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Olympic officials bar Iraq from Beijing Games
Los Angeles Times (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
The International Olympic Committee says the seven-member team cannot compete next month because the Iraqi government replaced the country's Olympic panel with a new body. Four years after its athletes received a huge ovation at the first Olympics after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq was told Thursday that its seven-member team would not be allowed to compete in Beijing because of a dispute with... -
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A look at key parts of the global AIDS bill
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Health
The global AIDS bill Congress is preparing to send President Bush would: --Approve $48 billion over the next five years for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs in Africa and other afflicted areas of the world. It also would approve $2 billion for American Indian health, water and law enforcement programs. -
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Talula Does The Hula
Truemors (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
It is ok to give your child an unusual name because your kid will stand out from the crowd. But always remember: Your child will be stuck with it for the rest of his or her life. No “Talula Does The Hula“, please. Judge Rob Murfitt recently renamed 9-year-old “Talula Does The Hula” because her [...] -
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Obama Has Overwhelming Latino Support. Duh
Jack and Jill Politics (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
Remember all that b.s. from the primary campaign about how Obama couldn’t get Latino votes and about the great black-brown rift? Overstated much? From the CNN Political Ticker A new poll released Thursday shows overwhelming support from Latinos for Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain. Obama’s approval rating with registered Latino voters, the nationwide Pew Hispanic Center [...] -
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Max Mosley wins record privacy damages over News of the World Nazi orgy slur
All OF F1 (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | World
Mr Justice Eady awarded the 68-year-old £60,000 damages, dwarfing all earlier privacy ruling damages and prompting fears over the future of legitimate journalist investigations. Mr Mosley, the son of the 1930s British Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, had been filmed by the paper cavorting with five prostitutes in a basement fast in London, but denied claims he had been acting out Nazi fantasies. Speaking...
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11 Suspended After WNBA Brawl
Sports - The Post Chronicle (subscribe) | 49 minutes ago | Sports
Ten players and one coach were suspended Thursday by WNBA officials reacting to an on-court brawl involving the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock. ... -
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DDG-1000 headed to watery grave
Iraq Insider (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | US
DOD watchers saw it coming, but now it appears official : The Navy will cancel the DDG-1000 "Zumwalt" destroyer program after only two ships. Seven ships were originally planned. The Navy will instead build more DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class ships, which are significantly cheaper. For detailed information on the DDG-1000 and the cancellation decision, see my colleague Chris Hellman's new fact sheet that... -
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Obama scraps visit to wounded troops
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2002 Justice Memo OKs CIA Interrogation Tactics
Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners' will would not cause "prolonged mental harm." -
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Scientists Find Trigger Of Northern Lights' 'Dance'
Free Internet Press (subscribe) | 25 minutes ago | Sciences
Scientists say they have discovered what makes the northern lights dance. Researchers working on a NASA mission to understand the interplay of magnetic fields and charged particles blown outward from the Sun have identified the trigger for the colorful electrical storms in the polar regions. They hope this is a step in developing reliable forecasts of geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites... - see all breaking news
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Obama On Tonight's Berlin Speech: "A Crap Shoot"
Political Punch (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
How does one prepare to speak to a million screaming Germans? I asked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, this question as he boarded O Force One and came back to the reporters' veal pen before the plane took off from Tel... -
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Remarks of Senator Obama in Berlin Germany
Obama HQ (subscribe) | yesterday | World
Senator Obama delivered the following remarks in Berlin, Germany... Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome. I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight,... -
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McCain criticizes Obama for giving foreign speech -- despite having done the same thing...
AMERICAblog (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Remember, last month, when McCain gave the campaign speech in Canada ? Most of us remember. McCain doesn't: In his interview with NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, which will air on NBC's Nightly News tonight, McCain questions whether Obama should have given a speech in Berlin before becoming president. "I would rather speak at a rally or a political gathering any place outside of the country after I am president... -
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Open Web Foundation Officially Launches
TechCrunch (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
This morning at that OSCON conference David Recordon of Six Apart will announce on stage the formation of the Open Web Foundation. The new foundation is about providing a home for the development and ratification of web-related standards efforts. The foundation will be focused on developing the technical specifications of protocols used for communication and [...] -
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Knol is open to everyone
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | 07/23/2008 | Technology
A few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol . Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we're making Knol available to everyone. The web contains vast amounts of information, but not everything worth knowing is on the web. An enormous amount of information resides in people's heads : millions of people... - see blog ranking see all discussions
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