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Top 3 threats to the United States: the good and bad news
The annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community is out this week, a widely-anticipated report compiled by the nation’s intelligence agencies. Here is the good and bad news about the top three threats facing the United States, according to an unclassified version of the report.
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Oscars 2013: Will one of these movies win Best Picture?
Nominations for Best Picture won't be announced until Jan. 10, but these films stand the best chance of earning nods in the category.
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'Zero Dark Thirty': Top 3 controversies from the Osama bin Laden film
"Zero Dark Thirty," which tells the story of the hunt and capture of Osama bin Laden, is already garnering critical accolades – and plenty of criticism, too. Here are the top three controversies currently surrounding the film.
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The Monitor's top 11 US stories of 2012
From storms to politics, the year was a wild ride. What are the most meaningful US stories of 2012? Here's the Monitor's list, in roughly chronological order.
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Amazon's top 10 bestselling books of the year
Which books sold best in 2012? Check out Amazon's full list.
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Oliver Stone film on Hugo Chávez flops with Venezuelans
Oliver Stone's documentary 'South of the Border' grossed more in one weekend in the US than in nearly two weeks in Venezuela. Why has the sympathetic portrait of President Hugo Chávez fallen flat with Venezuelans?
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Who's afraid of talking to the Taliban? Many Afghans
As General Petraeus assumes command in Afghanistan, President Karzai is pushing Taliban negotiations, but many Afghan women and minorities resist such talks.
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Bin Laden hunter wanted to haul Osama bin Laden to US alive
Bin Laden hunter says he wanted to capture Osama bin Laden alive and bring him to justice.
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Leon Panetta: Little new intelligence on Osama bin Laden
Leon Panetta told ABC News that Osama bin Laden is hiding amid Pakistan's rough terrain with "tremendous security around him."
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Bin Laden hunter, Gary Faulkner, says he'll 'absolutely' try again
Bin Laden hunter, Gary Faulkner, who traveled to Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden said he'll "absolutely" try again, despite his arrest in the woods of northern Pakistan.
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What's on Pakistan TV talk shows? Extremists.
Pakistan TV talk-show hosts like Zaid Hamid and Amir Liaquat Hussain peddle anti-American conspiracy theories and bash minorities.
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Gary Faulkner, Bin Laden hunter, on his way back to United States
Gary Faulkner's brother told reporters last week that he wasn't crazy, just determined to find the man America's military has failed to capture nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks.
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Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
Journalist Megan K. Stack peers into the lives of ordinary Middle Easterners caught between despotic rulers, the dream of freedom, and American foreign policy.
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How Muslim world feels about Obama: disappointed
Ratings by the Muslim world for Obama and America went down in this year’s Pew Global Attitudes survey.
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A year after his Cairo speech, Muslims think less of Obama
A new survey by the Global Attitudes Project shows Muslim views of President Obama and the US have slipped in several largely Muslim countries, severely in some. It's not the man, it's the American policy, the message seems to be.
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Gary Brooks Faulkner: Was 'American ninja' working for CIA?
Gary Brooks Faulkner, the man arrested in the hinterlands of Pakistan who says he was hunting Osama bin Laden, seems to have more in common with Chuck Norris movies than with any US intelligence activity.
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Gary Brooks Faulkner: 'American ninja' hunting Osama bin Laden
Gary Brooks Faulkner, a California construction worker, was detained in Pakistan carrying a sword, a pistol, and night vision goggles. He was hunting for Osama bin Laden near Chitral, Pakistan. Was Faulkner on the right track?
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Californian on solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden arrested in Pakistan
California construction worker told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
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Supreme Court refuses Maher Arar torture case
The US Supreme Court declined to take the case of Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who alleged that US officials deported him to Syria in 2002 knowing he would be tortured during terrorism interrogations.
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New Jersey terror plot: another airport arrest is no coincidence
The arrest of Mohammed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte on Sunday in the New Jersey terror plot was the second terror arrest at JFK airport in two months, perhaps by design.
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Will Gaza flotilla raid mark end of Turkey-Israel relations?
Turkey called for an international investigation into the Israeli raid on the Gaza flotilla sent to break the aid blockade. At security meeting in Istanbul today, Turkey positioned itself as a leader in crafting a regional response. Turkey-Israel relations are fraying rapidly.
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Drone strike reportedly killed Al Qaeda No. 3 Mustafa Abu al-Yazid
Al Qaeda's central leadership says it lost Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a founding member of the group, in a May 22 drone strike in Pakistan's tribal area.
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Air Force X-51A Waverider: faster than Superman
The US Air Force just flew its new X-51A Waverider at five times the speed of sound. It could be used as a hypersonic cruise missile, delivering a warhead to anywhere on earth in an hour.
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Why it's always crime time on TV
A slew of new law-and-order dramas ordered up by the TV networks show the genre's enduring appeal.
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Obama’s policies may spur nuclear proliferation
Obama's nuclear policies are on track to make the US the Johnny Appleseed of nuclear weapons.
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Philippines troops hunt Abu Sayyaf militants after terrorist bombings on Basilan
A series of coordinated terrorist bombings on the southern Philippines island of Basilan left 13 dead on Tuesday. The Philippines military blamed the attack on the Abu Sayyaf Group.
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Yemen balks at possible US strike on cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
Yemen said this weekend it is not hunting Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born cleric who has been linked to the Fort Hood shooter and Christmas Day underwear bomber. Awlaki was recently added to the CIA's hit list.
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Tariq Ramadan visits US. Part of a fresh start for West and Islam?
The US has lifted a 6-year-old ban on Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan entering the US. His visit may go a long way in advancing Obama’s goal of starting a new dialogue with the Muslim world.
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Cairo's revered Al Azhar University now overshadowed by TV imams
Al Azhar’s edicts were once heeded from Morocco to Indonesia, but the Cairo institution has lost clout as TV imams are reaching larger audiences and Egypt’s President Mubarak has taken greater control. That's a problem for the regime as it braces for its biggest political transition in nearly 30 years.
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