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In this picture taken on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, a Syrian woman, right, kisses a soldier from the Free Syrian Army, left, in front a destroyed Syrian army forces tank which was attacked during clashes between the Syrian government forces and the Syrian rebels, in Rastan town in Homs province, central Syria.
photo: AP
Friends Of Syria Conference: Gulf Countries To Fund Syrian Opposition
Full Article Huffington Post
U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with an Arab official as she arrives to join foreign ministers from dozens of countries gathered to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate President Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his... Pin It

A pro-Syrian regime protester, shouts pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011, during a demonstration against the Arab League meeting being held in Morocco.
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman
US looks to 'next steps' as Syria says revolt beaten
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
Syria's regime declared it has defeated those seeking to bring it down while reiterating support for a UN-Arab peace plan, as its troops reportedly shelled rebels in the city of Homs. The opposition reacted by calling for outside powers to arm rebel forces, while the United States and Gulf Arab states urged international envoy Kofi Annan to... Pin It

ARCHIV: Die Friedensnobelpreistraegerin Aung San Suu Kyi steht in Yangon, Myanmar, zwischen Unterstuetzern (Foto vom 04.01.12).
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win
Suu Kyi runs for parliament in crucial Myanmar poll
Full Article The Star
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar holds crucial by-elections on Sunday that are expected to see Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the fight for democracy under the former junta, entering parliament for the first time and could lead to an easing of sanctions by the West. The United States and European Union have hinted economic sanctions - imposed years ago in... Pin It

Soldiers drive through a street one week after a military coup, in Bamako, Mali Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Mali rebels launch assault on key northern town
Full Article The Star
GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Heavily armed Malian rebels in pick-up trucks attacked the northern garrison town of Gao on Saturday, capitalising on the chaos after last week's military coup to make further gains. The assault came a day after rebels - a loose alliance of separatist nomad Tuaregs and local Islamists - seized the town of Kidal, which is one... Pin It

Thai fire fighters and soldiers walk at the site of the car bomb attack in Yala province, southern Thailand Saturday, March 31, 2012.
photo: AP / Sumeth Panpetch
Bombs in southern Thailand kill 11, wound 110
Full Article Denver Post
HAT YAI, Thailand—Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly attack in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 11 people and wounding 110 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers just before lunchtime.... Pin It

An activist associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement holds up a sign in front a police line during a confrontation with the police during a rally in Union Square Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in New York.
photo: AP / Mary Altaffer
Occupy Rosa Luxemburg or Experience More Freikorps and Wars
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "Freedom only for the supporters of the government-only for the members of one party, however numerous they may be-is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively for one who thinks differently." -Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution, 1916. The youthful vitality and civically engaged ideals... Pin It

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America, addresses the opening of the 16th session of the Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland.
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré
Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran
Full Article Atlanta Journal
RIYADH, Saudi ArabiaU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear Saturday that time is running out for diplomacy with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, saying Tehran's "window of opportunity" for a peaceful resolution "will not remain open forever." US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to US Embassy... Pin It

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, and Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak announce a compromise on how to overhaul the pension system, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, March 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Czarek Sokolowski
Poles talk about CIA prison, breaking silence
Full Article Atlanta Journal
WARSAW, Poland — For years, the notion that Poland could allow the CIA to operate a secret prison in a remote lake region was treated as a crackpot idea by the country's politicians, journalists and the public. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk announces a compromise deal on how to overhaul the pension system, in Warsaw, Poland, on... Pin It

Chinese paramilitary police stand on duty near flags during the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
China punishes websites over 'coup rumours'
Full Article Al Jazeera
China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogging sites for "fabricating or disseminating online rumours" seemingly linked to a major political drama that led to the fall of a rising star. Authorities closed 16 websites for spreading rumours of "military vehicles entering Beijing and something wrong going... Pin It

Autism cases rise: US study
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Autism cases rise: US study
Full Article The Siasat Daily
Atlanta, March 31: One child out of 88 in the US is believed to have autism or a related disorder, an increase in the rate attributed largely to wider screening. Advocacy groups seized on the new number as further evidence that autism research and services should get more attention. "Autism is now officially becoming an epidemic in the United... Pin It


Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for "her non-violent struggle for democracy and human...

Dr. Jim Yong Kim smiles as almost a thousand students, faculty and staff applaud after he is introduced as the next president of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Monday, March 2, 2009. A doctor and humanitarian known as a leader the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases Kim will become the 17th president of Dartmouth College.
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will support Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. nominee for the next World Bank head, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said on Sunday after meeting the candidate who is in Tokyo on his world tour to seek support...
photo: AP / Jim Cole
Anti-Syrian regime protesters play drums and wave a revolutionary flag during a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Dozens of countries are making another push to isolate the Syrian regime at a meeting in Istanbul that is expected to focus on encouraging Syria's opposition to unite and seeking ways to deliver humanitarian aid to beleaguered...
photo: AP
People line up to buy Mega Millions lottery tickets at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif. on Friday, March 30, 2012.
RED BUD, Ill. — The Mega Millions winners at least three of them stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world's largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of...
photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes
A volunteer of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) sets the final candles amongst about 5000 candles to picture the globe prior to 'Earth Hour' in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Saturday, March 31, 2012.
LONDON — Hundreds of world landmarks from Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to the Great Wall of China went dark Saturday, part of a global effort to highlight climate change. Earth Hour, held on the last Saturday of March every year, began as a...
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber
Israeli deputy FM: Arab demos 'diplomatic terror'
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's deputy foreign minister says an annual protest Palestinians mounted over the weekend is "political terrorism." Danny Ayalon spoke Saturday in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv. He said Land Day protests are "a continuation of the...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Afghanistan presses for answers on long-term U.S. military bases
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan wants the United States to clearly spell out what sort of military presence it will leave behind once most of its combat troops leave by the end of 2014, a senior Afghan official said. It is also pressing Washington in...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Members of Syrian security chant slogans and raise their weapons at the site of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
BASSEM MROUE Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian official says Damascus will not pull troops from cities and towns engulfed in the country's unrest before life returns to normal in these areas. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi told...
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman

CrossTalk: Piece of Syria; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 30 Mar 2012
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CrossTalk: Piece of Syria
Huffington Post 01 Apr 2012, U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with an Arab official as she arrives to join foreign ministers from dozens of countries gathered to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate President Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his...

