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Reddit Cofounder, Digital Activist Aaron Swartz Dead From Suicide at 26
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2013-01-13, 08:55 | Link #25742 |
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Israel evacuates Palestinians from West Bank tent outpost
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90B0FD20130113 Israeli women soldiers have "right stuff" for border watch http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90A0GB20130111
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2013-01-13, 14:17 | Link #25743 |
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and the gang rape bus in India continues to roll...
I suppose it's an improvement since they didn't bash her head in
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2013-01-13, 14:35 | Link #25744 |
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The Boeing 787 is having some teething troubles, especially with JAL. (ANA is another major customer.)
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2013-01-13, 18:33 | Link #25745 |
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With all the news from the Mali conflict, this story hasn't gotten as much attention as it deserves:
Shabaab kills, captures French soldiers during failed rescue mission in Somalia: "Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, killed one French commando and captured another during a failed French attempt to rescue Denis Allex, an intelligence operative who has been in the terror group's custody since 2009." See: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archiv...lls_captur.php ================================================== French miscalculated rebel firepower in Somali raid: "French troops underestimated the strength of Islamist rebels when they launched a failed bid to free an intelligence officer held hostage in Somalia, the French defense minister said." See: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/587701 ================================================== Witnesses to a failed rescue by French commandos in Somalia describe mayhem, night of terror: "The night of mayhem and death started with the sound of helicopters above pitch-black fields. When it was over, the French intelligence agent who had been held hostage for more than three years was almost certainly dead, as was at least one French commando, and the home that served as the agent’s final jail was destroyed. And now the Somalis living in the muddy farm town had new cause to fear the militants controlling their street." See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...5c8_story.html |
2013-01-13, 19:09 | Link #25746 |
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Republicans add "temperament" to questions about Hagel at Pentagon
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90C0F020130113 U.S. states flirt with major tax changes http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90C08C20130113
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2013-01-13, 19:35 | Link #25747 |
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Aaron Swartz creator of RSS is dead at 26, apparently by suicide
He is one of the people who created RSS and founded Infogami (which was acquired by Reddit while it was in its startup days, people are incorrectly saying he co-founded Reddit). He suffered from depression and his life has been tumultous to say the least, especially due to criminal charges from his hacking of JSTOR http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/te...t-26.html?_r=0
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2013-01-13, 20:22 | Link #25748 | |
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2013-01-14, 08:08 | Link #25749 | |
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Protest against gay marriage: Huge crowds expected in Paris
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2013-01-14, 09:04 | Link #25750 |
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Mali Islamists counter attack, promise France long war
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90D0FX20130114 EU rules out sending combat mission to Mali http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90D0IQ20130114 I look like than France will be alone on this one...
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2013-01-14, 20:38 | Link #25751 |
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I'm going to post this here since it really isn't "tech news". Some interesting evidence that might be describing alien diatoms that arrived via meteorite. They're fossils, of course, but the argument is that the data suggest the diatoms could not have been fossiled into the stone after arrival. YMMV and peer review in progress, of couse.
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/wp-conte...-meteorite.pdf
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2013-01-14, 20:58 | Link #25752 | |
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Paul Krugman on Japan's new expansionary economic policy
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2013-01-14, 21:14 | Link #25753 |
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Obama says to unveil gun-control proposals this week
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90D13W20130114 RPT-China's space activities raising US satellite security concerns http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...0AJ10620130114
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2013-01-15, 07:30 | Link #25755 | |
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Pakistan top court orders PM arrest
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2013-01-15, 07:50 | Link #25756 |
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Insight: In recession-hit Spain, hints of new competitiveness
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90E0AX20130115
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2013-01-15, 15:13 | Link #25758 |
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Sorry for this article being in french but I couldn't find the equivalent in english:
Un jeu vidéo du lobby des armes fait polémique ( A polemical video game from the NRA .) http://techno.lapresse.ca/jeux-video...2_accueil_POS1 Mostly it's the NRA being hypocrite as always.
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2013-01-15, 17:19 | Link #25760 | |
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