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In some of the heaviest bombing of the past week s battle against tenacious Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, airstrikes from U.S. B-52 bombers rattled the ground Thursday as reinforcements were rushed to the latest front on the war on terror. U.S. and allied Afghan soldiers are moving forward under al Qaeda fire, taking some ridges and caves in the mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan, according to Maj. Bryan Hilfery, a spokesman for the 10th Mountain Division.U.S.-led infantry units have cleared out several cave hideouts and al Qaeda compounds, including some where troops found AK-47 ammunition, medicine, night-vision devices and documents, including a Saudi identification card.Lieutenant Colonel Joe Smith said the U.S.-led force was facing hardened fighters of the type responsible for the events of September 11.
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According to two separate reports鈥攆rom Variety and the Wall Street Journal鈥擥oogle is thinking of purchasing the video game streaming startup Twitch. That would get Google one of the web most highly trafficked sites. The two reports do, however, differ. Variety claims that the deal is virtually sealed, and will see Twitch being purchase for $1 billion. On the other, hand, the Wall Street Journal is rather more conservative--explaining that the discussions are early and that a deal isn ;t imminent.
http://online.wsj/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304422704579570601736756672-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwODExNDgyWj Elsewhere, Verge claims that the two companies have agreed on a price and are working out details, but points out that, according to unnamed sources, a number of other parties have been sniffing around Twitch鈥攏otably Microsoft. Details are otherwise scant, but it makes sense. The purchase is apparently being mulled by Googlers at YouTube, and Twitch is perhaps the biggest video game live-streaming site on the web鈥?
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