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Two Occupy London protesters look on from the middle of the road outside St Paul's Cathedral in London after bailiffs moved in to remove tents from the Occupy London camp, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Sang Tan
Occupy London protesters evicted from St Paul's site
read more The Independent
Some of those who decided to stay at the campsite in defiance of a High Court order built barricades, while others sat on the steps of Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral as the paraphernalia of their occupation, which has gone on for nearly four-and-a-half months, was cleared into rubbish trucks. There were minor scuffles as police and bailiffs...

A Palestinian throws a shoe, top center, at the convoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as it enters the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Hatem Moussa
Are Palestinians Victims of Terror and Displaced Guilt?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It was on February 29, 1948, that 28 British soldiers were killed as a mine exploded under the Cairo-Haifa train. Lehi, also known as the Stern Gang, a Zionist terrorist group, claimed responsibility. But the Cairo-Haifa attack was only one of several acts of terrorism that Israeli Zionists employed....

An undated picture made available by the Costa Crociere press office showing the Costa Allegra cruise ship. The Italian coast guard says a fire has broken out on an the Costa Allegra cruise ship off the Seychelles islands, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, and the ship is adrift, but the passengers are safe.
photo: AP / Costa Crociere
Costa cruise ship adrift off Seychelles
read more France24
AFP - An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift on Tuesday in pirate-infested seas off the Seychelles with no power and with more than 1,000 people on board. A blaze in the engine room of the Costa Allegra saw the liner stranded in the dangerous and choppy Indian Ocean seas and it was forced to make...

A protesting truck driver hold a Greek flag as he protests in front of Riot police outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, on Friday, July 30, 2010.
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris
Greek debt downgraded again
read more Al Jazeera
Ratings firm Standard & Poor's has declared Greece in "selective default" after banks agreed to write off more than half of their Greek debt holdings in a second EU bailout of the country. The rating was lowered from S&P's already junk-level "CC" grade for Greece, which has been seeking to avoid an outright default on its massive debt by...

A man holds up a child during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime in the outskirts of Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd
Syria approves constitution amid bloodshed
read more Independent online (SA)
Amman - Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad's government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derided as a sham by his critics at home and abroad. While foreign powers argued over whether to arm the rebels, the Syrian Interior Ministry said the...

Investigators congregate at a rear entrance to Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Mark Duncan
1 killed, 4 wounded in school shooting in Ohio
read more Austin American Statesman
CHARDON, Ohio — A gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, wounding five students, one of whom later died, authorities said. A suspect — believed to be a student — was arrested a short distance away. The suspect was taken into custody near his car about half a mile from the suburban...

Somalis fleeing the town of Elasha Biyaha carry their household belongings on the road to the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
Somalia's so-called peace does not spare its children's suffering
read more The Australian
IN A basic military clinic filled with wounded children, the sour smell of infection hung heavily in the still air. Smothering her son's screams with her palm, Mina pulled back a thin sheet to reveal the terrible scars on his torso left by an al-Qa'ida attack just metres from the pavement where she was sleeping with her refugee family. Also in this...

Ramatoulaye Teme carries her son on her back as she casts her vote for president at a polling station in the Pikine suburb of Dakar, Senegal Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Senegal tallies votes
read more Independent online (SA)
Dakar - Senegal tallied results on Monday in an election in which incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, who is seeking to extend his rule with a disputed third term, was greeted by jeers as he cast his ballot. The west African nation's reputation as a haven of stability has been tarnished by pre-poll violence over 85-year-old Wade's candidacy which left six...

Smoke from a burning truck raises outside a NATO military base during an anti-US protest in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul
Taliban bomber kills nine at NATO base over Koran
read more Jakarta Globe
A Taliban suicide car bomber targeting a NATO base at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan killed nine people on Monday, following days of deadly anti-US protests over the burning of the Koran. Six civilians, an Afghan soldier and two local guards were killed, police said, but there were no reports of NATO casualties, according to a spokesman...

 In a file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during a meeting with Moscow region governor Boris Gromov in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, April 19, 2007. Putin makes his annual state of the nation address, a speech that
photo: AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Dmitry Astakhov
Two arrested over 'plot to kill Putin'
read more Al Jazeera
Russia's secret service has arrested two men in connection with a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, after the March 4 presidential elections, Channel One state television said. According to the AFP news agency, the station showed two men on Monday who said they were acting on the orders of Chechen warlord Doku...


