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Richard Beeston / Times of London:
'The bastards got me, they won't get us all' — The poisoned Russian spy breathed defiance at the Kremlin as the effects of a mystery cocktail pushed him towards his death last night. — "I want to survive, just to show them," Alexander Litvinenko said in an exclusive interview given just hours before he died.
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BBC:
Ex-Russian spy dies in hospital — Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has died in hospital three weeks after apparently being poisoned in London. — University College Hospital, London, said Mr Litvinenko had died at 2121 GMT on Thursday and the cause of his condition was still being investigated.
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Baghdad attack death toll rises to 202 — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Muslim insurgents blew up five car bombs and fired mortars into Baghdad's largest Shiite district Thursday, killing at least 202 people and wounding 252 in a dramatic attack that sent the U.S. ambassador racing to meet …
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Deadly Attack Kills at Least 144 in Baghdad — In the deadliest sectarian attack since the ouster of Saddam Hussein, explosions from five powerful car bombs and a mortar shell tore through teeming intersections in the Shiite district of Sadr City on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 144 people and wounding 206, the authorities said.
Blacksmith Jade / Blacksmiths of Lebanon:
Breaking News: Small Riots in Beirut and Gunfire in Tripoli - Updated! — Update: — Apart from a few isolated fist fights throughout Beirut, the demonstrations appear to have not resulted in any damage or injuries. Reports coming in of deployment of security forces and a peaceful disperion of rioters.
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Michael Young / Times of London:
So how does 'engaging with Syria' look now? — In recent weeks the idea that the United States and the UK should "engage" Syria, but also Iran, to stabilise Iraq has been all the rage. On Tuesday, in an east Beirut suburb, Lebanon's industry minister, Pierre Gemayel, showed what the cost of engagement might be.
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Olivia Munoz / Associated Press:
Calif. Judge Blocks Raids on Homeless Camps — FRESNO, Calif. — When city workers tore down her hillside encampment, Charlene Clay lost her asthma medicine, her sleeping bags and her only photos of her dead granddaughter. — The people living there weren't warned, she said.
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Agence France Presse:
Grandmother in first Hamas suicide attack in two years — A Palestinian grandmother blew herself up in the Gaza Strip, lightly wounding three Israeli soldiers, in the first suicide attack claimed by Hamas in almost two years. — The mother of nine and grandmother of 41 became …
Judd / Think Progress:
Dobson: I Want To Cure Ted Haggard of Being Gay But Don't Have Time, It 'Could Take Four or Five Years' — Ted Haggard was one of the most prominent evangelical leaders in the nation until he admitted to having a sexual relationship with a male prostitute and buying meth.
Investor's Business Daily:
A Profiling In Courage — Homeland Security: Kudos to US Airways. Risking fines and a boycott, it did the right thing this week by removing a group of Muslim men from a flight to protect its crew and passengers. — By most accounts, the six bearded men were behaving suspiciously …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Fights Highly Trained Militants in Iraq — FORWARD OPERATING BASE CALDWELL, Iraq, Nov. 23 — Sunni Arab militant groups suspected of ties to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia have established training camps east of Baghdad that are turning out well-disciplined units willing to fight American forces …
Steve Connor / Independent:
Genetic breakthrough that reveals the differences between humans — Scientists hail genetic discovery that will change human understanding — Scientists have discovered a dramatic variation in the genetic make-up of humans that could lead to a fundamental reappraisal of what causes incurable diseases …
Terry Glavin / Tyee:
Anti-War Movement's Strange Allies: Hard Line Islamists — Canada's progressive Muslims wonder why left would embrace theocrats. — TheTyee.ca — This is what it's come to: a disgraced, dictator-praising British MP who dances around in red tights on reality-television shows is visiting Canada …
Carmen Van Kerckhove / Racialicious:
'GREEN CARD' ENERGY DRINK MARKETED TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS — Wow, the energy drink industry has a pretty sick sense of humor. First there was a drink called Cocaine. Now they've got a new one out called GreenCard. — It's obviously a marketing gimmick to create controversy …
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