Operation Rooster

Coalition forces engage insurgents in Kapisa
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/4326-coalition-forces-engage-insurgents-in-kapisa.html

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Coalition forces killed seven insurgents in defensive operations in the Alah Say District, Kapisa Province, eastern Afghanistan, March 29.
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Forces Detain Insurgents in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63366

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces detained several suspected insurgents yesterday in the Mohammad Aghah district of Afghanistan’s Logar province, military officials reported.
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Disabled Vets Discover Miracle on Mountain
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63360

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 30, 2011 – Sheila James threw her arms up in joy, flashing a smile that stretched from ear to ear as she celebrated a personal victory during the 25th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here yesterday.
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Face of Defense: Point Man Steers Team From Danger
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63358

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, March 30, 2011 – “I can say that I’ve led this platoon into more ambushes than any other point man here on this deployment,” Army Sgt. Nathaniel S. Gray said with a toothy grin and a slow, southern accent.
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‘BULLSH** From Rolling Stone’: Journalist Attacks Magazine‘s ’Kill Team’ Story
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bullsh-from-rolling-stone-journalist-attacks-magazines-kill-team-story/

We linked this story on the blog earlier today, but it’s worth some real estate on the front page. Yesterday, independent, experienced journalist Michael Yon wrote a scathing critique of Rolling Stone‘s recent story on the Afghan “Kill Team” and how members of that group were caught posing with corpses. According to Yon, it’s “BULLSHIT.
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Stephen Lerner Doubles Down on ‘Economic Terrorism’ Plan in New Op-Ed
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/stephen-lerner-doubles-down-on-economic-terrorism-plan-in-new-op-ed/

In an op-ed dated for today that appears in the progressive publication In These Times, Stephen Lerner doubles down on his plan to bring down the U.S. economy.
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Obama to Detail U.S. Energy Security Strategy
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/30/obama-energy-security-strategy/

WASHINGTON — Facing pressure to curb rising gas prices, President Obama is calling for the U.S. to reduce its oil imports by one-third over the next decade, a lofty goal likely to run into significant obstacles.
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Natural gas prices rise on Obama, colder weather
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M9MO9O1&show_article=1

NEW YORK (AP) – Natural gas prices climbed Wednesday as President Barack Obama said he wanted the U.S. to use more of it instead of foreign oil. Colder weather also pushed up prices, as forecasters predicted a cold snap for much of the country in coming weeks.
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Members Collect Many Unpaid Tickets
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_101/Parking-Tickets-Members-Congress-204386-1.html

Members of Congress have immunity from many routine parking tickets in the District of Columbia, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try to rack up fines.
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America’s Third War: American Teens Recruited by Mexican Drug Cartels
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/30/americas-war-american-teens-recruited-mexican-drug-cartels/

American teenagers are being recruited by Mexican drug cartels to carry drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border, Texas law enforcement officials say. Over the past 10 years, 476 juveniles have been caught with drugs at a port of entry in El Paso County and 302 of them were U.S. citizens, according to the El Paso County attorney’s office.
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Breaking: Judge Blocks Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law…Again
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/breaking-judge-blocks-wisconsin-collective-bargaining-law-again/

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that there should be no further implementation of a law taking away nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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Black GA Legislators Sue to Dissolve ‘Super-Majority White Cities’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/black-ga-legislators-sue-to-dissolve-super-majority-white-cities/

The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Georgia seeking to dissolve the city charters of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton and Chattahoochee Hills. Further, the lawmakers, joined by civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery, aim to dash any hopes of a Milton County.
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Threats Claim Nuclear Bombs Hidden All Over U.S.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/03/29/threats-claim-nuclear-bombs-hidden-all-over-u-s/

CHICAGO (CBS 2) – The threats came in the mail and to date, there have been 25 letters that warn of nuclear bombs destroying America. People who got them called the FBI and CBS 2′s Kristyn Hartman learned, the Bureau’s Chicago office is leading the investigation.
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Another stunner behind Obama’s Libya doctrine
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=281065

TEL AVIV – A staunch denier of the Holocaust who long served as the deputy of late PLO leader Yasser Arafat served on the committee that invented the military doctrine used by President Obama as the main justification for U.S. and international airstrikes against Libya.
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Obama cites Soros-funded doctrine to justify bombing Libya
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=280809

In his address to the nation yesterday, President Obama cited a military doctrine funded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros as the main justification for U.S. and international air-strikes against Libya.
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Libya: Arab revolts a boost for al-Qaeda says terrorist leader
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8415885/Libya-Arab-revolts-a-boost-for-al-Qaeda-says-terrorist-leader.html

Anwar al-Awlaki, al-Qaeda’s most influential English-language preacher, said revolts sweeping the Arab world would help rather than harm its cause by giving Islamists freed from tyranny greater scope to speak out.
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‘Freelance jihadists’ join Libyan rebels
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/29/1000-freelance-jihadists-join-libyan-rebels/

A former leader of Libya’s al Qaeda affiliate says he thinks “freelance jihadists” have joined the rebel forces, as NATO’s commander told Congress on Tuesday that intelligence indicates some al Qaeda and Hezbollah terrorists are fighting Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s forces.
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Iraqi Gunmen Storm Government Building, Killing 56 in a Grisly Hostage Siege
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/iraqi-gunmen-storm-government-building-killing-56-in-a-grisly-hostage-siege/

BAGHDAD (AP) — Wearing military uniforms over explosives belts, gunmen held a local Iraqi government center hostage Tuesday in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head.
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Kuwait Sentences Three To Death For Spying For Iran
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/36054.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A Kuwaiti court yesterday sentenced to death three men, two of them Iranian nationals, for spying for Iran. Two others, one a Syrian national, were sentenced to life in prison for the same crime.
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Yemen Weapons Factory Explosion Raises Fears Of Al-Qaeda Rise
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2011/03/30/yemen-weapons-factory-explosion-raises-fears-of-al-qaeda-rise/

On Monday, more than 100 people were killed, and dozens injured, from an explosion in a weapons factory in Abyan province in Yemen, according to CNN.
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Bahrain’s Shiite leader wants Saudi-led force out
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_BAHRAIN_PROTESTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-30-07-46-06

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain’s Shiite Muslim opposition on Wednesday demanded that the Saudi-led military force helping to put down protests leave the country immediately.
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Turkey‘s ’Photo of the Year’ Is a Bleeding Israeli Soldier
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/turkeys-photo-of-the-year-is-a-bleeding-israeli-soldier/

You probably recall the Gaza flotilla raid of last May and the ensuing controversy that resulted when the international community rallied to criticize Israel–but in case you don’t, here’s the background.
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Courageous workers at troubled nuclear plant endure tough conditions
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81697.html

Each of the employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and other workers engaged in containing damage at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is given 30 survival food crackers and a 180 milliliter pack of vegetable juice for breakfast after getting up just before 6 a.m.
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Dog saves owner from tsunami
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm

MIYAKO, Iwate–Babu does not normally like going for walks, but when the 12-year-old shih tzu insisted on going for one soon after the March 11 earthquake, her owner, Tami Akanuma, suspected something was amiss.
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For Peggy Morris, age is just a number
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20110329/NEWS/110329584/1070&ParentProfile=1058

For three, 12-hour night shifts a week, Peggy Morris does what she loves — even if it is out of necessity. She’s a nurse at Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare in Carson City where she tends to patients in the hospital’s medical and oncology ward. In her sneakers and patterned scrubs, Morris makes her rounds and spends most of her shifts on her feet.

Forces Kill Insurgents in Afghanistan Airstrike
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63336

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2011 – A coalition airstrike killed more than 10 insurgents in the Bermal district of Afghanistan’s Paktika province yesterday, military officials reported.
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Forces Repel Ambush, Kill Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63350

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed numerous insurgents yesterday in the Sar Kani district of Afghanistan’s Kunar province after a combined patrol suddenly came under attack, military officials reported.
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DOD Launches Online Career Transition Training for Service Members
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14368

The Department of Defense today announced the launch of an online Career Decision Toolkit that will allow service members to self assess transition needs and thoroughly explore an array of transition related subjects such as: career exploration, financial planning for transition, job search success, effective resumes and cover letters, interviewing excellence, and negotiating your ideal compensation.
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Summit Seeks to Improve Nonmedical Care
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63339

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2011 – A summit to improve the coordination of nonmedical care for wounded warriors and their families will draw leaders and experts from several federal agencies, the services and the private sector to Leesburg, Va., tomorrow through 31.
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Face of Defense: Powerlifter Adds to Records
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63346

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash., March 29, 2011 – At age 54, Leamon Woodley, a civilian employee here, is in better physical condition than many soldiers half his age.
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Cash for Clunkers 2: The Return of Government Motors
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/mar/29/cash-clunkers-2-dumped-capitol-hill/

Ready for another cash for clunkers program? It looks like General Motors is attempting to replace it’s own consumer incentives with tax payer money. The car company, bailed out of bankruptcy in 2009 by the American tax payer, appears to be turning the government into an automatic rebate provider.
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Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/business/29shrink.html?_r=4&ref=business

