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Barack Obama sets limits on drone use steps for closing Guantanamo
An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is pictured as it flies over the aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, after being launched from the ship in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will lay out a new U.S. policy on Thursday that limits the use of armed drones to times when Americans face an ...
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EU probes ally of Kosovo PM ambassador for war crimes
A file photo shows senior ex-commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Sami Lushtaku (L) during a reburial ceremony at village of Likoshane in, February 28, ...
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Insight In attackers argot Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar ...
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TGI Fridays nailed for doctoring booze
TRENTON, N.J. Here's one that will sober you up. Twenty-nine bars and restaurants, nearly half of them TGI Fridays, filled premium brand liquor bottles with lower-quality booze and sold it to patrons who thought they were buying the good stuff, authorities said Wednesday. Worse yet, investigators said at least one New Jersey bar was mixing food dye with rubbing alcohol and serving it as ...
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Ex-teacher on FBI Most Wanted list due in court in child porn case
FBI (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Former elementary school teacher Eric Justin Toth, who was on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives, is due in federal court Thusday on a child pornography ...
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Slain London soldier was 25-year-old drummer father
brutally killed in a knife attack in Southeast London Wednesday was remembered by British military officials as a popular, well-liked drummer and loving father of a 2-year-old ...
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Malaysia arrests opposition figures
Malaysian police have arrested three opposition politicians and activists and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after a divisive election that sparked a series of protests. Opposition member of parliament Tian Chua, who is vice president of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance), and pro-opposition activists Haris Ibrahim and Tamrin ...
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Fatal London attack British soldier named
Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been part of previous investigations by security services, a British official said, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instil terror on the streets of London. The men, suspected of hacking the off-duty soldier to death while horrified bystanders watched, boasted of ...
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Pivoting From a War Footing Obama Acts to Curtail Drones
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>Editor's note: Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences.(CNN) -- The brutal killing of a British soldier Wednesday near a military barracks in the Woolwich neighborhood of southeast London has shocked the United Kingdom. Prime Minister David Cameron said the act appears to have been a terrorist ...
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Teacher who confronted terrorists
>Were you there? Send us your photos, videos(CNN) -- Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London. Thursday she was being hailed as one incredibly brave woman who confronted a man seconds after he hacked a British soldier to death in broad daylight. READ MORE: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands ...
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Dont-miss spots in the Smokies
>Editor's note: CNN.com's weekly Summer in the Park series turns to rangers at the United States' most popular national parks to get insider recommendations for your visits, whether you have just one day or can stay longer. The series will run through Labor Day.(CNN) -- The boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina might be one of the loveliest border crossings ever: It's the crest of the ...
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Govt Predicts Active or Extremely Active Hurricane Season This Year
government agency's website . The other alternative being offered by NOAA is that this year's hurricane season will be "extremely active." "For the six-month hurricane season, which begins June 1, NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook says there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 7 to 11 could become ...
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Obama Condemns London Terror Attack Doesnt Single Out Motivation
President Barack Obama condmned the London terror attack, but he didn't single out a motivation for beheading. Here's Obama's statement: "I condemn in the strongest terms the appalling attack against a British service member in Woolwich on May 22. The United States stands resolute with the United Kingdom, our ally and friend, against violent extremism and terror. There can ...
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Italys Berlusconi in tax fraud scheme as PM judges say
Reuters © People of Freedom party member Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he makes an address on stage in Brescia May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro ...
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Ukraine Court Bans Planned Gay-Pride Rally
A court in Kyiv has banned what would have been Ukraine's first Gay Pride parade. The court on May 23 upheld a suit by Kyiv authorities, who say the rally, which gay rights activists had planned to hold on May 25, would disrupt celebrations for the annual Kyiv Day that will take place on the same day. The court said the rally also risked sparking violence. Last year, Gay Pride ...
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Abbas says Israel must act before returning to table
PA president in Ramallah reiterates demand for full cessation of settlement construction, release of Palestinian prisoners before returning to negotiating table with Israel in meeting with US Secretary of ...
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Five Cars vandalized in latest price tag attack
Police said five vehicles parked on one of the main streets in the neighborhood of Gilo, in southwestern East Jerusalem, were vandalized in a "price tag" attack early Thursday morning, allegedly by Jewish extremists.Price-tag attacks are defined as acts of violence and vandalism against Palestinians and Israeli security forces by radical Israeli settlers to exact a "price" ...
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Kerry samples Palestinian sweets shawarma
RAMALLAH, West Bank) - US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped off the diplomatic track on Thursday and onto a West Bank street where he sampled a shawarma sandwich and a pistachio-sprinkled Palestinian sweet.In a rare gesture for a US secretary of state - but a staple of US political campaigns - Kerry dropped by the Samer Restaurant in the Palestinian city of Ramallah to enjoy typical ...
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Lee Rigby pictured Face of innocent drummer 25 butchered in Woolwich by Muslim fanatics
But as he walked towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, yesterday afternoon, he was run down by a car on the pavement and hacked to death in a shocking ...
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Help for Heroes website flooded with wellwishers after Woolwich attack
Military charity Help for Heroes has been swamped with donations and messages of support in response to the brutal murder of a soldier by Islamist ...
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Police investigating alleged child sex attacker at nursery arrest five suspects
Officers from West Mercia Police swooped on three branches of the privately-run Bright Eyes Nurseries in Bromsgrove, Redditch and Droitwich, all in ...
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Ghitis The real enemy in London
>Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. " Follow her on Twitter: @FridaGColumns.(CNN) -- When a man with hands drenched in blood stands just feet away from the body of a person he just hacked to ...
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Britain names soldier killed in London he had served in Afghanistan
Manchester United fan and a drummer in the military band, he had also served in Germany and Cyprus but was at the time of his death working in London. "An extremely popular and witty soldier, Drummer Rigby was a larger than life personality within the Corps of Drums and was well known, liked and respected across the Second Fusiliers," said a statement from the ministry of defence. ...
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Low key fanatics new face of terror
The killing of a soldier in broad daylight yesterday in Woolwich, London, has all the hallmarks of the very nightmare MI5 has feared - low-key fanatics arming themselves with basic weapons and targeting a soldier or other victim at random. The apparent attackers yesterday, believed to be Islamic militants armed with knives including a meat cleaver, were shot and injured by police. British police ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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