Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011.
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Syria accused of 'crimes against humanity'
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DAMASCUS ' At least 20 people were killed in violence in Syria on Friday, most of them civilians in the restive city of Homs, as Human Rights Watch accused the regime of crimes against humanity. The Arab League, meanwhile, prepared for a Saturday meeting on the Syrian crisis which, according to the United Nations, has claimed more than 3,500 lives...
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is seen during a meeting with his Slovene counterpart Borut Pahor, in Brdo, Slovenia, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Prime Minister Putin has arrived to Slovenia to reassure its officials that the construction of a pipeline which is to carry Russian gas to Europe is on track and not in jeopardy as some Kremlin officials had suggested.
photo: AP / Darko Bandic
Russian PM Putin defends bid for presidency
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The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has defended his decision to stand in next year's presidential election. He denied it was a quest to retain personal power, insisting that he needed longer to raise living standards and make Russia stronger. He is the overwhelming favourite to return to the position he...
Roman students shout slogans and show posters during a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry building in Rome Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
photo: AP / Angelo Carconi
Italy pushes through austerity law, Greek PM sworn in
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ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) - Italy's parliament on Friday began rushing through austerity measures demanded by the European Union to avert a euro zone meltdown and Washington ratcheted up pressure for more dramatic action from the currency bloc. The Italian Senate approved a new budget law, clearing the way for approval of the package in the lower house...
File - A protester throws a stone at Greek police officers, during clashes in central Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Greek anger over new austerity measures continues.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
The West's tragedy of capital
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Here's a crash course on global finance 2.0. The debt is in the Atlanticist, wealthy North. The resources are in the global South. And the (reluctant) supreme banker of the last resort is the Middle Kingdom, as personified by the Almighty Hu (Jintao). The name of the game - Marx revisited by Occupy the World - is class struggle. It's casino...
Members of the Greek Communist party-backed PAME union hold a banner that reads "Disobedience to EU - Government and the Plutocracy", as they take part in an anti-austerity march through central Athens on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis
Greece, Italy turn to financial experts for way out of debt
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ATHENS, GREECE: Europe's financial crisis eased as Greece installed a respected economist to replace its prime minister and Italy appeared poised to do the same, both hoping that monetary experts can do better than the politicians who drove their nations so deeply into debt. The announcement on Thursday in Athens, coupled with the prospect that...
Smoke bellows from a building hit during coalition forces air raid in Baghdad Monday March 31, 2003.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
Rituals of Cannibalism and Modern Warfare
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It was a horrific and detestable scene, that is, what occurred just before European crusaders conquered Jerusalem in 1099. After capturing Ma'arra, Frankish chroniclers recorded how knights slaughtered every man, woman and child throughout the city, including the sick and elderly. But this ethnic...
Spc. Daniel Scott walks past a road construction project, as member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division make their way to the Zabul Provincial Prison, Afghanistan, May 11. Scott is assigned to PRT Zabul's security force.
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Head of US Afghan 'kill team' found guilty
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A military jury found the head of a rogue US army unit which killed Afghan civilians for sport guilty on all charges, at the end of a week-long court martial. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs was convicted on 15 counts, including three counts of premeditated murder for his role in the thrill killings while he was stationed in Afghanistan's Kandahar...
Nigerian peacekeepers with the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) provide security during Liberia's presidential run-off election, in Monrovia, 8 November, 2011.
photo: UN / Staton Winter
Liberia's Sirleaf wins 90 pct in boycotted vote
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MONROVIA, LiberiaAfrica's first and only female president handily won re-election Thursday with 90.2 percent of the vote, but her victory has been rendered hollow and her government may struggle to prove its legitimacy because the opposition boycotted the poll. Hours before the results were announced in an election that was supposed to...
In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, the sun is reflected on the facade of the European Central Bank ECB Tower, seen through the Euro symbol, in Frankfurt, central Germany.
photo: AP / Daniel Roland, File
Euro leaders stand by single currency
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European governments and the European Union's executive commission have tried to quash reports of a possible shrinking of the eurozone, as debt worries and political uncertainty in Greece and Italy continued to feed financial turmoil. German and French officials denied plans to break-up the 17-nation bloc on Thursday after Reuters reported...
New Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos stands after his statements outside the presidential palace in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Greece names former banker as new prime minister
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By CNN Wire staff @CNNMoney November 10, 2011: 9:20 AM ET Lucas Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, has been named interim prime minister of Greece. ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Lucas Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, has been named interim prime minister of Greece, the Greek...
Article by WN.com Guest Writer, Kourosh Ziabari Israel has awkwardly and desperately renewed...
A leading human rights group has given details of systematic abuses it says Syrian forces have...
Updated: November 10, 2011 12:56PM I’ve been pondering a bunch of questions ever since seeing...
 
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CARACAS, Venezuela-Venezuelan police rescued catcher Wilson Ramos on Friday, two days after he was kidnapped, officials announced. Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said on state television that Ramos was "safe and sound" and that he was rescued by...
photo: Creative Commons / Johnny Spasm
Helicopters land in the area where Mexico's Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora was killed in a helicopter accident, near Santa Catarina Ayatzingo southeast of Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican interior minister Francisco Blake was killed in a helicopter crash on Friday,...
photo: AP / Marco Ugarte
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Honolulu, Hawaii - China must improve its human rights record as part of its efforts to become more integrated into the global economy, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Thursday. 'We are alarmed by recent incidents in Tibet of...
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News Corp. executive James Murdoch, left, is driven away from a drive-in entrance at Portcullis House after his second appearance before British parliamentarians investigating the country's phone hacking scandal in London, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.
Smart political leaders have a special way of saying sorry. Essentially it involves apologising while at the same time emphasising that whatever they’re apologising for wasn’t their fault. James Murdoch, to go by his performance in front...
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President-elect Barack Obama, right, listens as CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta speaks during a news conference in Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009.
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that military action against Iran could lead to "unintended consequences" for the region. "You've got to be careful of unintended consequences here," Panetta told reporters at a Pentagon press...
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray as an unseen custodian displays a Holy relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Mohammad's beard, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar on August 22, 2011,  on the occasion of martyrdom of Imam Aali Muqam  Hazrat Ali (Karam Allaho tala wajaho) on  the 21st day of Ramdhan, the month of fast in the Islamic calendar.
Place your bets! Tie the knot! Make a wish! Friday is the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011, and around the country, many people are planning to mark the triple convergence of 11s with a splash, hoping it will bring them good fortune or at least...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Trader Steven Kaplan, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Signs of progress in Europe's debt crisis and an unexpected drop in unemployment claims pushed stocks higher Thursday, a day after the stock market took its worst fall...
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10th November 2011, in Mumbai, SFT Mumbai activists & Tibetan writer/activist Tenzin Tsundue met Smt. Pankaja Thakur, CEO of the Censor Board of Film Certificate Head Quarters. They met the CEO of CBFC for over an hour long exchange on the details of the decision taken by the Censor Board to blur the “Free Tibet” banner from the film “Rock Star”. Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, right, celebrates with Upul Tharanga the wicket of India's Sachin Tendulkar during the Cricket World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 2, 2011. A view of a building under construction Kanchipuram temple - Tamil Nadu
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, stands with China's President Hu Jintao at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Thursday, April 15, 2010 Argentina's coach Sergio Batista, at center facing the camera, talks to his players during a training session at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Shanghai, Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Avon Philippines brochures  featuring cosmetic products  , Philippines ,  May 21 , 2010. Jeans , T-Shirt , Trouser , Shirt , Pant , Cargo Pant Garment Shop at Kolkata in Eastern India City
In this image made from television, protestors are seen near a barricade in Daraa, Syria, Friday, April 8, 2011. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, meets with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2011. File - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak conduct a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2011. The University Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI), located in University of Utah Research Park, is a 90 bed mental health and substance abuse treatment institute for psychiatric treatment.
A Communist billboard in Havana. Cuba had a number of communist and anarchist organizations since the early period of the Republic. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right, and V.V.S. Laxman walk to the pavilion after winning the first of the three cricket test match series between India and West Indies, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Caribbean Airlines, national airline of Trinidad  ag2  Lionel Richie performs at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise FL, November 19th, 2006
 

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