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Joplin Missouri Tornado - Hospital Destroyed - 5/22/2011

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Militants attack Karachi naval air base

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Sudan takes control of oil-rich Abyei

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Militants attack Karachi naval air base

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Violent Clashes Erupt During Yemen Protest

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Caught on Tape: NATO bombs Libya 'warships', RAF cockpit combat camera

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Sudan takes control of oil-rich Abyei

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President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden

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Nonviolence, Compassion and Empathy: King, Obama, Kennedy, Sessions, Beck, Limbaugh, etc

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Kenya resolves border dispute with Southern Sudan

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Violent Clashes Erupt During Yemen Protest

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Analysis: Why Did Somalia Piracy Begin? Democracy Now 4/14/09 1 of 2

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Cloud hangs over Ouattara's inauguration

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Pak links to '08 Indian Embassy attack in Kabul?

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Joplin Missouri Tornado - Hospital Destroyed - 5/22/2011

Duration: 4:14
Published: 23 May 2011
Uploaded: 23 May 2011
Author: filmape

A Large Wedge Tornado hit Joplin Missouri Today, completely destroying the city and the hospital. The death toll is currently at 24 people.

Militants attack Karachi naval air base

Duration: 2:52
Published: 23 May 2011
Uploaded: 23 May 2011
Author: 721787

Gunmen have attacked a military base in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 11 soldiers

Sudan takes control of oil-rich Abyei

Duration: 2:03
Published: 22 May 2011
Uploaded: 23 May 2011
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

The UN Security Council has urged Khartoum to withdraw soldiers from the disputed oil region of Abyei, after northern Sudanese tanks entered the oil rich area. The UN condemned the attack as the north accused South Sudan of targeting one of its military convoys on Thursday. The South meanwhile says the North has been carrying out a bombing campaign in Abyei. And as Nazanin Sadri reports, there are fears this latest escalation of could derail Sudan's peace agreement.

Militants attack Karachi naval air base

Duration: 2:52
Published: 23 May 2011
Uploaded: 23 May 2011
Author: 721787

Gunmen have attacked a military base in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 11 soldiers

Violent Clashes Erupt During Yemen Protest

Duration: 1:01
Published: 17 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 11 May 2011
Author: AssociatedPress

Several thousand Yemeni protesters defied appeals for calm and marched through the capital on Thursday, pressing on with their campaign to oust the country's president. (Feb. 17)

Caught on Tape: NATO bombs Libya 'warships', RAF cockpit combat camera

Duration: 2:02
Published: 20 May 2011
Uploaded: 22 May 2011
Author: RussiaToday

The British Ministry of Defence released footage on Friday of NATO fighter jets striking the Tripoli harbour. NATO fighter jets struck the harbour in bombing runs overnight, damaging five coast guard boats and a warship, the Libyan government confirmed early on Friday. Footage released showed Royal Air Force Tornados and Typhoons striking two warships and a facility in the dockyard constructing fast inflatable boats.

Sudan takes control of oil-rich Abyei

Duration: 2:03
Published: 22 May 2011
Uploaded: 23 May 2011
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

The UN Security Council has urged Khartoum to withdraw soldiers from the disputed oil region of Abyei, after northern Sudanese tanks entered the oil rich area. The UN condemned the attack as the north accused South Sudan of targeting one of its military convoys on Thursday. The South meanwhile says the North has been carrying out a bombing campaign in Abyei. And as Nazanin Sadri reports, there are fears this latest escalation of could derail Sudan's peace agreement.

President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden

Duration: 9:28
Published: 02 May 2011
Uploaded: 22 May 2011
Author: whitehouse

President Obama praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of September 11, 2001 that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.

Nonviolence, Compassion and Empathy: King, Obama, Kennedy, Sessions, Beck, Limbaugh, etc

Duration: 6:56
Published: 25 Mar 2010
Uploaded: 29 Oct 2010
Author: EdwinRutsch

CultureOfEmpathy.comBuilding a Culture of Empathy For more on empathy visit our website. This is part of a larger documentary project by Edwin Rutsch on the nature of empathy. I hope you'll connect and get involved. For the presentation on Empathy at the UC Berkeley Class: PACS 164B - Nonviolence Today. March 16, 2010. We asked, What is your metaphor for empathy? For the full video visit CultureOfEmpathy.com

Kenya resolves border dispute with Southern Sudan

Duration: 1:14
Published: 08 Sep 2009
Uploaded: 11 Oct 2010
Author: NTVKenya

www.ntv.co.ke A border dispute pitting Kenya and Southern Sudan appears resolved after a high powered government delegation visited Loki border point. Internal Security minister Prof. George Saitoti who at some point was stopped by armed Sudanese soldiers while on a tour of the region says, Kenya has directed the provincial administration in the area to foster unity between Kenya and the Southern Sudanese government. The dispute arose after Kenyan officials claimed that the countrys territory had been invaded.

Violent Clashes Erupt During Yemen Protest

Duration: 1:01
Published: 17 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 11 May 2011
Author: AssociatedPress

Several thousand Yemeni protesters defied appeals for calm and marched through the capital on Thursday, pressing on with their campaign to oust the country's president. (Feb. 17)

Analysis: Why Did Somalia Piracy Begin? Democracy Now 4/14/09 1 of 2

Duration: 10:01
Published: 14 Apr 2009
Uploaded: 12 Apr 2011
Author: mediagrrl9

Analysis: Somalia Piracy Began in Response to Illegal Fishing and Toxic Dumping by Western Ships off Somali Coast President Obama vowed an international crackdown to halt piracy off the coast of Somalia Monday soon after the freeing of US cargo ship captain Richard Phillips, who had been held hostage by Somali pirates since last Wednesday. While the pirates story has dominated the corporate media, there has been little to no discussion of the root causes driving piracy. We speak with consultant and analyst Mohamed Abshir Waldo. In January, he wrote a paper titled The Two Piracies in Somalia: Why the World Ignores the Other?

Cloud hangs over Ouattara's inauguration

Duration: 2:00
Published: 20 May 2011
Uploaded: 22 May 2011
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Ivory Coast's new President Alassane Ouattara is promising to reconcile his deeply divided country after a bitter power struggle with his rival Laurent Gbagbo. A truth justice and reconciliation commission has been set up to kick start the healing process. However, as Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from Abidjan, some believe the steps are still not enough.

Pak links to '08 Indian Embassy attack in Kabul?

Duration: 4:05
Published: 20 May 2011
Uploaded: 20 May 2011
Author: timesnowonline

A new Wikileaks cable on the 2008 Kabul blast at the Indian Embassy has brough to light the fact that Pakistan was allegedly aware of who was responsible for the attack.

A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.

photo: AP / Mike Gullett

Missouri tornado death toll could rise as severe weather continues
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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood. Authorities warned that the death toll could...

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