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  • Middle East Monitor - Oct. 28, 2011 - NATO, Tunisia, Arab Spring...25:07
  • Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad...1:44
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  • Senior Taliban Commander in Kandahar Killed...0:16
  • International Push to End Syria Crisis Stalls...1:08
  • Israeli-Palestinian attacks continue...1:08
  • Clinton: UN Action to End Violence in Syria...0:47
  • South Sudan violence leaves 120000 displaced...2:00
  • Attack on Iran? 'Doubts Israel capable of launching war'...10:24
There are fears of possible reprisal attacks in Afghanistan, after a US soldier went on a deadly shooting spree. The attack took place in two villages of Kandahar's Panjwai district, with the serviceman going from house to house as he o...
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US sol­dier kills Afghan civil­ians in Kan­da­har
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Obama Meets Chi­nese VP Xi Jin­ping
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War crimes: Lanka hopes India will take a 're­spon­si­ble' de­ci­son
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Tor­na­do Form­ing Over Pu­las­ki Coun­ty, KY (March 2, 2012)
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Mid­dle East Mon­i­tor - Oct. 28, 2011 - NATO, Tunisia, Arab Spring
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Annan op­ti­mistic after talks with Syria's Assad
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Diplo­mats from North and South Korea throw punch­es at UN meet­ing
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Se­nior Tal­iban Com­man­der in Kan­da­har Killed
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In­ter­na­tion­al Push to End Syria Cri­sis Stalls
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Is­raeli-Pales­tini­an at­tacks con­tin­ue
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US sol­dier kills Afghan civil­ians in Kan­da­har
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Clin­ton: UN Ac­tion to End Vi­o­lence in Syria
0:47
South Sudan vi­o­lence leaves 120000 dis­placed
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At­tack on Iran? 'Doubts Is­rael ca­pa­ble of launch­ing war'
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US sol­dier kills Afghan civil­ians in Kan­da­har
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in the Arabian Gulf, 15 December, 2011.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley
Ahmadinejad: Iran doesn’t fear bombs and warships
read more The Siasat Daily
March 12: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a fresh tirade against the West, saying the Islamic Republic does not fear military action, Iranian media reported on Sunday. “The Iranian nation doesn’t fear your bombs and warships and planes. Such weapons are worth nothing,” the Fars News Agency quoted him as saying on a visit to the...

Bodies of people alleged to have been killed in a Friday attack on a town hall meeting of the Christian Igbo ethnic group lie on the floor in a hospital morgue in Mubi, in the Adamawa state of northern Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. The town hall attack, which left at least 20 dead, is one of a string of deadly attacks claimed by radical Muslim sect Boko Haram.
photo: AP
On the trail of Boko Haram
read more The Independent
This apparently confusing observation about the Nigerian militant Islamist group from one local expert is actually more helpful than it seems. Responsible for a string of violent attacks in Nigeria that have killed some one thousand people over the last two years, Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden”, has been bewildering and...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Monday, March 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Richard Drew
US and Russia clash over Syria at UN
read more The Guardian
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia clashed over Syria at the U.N. Monday after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the divided Security Council to speak with one voice and help the Mideast nation "pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe." Washington and Moscow both called for an end to the...

Anar Gul, right, is interviewed as she sits next to the body of her grandchild allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Allauddin Khan
‘They should go and leave us in peace’
read more Independent online (SA)
Kandahar - The massacre of 16 villagers by a United States soldier has triggered angry calls for an immediate American exit from Afghanistan as Washington tries to negotiate a long-term presence to keep the country from sliding into chaos again. Just days before Sunday's attack, Kabul and Washington had made significant progress in negotiations on...

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christian Aleman, from Miami, assigned to 1st Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Steel, provides security on the Khowst Prevention Headquarters in Khowst City, March 5, 2012.
photo: US Army
Bring Home the Troops Now
read more truthout
Washington - It was clear before Sunday's horrific massacre of civilians that it's past time for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan to end. Now the only question should be how quickly we can get our troops onto transport planes to fly them home. What are we accomplishing, aside from enraging the Afghan population we're allegedly trying to...

President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool
Obama calls Afghan killings tragic, troops to stay
read more The Guardian
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of Afghan civilians, allegedly at the hands of a U.S. soldier, won't change U.S. strategy or plans for keeping troops in Afghanistan. Obama tells an Orlando, Florida, television station that the deaths early Sunday were tragic. In the interview with WFTV on Monday, Obama says the killings...

File - Marzuki Darusman, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), attends a meeting of the General Assembly’s Third Committee on the promotion and protection of human rights.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Scuffle after North Korea rejects UN rights report
read more BBC News
A scuffle has broken out at the United Nations after a North Korean envoy rejected a report critical of the country's human rights. Pyongyang said the report by special rapporteur on human rights Marzuki Darusman was "fabricated by hostile elements". As the North Korean delegate So Se-pyong left the meeting of about 500 delegates, a...

