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In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), a worker operates an endoscope to take photos of water in the Unit 2 reactor's primary containment vessel at the the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Fukushima reactor shows radiation levels much higher than thought
Full Article The Guardian
Even at the least damaged of the three reactors, the clean-up will take decades – when equipment is developed that can survive the decommissioning process A view from above the water inside number two reactor, where the water is 60cms (24ins) from the bottom. Photograph: Reuters... Pin It

Pro-Syrian regime protesters hold a rally in support of President Bashar Assad, pictured in the large banner, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Syrian forces killed at least six people - including two children - as they fired on anti-government demonstrations across the country on Friday
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman
Syria violence: UN's Pillay speaks out on Assad culpability
Full Article BBC News
As the UN comes under increasing pressure to stop the violence in Syria, the organisation's rights chief Navi Pillay tells the BBC's Fergal Keane that she believes there is enough evidence to bring charges against the... Pin It

File - Valerie Amos (front, in white), Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, is shown through Accra camp, home to thousands of Haitians displaced since the 2010 earthquake.
photo: UN / Marco Dormino
UN says Haiti quake victims at risk over donor deficit
Full Article BBC News
The United Nations in Haiti has warned that hundreds of thousands of quake victims are at risk due to an aid shortfall. The UN humanitarian coordinator, Nigel Fisher, says the lack of money has led to reduced services in camps for those displaced by the earthquake in 2010. Mr Fisher said... Pin It

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a message for the Iranian New Year in Tehran, Iran.
photo: AP / Office of the Supreme Leader
Iran's Prophetic Telegram, U.S.'s Subconscious Need for an Enemy
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling By the time George Kennan interpreted a deterioration in U.S.-Soviet relations to be an American need for an external scapegoat enemy,(1) numerous U.S. preemptive military engagements to stop the supposed spread of "Communism" had cost tens of millions of lives. Three decades earlier in the Long... Pin It

UN envoy warns of potential risks of lack of progress between Israel and Palestinians
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UN envoy warns of potential risks of lack of progress between Israel and Palestinians
Full Article United Nations
27 March 2012 – The situation between the Palestinians and Israel remains "uncertain and difficult," a top United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, while warning of the increased risks of an absence of political progress and violence on the ground. "The unfortunate reality is that the parties have not yet found sufficient common ground... Pin It

At Seoul summit, Ban outlines steps to defuse global nuclear threat
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
At Seoul summit, Ban outlines steps to defuse global nuclear threat
Full Article United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) chats with the President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak at the opening day reception of the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. UN/E. Debebe27 March 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined five areas that deserve greater attention as the world community strives to ensure nuclear security,... Pin It

In this picture taken on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, a house is seen after it was destroyed by Syrian government shelling in Rastan town in Homs province, central Syria.
photo: AP
Syria to top agenda at Arab summit in Baghdad
Full Article Palm Beach Post
BAGHDAD — Arab leaders will offer plans this week to break the political "stalemate" that has engulfed Syria but they won't demand the resignation of President Bashar Assad, Iraq's top diplomat says. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says opposition forces to Assad's regime need to agree on a single strategy for ending the yearlong crisis... Pin It

U.S. President Barack Obama listens to remarks during the plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Obama: Nuclear terrorism remains a threat
Full Article Al Jazeera
Barack Obama, the US president, has said that the threat of nuclear weapons remains challenge for the globe to confront, telling foreign leaders that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take". Speaking at a two-day nuclear security summit in South Korea's capital Seoul on Tuesday, Obama said that the international... Pin It

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, listens to a speech during the opening of the 20th session of The New Partnership for Africa's Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 31, 2009.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Jesse B. Awalt
Sudan, S. Sudan armies clash, Bashir suspends trip
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JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between Sudan and South Sudan's armed forces on Monday, both sides said, prompting Sudan's president to suspend a planned meeting on resolving the countries' bitter disputes over oil and border regions, state media reported. South Sudan accused Sudan of sending warplanes to bomb two border areas... Pin It

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears at his arraignment at State Supreme Court on Monday, June 6, 2011 in New York.
photo: AP / Allan Tannenbaum, Pool
Strauss-Kahn charged in alleged prostitution ring
Full Article CNN
March 27, 2012 -- Updated 0012 GMT (0812 HKT) Strauss-Kahn charged in prostitution ring (CNN) -- Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged in France on Monday with "aggravated pimping" for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring, prosecutors said. He is not allowed to have contact with other people... Pin It


Once she got to the podium, microphone in hand, she quickly got on with business. "I came...

