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By By ROBBIE BROWN, on May 18th, 2013 The Smithsonian is dismantling the cabin, plank by plank, and moving it to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles on Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the North’s intent was unclear. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended in an interview on Friday the right of Japan’s leaders to visit a controversial shrine to war dead but hit back at critics who accuse him of revisionism. Amid the latest flare-up with China and South Korea over history, Abe quoted a US scholar as comparing the Yasukuni shrine to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, which has a section for Confederate Civil War dead. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Justin Green, on May 17th, 2013 The Washington Post's Greg Sargent has a major scoop that Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is seriously thinking about ending the filibuster on executive and judicial branch nominations. Given Reid's history of crying wolf, I'll believe it when I see it, but the idea isn't all that bad.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Disclosure of a top secret intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised a rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to US officials. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Indonesia’s foreign minister is calling for a new treaty spanning Asia to help build trust, warning of the potential for conflict in the fast-changing region. On a visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said a treaty could help end “the all-too-familiar vicious cycle of tensions” in Asia and instead encourage confidence by bringing countries together in their goals. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A human rights activist in Japan has written to 178 US senators and congressmen urging them to impose sanctions on three Chinese companies that were allegedly involved in assisting North Korea obtain weapons systems, in violation of UN sanctions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Russia has shipped advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, US officials said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage a war on terror after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that President Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks to end Syria’s bloody civil war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The ousted head of the United States tax agency apologised to Congress yesteday for his agency’s tougher treatment of conservative as well as Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status, saying they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias. At a hearing that saw lawmakers from both parties harshly criticise his agency, former acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Steven Miller conceded that “foolish mistakes were made” by agency officials trying to handle a flood of groups seeking tax-exempt status. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In the wake of its apparent aversion to virgins – as expressed in its recent article “Never Sleep With a Virgin”, China’s nationalist newspaper, the Global Times, seems enthusiastic about lesbians – at least when former US secretary Hillary Clinton is suspected of being one. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China’s party paper turned on by Hillary Clinton’s ‘bisexuality’
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Thein Sein’s historic invitation to the White House is an endorsement of “Myanmar’s Spring” and a further sign that the former pariah’s reforms are irreversible, a senior Myanmar official said. Washington will welcome the former general on Monday in a hugely symbolic reward for sweeping changes since he took power two years ago. He will be the first leader of the former military-ruled nation to visit since 1966. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US visit endorses ‘Myanmar’s Spring’, says Thein Sein aide
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at US criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during their seven-year occupation. Washington denounced as “outrageous” comments earlier this week by Toru Hashimoto, who said “comfort women” forced to provide sex to Japanese troops during the second world war were a military necessity. “Mayor Hashimoto’s comments were outrageous and offensive,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, urging Tokyo to work with its neighbours to address the past issue. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The Boston bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid, describing victims of the attack as “collateral damage”, US media report.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A US soldier convicted of killing five of his colleagues in Iraq in May 2009 was sentenced to life behind bars on Thursday and dishonourably discharged. Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress at Camp Liberty, the largest US base in Iraq. Russell, who previously denied responsibility, admitted the killings last month in a plea deal to escape a death sentence, worked out by his lawyers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), in the northwestern US state of Washington. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Indonesia’s foreign minister called on Thursday for a new treaty spanning across Asia to help build trust, warning of the potential for conflict in the fast-changing region if tensions fester. On a visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said that a new treaty could help end “the all-too-familiar vicious cycle of tensions” in Asia and instead encourage confidence by bringing countries together in their goals. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Indonesia FM seeks new Asia treaty to curb conflict
By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama: No ‘magic formula” for dealing with Syria; Geneva talks with Russia ‘may yield results’ <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama defends leak probes as necessary for security, calls for balance with press freedom. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama assures he did not know about political tax targeting before reports became public. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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North Korea fires short-range missiles, says South
<!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles on Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the North’s intent was unclear. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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