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Afghans burn an effigy representing the US President Barack Obama during anti-US protest over burning of Qurans at a military bass in Afghanistan, in Ghani Khail, east of Kabul Friday, Feb. 24,2012.
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul
Burning Korans and Ignorantalitarianism
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Whether out of ignorance, insensitivity or carelessness, the U.S. soldiers that burned Korans in Afghanistan resemble a deep psychological and emotional sickness that has permeated much of American society and culture. This deep seated and internalized malaise is called ignorantalitarianism. Benito...

People try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed homes in their neighborhood Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill.
photo: AP / Seth Perlman
At least 12 killed as violent storms ravage Midwest, South
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HARRISBURG, Ill. — A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes in this small Illinois town Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South, killing at least 12 people in three states. A tornado also ripped through the country music mecca of Branson, Mo., damaging some of the city's famous theaters just days before the start...

Kofi Annan former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 speaks during a press conference during the opening day of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 28
photo: AP / Keystone, Laurent Gillieron
Syria: Kofi Annan Calls For End To Killing
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The new international mediator on Syria has demanded an end to the killing as a senior Assad regime official is quoted as saying part of the city of Homs will be "cleansed". Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general, said he hoped to be in Damascus "fairly soon" with a "clear" message that the killing must stop. Mr Annan made the comments amid...

In this photo released by South Korean Foreign Ministry, South Korea's nuclear envoys for the North Korea disarmament talks visit a warehouse of unused nuclear fuel rods at North Korea's main nuclear plant in Yongbyon, North Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The delegation, led by South Korea's No. 2 nuclear negotiator Hwang Joon-kook, visited North Korea from Jan. 15 to 19 to check the status of atomic fuel rods.
photo: AP / Foreign Ministry, HO
North Korea halts nuclear plan after US pressure
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A joint statement was issued simultaneously by North Korea's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang and by the State Department in...

EU's Barroso strikes upbeat note on debt crisis pre-summit
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EU's Barroso strikes upbeat note on debt crisis pre-summit
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* Barroso strikes positive note on euro zone debt crisis * March 1-2 EU summit expected to be less dramatic affair * Pieces falling into place but growth needed - Barroso By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, Feb 29 (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso delivered an upbeat appraisal of Europe's efforts to quell the debt crisis on...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers 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
Openly Lying Us Into War With Iran
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Picture: Kenneth Pollack This is from p. 84-5 in Which Path to Persia?: Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran, a June, 2009 book edited and co-authored by Kenneth Pollack of the Brookings Institution: ...absent a clear Iranian act of aggression, American airstrikes against Iran would be unpopular in the region and...

In this file photo made June 27, 2006, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.
photo: AP / Brennan Linsley
Guantanamo detainee Majid Khan to enter plea deal
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The first "high value" prisoner held at the US's Guantanamo Bay detention centre is expected to plead guilty at a war crimes tribunal. Pakistani Majid Khan, who had lived in the US, is set to admit to terror offences in exchange for leniency. He faces five war crimes charges, including conspiring with al-Qaeda, murder and attempted murder. The...

A protesting firefighter holds a Greek flag and flares during a demonstration against the Greek government's austerity measures outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris
Greek unions stage walkouts after new budget cuts
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AFP - Greek unions on Wednesday staged walkouts as part of Europe-wide anti-austerity demonstrations, hours after parliament approved fresh budget cuts linked to a new eurozone bailout. The main labour groups, private-sector GSEE and public-sector ADEDY, began a nationwide three-hour work stoppage from midday (1000 GMT) ahead of a demonstration in...

In this Tuesday, March 15, 2011 file photo, Toyota Yaris compact sedans lie damaged at Sendai port, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, following a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
Japan's tsunami victims: healed but still scarred
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A year ago, a desperate young mother stood amid the ruins of her devastated city wrapped in a blanket as she scoured tsunami wreckage for her missing son. Twelve months on, Yuko Sugimoto and her family are reunited and living in a temporary home, but the scars from the catastrophe still remain. "The disaster made me realise it's a miracle that...

