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Government ministers attend a cabinet meeting at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Friday, March 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Greek debt swap 'historic' but fears remain
read more The Daily Telegraph Australia
PRIVATE investor acceptance of a Greek debt swap is a historic chance to stabilise Greece officials said, but analysts warned that this is not the end of the Greek drama. The head of Eurogroup eurozone finance ministers Jean-Claude Juncker said the "elements were now in place" to proceed with final approval for a second bailout for... Pin It

A general view shows an open session of Iranian parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
Ahmadinejad's fall, Khamenei's rise
read more Gulf News
It was not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s finest hour. For years he was described as the protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but now the 56-year-old president has been cast out by Iran’s most powerful man. Most of his supporters running for the country’s legislative elections have been trounced. They were defeated by... Pin It

A pedestrian looks a sign in a shop reading: ''One euro, price haircut'' in Athens on Thursday, March 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Greek bond swap lifts rescue hopes
read more Irish Times
Greece has successfully closed a bond swap offer aimed at reducing its colossal debt pile and averting a chaotic default that would pitch the euro zone into a fresh crisis. Officials said take-up had clearly surpassed the minimum threshold required for the deal to go through, despite early fears that it could fall apart and derail a broader rescue... Pin It

An Occupy Wall Street protestor is grabbed by police as he tries to escape a scuffle in Zuccotti Park, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, in New York.
photo: AP / John Minchillo
America's Long AND Great Purge
read more WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "There was no evidence that any of us was acting as an agent of a foreign power. What we were doing was carrying out our responsibility as citizens of the United States, expressing our opinions and doing everything within the law to make this a better country. If we think our country is doing... Pin It

In this undated photo provided by the family of Chris McManus via the British Foreign Office, Chris McManus poses for a photograph at an unknown location.
photo: AP
Nigeria rescue bid: Kidnapped Briton and Italian killed
read more Joy Online
A Briton and an Italian abducted in Nigeria last year have died in a rescue bid by UK and Nigerian forces, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. He said it appeared Chris McManus - from north-west England - and Franco Lamolinara had been "murdered by their captors before they could be rescued". The BBC's Gordon Corera said UK troops "were... Pin It

Spade Donates $100,000 To Boost Tornado Relief Fund
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Spade Donates $100,000 To Boost Tornado Relief Fund
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Funnyman David Spade has donated $100,000 (£62,500) to help the survivors of a string of tornadoes which struck America's Midwest and southern states last week (ends04Mar12). Missouri and Illinois were among the areas hit when the storm struck, and 39 people are reported to have lost their lives. The American Red Cross is spearheading the... Pin It

In this Tuesday, May 11, 2010 photo, taken following a sandstorm, nomadic tribal chief Ibrahim Mangari walks past the carcass of a cow that he says died of hunger, in Gadabeji, Niger.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
Drought in Sahel could become a catastrophe for 13 million
read more Huffington Post
Aid agency Oxfam launches $37m emergency appeal to help 1 million of the most vulnerable in West and Central Africa Some 13 million people are at severe risk from a food crisis which is set to escalate into a full scale humanitarian emergency in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa if urgent action is not taken, international agency Oxfam... Pin It

Greek protesters, some waving national flags, gesture at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a peaceful ongoing rally against plans for new austerity measures, Tuesday, June 21 , 2011.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
Bond deal to wipe €130bn off Greece's debt burden
read more The Independent
Athens' latest €130bn (£109bn) rescue package hinges on a swap deal, under which Greece's private-sector creditors agree to exchange their existing bonds for those of much lower value, wiping €100bn off the nation's debt. The deal comes after months of negotiations with increasingly impatient European leaders, the toppling of socialist Prime... Pin It

 Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaking to the media after the Security Council meeting on his report on Sudan, today at UN Headquarters.   ula1
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Annan urges end to Syria violence
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CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said on Thursday he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents. "The killing has to stop and we need to find a way of putting in the appropriate reforms and moving forward," said... Pin It

Playing the Game in Afghanistan
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Playing the Game in Afghanistan
read more CounterPunch
Recent weeks have brought yet another sad chance to watch badly laid plans in Afghanistan go haywire. In three separate incidents, allies, most from the Afghan National Army (ANA), allegedly murdered – two of them officers in the high-security sanctum of Kabul’s Interior Ministry. Marine General John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and NATO... Pin It


It is one of the most controversial actions the US government can take: targetting one of its...

