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Investigators in Mexico Detain Mayor and His Wife By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD MEXICO CITY — The fugitive mayor of a southern Mexican town where 43 college students were apparently abducted in September after he reportedly ordered the police to attack them was detained Tuesday along with his wife in an early-morning raid here, federal officials …
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Canada Launches First Air Strikes Against ISIL in Iraq By albawaba Canada has conducted its first air strike mission in Iraq, as part of the attacks carried out by the US-led coalition against ISIL militants operating in the country. Canadian Defence Minister Rob Nicholson made the announcement in a statement on Sunday. Two Canadian CF-18 …
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Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi Freed from Mexican Jail By William La Jeunesse, Dan Gallo After 214 days in a Mexican prison, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi returned home to Florida Saturday, having been freed Friday night after a strong diplomatic push appeared to help convince a judge to release the former Marine on humanitarian grounds. After reviewing …
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German Typhoons have Intercepted 7 Russian Air Force Combat Planes By David Cenciotti NATO Baltic Air Policing mission is quite busy these days…. According to the Latvian military, on Oct. 28, the German Air Force Eurofighter jets on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) at Amari, Estonia, to provide NATO Baltic Air Policing were scrambled to intercept …
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Suspicion Hangs Over Death of U.S. Journalist in Turkey By F. Michael Maloof Threatened days before car crash for her reporting on ISIS WASHINGTON – The death of an American journalist who worked in the Middle East has come under suspicion because she had claimed days before her death that the Turkish intelligence services had …
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Putin Condemns The U.S. for Undermining World Order and Instigating the Rise of ISIS By Rachel Blevins On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the current world order at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. During his speech, Putin spoke out in condemnation of the United States, and its relations with the rest of …
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Hungarians Revolt Against Internet Tax By RT Furious with the government plan to impose tax on Internet data traffic, thousands of Hungarians rallied in front of the Economy Ministry in Budapest to protect the freedom of the internet from the ‘anti-democratic’ measure. Tens of thousands gathered in front of the Economy Ministry building on Sunday, …
Taliban Resurgent As 13-Year War In Afghanistan Nears End By Christopher Harress As the Afghan military begins its first day in charge of combat operations in the region of Helmand province Monday, a resurgent and strengthened Taliban continues to gain control of key regions, including districts just outside of the nation’s capital, Kabul. The handover …
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Ottawa Attacker Used Lever Action Rifle, Not an ‘Assault Weapon’ By AWR Hawkins When recent Islamic convert Michael Zehif-Bibeau carried out the October 22 terror attack in Ottawa he used a lever action 30-30 rifle, not an “assault weapon.” To be specific, he used a Winchester Model 94 30-30–one of the oldest and most recognizable …
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West Waging a ‘CNN war’ in Syria as Isil Makes Gains in Iraq By Sofia Barbarani, Erbil and Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent While American air strikes on the Syrian border town of Kobane play out in front of the world’s media, Isil has made territorial gains in Iraq On the barren wastes of Mount …
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Try Eradicating Afghanistan’s Poppies; Blow $7.6 Billion By Matthew Gault The U.S. military learned the hard way not to interfere with Afghanistan’s thriving production of poppies, the colorful flowers that are the source of opium and, by extension, heroin. Now we know the cost of that lesson—a cool $7.6 billion. On Oct. 14, the U.S. …
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How many Ebola cases are there really? By Martin Enserink Every couple of days, the World Health Organization (WHO) issues a “situation update” on the Ebola epidemic, with new numbers of cases and deaths for each of the affected countries. These numbers―9216 and 4555 respectively, according to Friday’s update―are instantly reported and tweeted around the …
Administration Quietly Prepares ‘Surge’ Of Millions Of New Immigrant IDs by Jonathan Strong Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation of a large-scale executive amnesty may have already begun. Unnoticed until now, a draft …
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US slams Islamic State with 25 new air strikes in Iraq, Syria WASHINGTON: US war planes struck more than two dozen times in Syria and Iraq on Friday (Oct 17) and Saturday (Oct 18), hitting Islamic State militants and oil infrastructure they control, the American military said. Of 15 air strikes in Syria, 12 were …
Serious Financial Trouble Is Erupting In Germany And Japan By Michael Snyder There are some who believe that the next great financial crash will not begin in the United States. Instead, they are convinced that a financial crisis that begins in Europe or in Japan (or both) will end up spreading across the globe and …
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