File - Celebration of the Kurdish people after results of the Kurdish elections in Sulaimaniya, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny
The Kurdish Quiet Spring
read more Real Clear Politics
With the tectonic changes taking place in the heart of the Middle East little attention is given to developments in the periphery, one of the most important of which is the quiet revolution taking place in Greater Kurdistan, namely among the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. The best illustration of the new Kurdish dynamism was the congress...

Chinese miners watch on TV Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Daihe Mining Company in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province on Monday, March 5, 2012.
photo: AP
Obama denounces China on rare earth metals
read more Canberra Times
US President Barack Obama Tuesday accused China of breaking global trade rules by restricting exports of rare earth elements used in an array of hi-tech products from iPods to wind turbines. "If China would simply let the market work on its own we would have no objections, but their policies currently are preventing that from happening and they go...

Venus and Jupiter and moon in the sky in the month of February
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Venus and Jupiter approach one another in night sky
read more The Daily Telegraph
Venus and Jupiter will appear side by side after sunset tonight as their paths appear to cross in the night sky. The astronomical event comes a week after Mars made its closest pass of Earth in more than two years tag --> By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent...

An elderly Afghan man sits next to the covered body of a person who was allegedly killed by a U.S. service member, in a minibus in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Allauddin Khan
U.S. Troop Opens Fire on Afghan Civilians
read more Time Magazine
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A U.S. service member walked out of his base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, Afghan and NATO officials said. There were widely varying reports of casualties. People were killed in the shooting spree in Kandahar province, Gov. Tooryalai Wesa said, though he did not provide...

US soldiers on patrol pass the wreckage of a car after an explosion in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Twin bomb blasts killed eight Afghans on Sunday at an illegal dog fight in the volatile south, officials said.
photo: AP / Allauddin Khan
U.S. soldier detained in Afghanistan for shooting civilians
read more The Star
KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been detained in Afghanistan for shooting and wounding several civilians in southern province Kandahar, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition said on Sunday. "It was a shooting...

Kofi Annan (right), Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, meets with Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN, 1 March, 2012.
photo: UN / Luiz Rampelotto
Annan awaits Syria response on peace plan
read more Al Jazeera
Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, says he expects a response from Damascus on "concrete proposals" he put forward during his recent visit to the country, as government forces continued a military assault in the northern province of Idlib. The former UN chief was speaking from the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday, where he...


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christian Aleman, from Miami, assigned to 1st Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Steel, provides security on the Khowst Prevention Headquarters in Khowst City, March 5, 2012.
photo: US Army
Bring Home the Troops Now
read more truthout
Washington - It was clear before Sunday's horrific massacre of civilians that it's past time for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan to end. Now the only question should be how quickly we can get our troops onto transport planes to fly them home. What are we accomplishing, aside from enraging the Afghan population we're allegedly trying to... Pin It

Chinese miners watch on TV Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Daihe Mining Company in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province on Monday, March 5, 2012.
photo: AP
Obama denounces China on rare earth metals
read more Canberra Times
US President Barack Obama Tuesday accused China of breaking global trade rules by restricting exports of rare earth elements used in an array of hi-tech products from iPods to wind turbines. "If China would simply let the market work on its own we would have no objections, but their policies currently are preventing that from happening and they go... Pin It

File - Internally Displaced Persons wait for the arrival of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Manik Farm Camp, Vavunyia, Sri Lanka, 23 May, 2009.
photo: UN
Investigate Lanka's human rights abuses, says Amnesty
read more DNA India
Ahead of a crucial vote in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva seeking to censure Sri Lanka on alleged war-time human rights violations, Amnesty International raised the pitch, saying the world body must support an independent international investigation. In a 63-page report titled,... Pin It

Insurance company making $5 million payment to tornado-damaged schools
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Insurance company making $5 million payment to tornado-damaged schools
read more Lexington Herald-Leader
An insurance company plans to make an initial $5 million payment Tuesday to cover losses to Kentucky school systems from recent severe weather, including the deadly March 2 tornadoes. Of that, the Magoffin... Pin It

File - Celebration of the Kurdish people after results of the Kurdish elections in Sulaimaniya, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny
The Kurdish Quiet Spring
read more Real Clear Politics
With the tectonic changes taking place in the heart of the Middle East little attention is given to developments in the periphery, one of the most important of which is the quiet revolution taking place in Greater Kurdistan, namely among the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. The best illustration of the new Kurdish dynamism was the congress... Pin It

