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The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing the media after meeting the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Shri P. P. Shrivastav, in Mumbai on December 11, 2010.

Delhi Finance Photos Politics Wikipedia:Pranab Mukherjee

The Times of India
2 groups looking into aspects of blackmoney: Pranab
Fri 28 Jan 2011
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that two groups are looking into the different aspects of black money, including an amnesty scheme to unearth unaccounted wealth. While an... (photo: PIB of India)

British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Houston Chronicle
Cameron defends cuts, Geithner sees confidence
Fri 28 Jan 2011
DAVOS, Switzerland - British Prime Minister David Cameron urged other governments to follow his country's efforts to reduce debts and boost confidence in the world economy, which U.S. Treasury... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Taco Bell

Herald Tribune Fri 28 Jan 2011
Taco Bell fights back on beef lawsuit with ad push
Taco Bell is launching an advertising campaign Friday to fight back against a lawsuit charging its taco filling isn't beef. The fast-food chain is placing full-page print ads in the Wall Street... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Food Health Lawmaker Photos Wikipedia: Taco Bell

Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he present his election platform during a press conference in Rome, Friday Feb. 29, 2008.

Deccan Herald Fri 28 Jan 2011
Another under-age girl in Berlusconi's bunga bunga scandal
London, Jan 28 (IANS) Friday, January 28, 2011 --> A 19-year-old Brazilian showgirl was under age when she visited Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's villa where bunga bunga sex parties took... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino)
Girl Italy London Photos Wikipedia:Silvio Berlusconi

Sarah Palin Super Bowl 2

The Guardian Fri 28 Jan 2011
Palin issues scathing response to Obama speech
BECKY BOHRER Associated Press= JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin has issued a scathing response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, attacking his... (photo: Public Domain / Kelly)
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President Barack Obama shares a laugh with, from left, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Director of the Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle, and Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro in the Oval Office, Nov. 7, 2009

The Guardian Fri 28 Jan 2011
Obama novel O's anonymous author named
US press pins authorship on John McCain aide Mark Salter Mark Salter, keeping a low profile. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP... (photo: Public Domain / TCY)
Government Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama

German Chancellor Angela Merkel adresses the audience at the Congress of the German Labor Union, DGB, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May, 16, 2010.

m&c; Fri 28 Jan 2011
Merkel says Egypt has deficiencies, appeals for reforms
Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed Friday for reforms in Egypt, saying through a spokesman, Christoph Steegmans, that Egypt suffered from 'a range of... (photo: AP / dapd/Berthold Stadler)
Berlin Cairo Egypt Photos Wikipedia:Angela Merkel

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Orion Energy Systems founder and CEO Neal Verfuerth, center, greets a worker at the company in Manitowoc, Wis., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Orion Energy Systems makes high-efficiency lighting and renewable solar technology for businesses.

Herald Tribune Fri 28 Jan 2011
HI bill would give anyone Obama birth info for fee
HONOLULU - Moving to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii, his supporters in the state's legislature have introduced a bill that would allow... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Hawaii Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama

Sitaram Yechury, Member of Polit Bureau and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Leader addresses during the Interactive Session of Industrialization, Agricultural Growth and Employment at Kolkata MCC Conferance Hall on Monday,29 September 2008.

Zeenews Fri 28 Jan 2011
Violent strain of Hindutva not new: Yechury
New Delhi: A day after Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh commented on the issue of 'Sangh terror', CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Friday cited ideologies... (photo: WN / aditi)
Congress Delhi Photos Politics Wikipedia:Amitabh Bachchan

Nokia - Mobile Phones - Gadgets

Herald Tribune Fri 28 Jan 2011
Nokia Profit Falls 21% as Its Rivals Gain
Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone maker, said Thursday that its profit plunged 21 percent in the fourth quarter, trimming two percentage points off its global... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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	Myanmar rejects Suu Kyi party bid Al Jazeera
	Internet, phones down as Egypt braces for protests The Boston Globe

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	UN agency welcomes Mexico's new refugee law United Nations
	Son says North Korean leader opposed succession Denver Post

On the day after his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama departs Green Bay, Wis., at Austin Straubel International Airport following a visit to nearby Manitowoc where he toured several renewable-energy factories and talk about jobs and the economy, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

Obama discusses US' goals for Afghanistan, Pakistan in year 2011

Philippine wet market scenes - Meat vendor cutting meat - Cagayan de Oro City

Eating meat is not equivalent to Nazism

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New York Times reports WikiLeaks cables show Obama administration changed tack on Egypt

