File - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the press in his office, 1 May, 2011.
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
U.N.'s Ban says Arab League to revive Syria mission
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday the Arab League chief told him he intends to revive an Arab League monitoring mission in Syria, which has collapsed amid continuing violence there. Nabil Elaraby asked for U.N. help with the project during a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Ban told reporters after...

Protesters, one holding a Greek flag gather at central Athens' main Syntagma Square, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
Greece bailout: Coalition fails to agree cuts
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Greek PM Lucas Papademos has failed to secure the support of his coalition for a raft of new austerity measures, after more than seven hours of talks. He had met officials from three parties to try to secure a deal leading to a fresh bailout package....

In this Monday, Feb. 5, 2012 photo provided by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of St. Petersburg, Russian researchers at the Vostok station in Antarctica pose for a picture after reaching the subglacial lake Vostok.
photo: AP / Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Press Service
In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake
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After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years _ a pristine body of water that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets. Finally touching the surface of Lake Vostok, the largest of...

Supporters of Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned Tuesday from his post as Maldivian President, take cover from tear gas canisters during a protest in Male, Maldives, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena
Violence spreads in Maldives after 'coup'
read more Khaleej Times
MALE ' Violence erupted in the Maldives Wednesday as supporters of the ex-president who claims he was forced out by a coup clashed with security forces in Male and stormed police stations on outlying islands. Local officials on four atolls in the holiday paradise nation, famed for its beaches and popular among honeymooners, told AFP that residents...

A woman looks through an icy window in a bus in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov
Most Ukraine cold deaths alcohol-related, minister says
read more CNN
February 8, 2012 -- Updated 1809 GMT (0209 HKT) People skate on a frozen pond in Prague on February 6, 2012. Meteorologists this morning measured minus 39.4 degrees Celsius, the coldest temperature of this winter, in Kvilda village, in the South Bohemian Sumava mountains. A picture taken on February 6, 2012 shows horses in a field covered with snow...

Eighty days after it fell into the ocean following the January 1966 midair collision between a nuclear-armed B-52G bomber and a KC-135 refueling tanker over Palomares, Spain, this B28RI nuclear bomb was recovered from 2,850 feet (869 meters) of water and lifted aboard the USS Petrel (note the missing tail fins and badly dented "false nose").
photo: US Navy file
When the U.S. Dropped Dirty Bombs on Spain
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Almost fifty-years after the United States dropped "dirty bombs" on Spain, it was finally refreshing to hear guarantees that it will help clean up land contaminated with radio activity. But for the people of Palomares, a fishing village on the Mediterranean coastline of Spain, they remember all too...

Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
photo: AP
'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
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February 8, 2012 -- Updated 0955 GMT (1755 HKT) 'Anti-air tanks shooting at buildings' (CNN) -- Not long after Russia's foreign minister touted the Syrian president's "commitment" to ending violence, at least 47 people were killed in bloodshed Wednesday, an opposition activist group said. Government forces stormed three homes in a Homs...

A man begs at a pedestrian crossing at Athens' main Syntagma square, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.
photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis
Greek PM seeks consensus on bailout plan
read more Al Jazeera
Greek leaders are set to hold delayed talks to discuss the latest package of austerity measures demanded by Athens' international creditors in return for a bailout payment to save the country from bankruptcy. Wednesday's talks between Lucas Papademos, the Greek prime minister, and leaders of the three parties who back his emergency coalition...

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a primary night watch party Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in St. Charles, Mo.
photo: AP / Jeff Roberson
Santorum declared winner in Minnesota and Missouri votes
read more BBC News
Rick Santorum has been declared the winner in Minnesota and Missouri's Republican presidential nominating contests, thrashing Mitt Romney. Mr Santorum, a social conservative, was even leading in Colorado, according to partial results. Defeat in Colorado for Mr Romney would be a huge upset, as he...

File - An RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle from the 432nd Wing out of Creech Air Force Base, Nev., takes off from Aeropuerto Rafael Hernandez outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28, 2010.
photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. James Harper
U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan - officials
read more The Star
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year. The unacknowledged...


