$10 Airline Tickets in the US Coming in May

Europe's had it fair share of super-cheap discount airlines for quite some time now. But soon we will see the RyanAir / EasyJet model hit the skies over Columbus, Ohio.

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Pakistan Has "Peace Deal" With Osama

The Pakistani military will no longer operate in the area where Osama bin Laden and other top al Qaeda operatives are believed to be hiding, according to terms of what the Pakistan government calls a "peace deal," signed today with militant tribal groups allied to the Taliban and …

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The 15 Biggest Cultural Touchstones for the Class of 2010

A great rundown on the biggest cultural touchstones for the class of 2010 - there has always been one Germany, professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics, etc. Can you think of any glaring omissions?

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Two Guys Attempt to Set the Record as They Hit Every Station on the NYC Subway

Matt Green and Don Badaczewski apparently are subway endurance riders and will be trying today to beat the record for the fastest time riding the entire New York subway system.

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Hamas leader's three sisters live secretly in Israel as full citizens

This is crazy - Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas, has three sisters secretly living in Israel who are full Israeli citizens. Relatives of his have apparently served in the Israeli armed forces.

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Egypt: Palestinians trained bombers

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip contributed to the training and funding of the Sinai group that has killed about 120 people in a series of bombings, Egypt said.

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Israel protects Abbas' life from Hamas assasination attempt

A Hamas plot to assassinate Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has been thwarted after he was tipped off by Israeli intelligence.

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Plot for revenge attacks on West discussed between Iran and Hezbollah terrorist

US officials and Israel intelligence sources believe Imad Mugniyeh, the Lebanese commander of Hezbollah's overseas operations, has taken charge of plotting Iran's retaliation against western targets should President George W Bush order a strike on Iranian nuclear sites.

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Study alleges US sets aside own security interest for Israel's | csmonitor.com

This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the United States been willing to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state?

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Police Catch Suicide Bomber in Central Israel Before He Can Blow Himself Up

I was on my way through town today in Jerusalem and noticed a much larger police/army presence than usual - I was wondering what was going on and then saw this article a few hours later.

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56 countries print Prophet cartoons

Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, that were first published in a Danish newspaper last year and sparked an outcry in the Muslim world, have been reprinted in 143 newspapers in 56 countries, a study shows.

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US and Britain Accused of Smuggling Arms into Iran from Iraq

"100 percent of all illegal arms, alcohol, and unethical items enter onto Iranian soil via Iraq", Brigadier General Ismaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam told reporters.

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Sentenced Imam's Son Embraces Rap

The son of jailed radical Islamist imam Abu Hamza al-Masri is embracing rap music to sing the praises of Hezbollah and Hamas, the Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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Russians have food but are out of Salt

Russia still has food for sale. It's the salt that's gone missing. All over Moscow, shopkeepers have put up signs saying "No Salt." When a Russian can find salt, the price is up to 30 times higher than usual.

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Abramoff ties to Russians probed

maybe i missed this story - but this article says abramoff may have been "lobbying" russians higher-ups to ''promote private housing in the former Soviet Union and other projects in energy and economics." and the russians were using him to lobby tom delay.

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Has Kottke singlehandedly destroyed an entire blogging business model?

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How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, and RSS

The Democracy Player is an amazing open source Internet TV application that allows you to subscribe to video RSS feeds from anywhere on the web.

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First Humans to spread across North America may have been seal hunters from France and Spain

Recent studies have suggested that the glaciers that helped form the bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska began receding around 17,000 to 13,000 years ago, leaving very little chance that people walked from one continent to the other.

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The nonsense of Olympic doping rules

absurd rules and regulations that athletes must comply with in order to compete

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Israeli troops kill Islamic Jihad leader

the head of the palestinian islamic jihad was killed in a shootout in nablus in the west bank

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EU Rules out Contact with HAMAS

The EU will neither invite HAMAS leaders or any of its members, nor contact HAMAS before seeing the new government's program

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Hamas suicide bombers' videotape: 'We drink Jews' blood'

A Hamas Web site recently published the videotape wills of two suicide bombers, with two main messages: One is directed to the Jews whose blood Hamas pledges to drink until they flee from the land of the Muslims, and the other is devoted to a mother who helps her son plan a suicid

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