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Can't decide if we're playing dominoes or jenga... March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal's credit grade was lowered one step to AA- by Fitch Ratings, which cited the nations deteriorating public finances. The outlook on the rating re...
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Por­tu­gal Debt Rat­ing Cut by Fitch on Wors­en­ing Fi­nances
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Video of dead­ly Bahrain protests as vi­o­lence es­ca­lates in Man­a­ma
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Sec­re­tary Clin­ton: 'Vital for Egypt to Em­brace Re­form'
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Fresh footage of huge tsuna­mi waves smash­ing town in Japan
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Ra­di­a­tion hike forces tem­po­rary evac­u­a­tion of Fukushi­ma...
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The FARC of Colom­bia
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In­side Story - Haiti's cholera epi­dem­ic
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Fresh footage of huge tsuna­mi waves smash­ing town in Japan
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Raw Video: Libya Rebels Po­si­tion Near Ajd­abiya
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Aeri­al video of rav­aged re­gions worst hit by Japan quake-tsuna­mi
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Ho­race Camp­bell on African Ivory Coast Cri­sis - Democ­ra­cy NOW!
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Gen­er­al David Pe­traeus: The Iraq and Afghanistan War
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World con­demns Gaza flotil­la raid, Is­rael says aid con­voy 'had weapons on board'
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Japan Re­ac­tor: Video of new ex­plo­sion at Fukushi­ma nu­cle­ar plant
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Video of dead­ly Bahrain protests as vi­o­lence es­ca­lates in Man­a­ma
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Portugal Debt Rating Cut by Fitch on Worsening Finances
Portugal Debt Rating Cut by Fitch on Worsening Finances
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  • Published: 24 Mar 2010
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  • Author: fal2grace
Can't decide if we're playing dominoes or jenga... March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal's credit grade was lowered one step to AA- by Fitch Ratings, which cited the nations deteriorating public finances. The outlook on the rating remains negative, Fitch said in a statement today from London, meaning its more likely to cut the grade further than raise it or keep it unchanged. Copyright Bloomberg 2010 Portugal debt rating cut by Fitch European Union PIGs PIIGS euro IMF central banks emf difecit reduction Greece Spain Italy Ireland S&P
Video of deadly Bahrain protests as violence escalates in Manama
Video of deadly Bahrain protests as violence escalates in Manama
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  • Published: 16 Feb 2011
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  • Author: RussiaToday
Police in Bahrain shot dead one person and wounded several others during protests in the capital Manama on Tuesday. Officials at Bahrain's Salmaniya Medical Complex said a 31-year-old man, Fadhel Salman Matrook, became the second fatality when he died of injuries from gunfire during the melee in the hospital's parking lot. Thousands of protesters occupying a central square in Bahrain's capital are calling for a third day of rallies to demand sweeping political reforms from the Gulf nation's rulers. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
Secretary Clinton: 'Vital for Egypt to Embrace Reform'
Secretary Clinton: 'Vital for Egypt to Embrace Reform'
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  • Published: 28 Jan 2011
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  • Author: PBSNewsHour
At a press conference on Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took questions on the protests in Egypt. She emphasized a need for governmental restraint, peaceful protests, and a dialogue between the Egyptian government and people. She also urged Egypt to listen to the protestors stating "it is absolutely vital for Egypt to embrace reform."
Fresh footage of huge tsunami waves smashing town in Japan
Fresh footage of huge tsunami waves smashing town in Japan
  • Duration: 1:53
  • Published: 13 Mar 2011
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  • Author: RussiaToday
Follow latest updates at twitter.com and www.facebook.com As survivors of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami grappled with the enormity of the devastation, more footage emerged on Sunday showing the moment the tsunami struck Japan's northeast coast. Residents of the port town of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture watched in horror as the first huge tsunami waves hit, sweeping away cars and buildings. One group managed to scramble to safety on higher ground, where they watched as the water surged towards them. Others were stranded on the roof of a multi-storey building as the water level rose rapidly below
Radiation hike forces temporary evacuation of Fukushima...
Radiation hike forces temporary evacuation of Fukushima...
