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Al-Qaida No. 2 dies in US drone strike in Pakistan

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Napoleon's English letter on show

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
A rare letter written by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in fledgling English goes on show in Paris ahead of an auction at the weekend.
Categories: BBC, News

Sean Parker's Airtime destined to fail?

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
It sounds like a name-dropping marketer's dream:
Categories: CNN, News

Obama's Debt Boom

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
The most predictable crisis in history.


New protest law passed in Russia

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Russia's upper house completes parliamentary approval of a controversial bill that sharply increases fines for breaking laws governing protests.
Categories: BBC, News

Drones Away

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Check another name off the President's 'kill list.'


Spain rejects bailout speculation

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Spain's economy minister rejects claims that the country is about to seek aid for its banking sector, as pressure grows on authorities to act.
Categories: BBC, News

Trepidation of the Spheres

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Sic transit Venus, until 2117.


Olympic sponsors eye London 2012 gold

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Olympic sponsors eye London 2012 medals
Categories: BBC, News

Warren Kozak: FDR's D-Day Prayer

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Roosevelt's address stands as a testament to how much our nation has changed since that evening in the late spring of 1944.


Pupils produce anti-bigotry film

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Schools throughout Scotland will be given a strong anti-sectarian message in a course funded by the Crown Office.
Categories: BBC, News

GB athletes 'will learn anthem'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Athletes chosen to represent Team GB at the London Olympics will know the national anthem, says UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee.
Categories: BBC, News

Ancient Greek solution for debt crisis

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
How the Ancient Greeks would solve the financial crisis
Categories: BBC, News

Google offers state attack alerts

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
The search giant has introduced an alert system to warn users it suspects are the target of state-sponsored attacks.
Categories: BBC, News

Worry over public epilepsy attack

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
People with epilepsy are facing discrimination and many worry about leaving their homes in case they have an attack, a survey suggests.
Categories: BBC, News

Jenkins: The J.P. Morgan Distraction

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
The real backstory to the trading snafu are the actions of the world's central banks.


American Scene: ACLU says school wrong to outlaw anti-gay shirt

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ACLU: School wrong to outlaw anti-gay shirt

HARTFORD | The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday said a Connecticut high school violated a student's rights to free expression by asking him to remove a T-shirt with an anti-gay message.

Seth Groody, a junior at Wolcott High School, wore the ...

Rael Jean Isaac: Europe's Green Energy Suicide

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
If it's cheap and plentiful—even low in carbon-dioxide emissions—much of the continent wants no part of it.


Ilya Shapiro: Why Obama Strikes Out in Court

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-31 08:30
Three unanimous Supreme Court decisions against the government suggest that the administration has a faulty view of federal power.


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