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War Writ Small: Of Pushcarts And Peashooters NPR I'm twice that old again now, but as soon as I dove into this intimate, majestic tale of war writ small — of a battle between the pushcart peddlers and the truckers of New York City — I realized how timeless, and how deeply a part of me, the story was. See all stories on this topic »

The War Z Pulled From Steam - IGN IGN Update 2: The War Z has been removed from Steam's new release list. Valve has provided a statement regarding what's going on: "From time to time a mistake can be made and one was made by prematurely issuing a copy of War Z for sale via Steam. See all stories on this topic »

Eastern Afghanistan could determine war's success USA TODAY Specialized U.S. military advisers are here as well, teaching the Afghans how the finer points of bureaucratic management in war. They are instructing the Afghans on managing resources and requesting supplies from government authorities. The Afghans ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Syrian Scud Missiles Seen as Escalation of War Voice of America Joseph Holliday, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and now a senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, describes the Scuds as short-range ballistic missiles, with a range of up to 500 kilometers. "They are surface-to-surface missiles ... See all stories on this topic » Voice of America

Superstitious Russians take to Cold War bunker for Mayan apocalypse New York Daily News The bunker, in southwestern Moscow, was built in the 1940s by order of Joseph Stalin and was outfitted about two decades later to endure nuclear war. The renovated space now functions as a Cold War history museum and event space. In one compartment ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

'Tis the Season for More Smartphone "Patent War" Court Rulings Forbes As we remarked in a late December 2011 post, federal judges have no qualms with keeping lawyers, reporters, legal commentators, and other interested parties busy during the holiday season by releasing decisions in high-profile cases. That has certainly ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Angelina Jolie To Direct World War II Drama 'Unbroken' - Music, Celebrity ... MTV.com It focuses on Olympic athlete and war veteran Louis Zamperini, who survived a plane crash during the war, clinging to life on a raft for 47 days before being captured by the Japanese and sentenced to a prisoner of war camp. "I read Laura Hillenbrand's ... See all stories on this topic » MTV.com

Ben Affleck testifies in Congress about war-torn Congo - latimes.com Los Angeles Times He's best known as an actor and a filmmaker, but Ben Affleck has a special interest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and on Wednesday the "Argo" director testified before the House Armed Services Committee about what Affleck termed "the deadliest ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexico's Drug War Made Crisis Worse, Pena Nieto Administration Says Fox News With an estimated 60,000 people dead and violence spreading into once relatively calm regions, México's new attorney general publicly is voicing what many critics and human rights activists have argued for years: that former President Felipe Calderón's ... See all stories on this topic »

NHL labor war crawling to a finish Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) NHL labor war crawling to a finish. POSTED: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 4:52 PM. The NHL labor war is crawling toward a conclusion, but no one knows if the ending will put the players back on the ice. Or just ice the season. Optimists say the ... See all stories on this topic » Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

Carrol Walsh Dead: World War II Veteran Who Liberated Nazi Train Dies At Age 91 Huffington Post Walsh and other American soldiers liberated 2,500 Jewish concentration camp prisoners from a Nazi train at the end of World War II. About a decade ago, his story was posted on a website his friend Matthew Rozell created for the history class he teaches ... See all stories on this topic »

Bosnian war rape victims suffer in silence, wait for justice Reuters TUZLA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Fika was 15 years old, and her sister 17, when they were captured and repeatedly raped by Bosnian Serb soldiers who swept through eastern Bosnia early in the country's 1992-95 war. "We were forced to watch each other being ... See all stories on this topic »

88-year-old World War II veteran's Purple Heart and other medals stolen from ... Fox News An 88-year-old World War II veteran says he is devastated after eight medals he was given for his military service, including a Purple Heart, were stolen from his home. Retired 1st Sgt. Clyde Kellogg says he is begging the perpetrator to bring his ... See all stories on this topic »

Afghan troop cuts revealed as cost of war reaches £17bn - Home News - UK ... The Independent Ministers are hastening Britain's exit from the 11-year war despite fears that the Afghan forces could lose control of parts of the country after Western forces leave. George Osborne, the Chancellor, is believed to be among senior Cabinet ministers ... See all stories on this topic » The Independent

Paraguay's awful history The Economist The war, known in Paraguay as the "War of '70" or the "Great War", was among the worst military defeats ever inflicted on a modern nation state. According to Thomas Whigham of the University of Georgia, as much as 60% of the population and 90% of ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Mexico's war on cartels made drug crisis worse, says new government The Guardian The fracturing of Mexico's organised crime syndicates by a government-led crackdown on drug cartels has created between 60 and 80 new trafficking gangs, according to the nation's attorney general – far more than were active six years ago. Speaking on ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

War games with Sri Lanka in Himachal The Hindu The Special Forces of India and Sri Lanka are now involved in war games at Nahan in Himachal Pradesh. The exercises started on December 3 and are likely to last till December 24 at the Special Forces Training Centre, Army officials said. The two ... See all stories on this topic »