A woman crosses a pedestrian lane along Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, USA as seen on this January 27, 2010 file photo.
U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because more people streamed into the work force. The Labor Department said Friday...
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal
The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A video calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army militia group in Uganda, swept across the Internet this week, attracting a wave of support on Twitter and Facebook along with a...
photo: AP / Stuart Price
When disaster strikes, this team moves
March 8, 2012 -- Updated 2239 GMT (0639 HKT) CNN Heroes update: Tad Agoglia (CNN) -- A powerful tornado ripped through West Liberty, Kentucky, last week, making the quaint community look like "a war zone," according to the state's governor....
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Fayette: A tornado of tragedy hits home
By Jill Howard Church More opinion » Letters to the Editor Fayette: A tornado of tragedy hits home Osterman: Sandy Springs needs to act on vacant Target building Today's Mike Luckovich cartoon 03/08 Religious code not the basis of our laws...
photo: US Army / Scott Raper
Afghanistan: Britain's 400 fallen visualised
How can a newspaper do justice to the 400 British dead in Afghanistan? Design vies with space when the numbers involved are so large. Using Datablog data, designer Kari-Ruth Pedersen created this memorial page for the newspaper and has added in the...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi looks down as he speaks to the media in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
Mar 9, 2012...
photo: AP / Pankaj Nangia
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, right, and his predecessor Kofi Annan, meet at a Nairobi hotel, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Ban Ki-Moon is in Nairobi to hold talks to help resolve the month long post election crisis that has killed more than 800 people and forced 300,000 from their homes. He was later scheduled to meet Opposition leader Raila Odinga.
CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said on Thursday he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents. Kofi Annan, the...
photo: AP Photo / Bernat Armangue, Pool

Protests in Greece as cabinet does debt deal; updated 24 Feb 2012; published 11 Feb 2012
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Protests in Greece as cabinet does debt deal
The Daily Telegraph Australia 09 Mar 2012, PRIVATE investor acceptance of a Greek debt swap is a historic chance to stabilise Greece officials said, but analysts warned that this is not the end of the Greek drama. The head of Eurogroup eurozone finance ministers Jean-Claude Juncker said the "elements were now in place" to proceed with final approval for a second bailout for...

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Iran's Election Ayatollah Khamenei Orders Probe, Protests Spark for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi ABC News; updated 04 Feb 2012; published 15 Jun 2009
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Iran's Election Ayatollah Khamenei Orders Probe, Protests Spark for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi ABC News
Gulf News 09 Mar 2012, It was not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s finest hour. For years he was described as the protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but now the 56-year-old president has been cast out by Iran’s most powerful man. Most of his supporters running for the country’s legislative elections have been trounced. They were defeated by...

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Greek debt deal 'will begin restoring confidence'; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 09 Mar 2012
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Greek debt deal 'will begin restoring confidence'
Irish Times 09 Mar 2012, Greece has successfully closed a bond swap offer aimed at reducing its colossal debt pile and averting a chaotic default that would pitch the euro zone into a fresh crisis. Officials said take-up had clearly surpassed the minimum threshold required for the deal to go through, despite early fears that it could fall apart and derail a broader rescue...

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Anti-Flag -- "This Is The New Sound"
WorldNews.com 09 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "There was no evidence that any of us was acting as an agent of a foreign power. What we were doing was carrying out our responsibility as citizens of the United States, expressing our opinions and doing everything within the law to make this a better country. If we think our country is doing...

Hostages killed during SBS rescue attempt in Nigeria; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 09 Mar 2012
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Hostages killed during SBS rescue attempt in Nigeria
Joy Online 09 Mar 2012, A Briton and an Italian abducted in Nigeria last year have died in a rescue bid by UK and Nigerian forces, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. He said it appeared Chris McManus - from north-west England - and Franco Lamolinara had been "murdered by their captors before they could be rescued". The BBC's Gordon Corera said UK troops "were...