Starbucks has announced it is to open its first outlet in India by the end of the year, marking...
Of all the challenges faced by generals through history, moving armies has been one of the...
Article By Gilad Atzmon "Dershowitz is not only a remarkable liar and slanderer, but also an...

Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Mr Xi Jinping, Vice President of china in the hotel parco dei Principi, sala Ruspoli Rome Italy. 2 June 2011
BEIJING — On the eve of Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping’s official visit to Washington, the country’s vice foreign minister in charge of U.S. affairs said the two countries now suffered from a “trust deficit” that the...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a primary night watch party Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in St. Charles, Mo.
The Santorum campaign woke up Wednesday surveying a broader political map than the one it saw before Tuesday's trio of upsets that sent the latest tremor through the predictably unpredictable Republican presidential nomination battle. Rick Santorum's...
photo: AP / Jeff Roberson)
Protesters hold a giant flag outside the Greek parliament during a protest against austerity measures, in Athens, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011.
ATHENS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Greece will be given one extra year until 2015 to produce a primary surplus of 4.5 billion euros under the terms of a new bailout agreement with the European Union and the IMF, an official at one of the Greek coalition...
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris
AFGHANISTAN PRINCE HARRY
Captain Harry Wales, as he is known in the Army, won an award for the best co-pilot gunner on the 18-month course, which included flying exercises in the US. He will now be posted for training at RAF Wattisham in Norfolk before becoming eligible for...
photo: AP / John Stillwell, pool
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria, and has sought help from the UN. Mr Ban said the "disastrous" failure to agree a UN resolution on Syria had encouraged Damascus "to step up its war on its own people"....
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
In this photo provided by Maldives President's Office, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed announces his resignation in a nationally televised address Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7, 2012 in Male, Maldives.
After a day of surreal calm following President Mohammed Nasheed's resignation, the Maldivian capital witnessed a few skirmishes between his supporters and the police and the military. Challenging days are ahead as Mr. Nasheed tries to reclaim his...
photo: AP / Maldives Presidenet's Office
Egyptians pass a police checkpoint near the `Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
CAIRO — Egypt's state news agency says the military has deployed troops to the country's streets to reinforce the police, restore security and state "prestige." Egyptian investigative judges Sameh Abu Zeid, right, and Ashraf el-Ashmawi, who are...
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

Russia, China Veto UN Resolution on Syria; updated 08 Feb 2012; published 04 Feb 2012
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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution on Syria
Chicago Tribune 09 Feb 2012, UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday the Arab League chief told him he intends to revive an Arab League monitoring mission in Syria, which has collapsed amid continuing violence there. Nabil Elaraby asked for U.N. help with the project during a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Ban told reporters after...

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Lethal Medicine: 'Greece testing ground for EU austerity hell'; updated 08 Feb 2012; published 06 Feb 2012
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Lethal Medicine: 'Greece testing ground for EU austerity hell'
BBC News 09 Feb 2012, Greek PM Lucas Papademos has failed to secure the support of his coalition for a raft of new austerity measures, after more than seven hours of talks. He had met officials from three parties to try to secure a deal leading to a fresh bailout package....

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Scientific Coup, Russians Reach Antarctic Lake; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Scientific Coup, Russians Reach Antarctic Lake
STL Today 08 Feb 2012, After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years _ a pristine body of water that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets. Finally touching the surface of Lake Vostok, the largest of...

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Maldives situation tense, former president alleges coup; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Maldives situation tense, former president alleges coup
Khaleej Times 08 Feb 2012, MALE ' Violence erupted in the Maldives Wednesday as supporters of the ex-president who claims he was forced out by a coup clashed with security forces in Male and stormed police stations on outlying islands. Local officials on four atolls in the holiday paradise nation, famed for its beaches and popular among honeymooners, told AFP that residents...

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Extreme cold weather hits Europe - Death toll rises above 200 - BBC World News - February 4, 2012; updated 08 Feb 2012; published 04 Feb 2012
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Extreme cold weather hits Europe - Death toll rises above 200 - BBC World News - February 4, 2012
CNN 08 Feb 2012, February 8, 2012 -- Updated 1809 GMT (0209 HKT) People skate on a frozen pond in Prague on February 6, 2012. Meteorologists this morning measured minus 39.4 degrees Celsius, the coldest temperature of this winter, in Kvilda village, in the South Bohemian Sumava mountains. A picture taken on February 6, 2012 shows horses in a field covered with snow...

