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File- Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after closing arguments concluded in a military hearing that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case.
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
Ally Manning Is No Axis Sally, But Is the U.S. Government?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Not only did World War II change the entire world, but it completely transformed the nature of the United States, including its futuristic foreign policies. The reason for this change is that since World War II, the U.S. has viewed each and every war through a World War II narrative. America's entrance... Pin It

U.S. Army soldiers descend a mountaintop in the Paktya province while surveying a site for an observation post near the Enzarkay Pass, Afghanistan, March 2, 2012.
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson
Karzai tells NATO to pull back, Taliban-U.S. talks off
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The Daily Briefing Veep Joe Biden will have effusive praise for his boss, President Barack Obama, during a campaign stop today in Toledo. Buckeye Forum Podcast Promo... Pin It

File - U.S. soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the Afghan National Army, and members of the Community Based Security Solutions police organization, climb a steep path above Pata Tili village, Jan 29, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MC1 Bill Steele
Taliban break off talks with US
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban militant group says it is suspending talks with the United States. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement Thursday that the United States kept changing the terms of the negotiations. Mujahid says that the Taliban only wanted to discuss prisoner transfers and the establishment of a political... Pin It

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses nearly 200 service members, to include soldiers from coalition nations, during a town hall meeting here March 14, 2012.
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Panetta orders US marines in Helmand to disarm
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Kabul, March 15: US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has ordered the disarmament of the US marines meeting with him in Helmand Province. This is noteworthy because it is customary for American troops to have their rifles in hand when the US Defense Secretary addresses them. The explanation given by officials is that the soldiers were ordered to... Pin It

Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
photo: AP
Syria marks anniversary of uprising, violence grows
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria marks the first anniversary on Thursday of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, with recent army gains unlikely to quell the revolt and no diplomatic solution in sight. Troops loyal to Assad have pummeled rebel strongholds across Syria this week, deploying tanks and heavy artillery to crush... Pin It

An Afghan soldier speaks to civilians gathered outside a military base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Allauddin Khan
'US Afghan killings suspect flown to Kuwait'
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Kabul: The American soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to Kuwait, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country. Afghan government officials did not immediately respond to calls for comment on the late-night announcement. The US military said... Pin It

Bo Xilai, Chongqing party secretary attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
China ousts Bo Xilai as Chongqing party boss
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Leadership succession plunged into high drama as favourite to join country's ruling panel is toppled amid defection scandal Bo Xilai has been removed as Chongqing party secretary by the Chinese regime in a serious blow to his run towards joining the country's top political body, the standing committee of the Communist party. Photograph: Liu... Pin It

Rescuers and police work amid the wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium at the accident site in a tunnel of the A9 highway near Sierre, western Switzerland, early Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
photo: AP / KANTONSPOLIZEI WALLIS/POLICE OF VALAIS, Handout
Belgium plans national day of mourning after coach crash kills 28, including 22 schoolchildren
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A further 24 children were hospitalised after the head-on collision, which took place shortly after 9pm last night on the A9 highway near the town of Sierre, not far from the Swiss border with Italy. Police said the bus was carrying 52 people, mostly 11 and 12-year-old students from two different Belgian schools returning to the towns of Heverlee... Pin It

Rescuers recover bodies of victims of a ferry that capsized in the Meghna River in Munshiganj district, about 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Pavel Rahman
Death toll reaches 112 in Bangladesh ferry sinking
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DHAKA, BangladeshRescue workers found more bodies Wednesday inside the salvaged wreckage of a Bangladesh ferry that capsized with about 200 people on board, bringing the death toll to 112.... Pin It

Alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, right, enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in this photo made available by the International Criminal Court, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. Lubanga pleaded not guilty to recruiting child soldiers and sending them to fight and die in ethnic battles as the International Criminal Court began its historic first trial. The trial of Thomas Lubanga has been hailed as a legal landmark by human rights activists because it is the first international criminal prosecution to focus solely on child soldiers.
photo: AP / ICC-CPI/Michael Kooren
Congo warlord convicted of using child soliders
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges have convicted a Congolese warlord of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers. The ruling is the International Criminal Court's first judgment 10 years after it was established as the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal. Thomas Lubanga did not react as Presiding Judge Adrian... Pin It


