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Florida Attack on Civil Liberties Unprecedented
According to Maria Kayanan, associate legal director for the ACLU, “Florida because we seem to be kind of a Petri dish for experimenting with social programs and policies.” Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP controlled legislature have passed novel measures,…
Verizon Attack on Internet Misguided
Verizon is challenging a 2010 FCC rule that prevents companies that provided internet connections from censoring or favoring content. The claim this rule designed to protect a free and open internet is a violation of their free speech. If this…
Several injured in Kenya grenade attack
Police officers said to be among the casualties of incident in Garissa, a town near the Somalia border.
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Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels attacked a military airport in the country’s north on Saturday in a push to cut off Syria’s biggest city Aleppo from the capital Damascus, and secure a strategic north-south corridor.
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FBI to question Benghazi attack suspect
The FBI is expected to question a suspect in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, “in the coming days,” according to a U.S. government official with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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Dog attack woman ‘bled to death’
A woman died of shock caused by blood loss as a result of being bitten by her daughter’s dogs, a post-mortem examination shows.
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Girls hurt in Malala attack to be honored
Two Pakistani girls who were injured in an attack that nearly took the life of their classmate, schoolgirl activist Malala Yousufzai, are to be honored with a medal of courage, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday.
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Man dies after city stab attack
A murder investigation is under way after a man suffers fatal stab wounds during an attack in Sunderland.
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Rebels ‘attack key Syria airbase’
Rebels in Syria say they have launched a major offensive to capture the key airbase of Taftanaz in the north of the country.
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Women and children die in Pakistan bus attack
Eighteen people killed after gunmen riding on two motorbikes set ablaze a bus at a petrol station in southwest Pakistan.
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Hiker dies in bee attack
Police say a hiker is dead after falling 150 feet off a cliff during a bee attack at a popular Arizona recreation area.
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Clegg to attack Labour over EU
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to attack Labour after it sided with Tory rebels to inflict a defeat on the government over the EU budget.
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Official: Boys involved in Malala attack
Pakistani police say they suspect two boys are the ones who nearly killed a Pakistani teenage girl internationally famous for campaigning for girls’ education.
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Bomb attack hits northern Nigerian church
At least three people killed and several injured after a suicide bomber drives into a church in the city of Kaduna.
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Bomb attack hits Nigeria church
Several people have been killed or injured in an explosion during mass at a Catholic church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, officials say.
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Israeli airstrike kills one in Gaza attack
Palestinian fighter killed and another wounded after Gaza security sources report Israeli tanks entering Khan Yunis.
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Deaths in Afghan Eid suicide attack
Attack by man in police uniform leaves at least 25 killed and injured outside mosque in northern province of Faryab.
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Libyan suspect in US envoy attack killed
Karim Ahmed Essam el-Azizi was killed by bomb he had tried to use against security forces during raid, says official.
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Intel: Some in Benghazi attack tied to al Qaeda in Iraq
If U.S. intelligence is accurate, it would be the second al Qaeda affiliate linked to the attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
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White House told of Libyan attack claim Sept. 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
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