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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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US Rushes to
Aid Lebanon

Troops surround refugee camp, prepare siege or incursion to rout out militants

May 25, 07 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has rushed military aid to Beruit, as the Lebanese army continues to battle Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. The first shipment arrived today. Condoleeza Rice expressed support for Lebanon's government, if not confidence: "I certainly hope that the Lebanese government will be able... More »

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military • Lebanon • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • extremists • United States • aid • Islamic militants • Lebanese Army • Beruit • Nahr al Bared camp • rebellion • militant

Bush Details
Bin Laden Plot

Attempt to start Al-Qaeda cell in Iraq dates to 2005

May 23, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden attempted to launch a terrorist cell in Iraq through which Al-Qaeda could attack the US, President Bush said today. The newly declassified information fleshed out a 2005 Homeland Security alert that Bin Laden directed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then his top man in Iraq, to organize the unit... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • terrorism • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • United States • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Engineer Guilty Of Attempted Espionage

Jury convicts California man of trying to send defense docs to China

May 10, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese-American engineer could get up to 35 years for trying to funnel classified U.S. defense technology to China. A federal jury in California convicted 66-year-old Chi Mak, a naturalized citizen who worked for an Anaheim defense contractor, of conspiring to send top secret plans for submarine propulsion technology... More »

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China • technology • espionage • Chi Mak • United States

Dems: Admit Iraqi Refugees

House Dems back bill easing resettlement

May 10, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Iraq war refugees numbering in the millions and as many as 70,000 joining their ranks each month, House Democrats will introduce a bill boosting the number of displaced Iraqis eligible for resettlement in the U.S. A total of 18 Iraqi refugees entered the U.S. in February... More »

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Iraq • immigration • Congress • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

(Newser) - U.S. airstrikes killed 21 Afghan civilians in eastern Afghanistan late last night, just hours after the U.S. offered an official apology to the families of 19 killed in a March attack. The civilian deaths—as many as 1,000 in 2006 alone—are stirring unrest against NATO forces,... More »

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Afghanistan • military • Hamid Karzai • civilian casualties • United States • airstrike

Iranian, U.S. Diplomats Meet Briefly

Three-minute discussion focuses on Iraq, hints at Bush administration policy shift

May 4, 07 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It didn't involve the American Secretary of State or the Iranian foreign minister, but a brief meeting of high-level diplomats today in Egypt signals a thaw in relations between the countries, the International Herald Tribune reports. U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said the three-minute conversation concerned the situation... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Syria • Condoleezza Rice • Ryan Crocker • United States • Egypt

Iraqi PM Begs
for Debt Forgiveness

US, Iran, Syria to cross paths at Egypt summit

May 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is begging other nations to write off Iraq's debt, saying the country needs reconstruction funds. He spoke today at a regional summit that will feature the first high-level talks between the U.S. and Syria since 2005; prospects of Secretary of State Rice sitting down with... More »

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Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • United States • debt • Iraq war

U.S. May Reqire Visas From Brits

Radicalism among Britons of Pakistani descent worries Homeland Security

May 2, 07 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Immigration officials are considering making British citizens apply for visas to enter the U.S., the New York Times reports. The aim is to screen out potential terrorists among Brits of Pakistani descent who might slip through because of the longstanding waiver of visas between the two countries.  An... More »

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immigration • War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • Omar Khaym • United States • visa • Britain

Prince May No Longer Speak For His King

Bush's Saudi conduit, Prince Bandar, is out
of step with Abdullah

Apr 29, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador and longtime Bush conduit to the Saudi leadersip, may no longer be speaking for his country. The New York Times  notes that Bandar's uncle, King Abdullah, has taken several stands recently that surprised  the White House by being in direct conflict with... More »

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Saudi Arabia • politics • King Abdullah • Bandar bin Sultan • United States • George W. Bush

Economy Slumps to 4-Year Low

Weak home sales,
high oil prices
drive slowdown

Apr 27, 07 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The country's economic growth has dwindled to its lowest rate in four years, with the housing slowdown, high energy prices, and a looming trade deficit driving lower-than-expected numbers released today. The economy grew 1.3% in the first quarter of 2007, down from 2.5% in the last three months... More »

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inflation • economic growth • Federal Reserve • United States • money • trade deficit • US economy • Department of Commerce

