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Experts: Terror suspect could have killed scoresAssessing the threat in Iran Oct. 1: MITa TMs Jim Walsh and
democratic strategist Karen Finney debate how far the U.S. and its allies are willing to compromise on diplomatic relations with Iran.
Topix.net Friday, October 02, 2009NIAID To Fund Development Of Emergent BioSolutions' Advanced Anthrax Vaccine CandidateEmergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS)
announced that it was awarded a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of
health, to further the development of one of Emergent's advanced anthrax vaccine candidates known as dmPA7909. The novel vaccine candidate is designed to have characteristics that will make it ideal to meet the U.S.
Medical News Today Friday, October 02, 2009Pakistanis Reject U.S. PartnershipEven with the arrival of the Obama administration and the prospect of substantially increased aid, more Pakistanis - an overwhelming majority - continued to reject the United States as a
partner to fight militancy in their country, a new poll finds.
Topix.net Friday, October 02, 2009Obama Campaigns For Chicago Olympics BidWHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Barack Obama is heading to Copenhagen to campaign for Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. First lady Michelle Obama is already in Copenhagen, making the case for her home city. President Obama is making an overnight flight to the Danish capital, and will speak on behalf of the U.S. [...]
Eagle World News Friday, October 02, 2009General Odierno Plans More US Troop CutsWASHINGTON - The top U.S. and coalition commander in Iraq says he expects to continue reducing the
number of
american troops in the country during the next several months, but the big reduction will come next year, after the Iraqi election in January. General Ray Odierno spoke to reporters at the Pentagon. General Odierno had already [...]
Eagle World News Friday, October 02, 2009General McChrystal: Afghanistan Situation Is SeriousWASHINGTON - General Stanley McChrystal, NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan says the situation there is serious and
success is not assured. Speaking at the
international Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the general said it is the Afghan people who will decide who is winning or losing. General Stanley McChrystal says there is no simple solution [...]
Eagle World News Friday, October 02, 2009House votes against Obama on Guantanamo transfer plansWASHINGTON - The House of Representatives went on record Thursday (local time) against allowing detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to be transferred to the United States, even to face trial or to be jailed in maximum-security...
New Zealand Herald Friday, October 02, 2009The Story Behind a Story"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be.
Topix.net Friday, October 02, 2009US Unemployment Rate SkyrocketsWASHINGTON - Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8 percent. The U.S. Labor
department said Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the
service industries (including banks, restaurants and retailers) hit especially hard. The United States has now lost 7.2 [...]
Eagle World News Friday, October 02, 2009Gilead Shalit's video-tape from Hamas prison is broadcastThe video-tape of Sgt. Gilead Shalit handed
israel Friday Oct. 2 in a trade for 20 Palestinian female prisoners was given to his
family, who were able to view his image for the first time since he was kidnapped in June, 2006, 1,200 days ago, aged 19. Running two minutes, 42 seconds, the soldier is recorded reading a Hamas daily newspaper dated Sept. 14 as proof that the tape is recent.
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