sometimes Snopes hosts articles that aren't hoaxes

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/saleh.htm

Pakistan 'ends al-Qaeda search'

The Pakistani army says it has agreed to stop operations against tribesmen accused of sheltering al-Qaeda suspects near the Afghan border.
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The tribal elders in South Waziristan have simultaneously announced a suspension of their hunt for al-Qaeda militants and their supporters.

from the BBC

In other words, "It was all a big mistake, sorry, let's return to normal operations." Everyone makes a few empty promise for the TV cameras, wags a finger at those naughty Taliban and al Qa'id guys, and carries on as before.

Pakistan, our partners in the war on terror...

Randall Terry Fights Gay Unions. His Son No Longer Will.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32934-2004Apr21.html

Talk about a coming out that can't have been easy

a revelation to me...

Man, have I been looking in the wrong place for romance! Apparently all I had to do was stomach a few more of Robert Jordan's novels...