Chips are disappearing from bags, candy from boxes and vegetables from cans. As an expected increase in the cost of raw materials looms for late summer, consumers are beginning to encounter shrinking food packages.
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Two-thirds of oil and gas leases in Gulf inactive
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110329/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_energy_4

WASHINGTON – An Interior Department report to be released Tuesday says more than two-thirds of offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico are sitting idle.
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Virtual war a real threat
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cyber-war-20110328,0,6416856.story

The U.S. is vulnerable to a cyber attack, with its electrical grids, pipelines, chemical plants and other infrastructure designed without security in mind. Some say not enough is being done to protect the country.
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Ohio House panel OKs public worker union bill
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M91QA00&show_article=1

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A House committee in Ohio has approved a measure to limit union bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers. The vote Tuesday sent the bill to the full House. It happened as several hundred people protested at the Statehouse.
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Cash-poor MTA may put recipients of unemployment benefits to work again cleaning subways
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/03/29/2011-03-29_cashpoor_mta_may_put_recipients_of_unemployment_benefits_to_work_again_cleaning_.html

The cash-strapped MTA may soon put welfare recipients to work scrubbing and cleaning the subways. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to revive its participation in the city’s Work Experience Program – which makes the unemployed toil for their benefit checks.
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Caught: Reporters Overhear Dem’s Secret Budget Strategy — ‘Always Use the Word Extreme’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/caught-reporters-overhear-democrats-secret-strategy-always-use-the-word-extreme/

“Um, Senators, ever heard of the mute button?” That’s how the New York Times — yes the New York Times — begins its story on how Democratic Senators were caught Tuesday morning discussing secret marching orders before a conference call.
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Obama to Illegal Immigrants: We Want You to Succeed!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-to-illegal-immigrants-we-want-you-to-succeed/

When questioned by an illegal alien student today who showed him a deportation letter, President Barack Obama said he did not want to deport illegal alien students like the one who questioned him, he wanted them to succeed.
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Are Feds Fanning Racial Flames in an Affluent, White Calif. County?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/are-feds-fanning-racial-flames-in-an-affluent-white-calif-county/

Marin County, the affluent Bay Area community outside of San Francisco, is too white, says the Feds. According to data culled from the recent census, Marin County contains seven of the 10 whitest cities in the Bay Area. And to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), that’s a problem.
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Obama’s Big Idea: Since Our Educational Standards Are Too Rigorous, Let‘s Just Scrap ’Em!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obamas-big-idea-since-our-educational-standards-are-too-rigorous-lets-just-scrap-em/

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said.
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Young Black Activist Blasts Bill Ayers for Opposition to Charter Schools
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/young-black-activist-blasts-bill-ayers-for-opposition-to-charter-schools/

When Bill Ayers agreed to visit New Jersey’s Montclair State University–which The Blaze reported on here–he probably didn‘t think he’d get taken down publicly–and embarassingly–by a young black activist. But that’s what happened when New Jersey’s Vanessa Jean-Louis questioned Ayers about his opposition to charter schools in this stunning exchange.
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Cuba to Qatar Should Get to Vote for US President: Radicals Ayers and Dohrn Preach One World Government in Lebanon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cuba-to-qatar-should-get-to-vote-for-us-president-radicals-ayers-and-dohn-preach-one-world-government-in-lebanon/

NOTE: This YouTube clip is 2:17.
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‘The Coming is Near’: New Eerie Iran Propaganda Vid Trumpets Imminent Return of 12th Imam
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-iran-propoganda-vid-trumpets-imminent-return-of-12th-imam-the-coming-is-near/

“New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi–or Islamic messiah–is about to appear.”
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AP‘s ’Fact Check‘ Hammers Obama’s Speech
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/aps-fact-check-hammers-obamas-speech/

WASHINGTON (AP) — There may be less than meets the eye to President Barack Obama’s statements Monday night that NATO is taking over from the U.S. in Libya and that U.S. action is limited to defending people under attack there by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces.
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Anti-genocide advocate credits Obama for Libyan uprising
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/28/aide-credits-obama-for-libyans-uprising/

White House aide Samantha Power, a former news reporter turned anti-genocide advocate, said President Obama’s two-year campaign to promote human rights helped trigger the uprising in Libya against Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s rule.
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Pentagon spent $550 million so far on Libya action
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/us-libya-usa-cost-idUSTRE72S49520110329

(Reuters) – The United States has spent $550 million so far on military operations in Libya, but expects costs to stabilize at $40 million per month once U.S. forces are reduced and NATO takes over greater control, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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U.S. NATO Commander Doesn’t Rule Out Al Qaeda Presence in Libyan Rebels
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/29/considering-arming-libyan-rebels-fight-qaddafi/

DEVELOPING: A U.S. NATO commander does not rule out an Al Qaeda presence in the Libya opposition against Muammar al-Qaddafi. Adm. James Stavridis says that intelligence has shown “flickers” of potential Al Qaeda in opposition groups but that there is still no detailed picture of rebel groups.
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U.N. Ambassador Admits: We Have ‘Not Ruled Out’ Military Support for Rebels
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-n-ambassador-admits-we-have-not-ruled-out-military-support-for-rebels/

During an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” today, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice made a startling admission: the U.S. has “not ruled out” military support for the rebels in Libya.
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Libyan rebels retreating after Gadhafi onslaught
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya

RAS LANOUF, Libya – Libyan government tanks and rockets pounded rebel forces into a panicked full retreat Tuesday after an hourslong, back-and-forth battle that highlighted the superior might of Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, even hobbled by international airstrikes.
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Gaddafi’s Son Was On Obama State Department Approved Tour Of The United States When Uprising Began
http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/03/29/gaddafis-son-was-on-obama-state-department-approved-tour-of-the-united-states-when-uprising-began/

Now this is interesting. I suspect there is even more to this story. “One of Colonel Gaddafi’s sons was on a U.S. State Department approved tour of America as the uprising in Libya began, it was revealed today.
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Diplomats discuss Libya’s future as Italy plots Gaddafi’s escape route
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/28/diplomats-meet-italy-gaddafi-escape

Efforts appear to be under way to offer Muammar Gaddafi a way of escape from Libya, with Italy saying it was trying to organise an African haven for him, and the US signalling it would not try to stop the dictator from fleeing.
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CNN: Muslim Brotherhood ‘Energized’ By Events in Libya
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cnn-muslim-brotherhood-energized-by-events-in-libya/

It wasn’t too long ago that Obama officials and the media refused to recognize the extremist ties of the Muslim Brotherhood, especially as the group took a prominent role in Egypt. Now, the Brotherhood is looking to do the same thing in Libya. And again, the media is ignoring its past.
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Libya bombing an attempt to create ‘New World Order’?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=280653

JERUSALEM – The author of a military doctrine used by the Obama administration to justify the recent airstrikes targeting the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya recently advocated for a “global rebalancing” and “international redistribution” to create a “New World Order.”
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Jihadi Sites Call on Libyans to Oppose Western Bid for Domination
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/36004.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

On March 29, six jihadi websites and media companies (Shumoukh Al-Islam, Ansar Al-Mujahideen, Al-Tahaddi, Minbar Al-Ansar, the Al-Yaqin Media Center and the Al-Masada Media Company) issued a joint call to the Libyan people, which was posted on the site Shumoukh Al-Islam.
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Article on Muslim Brotherhood Website Advocates Transportation for Women Only
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/36003.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

In an article on the official website of the Muslim Brotherhood, Iman Isma’il called for to establish separate transportation for women in Egypt. Isma’il said she planned to propose her initiative to bus drivers, and then bring it before the Egyptian government as an official campaign.
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Syrian Cabinet resigns amid huge protests
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42319726/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s Cabinet resigned Tuesday to help quell a wave of popular fury that erupted more than a week ago and is now threatening President Bashar Assad’s 11-year rule in one of the most authoritarian and closed-off nations in the Middle East.
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Suspicions In Syria That Lebanon’s Al-Mustaqbal Is Aiding Anti-Regime Uprising
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/36002.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Syrian government TV channel reports that senior Syrian officials suspect that the weapons boats caught off Syria’s coast were sent from Tripoli by activists from the Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal movement.
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‘Abbas willing to give up U.S. aid for unity with Hamas’
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/abbas-willing-to-give-up-u-s-aid-for-unity-with-hamas-1.352372

Adviser’s remarks comes after Abbas met with his rivals in the Hamas militant group over the weekend in an attempt to end nearly four years of infighting that has complicated the quest for a Palestinian state.
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Norwegian Socialists to Vote on Bombing Israel
http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/03/norwegian-socialists-to-vote-on-bombing-israel/

The junior partner in the Norwegian government, the Socialist Left Party of Kristin Halvorsen, (Sosialistisk Venstreparti), plans to vote on a measure calling for military action against Israel if it decides to act against the Hamas in Gaza. Norway, Israel and the Jews blog informs the Tundra Tabloids of the following.
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Chavez throws support to Assad, calling him a ‘humanist’ and ‘brother’
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/chavez-throws-support-to-assad-calling-him-a-humanist-and-brother-1.352059

Venezuelan President defends his Syrian counterpart, claiming the U.S. has exaggerated the scope of security forces’ crackdowns, and accusing U.S. of colonial aspirations in Mideast.
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EU to ban cars from cities by 2050
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8411336/EU-to-ban-cars-from-cities-by-2050.html

The European Commission on Monday unveiled a “single European transport area” aimed at enforcing “a profound shift in transport patterns for passengers” by 2050.
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Dog, coyote seem to have formed odd couple
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/03/28/20110328dog-coyote-odd-couple.html

DULUTH, Minn. — A coyote and a black Labrador in Duluth seem to have formed an unusual couple. The pair hasn’t been seen too often, but locals insist the two animals travel together.

