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Did Kim Jong Il order the torpedo strike?
Which interpretation of the (not-so-shocking) news that North Korea sank a South Korean warship is more troubling: that Kim Jong Il ordered the torpedo strike, or that he didn't? Ruediger Frank , a North Korea expert at the University of Vienna, says...
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Wed, May 19 2010 7:57 PM
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The pricetag of that Afghan army
How much does it cost to build your own army? The U.S. military is in the process of finding out in Afghanistan, where a key pillar of the counterinsurgency strategy -- and indeed, the lynchpin that will allow U.S. troops to eventually pull out -- is...
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Thu, May 20 2010 11:24 AM
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Mapped: The Sites of the World's 200 Scariest Horror Movies
"The Geography of Horro r ," a Halloween-themed interactive map by the software company Esri, plots the locations of 200 horror movies, from Psycho (which evidently took place along California's interstate 10, somewhere between Blythe and...
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Thu, Oct 31 2013 9:15 AM
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Morning Brief: NSA Surveillance Went 'Too Far' Says Kerry as Snowden Agrees to Help German Investigation
NSA Surveillance Went 'Too Far' Says Kerry as Snowden Agrees to Help German Investigation Top News: Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reportedly told a German member of parliament that he would cooperate in a German investigation of the U.S...
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Fri, Nov 01 2013 5:09 AM
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China's military launches analog dating service to replace digital fun
While soldiers in the U.S. military can text, tweet, and produce all the Lady Gaga spoofs they want, digital life in the People's Liberation Army is a little bit tougher. And it's not likely to get any easier soon; on top of all the standard bans...
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Wed, Jun 30 2010 7:05 AM
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No Twitter revolution in Japan
Twitter may be rapidly gaining ground in the United States, but it's in Japan that the social media service has really exploded. Sixteen percent of all Japanese Internet users are now on Twitter , compared to just under ten percent of American Web...
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Wed, Jun 30 2010 4:06 PM
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Morning Brief: Aid from flotilla makes its way to Gaza
Aid from flotilla makes its way to Gaza Top story: Humanitarian aid from the Gaza-bound flotilla, which the Israel Defense Forces raided when it attempted to breach its blockade on May 31, killing nine, began arriving in Gaza by land. The cargo had been...
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Thu, Jul 01 2010 5:00 AM
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Is Obama in any hurry to fix immigration? - By Joshua Keating
In President Barack Obama's speech on immigration at American University today he described a "sense of urgency" surrounding the country's broken immigration system, but what really stood out from the speech was the degree to which Obama...
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Thu, Jul 01 2010 1:55 PM
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Morning Brief: More than 50 killed in attack on Sufi shrine in Pakistan
More than 50 killed in attack on Sufi shrine in Pakistan Top news: The death toll has climbed to 50 from a triple suicide bombing at Pakistan's most important Sufi shrine in Lahore, a devastating attack clearly directed against the country's moderate...
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Fri, Jul 02 2010 5:49 AM
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If you're a not-so-diehard World Cup fan (read: ever since Landon Donovan dropped out of sight, you've...
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Fri, Jul 02 2010 12:25 PM
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The White Flag approach
Somalia's transitional federal government doesn't have a lot going for it. No control over the territory, no money in the coffers, no ability to tax, and no ability to offer services. This is not exactly a new predicament, but it's also not...
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Tue, Jul 06 2010 9:52 AM
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What the heck is Gerald Posner doing in Afghanistan? - By Charles Homans
Maybe it was all the excitement with the Russian spies last week, but somehow we missed one of the more intriguing things to grace the Wall Street Journal 's letters page in a while: A full-throated defense of Hamid Karzai's brother, Mahmood Karzai...
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Tue, Jul 06 2010 4:52 PM
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Swedish parliament to host Pirate Bay?
In what may be its most audacious move yet, the Swedish Pirate Party , which aims to radically liberalize copyright and patent law, thinks it may have found a new home for the controversial filesharing site Pirate Bay: After a pan-European legal attempt...
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Wed, Jul 07 2010 10:22 AM
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New store lets angry Chinese women smash things - by Brian Fung
Face it -- nothing's more satisfying when you're angry than taking a whack at large, breakable objects. Problem is, smashing your own property to bits carries some pretty disappointing consequences, like having to clean up the mess -- or, in extreme...
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Thu, Jul 08 2010 12:56 PM
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Morning Brief: U.S. and Russia swap spies in Vienna
U.S. and Russia swap spies in Vienna Top news: In the largest operation of its kind since the end of the Cold War, the United States exchanged 10 people convicted of spying for Russia for four convicted in Russia of spying for the United States. The exchange...
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Fri, Jul 09 2010 5:45 AM
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