AP Photo Noori, a cloned pashmina goat, stands inside a sheep breeding center at Sher-e-Kashmir...
By Jessica Dickler March 15, 2012: 5:55 AM ET More than 5,500 items recovered from the Titanic,...
- Eight years have passed since France's Assemblee Nationale launched the opening volley of a...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks after visiting victims wounded in Tuesday's suicide bomb attack at the Emergency Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Afghanistan's president vowed Wednesday to confront the Pakistani government over a devastating suicide bombing against a Shiite shrine in Kabul that he said originated in Pakistan, putting further pressure on already strained relations between the two neighbors. (AP Photo/S. Sabawoon, pool)
Hamid Karzai has called on Nato troops to pull out of rural areas and retreat to the main international bases in the wake of anger over a US soldier's alleged killings of 16 civilians. President Barack Obama gave his fullest endorsement yet for the...
photo: AP / S. Sabawoon, pool
Apple Store, Upper West Side shop, 1981 Broadway New York City, NY.
Treasury yields hit five-month highs on Thursday as jobs and manufacturing data showed gathering momentum in the world's biggest economy, while Apple hit the $600-per-share mark for the first time. US stocks opened slightly higher but saw choppy...
photo: WN / Periasamy
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich looks up at Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald before delivering his closing argument at his impeachment trial Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, in Springfield, Ill.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' convicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is on a flight to Denver to begin his 14-year prison term on corruption charges. He must report to a federal prison in Colorado by 2 p.m. Thursday. His spokesman, Glenn Selig, says...
photo: AP / Seth Perlman
Dr. Lobsang Sangay, elected leader of the central Tibetan administration speaks at the launch of Tibet Policy Institute at Kashag Secretariat, Dharamshala, India, 15th February 2012.
TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press= DHARMSALA, India (AP) — Lobsang Sangay is the prime minister of a country that doesn't exist. His government fills a moldy cluster of yellow brick buildings clinging to an Indian hillside. His budget depends on donor...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko, apparently narrowly beaten by just 3.5 percentage points, in last week's presidential vote, ended six days of silence on a defiant note Saturday, saying the vote had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court.
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's jailed former prime minister, is now facing accusations of having paid for the contract killing of a politician and two others in 1996. Renat Kuzmin, a deputy prosecutor, said companies controlled by Tymoshenko and Pavlo...
photo: AP / Alexander Prokopenko, Pool
The casual acceptance of smoking was common place when the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout became nationwide more than 30 years ago. The first national Great American Smokeout was in November 1977.
MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer= ATLANTA (AP) — Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign. The billboards and...
photo: USAF / Airman 1st Class Perry
A Syrian army defector, waves the Syrian revolution flag and shouts slogans shortly after he defected with other soldiers and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
Beirut: Syria marks the first anniversary on Thursday of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, with recent Army gains unlikely to quell the revolt and no diplomatic solution in sight. Troops loyal to Assad have pummelled...
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Free Bradley Manning - Trial Update; updated 13 Mar 2012; published 21 Dec 2011
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Free Bradley Manning - Trial Update
WorldNews.com 15 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Not only did World War II change the entire world, but it completely transformed the nature of the United States, including its futuristic foreign policies. The reason for this change is that since World War II, the U.S. has viewed each and every war through a World War II narrative. America's entrance...

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Karzai 'accepts' Taliban office in Qatar; updated 29 Feb 2012; published 28 Dec 2011
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Karzai 'accepts' Taliban office in Qatar
The Columbus Dispatch 15 Mar 2012, The Daily Briefing Veep Joe Biden will have effusive praise for his boss, President Barack Obama, during a campaign stop today in Toledo. Buckeye Forum Podcast Promo...

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Taliban Vow Revenge for Afghan Civilian Deaths; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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Taliban Vow Revenge for Afghan Civilian Deaths
The Guardian 15 Mar 2012, KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban militant group says it is suspending talks with the United States. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement Thursday that the United States kept changing the terms of the negotiations. Mujahid says that the Taliban only wanted to discuss prisoner transfers and the establishment of a political...

