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Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'

Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'

American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.

Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
Bring Out Your Dead - UBS Quantifies Costs Of Euro Break Up, Warns Of Collapse Of Banking System And Civil War
Bring Out Your Dead - UBS Quantifies Costs Of Euro Break Up, Warns Of Collapse Of Banking System And Civil War
Any time a major bank releases a report saying a given course of action is too costly, too prohibitive, too blonde, or simply too impossible, it is nearly guaranteed that that is precisely the course of action about to be undertaken. Which is why all non-eu...
Analysis: Is Britain more corrupt than it thinks?
Analysis: Is Britain more corrupt than it thinks?
Britons love to lecture the world about integrity and the rule of law, but the News of the World phone hacking scandal has laid bare a web of collusion between money, power, media and the police.
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'may be forced to resign in coming weeks'
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'may be forced to resign in coming weeks'
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's irascible, unpredictable but devout president, may be forced to resign in the coming weeks as a political crisis far greater than the massive street violence which followed his re-election in 2009 threatens to overwhelm him and h...
Decline and fall of the American empire
Decline and fall of the American empire
The economic powerhouse of the 20th century emerged stronger from the Depression. But faced with cultural decay, structural weaknesses and reliance on finance, can the US do it again?
Bin Laden raid: Small step for the fight on terrorism. Big step to Obama's second term in the White House.
Bin Laden raid: Small step for the fight on terrorism. Big step to Obama's second term in the White House.
While funny candidates such as Donald Tramp eating their hat on that Obama was able to show in public his birth certificate proving he born in USA, Obama has managed to deliver in the same week certificate that guarantees the continuation of his tenure in t...
In Britain, Prince William threatens to eclipse his father, Prince Charles
In Britain, Prince William threatens to eclipse his father, Prince Charles
Prince William and Kate Middleton will exchange vows Friday in a ceremony expected to be watched by almost a third of the planet. But if the story that day will be of a prince and his bride, another will also be playing out behind the scenes: a tale of two ...
3 ways Japanese nuclear crisis may end
3 ways Japanese nuclear crisis may end
Someday, the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant will end. But when? And how?
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.

Analysis: Japan disaster costs seen at least $180 billion

Analysis: Japan disaster costs seen at least $180 billion

Quake-hit Japan faces a recovery and reconstruction bill of at least $180 billion, or 3 percent of its annual economi...

Analysis: Japan disaster costs seen at least $180 billion

Jacques Chirac's Trial Seen As Reflection of a Royal Sense of Entitlement

Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac will be the first former French leader since World War II to stand trial when hearings begin today on ...

Jacques Chirac's Trial Seen As Reflection of a Royal Sense of Entitlement

WASHINGTON POST POLL: Have you ever been subjected to an airport security 'pat down'?

WASHINGTON POST POLL: Have you ever been subjected to an airport security 'pat down'?

All in the name of safety, the Transportation Security Administration has introduced new pat-downs at airport securit...

WASHINGTON POST POLL: Have you ever been subjected to an airport security 'pat down'?

Analysis: Merkel under pressure to raise tax for rich Germans

Analysis: Merkel under pressure to raise tax for rich Germans

As an age of austerity looms for some of Germany's poorest citizens, pressure is growing to impose higher taxes on th...

Analysis: Merkel under pressure to raise tax for rich Germans

Analysis: Race issues beset Obama's "post-racial" presidency

Analysis: Race issues beset Obama's "post-racial" presidency

Many supporters of Barack Obama hoped his election as America's first black president might herald an era of post-rac...

Analysis: Race issues beset Obama's "post-racial" presidency

How celebrity culture is deluding women into think they deserve to have everything Self-help mantras make us believe we deserve the best

How celebrity culture is deluding women into think they deserve to have everything Self-help mantras make us believe we deserve the best

Every time Cheryl Cole throws back her shining mane and twinkles, ' Because we're worth it,' a generation of women no...

How celebrity culture is deluding women into think they deserve to have everything Self-help mantras make us believe we deserve the best

Why Obama doesn't dare become the 'angry black man'

Why Obama doesn't dare become the 'angry black man'

Here's proof that President Obama has indeed ushered in a new era in race relations. Who would have ever expected som...

Why Obama doesn't dare become the 'angry black man'

Greek Debt Crisis Raises Doubts About the European Union

Greek Debt Crisis Raises Doubts About the European Union

Europe’s consistent inability to move quickly enough to get ahead of the financial markets during the Greece crisis i...

Greek Debt Crisis Raises Doubts About the European Union

The Secrets of Obama's Underappreciated Success

The Secrets of Obama's Underappreciated Success

Barack Obama's right-wing opponents cast him as a socialist failure. His left-wing hecklers see him as an overcautiou...

The Secrets of Obama's Underappreciated Success

Bring the Pope to Justice

Bring the Pope to Justice

Detain or subpoena the pope for questioning in the child-rape scandal? You must be joking! All right then, try the on...

Bring the Pope to Justice

Why More U.S. Expatriates Are Turning In Their Passports

Why More U.S. Expatriates Are Turning In Their Passports

Chicago native Ben loves his country and is proud to be an American. Yet the longtime resident of Melbourne has just ...

Why More U.S. Expatriates Are Turning In Their Passports

Should journalists give up their sources in criminal cases?

Should journalists give up their sources in criminal cases?

An article in TIME Magazine ponders whether giving sources away in criminal cases is deemed fair according to journal...

Should journalists give up their sources in criminal cases?
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