Hearing This Week Over Charges Obama Admin. Stonewalling Info. Requests
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hearing-this-week-over-charges-obama-admin-stonewalling-info-requests/

WASHINGTON (AP) — Insiders at the Homeland Security Department warned for months that senior Obama administration appointees were improperly delaying the releases of government files on politically sensitive topics as sought by citizens, journalists and watchdog groups under the Freedom of Information Act, according to uncensored emails newly obtained by The Associated Press.
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Morning Note: Gold Replacing Dollar as World’s Reserve Currency?
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42250806

$105 per barrel oil. Cotton prices at record levels. Food prices at 2008 highs. Typically, such commodity price increases would send central banks running to the U.S. Dollar to secure the value of their savings. After all, the dollar has been the reserve currency since World War I.
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Feds think man aided terror suspects through Texas – Mexico border
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/03/27/feds-think-man-aided-terror-suspects-through-texas-mexico-border/

WOIA reports that federal officials believe suspected terrorists may be in the United States and that a Somali man in custody aided them in their passage through Mexico and across the Texas border.
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Obama boasts of consulting immigration radical
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=279141

President Obama once boasted of consulting a radical on immigration issues who later admitted that granting citizenship to millions of illegal aliens would expand the “progressive” electorate and help ensure a “progressive” governing coalition for the long term.
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George Soros assault on U.S. Constitution
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=280277

At least three White House advisers and officials, including President Obama’s regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein, have ties to an effort funded by billionaire George Soros to push for a new, “progressive” U.S. Constitution.
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Wade Rathke’s Startling Admission: ‘Economic Terrorism’ Engineer Stephen Lerner Is Still on SEIU Payroll
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wade-rathkes-startling-admission-economic-terrorism-engineer-stephen-lerner-is-still-on-seiu-payroll/

On Sunday morning, The Blaze posted a story about the “return” of ACORN on the world-wide scene. While reading through some of the background material on that story, I noticed something significant.
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Media Matters to Launch Campaign of ‘Guerrilla Warfare and Sabotage’ Against Fox News
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/media-matters-to-launch-campaign-of-guerrilla-warfare-and-sabotage-against-fox/

“The strategy that we had had toward Fox was basically a strategy of containment,” said David Brock, the founder of Media Matters. Now the strategy of the liberal group has changed. The new strategy is “war on Fox.”
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Is Media Matters breaking the law in its ‘war’ on Fox News?
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/media-matters-breaking-law-its-war-fox-news#ixzz1HuBJNlpW

Media Matters, the George Soros-backed legion of liberal agit-prop shock troops based in the nation’s capital, has declared war on Fox News, and in the process quite possibly stepped across the line of legality.
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VP Biden’s Office Apologizes for Confining Reporter in Storage Closet During Fundraiser
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/vp-bidens-office-apologizes-for-confinding-reporter-in-storage-closet-during-fundraiser/

The vice president’s press secretary has apologized to a local political reporter after he was kept in a storage closet during a Florida fundraiser. Scott Powers, a reporter with the Orlando Sentinel, was relegated to the storage space during a fundraiser Wednesday for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., apparently to prevent him from speaking to people before Vice President Biden showed up.
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Unrest in Syria, Jordan Poses New Test for U.S. Policy
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42293485

WASHINGTON — Even as the Obama administration defends the NATO-led air war in Libya, the latest violent clashes in Syria and Jordan are raising new alarm among senior officials who view those countries, in the heartland of the Arab world, as far more vital to American interests.
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Why Is California Broke? Because it Taxes the Rich!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-is-california-broke-because-it-taxes-the-rich/

Business Insider breaks it down: Almost half of California’s income taxes come from the top 1% of earners. In New York, the percentage is now 41%, up from 25% in 1994. In Connecticut and New Jersey, the top 1% pay more than 40%.
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Defense Sec Gates Says Libya Is Not a ‘Vital Interest’ for U.S.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/defense-sec-gates-says-libya-is-not-a-vital-interest-for-u-s/

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he doesn’t think Libya is “a vital interest” for the United States, but he does say the North African nation is part of a region that’s of vital American interest.
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Forces Accomplish No-fly Zone Mission, Gates Says
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63324

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2011 – U.S. and coalition forces have accomplished the no-fly zone aspect of the United Nations mission in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a television interview aired today.
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Gates: Gadhafi Taking Bodies He’s Killed and Placing Them at Coalition Attack Sites
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gates-gadhafi-taking-bodies-hes-killed-and-placing-them-at-coalition-attack-sites/

According to intelligence gathered by the Department of Defense, Gadhafi has ordered his forces to take dead bodies from hospitals and morgues and place them at the sites of coalition attacks–having the dead bodies pose as coalition-inflicted civilian casualties.
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Air raids hit Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte in Libya
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110327/ap_on_re_af/af_libya

RAS LANOUF, Libya – International air raids targeted Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte for the first time Sunday night as rebels quickly closed in on the regime stronghold, a formidable obstacle that must be overcome for government opponents to reach the capital Tripoli.
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Libyan government announces ceasefire in Misrata
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110328/wl_nm/us_libya_misrata_ceasefire

RABAT (Reuters) – Libya’s Foreign Ministry declared a ceasefire in Misrata on Monday, the Libyan news agency said, referring to the western town where rebels earlier said government forces gained control of part of the city.
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Libya Claims Woman Whose Shock Rape Account Stunned World Is Now Free
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/libya-claims-woman-whose-shock-rape-account-stunned-world-is-now-free/

The Libyan government says a woman who stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her is now with her family.
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Al-Maliki Warns of Sectarian War In Middle East Due To Bahrain
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/35944.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

In an interview with the BBC, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki distinguished between the events in Egypt and Libya and those in Bahrain. He said that the support of the Arab governments [Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait] for the Bahraini government has left the Shi’a in Bahrain with the impression of a Sunni mobilization against them. This, according to al-Maliki, could lead to a sectarian war in the Middle East.
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ACORN Returns! Sets up Shop Internationally in Egypt, South Korea, and Prague
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/acorn-returns-sets-up-shop-internationally-in-egypt-south-korea-and-prague/

“Glenn Beck may have simply been ahead of his time!” wrote Wade Rathke, ACORN founder, in a message to supporters recently. In that same message, Rathke noted that ACORN is gaining some global traction.
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Israel‘s ’Iron Dome’ Rocket Defense System Deploys Today
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israels-iron-dome-rocket-defense-system-deploys-today/

JERUSALEM (AP) — A new defense system meant to protect southern Israel from Gaza militants’ rockets will go into operation on Sunday, the Israeli military said, after weeks of stepped-up rocket and mortar attacks that have drawn fears of renewed war.
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Prominent Chinese blogger charged as crackdown deepens
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110328/wr_nm/us_china_blogger

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested prominent writer Ran Yunfei for challenging the ruling Communist Party, people close to the blogger said on Monday, the latest in a string of arrests in a deepening crackdown on dissent.
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Moonbow
http://www.spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Ethan-Tweedie-_MGL1528_1301034248.jpg

I have been trying to get an image of the illusive Moonbow for a long time. This evening on the way back from the Volcano there it was!! It was cold, windy and raining but I toughed it out.
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10 extreme chocolate chip cookies
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/10-extreme-chocolate-chip-cookies-2462241/#photoViewer=1

This week is officially Chocolate Chip Cookie Week. Don’t ask why, it just is, okay? And we’re celebrating by eating lots of cookies as we comb the web for the wackiest, weirdest or most indulgent interpretations of sweets staple—starting with this cookie-cake-ice-cream threesome.

