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Peanut executive in salmonella case faces prison for life

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A year after a federal jury convicted him of crimes behind a salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and sickening hundreds more, former peanut executive Stewart Parnell returns to court facing possible imprisonment for the rest of his life....

A Hotline for Soldiers in Crisis

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A Hotline for Soldiers in Crisis
In 2010, an anguished call came into the Veterans Affairs suicide prevention hotline center in upstate New York.

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How the modern civil rights struggle lost its religion

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The front lines of the fight for civil rights are no longer "manned" by the traditional leaders of the black community: well-dressed, respectable clergymen.
     

Gay military members reflect on service before, after DADT, marriage ruling

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Staff Sgts. Blake Briggs and Duane Schroeder could have been fired or denied entry when they first joined the Air Force if they were open about their sexual orientation.
     

Homeland security chief pledges careful vetting of refugees

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FULTON, Mo. (AP) — Thousands of Syrian refugees eventually bound for the U.S. will be screened “carefully” to ensure that none of them are terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday.
During a keynote speech at the Missouri college where Winston Churchill made his famous “Iron Curtain” speech seven decades ago, Johnson offered no clarity on how quickly the vetting of the 10,000 refugees from the war-torn country that the U.S.

Hamas pleads with Cairo to stop flooding its smuggling tunnels

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September 20, 2015, 6:55 PM (IDT)
The Palestinian extremist Hamas has formally requested that Egypt give up building a fish farming pool at the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, which borders on northern Sinai. According to Hamas, the pool is nothing but a cover for the flooding of the smuggling tunnels between Gaza and the peninsula. Destroying the tunnels, says the Palestinian group, would cut the enclave off from the “free world.”

US and China Seek Arms Deal for Cyberspace - CNBC

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US and China Seek Arms Deal for Cyberspace
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WASHINGTON — The United States and China are negotiating what could become the first arms control accord for cyberspace, embracing a commitment by each country that it will not be the first to use cyberweapons to cripple the other's critical ...

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It's in Britain's interest to bond with China now - The Guardian

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It's in Britain's interest to bond with China now
The Guardian
China is now the world's largest economy. Mandarin is taught in schools right across the world. And a new Silk Road for international trade, made up of roads, high-speed railway lines, bridges and airport hubs, stretches from Shanghai and Beijing ...

Thorny issues roil relations between U.S., China - The Seattle Times

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Thorny issues roil relations between U.S., China
The Seattle Times
Gov. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times) Gov. Jay Inslee, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, China President Xi Jinping, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner, University of Washington interim President Ana Mari ...
City warns traffic may be nightmare next week during visit by China's presidentQ13 FOX

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Why China Is Turning Back to Confucius - Wall Street Journal

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Why China Is Turning Back to Confucius
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING—One Thursday morning in June, 200 senior officials crammed into an auditorium in the Communist Party's top training academy to study a revolutionary idea at the heart of President Xi Jinping's vision for China. They didn't come to brush up on ...

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Bill Gertz Talks Cyberwar, S. China Sea, IS Intel Scandal on Secure Freedom Radio 

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Washington Free Beacon Senior Editor Bill Gertz appeared on Secure Freedom Radio on Friday to discuss President Obama’s tepid response to Chinese expansion in the South China Sea, Russian cyberattacks against the United States, and an emerging scandal over the alleged politicization of intelligence about the Islamic State.
Gertz told host Michael Ledeen that President Obama has instructed the U.S. Navy not to challenge Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
“There was a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee where the commander of U.S. Pacific Command admitted under questioning that the Obama administration has blocked his command from conducting freedom of movement exercises around these disputed islands in the South China Sea,” Gertz said.
“This is a very strategic waterway. They are trying to control it, and the Obama administration in its appeasement-oriented policy toward China did not want to upset the Chinese by carrying out these exercises,” Gertz said.
Gertz said that revelations about Russia’s hacking of U.S. industrial systems highlighted “a key vulnerability” in U.S. cybersecurity.
“As relates to Russia, [Director of National Intelligence James Clapper] disclosed what I reported back in 2014: that Russian hackers—assumed to be government and military—had penetrated our industrial control systems for key infrastructure. They were using these penetrations to conduct reconnaissance for future cyberattacks during a crisis or armed conflict.”
Gertz also spoke about allegations that senior administration officials had altered intelligence reports about the Islamic State (IS) to more closely reflect the White House’s talking points on the subject.
“A number of intelligence analysts have come forward and said their reports on the alleged progress or lack of it against Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria have been skewed to conform to the rosy picture the Obama administration has tried to make that we’re succeeded in this feckless bombing campaign,” Gertz said.
Gertz appears regularly on Secure Freedom Radio, which is a production of the Center for Security Policy.
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Russia's Opposition Rallies In Moscow In Wake Of Election Losses 

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Thousands of Russian opposition activists and their supporters have rallied in Moscow, in the wake of regional elections that saw the ruling party trouncing opposition candidates in voting criticized as rigged.

Peanut executive in salmonella case faces prison for life

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Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017

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BERLIN (AP) -- The United States is seeking to ease the Syrian refugee crisis by significantly increasing the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged....

US to Accept 85,000 Refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017, Kerry Says

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Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016 from around the world, and 100,000 the next year

Syria civil war: The depressing map that shows there are few safe havens

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This depressing map shows where 1.187 million internally displaced peoples (IDPs) in Syria fled from and to in the first half of 2015.










Barack Obama's Chinese impersonator 

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Xiao Jiguo's resemblance to the US President has gained him a part in a Chinese film. Report by Conor Mcnally.

Anti-gay preacher is drowned out by a bagpiper

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The hilarious incident took place in the Scottish town of St Andrews and was caught on camera by one of those watching the scene unfold. The clip has since been viewed more than two million times.

Pope Francis Attends Mass at Political Heart of Cuba

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The pope began his first full day in the island nation with an outdoor Mass at Revolution Plaza attended by President Raúl Castro and other leaders.
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U.S. to Increase Admission of Refugees to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry Says 

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Refugees in Bregana, Croatia, at the border with Slovenia on Sunday. Syrians and other migrants trying to reach Europe could be among the beneficiaries of the U.S. policy.

Hillary Clinton: US should take 65000 Syrian refugees - CBS News

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Hillary Clinton: US should take 65000 Syrian refugees
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Last Updated Sep 20, 2015 10:58 AM EDT. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the United States should accept 65,000 refugees from Syria to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis created by the war there. "We're facing the ...
Clinton calls for US to accept 65000 Syrian refugeesThe Hill (blog)
Hillary Clinton Calls For The US To Take In 65000 Syrian RefugeesBuzzFeed News
Clinton to propose new prescription drug proposal this weekBristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
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Two Americans, British hostage freed in Yemen

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The fate of a third American in captivity remains unclear amid a deteriorating security situation in the country.















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15,000 more refugees to be resettled in U.S. next year

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Secretary of State John Kerry said 85,000 refugees will be admitted to the U.S., up 15,000 from this year.















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