Pentagon predicts Israel will drag US into war with Iran - Middle East - World - The Independent

...may find himself hostage to the intentions of Israel, which believes more strongly than the US that the window for sanctions to work is narrowing quickly. Any daylight between Mr Obama and Israel could be costly for him in an election year.According to The New York Times, th …

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Harvard Professor Dershowitz Says Media Matters Has Crossed Line 'into Anti-semitism' | Fox News

Harvard University professor Alan Dershowitz alleged Friday that ..M.J. Rosenberg.. has "crossed the line into anti-semitism" ....by criticizing supporters of Israel.

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Israel confirms plans to test missile system as Obama meeting looms | World news | guardian.co.uk

"If the US president wants to prevent a disaster, he must give Netanyahu iron-clad guarantees that the United States will stop Iran in any way necessary and at any price, after the 2012 elections.

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'Son of Stuxnet' virus could be the Economic Nuke

Lets assume that such clever authors can also stux the stock market (banking). Major disruptions to our energy generation, manufacturing and banking would be the equivalent of an economic nuclear bomb. Then stick with the premise of Israeli authorship.

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In Weiner Scandal, Hardly a Reason to Undermine the Voters' Will - We deserve the mess we are in !

We deserve the mess we are in !

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Should Schumer & Weiner both go?

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Walk-through sniffer could speed up airport checks| Reuters

Pre-flight screening categorizes people according to risk, which then channels them into "enhanced", a polite way of saying highest risk, "normal" and then the least risky, which is "known traveller".   "It's the future we envision about 5 to 7 years from now," said Ken Dun …

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Consumer Genetic Tests Have Little Impact - Technology Review

"For those who hope that genetic results would be the magic bullet to induce people to live healthier lifestyles, I think this is sobering but utterly predictable,"

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Shanghai scholastic test scores whoop USA

Mr. Schneider said. "That said, China is taking education very seriously. The work ethic is amazingly strong."

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Politicizing Airport Security - NYTimes.com

Before the T.S.A. started searching for bombs in shoes, underwear or printer cartridges, that's where they were hidden. If terrorists learn that elderly white women from Iowa are exempt from screening, that's exactly whom they will recruit.

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TSA workers face verbal abuse from travelers - Travel - News - msnbc.com

"Being a TSO means often being verbally abused. You let the comments roll off and check the next person; however, when a woman refuses the scanner then comes to me and tells me that she feels like I am molesting her; that is beyond verbal abuse."

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Another good piece on the government gropers | NJ.com

the government gropers ? How about: "Full Frontal Nudity Doesn't Make Us Safer: Abolish the TSA" at

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Islamic Court: UAE Says Wife, Child Beating OK - Just Don't Leave Any Marks - Crimesider - CBS News

Puzzled - how can you see marks if she is wearing a burqua?

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Pakistan army cancels U.S. talks over security checks | Reuters

Pakistan's army said on Wednesday it scrapped talks with U.S. military officials after a military delegation sent to Washington had to go through "unwarranted" airport security checks.

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Iran paper: Sarkozy's wife should die after stoning comments | Reuters

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has developed close ties with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has offered asylum to Mohammadi Ashtiani, prompting an embarrassing public rejection of his offer by Iran.

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Hacker's Arrest Offers Peek Into Russian Criminal World - NYTimes.com

Arrest Offers Peek Into Russian Criminal World and who remembers when the DOW dropped 1000 point in less than an hour, all ascribed to a typo, or computer glitch?

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Floods threaten Warsaw - But no State of Emergency

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall came down, and American style democratization of Eastern Europe commenced. Now the Polish politicians refuse to declare a state of emergency and lose their moment to be elected..

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