Posts Tagged ‘Exclusive’

AP Exclusive: US No-Fly list doubles in 1 year (AP)

AP – Even as the Obama administration says it’s close to defeating al-Qaida, the size of the government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year, The Associated Press has learned.

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AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants are fed with fresh sugarcanes at the elephant camp in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat. Two wild elephants were found slaughtered in December 2011 in a national park in western Thailand, alerting authorities to the new practice of consuming elephant meat. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)AP – A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.


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AP Exclusive: US talks to Afghan insurgent group (AP)

In this Feb. 13, 1996 file photo shows Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan rebel leader and chief of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, speaking at a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of a major Afghan insurgent movement led by a former prime minister that Washington had branded as a terrorist. The meetings with the group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar show not only the degree of U.S. interest in pursuing a settlement but also the complexity of putting together an agreement acceptable to all sides in factious Afghanistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)AP – Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan prime minister who has been branded a terrorist by Washington, a relative of the rebel leader says.


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SYSTEM UPDATE: Exclusive sneek peak at next month’s ‘Twisted Metal’ 

BY EBENEZER SAMUEL

The last time we saw Twisted Metal on a home console was practically a lifetime ago. It was 2001 on the PlayStation 2, online play was in its mere infancy, and pixelated visuals were the norm.

And now, the celebrated car combat franchise is back.

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AP Exclusive: Missing American on video: ‘Help me’ (AP)

This copy photograph of a paper printout obtained by The Associated Press shows Robert Levinson. Long after he vanished in Iran, the retired FBI agent reappeared in a video and a series of photographs sent to his family over the past year, transforming a mysterious disappearance into a hostage standoff with an unknown kidnapper, The Associated Press has learned. In the video emailed to his family last November, Levinson pleaded with the U.S. government to meet the demands of his unidentified captors. (AP Photo)AP – Long after he vanished in Iran, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson reappeared in a video and a series of photographs sent to his family over the past year, transforming a mysterious disappearance into a hostage standoff with an unknown kidnapper, The Associated Press has learned.


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AP Exclusive: Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison (AP)

Graphic shows inside the CIA prison located in Bucharest, RomaniaAP – In northern Bucharest, in a busy residential neighborhood minutes from the center of Romania’s capital city, is a secret that the Romanian government has tried for years to protect.


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AP Exclusive: NATO may face posible ICC probe (AP)

File -- IN a Feb. 27, 2007 file photo the International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo reacts during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands.  In a briefing to the Security Council on Nov. 2, 2011, about Nato in Libya, Moreno-Ocampo said 'there are allegations of crimes committed by NATO forces (and) these allegations will be examined impartially and independently.'   (AP Photo/Peter Dejong/file)AP – Some NATO members are worried that their organization may be investigated by the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor said allegations of crimes committed by NATO in Libya would be examined “impartially and independently,” according to diplomats accredited to NATO headquarters.


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