Posts Tagged ‘the-ground’

VIDEO: Witnessing Syria’s broken promises

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

As the United Nations and Syria reach a deal that will set the ground rules for UN observers in the country, people in Idlib Province have accused the government of breaking its promises and attacking civilian areas.

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VIDEO: Witnessing Syria’s broken promises

Woods Loses His Temper and More Ground at Masters

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

A frustrated Tiger Woods fell 12 shots off the lead at the Masters, and he hurled his club to the ground after an errant shot on the 13th hole.

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Woods Loses His Temper and More Ground at Masters

Navy jet slams into apartment complex

Friday, April 6th, 2012

An F/A-18 experienced a “catastrophic mechanical malfunction” during takeoff Friday before crashing, Navy officials say. Both aviators aboard and at least four people on the ground were injured.

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Serbia agrees Kosovo border deal

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Serbia and Kosovo reach an agreement to jointly manage their border crossings, after a series of clashes on the ground, the European Union says.

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Serbia agrees Kosovo border deal

Two men who ate poisonous mushrooms survive

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

With the rainy weather recently , lawns are producing bumper crops of mushrooms. And doctors at Georgetown University Hospital are offering some advice: No matter how tempting the fungi, don’t yank them out of the ground and pop them into your mouth . Physicians offer the cautionary tale of Frank Constantinopla, 49, who after a Sept. 12 rainstorm looked in wonder at his backyard in Springfield, Va. “Oh, there’re so many mushrooms,” Constantinopla recalls thinking. “They look so lovely; I’m so lucky.” Read full article > >

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Redskins’ upgraded defensive line pays quick dividends

Friday, September 16th, 2011

The crowd was too loud at Fed­Ex Field, and rookie nose tackle Chris Neild didn’t hear linebacker London Fletcher change the defensive call. When the ball was snapped, Neild ran right into the man next to him, Adam Carriker, and by happenstance ended up dragging New York quarterback Eli Manning to the ground for his first career sack. Read full article > >

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Date Lab: A second date might hinge on the donkeys

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

About the daters … John:  To be able to run super fast. Lizard:  The ability to float above the ground, because then I would never trip. Don’t believe the myth — dancers are not graceful. Read full article > >

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Date Lab: A second date might hinge on the donkeys

Karzai Welcomes Withdrawal, but Many Afghans Are Wary

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Even as many senior Afghan officials echoed President Hamid Karzai, closer to the ground, local leaders and ordinary people expressed fears of civil war.

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Karzai Welcomes Withdrawal, but Many Afghans Are Wary

‘Miracle’ Plane Lands at Museum

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Two years after its incredible landing, the “Miracle on the Hudson” plane has finally reached North Carolina. The wingless plane traveled on the ground this week from New Jersey, making its final stop at the Carolina Aviation Museum on Friday. Hundreds…

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‘Miracle’ Plane Lands at Museum

Syrians Discover ‘Mass Grave’

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Residents of Daraa, the Syrian city recently under siege, say they’ve pulled 13 bodies from the ground in the city’s rural outskirts in what appears to be a mass grave. The bodies belong to Abdullah Abdul Aziz Aba Zaid, four of his six children, six…

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Bin Laden discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Half an hour had passed on the ground, but the American commandos raiding Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani hideaway had yet to find their long-sought target.

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Bin Laden discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’

British, Italian Embassies Attacked in Tripoli

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

Gaddafi strikes back? Mobs ransacked and then burned to the ground Britain’s embassy complex in Tripoli early Sunday and vandalized Italy’s. The attack came hours after the regime accused NATO airstrikes of killing Gaddafi’s second youngest son and…

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French Libya ground role mooted

Monday, April 18th, 2011

French commandos should be deployed on the ground in Libya, a senior French official suggests, despite a UN resolution that forbids a force of occupation.

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‘Phantom Quakes’ Unsettle Japan

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Japan has been struck with so many aftershocks since the devastating magnitude 9.0 one on March 11 that people are reporting “earthquake sickness,” a feeling of dizziness, anxiety, and the sensation that the ground is shaking when it isn’t. Dr. Hideaki…

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‘Phantom Quakes’ Unsettle Japan

NATO: We’re ‘Doing a Great Job’

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

A NATO general has struck back at French criticism and said his organization is indeed protecting civilians in Libya. As a result of the stalemate on the ground, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said earlier that NATO was not doing enough to take…

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