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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his fangirls
OK, so Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands accused of blowing up three people, injuring 282 more and shooting to death an MIT campus police officer. He's also got fans, or more accurately, he's got fangirls, thousands of them. These besotted double-X chromosome-...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Mother's Day, Sports, Twitter, Inc., Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: Eric Holder, University of Oxford, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice
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Officials say more evidence being gathered as Benghazi suspects remain under surveillance
AP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to...Tags: Eric Holder, John Kerry, Trials, Washington, DC, Libya
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FEATURE-Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it...Tags: Germany, Ankara (Turkey), BBC, Education, Qur'an
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Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
ReutersCAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the...Tags: Armed Forces, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem (Israel), Kidnapping
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Sandburg Muslim students combat stereotypes
When Muslim students at Sandburg High School were brainstorming ways last year to combat negative thinking about Islam, they came up with the idea of an informal group that would nourish their culture and religion as well as combat stereotypes. Now...Tags: Earth Day, Values, Education, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Syrian soldiers warned daily of sectarian dangers, defectors say
MARAAT NUMAN, Syria — Each morning, after saluting the Syrian flag and before the warplanes take off, soldiers at army bases across Syria are given political orientation. During the lectures, conscripts and career officers alike are repeatedly...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Armed Forces, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Washington, DC, Iran
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Setting Times stories to music: From Nirvana to Yo La Tengo
By Kari Howard The stories I read spark musical connections every day. It’s a bit more rare when the walk to work does. But one of my favorite moments this week came when I was strolling down Broadway past Grand Park in downtown LA, a section...
Tags: Sports, Entertainment, Islam, Nintendo Company Ltd., Breast Cancer
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Russian missiles to Syria could embolden Assad: U.S. general warns
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer on Friday condemned Russia's shipment of advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria, saying it could embolden President Bashar al-Assad's forces to keep fighting a bloody civil war. "It's at the very least...Tags: Missile Systems, Moscow (Russia), Israel, U.S. Congress, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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INSIGHT-Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
Reuters* Al Qaeda group overshadows Syrian rebel fighters * Jihadis' aims go beyond toppling Assad * Rebel break-up complicates calculation for West By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Punishment, Iraq
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Insight: Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader. Al Qaeda's Iraq-based...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Punishment, Iraq
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Early terrorist in U.S. condemns today's jihad
WASHINGTON — Long before Sept. 11, the war on terrorism and two pressure-cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon, a young Muslim from Egypt walked into the ballroom of a New York City hotel and shot to death an outspoken Jewish rabbi. El Sayyid A....Tags: Sports, Islam, Punishment, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Long Island
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