Kofi Annan (right), Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, meets with Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN, 1 March, 2012.
photo: UN / Luiz Rampelotto
Annan awaits Syria response on peace plan
read more Al Jazeera
Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, says he expects a response from Damascus on "concrete proposals" he put forward during his recent visit to the country, as government forces continued a military assault in the northern province of Idlib. The former UN chief was speaking from the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday, where he... Pin It

File - Marzuki Darusman, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), attends a meeting of the General Assembly’s Third Committee on the promotion and protection of human rights.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Scuffle after North Korea rejects UN rights report
read more BBC News
A scuffle has broken out at the United Nations after a North Korean envoy rejected a report critical of the country's human rights. Pyongyang said the report by special rapporteur on human rights Marzuki Darusman was "fabricated by hostile elements". As the North Korean delegate So Se-pyong left the meeting of about 500 delegates, a... Pin It

President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool
Obama calls Afghan killings tragic, troops to stay
read more The Guardian
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of Afghan civilians, allegedly at the hands of a U.S. soldier, won't change U.S. strategy or plans for keeping troops in Afghanistan. Obama tells an Orlando, Florida, television station that the deaths early Sunday were tragic. In the interview with WFTV on Monday, Obama says the killings... Pin It

Syrian anti-government protesters shout slogans as they demonstrate following Friday prayers in the central city of Homs, Syria, Friday, April 22, 2011.
photo: AP
Massacre in Homs ups ante for intervention
read more Star Tribune
BEIRUT - Dozens of civilians were murdered in the strife-torn city of Homs, the Syrian government and opposition activists said on Monday, as diplomats in New York and elsewhere struggled to forge terms for a possible cease-fire. Each side in the Syrian conflict blamed the other for the latest carnage in Homs, which has suffered the highest number... Pin It

Palestinians gather around the bodies of Emad Faragallah (R) and Qassem Abu Attawa during their funeral in Nusairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip March 20, 2011. The two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire on Saturday near Gaza's border with Israel, medical officials said on Sunday after their bodies were recovered. The Israeli army said on Saturday that two militants were targeted after approaching a frontier area that Israel has put off-limits to Palestinians, citing attacks against border patrols. ( Photo By Ahmed Deeb/wn)
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Israel, Gaza militants agree to truce: Egypt official
read more Yahoo Daily News
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and militant factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered truce to end four days of cross-border violence in which 25 Palestinians have been killed, a senior Egyptian security official told Reuters on Tuesday. The official said in a telephone call from Cairo that both sides had "agreed to end the current... Pin It

Anar Gul, right, is interviewed as she sits next to the body of her grandchild allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Allauddin Khan
‘They should go and leave us in peace’
read more Independent online (SA)
Kandahar - The massacre of 16 villagers by a United States soldier has triggered angry calls for an immediate American exit from Afghanistan as Washington tries to negotiate a long-term presence to keep the country from sliding into chaos again. Just days before Sunday's attack, Kabul and Washington had made significant progress in negotiations on... Pin It

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Monday, March 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Richard Drew
US and Russia clash over Syria at UN
read more The Guardian
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia clashed over Syria at the U.N. Monday after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the divided Security Council to speak with one voice and help the Mideast nation "pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe." Washington and Moscow both called for an end to the... Pin It

File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
photo: UN / /Isaac Billy
Many Feared Dead In South Sudan
read more Graphic
Hundreds of people are feared to have been killed in the latest of a series of ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan's Jonglei state. State Law Enforcement Minister Gabriel Duop Lam told the BBC that at least 200 people had been injured. The BBC's James Copnall, in Khartoum, says the figure... Pin It

An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in the Arabian Gulf, 15 December, 2011.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley
Ahmadinejad: Iran doesn’t fear bombs and warships
read more The Siasat Daily
March 12: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a fresh tirade against the West, saying the Islamic Republic does not fear military action, Iranian media reported on Sunday. “The Iranian nation doesn’t fear your bombs and warships and planes. Such weapons are worth nothing,” the Fars News Agency quoted him as saying on a visit to the... Pin It


Jay-Z, Hovefestivalen 08. Følg Hovefestivalen
photo: Creative Commons / Kim Erlandsen
Jay-Z Fumbles Lyrics On Two Songs At SXSW Concert
read more Yahoo Music
Follow me on Facebook, . Jay-Z at SXSW (photo: Film Magic/Gary Miller) Jay-Z's one-man set Monday night at the Amex Sync Show Presenting Jay-Z, which was live streamed from the SXSW music conference in Austin, was met with mixed reviews. The hip hop king fresh off of the spectacular Watch The Throne stadium tour with pal... Pin It

Spotify HQ
photo: Creative Commons / Erik
Spotify wants to be 'the OS of music'
read more TechRadar
When Spotify Apps launched late last year, it became clear that Spotify had designs on more than simply streaming music – and now those become clearer as one exec talks about its aim to be "the OS of... Pin It

