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Morning Brief: Yemeni Govt. Claims to Have Foiled Terror Plot
Yemeni Govt. Claims to Have Foiled Terror Plot Top news: The Yemeni government claims to have foiled an audacious terrorist plot that involved blowing up oil pipelines, seizing ports, and attacking embassies in the country's capital. The attack would...
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Wed, Aug 07 2013 6:06 AM
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No, Al Qaeda Is Not About to Blow Up Your Blouse
The panic over an alleged al Qaeda plot went into overdrive Monday night, when ABC News reported that terrorists in Yemen were experimenting with a new and virtually undetectable bomb-making technique: dipping their clothes into liquid explosive that...
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Tue, Aug 06 2013 11:50 AM
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Will China Ever Purchase a U.S. Media Company?
In May 2010, when the Washington Post Company put Newsweek up for sale, it called for bids from interested parties. One surprising entry into the race was Southern Media Group, a Chinese media conglomerate that publishes the relatively liberal newspaper...
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Tue, Aug 06 2013 10:50 AM
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Al Qaeda's Yemen Affiliate Keeps Threatening U.S. Embassies
As new details have emerged about the terrorist threat that forced the closure of 19 U.S. diplomatic posts and the evacuation of American and British personnel from Yemen, officials have repeatedly raised alarms about how remarkably specific this particular...
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Tue, Aug 06 2013 10:00 AM
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Yemen
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National Security
Washington Spin War Erupts Over Terror Alert
With 19 American diplomatic outposts closed around the world , the Obama administration's spies are currently waging an intense campaign to track down the terrorists they believe are behind the latest threat to U.S. national security. Just today,...
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Tue, Aug 06 2013 6:00 AM
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Intelligence
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National Security
Morning Brief: U.S., Britain Withdraw Personnel from Yemen as Details of Threat Emerge
U.S., Britain Withdraw Personnel from Yemen as Details of Threat Emerge Top News: The closure of Western embassies across the Middle East continues today, and U.S. and British governments have recalled non-emergency personnel from diplomatic missions...
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Tue, Aug 06 2013 5:55 AM
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'Defeated' al Qaeda Experiencing a 'Renaissance'
Think fast: Is al Qaeda defeated? Is it stronger than ever? Or is it both? Not sure? You're in good company. Terrorism analysts can't decide either, and the threat of an attack by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has shuttered U.S. and...
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Mon, Aug 05 2013 3:00 PM
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Terrorism
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Middle East
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South Asia
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Yemen
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Protest Tourism Comes to Cairo
In the long litany of complaints against the Muslim Brotherhood's ill-fated time in power, the group's inability to revive Egypt's once-prospering tourism industry ranks high. Now, a group of Egyptian youths are trying to succeed where the...
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Mon, Aug 05 2013 2:25 PM
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Egypt
Egyptians Already Hate the Next U.S. Ambassador to Cairo
It's not easy being Robert Ford. The former U.S. ambassador to Syria braved attacks on the American embassy in Damascus by pro-Assad mobs, and even risked his life by traveling to the city of Hama and northern Syria. Now, he has been recommended as...
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Mon, Aug 05 2013 8:15 AM
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Egypt
Morning Brief: U.S. Closes Diplomatic Posts Amid Terror Threat
U.S. Closes Diplomatic Posts Amid Terror Threat Top news: Amid what American security officials are vaguely describing as high levels of terrorist "chatter," nineteen American diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East and Africa will stay...
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Mon, Aug 05 2013 5:58 AM
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X-Keyscore: The NSA Tool So Secret It's Advertised on Job Boards
If the National Security Agency wants to lower its public profile, it should probably start by telling some of its biggest contractors to stop advertising the names of agency programs in their job listings. Take, for example, the most recently revealed...
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Fri, Aug 02 2013 1:50 PM
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The Troubling Takeaway from Snowden's Leaks: America Is Drowning in Secrets
With his slow, steady stream of leaked NSA documents, Edward Snowden is offering a glimpse into what President Obama's pledge of transparent government might have looked like -- had he chosen to deliver on it. When he arrived in office, Obama declared...
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Fri, Aug 02 2013 9:40 AM
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Morning Brief: U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum
U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum Top news: The White House says it is " extremely disappointed " by Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The decision ends Snowden's 39 day in the...
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Fri, Aug 02 2013 5:30 AM
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Uruguay's Strategy for Breaking Into the Pot-Dealing Business
Late Wednesday evening, the lower house of Uruguay's legislature passed a bill providing for the establishment of a fully legal, regulated marijuana market. If the bill is approved by the Senate -- a likely outcome, given the ruling Broad Front's...
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Thu, Aug 01 2013 4:30 PM
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Drugs & Crime
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Latin America
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Law
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Economics
Video: Massive Fireball Rocks Homs
A huge fireball rises above the jagged, shelled-out skyline of Homs. The explosion looks almost too large to be real -- and when it began circulating across social media this morning, it drew skepticism -- but now, multiple videos are emerging and the...
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Thu, Aug 01 2013 11:20 AM
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FP Passport
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Syria
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