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US Marines In Theater Ordered To Disarm For Sec Of Defense Leon Panetta Visit; updated 16 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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US Marines In Theater Ordered To Disarm For Sec Of Defense Leon Panetta Visit
The Siasat Daily 15 Mar 2012, Kabul, March 15: US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has ordered the disarmament of the US marines meeting with him in Helmand Province. This is noteworthy because it is customary for American troops to have their rifles in hand when the US Defense Secretary addresses them. The explanation given by officials is that the soldiers were ordered to...

Syrian uprising divides minority communities; updated 03 Mar 2012; published 09 Feb 2012
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Syrian uprising divides minority communities
Yahoo Daily News 15 Mar 2012, BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria marks the first anniversary on Thursday of an increasingly bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, with recent army gains unlikely to quell the revolt and no diplomatic solution in sight. Troops loyal to Assad have pummeled rebel strongholds across Syria this week, deploying tanks and heavy artillery to crush...

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
Zeenews 15 Mar 2012, Kabul: The American soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to Kuwait, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country. Afghan government officials did not immediately respond to calls for comment on the late-night announcement. The US military said...

Bo Xilai rumored to be mulling resignation; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 13 Feb 2012
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Bo Xilai rumored to be mulling resignation
The Guardian 15 Mar 2012, Leadership succession plunged into high drama as favourite to join country's ruling panel is toppled amid defection scandal Bo Xilai has been removed as Chongqing party secretary by the Chinese regime in a serious blow to his run towards joining the country's top political body, the standing committee of the Communist party. Photograph: Liu...

28 Belgians killed in Swiss coach crash; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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28 Belgians killed in Swiss coach crash
The Independent 14 Mar 2012, A further 24 children were hospitalised after the head-on collision, which took place shortly after 9pm last night on the A9 highway near the town of Sierre, not far from the Swiss border with Italy. Police said the bus was carrying 52 people, mostly 11 and 12-year-old students from two different Belgian schools returning to the towns of Heverlee...

Raw Video: 31 Dead in Bangladesh Ferry Crash; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 13 Mar 2012
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Raw Video: 31 Dead in Bangladesh Ferry Crash
Denver Post 14 Mar 2012, DHAKA, BangladeshRescue workers found more bodies Wednesday inside the salvaged wreckage of a Bangladesh ferry that capsized with about 200 people on board, bringing the death toll to 112....

Thomas Lubanga becomes ICC's first convict; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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Thomas Lubanga becomes ICC's first convict
The Wichita Eagle 14 Mar 2012, THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges have convicted a Congolese warlord of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers. The ruling is the International Criminal Court's first judgment 10 years after it was established as the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal. Thomas Lubanga did not react as Presiding Judge Adrian...

US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
WorldNews.com 14 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The young American soldier that just went on a shooting spree, killing 16 civilians, including nine children, had for most of his life carried "pictures-" and hostile "images in his head"(1) of Afghanis. He too had been defined and shaped by the hegemonic values and principles of Naziwood (See Part One...

Video: Shocking Swiss bus crash kills 28, most children; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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Video: Shocking Swiss bus crash kills 28, most children
Huffington Post 14 Mar 2012, GENEVA -- A bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults, police said Wednesday. Another 24 students were hospitalized with injuries, Valais cantonal (state) police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet told The Associated Press. The bus carrying 52 people,...

China premier calls for political reforms; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 14 Mar 2012
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China premier calls for political reforms
The Daily Telegraph 14 Mar 2012, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said political reform in the country is "urgent", warning that a tragedy like the turbulent Cultural Revolution could happen again without it. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Photo: LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images 6:30AM GMT 14 Mar 2012 "We must press ahead with both economic structural reform and political structural...

Hack'n'Leak: Assad emails 'exposed'; updated 15 Mar 2012; published 15 Mar 2012
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Hack'n'Leak: Assad emails 'exposed'
Khaleej Times 14 Mar 2012, DAMASCUS ' Syrian President Bashar Al Assad responded to UN-Arab League proposals to end the bloodshed in his country, as monitors said nearly 50 more people were killed and a pro-regime daily reported the capture of a rebel city. The move came as rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday alleged detainees in Syria's year-old crackdown on...





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