Intervention in Syria risks blowback and regional war | Seumas Milne | Comment ... The Guardian Blogs (blog) Since the coalition clearly isn't the sole representative of Syrians, the declaration (which goes beyond even what was said during the Libyan war) sets a precedent that is likely to come back to haunt them. But it was followed by only a slightly less ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian Blogs (blog)

Neocons Guided Petraeus on Afghan War Consortium News Even after the Iraq War disaster and Barack Obama's election in 2008, neoconservatives retained their influence over U.S. war policies in Afghanistan through their close ties to George W. Bush's national security holdovers, such as Gen. David Petraeus ... See all stories on this topic » Consortium News

Quentin Tarantino Says Drug War, Justice System Are Modern Day Slavery Hollywood Reporter Tarantino's new film is set just before the Civil War, and features Jamie Foxx as a freed slave who seeks to save his wife by taking down the brutal plantation owner that owns her. The revenge in the film is a symbol for greater black liberation, but ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Puppets come thrillingly to life in magical 'War Horse" Chicago Sun-Times The creatures now galloping onto the stage of the Cadillac Palace Theatre in "War Horse" — the heartwrenching theater spectacle and anti-war screed inspired by Michael Morpurgo's children's novel, and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford — might be ... See all stories on this topic »

War and theology The Economist Hardly seismic, some might say, at a time when war was brewing in Europe and about to explode across the world. At that very moment the second of two short, sharp local conflicts was crackling. The previous October a pan-Christian alliance of Greece, ... See all stories on this topic » The Economist

Robert Bork, Defeated Judge Whose Name Became Verb, Dies at 85 Bloomberg Back at Yale after Jimmy Carter took office in 1977, Bork finished "The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself" (1978), his critique of U.S. laws that, he said, were discouraging necessary competition. He returned to Washington in 1981 as a ... See all stories on this topic »

War Z Developer on Steam Debacle: You Misread The Description. Kotaku War Z Developer on Steam Debacle: You Misread The Description. The roll out of zombie shooter The War Z is one hot mess. Yesterday, gamers on Reddit were pissed about the game's misleading description on Steam. And now, the game's maker, ... See all stories on this topic »

The village at war over a 50 Shades style novel that's just a little too true ... Daily Mail It's quiet, happy and very community-minded.' Until now, that is. Because, thanks to one villager's late-flowering literary ambitions (and the wonders of online self- publishing), Eccleshall and its residents are at war over what many believe is an ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Class War Redux: How the American Right Embraced Marxist Struggle Truth-Out Conservatives and Republicans used to keep quiet and private about their views on classes and class war in the United States. They ceded those terms to leftists and then denounced their use. The US was, they insisted, a mostly "classless" society, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Price of War with Iran Project Syndicate WASHINGTON, DC – One of the greatest challenges that US President Barack Obama will face in his second term is Iran's pursuit of advanced nuclear technologies. While a nuclear Iran would damage America's strategic position in the Middle East, action ... See all stories on this topic »

Playable demo of War for the Overworld released Eurogamer.net A playable demo of War for the Overworld, the Dungeon Keeper-style game currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, has been released. The demo allows players to excavate a small dungeon and showcases the base building blocks used to design one. See all stories on this topic »

Route 33 sign honoring World War II general stolen | Regional: Lehigh Valley ... WFMZ Allentown Someone has stolen a memorial highway sign in Bethlehem Township honoring a famous World War II general. State Police are seeking out anyone who may have information on who stole the General Anthony Clement McAuliffe 101st Airborne Memorial ... See all stories on this topic »

The War Z apologises to players who "misread" false Steam information, adds ... PC Gamer Magazine From the outside it would seem as if things are going well for The War Z. Following it's "Foundation Release" and appearance on Steam this Monday, it's sat happily at the top of the store's Top Sellers list. But dig deeper and the game appears to be ... See all stories on this topic »

Bosnia's first census since war faces fresh delay Yahoo! News (blog) SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's first census since it was torn apart by war two decades ago faces fresh delay, the European Union said on Wednesday, citing technical issues and a lack of firm support from rival Serb, Muslim and Croat politicians. The ... See all stories on this topic »

The War On Drugs: A Middle Class Debate Vibe A new chapter of change in the United States began four years ago when Barack Obama was instituted as Head-of-State. This year, his re-election proves there's still a long ways to go. The "war on drugs" continues to be a pressing matter in a country ... See all stories on this topic »

Gears of War and Erector Make One Hell of a Co-Op Team Kotaku Gears of War and Erector Make One Hell of a Co-Op Team While snapping together plastic bricks will always hold a special place in my heart, sometimes I crave a more complicated building toy - something that requires an allen wrench and several dozen ... See all stories on this topic »

Bulls Rumors: Latest on Tom Thibodeau's 'Cold War' with Team Management ... Bleacher Report All things considered, the 2012-13 season has gone pretty swimmingly for the Chicago Bulls. Despite injuries and the continued absence of Derrick Rose, the Bulls are well inside the playoff race and have done a nice job at playing elite competition ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