Mullen Welcomes Medal of Honor Heroes to Pentagon
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63313

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2011 – Navy Adm. Mike Mullen joined service leaders today in honoring those he called America’s “bravest of the brave” in a Pentagon ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award.
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Cheerleader turns infantryman
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4310-cheerleader-turns-infantryman.html

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – As a college cheerleader, Mateo V. Salado was accustomed to being a member of a team. He lived, ate, worked out and competed with the same group of athletes every day.
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Obama Denies Knowledge of Controversial Fed Operation Smuggling Guns Into Mexico
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-denies-knowledge-of-controversial-fed-operation-smuggling-guns-into-mexico/

Gun shop owners and whistle-blowing agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) recently announced their concerns with a controversial government program which allows the smuggling of U.S. weapons across the nation’s southern border.
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General Electric Paid No Federal Taxes in 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/general-electric-paid-federal-taxes-2010/story?id=13224558

The top tax bracket for U.S. corporations stands at 35 percent, one of the highest rates in the world. So how is it possible that a giant of American business, General Electric, paid nothing in federal taxes last year, even as it made billions in profit?
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Fears rise that Japan could sell off U.S. debt
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/24/fears-rise-that-japan-could-sell-off-us-debt/

Some lawmakers and market analysts are expressing rising concerns that a demand for capital by earthquake-ravaged Japan could lead it to sell off some of its huge holdings of U.S.-issued debt, leaving the federal government in an even tighter financial pinch.
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UAW Union Protesters Shut Down Detroit Bank of America
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/uaw-union-protesters-shut-down-detroit-bank-of-america/

Last week you saw SEIU protesters take over a bank in Stroudsburg, PA when they stormed a lobby in an effort to call out a CEO. Then you learned that a former (maybe) SEIU official hatched a secret plan to target JP Morgan Chase through massive loan defaults.
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Update: Threat Forces Iowa Town to Cancel Controversial DHS Emergency Drill
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/update-threat-forces-iowa-town-to-cancel-controversial-dhs-emergency-drill/

Treynor, Iowa (AP/The Blaze) — An Iowa training drill involving a mock school shooting by white teens venting anger over illegal immigration was canceled Friday after authorities said a real shooting was threatened at the high school where the drill was to take place.
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Holder ignores demands for NAACP-influence data
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=279473

A lawsuit has been filed against President Obama’s Justice Department for refusing to release details about how agency officials decided to abandon a voter intimidation case that staff members had brought – and won – against members of the New Black Panther Party.
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Mexico drug violence not spilling into U.S.; security ‘better than ever’: Napolitano
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/03/25/2011-03-25_mexico_drug_violence_not_spilling_into_us_security_better_than_ever_napolitano.html

The perception of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling into U.S. border towns is flat-out inaccurate, U.S. Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano insisted Friday.
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EPA, NV may clash again over old mine, Superfund
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M73G4O0&show_article=1

YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) – Federal regulators who’ve spent a decade assessing the uranium and other toxic wastes seeping into the water table at an old Anaconda copper mine in northern Nevada have concluded the pollution can’t be cleaned up without adding the vast, abandoned site to the U.S. Superfund’s National Priority List.
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Dem. Senator’s Shocking Comment: Tea Partiers ‘Don’t Deserve the Freedoms That are in the Constitution’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dem-senators-shocking-gop-comment-they-dont-deserve-the-freedoms-that-are-in-the-constitution/

So much for that Equal Protection clause. During a pro-Planned Parenthood rally in New Jersey this week, Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) reportedly blasted Republicans and conservatives who are against funding the pro-abortion group. And by blasted we mean he doesn’t believe they deserve all the rights found in the Constitution.
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Pledge of Allegiance Returns to NYC School After Parents Complain Daughter Has no Idea What it Is
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pledge-of-allegiance-returns-to-nyc-school-after-parents-complain-daughter-has-no-idea-what-it-is/

Imagine, for a moment, you’re sitting next to your child and video of a class reciting the Pledge of Allegiance flashes across the TV. Your child tugs on your shirt and innocently asks, “Mom, what are they doing? What are they saying?” Shocking, you might say. It would never happen. Guess what? It happened in New York City.
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Reports of Bin Laden Movement
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/03/25/reports-of-bin-laden-movement/

The Asia Times reports that after a prolonged lull, the CIA has launched a series of covert operations in the rugged Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan following strong tip-offs that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been criss-crossing the area in the past few weeks for high-profile meetings in militant redoubts.
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Obama to address nation on Monday about Libya
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110325/ap_on_re_us/us_us_libya

WASHINGTON – To a nation and a Congress seeking answers, President Barack Obama on Monday will offer his most expansive explanation of the U.S. role in the Libyan war, delivering a speech that is expected to cover the path ahead and his rationale about the appropriate use of force.
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US May Supply Gaddafi Rebels With Weapons
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Libya-US-May-Arm-Anti-Gaddafi-Rebels-And-Looking-At-Legality-After-UN-Resolutions-Sky-News-Learns/Article/201103415959909?lpos=World_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15959909_Libya%3A_US_May_Arm_Anti-Gaddafi_Rebels_And_Looking_At_Legality_After_UN_Resolutions%2C_Sky_News_Learns

Western diplomatic sources have confirmed to Sky News that the US is considering the legality of arming the Libyan rebels. One of the unintended consequences of United Nations’ Resolution 1970 was to starve the rebels of the weapons they would need to take on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
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Libyan Rebel Commander Says His Fighters Have Al-Qaeda Links
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/libyan-rebel-commander-says-his-fighters-have-al-qaeda-links/

According to Libyan rebel leader Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, jihadists who fought against the U.S. in Iraq are now fighting with U.S.-supported Libyan rebels seeking to topple Muammar Gadhafi’s regime. The Daily Telegraph reports.
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Libyan Rebels Regain Key City After Airstrikes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/libyan-rebels-regain-key-city-after-airstrikes/

AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) – Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that once appeared on the verge of defeat.
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Libyan Woman’s Shock Rape Account to Reporters Cut Short in Melee
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/libyan-womans-shock-rape-account-to-reporters-cut-short-in-melee/

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP/THE BLAZE) — A distraught Libyan woman stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her, setting off a brawl when hotel staff and government minders tried to detained her.
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‘Al-Qaeda snatched missiles’ in Libya
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/al-qaeda-snatched-missiles-in-libya/story-e6frfku0-1226028543204#ixzz1Hffm5oRa

AL-QAEDA’S offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad’s President says. Idriss Deby Itno did not say how many surface-to-air missiles were stolen, but told the African weekly Jeune Afrique that he was “100 per cent sure” of his assertion.
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Meanwhile, the Revolution No One Noticed…in North America
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meanwhile-the-revolution-no-one-noticed-in-north-america/

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian opposition parties toppled Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in a no confidence vote Friday, triggering the country’s fourth election in seven years.
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London Rising: Union Members Protesting Cuts Violently Clash With Police
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/london-rising-union-members-protesting-cuts-violently-clash-with-police/

LONDON (AP/THE BLAZE) — Tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators streamed into central London on Saturday to march against government budget cuts, with a small breakaway group smashing its way into a bank, breaking windows and spray painting logos on the walls.
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Violent protests spread in Syria
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e892dcda-56e4-11e0-9c5c-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Hk0PjoWH

Violent anti-government protests were reported in two Syrian towns on Saturday as security forces struggled to contain the uprising in the Ba’athist state long considered one of the Arab region’s most repressive regimes.
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More Terror in Israel: Palestinian Diplomacy By Other Means
http://bigpeace.com/cglick/2011/03/26/more-terror-in-israel-palestinian-diplomacy-by-other-means/

What are we to make of the fact that no one has taken credit for Wednesday’s bombing in Jerusalem? Wednesday’s bombing was not a stand-alone event. It was part and parcel of the new Palestinian terror war that is just coming into view.
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Israel ready to react with ‘great force’: Netanyahu
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5isgHF0sPZUxqScs7SrAJ9XZdUE_g?docId=CNG.75cdde798c080c354f6f14dc0cd614f4.441

CAESAREA, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Friday that Israel is ready to act with “great force” in response to a spate of rocket fire by Gaza militants and a deadly bus bombing in Jerusalem.
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Humiliation beyond belief: Widow, 77, forced to undergo an incontinence test to get her NHS prescription
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370091/Humiliation-belief-Widow-77-forced-undergo-incontinence-test-NHS-prescription.html

For the last few years, she has counted on the health service to afford her dignity and security in her old age. But now a blind 77-year-old widow has been left feeling dehumanised and humiliated by those who were supposed to be looking after her.
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Earth Hour may be losing steam as novelty wears off
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110326/earth-hour-110326/20110326/?hub=EdmontonHome

TORONTO — More Canadian municipalities are pledging to power down Saturday for Earth Hour, but an expert says interest in the event may already be fizzling.
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400 Rounds, 17 Grenades, & 30 Enemies: Soldier Single-Handedly Beats Back Taliban Barrage
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/400-rounds-17-grenades-30-enemies-soldier-single-handedly-beats-back-taliban-barrage/

It took him 400 rounds, 17 grenades, and a machine gun tripod used as a weapon, but one British Gurkha soldier single-handedly beat back an attack by 30 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan last summer. And now he‘s getting one of his military’s highest honors.
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Lexington house cat rescued after 7 days in tree
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20110323/NEWS01/103230303/Lexington-house-cat-rescued-after-7-days-tree?odyssey=mod|mostcom

LEXINGTON — Lucy was sitting in a locust tree high above a farmhouse along Ohio 314 for seven days, according to neighbors and friends. After bribes and begging, she still wouldn’t come down from her 50-foot perch. Finally, Brett Woodard, owner of Wood Services, climbed the tree near dusk Tuesday and rescued the cat.
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My REALLY little pony: Einstein, the world’s smallest stallion, gets set for first birthday
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369859/Einstein-worlds-smallest-horse-gets-set-birthday.html?1

He may not be able to compete in the Kentucky Derby, but he is surely as popular as the winner. And with appearances on Oprah and across the U.S. it has certainly been an eventful first year for Einstein, the world’s smallest stallion, as he approaches his birthday.

