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Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer's memoir

The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer's memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.

     
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Arrests made at Blair booksigning in Dublin

By Joachim Koch. Sep 4, 2010. 6:11 AM.

Topics: Rare Books, Book Collecting, Biographies

Police made a "small number" of arrests in Dublin where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to sign copies of his autobiography Saturday, a spokesman for Ireland's national police service said.

     
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