A kashmiri muslim man ride shikara world famous dal lake  almond trees in an orchard at Badamwari as spring arrives in old downtown Srinagar on March 14, 2010. As spring breathes life again into a frozen world, the air is heady with the fragrance of a million flowers that blossom on trees, shrubs and creepers in the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Spring won't wait
read more STL Today
This week's warm forecast is literally music to Leroy Burks' ears. Burks is the personnel manager for Frosty Treats ice cream trucks, and temperatures in the 70s and 80s are the best for business. People haven't turned on their air conditioners yet, but they will open their windows to let in fresh air — and the cling-clang of ice cream bells. When... Pin It

Taylor Swift, Fearless tour, Australia, 2010
photo: Creative Commons / Soth Loeu
$35m in a year: Taylor Swift tops US music earnings
read more Canberra Times
Cashing in ... Taylor Swift. Photo: Jonathan Carroll Country star Taylor Swift racked up the biggest US earnings last year, followed by Irish rockers U2 - while British sensation Adele made it into the top 10 despite her health woes. The Grammy-winning Swift made a cool $US35.7 million from all sources of US income, including touring and music... Pin It

Mary J. Blige and David Manero attend the birthday party for Rico Love at Vic & Angelo's South Beach restaurant Miami, Florida - December 2, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert
'American Idol' 2012: Mary J. Blige defends Jimmy Iovine
read more The Examiner
Mary J. Blige was on board "American Idol" this past week as a guest mentor, and she helped Jimmy Iovine to shape some of the top 13 contestants into performers who could go on stage and deliver. So does Mary think that the Interscope head is too harsh on some of the contestants? Far from it. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the... Pin It

U.S. singer Madonna performs on stage during her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour in Tallinn, Estonia,Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.
photo: AP / Mindaugas Kulbis
Madonna announces Detroit concert date in November
read more Detroit Free Press
Madonna fans in Detroit have reason to celebrate this morning: The fall's biggest homecoming party is on the way. The Michigan-bred pop icon is to announce a Nov. 8 concert at Joe Louis Arena -- just her second metro Detroit show in a decade and first at the 20,000-seat downtown venue.... Pin It

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photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Happy Birthday, Shreya Ghoshal
read more Bollywood Life
As the singer turns 28, we look at the songs that made Shreya the most iconic singer of her generation Shreya Ghoshal started her singing career at the age of 16, when Sanjay Leela Bhansali spotted her on the sets of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. He was so mesmerised by the young singer’s voice that he made her an offer instantly: to be the voice of Paro... Pin It

1/1/2012, New Year, Fireworks in KLCC, Malaysia.
photo: WN / Periasamy
Coming to Malaysia
read more The Star
Even if Malaysia may seem like an unlikely venue, organisers of the Future Music Festival Asia are convinced this is the place to be. SEEING the Tourism Malaysia logo on posters and banners for an internationally-renowned dance music festival being held for the first time in Malaysia is not exactly something that we'd normally expect. A quick... Pin It


Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski motors his way through turns three and four in the #88 Navy Chevrolet Monte Carlo during the Nascar Nationwide series Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson.
Bristol Motor Speedway: Toughest ticket in NASCAR is now cheap and easy to get
read more The Examiner
What had been the most difficult ticket to get in NASCAR just a few years ago is fast becoming one of the cheapest tickets out there. The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup March race at Bristol Motor Speedway ended a 55-race sellout streak for the track. This upcoming Sunday’s Food City 500 is projected to be the fifth straight Sprint Cup race at BMS with... Pin It

Barcelona's Pep Guardiola gives instructions to his players against Espanyol during a Copa del Rey soccer match at Lluis Companys Stadium in Barcelona, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
photo: AP / Manu Fernandez
Barcelona vice-president Carles Villarrubi: Pep Guardiola will stay
read more Goal
The Blaugrana chief is confident that the highly rated coach will commit his future to the club and expects that it will not take long for the 41-year-old to do so Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Sevilla £65.00 Draw £46.00 Barcelona £13.63 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Sevilla... Pin It

Lindsey Vonn Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2011a
photo: Creative Commons / Christian Jansky
Vonn aims for points record in WCup finish
read more Austin American Statesman
SCHLADMING, AustriaLindsey Vonn has another goal before wrapping up another successful World Cup season. She wants to become the first skier to win more than 2,000 World Cup points. Vonn needs 193 points in the remaining four events to overtake Austrian great Hermann Maier, who set the record of 2,000 points 12 years ago. The World Cup... Pin It

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Cristiano Ronaldo 'happy' for history maker Messi
read more Goal
The Portugal international claimed that he is not solely motivated by goals and insisted that he was enthused by his rival's heroics against Bayer Leverkusen last week Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Real Madrid £11.66 Draw £62.50 Malaga £120.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns:... Pin It

