Hudson was one of 21 acts that were to perform at the two balls, including Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley, Far East Movement, fun.

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Across North Africa and as far east as Syria, counterterrorism agencies are seeing a fluid movement of fighters, weapons and expertise among jihadist groups.

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Also, the technological revolution of recent years has served to tie Falintil closely into the wider East Timorese diaspora of support and permit a far easier movement of funds from offshore bases such as Portugal, Macau and Australia.

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In launching the Moslem Brothers' modern jihadi movement, Hitler did far more than enshrine anti-Semitism in the Middle East.

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