Broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite no more
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama praised
broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite as a newsman who “never let us
down.” The 92-year-old retired CBS News anchorman died Friday night
at his Manhattan home after a long illness.
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Philippines on heightened alert after Indonesia bombings
Police across the Philippines were placed on
heightened alert Saturday over fears the country’s homegrown
Islamists could try to emulate the Jakarta hotel bombings, a
spokesman said.
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Clinton honours Mumbai attacks victims
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on
Saturday paid tribute to the victims of last year’s Mumbai attacks,
meeting those who escaped the carnage and calling for worldwide
unity against terror.
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