Cristiano Ronaldo in the Romareda
photo: Public Domain / Campeones 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo rules out AC Milan move
read more Goal
Rossoneri owner Silvio Berlusconi recently stated that he would love to bring the Portugal international to San Siro, but the forward insists he is happy in the Spanish capital Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Real Madrid £11.11 Draw £85.00 CSKA Moscow £190.00 Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50... Pin It

Real Madrid's two Portuguese players Pepe, left, and Cristiano Ronaldo
photo: AP / Paul White
José Mourinho will stay at Real Madrid, says Cristiano Ronaldo
read more The Guardian
Mourinho shrugs off talk of mounting pressure • Real face CSKA Moscow in second leg José Mourinho watches Cristiano Ronaldo train in Madrid. Photograph: Ballesteros/EPA... Pin It

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal kicks the ball to score a penalty against Atletico de Madrid during his Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Ronaldo - Jose happy in Madrid
read more Sky Sports
Cristiano Ronaldo insists head coach Jose Mourinho will not be returning to England next season because he is happily settled at Real Madrid. The Portugal international claims his compatriot has no plans to leave the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of... Pin It

Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal gestures before the start of their Copa del Rey semifinal second leg soccer match against Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
Mourinho: CSKA Defeat Won’t End My Real Reign
read more Novosti
MADRID, March 13 (RIA Novosti) - Jose Mourinho has brushed off suggestions that defeat to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday would spell the end of his Real Madrid career. Real drew the first leg 1-1, and... Pin It


Plaque commemorating climb by John Burroughs to summit of Slide Mountain, highest peak in New York's Catskill Mountains, on ledge below summit
photo: Creative Commons / Daniel Case

U.S actor Johnny Depp poses with fans as he arrives for the European Premiere of The Rum Diary, at a London cinema, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
photo: AP / Joel Ryan
Depp, Streep join call to lower 'Bully' rating
read more US News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More Hollywood heavyweights are joining the call for a lower rating on the teen-focused documentary "Bully." The Weinstein Co. says Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees are supporting the film, which will be released March 30. Lee Hirsch's documentary on bullying in American schools has... Pin It

Miley cyrus fashion rocks 2008
photo: Creative Commons / Keraunoscopia
Miley Cyrus talks personal life: ‘Three dogs take up most of the time’ (video)
read more The Examiner
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth definitely are one of Hollywood’s most sought after couples. The two are actors in their own right but together it seems almost perfect. On Monday night during the Hunger Games premiere in Los Angeles, Miley Cyrus dished on what the two do during their off time. While some might think the two might have huge plans,... Pin It

Actress Kristen Stewart writes in wet cement during the Twilight hand and footprint ceremony at The Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
photo: AP / Dan Steinberg
Kristen Stewart to cover 'ELLE UK' June issue
read more The Examiner
ELLE UK has now confirmed that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 and Snow White And The Huntsman star Kristen Stewart will be featured on the June cover of the publication. This will be Stewart's second appearance on the cover of ELLE UK, as she previously covered the July, 2010 edition in support of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's release.... Pin It

Vidya Balan at a function where she was named the brand ambassador of Toshiba India.
photo: Creative Commons / Bollywoodhungama
Vidya's hits continue
read more Gulf News
Vidya Balan carries her legacy of hits forward with Kahaani, which has reportedly collected Rs29 million (Dh2.11 million) on its opening day. Released in India on Friday, the drama-thriller made on a shoestring budget of Rs80 million is receiving positive response from both critics and audiences. Gautam Dutta, COO of PVR, said the film has exceeded... Pin It

Bollywood (Hindi film) actress / heroine Bipasha Basu at the launch of Filmfare cover issue featuring her in a hot & sexy bikini.
photo: Creative Commons / raphikamaal
Bipasha Basu: 'I want to explore India'
read more Digital Spy
Bipasha Basu has revealed that she wants to explore India. The actress has so far starred in Bengali, Tamil and Telugu films. Basu told said that she had bonded with the rest of the Players cast in the North Pole. The Dum Maaro Dum star recently admitted that she is a "hippie" at heart More: Bipasha Basu, BollywoodPrevious: Emraan Hashmi: 'I don't... Pin It

Indian actors Mrinalini Sharma, center, and Emraan Hashmi, right,
photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi
Emraan Hashmi: 'I don't care about being an outsider'
read more Digital Spy
The Times of India: "I don't crave to belong to any league. In fact, I don't mind being considered an outcast. "My victory is when the audience buys a ticket to watch my film. I am extremely thrilled when they give it a thumbs-up. I find awards frivolous." Hashimi continued: "When I began my career, I was told that I deserved an award for a certain... Pin It

