The top U.S. military officer likened the expanding American footprint in Iraq Thursday to “lily pads” that will sprout across the pond known as Anbar Province, where the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria seized the capital last month. “Our campaign is built on establishing these ‘lily pads’ that allow us to encourage the Iraqi security forces forward,” Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters during a visit in Italy.

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  • Taiwan Court Upholds Legality of Death Penalty but Limits Use to Only the Most Serious Crimes
    Time, Friday - 09/20/2024 - 04:10 AM

    Taiwan’s Constitutional Court upheld the legality of the death penalty but moved to limit its use, in a decision that strikes a balance between keeping the punishment’s deterrent effect and preventing its abuse. The court on Friday affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment but restricted its use to only the most serious crimes, while emphasizing the need for better safeguards.

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  • ‘It Sounded Like Gunfire.’ Lebanese Reel From Deadly Pager and Radio Blasts
    Time, Thursday - 09/19/2024 - 03:56 PM

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  • Thai Zoo Is Trademarking ‘Moo Deng the Hippo’ to Commercialize Its Internet Starlet
    Time, Thursday - 09/19/2024 - 04:40 AM

    CHONBURI, Thailand — Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally. Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting cute moments of the animals in his care for about five years. He never imagined Khao Kheow Open Zoo’s newborn pygmy hippo would become an internet megastar within weeks. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: She’s an Icon, She’s a Legend, and She Is the Moment.

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    Time, Thursday - 09/19/2024 - 03:33 AM

    Japan’s Icom Inc., whose brand appears on walkie-talkies that exploded in Lebanon, said it halted production a decade ago of the model allegedly used in the attacks and is still investigating the situation. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Icom exported its IC-V82 two-way radio to regions including the Middle East until October 2014, when it stopped making and selling the devices, the Osaka-based company said in a statement Thursday.

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    Time, Thursday - 09/19/2024 - 03:00 AM

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