Flags of ECOWAS countries as seen during the Sierra Leone chambers of commerce trade fair in Freetown.
Mali's neighbours have threatened to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge those behind last week's coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to civilian rulers. A summit of the Economic Community of West...
photo: WN / John Sahid
Israel's Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz is seen during his meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, unseen, at the EU Council building in Brussels, Tuesday Dec. 9 , 2008.
AMY TEIBEL Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Iranian-born former military chief and defense minister Shaul Mofaz has been waiting more than three years for another chance to take the helm of the centrist Kadima Party. After accomplishing...
photo: AP / Thierry Charlier
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
BASSEM MROUE Associated Press= QAA, Lebanon (AP) — Syria accepted a cease-fire drawn up by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday, but the diplomatic breakthrough was swiftly overshadowed by intense clashes between government soldiers and rebels that sent...
photo: AP
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,788
As of Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at least 1,788 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is four less than the Defense...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
Summit seeks to deter nuclear-armed terrorism
SEOUL, South KoreaMaterial that can be used to make nuclear bombs is stored in scores of buildings spread across dozens of countries. If even a fraction of it fell into the hands of terrorists, it could be disastrous. Nearly 60 world leaders...
photo: EC / © European Union 2012
Arab League set to recant regime change doctrine in Syria
The Arab League is set to recant its advocacy of regime change in Syria and support the diplomatic initiative of United Nations special envoy, Kofi Annan, during the course of the upcoming summit of the grouping being hosted by Iraq. Ahead of the...
photo: UN/UN
Philippines AirAsia holds Clark-Davao maiden flight
TOURISM in Davao Region got a major boost anew with the staging of the Clark-Davao inaugural flight by Philippines AirAsia today, Wednesday, and the ceremonial signing of the Clark-Davao sister airport agreement. The Davao City Chamber of...
photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub

Japan Marks Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Accident; updated 21 Mar 2012; published 10 Mar 2012
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Japan Marks Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Accident
The Guardian 28 Mar 2012, Even at the least damaged of the three reactors, the clean-up will take decades – when equipment is developed that can survive the decommissioning process A view from above the water inside number two reactor, where the water is 60cms (24ins) from the bottom. Photograph: Reuters...

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Troublemaking Turn: 'Turkey may scupper Annan's peace plan'; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 27 Mar 2012
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Troublemaking Turn: 'Turkey may scupper Annan's peace plan'
BBC News 28 Mar 2012, As the UN comes under increasing pressure to stop the violence in Syria, the organisation's rights chief Navi Pillay tells the BBC's Fergal Keane that she believes there is enough evidence to bring charges against the...

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The Week In Haiti; updated 18 Mar 2012; published 17 Jan 2010
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The Week In Haiti
BBC News 28 Mar 2012, The United Nations in Haiti has warned that hundreds of thousands of quake victims are at risk due to an aid shortfall. The UN humanitarian coordinator, Nigel Fisher, says the lack of money has led to reduced services in camps for those displaced by the earthquake in 2010. Mr Fisher said...

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'Don't Attack Iran!' Nationwide anti-war protest held in UK; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 24 Mar 2012
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'Don't Attack Iran!' Nationwide anti-war protest held in UK
WorldNews.com 27 Mar 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling By the time George Kennan interpreted a deterioration in U.S.-Soviet relations to be an American need for an external scapegoat enemy,(1) numerous U.S. preemptive military engagements to stop the supposed spread of "Communism" had cost tens of millions of lives. Three decades earlier in the Long...

Ban Ki-moon on UN Peacekeeping; updated 30 Nov 2011; published 07 Jul 2009
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Ban Ki-moon on UN Peacekeeping
United Nations 27 Mar 2012, 27 March 2012 – The situation between the Palestinians and Israel remains "uncertain and difficult," a top United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, while warning of the increased risks of an absence of political progress and violence on the ground. "The unfortunate reality is that the parties have not yet found sufficient common ground...