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to supporters at his election watch party after winning the Michigan primary in Novi, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Gerald Herbert
Romney wins Michigan and Arizona
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Mitt Romney's tentative hold on the status of GOP front-runner received a significant boost with victory in Michigan, where he won his native state and fought off a spirited challenge from Rick Santorum. Combined with a resounding triumph in the winner-take-all state of Arizona, Romney extended his lead in the delegate race and assuaged concerns of...


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Recent protests sparked by the burning of the Koran by US soldiers were a "setback", Nato's...

Noon Briefing Guest: Valerie Amos, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, who  briefed on Libya and other areas of humanitarian concern.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is deploring the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria and calling on authorities there to grant U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos "unhindered access." The press statement, obtained...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
File - Somalia Transitional Government soldiers prepare to take up positions near Mogadishu, Somalia stadium Sunday, Aug, 7, 2011, as they carry one of their soldiers body after a brief fight with Al Shabaab fighters.
Islamist militants have made a surprise attack on a south-western town used by Ethiopian and Somali government-backed troops as a base to launch assaults. The al-Shabab fighters used heavy weaponry in...
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
A general view of the Greek Parliament during a debate in Athens on Tuesday June 21, 2011. Debate began in parliament last Sunday on a vote of confidence in the reshuffled government.
Greek MPs have backed the last major package of reforms promised in return for a second EU/IMF bailout, hours before EU leaders meet in Brussels. They pushed through a series of health budget cuts despite protests outside the parliament in Athens....
photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis
Guyanese Valerie Amos, undersecretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations, speaks during a press conference at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos said on Wednesday she was "deeply disappointed" that Syria has refused to allow her to the visit the country, where she had hoped to assess the need for emergency relief in besieged...
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the new Apple iLife at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.
Apple (AAPL) crossed an amazing milestone in after-market trading yesterday, when its market capitalization exceeded $500 billion for the first time. Apple is one of the only one of four companies in history to break this mark, and unlike...
photo: AP / Tony Avelar
Annan heading to New York for talks on Syria
GENEVA - Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, said he would hold talks in New York from Wednesday with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and member states on Syria. Russia, which along with China blocked a Security Council...
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré
In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011 by the Korea News Service, Kim Jong Un, right, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's youngest known son and successor, visits Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, to pay respect to his father.
The United States said on Wednesday that North Korea has agreed to halt its nuclear programme and allow back UN inspectors, in a surprise breakthrough soon after the communist state's veteran leader died. North Koreaan leader kim jong-un and...
photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service

Koran protests video: Violent clashes intensify in Afghanistan, Pakistan; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 25 Feb 2012
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Koran protests video: Violent clashes intensify in Afghanistan, Pakistan
WorldNews.com 01 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Whether out of ignorance, insensitivity or carelessness, the U.S. soldiers that burned Korans in Afghanistan resemble a deep psychological and emotional sickness that has permeated much of American society and culture. This deep seated and internalized malaise is called ignorantalitarianism. Benito...

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Deadly Storms Level Midwest Towns; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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Deadly Storms Level Midwest Towns
Austin American Statesman 01 Mar 2012, HARRISBURG, Ill. — A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes in this small Illinois town Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South, killing at least 12 people in three states. A tornado also ripped through the country music mecca of Branson, Mo., damaging some of the city's famous theaters just days before the start...

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Syrian Homs residents 'waiting to be killed'; updated 22 Feb 2012; published 07 Feb 2012
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Syrian Homs residents 'waiting to be killed'
Orange News 01 Mar 2012, The new international mediator on Syria has demanded an end to the killing as a senior Assad regime official is quoted as saying part of the city of Homs will be "cleansed". Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general, said he hoped to be in Damascus "fairly soon" with a "clear" message that the killing must stop. Mr Annan made the comments amid...

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North Korea's Nuclear Attitude: What's Next?; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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North Korea's Nuclear Attitude: What's Next?
The Independent 01 Mar 2012, A joint statement was issued simultaneously by North Korea's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang and by the State Department in...

