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09 Jul 2009 08:21

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World: Post-U.S. occupation, Iraq’s dealing with the same problems

That’s right, another bombing in Iraq, but this time, the U.S. is largely out of dodge. 41+ died in two attacks – this one and one in Baghdad. source
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03 Jul 2009 21:08

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Tech: Not even Apple Stores in nice ‘hoods are safe from shootings

  • But … but … this is where we bought our iPhone! An Apple Store in Arlington, Va. (where literally, we bought our iPhone) was the scene of a random shooting. An employee was injured after a man came into the store and attacked the woman. The area it happened, so posh that a popular YouTube video makes fun of how street it isn’t, was such an unlikely spot for a shooting or robbery that customers thought boxes were falling down. On the plus side, the store was packed but the employee was the only one hurt. source
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03 Jul 2009 02:18

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U.S.: Next in the police-messing-with-good-samaritans file …

  • As you might remember, an ambulance in Oklahoma was pulled over by a police officer while he had a patient inside after the officer believed he was flicked off by an EMT. That situation was very he-said-he-said. source
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01 Jul 2009 22:40

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U.S., World: Yo, Taliban in Afghanistan growing opium: Watch out for Marines

  • 4,000 Marines are coming to kick butt and take names source
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22 Jun 2009 10:24

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World: A suicide bomber hit a Russian regional leader in this mangled car

Yunus Bek Yevkurov was critically wounded in the suicide bombing, part of a trend of assassination attempts in North Caucasus. source
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20 Jun 2009 14:05

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World: In Pakistan, the fight against the Taliban is heating up

  • 44+ have died in conflicts between military and Taliban forces source
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20 Jun 2009 13:10

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World: A huge death toll in the wake of a northern Iraq mosque attack

  • 55+ were killed after a truck bomb exploded in front of a mosque source
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14 Jun 2009 19:24

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World: Is your name Baitullah Mehsud? If so, there’s a target on your head

  • The Pakistani government is gunning for him. The military has started operations to take down Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader. He’s responsible for much of the instability in the region, and we even have someone saying as much. “Baitullah Mehsud is the root cause of all evils,” said Owais Ghani, governor of the adjoining North West Frontier Province, near the rumored location of the country’s Taliban hideouts in South Waziristan. See? Told you. source
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13 Jun 2009 11:41

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World: The world boosts its sanctions. North Korea sez “SCREW. YOU.”

  • No matter how hard the U.S.-led hostile forces may try all sorts of isolation and blockade, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), a proud nuclear power, will not flinch from them.
  • North Korea • Which said it would weaponize its plutonium and enrich uranium in response to sanctions that were put on them by the rest of the world. Because that’s gonna help matters. • source
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10 Jun 2009 09:30

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World: A car bomb rips through a neighborhood in southern Iraq

  • 29+ dead and dozens injured in the rare attack on Nasiriyah source
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