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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2012 file photo, Afghans burn an effigy representing U.S. President Barack Obama during an anti-U.S. protest in Ghani Khail, east of Kabul, Afghanistan over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base.
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul, File
‘Mistakes led to Afghan Quran burnings’
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Kabul: A series of mistakes led to the burning of Qurans at a US military base in Afghanistan and at least five American military personnel involved may face a disciplinary review over the issue, a Western official said on Saturday. The official said a joint investigation by senior Afghan and US military officials had convinced them that there was...

Contract workers wearing protective gear retrieve oil absorbent boom from Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, La., Aug. 6, 2010, in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
photo: USCG / Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Johnson
BP settles Gulf spill lawsuits for at least $7.8B
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NEW ORLEANS — BP agreed late Friday to settle lawsuits brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil giant's 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. Election 2012: Across the nation Ohio emerging as microcosm of GOP race...

Residents of Marysville, Ind., survey the tornado damage to their homes Friday, March 2, 2012 in Marysville.
photo: AP / Brian Bohannon
Deaths As Dozens Of Tornadoes Hit The US
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At least six people have been killed in the US after dozens of tornadoes tore through several states. Indiana's WRTV reported that three people died in Ripley County and another three in nearby Jefferson County in what is the second powerful tornado outbreak in days. Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes flattened...

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he addresses to French citizens living in overseas territories, in Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, Sunday Jan. 9, 2011. Sarkozy is on a three-day official visit to the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
photo: AP / Dominique Chomereau-Lamotte
Sarkozy attacks Syria as journalists return to France
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TWO French journalists evacuated from Syria's battered city Homs have returned home after escaping the besieged protest hub where two of their colleagues were killed. A plane transporting wounded reporter Edith Bouvier, 31, and photographer William Daniels, 34, flew in from Beirut, arriving at Villacoublay airport where they were met by...

Civilians flee from fighting after Syrian army tanks enter the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
photo: AP
Red Cross with Syria aid stopped in Homs
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AP Syrian activists have accused regime forces of carrying out execution-style killings as part of a scorched-earth campaign in a restive neighbourhood in Homs as the Red Cross says the regime has blocked the group's access to the area. The humanitarian group said it received permission from the government on Thursday to enter Baba Amr, and a...

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, March 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Thierry Charlier
Euro drops as Spain defies EU fiscal pact
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* Euro slips versus dlr as Spain adjusts deficit target * Yen slides to 9-month low vs dollar * Japanese deflation keeps BOJ focus on easing measures (Recasts, adds details, quotes, updates prices) NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - The euro fell on Friday, keeping it on track for its worst week since early January after Spain set a softer 2012 deficit...

President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in New York City, Thursday, March 1, 2012. Obama will be speaking at 4 fundraisers while in New york City.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Obama Says Military Option on Iran Not a ‘Bluff’
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WASHINGTON — President Obama, speaking days before a crucial meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, rejected suggestions that the West could contain a nuclear-armed Iran, and warned that the United States could take military action to prevent it from acquiring a bomb. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for...

In this Thursday Feb. 23, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels stand in front of the remains of a burnt military vehicle belonging to Syrian government forces destroyed by Syrian rebels during clashes at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, Syria.
photo: AP
Is Assad scared of a war crimes trial? Assault on Homs suggests not
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Bashar al-Assad’s pull-out-the-stops assault on civilians holed up in the city of Homs Thursday offers an answer to questions about how much the Syrian leader fears international threats to charge him with crimes against humanity: apparently not much. “Bashar knows that if he loses this struggle, he’s dead, so some threats of possible international...

A convoy of Lebanese Red Cross ambulances escorted by Lebanese police vehicles carry the two injured French journalists who were trapped at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province after they were wounded in a rocket attack during the Syrian troops' onslaught, to arrive at Beirut international airport, Lebanon, on Friday March 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
Red Cross convoy arrives in Homs bringing Baba Amr aid
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A Red Cross convoy has arrived in the Syrian city of Homs and is set to deliver supplies to the Baba Amr district after a month-long siege. The Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent have...

