People gather against the new austerity measures in Iraklio city on the Greek island of Crete, late Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Bastian Parschau
Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting
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ATHENS, GreeceGreek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police. Greece's Prime Minister Lucas Papademos addresses lawmakers during a debate at the...

In this picture taken on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012, Syrian citizens look to a damaged armored personnel carrier belonging to Syrian police riots forces which was destroyed by the Syrian rebels during clashes Bayada neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria.
photo: AP
Syria uprising intensifies, spills into Lebanon
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DAMASCUS ' Syrian armour moved against protest flashpoints and a general was gunned down in Damascus on Saturday as the bloodshed showed no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon. The Syrian National Council, or SNC, said Arab recognition of the opposition umbrella group was imminent, ahead of key talks on the crisis in Cairo on Sunday....

Recording artist Whitney Houston performs at the 2004 World Music Awards Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas.
photo: AP / Eric Jamison
US singer and actress Whitney Houston dies aged 48
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American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48. A spokesman for Houston's family confirmed the news, telling Reuters: "Unfortunately, it is true." The cause and the location of her death were...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he deliver his speech at a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, Tehran, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
Iran to announce nuclear progress - Ahmadinejad
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear programme. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's...

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian rescue workers remove wreckage from the Syrian military intelligence building at a security compound which was attacked by an explosion, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA
Report points finger at Al-Qaeda offshoot for recent Syria bombings
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WASHINGTON - The Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda carried out two recent bombings in Damascus and was likely behind suicide bombings Friday that killed at least 28 people in the Syrian city of Aleppo, McClatchy Newspapers reported. Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper chain said the incidents appeared to verify Syrian President Bashar Assad's charges...

An Egyptian protestor, center, gestures to army soldiers, not pictured, blocking the road during an anti-military rally near the Defense Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen
Strikes to mark anniversary of Mubarak's fall
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Activists in Egypt are planning a day of civil disobedience to mark the first anniversary since the toppling Hosni Mubarak, the former president. The call for strikes in universities and workplaces on Saturday comes after a series of protests aimed at pressuring the military to transfer power immediately to civilians. The...

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour for the media, destroyed Syrian armored vehicles and police riots gear is seen inside a damaged Syrian police headquarters compound which was attacked by an explosion, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi
Twin blasts rock Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo
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Dubai: Twin bombings struck security buildings in the Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo yesterday, killing at least 28 and injuring 175, while in besieged Homs, opposition neighbourhoods endured another day of bombardment by President Bashar Al Assad's troops Mangled, bloodied bodies and severed limbs lay on the pavement outside the military and...

A protester throws a petrol bomb toward riot police during clashes in Athens, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris
Greece bailout: Cabinet approves draft bill for fresh cuts
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Greece's cabinet has approved fresh austerity measures demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a 130bn-euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout. The draft bill must now be passed by the Greek parliament and approved by European finance ministers. Five ministers have resigned from the government over the issue, with one junior party in the coalition...

A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
photo: AP
Avoiding the Syria trap
read more The Los Angeles Times
Given the continued carnage in Syria, and given Russian and Chinese obstruction of a plan to have Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside, the Arab League, Western nations and the United Nations secretary-general are scrambling to identify other measures to stop the killing. Those efforts are urgent and admirable. But, dire as the humanitarian...

A ball of fire explodes from one of the towers at the World Trade Center in New York after a plane crashed into it in this image made from television Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. The aircraft was the second to fly into the tower Tuesday morning.
photo: AP / ABC via APTN
Are Drones an Adverse Reaction to 9-11 and Manned Planes?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Since the beginning of time, humankind has longed to "fly like an eagle." But Becoming "other" by divination and magic, or wresting strength from animals and other gods, has gradually been replaced by technological determinism. As the Stone Age evolved into the Bronze Age and Iron Age and Industrial...


NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen answers questions to the media during a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer, unseen, at the government's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic Friday, March 5, 2010
In January, Michel Chossudovsky reported British media confirming UK/CIA/MI6 operatives in Syria training anti-Assad Western-backed insurgents. They're also supplying them with arms, ammunition, and equipment. "These reports confirm unequivocally...
photo: AP / Petr David Josek
 Russian President Vladimir Putin with the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On the right, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, during the second Caspian Summit, in Tehran, Iran, October 16, 2007. cg1
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state-run news agency says the country's foreign ministry has summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador to protest alleged Israeli intelligence activity in the oil-rich Caucasian state. The Sunday report by IRNA says that the...
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office
From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pose for a G8, G5 and Egypt family photo, at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 9, 2009
Germany lost World War 1 and World War II. Wags looking at the Eurozone crisis say Germany is now winning World War III, without any weapons, through sheer economic domination of Europe. Hitler launched World War II demanding a little more lebensraum...
photo: AP / Eric Feferberg
In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, the exterior of a building housing the Jyllands-Posten Copenhagen office is seen. Denmark's intelligence service on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 arrested four people suspected of planning an "imminent" terror attack against a newspaper that printed the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons.
EVOLVED CIVIL COMMONS VERSUS CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION: A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ACROSS UNIVERSAL LIFE GOODS by John McMurtry The facts of daily life in developed society have been so painstakingly and historically constructed across generations...
photo: AP / Polfoto, Niels Hougaard, File
The President of Turkmenistan, Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov inspecting the Guard of Honour, at the ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on May 25, 2010.
Voting has begun in Turkmenistan's presidential election, with incumbent President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov expected to win another term. He is facing only token opposition - the seven other candidates have praised him in...
photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of I & B
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine
STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press= PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster says Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses by a slim margin, giving him a much needed boost following losses in three other contests in the past...
photo: AP / Robert F. Bukaty
Afghan war's risks shift to contractors
KABUL, Afghanistan - Even dying is being outsourced here. This is a war where traditional military jobs, from mess-hall cooks to base guards and convoy drivers, have increasingly been shifted to the private sector. Many U.S. generals and diplomats...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

Greece austerity deal hits people hard; updated 10 Feb 2012; published 09 Feb 2012
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Greece austerity deal hits people hard
Atlanta Journal 13 Feb 2012, ATHENS, GreeceGreek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police. Greece's Prime Minister Lucas Papademos addresses lawmakers during a debate at the...

