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W. Kennedy Cromwell III, foreign service officer
W. Kennedy Cromwell III, a retired foreign service officer who spent the majority of his 32-year career in Africa, died Dec. 13 from complications of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville.
The former Washington and Annapolis...Tags: Grinnell College, Johns Hopkins University, Heads of State, Weaponry, England
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Sometimes, you almost want to feel sorry for Mitt Romney
I am starting to feel sorry for Mitt Romney. On an international tour to three countries, he made news in two of them by dissing the London Olympics and infuriating the Palestinians. The poor guy -- for months, people have complained that he never says...
Tags: David Cameron, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Wars and Interventions, Mitt Romney, Entertainment Events
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Is there room for compassion in the American empire?
Beyond the spectacle of the presidential race, the Washington consensus pursues business as usual. This is the season in which I wonder, with an ever-intensifying sense of urgency, what it would take to turn our political system into a democracy. "And...
Tags: Culture, U.S. Military, The Pentagon, Pakistan, Sociology
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The Interview: Tim Mitchell, CEO of FrontierMedex
When oil companies expand into desert areas of Africa, FrontierMedex Group helps them navigate the territory and provides medical care and security.
The company also has helped rescue ships from pirates in the waters off Somalia and provides medical...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Transportation Industry, Disasters, Tourism and Leisure, International Travel
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Al-Qaida after bin Laden
One year after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs at his safe house in Pakistan, a substantially weakened al-Qaida and its affiliates continue to pose a threat to the West. The Pakistan-based group's leadership has been decimated by drone...
Tags: Islam, George W. Bush, Al-Qaeda, Yemen, Osama bin Laden
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Laurel man indicted on terrorism charge
A Laurel man was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on a charge of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Craig Benedict Baxam, 24, is accused of trying to travel to Somalia last year to join al-Shabaab, an...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Army, Justice System, Al-Qaeda, FBI
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Ex-soldier accused of trying to join terrorist group ordered held
The Laurel man who is accused of attempting to join a terrorist group in Somalia was ordered held Wednesday until his case is decided. Craig Benedict Baxam, 24, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a State Department-designated...Tags: Justice System, Islam, Lawyers, Al-Qaeda, Prosecution
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Ex-soldier from Laurel charged with trying to join terrorist group in Somalia
Craig Benedict Baxam was surfing the Internet from his Army base in South Korea last summer when he came across an Islamic religious website.
The soldier from Laurel had never been particularly religious. But with his deployment and his time in the...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Islam, Al-Qaeda, Prosecution, Osama bin Laden
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U.S. war on terror focuses on new battlefield: the Internet
A Woodlawn man watches online videos of Osama bin Laden, posts about jihad on his Facebook page, and — according to federal prosecutors — agrees to a plot to detonate a bomb at a military recruiting center in Catonsville. An Ellicott City...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Computer Networking and Internet, Prosecution, Emergency Incidents, Trials
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Protesters target Ocean City event over speaker's anti-Muslim remarks
Protesters are pressuring Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan to shun a prayer breakfast that features a former high-ranking Army officer who has made anti-Muslim remarks. Leaders of People for the American Way, a left-leaning advocacy group based in...Tags: Islam, U.S. Department of Defense, George W. Bush, American Civil Liberties Union, Religious Conflicts
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Maryland relief agencies combat famine in Africa
Waves of refugees arrive daily to Kenya, some having walked weeks through unforgiving desert with virtually no possessions, and yet local relief workers report optimism among the millions threatened by the historic famine and drought spreading through the...Tags: Disasters, Agriculture, Martin O'Malley, Interior Policy, Christianity
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Trying terror suspects in the U.S.: Tough and just
The debate over how the U.S. deals with suspected terrorists captured outside the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan flared up again last week when the Obama administration announced charges in New York against a Somali man with alleged ties to militant...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Yemen, Justice System
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