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Pan Am Reparations Paid By Oil Firms

The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — In 2009, top aides to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi called together 15 executives from global energy companies operating in Libya’s oil fields and issued an extraordinary demand: Shell out the money for his country’s $1.5 billion bill for its role in the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Feds Launch Nuke Plant Review

The AP reports: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a two-step review of U.S. nuclear power plants in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan. The commission voted Wednesday to set up a task force, made up of senior staff and former NRC experts, that will conduct short-term …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

French Shoot Down Libyan Jet

The AP reports: French fighter jets struck an air base deep inside Libya and destroyed one of Moammar Gadhafi's planes Thursday, and NATO ships patrolled the coast to block the flow of arms and mercenaries. Other coalition bombers struck artillery, arms depots and parked helicopters. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Sommers: Tina Brown's Summit Goes Post-Feminist

Christina Hoff Summers writes at The American : Tina Brown, editor of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, held her second annual “ Women in the World” conference earlier this month at the Millennial Hotel in New York City. When I told a writer friend I was attending and urged her to come along, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Steuerle: Soc Sec's Trust Fund Isn't the Solution

Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute writes: Once again, policy-watchers and policymakers are fired up over whether Social Security needs to be fixed anytime soon. Some resort to pretty arcane debates over the trust fund to make their point. Won't it take years to exhaust the trust fund? …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Bomber: Detroit Flight was Cheap

The AP reports: When an admitted al-Qaida operative planned his itinerary for a Christmas 2009 airline bombing, he considered launching the strike in the skies above Houston or Chicago, The Associated Press has learned. But tickets were too expensive, so he refocused the mission on a cheaper …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Portugal May Need $99 Billion Bailout

Bloomberg reports : A bailout for Portugal may total as much as 70 billion euros ($99 billion), said two European officials with direct knowledge of the matter. A financial lifeline would be between 50 billion euros and 70 billion euros, said the officials who declined to be named because …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Bachmann Will Form Exploratory Committee

CNN reports : Washington (CNN) – CNN has exclusively learned that Rep. Michele Bachmann will form a presidential exploratory committee. The Minnesota Republican plans to file papers for the committee in early June, with an announcement likely around that same time. But a source close to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Reuters Not Sure Bus Bomb Was 'Terrorist Attack'

Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic writes: This is from a Reuters story on the Jerusalem bombing earlier today: Police said it was a "terrorist attack" -- Israel's term for a Palestinian strike. It was the first time Jerusalem had been hit by such a bomb since 2004. Those Israelis …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Palin: I'm Done 'Whining' About Liberal Media

The Hill reports: Sarah Palin insists she's done complaining about the liberal media. Speaking to Greta Van Susteren on Fox News Wednesday night, the former Alaska governor shrugged off what she contends is a double standard in the way conservative women are treated. "I'm through …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

IDF Hits Gaza After Rocket Attack

The Jerusalem Post reports: IDF tanks shot into Gaza on Thursday, injuring one man, according to Palestinian sources, following four Kassam rockets launched from Gaza into Israel. The strike came after the IAF struck four targets in Gaza Strip in the early morning, after Palestini…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Bomb Sits in Fed Office for Weeks

NBC News reports: A package found by a security guard at a federal office building in Detroit sat three weeks before someone thought to screen it and found it was a bomb, an official who represents unionized guards said on Wednesday. A private contract guard, since suspended, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Tokyo: Tap Water Safe to Drink

CNN reports: New tests Thursday showed that radioactive iodine in Tokyo's tap water has dropped to levels considered safe for babies -- just hours after authorities announced plans to distribute bottled water to tens of thousands of parents around the Japanese metropolis. Tests from 6 …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Qaddafi Retreats from Rebel Town

The Guardian reports: Nearly 12 hours of allied air strikes have broken the Libyan regime's five-day bloody assault on the key rebel-held town of Misrata. Residents said the aerial bombardment destroyed tanks and artillery and sent many of Muammar Gaddafi's forces fleeing from Misrata, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Soldier Gets 24 Years For Murder of Afghans

The Washington Post reports: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three Afghan civilians was sentenced to 24 years in prison after saying “the plan was to kill people” in a conspiracy with four fellow soldiers. Military judge Lt. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

New Rule Limits Protection For Terror Suspects

The Wall Street Journal reports: New rules allow investigators to hold domestic-terror suspects longer than others without giving them a Miranda warning, significantly expanding exceptions to the instructions that have governed the handling of criminal suspects for more than four decades. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Air Controller Goes AWOL At Reagan Natl

The Wall Street Journal reports: Federal air-safety officials are looking into why the lone air-traffic controller on duty at Washington's Reagan National Airport early Wednesday repeatedly failed to respond to pilots of two approaching aircraft, forcing both jetliners to land without …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Egypt's Facebook Revolutionaries Fractured

The Washington Post reports: A 30-minute walk from Tahrir Square, in a dark, dilapidated room lighted by a single, bare bulb, members of the April 6 movement are meeting to decide the group’s future. What began as a subdued discussion has become a bitter debate. “Who are we?” one …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Libya Siege Brings Humanitarian Crisis

The Washington Post reports: Aid organizations scrambled Wednesday to prepare for large-scale relief operations in Libya, as fears grew of a potential humanitarian crisis in a key city besieged by government forces. International military forces on Wednesday stepped up attacks on …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011

Palin: Stay Out Of "Zoning Issue"

Politico reports: Hours after a terror attack in Jerusalem, Sarah Palin on Wednesday night hammered President Obama for not standing strongly enough behind Israel, conceding too much to the Palestinians, and interfering in a local “zoning issue” – settlement building on the West Bank. “I …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 24, 2011