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Japan PM voices deep regret over WWII suffering

Japan's prime minister expressed deep regret over the suffering his country inflicted on Asian countries during World War II in a solemn ceremony Saturday that marked the 64th anniversary of Tokyo's surrender.

Stanford tries to surrender to federal authorities

R. Allen Stanford, accused by federal regulators in a civil complaint of running an $8 billion investment fraud, tried to turn himself in to federal marshals in Houston on Thursday, but they didn't take him into custody because no warrant has been issued for him.

Experts: Spot of Mexican surrender in Texas found

Archaeologists believe they have found the spot where hundreds of Mexican soldiers surrendered to the Texas army after a battle that sealed Texas' independence from Mexico.

Bond set for Tenn. man wanted in 1977 murder case

A Tennessee man who spent three decades on the run before turning himself in to face charges in a 1977 killing is very sick following a stroke and it's unclear if his family can post a $150,000 bond set Monday, his attorney said.

Sudan reports surrender of rebel unit

The Sudanese military says 116 Darfur rebels have surrendered, and the U.N.-African Union mission is trying to confirm the report.

Museum: Civil War surrender document no photocopy

Officials at a small Civil War museum made an intriguing discovery while sifting through storage: A document long treated as a photo reproduction of the terms of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender appears, upon closer inspection, to contain actual signatures and date to 1865.

Colombia rebel urges others to surrender

A day after surrendering to the army, a one-eyed, battle-hardened female rebel commander urged other guerrillas Monday to follow her example and abandon their decades-long struggle.

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Hunter Convinces Dad In Amber Alert To Surrender
Source: WMUR.com

MILTON, N.H. -- A 2-year-old girl -- whose father, police said, took from her mother's home in Maine on Monday -- was reunited safely with family Tuesday thanks, in part, to a hunter's discovery.

One American's Afghan withdrawal - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

As such, the decorated Marine says, the point of the continued occupation is called into question.

Muthoot scion murder: Elusive gangsters surrender
Source: Hindustan Times

Two gangsters suspected to have been travelling with financial services executive Paul George Muthoot the day he was murdered surrendered in a court in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

President Obama's terror strategy puts America at risk
Source: NY Daily News

Pull together the loose threads of recent events and President Obama's vision for fighting the war on terror becomes one very scary picture. Scary, that is, for innocent Americans.

Full Circle: Move to Shift Interrogations Away From CIA Draws Pre-Sept. 11 Comparisons
Source: FOXNews.com

Most of the details behind a White House plan to grab oversight authority over detainee interrogations still need to be ironed out, but critics already are questioning the logic behind the move to yank responsibility from the CIA and hand it to a potentially political and bureauc …

Japan WWII Surrender
Source: 10connects.com

Japan's prime minister has expressed deep regret over the suffering his country inflicted on many countries, particularly its Asian neighbors, during World War II.

After 70,000 dead, Tigers surrender in war-weary Sri Lanka
Source: The Globe and Mail

The 26-year civil war that has fractured Sri Lanka has come to a horrific close, with the surviving Tamil Tiger rebel leaders declaring an end to their struggle to build a breakaway military state, their all-controlling leader reported dead, and their dwindling rump of fighters s …

Eisenhower on why to treat prisoners humanely
Source: Google

From Prisoners of War By Ron Fridell

Thomas Sowell : A Fatal Trajectory
Source: townhall.com

An increasing number of recent letters and e-mails from readers strike a note, not only of unhappiness with the way things are going in our society, but a note of despair.

Isle of Man considers unlimited downloads as Ireland pulls plugs
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The Isle of Man is dealing with the crime of Internet piracy in an equally novel way: by accepting defeat. Rather than police the Internet for illegal activity, the Isle of Man has proposed a radical new tax of £1 ($1.45) per week that will be paid directly to recording compani …

Al-Qaeda Clamours for Image Makeover
Source: NEFA Foundation

On January 31 this year, the world heaved a sigh of relief when a beastly commander of terrorist forces surrendered in Algeria before security forces after 12 long years of terror-related activities. His name was given out as Ali Ben Touati alias Abu Tamim Amine.

The power of surrender

When to never stop trying and when to give up... Boy, if I had the exact answer to that I'd be rich. For those of us who are tenacious and think that we can't give up because we are so close to fruition -- it's hard to say, "I just can't do it any more."

Patchwork of safe-haven laws creates confusion
Source: msnbc.com

As lawmakers prepare to tweak Nebraska's much-criticized safe-haven law, which allows parents to abandon kids as old as 18, they'll find no nationwide consensus on what the age limit should be.

Rüsselsheim shooting suspects hand themselves in to police
Source: thelocal.de

A number of suspects in the Rüsselsheim ice cream parlour shooting in which three people were killed and another seriously wounded, have handed themselves in to the police.

Museum: Civil War surrender document no photocopy
Source: Yahoo! News

Officials at a small Civil War museum made an intriguing discovery while sifting through storage: A document long treated as a photo reproduction of the terms of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender appears, upon closer inspection, to contain actual signatures and date to 1865.

It always sucks calling 911 to give yourself up for murder and then being ignored!
Source: MY Fox Dallas

A murder suspect called 911 to give himself up, but the dispatcher who took the call told him she couldn't help because he needed to find his own ride to jail.

Two Iraqi Shiite Militia Leaders Surrender During U.S. Raids, Al-Maliki to Visit Iran
Source: FOXNews.com

BAGHDAD — Two suspected Shiite militia leaders surrendered Friday during American raids on their homes south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

McCain to Obama-- "Let's go to Iraq Together" Says Obama wants to Surrender
Source: Yahoo! News

"He really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time," the Arizona senator added.

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Protesters 'surrender in Tibet'
Source: BBC News

More than 100 people have turned themselves in to police following anti-China riots in Tibet's main city, Lhasa, Chinese state media has said. The authorities had threatened to punish harshly protesters who failed to surrender by a Monday night deadline.

The Chicken Doves : Rolling Stone
Source: Rolling Stone

From the article by Matt Taibbi: "Quietly, while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been inspiring Democrats everywhere with their rolling @!$%#fest, congressional superduo Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have completed one of the most awesome political collapses since Neville Cha …

Iran says U.S. report a declaration of surrender
Source: Reuters

Iran's president said on Sunday the publication of a U.S. intelligence report saying Iran had halted a nuclear weapons program in 2003 amounted to a "declaration of surrender" by Washington in its row with Tehran.

Christmas, Faith & Surrender in a Secular World, aka Making Your Own Butterfly Effect

I set down to write this without an clear idea of where I will end up. I only want to explore what can possibly keep us going in a secular world if we have no faith to give us courage.

Reach for the Sky and Surrender

Everyone! Reach for the sky....take a deep breath....throw your head back...and shout, "I SURRENDER!" HARD DAY AT WORK? CO-WORKERS DRAGGIN' YOU DOWN? CLIENT BREATHING DOWN YOUR BACK?

A Simple Way to End the War on Terror
Source: Daily Kos

While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam.

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