reuters.com - 11/21/2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Associated Press plans to cut up to 10 percent of its workforce in 2009, according to sources at the news service, as it copes with tough financial times and ailing member newspapers. The AP has one of the world's largest news-gathering teams, employing about 3,000 ...
longwarjournal.org - 11/19/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
An unmanned US Predator aircraft attacked a Taliban
and al Qaeda safehouse in the Bannu Frontier Region...
east of North Waziristan early today, according to reports from the region. At least five people were killed in the early morning airstrike, ...
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US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of ...
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 11/14/2008
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attackerman.firedoglake.com —
Zumwalt Destroyer So later today I'll have a
piece up about Obama's relationship with the military and...
the challenges/opportunities it presents. But, like R. Kelly, I want to break you off with a little taste of the remix. One of my sources ...
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You going to cut military programs? You got to REALLY ...
longwarjournal.org - 11/21/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest
Frontier Province. The government signed peace agreements in the...
red agencies/ districts (the military said Shangla was under Taliban control in October); purple districts are under de facto ...
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US hits Taliban safe house In North Waziristan
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Cry Me a River: AP to Cut 10% of Their Biased Hacks
JammieWearingFool —
They've got a lot of company in the dead tree media . The Associated Press plans to cut up to 10 percent of its workforce in 2009, according to sources at the news service, as it copes with tough financial times and ailing member newspapers. The AP has one of the world's largest news-gathering teams, employing about 3,000 journalists, and a total of about 4,100 people worldwide. The cuts could amount to about 400 employees. AP Chief Executive Tom Curley delivered the news as part of a "town hall" meeting with employees. "All areas and ways of doing business are being reviewed," ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Gay marriage backers explain why they lost Proposition 8
There's been a lot of outrage from the No on Proposition 8 camp since California voters approved a ban on gay marriage. But until now, there has been less soul searching about what went wrong. But Terry Leftgoff, founder of the Gay and Lesbian Business Assn. of Santa Barbara, has a thoughtful piece on ...
MORE MEDIA RETRENCHMENT: Associated Press To Cut 10 pct. jobs in ‘09….
Instapundit —
MORE MEDIA RETRENCHMENT: Associated Press To Cut 10 pct. jobs in ‘09.
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Not Waiting For The Asteroid [image] Finally - the addressing root causes . More! Sun-Times Media Group Inc. disclosed late Tuesday the pending departure of a number of executives and directors and said the struggling Chicago publishing concern intends to stop reporting financial results to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Posted by Kate at November 22, 2008 5:22 PM
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