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CrossTalk: Piece of Syria; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 30 Mar 2012
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CrossTalk: Piece of Syria
Yahoo Daily News 01 Apr 2012, Syria's regime declared it has defeated those seeking to bring it down while reiterating support for a UN-Arab peace plan, as its troops reportedly shelled rebels in the city of Homs. The opposition reacted by calling for outside powers to arm rebel forces, while the United States and Gulf Arab states urged international envoy Kofi Annan to...

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Suu Kyi set for parliament in key Myanmar vote; updated 29 Mar 2012; published 29 Mar 2012
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Suu Kyi set for parliament in key Myanmar vote
The Star 31 Mar 2012, YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar holds crucial by-elections on Sunday that are expected to see Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the fight for democracy under the former junta, entering parliament for the first time and could lead to an easing of sanctions by the West. The United States and European Union have hinted economic sanctions - imposed years ago in...

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Malian coup leaders given ultimatum; updated 30 Mar 2012; published 30 Mar 2012
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Malian coup leaders given ultimatum
The Star 31 Mar 2012, GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Heavily armed Malian rebels in pick-up trucks attacked the northern garrison town of Gao on Saturday, capitalising on the chaos after last week's military coup to make further gains. The assault came a day after rebels - a loose alliance of separatist nomad Tuaregs and local Islamists - seized the town of Kidal, which is one...

Thailand Triple Bomb Attack Kills 14 and injures 450 in Yala City; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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Thailand Triple Bomb Attack Kills 14 and injures 450 in Yala City
Denver Post 31 Mar 2012, HAT YAI, Thailand—Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly attack in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 11 people and wounding 110 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers just before lunchtime....

CrossTalk: Re-Occupy; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 28 Mar 2012
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CrossTalk: Re-Occupy
WorldNews.com 31 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "Freedom only for the supporters of the government-only for the members of one party, however numerous they may be-is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively for one who thinks differently." -Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution, 1916. The youthful vitality and civically engaged ideals...

Webster Tarpley: Hillary Clinton loses diplomatic battle; updated 07 Jan 2012; published 17 May 2010
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Webster Tarpley: Hillary Clinton loses diplomatic battle
Atlanta Journal 31 Mar 2012, RIYADH, Saudi ArabiaU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear Saturday that time is running out for diplomacy with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, saying Tehran's "window of opportunity" for a peaceful resolution "will not remain open forever." US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to US Embassy...

Poland to investigate CIA renditions; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 30 Mar 2012
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Poland to investigate CIA renditions
Atlanta Journal 31 Mar 2012, WARSAW, Poland — For years, the notion that Poland could allow the CIA to operate a secret prison in a remote lake region was treated as a crackpot idea by the country's politicians, journalists and the public. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk announces a compromise deal on how to overhaul the pension system, in Warsaw, Poland, on...

Chinese Coup Rumors (Dispatch); updated 31 Mar 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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Chinese Coup Rumors (Dispatch)
Al Jazeera 31 Mar 2012, China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogging sites for "fabricating or disseminating online rumours" seemingly linked to a major political drama that led to the fall of a rising star. Authorities closed 16 websites for spreading rumours of "military vehicles entering Beijing and something wrong going...

autism disorder; updated 12 Feb 2012; published 16 Jun 2010
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autism disorder
The Siasat Daily 31 Mar 2012, Atlanta, March 31: One child out of 88 in the US is believed to have autism or a related disorder, an increase in the rate attributed largely to wider screening. Advocacy groups seized on the new number as further evidence that autism research and services should get more attention. "Autism is now officially becoming an epidemic in the United...

Talk to Jazeera - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 18 May 2010
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Talk to Jazeera - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
The Times of India 31 Mar 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said he was more afraid of losing his voice than dying from cancer. "If...

Indonesian parliament rejects fuel hikes; updated 31 Mar 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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Indonesian parliament rejects fuel hikes
The Guardian 31 Mar 2012, JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's parliament has blocked the government's plan to hike fuel prices by more than 30 percent this weekend, but will allow a future price increase under certain conditions. The government was set to raise the price of gasoline from around 50 cents to 65 cents per liter on Sunday. It says it has no choice but to cut...

Obama inching closer to new Iran oil sanctions; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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Obama inching closer to new Iran oil sanctions
Ohio 31 Mar 2012, WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is moving ahead with tough new sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s oil exports after determining there is enough crude on world markets to take the step without harming U.S. allies. Obama’s move, announced Friday, allows the United States to go forward with sanctions on...

This Iranian Pilot should get a hero medal for landing this plane; updated 31 Mar 2012; published 28 Oct 2011
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This Iranian Pilot should get a hero medal for landing this plane
The New York Times 31 Mar 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States said on Friday that European governments had failed to end illegal subsidies for the aircraft manufacturer Airbus and that it was taking the first step at the World Trade Organization toward seeking sanctions on potentially billions of dollars’ worth of European goods. “We refuse to stand...





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