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Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network, saying American officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Day in pictures: 7 June 2012

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 7 June
Categories: BBC, News

Corporations boost agricultural research funding

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The gap between federal support for agricultural research at large public universities and private investment continues to grow - and the divide comes with increased threats to academic freedom and more instances of meddling in the lab, a new research report suggests....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Corporations boost agricultural research funding

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The gap between federal support for agricultural research at large public universities and private investment continues to grow - and the divide comes with increased threats to academic freedom and more instances of meddling in the lab, a new research report suggests....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Middle School Kids Drafted for Obama

Eagle Forum - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
Middle-school students in Virginia public schools became unwitting tools of the Obama presidential campaign when their teacher required them to conduct opposition research against Republican presidential candidates. 8th graders at Liberty Middle School in Fairfax County were told to research Republican candidates running for President, find the "weaknesses" of each, prepare a strategy paper to Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com1

Dad walks 525 miles after son's suicide

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
Today Denis Asselin finishes a journey from Philadelphia to Boston in memory of his son Nathaniel, who took his life last year after a 13-year battle with body dysmorphic disorder.
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Spectator admits Lawrence breach

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
The Spectator is ordered to pay £5,625 after admitting an article on the trial of Stephen Lawrence's killers breached a court order.
Categories: BBC, News

Get your sneak peek of 'Halo 4'

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
Born from a new developer and bolstered by Microsoft's new SmartGlass technology, "Halo 4" is getting ready for its closeup.
Categories: CNN, News

O2 , Vodafone, and a 4G promise

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
Why two giants of the telecoms industry are teaming up
Categories: BBC, News

Scams hit worried LinkedIn users

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
LinkedIn users have been targeted by email scams following a hack which saw over six million of its users' passwords leaked online.
Categories: BBC, News

£600,000 tax evasion man jailed

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
A man found guilty of avoiding tax and national insurance contributions totalling more than £600,000 is jailed for five years.
Categories: BBC, News

Actress tweets for Obama to fix her DUI

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
Actress Amanda Bynes tweeted the president to ask him to fire the police officer who arrested her on DUI charges.
Categories: CNN, News

Markets rise on hopes for Spain aid, US stimulus

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
LONDON (AP) -- Global markets rose on Thursday, boosted by hopes that Europe is preparing to give Spain financial aid to help it cope with the cost of saving its banks and that the Federal Reserve will consider additional support for the U.S. economy....

Clinton condemns latest violence in Syria

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
ISTANBUL (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Syria's recent violence is "simply unconscionable" and is blaming President Bashar Assad for "doubling down" on his harsh crackdown....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Owen: EU referendum 'inevitable'

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
A referendum on the UK's membership of the EU is "inevitable", former Foreign Secretary Lord Owen says.
Categories: BBC, News

Michaela widower may be recalled

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
John McAreavey, whose wife Michaela was killed on their honeymoon in Mauritius, may be recalled to the stand to give further evidence in the trial of two men accused of her murder.
Categories: BBC, News

Greek unemployment hits 21.9 pct in March

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 07:50
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's unemployment shot up to 21.9 percent in March, rising sharply from the 15.7 percent rate in the same month last year and up from 21.4 percent in February, the country's statistics agency said Thursday....
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