The top US military officer said on Saturday he was confident that enough American troops would remain in Afghanistan after 2014 to accomplish the three-part mission agreed to by allies at last year’s Nato summit in Chicago.
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The reasoning is this; The Russian elites were willing to let Putin reign free as long as they could loot Russia unhindered. If Putin is serious about tackling corruption, he is bound to loose their support and could face serious opposition.
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A group representing German academics announced Monday (13 August) they were seeking to delay beyond an expected ruling by the country’s top court on whether the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the fiscal compact agreed by European leaders violate German law by taking responsibility away from national lawmakers
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Eight days after playing the song “Stupid Girls” before a story about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the scoring geniuses at CNN were at it again.
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Nearly a year after the zoo introduced iPads as a form of enrichment, the primate building is being rewired for wifi so the orangutans can have their play dates and the public can watch them on a webcam.
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Yeeeeeh for climate change. The shark is happy.
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“…Pickens is an activist; he introduced the Pickens Plan, which aims to reduce America’s dependency on foreign oil. His plan puts a particular emphasis on replacing oil with alternative energy sources, such as natural gas…”
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Avaaz is emerging as a key player in the uprising by smuggling reporting equipment, correspondents and medical supplies into the country. (Avaaz was set up with money from a George Soros trust)
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“I expected there was going to be a big uprising, with the anniversary,” Ecclestone was quoted as saying. But I think what happened, apparently, was that there were a lot of kids having a go at the police.”
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In another move aimed at aiding his re-election, President Obama on Tuesday announced that Cecilia Munoz, a former senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), would replace Melody Barnes as head of his Domestic Policy Council.
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