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41 dead as a 13 year old suicide bomber hits NW Pakistan

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber flung himself at a military convoy passing through a busy market in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing 41 people in the latest in a wave of deadly strikes, the military said. The bomber targeted a paramilitary convoy as it passed through a security checkpost in a bazaar in Alpuri town in Shangla, a district neighbouring Swat valley and the target of a recent anti-Taliban military offensive. Pakistan's army claims to have cleared Swat and nearby districts of the Taliban threat in an offensive launched in April, and are now poised to start a similar ground and air assault in the nearby northwest tribal belt.

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Drudge and Palin’s Afghanistan Messages: A Right-Wing Sybil Moment?

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Pentagon and “patriotic” hawks for years supported a prohibition on publishing pictures of slain soldiers’ caskets. Then President Obama lifted the ban, thus giving Matt Drudge an opportunity to create this lovely collage commemorating the Afghanistan war’s 8th anniversary.

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Tributes to Walter Cronkite

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A public memorial for longtime CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite was held earlier today at Lincoln Center.

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Why Does the New York Times Keep Losing Reporters?

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The rescue of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell in Afghanistan comes on the heels of Times reporter David Rohde ‘s similar (though much longer) ordeal. It’s at least the fifth kidnapping or arrest of a Times man in as many years. Farrell was kidnapped over the holiday weekend by Taliban militants while attempting to report from the site of a recent NATO airstrike near Kunduz.

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Forces Rescue New York Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s a joyous night for the New York Times : the Pahjwok news agency, a subscription-only Afghan service, reports that foreign fighters have rescued Stephen Farrell , the paper’s second reporter to have been kidnapped by the Taliban in recent months. Farrell was taken earlier this month while covering a NATO air strike on Taliban forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. His driver and translator were also taken.

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Don’t have health insurance? get fined

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama's effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul. The fast-moving developments put Obama in a box

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Commandos free abducted reporter in Afghanistan

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — A New York Times reporter who was kidnapped last week was freed by commandos Wednesday. New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was abducted Saturday while covering a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan.

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U.S. Forces Rescue New York Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban

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U.S. Forces Rescue NY Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s a joyous night for the New York Times , for Afghan news agency, the subscription-only Pahjwok reports that foreign fighters have rescued Stephen Farrell , the paper’s second reporter to have been kidnapped by the Taliban in recent months. Farrell was taken earlier this month while covering a NATO air strike on Taliban forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. His driver and translator were also taken.

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