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The 16 Greatest Cities In Human History

What New York City was in twentieth century, London was in the the 1900s, Constantinople was in the 600s, and so forth, back to Jericho in 7000 BC.They were the largest cities in the world, and...

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China Already Has A Plan To Sink The US Fleet In Any Upcoming Battles

As the U.S. makes clear it will defend Japan should China try and lay claim to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, this Chinese announcement from mid-2012 offers additional perspective.Once the...

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Top BP Exec Killed In Algeria Hostage Crisis Was On Rare Visit To The Site

A senior executive at BP, who lived in London, was among those who died in the attack on the Algerian gas plant, adding to suggestions that the terrorists may have had inside information.Carlos...

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Iraq Just Discovered Another Billion Barrels Of Oil

Iraq said on Sunday it has discovered deposits of crude equivalent to one billion barrels of oil after the first exploration work by state-owned firms in almost 30 years.The deposits were found after...

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What Western Powers Are Up Against In Mali And Algeria

Bamako, MaliToday in Algeria, authorities are scouring a Saharan gas plant for bodies in the wake of a hostage crisis that ended in a shootout between the Army and Islamist kidnappers. Around the...

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MLK's Vehement Condemnations Of US Militarism Are More Relevant Than Ever

The civil right achievements of Martin Luther King are quite justly the focus of the annual birthday commemoration of his legacy. But it is remarkable, as I've noted before on this holiday, how...

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A Look Inside 'The Beast' Limousine Carrying Obama To The Inauguration

At a cost of over $300,000 and enough armor to stop an RPG, the President's ground vehicle is a very resilient ride.It looks like a Caddy STS on the outside, but on the inside it has everything the...

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Japan Threatens To Fire On Chinese Fighters — China Says 'There Will Be No...

When Chinese and Japanese fighters met for the first time over disputed islands in the East China Sea earlier this month, Japan promptly declared its right to fire tracers at China's jets.Though met...

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Prince Harry Returns From Afghanistan Seemingly Battle-Hardened

Prince Harry says he did not come to Afghanistan to kill the Taliban, but says he will "take a life to save a life" and if insurgents attack British forces then he will "take them out of the...

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How Explosives I Found In Libya Field May Have Ended Up With Algerian...

When I read the story of Steven McFaul, the hostage from Belfast who did a runner from the jihadis in southern Algeria with a Semtex suicide belt around his neck, I was taken back to a slightly...

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Algeria Hostage-Takers 'Aided By Libyan Islamists'

Libyan Islamists provided logistical support to the militants who seized an Algeria gas plant before they were killed in a bloodbath which also left 37 foreigners dead, well-informed sources...

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Jill Kelley Finally Speaks About Petraeus, Broadwell and Blackmail

In her first interview since the bottom of the David Petreaus scandal fell out, the "other other woman" Jill Kelley told The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz that Paula Broadwell is one scary cyberbully;...

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Prince Harry: Shooting Hellfire Missiles At Insurgents Is Like 'Playing Video...

Britain's Prince Harry, who compared shooting insurgents in Afghanistan to playing video games, has probably developed a mental problem, the Taliban said Tuesday."There are 49 countries with their...

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3-D Sonar Scans Offer Unprecedented View Of Civil War Ship Sunk 150 Years Ago

One-hundred and fifty years ago, the USS Hatteras, a 210-foot, iron-hulled Navy ship, was sunk by a Confederate ship about 20 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The Hatteras was the only Union...

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Obama's Living In A 'Fantasy World' When It Comes To Al Qaeda

Either Barack Obama is living in a fantasy world, or he really does believe that the decade-long war against Islamist terror is drawing to a close, as he claimed in his inaugural address yesterday....

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Japan And Philippines Try More Creative Diplomacy To Deal With China

Both Japan and the Philippines are attempting to engage China in new ways to settle sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.The Associated Press reports a Japanese envoy has arrived in China to...

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Taliban Sends A Message With Second Coordinated Attack In Five Days

A nine-hour gun battle raged through the heart of Kabul on Monday, leaving at least seven dead and eight wounded. The latest attack, claimed by the Taliban, shows a defiant insurgency that may not be...

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The Biggest Question In Today's Israeli Election

Israelis headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in a parliamentary election that will almost certainly hand Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a third term in office. Recent polling has consistently...

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ASSAD: ‘I Will Win, Even If Damascus Is Destroyed’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains as defiant as ever, even as rebels assault the last major government military installation in the country's north.Ivan Watson and Raja Razek CNN report that...

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Jilted Suburbanite To Fight Terrorism Conviction In The Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an unusually dramatic dispute: the case of a Pennsylvania suburbanite who allegedly tried to poison her husband's pregnant mistress.The nation's highest...

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