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USS Cole Bombing Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on

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The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway’s Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence

By DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing that prize organizers said gives “voice to the unsayable.” The novelist

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US resumes some food aid deliveries to Ethiopia after assistance was halted over ‘widespread’ theft

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, after assistance was halted earlier this year over a widespread scheme to steal supplies. The decision was made after Ethiopia’s government agreed to remove itself from the dispatch, storage and distribution of

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Georgia state Senate to start its own inquiry of the troubled Fulton County jail in Atlanta

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county. The Thursday announcement comes three months after the U.S. Justice Department launched its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions. Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman John

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Reports say dozens have been killed and wounded as drone strikes hit a Syrian military ceremony

By GHAITH AL-SAYED and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack has struck a packed graduation ceremony for military officers in the Syrian city of Homs, killing and wounding dozens, including civilians and military personnel. That’s according to unconfirmed reports of the strikes on Thursday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the

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Fired Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing school for $130M for wrongful termination

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department. The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and Matthew

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