Friday, June 24, 2011

Now, New York approves gay marriage

Now, New York approves gay marriage

Now, New York approves gay marriage

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New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.


Israeli PM's teen son maligns Muslims on Facebook

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The Israeli prime minister's 19-year-old son - a military spokesman - posted derisive comments about Arabs and Muslims on his Facebook page, drawing a slap on the wrist from his superiors and focusing new attention on the controversial first family.


Hezbollah says CIA recruited members to spy

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Hezbollah's leader said Friday that the Islamic militant group had captured three spies in its ranks, two of whom were allegedly recruited by the CIA to spy for Israel.


Rwandan woman is first ever convicted of genocide

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The U.N. Court trying suspects of the 1994 Rwanda genocide found a female former government minister and her son guilty of war crimes on Friday and gave both life sentences, marking the first time a woman has been convicted of genocide.


15 die as Syrians march demanding Assad's ouster

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Defying government guns, thousands of Syrian protesters poured down city streets and a main highway Friday to press demands for President Bashar Assad's ouster. Security forces opened fire, killing at least 15 people, including two children, activists said.


Warsaw airport hosts Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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Hundreds of airplane enthusiasts have hoisted binoculars to the skies to watch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner make its first landing at Warsaw's Frederic Chopin airport. The airplane arrived directly from its showcase at the Paris Air Show. Warsaw is the first commercial airport in Europe to host it.


Bombs explode in 3 Myanmar cities, wounding 2

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Bombs exploded almost simultaneously in three cities across Myanmar on Friday, wounding at least two people but causing no fatalities, the government and residents said.


More than 1,500 refugees flee Syria in one day

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According to Turkey's Foreign Ministry, more than 1,500 Syrian refugees have crossed the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day. The refugees crossed over on Thursday as Syrian troops pushed to the border in their sweep against a 3-month-old pro-democracy movement.


20 kg bomb defused at Karachi mosque

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Pakistani police today foiled a major terror bid to bomb a Shia mosque inside a hospital compound in Karachi by defusing a massive bomb fitted with two detonators.


Tsunami warning follows 7.2 magnitude Pacific quake

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The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says a tsunami warning has been posted for certain coastal areas of Alaska. That warning covers an area from 80 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor to about 125 miles west of Adak.


Blasts rip through western Baghdad, killing 40

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Four bombs ripped through Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad Thursday evening, killing at least 40 people in the worst violence the capital has seen in months, Iraqi officials said. An American civilian aid specialist working to improve education in Iraq was killed in a separate attack.


Osama wanted new name for Al Qaeda to repair image

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As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that Al Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was killing too many Muslims and that was bad for business. The West was winning the public relations fight. All his old comrades were dead and he barely knew their replacements.


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