Face of Defense: Corpsman Boosts Afghan Forces
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63304

HAMPTON, Va., March 25, 2011 – Ensuring that Afghanistan’s security forces are trained and equipped to assume increased security responsibility is a keystone of the U.S. and coalition strategy there.
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Partnered Force Kills Haqqani Terrorist
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63288

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2011 – A partnered Afghan and coalition security force acting on intelligence information killed a Haqqani terrorist network facilitator and captured another in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province today, military officials reported.
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Look who’s getting soaked by the IRS
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278389

In recent testimony before the Senate Budget Committee, international studies were quoted showing the wealthy in America pay more of the nation’s tax burden than in any other industrialized country, giving the U.S. “the most progressive income tax system” in the world.
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What is Economic Terrorism and is Labor Radical Stephen Lerner Guilty of it?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-is-economic-terrorism-and-is-labor-radical-stephen-lerner-guilty-of-it/

Thanks to Stephen Lerner’s detailed plan to bring down the U.S. economy by crippling the banks and causing the stock market to crash–so that the socialist utopia known as wealth distribution can ensue–“economic terrorism” has become the buzz-term among conservatives bloggers and talking heads at the moment, with people like Rush Limbaugh asking: “Is this not a form of terrorism this guy is preaching?”
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Candidate for FBI post has history in scandals
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=279153

There are reports that President Obama is considering former Clinton administration official Jamie Gorelick as a possible candidate to be the next chief of the FBI, and critics are erupting with horror at the idea of a person in that position who, as one alleged, “helped to bring us 9/11 and the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”
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One Year Later…10 Things You Didn’t Know About Obamacare
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/one-year-later-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-obamacare/

Remember a year ago when VP Joe Biden was caught telling his boss that the massive Healthcare Reform Bill the President had just signed was (using Biden’s words) a ‘big f**king deal?’
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CBO: Taxing mileage a ‘practical option’ for revenue enhancement
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/151765-cbo-says-taxing-drivers-based-on-miles-driven-a-real-option-for-raising-revenues

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance at a time when federal funds are short.
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Northern Border Security Goes High Tech
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/03/24/northern-border-security-goes-high-tech/

SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE – The U.S .Department of Homeland Security unveiled its newest high-tech tool today to fight terrorism and secure America’s northern border. The Operational Integration Center, referred to as OIC, allows security analysts to monitor a critical part of the Northern border 24/7 relying on cameras and radars along the St. Clair River separating Michigan from Canada.
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Is Homeland Security Playing Politics With Local Emergency Preparedness?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-homeland-security-playing-politics-with-local-emergency-preparedness/

A new Homeland Security drill aimed at preparing citizens for a possible “domestic terrorism/school shooting” act has residents of Treynor, Iowa, concerned.
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Gates calls for Syrian forces to move aside
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4197d9c-5622-11e0-8de9-00144feab49a.html#axzz1HcY1zzCZ

Syria should follow Egypt’s lead and the Syrian army should “empower a revolution”, Robert Gates, US secretary of defence, argued as thousands marched in a southern city.
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Syrians hold demos as media banned from key city
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-25-09-09-17

DARAA, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, weeklong crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country’s autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said.
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Islamist Group Is Rising Force in a New Egypt
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/world/middleeast/25egypt.html?_r=2&ref=global-home

CAIRO — In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the military government that many fear will thwart fundamental changes.
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Egypt’s revolutionaries say abusive treatment persists
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/24/egypt.revolution/index.html?eref=ft

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — “Where is the revolution going, the revolution that began in Tahrir Square?” asked a short brunette holding a microphone. “What happened to the revolution we created?”
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Secret shame of Egypt’s army: Women protesters were forced to have ‘virginity checks’ after being arrested in Tahrir Square
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369259/Egypt-protests-Women-forced-virginity-checks-arrests-Tahir-Square.html

Women arrested by the Egyptian police during protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square were subjected to forced ‘virginity tests’, according to Amnesty International.
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Yemeni leader says he wants to go but can’t
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110325/D9M68BSO0.html

SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Facing growing calls for his resignation, Yemen’s longtime ruler told tens of thousands of supporters Friday that he’s ready to leave power but he doesn’t trust his opposition, whom he called “drug dealers.”
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Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister calls for bombing of Israel
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/turkeys_deputy_prime_minister.html

After assuring both Libyans and Turks that Turkey was not involved in airstrikes on Libya, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, of Turkey, said, “We wish that the United Nations had made such resolutions and countries had taken action in the face of incidents in Gaza, Palestine and the other regions.
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Rocket fire increases; IDF may deploy Iron Dome soon
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=213741

As missile fire from the Gaza Strip escalated on Thursday, the IDF is preparing for the possible deployment of the Iron Dome counter-rocket defense system along Israel’s border with Gaza.
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Bahrain complains over Hezbollah comments on protests
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=213829&R=R1

MANAMA – Bahrain has made a formal complaint to the Lebanese government over Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah’s offer of support to mainly Shi’ite protesters demanding reforms in the Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab kingdom.
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Breach Suspected at Japan Nuke Plant — Gov’t Advises Citizens to Flee
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/breach-suspected-at-japan-nuke-plant-govt-advises-citizens-to-flee/

TOKYO (The Blaze/AP) — A suspected breach in the core at one reactor at a stricken Fukushima nuclear plant could mean more serious radioactive contamination, Japanese officials revealed Friday – a situation the prime minister called “very grave and serious.”
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The Japanese road repaired SIX days after it was destroyed by quake
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369307/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Road-repaired-SIX-days-destroyed.html

The picture of gaping chasms in a Japanese highway demonstrated the power of the March 11 earthquake. Now the astonishing speed of reconstruction is being used to highlight the nation’s ability to get back on its feet.
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North Korea’s food stocks running dry, UN warns
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8406442/North-Koreas-food-stocks-running-dry-UN-warns.html

North Korea’s government food distribution programme will run dry in May and put one-quarter of the country’s 24 million people at risk of starvation, the United Nations has warned.
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Nine-year-old loses leg while saving little sister’s life
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110323/ts_yblog_thelookout/nine-year-old-loses-leg-while-saving-little-sisters-life

Nine-year-old Anaiah Rucker is being hailed as a hero after saving her sister from being hit by a truck last month. Anaiah told The Today Show’s Ann Curry today that she didn’t think twice before pushing her little sister out of the path of the vehicle as the pair crossed the street in Madison, Georgia to get to the school bus stop.

Forces Detain Insurgents in Afghanistan Operations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63270

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces detained several suspected insurgents, including Taliban leaders and Haqqani network terrorists, in operations today throughout Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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TF Duke, ANSF clear weapons caches
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4305-tf-duke-ansf-clear-weapons-caches.html

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Coalition forces and Afghan National Security Forces completed a major operation, recovering hundreds of pounds of explosives and weapons and severely degrading insurgent activity, prior to the spring fighting season in eastern Afghanistan, March 20.
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USS McCampbell Replenishes to Continue Relief to Japan
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=59254

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) — USS McCampbell (DDG 85) took on supplies to continue Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations off the eastern coast of Japan March 23.
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Face of Defense: Marine Finds Way to Help Tsunami Victims
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63286

CAMP COURTNEY, Japan, March 24, 2011 – Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Yamile Brito is proving the truth of former President John F. Kennedy’s statement that “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”
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Study Guide: Pentagon Paper
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/03/23/study-guide-pentagon-paper/

NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 3/23 TV show.
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Blaze Exclusive: Congressman Presses Holder to Investigate ‘Terrorist Plans’ in Bank Plot
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/blaze-exclusive-congressman-presses-holder-to-investigate-terrorist-plans-in-bank-plot/

The Blaze has obtained an exclusive letter sent from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding shocking video uncovered by The Blaze on Tuesday.
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Report: Rep. Anthony Weiner Wants ObamaCare Waiver for NYC
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-rep-anthony-weiner-wants-obamacare-waiver-for-nyc/

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., one of the most outspoken supporters of President Obama’s landmark health care overhaul just one year ago, is reportedly now looking into how a health law waiver might work for his constituents in the Big Apple.
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EPA Is Now Using Taxpayer Dollars to Pay Lung Association to Attack Republicans
http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2011/03/23/epa-is-now-using-taxpayer-dollars-to-pay-lung-association-to-attack-republicans/

Your tax dollars at work… The EPA is now paying the American Lung Association to attack Republicans. The ALA put up four billboards like this one near Rep. Fred Upton’s office in Michigan. Upton is the House Energy and Commerce Chairman. (PlowShareGroup)
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Google Said to Face Possible Antitrust Probes by Ohio, Wisconsin Officials
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-24/google-said-to-face-possible-antitrust-probes-by-ohio-wisconsin-officials.html