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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria
Khaleej Times 12 Feb 2012, DAMASCUS ' Syrian armour moved against protest flashpoints and a general was gunned down in Damascus on Saturday as the bloodshed showed no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon. The Syrian National Council, or SNC, said Arab recognition of the opposition umbrella group was imminent, ahead of key talks on the crisis in Cairo on Sunday....

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BREAKING NEWS - Whitney Houston Dead At 48; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 12 Feb 2012
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BREAKING NEWS - Whitney Houston Dead At 48
BBC News 12 Feb 2012, American singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48. A spokesman for Houston's family confirmed the news, telling Reuters: "Unfortunately, it is true." The cause and the location of her death were...

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Iran's Ambassador: Nuclear weapons are not part of our military doctrine; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Iran's Ambassador: Nuclear weapons are not part of our military doctrine
The Star 11 Feb 2012, TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear programme. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's...

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Dozens dead as rebel bomb wave rips Syria's second city; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Dozens dead as rebel bomb wave rips Syria's second city
Middle East Online 11 Feb 2012, WASHINGTON - The Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda carried out two recent bombings in Damascus and was likely behind suicide bombings Friday that killed at least 28 people in the Syrian city of Aleppo, McClatchy Newspapers reported. Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper chain said the incidents appeared to verify Syrian President Bashar Assad's charges...

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Egyptian strike call fails; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 12 Feb 2012
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Egyptian strike call fails
Al Jazeera 11 Feb 2012, Activists in Egypt are planning a day of civil disobedience to mark the first anniversary since the toppling Hosni Mubarak, the former president. The call for strikes in universities and workplaces on Saturday comes after a series of protests aimed at pressuring the military to transfer power immediately to civilians. The...

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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria
Gulf News 11 Feb 2012, Dubai: Twin bombings struck security buildings in the Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo yesterday, killing at least 28 and injuring 175, while in besieged Homs, opposition neighbourhoods endured another day of bombardment by President Bashar Al Assad's troops Mangled, bloodied bodies and severed limbs lay on the pavement outside the military and...

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Eurozone finance ministers delay Greek bailout; updated 10 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Eurozone finance ministers delay Greek bailout
BBC News 10 Feb 2012, Greece's cabinet has approved fresh austerity measures demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a 130bn-euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout. The draft bill must now be passed by the Greek parliament and approved by European finance ministers. Five ministers have resigned from the government over the issue, with one junior party in the coalition...

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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
4:33
15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria
The Los Angeles Times 10 Feb 2012, Given the continued carnage in Syria, and given Russian and Chinese obstruction of a plan to have Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside, the Arab League, Western nations and the United Nations secretary-general are scrambling to identify other measures to stop the killing. Those efforts are urgent and admirable. But, dire as the humanitarian...

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US Deadly Drone Attacks-News Analysis-10-16-2011; updated 08 Feb 2012; published 17 Oct 2011
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US Deadly Drone Attacks-News Analysis-10-16-2011
WorldNews.com 10 Feb 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Since the beginning of time, humankind has longed to "fly like an eagle." But Becoming "other" by divination and magic, or wresting strength from animals and other gods, has gradually been replaced by technological determinism. As the Stone Age evolved into the Bronze Age and Iron Age and Industrial...

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Al Shabaab officially joins Al Qaeda; updated 10 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Al Shabaab officially joins Al Qaeda
Al Jazeera 10 Feb 2012, Somalia's armed Islamist movement al-Shabab have joined ranks with al-Qaeda, the latter's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a video message posted on online forums. "I will break the good news to our Islamic nation, which will... annoy the crusaders, and it is that the Shabab movement in Somalia has joined al-Qaeda," Zawahiri said in the...

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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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15000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria
Middle East Online 10 Feb 2012, DAMASCUS - More than 80 people were killed in Syria Thursday, most of them in a relentless blitz on the city of Homs, an attack US President Barack Obama decried as "outrageous bloodshed". Shelling erupted at daybreak, killing more than 50 civilians in the besieged central city and burning several bodies beyond recognition, the Britain-based Syrian...

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Eurozone finance ministers delay Greek bailout; updated 10 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Eurozone finance ministers delay Greek bailout
Novosti 10 Feb 2012, Eurozone finance ministers on Thursday night agreed to attach additional conditions to Greece’s 130-billion-euro bailout deal and postponed the final decision until next Wednesday, the meeting’s chairman said on Friday. Finance ministers from the 17 euro countries met on Thursday night in...

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NRC Approves Nuclear Plant Despite No Safety Changes; updated 10 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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NRC Approves Nuclear Plant Despite No Safety Changes
KDVR 09 Feb 2012, ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years in spite of objections of the...

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