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UK school bans hugging, handshakes and high-fives
Croydon - A secondary (high) school in Croydon, South London, has banned students from hugging, shaking hands and exchanging high-fives. The Quest Academy was previously known as Selsdon High School up until September of last year, however with a new name came a new attitude, and with a new attitude came new rules, regardless of how absurd they may be.
UK school bans hugging, handshakes and high-fives
White House changes Osama bin Laden account - Josh Gerstein and Matt Negrin
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday publicly revised the administration’s account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden , telling reporters that the Al Qaeda leader wasn’t armed during the assault and didn’t use one of his wives as a shield. On Monday evening, the White House had backed away from key details in its narrative about the raid, including claims by senior U.S. officials that bin Laden had a weapon and may have fired it during a gun battle with U.S. forces.Gen David Petraeus has previously said US online psychological operations are aimed at 'countering extremist ideology and propaganda'. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda.