People walk past tents at the occupy protest camp outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Members of the occupy movement are in court Monday for an appeal hearing to avoid being evicted from their tented camp outside the landmark cathedral.
February 28, 2012 -- Updated 0416 GMT (1216 HKT) An image taken by an Occupy supporter shows protesters standing on barricades during a police raid, February 27, 2012. (CNN) -- Hundreds of police in riot gear staged an early morning raid Tuesday to...
photo: AP / Matt Dunham
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Focus shifts on Thursday to the future of the euro and the issue of climate change.
The disparities have produced questioning articles in the mainstream press and allegations, and denials, of bias in French blogs and chat rooms. One poll showed that the Socialist front-runner, François Hollande, maintained a seven- point first-round...
photo: AP / Michel Euler
Traders Luke Dalton, left, and Steven Kaplan, foreground right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.
By CNNMoney staff @CNNMoneyMarkets February 27, 2012: 10:04 AM ET Click for more market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks fell early Monday as concerns about Europe's debt crisis returned and gas prices continued to rise. The Dow Jones...
photo: AP / Richard Drew
India West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes part in an awareness campaign against hooch in kolkata on Friday, 30 December 2011 in Eastern India City
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetApologizing for calling strikes when she was an opposition leader, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that politics of shutdowns and strikes have crippled the state for the last 35 years. KOLKATA: Apologizing for calling...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Afghan soldiers are on alert at the scene of a suicide attack at the gate of an airport in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.
HEIDI VOGT Associated Press= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a NATO base and airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, triggering a blast that killed nine Afghans, officials said. The Taliban...
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul
In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, an unidentified woman embraces Spanish judge Baltazar Garzon as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Madrid.
Spain's Supreme Court has cleared high-profile judge Baltasar Garzon of violating a 1977 amnesty law by investigating Franco-era crimes. Two right-wing groups had...
photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez
Producer Thomas Langmann speaks after accepting the Oscar for best picture for “The Artist” during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
"The Artist" took home the big prize at the Academy Awards Sunday night, winning the Oscar for best picture. Earlier in the evening, "The Artist" director Michel Hazanavicius also won the Academy Award for best director. "I am the happiest director...
photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill

St Paul's Occupy London protesters evicted by police; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
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St Paul's Occupy London protesters evicted by police
The Independent 28 Feb 2012, Some of those who decided to stay at the campsite in defiance of a High Court order built barricades, while others sat on the steps of Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral as the paraphernalia of their occupation, which has gone on for nearly four-and-a-half months, was cleared into rubbish trucks. There were minor scuffles as police and bailiffs...

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Ken O'Keefe Lecture at Middlesex University - Israeli Apartheid Week - February 23, 2012; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Ken O'Keefe Lecture at Middlesex University - Israeli Apartheid Week - February 23, 2012
WorldNews.com 28 Feb 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It was on February 29, 1948, that 28 British soldiers were killed as a mine exploded under the Cairo-Haifa train. Lehi, also known as the Stern Gang, a Zionist terrorist group, claimed responsibility. But the Cairo-Haifa attack was only one of several acts of terrorism that Israeli Zionists employed....

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Costa Allegra Incidente 2012 - Incendio Seychelles; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Costa Allegra Incidente 2012 - Incendio Seychelles
France24 28 Feb 2012, AFP - An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift on Tuesday in pirate-infested seas off the Seychelles with no power and with more than 1,000 people on board. A blaze in the engine room of the Costa Allegra saw the liner stranded in the dangerous and choppy Indian Ocean seas and it was forced to make...

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Engdahl: 'Greek bailout terms remind of Hitler epoch'; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Engdahl: 'Greek bailout terms remind of Hitler epoch'
Al Jazeera 28 Feb 2012, Ratings firm Standard & Poor's has declared Greece in "selective default" after banks agreed to write off more than half of their Greek debt holdings in a second EU bailout of the country. The rating was lowered from S&P's already junk-level "CC" grade for Greece, which has been seeking to avoid an outright default on its massive debt by...

