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Nobody's Sure Why A Job Listing For A Hitman Was On A British Government Website

A listing for an applicant with prior experience of sniper rifles and suited to those "who like their martinis shaken and not stirred" has appeared on a government job site.A call for candidates for...

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Officials: Israel's Gaza Offensive Was Training For A Possible Fight With Iran

Israel's eight-day Gaza offensive was a dry run for any future armed confrontation with Iran, U.S. and Israeli officials told The New York Times.“In Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel was not...

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7 Essential Tips For Not Getting Hacked On 'Cyber' Monday

It can happen to anyone and it's really pretty easy: all you have to do is enter your information into a suspect field or two and then — ZANG! — suddenly your bank's calling you because you're trying...

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Governments Prosecute Online Activists As They Battle For Control Of The...

Whatever one thinks of WikiLeaks, it is an indisputable fact that the group has never been charged by any government with any crime, let alone convicted of one. Despite that crucial fact, WikiLeaks has...

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The 37-Year-Old USS Nimitz Is Sidelined After Spending A Year Undergoing Repairs

Launched just over a year before the bicentennial of the United States in 1975, the USS Nimitz has been diagnosed with mechanical problems that will keep it sidelined for at least two months.See the...

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Japan Is Running Out Of Ninjas

Ninjas were some of the world's first elite commandos, capable of targeted assassinations as well as espionage in Japan's feudal times.Now, there's only a handful left.Mariko Oi of the BBC reports that...

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US Calls Out Egyptian President Morsi For Giving Himself Sweeping New Powers

Thousands are protesting in Egypt after President Mohamed Morsi issued a constitutional decree Thursday that rules none of the executive's decisions can be overturned until a new constitution is...

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Here's What Black Friday Looks Like In Afghanistan

A hilarious photo posted on Reddit shows what America's more than 60,000 deployed soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors think when they hear all this news about Black Friday and ravenous shoppers.It...

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The People Who Attacked The US Mission In Benghazi Are Getting Off Scot-Free

Gunman seen participating in the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi walk freely in the eastern Libyan city two months later, The Associated Press reports.Key security commanders and witnesses say...

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These Next Generation Drones Will Do Even More With No Human Input At All

As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) become more sophisticated their, capacity for abuse only grows.Governments are already having a hard time resisting the temptation to use UAV's for striking enemies...

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Both Benghazi And The Petraeus Scandal Suggest US Media Is Way Too Cozy With...

If there is just one lesson to take away from the Benghazi and Petraeus affairs it's that the American media is way too cozy with heads of state.Immediately following the Benghazi crisis, U.S. media...

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The Complex Web Of Alliances In The Middle East Will Blow Your Mind

The 20-month civil war in Syria and the eight-day Israeli offensive in Gaza highlights the often contradictory web of alliances that fuel conflicts in the Middle East.Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and...

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GE Is So Stoked About 3D Printing, They're Using It To Make Parts For Jet...

CONFIRMATION as to how seriously some companies are taking additive manufacturing, popularly known as 3D printing, came on November 20th when GE Aviation, part of the world’s biggest manufacturing...

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Military Inventions That We Now Use Every Day

A surprising number of military inventions have found their ways into our civilian lives.Here are just a few military-turned-everyday items.1. GPSWhen you rely on the GPS app on that Android phone to...

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Russia Sends Warships Off Coast Of Gaza In Response To Israel-Palestine Tensions

Russian warships have dropped anchor off the coast of Gaza in the case that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalates, a Russian Navy Command source told Voice of Russia.The Russian Navy continuously...

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Gaza's Fisherman Are Big Winners In The Ceasefire Deal

New details stemming the agreement to play nice between Israel and Hamas will be negotiated over the next few weeks, and so the biggest winners are Gaza's fisherman. They can now fish twice as far off...

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The Egyptian Stock Market Got DESTROYED Today

On its first day of trading following the surprise Thursday evening announcement that President Morsi would expand his power in significant ways, raising the specter that the Democratic revolution that...

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Syrian Rebels Tighten The Noose On Assad

Syrian rebels captured a helicopter base just ten miles east of Damascus on Sunday, the second military facility on the outskirts of the capital to fall to President Bashar al-Assad's opponents this...

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Veteran Defense Reporter Calls Fox News 'A Wing Of The Republican Party' On...

Veteran defense reporter and author Thomas E. Ricks was shown a quick exit today on Fox News after he claimed that the network "was operating as a wing of the Republican Party” during the presidential...

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Palestinian Unity On UN Statehood Bid Tests Israel's Patience Of Gaza Ceasefire

While last weeks' Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has curbed cross-border hostilities, critical negotiations this week will establish its long-term effect.And while Hamas and Israeli...

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