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Ex-FBI agent who watched JFK autopsy reflects on death - USATODAY.com

President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, ride in a motorcade moments before the president was fatally shot on November 22, 1963. By Glenn Miller, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press Jim Sibert has answered the...

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Politics › Japan gearing up to acquire F-35 fighters instead of F-22s

Monday 23rd November, 07:00 AM JST TOKYO — The Defense Ministry is making arrangements to select the F-35 as Japan’s next mainstay fighter jet, sources at the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces said Sunday. The ministry will...

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Saudi troops killed in Yemen rebel clashes: report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Three Saudi soldiers were killed and an unspecified number wounded as they fought to stop new cross-border raids by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on its website on Sunday.

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UN, former rebels in southern Sudan ink deal on children soldiers

KHARTOUM, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A UN official Sunday said the United Nations inked a plan of action with the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to demobilize and reintegrate children recruited among its troops....

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Assault possibly due to boy's hair color

CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A sheriff's official in Los Angeles County said a 12-year-old boy may have been attacked as part of a coordinated assault on redheads. Lt. Richard Erickson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's...

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Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles

Chavez is urging civilians to join government-organized militias Click to view scenes from the political life of the Venezuelan leader. CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300...

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Man halts parade to propose to girlfriend

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A 30-year-old woman in Oakmont, Pa., said her police officer boyfriend halted a local parade in order to propose to her. Alice Marcus said her new fiance, Trevor Okonak, was riding the lead...

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Bomb explodes on hood of police officer's car in Dagestan

A police officer was seriously wounded in the capital of the volatile Russian republic of Dagestan on Sunday as a bomb planted on the hood of his car exploded, police said. "An explosion resounded at around 11:00 Moscow time...

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Israeli president confirms progress in talks over kidnapped soldier

JERUSALEM, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday negotiations for the release of an abducted Israeli soldier from Hamas have seen "real progress," local daily Ha'aretz reported. "There is no doubt that...

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Car bomb fizzles at Belfast police HQ

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Two men crashed a car carrying a 400-pound bomb through barriers at Belfast police headquarters but it only partially exploded, authorities said Sunday. The Police Service of Northern...

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