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Source: Slate, Nov 9 2012, 3:05am CST

Welcome back to Slate’s weekly news quiz. I’m your host, 74-time Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings. Every Friday I’ll be testing your knowledge with 12 challenging questions on the week’s news events, big and small, including happenings in science, sports, p ...

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Obama refuses to specify US aid to Syrian rebels

Source: Hurriet Daily News  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:38am CDT

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday refused to specify the exact nature of new US military aid to Syrian rebels, despite signals from top US officials that they will be get small arms and ammunition. "I cannot and will not comment on specific ...

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In Obama's Forgotten States, Dissent Festers

Source: Governing  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:22am CDT

North Dakota is one of six states Barack Obama has not visited as president, along with South Dakota, Arkansas, Idaho, South Carolina and Utah. He has gone just once to Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Monta ...

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U.S. has struck right balance on Internet surveillance - Obama

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:15am CDT

The Congress lawmaker and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty turns 43 on Wednesday. Slideshow U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin June 19, 2013. ...

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Cal Thomas: ‘Win’ in Syria not attainable for U.S.

Source: Omaha.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:02am CDT

Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Barack Obama’s decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels. The Washington Post headlined an editorial: “No time for half-measures: Syria’s rebe ...

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Barack Obama calls for nuclear cuts on Berlin trip that echoes Kennedy

Source: This Is London  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:57am CDT

Crowds cheered Barack Obama today as he arrived in Berlin for a visit and speech that echoed the landmark one made 50 years ago by John F Kennedy. People gathered early for places near the city’s Brandenburg ...

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Obama says reports US ready for war in Syria are exaggerated

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:56am CDT

The Congress lawmaker and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty turns 43 on Wednesday. Slideshow U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference after his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Mer ...

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Obama Silent on US Arms to Syria, Praises G-8 Plan

Source: ABC News  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:51am CDT

President Barack Obama is refusing to describe the type of military support the U.S. will give to Syrian rebels even as he praises a decision by world leaders at a just-completed summit to seek a negotiated peace. Obama says even though leaders could n ...

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Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs

Source: FindLaw: AP News  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:47am CDT

BERLIN (AP) — Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threat ...

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Obama: NSA programs have saved lives

Source: The State  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:39am CDT

BERLIN — President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency. Obama says at least 50 threats have been averted because of phone records and Internet information ...

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