Google Inc. (GOOG), operator of the world’s biggest search engine, faces possible antitrust probes by Ohio and Wisconsin over its business practices, according to a state official and a person familiar with the matters.
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Reason.tv: LA Food Police Ban Burger Joints – Is Your City Next?
http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2011/03/23/reason-tv-la-food-police-ban-burger-joints-is-your-city-next/

First Lady Michelle Obama hopes to curb childhood obesity by teaching children about nutrition and exercise. “There’s no expert on this planet who says that the government telling people what to do actually does any good with this issue,” she says.
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Hazelwood Crackdown on Girl Scout Cookies
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/03/24/hazelwood-crackdown-on-girl-scout-cookies/

HAZELWOOD, Mo. (KMOX/AP) – The city of Hazelwood says they do support the Girl Scouts but not when they are violating the home occupancy code.
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Policeman sues over orders to attend Islamic prayer
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278589

A Tulsa, Okla., police captain is suing his chief and the city after he was demoted and targeted by an internal investigation for refusing orders to attend an event featuring lessons in Islam, a tour and a prayer service at a mosque linked to an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror financing trial.
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Unions Decry Maine Gov‘s ’Mean-Spirited‘ Removal of Labor Mural From Gov’t Building
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/unions-decry-maine-govs-mean-spirited-removal-of-labor-mural-from-govt-building/

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP/The Blaze) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting the state’s labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Augusta.
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Leftist Group La Raza Demands Congress Sign ‘Pledge for Respect’ for Latinos
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/leftist-group-la-raza-demands-congress-sign-pledge-of-respect-for-latinos/

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), a leftist Latino rights group, is launching a campaign to get members of Congress to sign a pledge opposing “irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric toward Latinos,“ reinforcing Hispanics as ”an integral part of the fabric of America, and vowing to denounce “politicians who dehumanize and scapegoat Latinos.”
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Looming Soros Conference Will Focus on Rearranging Global ‘Financial Order’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/looming-soros-conference-will-focus-on-rearranging-global-financial-order/

On April 8, dozens of “academic, business and government policy thought leaders” are scheduled to gather for a forum reminiscent of the 1944 Bretton Woods gathering that helped launch the World Bank and International Monetary Fund following World War II.
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Activist Media Group Uses Soros Billions to Train Progressive Pundits
http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/03/23/activist-media-group-uses-soros-billions-to-train-progressive-pundits/

It says a lot about who’s #winning when progressive activist groups have to take their sugardaddy billions to train other progs to be as good as conservatives on air.
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Soros fingerprints on Libya bombing
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278685

Philanthropist billionaire George Soros is a primary funder and key proponent of the global organization that promotes the military doctrine used by the Obama administration to justify the recent airstrikes targeting the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.
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Western air strikes continue to hit Tripoli
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=213632&R=R3

TRIPOLI – Western air strikes have again hit a target in the Tajoura district of the Libyan capital which was struck overnight, a Libyan military source said on Thursday. “There is an attack in the same place that was attacked this morning,” the source, who did not want to be identified, told Reuters.
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French Jets Shoot Down Libyan Warplane as Qaddafi Violates No-Fly Zone
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/24/french-jets-reportedly-shoot-libyan-warplane-qaddafi-violates-fly-zone/

French fighter jets shot down a Libyan warplane, amid allegations that forces loyal to leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi violated the country’s UN-sanctioned no-fly zone.
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China seizes on Libya for propaganda war against West
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/23/libya-china-media-idUSL3E7EN0BF20110323

BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) – A plot to seize Libya’s oil. A warning to the world that the West will cling to dominance. A flagrant display of hypocrisy over human rights.
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First Pictures Inside Fukushima Nuclear Plant Show Conditions for Heroic Workers
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/first-pictures-inside-fukushima-nuclear-plant-show-conditions-for-heroic-workers/

Inside the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, a small group of heroes is working to prevent meltdown. There are 200 engineers, scientists and volunteers working in shifts of 50 at a time.
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Thousands shout for freedom in southern Syria
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-24-09-07-02

DARAA, Syria (AP) — Thousands called for liberty Thursday in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, defying a deadly government crackdown as they took to the streets in funeral marches for protesters killed by police gunfire, an activist said.
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At least 37 Syrian protesters killed, hospital says
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110324/wl_nm/us_syria

DERAA, Syria (Reuters) – The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Deraa has received the bodies of at least 37 protesters who were killed in a confrontation with security forces, a hospital official said Thursday.
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Hundreds of Jordanians set up protest in capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110324/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_jordan

AMMAN, Jordan – Hundreds of Jordanians set up a protest camp in a main square in the capital on Thursday to press demands for the ouster of the prime minister and wider public freedoms.
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U.S. Says Egypt Vote Shouldn’t Be Rushed
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703362904576218872404821988.html

CAIRO—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates gently prodded Egypt’s interim leaders not to rush to new elections, saying the new political movements that helped push longtime President Hosni Mubarak from power in February need time to develop into organized political parties.
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Hamas digging terror tunnels along border with Israel
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/03/21/hamas-digging-terror-tunnels-along-border-with-israel/

Facing a possible new conflict against Hamas, concern is growing within the IDF regarding increased efforts by Palestinian terrorist groups to dig tunnels under the border that could be used to infiltrate into Israel and perpetrate attacks.
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Egypt Air removes Israel from map
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4046460,00.html

Egypt Air, the largest airline in Egypt, has removed Israel from the map – literally. On its website, Ynet has learned, Jordan’s land reaches the Mediterranean Sea.
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Woman in Hospice has last wish: to kiss a horse
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100901/ARTICLES/9011006/1402/?tc=obinsite

Hospice workers sometimes hear unique requests for a patient’s last wish. Hospice of Marion County medical social worker Tammy Summers-Wolff said that was the case with Hedwig “Hedy” Sands, 102, whose last dream was to kiss a horse.
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Stray Cat Rescued From Soup Can
http://www.wlky.com/r/27275700/detail.html

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A 4-month old stray male kitten was “a little too headstrong in his attempt to find his supper,” Metro Animal Services said, but a pair of bolt-cutters saved the day — and the cat.
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Deaf puppy learns sign language
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3484054/Deaf-puppy-learns-sign-language.html

Three-month-old Alice, a black and white springer spaniel, is learning non-verbal commands including sit, come and roll over. She was dumped by a breeder in Ireland at just eight weeks after he realised she couldn’t hear — and was taken in by animal charity The Blue Cross.

Forces Detain Insurgents in Afghanistan Operations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63255

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces detained at least 15 suspected insurgents, including several Taliban leaders and foreign fighters, in operations yesterday throughout Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Coalition forces engage insurgents in Bar Kunar District
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4302-coalition-forces-engage-insurgents-in-bar-kunar-district.html

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – As part of ongoing operations, coalition forces returned fire in several separate engagements, to include killing five insurgents March 22 in Bar Kunar district, Kunar province.
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Face of Defense: Former NCO, Now Captain, Helps Troops
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63267

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq, March 23, 2011 – Capt. Kim Walter knew she wasn’t going to get rich when she became the first woman in her family to join the Army.
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Fed Profit Rose Sharply To $82 Billion Last Year
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/business/economy/23fed.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss

WASHINGTON — Profit at the Federal Reserve banks soared to a record $82 billion last year, a windfall for taxpayers that also underscores the depth of the Fed’s continued involvement in the nation’s financial markets.
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Still No Recovery In: Jobs, Housing, Energy Use, Consumer Credit
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/business/economy/23fed.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss

If the recovery was in full swing, why isn’t petroleum usage? Here are a pair of charts from reader Tim Wallace showing the percentage change in petroleum usage over time.
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FBI probing package with explosives left at Detroit federal building for 3 weeks
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/03/22/fbi-probing-package-with-explosives-left-at-detroit-federal-building-for-3-weeks/

You may have missed this story from last week. The FBI is investigating a suspicious package containing explosives left unattended by security guards for three weeks inside the 26-story Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building in downtown Detroit.
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Uncovered: Did the Leftist Encouraging Economic Terrorism Have Access to Obama’s White House?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/uncovered-did-the-leftist-encouraging-economic-terrorism-have-access-to-obamas-white-house/

As we brought you earlier Tuesday, newly surfaced audio has captured disturbing evidence of radical leftists plotting to deliberately wage war on American capitalism in order to redistribute the nation’s wealth. Leading the group of leftist organizers is (reportedly former) SEIU director of financial reform efforts and international executive board member.
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Cockroaches, Harassment, & Extortion: Food Company Sues SEIU Over Bully Tactics
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cockroaches-harassment-extortion-food-company-sues-seiu-over-bully-tactics/

Cockroaches, bugs, mold, and flies. These are just some of the props and rumors allegedly employed by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) against the American unit of French catering company Sodexo. And the company’s had enough.
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Left Hate Speech: ‘Nazi’ ‘Racist’ La Raza Protesters Shout Down Political Opposition, Stop Arizona Attorney General From Doing Univision Interview
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/left-hate-speech-nazi-racist-la-raza-protesters-shout-down-political-opposition-stop-arizona-attorney-general-from-doing-univision-interview/

NOTE: This YouTube clip is 2:13 long.
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Food Nullification
http://reason.com/blog/2011/03/22/food-nullification

