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Star-studded party for Israeli president's 90th
Israeli and global leaders, local celebrities and Hollywood superstars celebrated under one roof Tuesday to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres for his upcoming 90th birthday, reflecting world respect for one of the country's peace pioneers. Peres is hosting his annual Presidential Conference that brings together an array of artists, thinkers ...
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___ NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing ...
AP EXCLUSIVE: US war games send signal to Assad
Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria. With the recent deployment of Patriot missiles near the Syrian border, and the mock Syrian accents of ...
House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
Republicans controlling the House unveiled slashing cuts Tuesday to a program that helps localities build community development projects, while their rivals in the Democratic-led Senate proposed to restore GOP cuts to international food aid and nutrition help for pregnant women. An Energy Department spending bill that would cut President Barack ...
Syrian warplanes strike rebel posts in Aleppo
Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have for months been trying to ...
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- House to consider cuts to food stamps
- Capitol's Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled
- Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA
- Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
- Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
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