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NSA director: Surveillance programs foiled 50 plots USA TODAY WASHINGTON—National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a House committee Tuesday that 50 terror threats in 20 countries have been disrupted with the assistance of two secret surveillance programs that were recently disclosed by former … Lawmaker Calls Leaks Damaging as Hearing BeginsWall Street Journal NSA director defends sweeping surveillance program, says plot against Wall …Washington Post NSA director defends surveillance programsPolitico Fox News -Reuters -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 428 news articles »

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NSA director: Surveillance programs foiled 50 plots USA TODAY WASHINGTON—National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a House committee Tuesday that 50 terror threats in 20 countries have been disrupted with the assistance of two secret surveillance programs that were recently disclosed by former … Lawmaker Calls Leaks Damaging as Hearing BeginsWall Street Journal NSA director defends sweeping surveillance program, says plot against Wall …Washington Post NSA director defends surveillance programsPolitico Fox News -Reuters -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 428 news articles »

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G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria's Assad in final communique Reuters By Alexei Anishchuk and Andrew Osborn. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:20am EDT. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Global leaders called for peace talks to be held as soon as possible to resolve the Syrian civil war but … Obama: "Very easy to slip-slide" into deeper Syrian involvementCBS News G-8 agrees to promote Syrian peace talks; requires al-Qaida-linked fighters to …Washington Post Live: G8 summitBBC News USA TODAY -Bloomberg -CBC.ca all 1,883 news articles »

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G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria's Assad in final communique Reuters By Alexei Anishchuk and Andrew Osborn. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:20am EDT. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Global leaders called for peace talks to be held as soon as possible to resolve the Syrian civil war but … Obama: "Very easy to slip-slide" into deeper Syrian involvementCBS News G-8 agrees to promote Syrian peace talks; requires al-Qaida-linked fighters to …Washington Post Live: G8 summitBBC News USA TODAY -Bloomberg -CBC.ca all 1,883 news articles »

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Taliban Signal Readiness to Begin Peace Negotiations New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — In a potentially groundbreaking move, the Taliban announced on Tuesday that they were prepared to take the first step toward peace negotiations with the Afghan government after 12 years of war. The announcement was welcomed by … US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over AfghanistanThe Guardian US to relaunch peace talks with TalibanWashington Post US says Taliban agrees to Afghanistan peace talksLos Angeles Times Voice of America -CBS News -Reuters all 388 news articles »

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Taliban Signal Readiness to Begin Peace Negotiations New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — In a potentially groundbreaking move, the Taliban announced on Tuesday that they were prepared to take the first step toward peace negotiations with the Afghan government after 12 years of war. The announcement was welcomed by … US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over AfghanistanThe Guardian US to relaunch peace talks with TalibanWashington Post US says Taliban agrees to Afghanistan peace talksLos Angeles Times Voice of America -CBS News -Reuters all 388 news articles »

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G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria's Assad in final communique Reuters By Alexei Anishchuk and Andrew Osborn. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:20am EDT. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Global leaders called for peace talks to be held as soon as possible to resolve the Syrian civil war but … Obama: "Very easy to slip-slide" into deeper Syrian involvementCBS News G-8 agrees to promote Syrian peace talks; requires al-Qaida-linked fighters to …Washington Post Live: G8 summitBBC News USA TODAY -Bloomberg -CBC.ca all 1,883 news articles »

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G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria's Assad in final communique Reuters By Alexei Anishchuk and Andrew Osborn. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:20am EDT. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Global leaders called for peace talks to be held as soon as possible to resolve the Syrian civil war but … Obama: "Very easy to slip-slide" into deeper Syrian involvementCBS News G-8 agrees to promote Syrian peace talks; requires al-Qaida-linked fighters to …Washington Post Live: G8 summitBBC News USA TODAY -Bloomberg -CBC.ca all 1,883 news articles »