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  • Published: 16 Mar 2011
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  • Author: Euronews
A radiation surge at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant temporarily forced the remaining workers there to pull out. White smoke could be seen billowing from the complex -it is thought a fuel pool at the No.3 reactor may have heated and produced what could be steam. Fifty employees were eventually allowed to return after radiation levels fell again. However the government may now seek direct US military help to end the crisis. ... www.euronews.net
The FARC of Colombia
The FARC of Colombia
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  • Published: 04 Apr 2008
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  • Author: VOAvideo
Colombia accuses Venezuela and Ecuador's presidents of supporting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. VOA producer Zulima Palacio takes a look into one of the oldest guerrilla groups in the world. Jeffrey Young narrates the story
Inside Story - Haiti's cholera epidemic
Inside Story - Haiti's cholera epidemic
  • Duration: 24:02
  • Published: 25 Oct 2010
  • Uploaded: 20 Feb 2011
  • Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
As the country still struggles to recover from the earthquake, how could this latest outbreak be contained in an already beleaguered country? And did the international commnunity fail Haiti?
Fresh footage of huge tsunami waves smashing town in Japan
Fresh footage of huge tsunami waves smashing town in Japan
  • Duration: 1:53
  • Published: 13 Mar 2011
  • Uploaded: 13 Mar 2011
  • Author: RussiaToday
Follow latest updates at twitter.com and www.facebook.com As survivors of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami grappled with the enormity of the devastation, more footage emerged on Sunday showing the moment the tsunami struck Japan's northeast coast. Residents of the port town of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture watched in horror as the first huge tsunami waves hit, sweeping away cars and buildings. One group managed to scramble to safety on higher ground, where they watched as the water surged towards them. Others were stranded on the roof of a multi-storey building as the water level rose rapidly below
Raw Video: Libya Rebels Position Near Ajdabiya
Raw Video: Libya Rebels Position Near Ajdabiya
  • Duration: 0:36
  • Published: 03 Mar 2011
  • Uploaded: 12 Mar 2011
  • Author: AssociatedPress
CAPTION: The area around Ajdabiya and Brega was the scene of fighting between pro and anti-Gadhafi forces on Wednesday. (March 3)
Aerial video of ravaged regions worst hit by Japan quake-tsunami
Aerial video of ravaged regions worst hit by Japan quake-tsunami
  • Duration: 1:21
  • Published: 15 Mar 2011
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  • Author: RussiaToday
Follow latest updates at twitter.com and www.facebook.com Vast areas in Japan have been left unrecognisable by the devastation caused by Friday's quake and tsunami. The coastline of Miyagi prefecture was one of the worst-hit regions. Police estimated 10-thousand dead among the 2.3 million people who lived in the prefecture, the Japanese equivalent of a state. On Monday, millions of people spent a fourth night with little food, water or heating in near-freezing temperatures as they dealt with the loss of homes and loved ones.
Horace Campbell on African Ivory Coast Crisis - Democracy NOW!
Horace Campbell on African Ivory Coast Crisis - Democracy NOW!
  • Duration: 18:00
  • Published: 27 Dec 2010
  • Uploaded: 19 Feb 2011
  • Author: ThisBoyTV
Democracy NOW! DN! - A general strike has been called for in the Ivory Coast today to force incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power. Gbagbo has refused to step aside following the disputed presidential election last month. Opposition leader Alassane Ouattara has been widely recognized as the winner of the vote. Meanwhile, the president of ECOWAS threatened that the West African bloc may use force to remove Gbago from power. We speak with Syracuse University professor, Horace Campbell. DN! needs your financial support, please considermaking a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.DemocracyNow.org Published with written permission from democracynow.org. www.democracynow.org and provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license by a volunteer. Copyright for this news broadcast belongs to democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.
General David Petraeus: The Iraq and Afghanistan War
General David Petraeus: The Iraq and Afghanistan War
  • Duration: 5:05
  • Published: 10 Jul 2009
  • Uploaded: 07 Sep 2010
  • Author: yvonnereports
Watch highlights of General David Petraeus discussing the Iraq and Afghanistan War for the World Affairs Council's Global Leadership Series in Seattle's Town Hall. This is a five-minute highlight reel of a two-hour presentation that I edited and filmed for Seattletimes.com.
