Chinese State Agents Abducted This Young Man For Talking About Censorship
With its global economy and ostensible reform, China gets a pretty good rap ā but just when the Communist country seems not so bad, a video like this pops up.Max Fisher at The Washington Post points to...
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US Fighters Join Japan's F-15s Over The Disputed East China Sea Islands
US and Japanese fighter jets on Tuesday carried out joint air exercises, an official said, days after Chinese and Japanese military planes shadowed each other near disputed islands in the East China...
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Mercenary Hackers Appear To Be Behind An Insane Global Espionage Campaign
They're calling it "Red October."On Monday, Russia's Kaspersky LabsĀ reportedĀ that they had identified what may be the most comprehensive, global cyber espionage hack in the history of the Internet.From...
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France May Find It A Lot Harder To Get Out Of Mali
On Tuesday French President Francois Hollandetold RFI radio that the with the help of African troops being deployed, "in one more week we can restore Mali's territorial integrity."Judging from the...
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The US Sold A Bunch Of Weapons To Bahrain During Its Brutal Crackdown
The U.S. has been selling arms to Bahrain amid the small Mideast nation's increasingly repressive crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, Justin Elliot of ProPublica reports. The sales, combined with...
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The US Plans To Give Drones To Afghanistan Amid Heated Policy Debate
Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai's recent meeting didn't reveal much of anything, but afterward Karzai Ā followed it up by telling reporters the U.S. plans to hand Afghanistan its own fleet of...
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The Army Wants A Massive New Complex For Its Fleet Of Drones
So the Army is taking bids on parts of its new 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Complex' ā slated to cost between $20 and 25 million.Mark Thompson of Time's Battleland blog jokesĀ that this can't possibly fit...
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NASA Images Show Thick Toxic Clouds Over Beijing
In case you missed it, the air quality issue in Beijing is no joke; playing out like a scene from some 20th century environmental disaster novel. Flights are cancelled, roads are blocked with pile-ups,...
View ArticleA Bombed-Out Tank Almost Became My Good Friend's Burning Coffin
Antonio and I cruise the desert of our childhood like time stopped a decade ago, with the windows rolled down. I would have been in my last year of high-school and when you are young the blinders are...
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Senior US Adviser: 'Drone Strikes May Be The Best Bad Idea Available In Mali'
The U.S. is reported to be "mulling" drone strikes in Mali, and has at the very least dispatched spy drones and support materials to aid French legionnaires and its Air Force.From a recentĀ Nicole...
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'Zero Dark Thirty' Director Kathryn Bigelow Offers Sobering Statement On Torture
Kathryn Bigelow took to the LA Times this morning not to make a case for or against "torture," but to highlight the factĀ that the movie helps us to remember that it did actually happened.From the LA...
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Malian Rebels Are Blending Into The Desert To Confound French-Backed Forces
French-led forces in Mali are beginning to find just how hard it will be to eliminate the jihadist rebels that have commandeered the northern two-thirds of the country.The first major ground operation...
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Even If Enacted, Obama's Gun Control Proposals Won't Stop Mass Shootings
President Obama signed executive actions to limit guns and prevent future tragedies Wednesday, saying that there are "concrete steps we can take right now ... to help reduce mass...
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What's Happening Right Now In Africa Goes Far Beyond National Borders
Things around Mali have been moving very quickly since the French began an offensive to root out jihadists in the country's north, and today the conflict went international.Dozens of al-Qaeda-linked...
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Internet Mercenary Gives A Peek Into His Shadowy World
He's unassuming, even a little dweebish, but nonethelessĀ Adriel Desautels represents a new breed of Internet mercenary that wields terrifying power across the world.Desautels is a hacker, and he trades...
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One Of Obama's Gun Control Recommendations Is Straight From The NRA
Despite their obvious differences in opinion on gun control, President Obama and NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre apparently agree on one thing: armed security guards in schools.Through...
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The F-15 Is Hands Down The Best American Fighter Ever Built [PHOTOS]
From the moment the F-15 first tore into the sky, it had one primary goal: total air superiority.This meant being punchy yet nimble. It also had to possess strong air-to-ground ability for gettingĀ in...
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US Minesweeper Runs Aground Near Disputed South China Sea Islands
A US Navy minesweeper has run aground in a protected marine sanctuary in the Philippines.The USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubattaha Reef on Wednesday night "during normal transit", it said.The...
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Hostages Killed In Algeria, Dozens More Escape
Some hostages have been killed while others have escaped the Algerian gas facility where at least 20 foreigners and more than 100 Algerians were kidnapped yesterday by al Qaeda-linked militants.Local...
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Algeria Launches Ruthless Attack To End Hostage Standoff
Algeria has gone guns blazing into the oil field raided by Al-Qaeda militants yesterday.Earlier several Western hostages were killed by an Algerian helicopter strike.A British security source told CBS...
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