Kahaani at Panchsheel Theater, Nagpur
photo: Creative Commons / Ganesh Dhamodkar
‘Kahaani’ box office report: Rs 7.45 crore on Friday-Saturday
read more Bollywood Life
Vidya Balan’s Kahaani has recovered its money and is on its way to being declared a hit After being appreciated for her performance in female-centric Ishqiya, No One Killed Jessica and The Dirty Picture, actor Vidya Balan carries forwards the legacy of hits with Kahaani, which has reportedly collected Rs 2.95 crore on its opening day.... Pin It


US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
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There are fears of possible reprisal attacks in Afghanistan, after a US soldier went on a deadly shooting spree. The attack took place in two villages of Kandahar's Panjwai district, with the serviceman going from house to house as he opened fire. Sixteen civilians, including women and children, were killed. Barack Obama, the US president, has expressed his deep sadness, and has offered his condolences to the families of the victims. However, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has called the deaths "international murders". Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from the capital Kabul.
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Obama Meets Chinese VP Xi Jinping
Obama Meets Chinese VP Xi Jinping
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In this video shortened to remove the breaks for translation, President Barack Obama meets and exchanges greetings with China's Vice President Xi Jinping in the White House Oval Office. See the full video here: www.youtube.com Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com
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War crimes: Lanka hopes India will take a 'responsible' decison
War crimes: Lanka hopes India will take a 'responsible' decison
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The Sri Lanka High Commissioner to India, Prasad Kariyawasam, has rejected the charges made by the Channel 4 video which shows Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son Balachandran's body stripped to the waist with five bullet holes to the chest. ibnlive.com
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Tornado Forming Over Pulaski County, KY (March 2, 2012)
Tornado Forming Over Pulaski County, KY (March 2, 2012)
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Footage of a supercell heading east/northeast through Pulaski County, KY on March 2, 2012. I took this video from the parking lot of Word Ablaze Church on Business Hwy 80 in Somerset, KY. At least one funnel can be seen trying to form as it passes by. Most likely the cell that spawned the tornado in Laurel County areas.
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Middle East Monitor - Oct. 28, 2011 - NATO, Tunisia, Arab Spring
Middle East Monitor - Oct. 28, 2011 - NATO, Tunisia, Arab Spring
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On today's show: the UN Security Council ends the NATO mission in Libya...Turkey's devastating earthquake further strains relations between Turks and Kurds...the Arab Spring brings successes and setbacks for media freedom...and Islamic galleries at the Met have a grand re-opening.
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Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad
Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad
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UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan emerged optimistic on Sunday from a second round of talks with President Bashar al-Assad, but warned that ending the bloodshed in Syria would be "tough." Annan told reporters in Damascus he had discussed with Assad ways to halt unrest, which monitors say has claimed more than 8500 lives since March last year. Duration: 01:43
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Diplomats from North and South Korea throw punches at UN meeting
Diplomats from North and South Korea throw punches at UN meeting
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South Korean politicians scuffled with a North Korean diplomat on Monday at a United Nations meeting convened in Geneva to discuss allegations of human rights abuses in North Korea.
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Senior Taliban Commander in Kandahar Killed
Senior Taliban Commander in Kandahar Killed
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Exclusive footage of an Afghan-international coalition force using a precision air strike to kill one of the senior Taliban leaders in Kandahar Province, and several of his fighters on May 30, in Panjwa'i district. See the full story on the ISAF website at tinyurl.com
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International Push to End Syria Crisis Stalls
International Push to End Syria Crisis Stalls
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An international push to end Syria's conflict has stalled as UN envoy Kofi Annan left Damascus today without a cease-fire. President Bashar Assad's forces continued to pound opposition areas and clash with Syrian rebels. (March 11) Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP Mobile: www.ap.org Associated Press on Facebook: apne.ws Associated Press on Twitter: apne.ws Associated Press on Google+: bit.ly
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Israeli-Palestinian attacks continue
Israeli-Palestinian attacks continue
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www.euronews.com Mourners carry a coffin through the streets of Gaza of one of those killed in a weekend of violence between Palestinians and Israelis. The cross-border conflict, which flared up after an Israeli airstrike on Friday, is ongoing and the death toll is rising. As rockets continue to be fired into Israel, another four Palestinians have died in an Israeli airstrike on Monday - two militants and two civilians. Earlier in the day, two Islamic Jihad members were killed in Khan Younis, and another young Palestinian died in Beit Lahiya. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barack said: "If attacks continue, we will continue to respond. It takes patience and a standing power to overcome these challenges, but we are determined to defend our civilian citizens at any moment." Two Israelis have been wounded and buildings damaged as rockets hit the southern port city of Ashdod. There were also rocket attacks on the neighbouring city of Beersheba. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
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There are fears of possible reprisal attacks in Afghanistan, after a US soldier went on a deadly shooting spree. The attack took place in two villages of Kandahar's Panjwai district, with the serviceman going from house to house as he opened fire. Sixteen civilians, including women and children, were killed. Barack Obama, the US president, has expressed his deep sadness, and has offered his condolences to the families of the victims. However, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has called the deaths "international murders". Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from the capital Kabul.
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Clinton: UN Action to End Violence in Syria
Clinton: UN Action to End Violence in Syria
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the UN Security Council Tuesday the international community must join together to support the Syrian people and bring to end the violence that has allegedly resulted in the deaths of thousands of people. (Jan. 31)
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South Sudan violence leaves 120000 displaced
South Sudan violence leaves 120000 displaced
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French supermajor Total said on Tuesday the exploration for oil over a large area in South Sudan's Jonglei state will commence, which has been scheduled for a new oil pipeline project. However, United Nations says the recent violence in the area has displaced 120000 people in recent weeks. Locals from the Likongole village have begun returning back to their homes, but say the tribesman destroy their properties.. "All the houses were burned down and everything has been destroyed. We only remain with nothing and we remain with only a trace there is nothing there is no people and the people that are now coming are civilians but the townies ran away, some of them were killed and few of them are now in Pibor. So we have only a few civilians who are just coming from the bush. The Likongole of today is now bush, it is a desert," Likongole resident, Juma, said. The escalating fighting has affected mostly women and children following live stock theft. In late December 2011, the main Murle town of Pibor was attacked by 6000 armed Lou Nuer tribesmen, leaving at least 2000 people dead, according to local authorities. The UN World Food Programme says it is trying to feed the victims who fled and had many of their grain stores destroyed. Shelters and medical supplies are also being distributed. Meanwhile, WFP stocks may only feed some 80000 people to last two weeks. "We are distributing today and the atmosphere looks quite hectic, but I can also see that the people are coming out from <b>...</b>
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Attack on Iran? 'Doubts Israel capable of launching war'
Attack on Iran? 'Doubts Israel capable of launching war'
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With tensions between Iran and Israel intensifying RT talks to Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on whether Israel's threats will turn into action and what could be the implications of it. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
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There are fears of possible reprisal attacks in Afghanistan, after a US soldier went on a deadly shooting spree. The attack took place in two villages of Kandahar's Panjwai district, with the serviceman going from house to house as he opened fire. Sixteen civilians, including women and children, were killed. Barack Obama, the US president, has expressed his deep sadness, and has offered his condolences to the families of the victims. However, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has called the deaths "international murders". Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from the capital Kabul.
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In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro holds two copies of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior' during its presentation in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Australia's captain Ricky Ponting smiles during a training session in Nagpur, India Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Australia will play New Zealand in Nagpur on Friday, Feb. 25 in an ICC Cricket World Cup Group A match. The War On Drugs Hurts Businesses and Investors Saint-Michel health center authorities display a plan to extend the center facilities to former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the U. N. Special Envoy to Haiti, center, in Mirebalais, Haiti, Wednesday March 7, 2012. Clinton said that a U.N. peacekeeper was responsible for bringing the cholera strain to Haiti but may not have known that he was doing so.