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1966 Palomares B-52 crash; updated 19 Jan 2012; published 05 Oct 2010
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1966 Palomares B-52 crash
WorldNews.com 08 Feb 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Almost fifty-years after the United States dropped "dirty bombs" on Spain, it was finally refreshing to hear guarantees that it will help clean up land contaminated with radio activity. But for the people of Palomares, a fishing village on the Mediterranean coastline of Spain, they remember all too...

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Death and Diplomacy: Homs on the brink; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Death and Diplomacy: Homs on the brink
CNN 08 Feb 2012, February 8, 2012 -- Updated 0955 GMT (1755 HKT) 'Anti-air tanks shooting at buildings' (CNN) -- Not long after Russia's foreign minister touted the Syrian president's "commitment" to ending violence, at least 47 people were killed in bloodshed Wednesday, an opposition activist group said. Government forces stormed three homes in a Homs...

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Lethal Medicine: 'Greece testing ground for EU austerity hell'; updated 08 Feb 2012; published 06 Feb 2012
3:44
Lethal Medicine: 'Greece testing ground for EU austerity hell'
Al Jazeera 08 Feb 2012, Greek leaders are set to hold delayed talks to discuss the latest package of austerity measures demanded by Athens' international creditors in return for a bailout payment to save the country from bankruptcy. Wednesday's talks between Lucas Papademos, the Greek prime minister, and leaders of the three parties who back his emergency coalition...

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Rick Santorum Anti-Romney Wins Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 09 Feb 2012
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Rick Santorum Anti-Romney Wins Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado
BBC News 08 Feb 2012, Rick Santorum has been declared the winner in Minnesota and Missouri's Republican presidential nominating contests, thrashing Mitt Romney. Mr Santorum, a social conservative, was even leading in Colorado, according to partial results. Defeat in Colorado for Mr Romney would be a huge upset, as he...

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Preystations: No law to down CIA drones; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Preystations: No law to down CIA drones
The Star 08 Feb 2012, MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghanistan border Wednesday, security officials and residents said, the fifth such strike this year. The unacknowledged...

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Video: Huge crowds welcome Russia FM Lavrov in Syria; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 07 Feb 2012
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Video: Huge crowds welcome Russia FM Lavrov in Syria
Ohio 08 Feb 2012, BEIRUT: Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian officials pushed for reforms Tuesday during an emergency meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, promoting a settlement to end the uprising without removing him from power. Thousands of flag-waving government supporters cheered the Russians in the Syrian capital of...

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Minnesota Republican Caucus Poll 2012 - Paul Gingrich Romney Santorum; updated 07 Feb 2012; published 28 Jan 2012
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Minnesota Republican Caucus Poll 2012 - Paul Gingrich Romney Santorum
The Guardian 08 Feb 2012, PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press= COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Looking for a campaign-boosting win Tuesday, Republican Rick Santorum urged supporters to reset the Republican presidential race and deny the aura of inevitability to front-runner Mitt Romney. Santorum also said they must reject President Barack Obama's secular policies. "You've got a...

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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar; updated 09 Feb 2012; published 09 Feb 2012
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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar
The Independent 08 Feb 2012, Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting with the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, that the embattled leader had pledged to talk to the opposition, hold a referendum on a new draft of the constitution and expand an Arab League monitoring mission. Although similar promises during the past 11 months of unrest have resulted in little change, Mr Lavrov...

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Demonstration in Athens, 7 February 2012-Burning the German flag in front of the Parliament.mp4; updated 08 Feb 2012; published 07 Feb 2012
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Demonstration in Athens, 7 February 2012-Burning the German flag in front of the Parliament.mp4
The Independent 08 Feb 2012, Several thousand demonstrators from the public and private-sector unions braved the heavy rainfall, gathering outside Parliament to voice their opposition at the latest proposed measures to secure a €130bn (£108bn) bailout package. Minor clashes broke out when protesters tried to remove a cordon near the parliament building. Police sprayed tear gas...

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