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Al-Qaeda: Latest Missile Attack Bears Hallmarks Of U.S. Military
MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN—At a press conference Monday, al-Qaeda spokesman Abu Musab al-Madani stated that last week’s missile attack on a terrorist hideout in Pakistan ...
268 Feral Cats Removed From U.N. Headquarters
The rest of this year's pop culture to be "pretty rough,” The Economist lets readers catch up, and a Wal-Mart greeter knows exactly how ...
U.N. Evicted From Headquarters
'Disgusting' World Organization Illegally Housing 268 Feral Cats, Say City Officials
NEW YORK—Citing squalid conditions "unfit for human habitation," the New York City Department of Health confirmed Tuesday that the United Nations had been evicted ...
'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up
LONDON—World-renowned news and opinion magazine The Economist announced plans to suspend any new online and print content for the next month in an effort ...
Libyan Rebels Still Working Full-Time At Other Jobs
TRIPOLI—Rebel forces hoping to oust Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi confirmed Tuesday that they were having difficulties coordinating their rebellion while still working a full ...
Qaddafi Asks Closest Advisers If They Think He's A Bad Person
TRIPOLI—In the midst of widespread unrest, Libyan president Muammar Qaddafi convened his closest advisers Tuesday and asked them to be totally honest about whether ...
International Criminal Court Announces New '3 Strikes' Genocide Policy
THE HAGUE—In an effort to crack down on the systematic killing of entire races and ethnic groups, International Criminal Court officials introduced a new ...
Deaths Of 20,000 Japanese Afford Planet Solid 15 Minutes In Which Everyone Acts Like A Human Being
EARTH—Following the recent earthquake and tsunami that tragically took the lives of an estimated 20,000 Japanese citizens, the planet Earth was afforded a ...
Which Afghanistan strike was most critical to winning the war on terror?
The Pentagon had a string of military successes in Afghanistan this month. Which do you think was most important strategically to winning the war on ...
Oxford English Dictionary To Add 'Skype' And 'Coat' To Latest Edition
OXFORD, U.K.—Editors of the Oxford English Dictionary announced Tuesday their plans to include the words "Skype" and "coat" in their most recent update ...
Nuclear Power Companies Hit Hard
In the wake of nuclear accidents following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, investors drove down the prices of atomic-energy stocks.
Pope To Ease Up On Jesus Talk
Pontiff Trying To Be Not So In-Your-Face With That Stuff
VATICAN CITY—Acknowledging that he has perhaps been laying it on a little thick with the religion stuff lately, Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that ...
Libyans Agree To Come Up With Something For Qaddafi To Do All Day In Exchange For Him Leaving
TRIPOLI—In an act of reciprocity they called "vital to the future of our nation," the leaders of the rebel uprising in Libya said this ...
China Cracking Down On Foreign Journalists
In the wake of the upheaval in the Middle East, the Chinese government has been tracking, detaining, and even beating foreign journalists who have attempted ...
U.S. Forces Take Over Key Afghan City That Will Be Retaken By Taliban When Marines Leave
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN—After U.S. Marines secured several government centers, markets, and fuel depots in Kandahar Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that the Afghan city had ...
Al-Qaeda Recruiting Suicide Bombers With Promise Of Halfway Decent Job In Afterlife
WASHINGTON—Intelligence officials said Tuesday that al-Qaeda is recruiting a new generation of suicide bombers with assurances that martyrs will be rewarded in the afterlife ...