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Taliban Signal Readiness to Begin Peace Negotiations New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — In a potentially groundbreaking move, the Taliban announced on Tuesday that they were prepared to take the first step toward peace negotiations with the Afghan government after 12 years of war. The announcement was welcomed by … US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over AfghanistanThe Guardian US to relaunch peace talks with TalibanWashington Post US says Taliban agrees to Afghanistan peace talksLos Angeles Times Voice of America -CBS News -Reuters all 388 news articles »

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Taliban Signal Readiness to Begin Peace Negotiations New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — In a potentially groundbreaking move, the Taliban announced on Tuesday that they were prepared to take the first step toward peace negotiations with the Afghan government after 12 years of war. The announcement was welcomed by … US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over AfghanistanThe Guardian US to relaunch peace talks with TalibanWashington Post US says Taliban agrees to Afghanistan peace talksLos Angeles Times Voice of America -CBS News -Reuters all 388 news articles »

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NSA director: Surveillance programs foiled 50 plots USA TODAY WASHINGTON—National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a House committee Tuesday that 50 terror threats in 20 countries have been disrupted with the assistance of two secret surveillance programs that were recently disclosed by former … Lawmaker Calls Leaks Damaging as Hearing BeginsWall Street Journal NSA director defends sweeping surveillance program, says plot against Wall …Washington Post NSA director defends surveillance programsPolitico Fox News -Reuters -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 428 news articles »

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NSA director: Surveillance programs foiled 50 plots USA TODAY WASHINGTON—National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a House committee Tuesday that 50 terror threats in 20 countries have been disrupted with the assistance of two secret surveillance programs that were recently disclosed by former … Lawmaker Calls Leaks Damaging as Hearing BeginsWall Street Journal NSA director defends sweeping surveillance program, says plot against Wall …Washington Post NSA director defends surveillance programsPolitico Fox News -Reuters -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 428 news articles »

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Maternity leave, day care still elude many working mothers The Japan Times Like many full-time working mothers in Japan, Eriko Soyama, 36, had a tough time getting her children into day care to continue her career. Soyama, a resident of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, had her first child nine years ago. When her boy was 5 months old …

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Maternity leave, day care still elude many working mothers The Japan Times Like many full-time working mothers in Japan, Eriko Soyama, 36, had a tough time getting her children into day care to continue her career. Soyama, a resident of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, had her first child nine years ago. When her boy was 5 months old …

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This earthquake was very well felt in the Kagoshima prefecture but was not really dangerous with a maximum JMA3 intensity shaking. Based on our experience with Japanese earthquakes, earthquake-report.com considers …
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Britain, United States spied at summits Washington Post LONDON – British and American spy agencies monitored the e-mails and phone calls of foreign dignitaries during at least two major international summits in London during 2009, according to a new trove of documents supplied by Edward J. Snowden, the … British spies at GCHQ 'spied on foreign politicians at 2009 G20 London summits'The Independent Britain and US Spied on Medvedev in 2009 – Newspaper ReportRIA Novosti 'Britain spied on foreign delegates during G20 meetings in 2009'The Hindu NBCNews.com (blog) -Telegraph.co.uk -Boston.com all 94 news articles »

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Blind Chinese dissident: NYU bowed to Beijing pressure CBS News BEIJING Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese … Chop, chop at NYUNew York Post China pressured US university to make him leave, dissident saysReuters Blind Dissident Says China Pressured NYU to Make Him LeaveVoice of America Forbes -Boston.com -Los Angeles Times all 61 news articles »

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Obama arrives in Northern Ireland for G8 with Syria crisis looming large CBS News BELFAST, Northern Ireland President Obama arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday — the first of a three-stop, three-day European trip on which the war in Syria was likely to weight heavy. Soon after his arrival he was to appeal to Northern Ireland's … Obama to Speak With Putin on Syria at G8 SummitVoice of America Obama: Northern Ireland Peace Will Be TestedABC News Obama arrives in Northern Ireland for G8 summitAFP BBC News -USA TODAY -Irish Times all 468 news articles »

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Blind Chinese dissident: NYU bowed to Beijing pressure CBS News BEIJING Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese … Chop, chop at NYUNew York Post China pressured US university to make him leave, dissident saysReuters Blind Dissident Says China Pressured NYU to Make Him LeaveVoice of America Forbes -Boston.com -Los Angeles Times all 61 news articles »