Barroso: European Union is 'non-imperial empire' (long version); updated 26 Feb 2012; published 10 Jul 2007
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Barroso: European Union is 'non-imperial empire' (long version)
The Guardian 29 Feb 2012, * Barroso strikes positive note on euro zone debt crisis * March 1-2 EU summit expected to be less dramatic affair * Pieces falling into place but growth needed - Barroso By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, Feb 29 (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso delivered an upbeat appraisal of Europe's efforts to quell the debt crisis on...

Danger on Doorstep: Israel's Iran hysteria fogs real foes; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
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Danger on Doorstep: Israel's Iran hysteria fogs real foes
GlobalResearch 29 Feb 2012, Picture: Kenneth Pollack This is from p. 84-5 in Which Path to Persia?: Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran, a June, 2009 book edited and co-authored by Kenneth Pollack of the Brookings Institution: ...absent a clear Iranian act of aggression, American airstrikes against Iran would be unpopular in the region and...

Guantanamo detention centre is 10 years old; updated 15 Feb 2012; published 11 Jan 2012
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Guantanamo detention centre is 10 years old
BBC News 29 Feb 2012, The first "high value" prisoner held at the US's Guantanamo Bay detention centre is expected to plead guilty at a war crimes tribunal. Pakistani Majid Khan, who had lived in the US, is set to admit to terror offences in exchange for leniency. He faces five war crimes charges, including conspiring with al-Qaeda, murder and attempted murder. The...

29/2/12 Πανεργατική Στάση Εργασίας; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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29/2/12 Πανεργατική Στάση Εργασίας
France24 29 Feb 2012, AFP - Greek unions on Wednesday staged walkouts as part of Europe-wide anti-austerity demonstrations, hours after parliament approved fresh budget cuts linked to a new eurozone bailout. The main labour groups, private-sector GSEE and public-sector ADEDY, began a nationwide three-hour work stoppage from midday (1000 GMT) ahead of a demonstration in...

Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 11 Mar 2011
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Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves
Yahoo Daily News 29 Feb 2012, A year ago, a desperate young mother stood amid the ruins of her devastated city wrapped in a blanket as she scoured tsunami wreckage for her missing son. Twelve months on, Yuko Sugimoto and her family are reunited and living in a temporary home, but the scars from the catastrophe still remain. "The disaster made me realise it's a miracle that...

Watch Mitt Romney's Speech on Michigan Primary Win: 'We Won by Enough'; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 29 Feb 2012
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Watch Mitt Romney's Speech on Michigan Primary Win: 'We Won by Enough'
The Los Angeles Times 29 Feb 2012, Mitt Romney's tentative hold on the status of GOP front-runner received a significant boost with victory in Michigan, where he won his native state and fought off a spirited challenge from Rick Santorum. Combined with a resounding triumph in the winner-take-all state of Arizona, Romney extended his lead in the delegate race and assuaged concerns of...

Syrians vote in referendum as death toll mounts; updated 26 Feb 2012; published 26 Feb 2012
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Syrians vote in referendum as death toll mounts
Khaleej Times 29 Feb 2012, AMMAN - Syrian President Bashar Al Assad could be classified as a war criminal, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as the United Nations announced more than 7,500 civilians had been killed by his forces since the start of the revolt. At least 25 people were killed in the shelling of opposition strongholds by Syrian forces on Tuesday,...

Pentagon Dumps Soldiers Remains in Landfill & Man on The Street Ask About NDAA Passage; updated 20 Feb 2012; published 09 Dec 2011
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Pentagon Dumps Soldiers Remains in Landfill & Man on The Street Ask About NDAA Passage
Seattle Times 29 Feb 2012, WASHINGTON - Some cremated remains of people who were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were disposed of in a landfill, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday, tracing the problems with the handling of remains at Dover Air Force Base back more than a decade. A report by a panel that was tasked with reviewing procedures at Dover described "gross...

Occupy London clashes: Fighting erupts at UK protest; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 15 Oct 2011
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Occupy London clashes: Fighting erupts at UK protest
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...

Violent Palestinian Protesters Riot in Al-Ram, Northeast of Jerusalem; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 25 Feb 2012
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Violent Palestinian Protesters Riot in Al-Ram, Northeast of Jerusalem
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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