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Wed, 8 Feb 2012
(Photo: US Navy file)When the U.S. Dropped Dirty Bombs on Spain
Eighty days after it fell into the ocean following the January 1966 midair collision between a nuclear-armed B-52G bomber and a KC-135 refueling tanker over Palomares, Spain, this B28RI nuclear bomb was recovered from 2,850 feet (869 meters) of water and lifted aboard the USS Petrel (note the missing tail fins and badly dented "false nose")....Full Story

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(Photo: AP)Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised with a suspected stroke
This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here....Full Story

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When the U.S. Dropped Dirty Bombs on Spain
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Almost fifty-years after the United States dropped "dirty bombs" on Spain, it was finally refreshing to hear guarantees that it will help clean up land contaminated with radio activity. But for the people of Palomares, a ...Full Story
Jacobite Bishop hails CPI(M) for displaying Christ's picture
| While Kerala's Catholic establishment continued its attack on CPI(M) for displaying a picture of Jesus Christ in its exhibition here, a senior Metropolitan of Jacobite Syrian Church patted the party for showing reverence to Christ as 'the greatest revolutionary and li...Full Story
No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50
| HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents. | The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing ha...Full Story
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
| Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually offer four hours of prog...Full Story
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
| BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually off...Full Story
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
| Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually offer four hours of prog...Full Story
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
| BEIJING -- Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually offer four ho...Full Story
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
| BEIJING -- Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually offer four ho...Full Story
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
| BEIJING — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually offer fou...Full Story
UFO sightings at Stonefield Beach reveal strange boxes up and down coast
Share | By Dave Masko A dog fixed this strange metal box in a blue-eyed vise here at Stonefield Beach Feb. 6 after a weekend filled with what locals call intense UFO sightings. | A dog’s eyes leaving his face for the flutter of a moment made locals here at Stonefield ...Full Story
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Chinese state TV starts American service this week
Kansas City Star Zhang Duo in this photo taken on Jan. 20, 2012 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, senior Communist Party members pose for photos with performers and crew members of China Central Television's (CCTV's) Lunar New Year gala program during their...
Chinese state TV starts service in U.S. this week
Richmond Times Dispatch | BEIJING _ Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said today that Washington-based CCTV America will even...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
Buffalo News | BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will ...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
The State | BEIJING - Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will event...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press ENTERTAINMENT PHILLY'S NO. 1 FOR MADONNA - 4:54am In the Mix: Metallica to headline festival in Atlantic City Philly's Wells Fargo is first stop on Madonna's U.S. tour Kobe rebounds at Delilah's - 4:54am Celebs cash in - 4:54am...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
The Wichita Eagle | BEIJING — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
Yahoo Daily News | BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America wil...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
The Tribune San Luis Obispo | Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually offe...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
Austin American Statesman | BEIJING — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will e...
Chinese state TV launching US service
Independent online Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion drive aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventually ...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
Denver Post | Click photo to enlargein this photo taken on Jan. 20, 2012 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, senior Communist Party members pose for photos with performers and crew members of China Central Television's (CCTV's) Lunar New Year gala progra...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week as part of major foreign expansion
Star Tribune | BEIJING - Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will event...
Chinese state TV starts American service this week
The Charlotte Observer | BEIJING Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence. | The network said Wednesday that Washington-based CCTV America will eventua...
A Cuban Christmas Eve story: Never look the pig in the eye
Palm Beach Post | Never look the pig in the eye. | I tried to tell myself this as a boy, but how can you not? It stares up at you from the shiny metal tray, supine with that upside-down smile, looking like a refrigerated extra out of CSI: Miami. | To a Cuban kid, Ch...
How Kennedy bought 1,200 hand rolled Cuban cigars just hours before he ordered blockade of ...
The Daily Mail | President John F Kennedy ordered an aide to buy him as many Cuban cigars as he could just hours before he authorised the U.S. trade embargo - which subsequently made them illegal. | Kennedy asked his head of press and fellow cigar smoker Pierre Sal...
Chinese state TV launching American service
MSNBC | BEIJING — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion drive aimed at boosting China's international influence. Only on msnbc.com Second wind for Santorum with victories...
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