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Hizballah's response to military action against Iran could be shaped by rational cost-benefit analysis, a perceived spiritual obligation to defend its Shiite patron in Tehran, or both. The potential consequences of an American or Israeli preemptive...
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Ivory Coast's president has appointed a new prime minister. The announcement Tuesday comes nearly a week after Guillaume Soro resigned from the post in order to...
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US sol­dier kills Afghan civil­ians in Kan­da­har
truthout 13 Mar 2012, Washington - It was clear before Sunday's horrific massacre of civilians that it's past time for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan to end. Now the only question should be how quickly we can get our troops onto transport planes to fly them home. What are we accomplishing, aside from enraging the Afghan population we're allegedly trying to...

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Obama Meets Chinese VP Xi Jinping; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 14 Feb 2012
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Obama Meets Chi­nese VP Xi Jin­ping
Canberra Times 13 Mar 2012, US President Barack Obama Tuesday accused China of breaking global trade rules by restricting exports of rare earth elements used in an array of hi-tech products from iPods to wind turbines. "If China would simply let the market work on its own we would have no objections, but their policies currently are preventing that from happening and they go...

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War crimes: Lanka hopes India will take a 'responsible' decison; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 13 Mar 2012
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War crimes: Lanka hopes India will take a 're­spon­si­ble' de­ci­son
DNA India 13 Mar 2012, Ahead of a crucial vote in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva seeking to censure Sri Lanka on alleged war-time human rights violations, Amnesty International raised the pitch, saying the world body must support an independent international investigation. In a 63-page report titled,...

