Union: Pipeline Decision is ‘Politics at Its Worst’ (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – The president of the half-million member Laborers’ International Union of North America has categorized the Obama Administration’s January 18 rejection of the construction of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline as “politics at its worst,” indicating a potential hit to the Obama re-election campaign from his union base. Here are the details.
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Union: Pipeline Decision is ‘Politics at Its Worst’
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Afghan Roadside Bomb Kills NATO Soldier
A service member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the ISAF said in a statement without giving details about the soldier’s nationality pending intimation to the bereaved family.
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First US-led soldier killed in 2012
A US-led soldier has been killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, marking the first NATO casualty in the war-torn country in 2012, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announces, Press TV reports.
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Crime History: Terrorsist blast at LaGuardia
Scott McCabe Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @Scott_McCabe On this day, Dec. 29, in 1975, a bomb explosion at LaGuardia Airport killed 11 people and injured 75. The New York City airport was teeming with holiday travelers when a powerful blast exploded in the baggage claim area. The bomb, equivalent to 25 sticks of dynamite, had been placed in a Trans World Airlines locker. The explosion …
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3 US-led soldiers die in Afghan blast
A roadside bomb explosion has killed at least three soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
A soldier with with the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has been killed in a bomb explosion in the troubled southern Afghanistan.
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US-led soldier killed in Afghan war
Pipe-bomb blast reported in SE Fresno
Police and fire personnel were at the scene of a reported pipe-bomb explosion this morning at Burns
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Pipe-bomb blast reported in SE Fresno
Two foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
Two soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan.
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Two foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
Sheriff blasts ‘Dog’ bounty hunter’s tactics (Reuters)
Reuters – Celebrity bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman received a scathing public rebuke from a western Colorado sheriff, who accused the flamboyant reality TV star of reckless showmanship in bringing his latest bail-jumper to justice.
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Rat delays Alaska Airlines flight out of Seattle (AP)
AP – Alaska Airlines had to delay a flight about to leave Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when a rat was seen scurrying in the cabin.