'Iran's nuke foes can tip scales in favor of bomb'; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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'Iran's nuke foes can tip scales in favor of bomb'
United Nations 27 Mar 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) chats with the President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak at the opening day reception of the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. UN/E. Debebe27 March 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined five areas that deserve greater attention as the world community strives to ensure nuclear security,...

'US & UK seek revenge on Syria for opposing Iraq war'; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 25 Mar 2012
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'US & UK seek revenge on Syria for opposing Iraq war'
Palm Beach Post 27 Mar 2012, BAGHDAD — Arab leaders will offer plans this week to break the political "stalemate" that has engulfed Syria but they won't demand the resignation of President Bashar Assad, Iraq's top diplomat says. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says opposition forces to Assad's regime need to agree on a single strategy for ending the yearlong crisis...

President Obama Speaks at the Nuclear Security Summit; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 27 Mar 2012
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President Obama Speaks at the Nuclear Security Summit
Al Jazeera 27 Mar 2012, Barack Obama, the US president, has said that the threat of nuclear weapons remains challenge for the globe to confront, telling foreign leaders that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take". Speaking at a two-day nuclear security summit in South Korea's capital Seoul on Tuesday, Obama said that the international...

South Sudan faces worsening crisis; updated 18 Mar 2012; published 03 Feb 2012
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South Sudan faces worsening crisis
Yahoo Daily News 27 Mar 2012, JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between Sudan and South Sudan's armed forces on Monday, both sides said, prompting Sudan's president to suspend a planned meeting on resolving the countries' bitter disputes over oil and border regions, state media reported. South Sudan accused Sudan of sending warplanes to bomb two border areas...

Les couloirs du Carlton sur France 3 Paris Ile-de France mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 23h50; updated 24 Jan 2012; published 24 Jan 2012
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Les couloirs du Carlton sur France 3 Paris Ile-de France mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 23h50
CNN 27 Mar 2012, March 27, 2012 -- Updated 0012 GMT (0812 HKT) Strauss-Kahn charged in prostitution ring (CNN) -- Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged in France on Monday with "aggravated pimping" for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring, prosecutors said. He is not allowed to have contact with other people...

Breaking NEWS - LIVE !!! Toulouse - Shooting suspect Mohamed Merah reportedly dead; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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Breaking NEWS - LIVE !!! Toulouse - Shooting suspect Mohamed Merah reportedly dead
The Australian 27 Mar 2012, FRENCH police say they have copies of videos shot by an Islamist extremist killer during a series of shootings in and near the southern city of Toulouse that shocked the country. The gunman's father meanwhile said he planned to sue French authorities over the killing of his son, who was gunned down by police at the end of a 32-hour standoff...

First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts 2012 Spring Garden Planting; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 26 Mar 2012
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First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts 2012 Spring Garden Planting
Yahoo Daily News 26 Mar 2012, With so much attention focused on the opening arguments of the Supreme Court case that will determine the future of “Obamacare”—as we’ve all agreed to call it—the smart folks in the media and elsewhere appear to have settled on the view that the entire epic struggle was a fool’s errand from the start. The Obama administration allowed itself to be...

Senegal's Wade concedes election defeat; updated 26 Mar 2012; published 26 Mar 2012
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Senegal's Wade concedes election defeat
Jakarta Globe 26 Mar 2012, Thousands of people celebrated in the streets of Dakar after Senegalese opposition candidate Macky Sall defeated President Abdoulaye Wade in his controversial bid for a third term in office. "The real winner remains the Senegalese people," former prime minister Sall said after his victory became clear following Sunday's run-off presidential vote in...

President Obama Speaks at the Nuclear Security Summit; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 27 Mar 2012
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President Obama Speaks at the Nuclear Security Summit
The Times of India 26 Mar 2012, Tweet US President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to pursue further strategic arms cuts with Russia as part of his broader nuclear disarmament agenda even as he issued stern warnings to North Korea and Iran in their nuclear standoffs with the West. Speaking ahead of a global nuclear security summit in Seoul, Obama held out the prospect of new...





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