With a unanimous vote in a town meeting, Sedgwick, Maine, has approved a “food sovereignty” ordinance. David Gumpert reports. Citing America’s Declaration of Independence and the Maine Constitution, the ordinance proposed that “Sedgwick citizens possess the right to produce, process, sell, purchase, and consume local foods of their choosing.” These would include raw milk and other dairy products and locally slaughtered meats, among other items.
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13 Illegal Aliens Posing as U.S. Marines Captured at Calif. Border
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/13-illegal-aliens-posing-as-u-s-marines-captured-at-calif-border/

With a unanimous vote in a town meeting, Sedgwick, Maine, has approved a “food sovereignty” ordinance. David Gumpert reports. Citing America’s It seems illegal aliens are getting more creative. That’s one possible conclusion after 13 of them were caught last week near the San Diego border while posing as U.S. Marines.
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After Massive Disarray, Sarkozy Announces NATO Agreement For Libya
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2011/03/23/after-massive-disarray-sarkozy-announces-nato-agreement-for-libya/

Late on Tuesday, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he and president Barack Obama had reached an agreement to transfer from the United States to Nato the command of the military campaign in Libya.
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U.S. rescue chopper shoots six Libyan villagers as they welcome pilots of downed Air Force jet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368633/Libya-war-US-chopper-shoots-6-villagers-welcomed-Air-Force-F-15-crash-pilots.html

Six Libyan villagers are recovering in hospital after being shot by American soldiers coming in to rescue the U.S. pilots whose plane crash-landed in a field.
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Snipers, shells, tanks terrorize key Libyan city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110322/ap_on_re_af/af_libya

TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi’s snipers and tanks are terrorizing civilians in the coastal city of Misrata, a resident said, and the U.S. military warned Tuesday it was “considering all options” in response to dire conditions there that have left people cowering in darkened homes and scrounging for food and rainwater.
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Who’s in charge? Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368693/Libya-war-Germans-pull-forces-NATO-Libyan-coalition-falls-apart.html

Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign.
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Libyan air strikes: Armed Forces minister admits there is no exit strategy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8399609/Libyan-air-strikes-Armed-Forces-minister-admits-there-is-no-exit-strategy.html

The Government does not know how long the Armed Forces will be engaged in Libya, a defence minister admitted as debate intensified over the likely outcome, cost and leadership of the mission.
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Look who’s in line to replace Gadhafi
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278105

British cleric Anjem Choudary says al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood have assets on the ground in Libya and are ready to take control if Moammar Gadhafi is removed from power.
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Violence warning as unions plan mass march
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/uk-britain-unions-protest-idUKTRE72L3L920110322

(Reuters) – Trade unions said on Tuesday their march this weekend will be the country’s biggest protest for years, but police fear splinter groups will attempt to repeat last December’s street violence.
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Baby dolphin saved after dumped in rice field by tsunami
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110323/lf_nm_life/us_japan_dolphin

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by a giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11.
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20 injured, 3 seriously in J’lem bus bomb
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=213442

MDA says none killed; Police say that package exploded next to Egged bus 74 opposite Binyanei Ha’uma in central Jerusalem; Netanyahu delaying departure for Moscow.
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Israel braces for flare-up as Gazan rockets hit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110323/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian rockets struck two cities deep in Israel on Wednesday, wounding a resident and prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to threaten lengthy “exchanges of blows” with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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David Shirkey matches the poor and disabled with a free wheelchair or prosthetic limb
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/making-a-difference/2011/0321/David-Shirkey-matches-the-poor-and-disabled-with-a-free-wheelchair-or-prosthetic-limb

David Shirkey doesn’t fit the stereotype of a philanthropist. He’s “no saint,” he says. He doesn’t have deep pockets or belong to a group that does charitable work.
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Dog Found Alive In Rubble, One Month After Hyde Park Fire
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/03/22/dog-found-alive-in-rubble-one-month-after-hyde-park-fire/

Acevedo hadn’t seen her dog Lola since the fire on February 23. But, while returning to pick up some belongings Monday, she made a stunning find. “We thought it was raccoon or something in the house,” Acevedo said.
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Don’t Steal Computers From People Who Know How to Use Computers
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/03/21/dont-steal-computers-from-to-people-who-know-how-to-use-computers-video/

Two months ago, a thief stole a Macbook Air from Mark Bao, the 18-year old serial entrepreneur (he’s CEO of at least six companies), creator of the viral threewords.me site, and weekend New Yorker.

Forces Detain Insurgents in Afghanistan Operations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63255

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces detained at least 15 suspected insurgents, including several Taliban leaders and foreign fighters, in operations yesterday throughout Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Tax Laws Benefit Troops, Families
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63252

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011 – Service members and their families have a few tax advantages at their disposal, as well as a few extra days in which to complete their taxes this year, a Defense Department tax expert said.
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Face of Defense: Crime Fighter Works With New Partner
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63251

MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif., March 22, 2011 – Crime fighting can be a dog-eat-dog world, but with his new four-legged partner by his side, Nadeem Seirafi, a Marine Corps Police Department working dog handler here, is ready to face the challenges that lay ahead.
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To Destroy JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth In America
http://www.businessinsider.com/seiu-union-plan-to-destroy-jpmorgan

A former official of one of the country’s most-powerful unions, SEIU, is detailing a secret plan to “destabilize” the country. Specifically, the plan seeks to destroy JP Morgan, nuke the stock market, and weaken Wall Street’s grip on power, thus creating the conditions necessary for a redistribution of wealth and a change in government.
NOTE: Listen to the 7:12 audio clip from former SEIU official Steven Lerner at http://www.theblaze.com/stories/revealed-the-lefts-economic-terrorism-playbook-the-chase-campaign-for-a-coalition-of-unions-community-groups-lawmakers-and-students-to-take-down-us-capitalism-and-redistribute-wealth-power/ .
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Video: SEIU Protesters Take Over Bank HQ to Protest CEO
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-seiu-protesters-take-over-bank-hq-to-protest-ceo/

About 80 medical workers and their union representatives took two yellow school buses to the headquarters of ESSA Bank in Stroudsburg, Pa., last Wednesday. The SEIU demonstrators weren’t there to complain about the bank. Instead, they demanded to meet with bank president and CEO Gary Olson who also chairs the Pocono Medical Center board of directors.
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True U.S. debt exceeds world GDP by $14 trillion
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278017

As the Obama administration prepares to finance a Fiscal Year 2011 budget deficit expected to top $1.6 trillion, the American public is largely unaware that the true negative net worth of the federal government reached $76.3 trillion last year.
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FBI center takes on $1 billion ID project
http://wvgazette.com/News/Business/201103211014

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Clarksburg FBI complex is taking part in a $1 billion project that will enable law enforcement agencies to identify criminals and terrorists by physical characteristics more quickly and accurately, an FBI official said Monday in Charleston.
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Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging NSA Surveillance of Americans
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/warrantless-eavesdropping/

It’s easy to forget these days, but former President George W. Bush’s illegal warrantless surveillance program was never halted by Congress, nor by the Obama administration. It was merely legalized in a 2008 law called the FISA Amendments Act. That means the surveillance of Americans’ international phone calls and internet use — complete with secret rooms in AT&T data centers around the country — is likely still ongoing.
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Political Turbulence: Dem Senator Owes $280,000 in Unpaid Taxes for Private Plane
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/political-turbulence-dem-senator-owes-280000-in-unpaid-taxes-for-private-plane/

WASHINGTON (AP/The Blaze) — Sen. Claire McCaskill’s office said Wednesday she plans to sell her private plane and will pay $287,273 in four years of back taxes owed.
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Judicial Watch Goes to Court to Protect AZ Illegal Immigration Law
http://biggovernment.com/tfitton/2011/03/22/judicial-watch-goes-to-court-to-protect-az-illegal-immigration-law/

On April 1, Judicial Watch will represent the Arizona State Legislature in court, defending SB 1070, Arizona’s get-tough illegal immigration law, against the Obama administration’s all-out legal assault.
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Judge places California’s global warming program on hold
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/03/california-global-warming-program-put-on-hold.html

A San Francisco superior court judge has put California’s sweeping plan to curb greenhouse gas pollution on hold, saying the state did not adequately evaluate alternatives to its cap-and-trade program.
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Buoyed by strikes, Libya rebels try to advance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_af/af_libya

ZWITINA, Libya – Coalition forces bombarded Libya for a third straight night Monday, targeting the air defenses and forces of Libyan ruler Moammar Ghadafi, stopping his advances and handing some momentum back to the rebels, who were on the verge of defeat just last week.
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Gaddafi sitting on 143 tonnes of gold in Libya: report
http://www.smh.com.au/world/gaddafi-sitting-on-143-tonnes-of-gold-in-libya-report-20110322-1c4cj.html

Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi is reportedly sitting on a 143.8-tonne $6.4-billion pot of gold – enough to pay mercenaries to fight for him for years. The gold bullion – held by the Libyan central bank and controlled by Colonel Gaddafi – is among the 25 largest reserves in the world, the Financial Times reported, citing the International Monetary Fund.
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Allies Expand Libya Military Campaign, Debate Command
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/allies-control-of-airspace-in-libya-puts-qaddafi-s-ground-forces-at-risk.html

