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Russian Official Says Nukes Are A Good Response To US Conventional Strike
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian Cabinet member says Moscow has reserved the right to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional strike.Wednesday's comments by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin...
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China’s President Just Shattered An Unwritten Rule In His Ongoing Power Grab
Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, has been placed under house arrest while the government investigates him on charges of corruption and "violating party discipline." He's the most powerful...
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How The NSA Uses Cookies To Hack Computers
The big story out of the Washington Post today is about how the NSA uses Google cookies in order to hack computers.It's important to note that cookie collection isn't used in bulk surveillance, but...
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The Army's 8-Wheeled Laser Truck Can Burn Mortars, Drones Right Out Of The Sky
For the first time, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command used a vehicle mounted high-energy laser to successfully engage more than 90 enemy mortar rounds and flying unmanned aerial vehicles...
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U.S. Veterans Affairs Lobotomized WWII Vets Suffering From PTSD
The Wall Street Journal published an investigation Wednesday into lobotomies performed on World War II veterans, some of whom are now thought to have suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Before...
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Afghan President Directly Contradicts Hagel Over Treaty Deadline
In response to U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel giving Afghan President Hamid Karzai "until February" to sign a defense agreement, Karzai shot back today that "there is no deadline,"reports Stephanie...
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Uruguay Is Facing Down The UN Over The Future Of Drug Laws
This week, the small South American nation of Uruguay did something that made opponents of the drug war all over the world rejoice: It legalized the sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational...
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German Police Build 'Nazi Shazam' To Track Banned Music
German police are touting a new high-tech tool to identify illegal neo-Nazi songs in seconds, dubbed "Nazi Shazam" after popular music identification software.Authorities in the eastern state of Saxony...
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Sochi Olympics To See Soviet-Style Security
The spider-like helicopter can whirr up straight into the sky, hover over cars and people, zoom in on a license plate and then take a close-up of a man's face in the crowd.If there is suspicious...
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John Kerry Heads Back To Mideast As Peace Talks Falter
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Thursday, a week after his previous visit ended with Palestinian dissatisfaction over U.S. security ideas for...
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This Map Of Al Qaeda In Iraq Is Alarming
Al Qaeda militants are bombingstrategic targets in parts of western Iraq as they seek to wreak havoc on security, bent on establishing an Islamic emirate.The map below gives an indication of how...
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Somali Piracy Is Down 90% From Last Year
Somali piracy has reached a six year low, according to a new report from Control Risks.The number of piracy incidents from January 1-October 1, 2013 was down 90% from the corresponding period in...
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Japan Once Tested Poison Gas On Rabbits At This Secret Island: Now Rabbits...
Ōkunoshima has a dark history as the site of Japan's secret chemical weapons production during World War II. The island factory produced produced more than six kilotons of five poison gases, used in...
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Royal Protection Officers Ate The Queen's Nuts, And She's Furious
The Queen was “furious” after royal protection officers helped themselves to Bombay mix and nuts left out for her around Buckingham Palace, a court heard today.Palace officials sent a memo to royal...
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Nancy Pelosi Tells Democrats To 'Embrace The Suck'
Move over Terminal Lance, Nancy Pelosi just used common Marine Corps vernacular, telling her fellow Dems behind close doors to "embrace the suck."Pelosi was referencing Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty...
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The 20 Countries Where People Get Kidnapped The Most
The proportion of global kidnappings from Latin America has halved since 2005, but Mexico still leads the pack, according to RiskMap 2014, a new report from Control Risks.Asia and the Pacific had the...
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NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-un's Uncle Has Been Executed
North Korean state news agency KCNA has announced that Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong-un and formerly one of his closest advisors, has been executed.The story appears on the...
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North Korea's Announcement That Kim Jong-Un's Uncle Has Been Executed Is...
North Korea has executed Kim Jong-Un's once powerful uncle Jang Song-thaek for treachery.The country's press reports describing his case have been unusually vivid. We first highlighted this phenomenon...
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Chilling Photo Shows Kim Jong-Un's Uncle As He Stands Trial For Treason
North Korea has executed Leader Kim Jong-Un's once-powerful uncle Jang Song-thaek for treason.Martyn Williams, senior correspondent at tech news site IDG, just Tweeted an image from page 2 of today's...
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Why Afghanistan Is Such A Mess, In Two Unanswered Questions
As part of the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) asked three top officials two simple questions: How many Americans have died in Afghanistan...
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