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ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data

23 September, 2020

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]

Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet

23 September, 2020

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 The president of Egypt has suffered a “devastating blow” after the country’s army announced they would not use force against their own people, who continue to protest against the government tonight. The news came hours after six journalists who reported on the protests were released from custody. Hosni Mubarak yesterday announced […]

Alaska senator Ted Stevens indicted in corruption scandal

23 September, 2020

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 United States Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has been indicted by federal grand jury on seven criminal counts for making false statements in his Senate financial disclosure forms. The longest-serving Republican in the Senate, Stevens is the highest-profile politician ensnared in the corruption scandal surrounding VECO Corporation and its executives’ attempts […]

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

23 September, 2020

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the […]

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

23 September, 2020

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Car bombing kills Yemen government official; ISIS claims responsibility

23 September, 2020

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Monday, December 7, 2015 Yesterday, at least seven people including Aden, Yemen governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad died in a car bomb attack on their convoy in the city of Aden, according to local officials. An online claim of responsibility on behalf of militant group ISIS called Saad a “tyrant”. An online post purportedly from the […]

Boeing 757 makes emergency landing at Vnukovo airport in Moscow

23 September, 2020

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 A Boeing 757 passenger jet, operated by Yakutia airlines, successfully made an emergency landing at the Vnukovo airport in the Russian capital of Moscow on Tuesday. The plane requested the landing after technical problems were reported on board. None of the 174 passengers and nine crew members aboard were injured. “The […]

Technical problem on Airbus A400M maiden flight

23 September, 2020

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Monday, January 25, 2010 Airbus has confirmed that there was a software glitch on its Airbus A400M military transplort plane’s maiden flight. The problem was relatively minor, and affected the software controlling its engines. The glitch was not reported when the plane made its maiden flight on 11 December—four years behind schedule and $7.3 billion […]

Letitia Long becomes first female director of a major US intelligence agency

23 September, 2020

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Letitia A. Long became director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on Monday, becoming the first female director of a major intelligence agency in US history. Long has been in government service for over three decades, and her former positions include second in command at the Defense Intelligence Agency, deputy undersecretary of […]

Vanity Fair contributing editor Craig Unger on the Bush family feud, neoconservatives and the Christian right

23 September, 2020

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Monday, November 12, 2007 In a recent interview with the Dalai Lama’s Representative to the Americas, Tashi Wangdi, David Shankbone remarked to him that Americans have trouble relating to centuries-long conflicts that exist between peoples around the world, including those in Asia. Many Asian countries dislike each other tremendously, and the conflict over Tibet is […]