World condemns Gaza flotilla raid, Israel says aid convoy 'had weapons on board'
World condemns Gaza flotilla raid, Israel says aid convoy 'had weapons on board'
  • Duration: 4:22
  • Published: 31 May 2010
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  • Author: RussiaToday
Follow latest updates at twitter.com and at www.facebook.com International condemnation is growing after the Israeli Navy attacked a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid and peace activists to Gaza. Reports say up to 20 people were killed and dozens injured as Israeli commandos stormed the vessels over a hundred kilometres off Gaza's coast. Some of the ships are now being towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod.
Japan Reactor: Video of new explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant
Japan Reactor: Video of new explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant
  • Duration: 0:49
  • Published: 14 Mar 2011
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  • Author: RussiaToday
Follow latest updates at twitter.com and www.facebook.com The situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan worsens as a second explosion is reported, intensifying fears of the possibility of nuclear meltdown triggered by last week's huge earthquake. At least seven are missing with several others hurt after the blast - which is not however believed to have pierced the structure containing the reactor's core.
Video of deadly Bahrain protests as violence escalates in Manama
Video of deadly Bahrain protests as violence escalates in Manama
  • Duration: 1:17
  • Published: 16 Feb 2011
  • Uploaded: 07 Mar 2011
  • Author: RussiaToday
Police in Bahrain shot dead one person and wounded several others during protests in the capital Manama on Tuesday. Officials at Bahrain's Salmaniya Medical Complex said a 31-year-old man, Fadhel Salman Matrook, became the second fatality when he died of injuries from gunfire during the melee in the hospital's parking lot. Thousands of protesters occupying a central square in Bahrain's capital are calling for a third day of rallies to demand sweeping political reforms from the Gulf nation's rulers. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates addresses journalists during a news conference Monday, March 14 2011, at the Sao Bento palace, the premier's official residence, in Lisbon. Market pressure on Portugal, viewed as at risk of needing a bailout like Greece and Ireland due to its unsustainably high borrowing costs, eased following a European agreement over the weekend on a package of measures.
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Moody's cuts Portugal's rating
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Moody's has cut Portugal's long-term debt rating by two steps, citing a weaker growth outlook, risks to the government's deficit- reduction plans and a possible need to recapitalise its banks. The rating was downgraded to A3, four steps from so-called junk status, according to Moody's, with the outlook on the grade "negative". Portugal is trying to...
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In a March 15, 2011 photo provided by NASA, Russian search and rescue personnel secure their helicopters shortly after arriving at Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on ahead of Wednesday's planned landing of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft with Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly and flight engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri. Astronaut Kellyand cosmonauts Skripochka and Kaleri will be returning from almost six months onboard the International Space Station, where they served as members of the Expedition 25 and 26 crews
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Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, appears at Suffolk Superior Court Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Sitting next to him is defense attorney Jeffrey Denner, left. Rockefeller will get back about half of the gold coins and cash seized by federal authorities after he was arrested for allegedly kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter, Reigh Boss, during a supervised visit in Boston in July. Prosecutors agreed to turn over 160 gold coins _ worth about $140,000 _ and $6,480 in cash so he can pay for his defense.
In this Aug. 5, 2008 file photo, Christian Gerhartsreiter is shown during... LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new chapter in the strange saga of a man who claimed to be a member of the storied Rockefeller family has opened with the filing of a murder charge in...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the governor of the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stefan Mappus, left, arrive for a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Germany will take seven of its 17 nuclear reactors offline for three months while the country reconsiders plans to extend the life of its atomic power plants in the wake of events in Japan, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. (
BERLIN (AP) -- Explosions at nuclear reactors half a world away have put German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a tight political spot - increasing the risk that upcoming regional elections could undermine the authority of one of Europe's most important...