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the intensity of the military campaign in Libya will ease soon after allied forces imposed a no-fly zone on Muammar Qaddafi’s regime, enabling rebels to push out of their eastern Benghazi stronghold.
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Emerging powers join in opposition over Libya strikes
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL3E7EM1V920110322?sp=true

BEIJING/NEW DELHI, March 22 (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that Western air strikes on Libya risked a “humanitarian disaster”, adding to the chorus of criticism from big emerging powers over the U.N.-authorised campaign.
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So How Much is This New Conflict Costing?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/so-how-much-is-this-new-war-conflict-costing/

Ever wonder how much a Tomahawk missile costs? How about 110 of them? And what effect will those prices have on GOP attemps to trim the budget? Those are the questions that many are asking as American involves itself in yet another international conflict. And the answers aren’t too settling.
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Libya: US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8397587/Libya-US-fighter-jet-crash-lands-in-field-near-Benghazi.html

The two crew members on the F-15E fighter jet both ejected, suffering minor injuries. One was quickly picked up by a US military helicopter. The other is said to be “safe” after being rescused by Libyan rebels.
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Rare Glimpse: See 3 Stealth Bombers Returning From 25hr Libyan Mission
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/catch-a-rare-glimpse-of-3-stealth-bombers-returning-from-25hr-libyan-mission/

Talk about a long flight. Three Air Force stealth bombers are safe in Missouri today after returning from a 5,709-mile, 25-hour bombing campaign in Libya.
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Power lines up in progress at Japan nuclear plant
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110322/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan – Workers reconnected power lines to all six reactor units at Japan’s radiation-leaking nuclear plant Tuesday, its operator said, marking a significant step in bringing the overheated complex under control.
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Syria Protests Spread, Authorities Pull Back
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42206370

Unrest spread in southern Syria on Monday with hundreds of people demonstrating against the government in three towns near the main city of Deraa, but authorities did not use force to quell the latest protests.
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U.S. concerned about Yemen instability, Qaeda fight
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/us-yemen-usa-gates-idUSTRE72L3CL20110322

(Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday he was concerned about instability in Yemen and its impact on the fight against terrorism but declined to say whether Yemen’s leader should step down immediately.
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Portugal braces for govt collapse amid debt crisis
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Portugal-braces-for-govt-apf-4252480887.html?x=0&.v=4

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The leader of Portugal’s main opposition party says the minority government’s downfall is “inevitable” after it failed to win political support for its latest plan to cut the country’s huge debt burden.
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Google fined over Street View privacy breach
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_GOOGLE_FINED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-21-08-18-15

PARIS (AP) — Google received its first ever fine for improperly gathering and storing data for its Street View application on Monday when it was penalized by France’s privacy watchdog.

Task Force Currahee leads combined medical operation in remote Paktika village
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4294-task-force-currahee-leads-combined-medical-operation-in-remote-paktika-village-.html

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A pair of siblings ages 1 and 10 smiled, quietly walked into the room where medical care providers waited March 15. The older brother held out the hand of his younger brother to display a severe thermal burn, a common hazard for life in the village.
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Face of Defense: Army Medic Builds Medical Career
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63237

FORT BRAGG, N.C., March 21, 2011 – From the ski slopes of Montana to the bomb-laced desert highways of western Iraq to the expert field medical badge course in the pine forests here, an 82nd Airborne Division medic is navigating his own path to a hands-on career in health care.
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Flip-Flop: Obama Admin Sends Signals That Gadhafi Can Stay in Power
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/flip-flop-obama-admin-sends-signals-that-gadhafi-can-stay-in-power/

On the Sunday news shows this morning, the Obama administration sent signals that Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi could stay in power–despite earlier statements from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama that Gadhafi must go.
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Libyan rebels say Gaddafi forces use human shields
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=213124&R=R1

ALGIERS – Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are bringing civilians from nearby towns to the rebel-held city of Misrata to use as human shields, a rebel spokesman told Reuters on Monday.
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Report: U.S. Eyes Qaddafi Terror Response
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/21/report-eyes-qaddafi-terror-response/

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are watching for signs that a desperate Col. Muammar Qaddafi, under attack from a coalition air assault, could resort to acts of terrorism against Western targets.
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Fuzzy Position? Arab League Criticizes Allied Airstrikes on Libya
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/arab-league-criticizes-allied-airstrikes-on-libya/

CAIRO (AP) — The head of the Arab League has criticized international strikes on Libya, saying they caused civilian deaths. The Arab League’s support for a no-fly zone last week helped overcome reluctance in the West for action in Libya. The U.N. authorized not only a no-fly zone but also “all necessary measures” to protect civilians.
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Putin likens U.N. Libya resolution to crusade calls
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/putin-likens-u-n-libya-resolution-crusade-calls-20110321-052402-752.html

VOTKINSK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday likened the U.N. Security Council resolution supporting military action in Libya to medieval calls for crusades.
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U.S.-led airstrikes to help al-Qaida?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=277617

JERUSALEM – Arab leaders fear U.S. and international airstrikes against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces will aid the main Islamist opposition in the country, some of which consist of al-Qaida.
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Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan – Gray smoke rose from two reactor units Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilize Japan’s radiation-leaking nuclear complex.
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Can You Name the VP? 38% Fail Citizenship Test — Blame Capitalism
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/can-you-name-the-vp-38-fail-citizenship-test-blame-capitalism/

Quick: Who’s the vice president of the United States? What happened at the Constitutional Convention? Who’s third in line to be president? According to a recent citizenship test conducted by Newsweek, 38 percent of those asked similar questions got them wrong.
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Wisconsin Judge Maryann Sumi and Her (SEIU, AFL-CIO) Political Operative Son
http://biggovernment.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/21/wisconsin-judge-maryann-sumi-and-her-seiu-afl-cio-political-operative-son/

On Friday, unions scored a temporary victory to maintain their ability to collect union dues from Wisconsin public employees when Judge Maryann Sumi (the same judge who refused to order striking teachers back to work in February) issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the implementation of Wisconsin’s new law governing public-sector unions.
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Coast Guard: Gulf substance is likely sediment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_coast_guard

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard says a miles-long patch of discolored goop floating in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be caused by river sediment.
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Florida circuit court judge allows case to proceed under Islamic law
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/03/florida-circuit-court-judge-allows-case-to-proceed-under-islamic-law.html

What was that Hamas-linked CAIR and other Islamic supremacist groups were saying about how it was utterly fanciful that Sharia would ever be used to judge cases in American courts?
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Thousands Protest in Syria Where Clashes Killed Five
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/thousands-protest-in-syria-where-clashes-killed-five/

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Syrians protested Sunday in a tense southern city where security forces killed at least five protesters, a witness and activists said.
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Rival tanks deploy in streets of Yemen’s capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen

SANAA, Yemen – Rival tanks deployed in the streets of Yemen’s capital Monday after three senior army commanders defected to a movement calling for the ouster of the U.S.-backed president, leaving him with virtually no support among the country’s most powerful institutions.
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Wave of Unrest Shakes Syria, Crowds Torch Party HQ
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42187727

Crowds set fire to a headquarters of the ruling Baath Party in the Syrian city of Deraa on Sunday, residents said, as the wave of unrest in the Arab world shook even one of its most authoritarian states.
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Bahrain King says Forces Have Foiled Foreign Plot
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42188249

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said a foreign plot against his kingdom had been foiled and thanked troops brought in from neighbouring countries to help end increasing unrest after weeks of protests.
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Brother of Al Qaeda No. 2 Rearrested in Egypt
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/03/20/brother-of-al-qaeda-no-2-rearrested-in-egypt/

Mohammed al Zawahiri, brother of al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al Zawahiri, was re-arrested in Egypt only days after he was freed under an amnesty for political prisoners.
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Dozens Missing as China Cracks Down on Dissidents
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dozens-missing-as-china-cracks-down-on-dissidents/

BEIJING (AP) — The last time the prominent Chinese lawyer Jiang Tianyong was seen or heard from, he was visiting his brother in a Beijing suburb. Police grabbed him and threw him into a waiting van, pushing aside his elderly mother who had clung on to the vehicle.
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Ahmadinejad: God has chosen my successor
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4044415,00.html

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his replacement as Iranian president has already been chosen by God, a local website reported Saturday. “Friends told me, ‘We are concerned about the future,’” Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with council heads in Tehran. “I told them, ‘The future has already been determined. Go to work and the results will come.’.
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Boy’s Shoe Drive Collects More Than 2,300 Pairs For Orphans
http://www.wtae.com/r/27242347/detail.html

PITTSBURGH — An 8-year-old boy is showing the world that even the smallest of ideas can grow into the biggest of successes. Second-grader Stephen Shilling told WTAE Channel 4 Action News anchor Wendy Bell that he decided to start a shoe collection to help orphans without shoes, but he even his own mom admitted she didn’t think it would get as big as it has.