UN Report: Climate Change Will Hit Poor Hardest

Poorest will be hit hardest

Apr 6, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Expect floods, droughts, fires—and resulting starvation, conflict, and mass migration—as climate change becomes more pronounced, says a U.N. report released today. And expect the poor to get hit the hardest, as deserts get drier, deltas flood more often, and small islands are overwhelmed. More »

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China • climate change • Russia • environment • United Nations • Saudi Arabia • pollution • hunger • drought • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • science • migration • United States • flood • starvation • fossil fuel

Big Oil Shut Out
Of Iraq Deals

First new oil contracts go to China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia

Apr 6, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. oil companies are far from first in line as Iraq doles out its initial oil contracts.   China, India—even Vietnam and Indonesia—have the inside track instead, thanks to contracts and infrastructure dating back to the Saddam regime, and more positive Iraqi sentiment. "They have... More »

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Iraq • China • oil • Indonesia • Vietnam • India • Iraq oil • Exxon • Shell • Chevron • BP • business • United States • ExxonMobil • fuel

Saudi King Calls Iraq War Illegal

Latest evidence of breach with ally

Mar 29, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia fired a warning shot at the Bush administration yesterday, calling Iraq “an illegal foreign occupation” and urging Arab leaders to unite to prevent U.S. domination of the region.  The Saudis "are telling the U.S. they need to listen to their... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Riyadh • United States • war • boycott • Iraq war

Fake Raids Test Iraqi Reconstruction

U.S. aid to small businesses works only if it's invisible. Otherwise, companies get 'immediately shot or blown up.'

Mar 22, 07 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American military is staging fake raids on Iraqi small businesses to confirm that US aid is being well spent—without tipping off insurgents that they have any US connection. "The only way things will work is if the US contribution is totally invisible," says a civil-affairs officer,... More »

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Iraq • military • insurgents • economics • United States • aid • raids • small businesses • civil affairs • Iraq economy • US economy

Iraqi Refugees Flood Into Syria and Jordan

Iraqis are fleeing to their neighbors by the millions, while the U.S. sits pretty

Mar 21, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraq war has created nearly two million refugees, and they're going largely ignored by world governments, the UN warns. "There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war," says a UN refugee agency spokesperson. Most of the refugees stream into neighboring... More »

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Iraq • immigration • United Nations • Jordan • Middle East • Syria • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

Aid Grows Despite Embargo

Mar 21, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinians are actually receiving more foreign aid, not less,  than they were before the US and the European Union slapped an aid embargo against the Hamas led Palestinian Authority last year, reports Steven Erlanger. The United Nations and the International Monetary Fund say $1.2 billion was given to... More »

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Palestinian Authority • United Nations • World Bank • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • European Union • International Monetary Fund • United States • foreign aid • aid • embargo • World Food

U.S. Stiffs Brits in Friendly Fire Investigation

British coroner calls soldier's 2003 death "criminal"

Mar 18, 07 11:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is taking aim at the U.S. military for its role in covering up the 2003 friendly-fire death of a British solider in Iraq. A coroner’s report Friday ruled Lance Cpl. Matty Hull’s death at the hands of American pilots avoidable—and criminal—but the... More »

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Iraq • military • Middle East • United States • friendly fire • Britain

Apple:  America's Best Retailer

Steve Jobs Motto: "Ambush the Customer"

Mar 18, 07 8:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jerry Useem summarizes Apple’s unlikely rise as a retailer for Fortune. With sales at its New York store running a staggering $4,000 per square foot (50% higher than Tiffany’s), Apple is the best retailer in America.  More »

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Steve Jobs • retail • United States • Apple • mac • America

The Moral-Hazard Myth

Why Our Insurance Systems Doesn't Work

Mar 18, 07 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Blink, examines the premise underlying U.S. health insurance known by the Dickensian term: Moral Hazard. The theory of Moral Hazard describes the notion that insurance can change peoples’ behavior. Without deductibles, co-payments and other barriers to use, people will use too... More »

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health care • health • health insurance • United States • immunization • Malcolm Gladwell • insurance • infant mortality • life expectancy

Gitmo Tagged for Cuban Refugees

Navy plans to prevent post-Castro Cuban exodus

Mar 6, 07 11:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Anticipating that Fidel Castro's death will prompt thousands of Cubans to attempt to join their expatriate countrymen in South Florida, U.S. authorities are making space for them—in Cuba. The Miami Herald reports that the DOD has budgeted $18 million to expand its base at Guantanamo Bay to handle... More »

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Florida • Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Guantanamo Bay • refugee

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