Spies Inside Al Qaeda Curb Group’s Capabilities
U S and international intelligence officials report better infiltration of al Qaida by spies, plus precise airstrikes and wider cooperation, have weakened the group. They cite deaths of over a dozen senior figures this year and reduced ability to coordinate big attacks.
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Washington Post
Washington
U.S
al-Qaida
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
al- Qaida
White House
Afghanistan
Stanley McChrystal
NATO
Joe Biden
Obama
Richard Barrett
United Nations
Taliban
CIA
Barrett
Massive tsunami hits Samoa and American Samoa aftermath
A powerful Pacific quake of magnitude 8.0 to 8.3 jolted the region early Tuesday. Tsunami waves flattened villages on Tutuila and Upolu, leaving at least 39 dead and many missing or injured. Officials reported extensive damage and disrupted power and communications.
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American Samoa
U.S
Mase Akapo
Meteo
National Weather Service
Tutuila
Samoa
Associated Press
Lalamanu
Upolu
Talamoa
Togiola Talafono
Senate climate bill sets 20 percent cut by 2020 with cap and trade
A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee draft calls for a 20 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2020, faster ramp up than the House plan, using a cap and trade system. Emissions would be capped in three years and tightened to reach 83 percent cuts by 2050, with measures aimed at avoiding gas price spikes as the economy shifts from coal.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Fat in middle age lowers healthy survival for women
A BMJ online study of 17 000 healthy U S nurses followed from 1976 to 2000 found that each BMI point Increase reduced the chance of surviving to age 70 in good health by 12 percent. Healthy survival required freedom from chronic disease plus adequate mental and physical function.
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London
Bmd
United States
Bergman Death chess set fetches 142000 at Sweden auction
A chipped Bergman era chess set tied to The Seventh Seal sold for 142000 dollars at a Bu kowskis auction in Stockholm. Valued at 1430 to 2150 dollars, the incomplete piece lacks a white king and is linked to the scene where Death plays chess with a knight.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Ingmar Bergman
Charlotte Bergstrom
Bukowskis
Max von Sydow
Bergstrom
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