El Al Thanks Man Who Thwarted Plane Bombing...4 Decades Ago

Source: Rantburg

Former Shin Bet officer whose gumption saved lives of 154 passengers gets token of gratitude -- 42 years later Yoel Lavi doesn't immediately strike you as a hero. But the 92-year-old grandpa certainly deserves the t ...
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Woman adopted as baby faces deportation to India

Source: Daily Camera

DENVER -- Attorneys are scrambling to find a way to prevent the deportation of a woman who was adopted from an orphanage in India as a 3-month-old baby following a determination by the 10th U.S. Circuit ...
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Brits Miss Pets More than Family Whilst on Holiday

Source: Global Hotelier's Community

New research of British pet owners by travel comparison website TravelSupermarket has confirmed our unique status as a 'pet-mad' nation. With one Bank Holiday down and another just around the corner, summer is firmly on the ho ...
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Choose wisely when travelling

Source: Sunshine Coast Daily

THE accidental tourist was alive and well last weekend when old mate and I travelled to Bali for our son's Lucas and fiancee Chloe's wedding. Yes, I know, I thought it was a bizarre idea as well, particularly when we could only go for ...
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J&K police help militants gain social acceptance

Source: Deccan Herald

To reintegrate released and surrendered militants in the mainstream, Jammu and Kashmir police have been taking number of initiatives so that such people are not exploited by anti-national elements in future. A one day workshop was organised at dist ...
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Reading RFID cards from afar easily

Source: hack a day

RFID hacking has been around for years, but so far all the builds to sniff data out of someone’s wallet have been too large, too small a range, or were much too complicated for a random Joe to build in his workshop. [Adam]‘s RFID ...
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Motivation camp spreads awareness about human trafficking

Source: New Kerala

Talking to mediapersons here, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Seema Suraksha Bal, Subash Kumar, said middlemen lure innocent village girls into the flesh trade and begging. "The problem of human traffi ...
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Italy 27 Lake Garda

Source: Travel Blog

Before breakfast we watched our neighbours heading for the shower blocks in pyjamas and dressing gowns. We pondered whether we perhaps needed these as I am sure they would make showering easier in the cramped cubicles. ...
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Grover Norquist, asshole

Source: Yourish.com

I rarely put up a title like the one on this post, but in this case, I would absolutely love to be the number one hit on Google when you type in “Grover Norquist asshole”. The anti-tax activist Grover Norquist on Friday compared a new Democra ...
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