This undated handout photo provided by NOAA shows Arctic ice.
photo: AP / NOAA
Nasa finds sea ice decline driving rise in Arctic air pollutants
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The connection between changes in the Arctic Ocean's ice cover and bromine chemical processes is determined by the interaction between the salt in sea ice, frigid temperatures and sunlight. When these mix, the salty ice releases bromine into the air and starts a cascade of chemical reactions called a "bromine explosion." These reactions rapidly...


IF I were to follow the call of my heart, I would appeal to our government to send the Israeli...
Saudi Arabia’s record is no better than Iran’s when it comes to respect for human rights. Yet...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Cabinet meeting in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
Russian voters are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. Vladimir Putin, who was president from 2000-2008, is hoping to return to the post after spending four years as prime minister, a step he took to abide by the constitution. He...
photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Lake County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, Friday, March 2, 2012, in Willoghby, Ohio.
Rick Santorum has asked the Republican National Committee to investigate the actions of the Michigan Republican Party, which on Thursday switched its decision to award a delegate to Mr. Santorum, giving it to Mitt Romney instead. A complaint...
photo: AP / Eric Gay
An Iranian cleric casts his ballot during the parliamentary elections at Masoumeh shrine in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 2, 2012.
WASHINGTON — Iran’s government declared an enormous turnout for the parliamentary elections held Friday, calling it another “epic” sign of support for Iranian theocracy and a thumb in the eye of the West. Related For Obama and...
photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili
 NASA´s Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (sn4)
(Reuters) - NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U.S. national security. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Inspector...
photo: Public Domain
An employee of Henryville High School examines the remains of the building following severe storms Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind.
At least three people were killed Friday in southern Indiana when tornadoes plowed through the region, officials reported. The deaths were all in Jefferson County, said John Erickson, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland...
photo: AP / Timothy D. Easley
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand and Chair of the 42nd Pacific Islands Forum, brief the press following a meeting of the forum in Auckland, New Zealand.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking the Syrian government to immediately give humanitarian workers access to people who desperately need aid. The U.N. chief talked with reporters on Friday after government troops blocked a...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
President Barack Obama delivers the 2010 State of the Union address
In his most expansive remarks on the issue thus far, Obama told The Atlantic magazine that Iran and Israel both understand that "a military component" is among a mix of many options for dealing with Iran, along with sanctions and diplomacy....
photo: Public Domain / Tktru

Afghans protest burning of Holy Quran at US base; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Afghans protest burning of Holy Quran at US base
Zeenews 03 Mar 2012, Kabul: A series of mistakes led to the burning of Qurans at a US military base in Afghanistan and at least five American military personnel involved may face a disciplinary review over the issue, a Western official said on Saturday. The official said a joint investigation by senior Afghan and US military officials had convinced them that there was...

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The Deepwater Horizon Accident: What Happened and Why?; updated 24 Feb 2012; published 23 Nov 2010
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The Deepwater Horizon Accident: What Happened and Why?
Atlanta Journal 03 Mar 2012, NEW ORLEANS — BP agreed late Friday to settle lawsuits brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil giant's 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. Election 2012: Across the nation Ohio emerging as microcosm of GOP race...

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US tornadoes: Henryville, Indiana flattened by storms; updated 03 Mar 2012; published 03 Mar 2012
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US tornadoes: Henryville, Indiana flattened by storms
Orange News 03 Mar 2012, At least six people have been killed in the US after dozens of tornadoes tore through several states. Indiana's WRTV reported that three people died in Ripley County and another three in nearby Jefferson County in what is the second powerful tornado outbreak in days. Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes flattened...

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French journalist Edith Bouvier returns to France after being rescued from Homs in Syria; updated 02 Mar 2012; published 02 Mar 2012
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French journalist Edith Bouvier returns to France after being rescued from Homs in Syria
The Australian 03 Mar 2012, TWO French journalists evacuated from Syria's battered city Homs have returned home after escaping the besieged protest hub where two of their colleagues were killed. A plane transporting wounded reporter Edith Bouvier, 31, and photographer William Daniels, 34, flew in from Beirut, arriving at Villacoublay airport where they were met by...

Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war
Sydney Morning Herald 02 Mar 2012, AP Syrian activists have accused regime forces of carrying out execution-style killings as part of a scorched-earth campaign in a restive neighbourhood in Homs as the Red Cross says the regime has blocked the group's access to the area. The humanitarian group said it received permission from the government on Thursday to enter Baba Amr, and a...

Spain Fails to Meet EU Deficit Targets; updated 03 Mar 2012; published 03 Mar 2012
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Spain Fails to Meet EU Deficit Targets
The Guardian 02 Mar 2012, * Euro slips versus dlr as Spain adjusts deficit target * Yen slides to 9-month low vs dollar * Japanese deflation keeps BOJ focus on easing measures (Recasts, adds details, quotes, updates prices) NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - The euro fell on Friday, keeping it on track for its worst week since early January after Spain set a softer 2012 deficit...

Crush On Obama; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 13 Jun 2007
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Crush On Obama
The New York Times 02 Mar 2012, WASHINGTON — President Obama, speaking days before a crucial meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, rejected suggestions that the West could contain a nuclear-armed Iran, and warned that the United States could take military action to prevent it from acquiring a bomb. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for...

Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war
Yahoo Daily News 02 Mar 2012, Bashar al-Assad’s pull-out-the-stops assault on civilians holed up in the city of Homs Thursday offers an answer to questions about how much the Syrian leader fears international threats to charge him with crimes against humanity: apparently not much. “Bashar knows that if he loses this struggle, he’s dead, so some threats of possible international...

ICRC receives green light to access Baba Amr; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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ICRC receives green light to access Baba Amr
BBC News 02 Mar 2012, A Red Cross convoy has arrived in the Syrian city of Homs and is set to deliver supplies to the Baba Amr district after a month-long siege. The Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent have...

NASA | Arctic Sea Ice 101; updated 28 Dec 2011; published 06 Oct 2009
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NASA | Arctic Sea Ice 101
PhysOrg 02 Mar 2012, The connection between changes in the Arctic Ocean's ice cover and bromine chemical processes is determined by the interaction between the salt in sea ice, frigid temperatures and sunlight. When these mix, the salty ice releases bromine into the air and starts a cascade of chemical reactions called a "bromine explosion." These reactions rapidly...

Bo Xilai rumored to be mulling resignation; updated 01 Mar 2012; published 13 Feb 2012
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Bo Xilai rumored to be mulling resignation
Atlanta Journal 02 Mar 2012, BEIJING — China's political elite gather for their most public meetings of the year with an uncomfortable scandal tainting a leading politician and roiling the ruling Communist Party's plans for a smooth transition to a new leadership. Election 2012: Across the nation SPIN METER: GOP candidates hype crossover appeal Santorum knocks govt over...

Bahrain vs Indonesia: 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers (Round 3, Match Day 6); updated 01 Mar 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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Bahrain vs Indonesia: 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers (Round 3, Match Day 6)
Al Jazeera 02 Mar 2012, The Bahraini government has imposed restrictions on groups attempting to monitor reforms and has asked a United Nations investigator to delay a visit to investigate allegations of torture, the UN and rights groups say. The UN human rights office in Geneva said on Thursday that Bahrain had formally requested that the visit of the special rapporteur...

BBC - Protest against Iran election results -please share-; updated 26 Feb 2012; published 14 Jun 2009
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BBC - Protest against Iran election results -please share-
Jakarta Globe 02 Mar 2012, Iran on Friday was electing a new parliament in the first nationwide poll since a bitterly contested 2009 vote that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, posing a new test of his support among conservatives. The elections, to fill the 290 seats in parliament, are being boycotted by Iran's main opposition and reformist groups, the leaders...

UN chief criticises Syria for Homs assault; updated 03 Mar 2012; published 03 Mar 2012
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UN chief criticises Syria for Homs assault
Daily Press 02 Mar 2012, GENEVA (Reuters) - The main United Nations human rights body condemned the government of President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday for violations in Syria that it said may amount to crimes against humanity, and called for a halt to attacks on civilians. The 47-member Geneva forum adopted a resolution brought by Gulf and Western countries with 37 states...





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