
original story in BBC
News | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Polanski
Likely To Spend Months in Jail
It seems unlikely that the famed director will be
set free to wait out the extradition process. Plus,
taking a look back at the shocking grand jury
transcripts.
Read
original story in Los
Angeles Times | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Thousands
of Troops To Leave Iraq Next Month
The top U.S. military commander in Iraq will tell
lawmakers today that around 4,000 troops will leave
by the end of October.
Read
original story in Reuters
| Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Southeast
Asia Storm Leaves Hundreds Dead
Typhoon Ketsana was downgraded to a tropical
depression but has already left at least 300 people
dead.
Read
original story in The
Associated Press | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Who
Is Working With Sarah Palin?
No one knows. But it certainly isn't someone who has
good connections with the gossip folk at the New
York Post.
Read
original story in Newsweek
| Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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DJ
AM's Drug Overdose
Adam Goldstein had cocaine and an array of
prescription drugs in his system.
Read
original story in Los
Angeles Times | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Ordinary
People Barred From China's Parade
As the country prepares to mark its 60th anniversary,
extreme security measures have been put in place.
Read
original story in Los
Angeles Times | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
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Stress
Slays Koalas in Modernizing Australia
According to researchers, stress may be responsible
for the 64 percent drop in Australia's koala
population over the past 10 years.
Read
original story in Associated
Press | Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009