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| Obama takes responsibility for lapses
January 7, 2010 at 8:19 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took ultimate responsibility on Thursday for security failures that led to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner and ordered reforms aimed at thwarting future attacks. |
| Gates backs critique of spy agencies in Afghanistan
January 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates threw his support on Thursday behind a harsh critique of the U.S. military's spy agencies in Afghanistan, increasing pressure on them to shift focus from killing insurgents to winning hearts and minds. |
| Former Bush lawyer charged with attempted murder
January 7, 2010 at 6:16 pm
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| BOSTON (Reuters) - A former top attorney for President George W. Bush was charged in Connecticut on Thursday with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked his wife with a long flashlight. |
| U.S. intel failed to focus resources on al Qaeda threat
January 7, 2010 at 5:15 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community failed to dedicate sufficient resources to address the threat by the militant group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a White House review released on Thursday said. |
| Gay marriage bill defeated in NJ Senate
January 7, 2010 at 5:12 pm
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| TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey's state Senate defeated a bill on Thursday that would have legalized same-sex marriage, a move that likely stalls the measure for several years. |
| U.S. contractors charged with killing 2 Afghans
January 7, 2010 at 5:04 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two contractors from the private security company previously known as Blackwater Worldwide and working for the U.S. Defense Department were arrested on Thursday on charges they murdered two Afghans in Kabul and wounded a third. |
| A goodbye kiss triggered New Jersey airport scare
January 7, 2010 at 4:18 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The security scare that shut the Newark, New Jersey airport for hours and delayed thousands of passengers was caused by a man who slipped into a secure area to give a woman a goodbye kiss, video released on Thursday showed. |
| Three dead in Missouri factory shooting
January 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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| ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire on Thursday at electrical products company ABB Power, where he worked, killing two co-workers and wounding several others, police said. |
| U.N. experts urge Iraq, U.S. to pursue Blackwater case
January 7, 2010 at 11:39 am
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| GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts called on Iraq and the United States on Thursday to ensure that the 2007 killing of at least 14 Iraqi civilians, which has been blamed on Blackwater security guards, be prosecuted. |
| Nigeria says plane suspect was properly screened
January 7, 2010 at 10:50 am
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| ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airplane on Christmas Day had been properly screened by airport authorities before boarding a flight in Lagos, the Attorney General said on Thursday. |
| Obama security adviser says bomb report a shocker
January 7, 2010 at 8:58 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans will feel "a certain shock" from a White House report to be released on Thursday on security lapses in the attempted December 25 bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, U.S. national security adviser James Jones said in a USA Today interview. |
| Brown putsch peters out, but UK's Labor damaged
January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am
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| LONDON (Reuters) - An attempt to oust British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ran out of steam on Thursday after two ex-cabinet plotters failed to win public support from ministers, but analysts said Brown's authority had been shaken. |
| Plane bomb suspect joined al Qaeda in London: Yemen
January 7, 2010 at 8:16 am
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| SANAA (Reuters) - A Nigerian man accused of the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound plane on Christmas Day was recruited by al Qaeda in London and met a radical American Muslim cleric in Yemen, a top Yemeni official said on Thursday. |
| Iran to try five people over recent unrest
January 7, 2010 at 7:07 am
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will try five people arrested in connection with riots last month, the worst violence in the Islamic republic since protests erupted over the presidential election in June, the official news agency IRNA said on Thursday. |
| Al Qaeda claims attack on CIA workers in Afghanistan
January 7, 2010 at 3:22 am
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| DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Afghan wing has claimed last week's attack at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in which a double agent turned suicide bomber killed seven CIA officers, saying the attack was revenge for the deaths of their leaders. |
| Pelosi says Congress close to health deal
January 6, 2010 at 11:47 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday congressional Democrats were close to agreement on merging their healthcare bills but still faced challenges in blending the two approaches. |
| Obama presses security overhaul, Nigerian indicted
January 6, 2010 at 9:49 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is "not patient" and is demanding immediate changes in airline security, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday, as a grand jury indicted a Nigerian man for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. | | | 
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