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Obama arrives in Northern Ireland for G8 with Syria crisis looming large CBS News BELFAST, Northern Ireland President Obama arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday — the first of a three-stop, three-day European trip on which the war in Syria was likely to weight heavy. Soon after his arrival he was to appeal to Northern Ireland's … Obama to Speak With Putin on Syria at G8 SummitVoice of America Obama: Northern Ireland Peace Will Be TestedABC News Obama arrives in Northern Ireland for G8 summitAFP BBC News -USA TODAY -Irish Times all 468 news articles »

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Britain, United States spied at summits Washington Post LONDON – British and American spy agencies monitored the e-mails and phone calls of foreign dignitaries during at least two major international summits in London during 2009, according to a new trove of documents supplied by Edward J. Snowden, the … British spies at GCHQ 'spied on foreign politicians at 2009 G20 London summits'The Independent Britain and US Spied on Medvedev in 2009 – Newspaper ReportRIA Novosti 'Britain spied on foreign delegates during G20 meetings in 2009'The Hindu NBCNews.com (blog) -Telegraph.co.uk -Boston.com all 94 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Firefighters make progress on Colo. wildfire containment CBS News Updates at 10:14 p.m. ET. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials prepared to lift mandatory evacuation orders for … Colo. wildfires leave major path of destructionFox News Colo. wildfire claims nearly 500 homesWilkes Barre Times-Leader Topeka Boy Scouts evacuated from Colorado wildfireTopeka Capital Journal Headlines & Global News -Colorado Springs Gazette -WUKY all 214 news articles »

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Los Angeles Times

Iranians' desire for change fueled presidential upset Los Angeles Times TEHRAN — The stunning landslide election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president highlighted a deep frustration among many Iranians about the direction of their country, especially an economy marred by skyrocketing prices, stagnant salaries and … Iran's Presidential Election: The Sole Moderate CandidateTIME Iran's new president hails "victory of moderation"Reuters India Interior minister declares reformist-backed Rowhani winner in Iran presidential …Fox News Haaretz -Bloomberg -Jerusalem Post all 1,517 news articles »

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Thousands take to streets of Istanbul, defy Erdogan Jerusalem Post Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul overnight on Sunday, erecting barricades and starting bonfires, after riot police firing teargas and water cannon stormed a park at the center of two weeks of anti-government unrest. Lines of police backed by … Turkish protesters vow to stay putXinhua Police clear Istanbul's Gezi ParkBBC News Turkey: Riot police oust park protestersSan Francisco Chronicle CTV News -Reuters -Businessweek all 380 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Firefighters make progress on Colo. wildfire containment CBS News Updates at 10:14 p.m. ET. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials prepared to lift mandatory evacuation orders for … Colo. wildfires leave major path of destructionFox News Crews gaining ground on deadly Colorado wildfireReuters Colo. wildfire claims nearly 500 homesWilkes Barre Times-Leader Topeka Capital Journal -Headlines & Global News -Colorado Springs Gazette all 214 news articles »

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Thousands take to streets of Istanbul, defy Erdogan Jerusalem Post Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul overnight on Sunday, erecting barricades and starting bonfires, after riot police firing teargas and water cannon stormed a park at the center of two weeks of anti-government unrest. Lines of police backed by … Turkish protesters vow to stay putXinhua Police clear Istanbul's Gezi ParkBBC News Turkey: Riot police oust park protestersSan Francisco Chronicle CTV News -Reuters -Businessweek all 380 news articles »

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N. Korea proposes nuclear talks with US USA TODAY PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea. The powerful National Defense … North Korea wants to hold high-level talks with USReuters North Korea Proposes Talks With USNew York Times State news: North Korea proposes high-level talks with USCNN BBC News -Houston Chronicle all 181 news articles »