Syrians vote in referendum on new constitution; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Syrians vote in referendum on new constitution
Independent online (SA) 28 Feb 2012, Amman - Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad's government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derided as a sham by his critics at home and abroad. While foreign powers argued over whether to arm the rebels, the Syrian Interior Ministry said the...

One Confirmed Dead & Four Others Wounded At Chardon High School Shooting In Ohio; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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One Confirmed Dead & Four Others Wounded At Chardon High School Shooting In Ohio
Austin American Statesman 27 Feb 2012, CHARDON, Ohio — A gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, wounding five students, one of whom later died, authorities said. A suspect — believed to be a student — was arrested a short distance away. The suspect was taken into custody near his car about half a mile from the suburban...

Kenyan Air Force Kills Seven Somali Children in Jilib; updated 24 Jan 2012; published 15 Jan 2012
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Kenyan Air Force Kills Seven Somali Children in Jilib
The Australian 27 Feb 2012, IN A basic military clinic filled with wounded children, the sour smell of infection hung heavily in the still air. Smothering her son's screams with her palm, Mina pulled back a thin sheet to reveal the terrible scars on his torso left by an al-Qa'ida attack just metres from the pavement where she was sleeping with her refugee family. Also in this...

Senegal's Wade headed to run-off election; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
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Senegal's Wade headed to run-off election
Independent online (SA) 27 Feb 2012, Dakar - Senegal tallied results on Monday in an election in which incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, who is seeking to extend his rule with a disputed third term, was greeted by jeers as he cast his ballot. The west African nation's reputation as a haven of stability has been tarnished by pre-poll violence over 85-year-old Wade's candidacy which left six...

NATO in Afghanistan - Afghans donate cash to rebuild palace; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
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NATO in Afghanistan - Afghans donate cash to rebuild palace
Jakarta Globe 27 Feb 2012, A Taliban suicide car bomber targeting a NATO base at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan killed nine people on Monday, following days of deadly anti-US protests over the burning of the Koran. Six civilians, an Afghan soldier and two local guards were killed, police said, but there were no reports of NATO casualties, according to a spokesman...

Vladimir Putin assassination plot; updated 27 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Vladimir Putin assassination plot
Al Jazeera 27 Feb 2012, Russia's secret service has arrested two men in connection with a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, after the March 4 presidential elections, Channel One state television said. According to the AFP news agency, the station showed two men on Monday who said they were acting on the orders of Chechen warlord Doku...

Thousands of Colombians Demand End to Kidnappings; updated 08 Dec 2011; published 07 Dec 2011
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Thousands of Colombians Demand End to Kidnappings
Skynews 27 Feb 2012, Farc and the National Liberation Army, another rebel group, are reportedly detaining 500 hostages Colombia's Farc rebel group has said it will stop kidnapping and plans to free its last remaining "prisoners of war" - 10 security force members held for as long as 14 years. The leftist group announced on its website that it would no longer kidnap...

Rudd congratulates Gillard on leadership win; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Rudd congratulates Gillard on leadership win
The Australian 27 Feb 2012, JULIA Gillard is still Prime Minister after defeating Kevin Rudd to win Labor's bitter leadership battle. Follow our live coverage and analysis all day. 1.12pm Julia Gillard says the "political drama" that had engulfed the Labor Party is now over, and said her government would now focus on the Australian people The PM said...

Al Qaeda in Yemen says it is fighting the US - 22 Dec 09; updated 03 Feb 2012; published 22 Dec 2009
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Al Qaeda in Yemen says it is fighting the US - 22 Dec 09
The New York Times 27 Feb 2012, WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is embarking on an ambitious and potentially risky plan to help the new government in Yemen overhaul its military to combat the Qaeda franchise that has exploited the political turmoil there to seize control of large swaths of the country’s south. Related Yemen Swears In New President to the Sound...

Russia Putin Warns US - Hands Off IRAN; updated 24 Feb 2012; published 08 Jul 2009
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Russia Putin Warns US - Hands Off IRAN
Daily Press 26 Feb 2012, MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said Russia is concerned about the "growing threat" of an attack on Iran over its nuclear program and warned that the consequences would be "truly catastrophic." In an article on foreign policy written before a March 4 presidential election he is almost certain to win, Russia's prime minister also warned Western...





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