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A worker stands in front of containers at the newly-opened Yangshan deep water port in Shanghai, China in this Dec. 10, 2005 file photo. China's trade surplus with the United States fell in January as U.S. demand for Chinese goods weakened amid fears of a possible recession, while the surplus with Europe surged by 42 percent, according to data reported Thursday February 21, 2008.
BEIJING - Japan's neighbors have ordered strengthened radiation monitoring of shipments from Japan, but said they don't foresee their countries having any immediate effects of contamination from the Japanese nuclear crisis. China's General...
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, File
A pro-Gadhafi fighter is seen during a government-organized visit for foreign media in front of a damaged police station in Bin Jawwad, 350 miles (560 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya Saturday, March 12, 2011.
Muammar Gaddafi has denounced backers of plans for a no-fly zone over his country and urged Libyans to take up arms and prepare to confront a possible invasion by Western powers. Addressing selected supporters late on Tuesday, Gaddafi called the...
photo: AP / Ben Curtis
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to reporters in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's long delay in finalizing its government has complicated the Obama administration's drive to set up a small army of diplomats and contractors here after the end of the year, when the last American troops are supposed to leave. The...
photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani
Tokyo Electric Co. employees in charge of public relations, in blue uniform, explain the situation of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex during a press conference Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. The outer housing of the containment vessel at the No. 4 unit at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex erupted in flames early Wednesday, said a spokesman for the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
DANIEL McLAUGHLIN UKRAINE:�UKRAINE HAS offered to send atomic power experts who dealt with the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident to Japan to help handle the crisis at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. A huge explosion tore apart the...
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Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, center, gives a thumbs up next to Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, right, as they leave the parliament after the final approval of his government's 2011 state budget on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Lisbon. Portugal's Parliament has approved a plan to hike taxes and cut salaries and welfare benefits next year in a bid to reverse waning market confidence in its public finances.
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Shell fuel tanker's are seen, inside the Shell Fuel Terminal, in Jarrow, north east England, Friday June 13, 2008. A union representing drivers of fuel tankers says hundreds of them who deliver to Royal Dutch Shell gas stations across Britain will strike over pay.
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Japan Self-Defense Force's members conduct search operation in Otsuchi, Iwate, northern Japan Tuesday, March 15, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
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Tibetan Parliament in exile discussing about His Holiness the Dalai Lama's decision to retire from political leadership, Dharamshala, India
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Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram arrives for a meeting with Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders owner and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Aug.30, 2009. Akram is one of the leading contenders for the job of the coach of the Knight Riders.
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ANA aircraft at Sapporo international airport (Chitose). Also in 2004, ANA set up low-cost subsidiary Air Next to operate flights from Fukuoka Airport starting in 2005, and became the majority shareholder in Nakanihon Airline Service (NAL) headquartered in Nagoya Airport.
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Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama-Dharamshala, India
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A German engineer of Cairos Technologies tests the new Adidas ball "Pelias 2" with a micro-chip inside at National Satium in Lima, Peru on Monday, Sept 12, 2005. FIFA intend to experiment with new technology at the upcoming World U17 champs. The ball is going to be fitted with a micro-chip and the referee will wear some sort of device that will send him a signal every time the ball goes out of play or over the goal line. If successfull will be used at next years world cup.
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In this citizen journalism photo acquired by the AP via 14 February Media Committee a citizen journalism web site in Bahrain, shows smoke and flames after clashes, between protesters and security forces in Pearl Square Manama on Wednesday March 16, 2011. Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.
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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, second from right, opens the Group of Eight Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris, Tuesday March 15, 2011.
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Alejandrina Garcia, one of the founding members of the "Ladies in White" opposition group, speaks in her home in Matanzas, Cuba, Friday, Jan.28, 2011.
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A view of Talicud in Samal Island, Philippines is seen from the middle of the waters of Davao Gulf on April 25, 2009.
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A boy with symptoms of cholera waits for treatment at the St Catherine hospital in Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Doctors and aid groups are rushing to set up cholera treatment centers across Haiti's capital as officials warn that the disease's encroachment into the city will bring a surge in cases. Cholera has killed more than 580 people across the country according to the Haiti's health ministry.
 
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