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Thousands take to streets of Istanbul, defy Erdogan Jerusalem Post Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul overnight on Sunday, erecting barricades and starting bonfires, after riot police firing teargas and water cannon stormed a park at the center of two weeks of anti-government unrest. Lines of police backed by … Turkish protesters vow to stay putXinhua Police clear Istanbul's Gezi ParkBBC News Turkey: Riot police oust park protestersSan Francisco Chronicle CTV News -Reuters -Businessweek all 380 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Firefighters make progress on Colo. wildfire containment CBS News Updates at 10:14 p.m. ET. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials prepared to lift mandatory evacuation orders for … Colo. wildfires leave major path of destructionFox News Crews gaining ground on deadly Colorado wildfireReuters Colo. wildfire claims nearly 500 homesWilkes Barre Times-Leader Topeka Capital Journal -Headlines & Global News -Colorado Springs Gazette all 214 news articles »

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Thousands take to streets of Istanbul, defy Erdogan Jerusalem Post Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul overnight on Sunday, erecting barricades and starting bonfires, after riot police firing teargas and water cannon stormed a park at the center of two weeks of anti-government unrest. Lines of police backed by … Turkish protesters vow to stay putXinhua Police clear Istanbul's Gezi ParkBBC News Turkey: Riot police oust park protestersSan Francisco Chronicle CTV News -Reuters -Businessweek all 380 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

N. Korea proposes nuclear talks with US USA TODAY PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea. The powerful National Defense … North Korea wants to hold high-level talks with USReuters North Korea Proposes Talks With USNew York Times State news: North Korea proposes high-level talks with USCNN BBC News -Houston Chronicle all 181 news articles »

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Los Angeles Times

Iranians' desire for change fueled presidential upset Los Angeles Times TEHRAN — The stunning landslide election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president highlighted a deep frustration among many Iranians about the direction of their country, especially an economy marred by skyrocketing prices, stagnant salaries and … Iran's Presidential Election: The Sole Moderate CandidateTIME Iran's new president hails "victory of moderation"Reuters India Interior minister declares reformist-backed Rowhani winner in Iran presidential …Fox News Haaretz -Bloomberg -Jerusalem Post all 1,517 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Firefighters make progress on Colo. wildfire containment CBS News Updates at 10:14 p.m. ET. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials prepared to lift mandatory evacuation orders for … Colo. wildfires leave major path of destructionFox News Colo. wildfire claims nearly 500 homesWilkes Barre Times-Leader Topeka Boy Scouts evacuated from Colorado wildfireTopeka Capital Journal Headlines & Global News -Colorado Springs Gazette -WUKY all 214 news articles »

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Update 14:23 UTC : The hypocenter of this earthquake was right in the subduction slope and very shallow (8 km), which may explain in part why it was felt as strong by the people living and working on the nearby islands.
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Update 14:23 UTC : The hypocenter of this earthquake was right in the subduction slope and very shallow (8 km), which may explain in part why it was felt as strong by the people living and working on the nearby islands.
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A major earthquake and massive tsunami devastated parts of eastern Japan Friday.
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Sky News Australia

Official: Aid Decision to Result in Dramatic Increase in Support for Syrian Rebels Voice of America WHITE HOUSE — White House officials say U.S. President Barack Obama spent several weeks deciding whether to send military aid to Syrian opposition groups, and that it will take time for the supplies to reach them. The president will discuss the issue with … US Allies Weigh Response to Chemical Weapons ChargeNew York Times Hezbollah Says It Will Keep Fighting in SyriaABC News Syria: US 'to arm rebels' – latestTelegraph.co.uk BBC News -CNN -TIME all 1,627 news articles »

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US Allies Weigh Response to Chemical Weapons Charge New York Times PARIS — The Syrian government on Friday denounced the Obama administration's assertion that Syrian forces had used chemical weapons as “full of lies,” even as the American's finding produced strong reactions around the world. World Twitter Logo. Hezbollah Says It Will Keep Fighting in SyriaABC News Syria: US 'to arm rebels' – latestTelegraph.co.uk Viewpoints: Arming the rebel groups in SyriaBBC News CNN -TIME -Voice of America all 1,627 news articles »

