2012年3月10日星期六

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Police, mayors: NY risks access with Muslim spying

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FILE - In this March 8, 2012 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a news conference in Chicago as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks on. The surveillance of Muslims by the New York Police Department, detailed in a series of stories by The Associated Press, has been harshly criticized by some Muslim, civic and university leaders as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. Bloomberg has defended the NYPD's efforts. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)The tip was a surprise when it arrived on the desk of Ted Wasky. Had it not come, the former FBI agent fears five Muslim men in Ohio might have pulled off a plot to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Cops, mayors: NYPD risks access with Muslim spying

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Imam Hajj Talib Abdur Rashid, fourth from left, of the Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood of New York, speaks for a group of Muslim leaders excluded from a meeting with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, during a press conference following the meeting on Friday, March 9, 2012 at police headquarters in New York. Imam Abdur Rashid accused Kelly of The tip was a surprise when it arrived on the desk of Ted Wasky. Had it not come, the former FBI agent fears five Muslim men in northwest Ohio might have pulled off a plot to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

NYPD risks access to tips by spying on Muslims

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Imam Hajj Talib Abdur Rashid, fourth from left, of the Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood of New York, speaks for a group of Muslim leaders excluded from a meeting with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, during a press conference following the meeting on Friday, March 9, 2012 at police headquarters in New York. Imam Abdur Rashid accused Kelly of The tip was a surprise when it arrived on the desk of Ted Wasky. Had it not come, the former FBI agent fears five Muslim men in northwest Ohio might have pulled off a plot to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Iraq militia stone youths to death for "emo" style

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shi'ite militants against youths wearing Western-style "emo" clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources say. Militants in Shi'ite neighborhoods where the stonings have taken place circulated lists on Saturday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress. ...

Iran's UN fact sheet: Weapons track not confirmed

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bike in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. While much is known about Iran's nuclear activities from U.N. inspection visits, significant questions remain uncertain, fueling fears of worst-case scenarios and calls for new Mideast military action.(AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)Nine years ago, the United States invaded Iraq after telling the world that Saddam Hussein had covert weapons programs that could build nuclear arms. In the end, nothing was found. Today, acting on similar fears, Israel is threatening to attack Iran.

Truth Check: Is Iraq Killing Hundreds of Emo Teens?

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A shocking new report  claims between 90 and 100 Iraqi teenagers who dress in "emo" fashions -- characterized by tight jeans and graphic T-shirts, accessories, and longish haircuts -- have been stoned to death over the past few weeks by Shiite fundamentalists, a response to a warning about the "devil worshipping" lifestyle posted to the Interior Ministry's website.

10 things you need to know today: March 10, 2012

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Obama talks up the improving economy, Santorum hopes for a Kansas win, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

California homeless serial killer suspect to be tried in September

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Former U.S. Marine Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, an Iraq war veteran, has his arraignment postponed on charges of first degree murder in Santa AnaLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran accused in the serial killings of four Orange County homeless men and the stabbing deaths of a high school friend's mother and brother will stand trial in September, a judge ordered Friday. Former U.S. Marine Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, has pleaded not guilty to the six counts of first degree murder, four of them stemming from the stabbing deaths of transients in December and January that rattled Orange County residents. ...

CA preacher concedes apocalypse prediction wrong

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FILE - In this May 23, 2011 file photo, Harold Camping speaks during a taping of his show Open Forum in Oakland, Calif. Camping, the Northern California preacher whose radio ministry spent millions of dollars last year predicting a fiery apocalypse that failed to materialize has apologized to his followers in an open letter, saying A California preacher who convinced thousands of followers that the world would end has posted an online letter conceding he has no evidence of an impending apocalypse and will no longer predict global doom.

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