Barkley partied hard with Auburn fans Newsday
First lady says Tucson service showed 'who we are' The Grio
AP: Cables Show US Toned Down Pressure on Egypt On Point
Canadians to rally for Egypt Canoe
Approval Ratings and Re-Election Odds The New York Times
America's Next Top Tea Partier The Daily Beast
Australian Company Joins Race to Make 'Green' Cement From CO The New York Times
US: Egypt situation of 'deep concern,' urges government to r Star Tribune
WikiLeaks cables: US ambassador in Cairo calls for less conf Star Tribune
Albanian opposition holds anti-government demonstration, hon Star Tribune
Santorum Makes Hires in Iowa Political Wire
Cables show US toned down pressure on Egypt Denver Post
Court puts Emanuel back in Chicago mayor's race Seattle Times
Remember Goliad! The Texas War for Independence: Part Two The Examiner
Poll results: Your view of Obama's speech The Business Review
Want to change our national discourse? Don't be a slave to i The Christian Science Monitor
Homelessness, An American Crisis The Examiner
Theories of International Politics and Zombies The Examiner
City Council Primary Preview: At-Large and in charge The Examiner
Republicans in the General Assembly attempt to curb power of The Examiner

INDIA-GROUP-D-MEMBERS-HUNGER-STRIKE-INFRONT-IRRIGATION-DEPARTMENTIndia Group D Members Hunger Strike infront of Irrigation Department at Burdwan in Eastern India ------ WN/BHASKAR MALLICK

Greece: Hunger strikers end campus occupation

Rt Hon David Cameron MP speaking at the Conservative Middle East Council Annual Gala Dinner

British PM tells Davos: austerity is working

A cargo ship loaded with containers disembarks from the Tianjin Port in China, March 4, 2009. China says the decline in its exports accelerated in February as a slump in global demand worsened, adding to pressure on China to pump up its economy with a massive stimulu

China's Leaving Europe in the Slow Lane

Egypt supporters rally worldwide Al Jazeera
Albanian opposition holds anti-gov't demonstration The Miami Herald
WikiLeaks Rival Launches New Secret-Spilling Site ABC News
WikiLeaks rival launches new secret-spilling site aiming to Hartford Courant
EU: new Tunisian foreign minister to visit Brussels next wee m&c;
Ban Ki-moon: World's economic model is 'environmental suicid The Guardian
French watchdog says no to gay marriage The Times of India
Georgian President warns against violence in the region afte The Independent
France's constitutional watchdog nixes same-sex marriage, bu Star Tribune
At least 2 French journalists arrested in Cairo Herald Tribune
New US ambassador to Prague presents credentials Herald Tribune
Spanish government approves pension reform to restore market m&c;
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Anti-Israel film on Gaza ship opens in Turkey Herald Tribune
Council of Europe boss "hopeful" that justice will be done i m&c;
Austrian ex-finance minister admits tax evasion m&c;
Controversial Serbian minister resigns after record time in m&c;
German parliament extends military mandate in Afghanistan (R m&c;
Spanish Cabinet OKs raising retirement age to 67 Fresno Bee
At Davos, UK's Cameron defends cutbacks, urges to follow; Ge Star Tribune

outh African President Kgalema Motlanthe gives the State of the Nation address in Parliament at Cape Town, South Africa, Friday Feb. 6, 2009. Motlanthe says the global financial crisis has hurt the country's economy and government needs to take steps to reduce the impact.

Calm urged over Mandela health

Members of Chinese delegation from worldwide reading the official statements of government in-exile during the 50th anniversary of Tibetans come to India, Dharamshala, India

Chinese journalist says he was fired for writings

Japanese corporate workers walk a crosswalk in Tokyo's business district on Friday June 30, 2006. Japan's jobless rate fell to 4.0 percent in May from 4.1 percent a month earlier, the government said Friday, indicating the labor market is becoming tighter.

Japan's jobless rate drops, deflation slows

American Facing Possible Murder Charge in Pakistan ABC News
U.S. admirer of Gandhi sets himself on fire in India Seattle Times
Shocking child malnutrition crisis in Pakistan The Examiner
U.S. Official In Pakistan Faces Charge Of Murder National Public Radio
Nepal President recounts association with Kolkata Newstrack India
'LeT supplied grenades for 7 terror attacks in Bangladesh' Deccan Herald
US Official To Face Murder Charge In Pakistan Huffington Post
Volcano spews ash, smoke for 3rd day in Japan Herald Tribune
Rebel power company directors to be called before Senate The Australian
Chevron Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $5.3 Billion, u Insurance Newsnet
Indictment against Ozawa likely to be put off until February Breitbart
Advani's Rath Yatra root of terrorism in India: Digvijay The Siasat Daily
Taliban commanders 'ready to talk' The Guardian
Gandhiji’s US fan sets himself on fire in India Zeenews
Where's The Afghanistan War's John Murtha? Huffington Post
President Obama, say the 'D-Word' Al Jazeera
Thousands protest in Jordan Al Jazeera
In Davos, Cameron Joins Innovation Bandwagon The New York Times
LeT supplied grenades for 7 terror attacks in Bangladesh: Re Indian Express
PM's levy rips off flood victims and donors, says Abbott The Australian

Riot police stand by as about a dozen members of a pro-Islamic human rights group and a leftist party hold a joint protest in show of solidarity with protestors in Egypt, outside the Egyptian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011.

Egypt protesters clash with police after prayers

Egyptians protestors clash with anti-riot policemen in Suez, Egypt, Thursday, Jan.27, 2011. Egyptian activists protested for a third day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years.