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LGBT advocates howl as Obama stalls on workplace protections MSNBC (US President Barack Obama speaks during a LGBT (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community) Pride Month celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2013. “We're reaching a turning point,” he said. White House pushes for sharing of government spectrumCNET The Circuit: White House will look at spectrum sharingWashington Post UPDATE 1-Obama wants government to free up more wireless spectrumReuters PC Magazine -Mashable -CableFAX all 122 news articles »

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LGBT advocates howl as Obama stalls on workplace protections MSNBC (US President Barack Obama speaks during a LGBT (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community) Pride Month celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2013. “We're reaching a turning point,” he said. White House pushes for sharing of government spectrumCNET The Circuit: White House will look at spectrum sharingWashington Post UPDATE 1-Obama wants government to free up more wireless spectrumReuters PC Magazine -Mashable -CableFAX all 122 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Revelation of Nazi unit leader in Minneapolis prompts shock, anger, promise of … Fox News MINNEAPOLIS – The revelation Friday that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to people who knew him, prompted harsh condemnations from World War II survivors in … AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in USHouston Chronicle all 162 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Nazi unit leader's Minneapolis life prompts shock San Jose Mercury News MINNEAPOLIS—The revelation Friday that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to people who knew him, prompted harsh condemnations from World War II survivors in … AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in USNewsday US immigration to investigate Nazi-led unit commander living in MinneapolisFOX 9 News all 162 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Revelation of Nazi unit leader in Minneapolis prompts shock, anger, promise of … Fox News MINNEAPOLIS – The revelation Friday that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to people who knew him, prompted harsh condemnations from World War II survivors in … AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in USHouston Chronicle all 162 news articles »

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San Francisco Chronicle

Nazi unit leader's Minneapolis life prompts shock San Jose Mercury News MINNEAPOLIS—The revelation Friday that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to people who knew him, prompted harsh condemnations from World War II survivors in … AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in USNewsday US immigration to investigate Nazi-led unit commander living in MinneapolisFOX 9 News all 162 news articles »

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Sky News Australia

US Allies Weigh Response to Chemical Weapons Charge New York Times PARIS — The Syrian government on Friday denounced the Obama administration's assertion that Syrian forces had used chemical weapons as “full of lies,” even as the American's finding produced strong reactions around the world. World Twitter Logo. Hezbollah Says It Will Keep Fighting in SyriaABC News Syria: US 'to arm rebels' – latestTelegraph.co.uk Viewpoints: Arming the rebel groups in SyriaBBC News CNN -TIME -Voice of America all 1,627 news articles »

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Official: Aid Decision to Result in Dramatic Increase in Support for Syrian Rebels Voice of America WHITE HOUSE — White House officials say U.S. President Barack Obama spent several weeks deciding whether to send military aid to Syrian opposition groups, and that it will take time for the supplies to reach them. The president will discuss the issue with … US Allies Weigh Response to Chemical Weapons ChargeNew York Times Hezbollah Says It Will Keep Fighting in SyriaABC News Syria: US 'to arm rebels' – latestTelegraph.co.uk BBC News -CNN -TIME all 1,627 news articles »

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LGBT advocates howl as Obama stalls on workplace protections MSNBC (US President Barack Obama speaks during a LGBT (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community) Pride Month celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2013. “We're reaching a turning point,” he said. White House pushes for sharing of government spectrumCNET The Circuit: White House will look at spectrum sharingWashington Post UPDATE 1-Obama wants government to free up more wireless spectrumReuters PC Magazine -Mashable -CableFAX all 122 news articles »

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LGBT advocates howl as Obama stalls on workplace protections MSNBC (US President Barack Obama speaks during a LGBT (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community) Pride Month celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2013. “We're reaching a turning point,” he said. White House pushes for sharing of government spectrumCNET The Circuit: White House will look at spectrum sharingWashington Post UPDATE 1-Obama wants government to free up more wireless spectrumReuters PC Magazine -Mashable -CableFAX all 122 news articles »

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