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Q&A: How Are the Taliban Linked to the Ancient Tribe the World Never Quite Conquers?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsJust when NATO forces in Afghanistan thought the Taliban were finally less of a threat, they staged an astonishing comeback Monday when they broke about 488 of their colleagues, mostly fighters and commanders, out of a maximum-security prison. Five days before the mass escape from Kandahar's Sarpoza prison, Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke confidently of the gains U.S.-led forces had made against the Taliban and predicted they were about to "turn a corner" in driving them out of power for good. Gates' optimistic remarks, followed by the prison break -- which was similar to an equally ...
UFOs in the UK: Britain's Actual 'X-Files' Released
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsBritain has just released more of its massive collection of X-Files -- over 8,000 pages of documents detailing UFO investigations, eyewitness testimony and military concerns about possible extraterrestrial visitors. The files are the largest disclosure of declassified documents released to date online by the National Archives and can be downloaded at no cost for the next month. The documents include stories, drawings, letters, a House of Lords UFO debate, details about a flying saucer hoax that was thought to be an alien invasion of the U.K. and fascinating facts about how 1978 almost became ...
Why 'The King's Speech' Shouldn't Win the Oscar for Best Picture
By Peter Brown - Politics DailyThe movie "The King's Speech" is entertaining, uplifting and worth seeing. But it shouldn't win the Oscar for Best Picture when the Academy Awards are handed out Sunday night. This view has nothing to do with the movie itself, but with the false impression it leaves that King George VI was the historical figure who rallied the British people during their darkest hours of World War II. That figure, of course, was Winston Churchill. Related Stories 'The King's Speech': Hollywood History Needn't Be Accurate By focusing on the small picture of King George VI's ...
A Valentine's Day Tribute to the Power of Love in Politics
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWe are so often reminded of salacious sexual affairs in politics, but on Valentine's Day, perhaps we can spare a few moments to celebrate love? This should not be a foreign concept to us, and yet the contribution that love makes to keeping the ship of state afloat is too often ignored. Anyone who watched HBO's "John Adams" knows of the wonderful love affair between our second president and his wife, Abigail. If you have not seen it -- or read of this great American partnership between a man and a woman -- today is a good time to do so. Abigail was not only the devoted wife and mother of two ...
'The King's Speech' Leads Oscar Nominations, but It Got Some Facts Wrong
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsWho knew a stutter could be so engaging? "The King's Speech," starring Colin Firth as King George VI, swept the 2011 Academy Award nominations with a whopping 12 nods. The film tells the story of George VI's terrible stutter, which he was able to get under control -- for the most part, at least -- thanks to the unorthodox teachings of an Australian speech coach. Most of the film takes place before George VI's coronation, when he's just plain old Prince Albert, or Bertie. So how accurate is "The King's Speech"? Writers can't agree. British newspaper The Guardian gave "The King's Speech" a B+ ...
2010: A Big Year for UFOs
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsLike a bad penny that keeps showing up, UFOs have been around on a regular basis from antiquity through modern day. And as 2010 unfolded, the UFO mythology was alive and well. Famed British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, the pope's astronomer, a high-ranking Italian politician and even the late Winston Churchill (according to recently unearthed documents) helped keep UFOs in the news. And sightings of unexplained flying objects came in from all over the world. Let's take a look back at some of the more interesting, strange and funny stories involving UFOs and the possibilities of contact ...
Putting WikiLeaks in Historical Context
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThe WikiLeaks story has spawned an understandable amount of debate. It has also proven to be a rare area of bipartisan agreement. Most responsible people -- regardless of political party or ideology -- believe the leaking of secret government documents is harmful to America, and must be stopped. A nation facing so many potential international problems as the U.S. currently faces (see Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea -- just to name a few), simply must be able to maintain confidentiality with foreign leaders and diplomats. Still, it may be hard for some to appreciate the impact these ...
Dorito-Shaped UFOs Spotted Over Britain
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(Nov. 22) -- Flying saucers are one thing, but flying snack chips? England appears to be the latest hot spot for UFOs shaped like triangles or, if you will, Doritos. Several sightings of a chip-shaped object have occurred over the U.K. in the past few years, the Daily Mail reports. The latest report emerged last week when a quality inspector, Munesh Mistry, witnessed a triangular object -- dubbed locally as the "Dudley Dorito" from the British town of Dudley -- in the sky near his Tipton, West Midlands, home. Mistry said he and a friend saw "an amazing fast-moving and silent craft in the ...
95-Year-Old NYC Man Gets Medal for WWII Rescue
By not in system - AOL News
NEW YORK (Oct. 17) - The U.S. government has recognized the World War II architect of a mission to rescue more than 500 U.S. bomber fliers shot down over Nazi-occupied Serbia - the largest air rescue of Americans behind enemy lines in any war. George Vujnovich, a 95-year-old New Yorker, is credited with leading the so-called Halyard Mission in what was then Yugoslavia. On Sunday, he was awarded the U.S. Bronze Star Medal, presented by Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., at Manhattan's St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral. Vujnovich received a standing ovation from a crowd of several hundred church ...
How Obama Can Avoid Becoming Jimmy Carter
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyPresident Obama is in danger of becoming Jimmy Carter. This is not an original observation. His "Carteresque" tendencies were on full display during the recent CNBC town hall meeting when a supporter -- lamenting her present economic condition -- asked Obama, "Is this my new reality?" Obama's response will likely not be featured in any leadership or motivational handbooks. He responded: "Times are tough for everybody right now," then implied that things would be worse without him and generally gave a very drab and technical response to this lady's sincere and emotional question. Instead, ...
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