Posts Tagged ‘since-the-end’

Swiss launch new search for twins

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Police in Switzerland say they have launched a fresh search for twin girls missing since the end of January after information from a new witness.

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350 Suspected Terrorists Barred from Flying

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Since the end of 2009, the U.S. government has stopped more than 350 people with possible ties to terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights, according to the Associated Press. Security rules were tightened after the attempted…

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AP Exclusive: US blocks travel of more than 350 with suspected terrorist ties since 2009 plot

Monday, April 11th, 2011

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009, The Associated Press has learned.

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US keeps more than 350 suspected terrorists out since 2009 Christmas plot

Monday, April 11th, 2011

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009, The Associated Press has learned.

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Hamas, Israel Agree to Cease Fire

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Conflict in Gaza between Israelis and Palestinians has been brewing since the end of March, leading to the most violence the area has seen since the end of the Gaza war in 2009. But it appears that both Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease fire to…

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Pentagon faces new budget reality

Friday, January 7th, 2011

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the Pentagon is confronting the reality that inexorable increases in defense spending are no longer a sure thing and that cuts that actually shrink the military’s bottom line could be on the horizon.

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Spy swap Russian keen to return home

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Igor Sutyagin, one of the Russians who arrived in the UK last month as part of the biggest “spy swap” since the end of the Cold War has been speaking to the BBC

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