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2:49 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

NATO Approves Turkey's Request For Patriot Defense Missiles

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An Israeli army Patriot missile battery is deployed at an unidentified base in central Israel.

NATO has announced that it will deploy Patriot defense missiles that Turkey had requested to protect itself against attacks from Syria that have so far killed five Turks.

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1:35 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

Report: Bloomberg Urged Hillary Clinton To Run For NYC Mayor

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as she is introduced to speak at the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Belgium in Brussels.

The New York Times broke one of the more intriguing political stories of the week, last night: In a phone call "not long ago," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged Hillary Clinton to consider running for his job after she ended her tenure as secretary of sate.

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1:21 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

Europeans Summon Israeli Diplomats On Settlement Plan

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Construction workers are seen at the E1 construction site near the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem in 2007.

Originally published on Fri December 14, 2012 9:11 am

The U.S. has called the latest Israeli settlement plan "counterproductive," and now the Europeans have weighed in, with even more pointed criticism.

Israeli ambassadors to Britain, France, Denmark, Spain and Sweden were summoned Monday to hear opposition to the settlement plan.

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12:34 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

Betrayed By Metadata: John McAfee Admits He's Really In Guatemala

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A Facebook page shows photos of John McAfee, the founder of the eponymous anti-virus company.

Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 11:05 am

The story of John McAfee just keeps getting weirder. If you remember, the McAfee anti-virus software founder is on the lam, wanted for questioning in Belize for the shooting death of Gregory Faull, another expat who lived near him.

McAfee claims he's innocent and the victim of a corrupt government who is trying to get him.

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The Two-Way
12:02 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

Report: Man Given Boots By NYC Police Officer Has Apartment He Could Use

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The photo that touched many hearts: New York City Police Officer Lawrence DePrimo gives a shoeless man a pair of boots on a frigid night last month. That man was later identified as 54-year-old Jeffrey Hillman.

Jeffrey Hillman's bare feet on a frigid night in New York City last month inspired a police officer to buy the seemingly homeless man a pair of warm boots — a moment captured in a heartwarming photo that went viral.

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