Two shot, killed in Libya and other world briefs
Briton and New Zealander found dead in western Libya from gunshot wounds. In Benghazi, two Americans, basketball players, were detained at the university campus by Libyan army. Prague Palestinian envoy Jamal al Jamal died in a blast believed accidental. Toronto mayor Rob Ford seeks re election after losing authority. Musharraf avoids court as health issues delay treason case.
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Tripoli
Libya
Benghazi
Reuters
Benghazi University
State Department
U.S
Prague
Czech
Jamal al-Jamal
Toronto
Rob Ford
Canada
Ford
NSA eyes quantum computer to crack encryption world wide
Snowden documents show the NSA funds a 79.7 million program named Penetrating Hard Targets to build a quantum computer capable of breaking public key encryption. Work is largely in College Park Maryland under classified contracts with European and Swiss labs seen as rivals. experts note progress but no imminent breakthrough.
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Washington
National Security Agency
NSA
Edward Snowden
College Park
Agency
Snowden
Scott Aaronson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum Computing
European Union
Ate
Switzerland
Seth Lloyd
MIT
E.U
U.S
Beirut car bomb rips through Hezbollah stronghold killing four
A sectarian car bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs killed at least four and wounded more than 70. The blast in a Shiite Hezbollah area followed another fatal attack last week in the city center. Investigators cited 44 pounds of explosives in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a self-inflicted bomber after the blast. Clashes later erupted in Tripoli between Sunni and Alawite residents.
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Amman
Jordan
Lebanon
Hezbollah
Beirut
Mohamad Chatah
United States
State
Bilal Farhat
Syria
Iran
Bashar al-Assad
Tripoli
Gas leak eyed as possible cause of deadly Minneapolis blast
Investigators probe a New Year’s Day explosion and fire at a three story Minneapolis building that housed a grocery on the ground floor. One person died and 14 were hurt with two unaccounted. Fire crews fought the blaze from outside as walls collapsed. gas odors were reported by witnesses but CenterPoint Energy found no leaks on its system. The 1886 structure in a Somali immigrant neighborhood near the U of M West Bank campus left debris and unstable walls with many residents leaping from windows. Current condition ranges from critical to good among hospital patients.
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Minneapolis
John Fruetel
CenterPoint Energy
Rebecca Virden
CenterPoint
West Bank
University of Minnesota
Hennepin County Medical Center
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Fairview
Rescue carries 52 from icebound Antarctic voyage
The Aurora Australis ferried 52 scientists and tourists from the Russian vessel Akademik Shokalskiy after helicopter transfers by the Chinese Snow Dragon. The group will proceed to open water, then to an Antarctic base for resupply before returning to Australia, with Tasmania as their likely arrival by mid January.
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Sydney
Jason Mundy
Australian Antarctic Division
Aurora Australis
Snow Dragon
Akademik Shokalskiy
Antarctic
Australia
Tasmania
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Islamabad
Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology
Rawalpindi
Vazerte W
Documents Agency
Civil Defense
Mui
Cedar Avenue
Antarctica
Chris Turney
Turney
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