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California: Errors led to ship fire
Wire reportsA fire aboard the nuclear-powered USS George Washington aircraft carrier resulted from a failure to properly store hazardous materials and other missteps that allowed the fire to burn unchecked for more than eight hours, Navy investigators found. The...Tags: Defense
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Iran forces Hungarian plane to land
Associated PressTEHRAN — Iran forced an aircraft carrying Hungarian military officials to land in a mix-up over whether it had permission to enter Iran's airspace, Hungary's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The plane was later allowed to continue to Afghanistan. The...Tags: Defense
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Iran, U.S. reject report of jet landing
Los Angeles TimesIranian and U.S. officials Tuesday quickly discounted a news report that Iranian warplanes forced a U.S. aircraft to land after it violated Iran's airspace in recent days. The Fars News Agency, in a report published Tuesday, said a U.S. plane carrying...Tags: Newspapers, Transportation, Emergency Planning, Wars and Interventions, Air Transportation
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The Breakers 'a different world' for mom who gave birth there 65 years ago
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs a newlywed, Harriet Lumpkin visited her husband, Rudy, who was training at the Southern Signal Corps School at Camp Murphy just north of Palm Beach County. Instead of returning to Atlanta to have their baby, Lumpkin gave birth at The Breakers hotel on...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Ron Allen, Henry Flagler, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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Israeli voices for Obama
Chicago Tribune correspondentJERUSALEM — In a rare example of prominent Israelis weighing in on a U.S. election campaign, several retired Israeli generals and former security officials have appeared in an Internet video designed to allay concerns that if Barack Obama is elected...Tags: Heads of State, Barack Obama, John McCain, Defense, Government
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Slain Belleville soldier laid to rest
A Metro East soldier killed last month in Iraq is remembered as a man who loved children, his family, music and country. Services were held Tuesday in East St. Louis for 22-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class Jamel Bryant. Bryant was killed...Tags: Defense
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British army defuses roadside bomb planted by IRA dissidents near Northern Ireland border
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) _ British army experts have defused a roadside bomb planted by Irish Republican Army dissidents in Northern Ireland four days after finding it. The Police Service of Northern Ireland says the bomb was designed to ambush a...Tags: Defense, Personal Finance
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Iraq's foreign minister says 'bold' decisions needed to finalize bases deal with US
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) _ The Iraqi foreign minister said Tuesday it will require "bold political decisions" to resolve the major issue standing in the way of a deal allowing American troops to remain here next year — who would try U.S. troops accused of...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Public Relations, Guerrilla Activity, Civil Unrest, Injuries
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UN calls on countries to send naval ships, aircraft to fight piracy off Somali coast
Associated Press WriterUNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling on all countries with a stake in maritime safety off Somalia to send naval ships and military aircraft to confront growing piracy there. The measure urging...Tags: United Nations, Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Ban Ki-moon, Theft
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Info on Mich. congressional candidates
11th District ------ NAME: Joseph W. Larkin PARTY: Democrat AGE: 44 (Born 7-28-64) RESIDENCE: Livonia EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in political science, University of Michigan, 1986; law degree, University of Michigan, 1988. CAREER: Attorney...Tags: Cinema Industry, Illnesses, Internal Revenue Service, Kwame Kilpatrick, Diseases
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Former contractor pleads guilty to stealing almost $40M in fuel from US Army base in Iraq
Associated Press WriterALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) _ A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq and selling it on the black market. Lee W. Dubois, 32, of Lexington, S.C., faces up to 10...Tags: Corporate Crime, National Government, Government, Fraud, Court Administration
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UN chief says dangers hamper increased peacekeeping in Darfur, food delivery in Somalia
Associated Press WriterUNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The beleaguered peacekeeping force in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region cannot be significantly strengthened this year because of increased dangers, the U.N. chief said Tuesday. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he has delayed...Tags: United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Defense, Ban Ki-moon, Government
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