Rob Winder

courtneybody: More Afghan forces moving in ...

twitter.com — More Afghan forces moving in #kabul pic.twitter.com/172SWuufk7

C.I.A. to Focus More on Spying, a Difficult Shift

nytimes.com — WASHINGTON - For more than seven years, Mike - a lean, chain-smoking officer at the Central Intelligence Agency 's headquarters in Virginia - has managed the agency's deadly campaign of armed drone strikes. As the head of the C.I.A.'s Counterterrorism Center, Mike wielded tremendous power in hundreds of decisions over who lived and died in far-off lands.

An interview with Jabhat al-Nusra

economist.com — The interviewee is a young fighter from Jabhat al-Nusra, an extremist Sunni group in Syria affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq. A former teacher and then tiler, he is...

Which comics supervillain really deserves a shot on the big screen?

io9.com — Not only do we keep getting the same few superheroes starring in movies over and over - but they always face the same villains. Superman fights Luthor and Zod. Batman meets the Joker and Catwoman. But which supervillain would you like to see in a big movie?

Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula

earthobservatory.nasa.gov — Three striking photographs of Pavlof Volcano reveal the three-dimensional structure of the eruption plume.

Torched cars and attacks on police in Stockholm

itv.com — Several Stockholm suburbs experienced a fourth night of unrest on Wednesday with youths setting fire to cars and throwing stones at police and fire fighters. Violence started in Husby in northwestern Stockholm on Sunday evening with cars torched and police attacked in the suburbs of Sweden's capital.

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