Vice President Joe Biden speaks about making college affordable, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown, Pa.
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
Biden calls Iraqi leaders as bloodshed worsens
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January 28, 2012 -- Updated 2324 GMT (0724 HKT) Iraqi men check the debris after a suicide bomber targeted a funeral procession in Baghdad Friday. Baghdad (CNN) -- As recent bloodshed raises fears of renewed sectarian violence in Iraq, U.S. Vice President Biden has been calling Iraqi leaders in an apparent attempt to soothe political tensions, the...

An illustration of a euro coin is displayed on a bank's advertising billboard as a pedestrian is reflected on the window of the branch in central Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Greece scathing on German budget 'takeover' plan
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A Greek government minister on Saturday poured scorn on reported calls by Germany for Athens to surrender control of its budget, as Greece said it was close to a deal with its private creditors. Greek Education Minister and former EU commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou rejected the notion as "the product of a sick imagination". Amid this latest...

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlines the main areas of proposed spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan., 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez
Panetta concerned about doctor who helped in bin Laden raid
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January 28, 2012 -- Updated 1639 GMT (0039 HKT) "I'm very concerned about what the Pakistanis did with this individual," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS. Washington (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly the key role a Pakistani doctor who assisted the United States ahead of the strike on Osama bin Laden's...

Firefighters work on retrieving the body of a victim, behind crane, from the smoldering rubble of a building that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
Death toll rises as hopes fade in Brazil buildings collapse
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January 28, 2012 -- Updated 1401 GMT (2201 HKT) Three buildings collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday January 25, 2012, sending rubble and dust flying through the air. The area -- a bustling commercial center during the day and a popular drinking spot at night -- was closed off Thursday January 26, 2012. The...

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta delivers a speech prior to the introduction of keynote speaker Reverend Samuel
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett
Leon Panetta concern over Bin Laden 'informer' Shikal Afridi
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said he is "very concerned" about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden last year. Dr Shikal Afridi is accused of running a CIA-run programme in Abbottabad where Bin Laden was killed. A Pakistan panel says he should be tried for treason. Mr Panetta...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, right, points to French Finance Minister Francois Baroin, left, during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Michel Euler
Deadlock in Davos as pressure on Greece rises
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The move to make Greece hand over control of budgetary policy as the price for agreeing a €130bn rescue package would represent a humiliating blow to Greece's hopes of controlling its own destiny but could offer a means of staving off financial ruin. The proposal was made by Germany as the euro group considered how extra finance should be offered...

Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
photo: AP
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month. Local television said one policeman died from head injuries after clashes in the capital Dakar. Reuters reporters saw youths set fire to tires...

Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
photo: AP
UN considers resolution on Syria
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European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its "red lines". Morocco presented a draft resolution to the 15-nation Security Council, drawn up by Britain, France and Germany with Arab states, that...

Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. The group began its existence in relative obscurity, in Nigeria's remote and least developed region in the north-east, staging occasional drive-by shootings. But since a 2009...

Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
read more The Star
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday. The agency appealed for $67 million for 8 countries in the region where it said instability fuelled by increasing...


Hurghada, Egypt - The beaches are almost empty and taxi drivers jockey for customers in Egypt's...
Article By Gilad Atzmon This last weekend brought with it some vile manifestations of Jewish...

Friends, fans and family line for a final view in the funeral of singer Etta James, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena, Calif.
Updated: January 28, 2012 4:25PM GARDENA, Calif.Rhythm & blues legend Etta James was remembered at a service Saturday attended by hundreds of friends, family and fans as a woman who triumphed against all odds to break down cultural and musical...
photo: AP / Ringo H.W. Chiu
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
In a Facebook note posted Friday entitled "Cannibals in GOP Establishment Employ Tactics of the Left," former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Republicans "need a fair primary that is not prematurely cut short by the GOP establishment using Alinsky...
photo: AP / Maeil Business News Paper, Lee Seung-hwan
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus holds the trophy during the awarding ceremony after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
Victoria Azarenka routed Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 to win the Australian Open women's title and secure the No. 1 ranking on Saturday night, all in her first Grand Slam final. The 22-year-old Belarusian dropped her opening service game and was down 2-0...
photo: AP / Rick Rycroft
Rebel fighters fire their machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011.
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten, whipped and given electric shocks....
photo: AP
British Prime Minister David Cameron listens at the start of his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at Chequers, the country residence of the British prime minister in Wendover, England Saturday May 15, 2010. A Downing Street spokeswoman said Karzai is stopping in Britain on his way back from the United States, where he met with President Barack Obama.
David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai are to sign a pledge setting out the next stage in relations between Britain and Afghanistan. At bilateral talks the leaders will discuss security progress as well as the future support needed from the...
photo: AP / Philip Ide, Pool
One US Dollar - Currency - Money
Ecuador is one place where a little money really does go a long way. Not only does the country use United States currency, but it's amazing how many things you can purchase for just one dollar. Whether you are looking to drink an oversized beer at a...
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba
Dr. Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan government in exile addressing during the 63rd anniversary of International Human Rights Day, Dharamshala, India.
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: - Dr. Lobsang Sangay, elected political leader of the Tibetan government in exile, called for Tibetans around the world to forego Losar (Tibetan New Year) this year "to pay tribute...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

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