Devastating Joplin, Missouri EF-5 Tornado - May 22, 2011; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 23 May 2011
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Devastating Joplin, Missouri EF-5 Tornado - May 22, 2011
IMDb 09 Mar 2012, Funnyman David Spade has donated $100,000 (£62,500) to help the survivors of a string of tornadoes which struck America's Midwest and southern states last week (ends04Mar12). Missouri and Illinois were among the areas hit when the storm struck, and 39 people are reported to have lost their lives. The American Red Cross is spearheading the...

West Africa Food Crisis: Baaba Maal visits drought-stricken Mauritania; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 09 Mar 2012
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West Africa Food Crisis: Baaba Maal visits drought-stricken Mauritania
Huffington Post 09 Mar 2012, Aid agency Oxfam launches $37m emergency appeal to help 1 million of the most vulnerable in West and Central Africa Some 13 million people are at severe risk from a food crisis which is set to escalate into a full scale humanitarian emergency in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa if urgent action is not taken, international agency Oxfam...

Greek debt deal 'will begin restoring confidence'; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 09 Mar 2012
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Greek debt deal 'will begin restoring confidence'
The Independent 09 Mar 2012, Athens' latest €130bn (£109bn) rescue package hinges on a swap deal, under which Greece's private-sector creditors agree to exchange their existing bonds for those of much lower value, wiping €100bn off the nation's debt. The deal comes after months of negotiations with increasingly impatient European leaders, the toppling of socialist Prime...

Syria envoy Annan in Cairo ahead of Damascus visit; updated 08 Mar 2012; published 08 Mar 2012
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Syria envoy Annan in Cairo ahead of Damascus visit
Yahoo Daily News 08 Mar 2012, CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said on Thursday he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents. "The killing has to stop and we need to find a way of putting in the appropriate reforms and moving forward," said...

NATO in Afghanistan - Kandahar's female police squad; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 08 Mar 2012
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NATO in Afghanistan - Kandahar's female police squad
CounterPunch 08 Mar 2012, Recent weeks have brought yet another sad chance to watch badly laid plans in Afghanistan go haywire. In three separate incidents, allies, most from the Afghan National Army (ANA), allegedly murdered – two of them officers in the high-security sanctum of Kabul’s Interior Ministry. Marine General John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and NATO...

China Opposes Aviation Carbon Tax; updated 08 Jan 2012; published 22 Dec 2011
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China Opposes Aviation Carbon Tax
Business Insider 08 Mar 2012, Luke Browne Luke Browne Recent Posts Iceland's Ex-Prime Minister Goes On Trial Over Financial Crisis Two Americans Were Shot Dead In Afghanistan As The Koran Burning... There's A Warrant Out On This Billionaire Banker For One Of The... Invisible Children responds to criticism of Kony 2012 video Buranovskiye Babushki, 6 singing grandmas, to...

Search continues for those missing in Japan tsunami; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 09 Mar 2012
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Search continues for those missing in Japan tsunami
Star Tribune 08 Mar 2012, MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The squat 71-year-old fisherman turns his ruddy, weathered face toward the top of the hillside cemetery. With a heavy heart, he climbs steadily past row after row of tall tombstones, a bucket of water in each hand. Takayuki Sato is here to clean the family grave. He lost his wife and mother in the tsunami that obliterated...

Obama: 'Window of opportunity' with Iran; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 06 Mar 2012
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Obama: 'Window of opportunity' with Iran
Yahoo Daily News 08 Mar 2012, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday welcomed comments by US President Barack Obama damping down talk of war against Tehran over its controversial nuclear drive. "This talk is good talk and shows an exit from illusion," Khamenei's website quoted the leader as telling clerics from the Assembly of Experts, the 86-member body which...

Nine News Sydney: Moree floods (3/2/2012); updated 07 Mar 2012; published 05 Feb 2012
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Nine News Sydney: Moree floods (3/2/2012)
The Daily Telegraph Australia 08 Mar 2012, SYDNEY copped a bucketing yesterday and was left feeling totally sodden and wrung out. As the city woke up looking like a scene from Waterworld, residents battled flash flooding, driving rain and storm damage to get to work and school. The wild autumn weather caused chaos from Campbelltown to Collaroy - with major roadways either flooded, blocked...





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