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Loud-Ass TV Ads Are About to Be Outlawed
Who says members of Congress (and the FCC) never get things done?
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U.S. Terror Agency to Tap Citizen Files
Through Freedom of Information Act requests and interviews with officials at numerous agencies, The Wall Street Journal has reconstructed the clash over the counterterrorism program within the administration of President Barack Obama.
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Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States
When we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politicizing” the tragedy. That is code, essentially, for “don’t talk about reforming our gun control laws.”
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Why school shootings don’t lead to tighter gun control in the US
Mass shootings like today's in the US suburb of Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and several adults were killed at an elementary school, are usually followed by calls for more gun control. One Democratic congressman has already weighed in with comments to that effect..
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Even the dogs in China had more food than us
Every week we ask a North Korean your questions, giving you the chance to learn more about the country we know so little about. This week, Paul asks: What rumors did you hear about the “outside world”...
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Berlin warns Egypt is sliding to dictatorship
German Development Minister Dirk Niebel expressed concern on Monday that Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi was leading the country toward dictatorship.
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Behind closed doors at the UN's attempted "takeover of the Internet"
Conflicting visions for the future of the Internet collide in Dubai.
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Russia, India sign weapons deals worth billions
Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed cooperation between their countries as officials signed a $1.6 billion deal for 42 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets that will be license-built in India from Russian components and a $1.3 billion contract for the delivery of 71 Mil Mi-17 military helicopters.
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Will the internet end up controlled by big business and politicians?
Its birth heralded a new age of intellectual freedom. Now the internet is under seige
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The dream that failed
A year after Fukushima, the future for nuclear power is not bright—for reasons of cost as much as safety.
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Let’s go flying over the “fiscal cliff”!
Obama's locked in a game of chicken with the House GOP. But the worst thing he can do is extend tax cuts until 2013
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China to be surrounded by US stealth jets by 2017
The United States’ presence in the Asia-Pacific is about to be much more impressive: by 2017, the US is expected to have all but surrounded China, its number one economic rival, with fleets of the most advanced stealth warplanes in the world.
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The girl the Taliban wanted dead
The Pakistani teen blogger simply wanted to get an education. But she became a global symbol of empowerment for young women.
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LA offers groceries for guns in annual buyback
Long lines of cars and people formed Wednesday to take advantage of a guns-for-groceries exchange program that was moved up in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.
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China may make real-name registration mandatory for all its internet users
Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo has already made it a requirement that its users register with their real names, and now the Chinese government is considering a similar measure.
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Netflix now has the right to share your viewing habits
The Senate quietly passed a reform weakening the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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Syria's War Leaves Its Scars On The Children
Many Syrian children have lost family members and are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Even those who have fled into neighboring Turkey have not been able to leave the trauma behind.
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Gang-raped Indian Teenager Kills Herself
A rape victim is found dead after swallowing poison in the latest case to shine a light on police handling of sex crimes in India.
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Belgium seeks conviction of Church of Scientology as a criminal organisation
Belgium's federal public prosecutors have decided to prosecute the Church of Scientology in Belgium and several of its high-ranking members. The organisation and several of its members face charges in connection with extortion, fraud, illegal practice of medicine and violations of privacy legislation.
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Senate votes to let the NSA keep spying on you without a warrant until 2017
The US Senate has voted to approve the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, which will authorize warrantless surveillance of Americans for counter-terrorism purposes for another five years.
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