A Shocking Interview With The War Z Developer On False Steam Store Claims Gamespy.com Hammerpoint Interactive's The War Z shot straight to the top of the Steam Top Sellers' list after its surprise "Foundation" launch yesterday, and it's remained there throughout today. Despite its apparent success, all was not well in this post ... See all stories on this topic » Gamespy.com

The War Z dev apologises to gamers who "misread" Steam page, hits out at ... Eurogamer.net UPDATE: Valve is investigating The War Z Steam forum after gamers complained they had been banned unfairly. In a post on The War Z Steam forum, Valve's Al Farnsworth said several users had raised concern about censorship. "We take these complaints ... See all stories on this topic »

Britain announces medal for veterans of treacherous World War II Arctic convoys Fox News LONDON – Britain says it will award a medal to veterans of the Arctic convoys that brought essential supplies to besieged Russia during World War II. Veterans have battled for decades for a campaign medal for the convoys, which braved icy weather ... See all stories on this topic »

Trauma Surgeons Call for 'War on Ammunition' ABC News Skyla Davis was shot before she was even born. Her mother, Tiffany Davis, 27 and eight months pregnant, was leaving a convenience store Dec. 9 in Miami when gang members started shooting in her neighborhood. One bullet struck her in the brain; another ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War Voice of America TRIPOLI, LEBANON — Syria's civil war is inflaming passions next door in Lebanon. James Brooke reports from Lebanon's second largest city, Tripoli, where supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fought running gun battles last week. See all stories on this topic »

VIDEO: Jimmy Fallon and Tom Cruise Have a Water War Seattle Post Intelligencer Check out TVGuide.com's Top Moments of the Year. On Tuesday's Late Night, Fallon challenged Cruise to one of his Water Wars, in which the player who loses a hand of the classic card game War gets doused with a glass of water. It was a close, wet race, ... See all stories on this topic »

World War II vet's medals stolen from Vista home San Jose Mercury News VISTA, Calif.—A wounded World War II veteran says someone stole his Purple Heart and other medals from his San Diego County home. Eighty-eight-year-old Clyde Kellogg tells U-T San Diego that eight honors, including a Bronze Star and riflery medals, ... See all stories on this topic »

Iraqi people opposed to war in Kirkuk: Mohammad Yousef Press TV Everybody in Kirkuk, everybody even the people that have gained a lot of things in Kirkuk are against the war. I can just tell you that the Arab people in Kirkuk are supporting the decision of Baghdad to put the Dijla forces in Kirkuk but at the same ... See all stories on this topic » Press TV

Remembering Daniel Inouye, Esteemed Senator & Brave War Hero The Stir (blog) Senator Inouye was not just a WWII vet; he was a true war hero. Before he served his home state for over 58 years in Washington, he was a second-generation Japanese American living in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was attacked. When the army dropped its ... See all stories on this topic » The Stir (blog)

What the Instagram Revolt Means for Facebook, Twitter War CNBC.com Facebook, Twitter Go to War With Instagram Push. Text Size. Published: Wednesday, 19 Dec 2012 | 1:04 PM ET. thompson_cadie_2010_100.jpg By: Cadie Thompson. Technology Editor, CNBC.com. Getty Images. The battle over who will dominate the ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

A Rocky Start For The War Z Escapist Magazine The War Z, Hammerpoint Interactive's entrant to the zombie survival horror MMO genre, is off to a very rocky start; so troubled, in fact, that its description on Steam had to be updated, after gamers complained that they'd been sold a sack of zombie ... See all stories on this topic »

We Have Been At War With Iran For Decades New Book Lays Bare the Wild ... PolicyMic In David Crist's book, The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran," U.S. foreign policy towards Iran and vice-versa is spelled out in such incredible detail that one should use a magnifying glass so as to not miss ... See all stories on this topic » PolicyMic

Veterans ease stance on Belfast war memorial bridge — Midcoast — Bangor ... Bangor Daily News BELFAST, Maine — Veterans groups and the city council began to find some common ground Tuesday night over plans to add benches and lighting to the city's Armistice Bridge, better known locally as the footbridge. Conflict arose last month over ... See all stories on this topic »

Pushcart War NPR Jean Merrill's classic children's book The Pushcart War explores war, peace and pushcarts on the streets of New York. Author Adam Mansbach writes that the story still resonates. Do you have a favorite children's book that deals with heavy themes? Tell ... See all stories on this topic » NPR

VIDEO: Tamar Braxton's New Song "Love & War" Hits No. 1 On iTunes With Lady ... Reality Tea Tamar's new song "Love & War" which she wrote and produced with husband Vince Herbert is a huge hit for the reality star – and as a bonus it's also good. In fact so good that Lady GaGa is promoting Tamar's song on Twitter. With GaGa's support Tamar's ... See all stories on this topic » Reality Tea

Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck, opponent of Iraq war, dies of ... Fox News BERLIN – Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck, a vehement opponent of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, has died following a severe heart attack. He was 69. His family said struck, a leading lawmaker for Germany's center-left Social Democrats ... See all stories on this topic »

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