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Tornado Forming Over Pulaski County, KY (March 2, 2012); updated 09 Mar 2012; published 03 Mar 2012
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Tor­na­do Form­ing Over Pu­las­ki Coun­ty, KY (March 2, 2012)
Lexington Herald-Leader 13 Mar 2012, An insurance company plans to make an initial $5 million payment Tuesday to cover losses to Kentucky school systems from recent severe weather, including the deadly March 2 tornadoes. Of that, the Magoffin...

Middle East Monitor - Oct. 28, 2011 - NATO, Tunisia, Arab Spring; updated 28 Oct 2011; published 28 Oct 2011
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Mid­dle East Mon­i­tor - Oct. 28, 2011 - NATO, Tunisia, Arab Spring
Real Clear Politics 13 Mar 2012, With the tectonic changes taking place in the heart of the Middle East little attention is given to developments in the periphery, one of the most important of which is the quiet revolution taking place in Greater Kurdistan, namely among the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. The best illustration of the new Kurdish dynamism was the congress...

Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad; updated 12 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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Annan op­ti­mistic after talks with Syria's Assad
Al Jazeera 13 Mar 2012, Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, says he expects a response from Damascus on "concrete proposals" he put forward during his recent visit to the country, as government forces continued a military assault in the northern province of Idlib. The former UN chief was speaking from the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday, where he...

Diplomats from North and South Korea throw punches at UN meeting; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 13 Mar 2012
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Diplo­mats from North and South Korea throw punch­es at UN meet­ing
BBC News 13 Mar 2012, A scuffle has broken out at the United Nations after a North Korean envoy rejected a report critical of the country's human rights. Pyongyang said the report by special rapporteur on human rights Marzuki Darusman was "fabricated by hostile elements". As the North Korean delegate So Se-pyong left the meeting of about 500 delegates, a...

Senior Taliban Commander in Kandahar Killed; updated 03 May 2011; published 08 Jun 2010
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The Guardian 13 Mar 2012, WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of Afghan civilians, allegedly at the hands of a U.S. soldier, won't change U.S. strategy or plans for keeping troops in Afghanistan. Obama tells an Orlando, Florida, television station that the deaths early Sunday were tragic. In the interview with WFTV on Monday, Obama says the killings...

International Push to End Syria Crisis Stalls; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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In­ter­na­tion­al Push to End Syria Cri­sis Stalls
Star Tribune 13 Mar 2012, BEIRUT - Dozens of civilians were murdered in the strife-torn city of Homs, the Syrian government and opposition activists said on Monday, as diplomats in New York and elsewhere struggled to forge terms for a possible cease-fire. Each side in the Syrian conflict blamed the other for the latest carnage in Homs, which has suffered the highest number...

Israeli-Palestinian attacks continue; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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Yahoo Daily News 13 Mar 2012, GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and militant factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered truce to end four days of cross-border violence in which 25 Palestinians have been killed, a senior Egyptian security official told Reuters on Tuesday. The official said in a telephone call from Cairo that both sides had "agreed to end the current...

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US sol­dier kills Afghan civil­ians in Kan­da­har
Independent online (SA) 12 Mar 2012, Kandahar - The massacre of 16 villagers by a United States soldier has triggered angry calls for an immediate American exit from Afghanistan as Washington tries to negotiate a long-term presence to keep the country from sliding into chaos again. Just days before Sunday's attack, Kabul and Washington had made significant progress in negotiations on...

Clinton: UN Action to End Violence in Syria; updated 09 Mar 2012; published 01 Feb 2012
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Clin­ton: UN Ac­tion to End Vi­o­lence in Syria
The Guardian 12 Mar 2012, EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia clashed over Syria at the U.N. Monday after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the divided Security Council to speak with one voice and help the Mideast nation "pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe." Washington and Moscow both called for an end to the...

South Sudan violence leaves 120000 displaced; updated 04 Feb 2012; published 01 Feb 2012
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South Sudan vi­o­lence leaves 120000 dis­placed
Graphic 12 Mar 2012, Hundreds of people are feared to have been killed in the latest of a series of ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan's Jonglei state. State Law Enforcement Minister Gabriel Duop Lam told the BBC that at least 200 people had been injured. The BBC's James Copnall, in Khartoum, says the figure...

Attack on Iran? 'Doubts Israel capable of launching war'; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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At­tack on Iran? 'Doubts Is­rael ca­pa­ble of launch­ing war'
The Siasat Daily 12 Mar 2012, March 12: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a fresh tirade against the West, saying the Islamic Republic does not fear military action, Iranian media reported on Sunday. “The Iranian nation doesn’t fear your bombs and warships and planes. Such weapons are worth nothing,” the Fars News Agency quoted him as saying on a visit to the...





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