Posts Tagged ‘came-under’

Allies Defending Actions in Libya After Airstrike

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

NATO’s campaign of airstrikes against Libya came under intense criticism a day after a strike was said to kill a son and three grandchildren of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

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Yemeni Protesters Under Heavy Fire

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Government supporters shot at demonstrators from rooftops and set fire to tents in the street on Friday as the largest protest so far in Yemen came under violent and sustained attack.

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Yemeni Protesters Under Heavy Fire

Cyber attack targeted Paris G20

Monday, March 7th, 2011

The French finance ministry confirms it came under a cyber attack in December that targeted files on the Paris G20 summit.

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WikiLeaks reports electronic disruption

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

After posting thousands of secret government documents, WikiLeaks came under an electronic attack designed to make it unavailable to users, the whistle-blower website said Tuesday.

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Meghan McCain, Ryan Seacrest Spat

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Now that Perez Hilton has weighed in, we know it’s getting serious. Following her comments on Jay Leno’s show, in which she characterized President Obama’s appearance on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show as “trashy,” Meghan McCain came under attack from…

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Meghan McCain, Ryan Seacrest Spat

Suicide Bombers Attack U.N. Compound

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

The main United Nations compound in Western Afghanistan came under attack on Saturday. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside and more insurgents worked their way inside the building. There were no immediate reports of casualties. “It appears…

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Paladino Rented to Gay Clubs

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Carl Paladino, the New York real-estate developer-turned-Tea Party-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate, rented space in his properties in Buffalo to two gay clubs as recently as 2005, the New York Daily News reports. Paladino came under fire in…

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