Who Is Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, Flight 253 Nigerian Terrorist?

As a potentially deadly terrorist attack was thwarted by the passengers and the crew on board Flight 253 of Northwest Airlines flying to Detroit yesterday, many are wondering who is the man behind the alleged terror attack - the suspect Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul...
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created by Yuliya Talmazan | 5 hrs ago | updated 3 hrs ago
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Jasper Schuringa - The Man Who Stopped Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab

Jasper Schuringa has been identified as the man who stopped alleged Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab aboard Flight 253 yesterday. Mutalab has been caught trying to set off explosives on the Airbus...
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created by Yuliya Talmazan | 5 hrs ago | updated 5 hrs ago
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Boxing Day History: The Origins, Meaning And Shopping Traditions

Today is Boxing Day, and crowds of shoppers are chasing Boxing Day specials while doing their Day After Christmas shopping. But many people are not aware of Boxing day history and what this day actually entails. So, what is Boxing Day and how did it arise? Traditionally on...
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created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 hrs ago
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Boxing Day: What Stores Have The Day After Chrismas Sales Today?

Shoppers are indulging in some post-holiday shopping today as it is Boxing Day, December 26. Prepare for some long line-ups as major stores are having major blow-out sales all day long. So, what big-item stores...
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created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 hrs ago | updated 4 hrs ago
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Governments react to Delta flight passanger igniting explosive
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Governments react to Delta flight passenger igniting explosive

This is an update of my Now Public story of yesterday.   Other  Now Public stories on the incident are in World,  here  and here and here. The White House has declared the...
created by smkovalinsky | 8 hrs ago | updated 7 hrs ago
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Charlie Sheen mug shot
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Charlie Sheen Faces Charges For Alleged Attack On Brooke Mueller

Actor Charlie Sheen has been arrested in Aspen, Colorado on Friday morning on charges of second degree assault, a class four felony; menacing, a class five felony and criminal mischief, a class one misdemeanor in...
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created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 hrs ago | updated 1 hr ago
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Gay marriage: A protection for heteros too
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In Iowa, opponents of gay marriage push for a referendum vote

Taking their cue from the state of Maine,  which in November repealed a gay marriage bill which had been passed into law by the state's Governor,  opponents of same sex marriage are pushing hard for a...
created by smkovalinsky | 5 hrs ago | updated 4 hrs ago
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2000-2009 America Lost
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HuffPost: The Decade America lost

Huffington Post's Bob Burnett tells us how a decade of bad political choices dimmed the lights of freedom in America.   From the choice of mediocrity in the 2000 election to the trauma of the Bush-Cheney...
created by smkovalinsky | 7 hrs ago
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Anti-gay marriage ads make appearance on DC Transit
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Anti-gay marriage ads make appearance on DC Transit

Washington Post OpEd columnist applauds gay group who want anti-gay marriage ads to remain in place on the DC Metro The Washing DC based group NOM (National Organization for Marriage)  is joined  by...
created by smkovalinsky | 6 hrs ago
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David Letterman's Top 10 Reasons Your Job Search Is Frustrating

How would David Letterman Search for a new job? ’Ya know, we talked about this a few times a little earlier this year, and recently a job seeker from Georgia, ‘ya know this is exactly what I was talkin’...
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opinion by philrosenberg | 2 hrs ago | updated 2 hrs ago
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Foreign Policy Commentary Updates

Here are some selected articles providing a foreign policy commentary update for late December, 2009 for those interested in the Middle East, Iraq, and Afghanistan politics A Year Later: Gaza and Israel Both Under Siege by Rami G. Khouri Israel militarily attacked and laid...
opinion by snuffysmith | 7 hrs ago | updated 7 hrs ago
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TETHYAN LOSES REKO DIQ CONTRACT

Quetta Pakistan /26 December Baluchistan provincial govt has passed a motion to terminate the contract for $ 65 Billion Copper and Gold project in Reko Diq Baluchistan. Minister Sadiq Umrani leading the termination move alleged Tethyan for exceeding the limits...
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created by NOUSHERWANIS | 1 hr ago | updated 1 hr ago
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Hillary Clinton | Photo 06
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Coup attempt at end of 2010?

Is it possible that Obama’s performance will deteriorate by end of 2010 such that rivals, principally Hillary Clinton, will defect to launch her 2012 campaign? Is it feasible that her husband William Jefferson...
opinion by YankeeJim | 6 hrs ago | updated 6 hrs ago
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U.S. Calamity in the Making - Our Growing National Debt

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Taliban Video Shows Captured GI Denouncing War

This is an update to previous stories regarding this captured soldier Pfc Bowe Bergdahl late last June. It is apparent that the Taliban design their propaganda Christmas messages to demoralize the troops. " The Taliban released a video today showing an apparently unharmed...
created by snuffysmith | 7 hrs ago
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