UPI's Pamela Hess--lets her slip show

Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:56:24 AM
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C-Span's Brian Lamb had UPI war correspondent Pamela Hess on as his Friday "close the show guest". The interview lasted some time, she took calls and I got to see about half of it.

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Administration Speeches Put Military in Tough Spot

Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:56:24 AM
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<p>WASHINGTON — Speeches by President Bush in recent weeks before military audiences about the Iraq war debate have raised questions about partisan issues being brought up in front of U.S. Armed Forces.</p><p>While polls may show Bush lagging in popular approval, the U.S. military views the commander in chief warmly, and he shows a likewise appreciation.</p>

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MI5 'foiled Polish plot to kill Hess'

Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:56:24 AM
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MI5 uncovered a secret Polish plot to assassinate Rudolf Hess after his landing by parachute in Scotland during the Second World War, according to newly disclosed evidence. The arrival of Hitler’s deputy near the Duke of Hamilton’s Lanarkshire estate in 1941 raised the question of whether British intelligence or members of the aristocracy were trying to broker a secret peace deal with the Nazis. Although such conspiracy theories subsequently proved unfounded, some British-based Polish soldiers feared Hess’s arrival showed their country was being sold down the river. After Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, many soldiers escaped to Britain and...

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Newly declassified MI5 files finally tell the truth of Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight

Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:56:24 AM
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It was one of the most bizarre episodes of the Second World War. When Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, landed by parachute in 1941 near the estate of the Duke of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, it raised the question of whether British intelligence or members of the aristocracy were trying to broker a secret peace deal with the Nazis. But recently declassified MI5 files shed more light on Hess’s mysterious flight to Scotland, and finally prove the conspiracy theories to be unfounded, according to the duke’s son, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, the Lothians MSP. The Conservative peer said yesterday that the new MI5...

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Thousands of Nazis march through German town to honour Rudolf Hess

Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:56:24 AM
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Thousands of Nazis march through German town to honour Rudolf Hess BERLIN (AP) - Some 3,800 Nazis gathered Saturday for a march in memory of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in the Bavarian town where he is buried, German police said. The march in Wunsiedel was met by several hundred counter-demonstrators, who at one point halted it by staging a sit-down blockade. Although no clashes were reported, police said they detained 110 people -74 of them Nazis. Marchers were detained for displaying outlawed Nazi symbols and carrying weapons or pepper spray, police spokeswoman Beate Weiss said. Some 1,000 officers were...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 9-06-02

Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:56:24 AM
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 September 6 HESS Gamma-Ray TelescopeCredit: The HESS Collaboration Explanation: Most ground-based telescopes with lenses and mirrors are hindered by the Earth's nurturing, protective atmosphere that blurs images and scatters and absorbs light. But this telescope was designed to detect extreme gamma rays - photons with over 100 billion times the energy of visible light - and actually requires the atmosphere to operate. As the gamma rays impact...

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