Egypt prepares for fresh protests

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for talks on the Middle East peace process during his visit to Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.

Cables Show U.S. Tack on Egypt: Public Support, Private Pressure

Egypt police struggle to crush anti-regime protests Khaleej Times
Iraq refugee returns fell in 2010: UNHCR Khaleej Times
Egypt unrest: President Obama condemns violent clashes BBC News
Gaza protests accuse Palestinian Authority of betrayal in ta The Guardian
Tunisia Yesterday, Egypt Today, Jordan Tomorrow? CBS News
O'Donnell: Blair distrusted Cabinet on Iraq war plans The Independent
Tony Blair sidelined Cabinet over Iraq because he couldn't t The Daily Telegraph
ANALYSIS: Israel watching Egypt anti-government movement clo m&c;
Blair says Palestine Papers harmful to peace process m&c;
Iran cleric: Mideast unrest replay of our 1979 Islamic revol Ha'aretz
Iran cleric: Mideast unrest replay of Iran revolt Herald Tribune
West Bank: Palestinian shot in clash with settlers Herald Tribune
After Tunisia: Tamim Al-Barghouti on Palestine The Guardian
After Tunisia: Hisham Matar on Libya The Guardian
After Tunisia: Mourid Barghouti on Palestine The Guardian
After Tunisia: Robin Yassin-Kassab on Syria The Guardian
Analysis: Leaks deepen Palestinian split Herald Tribune
In memoirs, ex-Israeli PM regrets failure of talks Herald Tribune
Arab world unrest has Jordan's king under pressure Herald Tribune
Iran cleric: Mideast unrest replay of Iran's 1979 Islamic re Ha'aretz

Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a police ceremony in La Paz, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009.

5 years on, Morales' Bolivian revolution falters

Rousseff receiving the presidential sash from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Dilma Roussefff was inaugurated as President of Brazil on January 1, 2011.

Brazil's president: 8,000 homes for slide victims

File - Chileans marching in support of Salvador Allende (cg1)

Chilean justice system to probe Allende's death

Li3 Energy, Inc. Announces the Initial Results of its Sampli StreetInsider
Brazil's Belo Monte dam: a history of celebrity opposition The Daily Telegraph
5 years on, Bolivian President Evo Morales' heady leftist re KDVR
Peru Mines Ministry reports declines in gold, silver product Mineweb
Colombia calls for mine safety review Mineweb
Factfile: the £9 billion dam that will displace up to 50,000 The Daily Telegraph
A new world disorder The Los Angeles Times
The need to transcend victimization Ha'aretz
Colombia asks Israel to extradite mercenary Herald Tribune
Ex Brazil fire chief accused of killing drug users Herald Tribune
Brazil's president announces 8,000 free homes to be built fo KDVR
Brazil approves clearing of Amazon forest to make way for co The Daily Telegraph
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Brazilian man 'kept wife locked in cellar for 16 years' The Daily Telegraph
After another fatal mine blast, minister says Colombia defic Star Tribune
Chilean miners get promised trip to Disney World Herald Tribune
21 workers killed in Colombian mine blast Herald Tribune
Ortega favoured for re-election Independent online (SA)
Obama's trip may lead to U.S.-Brazil honeymoon The Miami Herald
Democracy is less secure The Miami Herald

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 6, 2007 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela reacts as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, waves farewell after a meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation building in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Oct. 6, 2007.

Nelson Mandela in hospital: fears grow over health

Former South Africa´s President Nelson Mandela, walks out of his office to meet surviving Siamese tw

Nelson Mandela in hospital: the village boy who is a world great

How Egypt Switched Off The Internet The New York Times
Police fire teargas, rubber bullets at Egyptian demonstrator National Post
Nigeria's election commission extends voter registration dri Star Tribune
Ugandan gay activist's funeral marred by commotion Herald Tribune
Egypt imposes night curfew after day of riots Denver Post
Clashes erupt in historic Egyptian anti-government protests m&c;
ElBaradei under house arrest, confirms Egyptian government ( m&c;
Egyptian concerns brewing in markets Seattle Times
Egypt: a discussion on the events on Progressive Radio News The Examiner
US reported 'routine' police brutality in Egypt, WikiLeaks c The Guardian
WikiLeaks cables show close US relationship with Egyptian pr The Guardian
Somalis ax 1 Saracen deal, status of 2nd unclear Herald Tribune
Egyptian Nobel laureate ElBaradei in house arrest The Times of India
Egypt puts Nobel laureate under house arrest after he joins Toledo Blade
Orange juice will soon be 'luxury' The Daily Telegraph
Egypt protests: Cairo streets engulfed by tear gas The Daily Telegraph
EGYPT LIVE BLOG: Army Now Joins Police On The Streets Of Cai Business Insider
Cairo is scene of violent chaos as protests escalate; Intern Ohio
Somali capital casualties highest in decade Herald Tribune
Up to 13 die in latest attacks in central Nigeria Herald Tribune

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