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Human rights in Uzbek­istan/US pol­i­cy/ Steve Swerd­low of HRW on VOA Uzbek
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Asif Ali Zardari ar­rives in India, will head to PM's res­i­dence for lunch
2:34
Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN pres­ence
1:23
Avalanche Buries More Than 100 Pak­istani Troops
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Mali Coup d'état; de­fect­ed forces claim govt. con­trol
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Good Fri­day rec­og­nized as pub­lic hol­i­day in Cuba for first time since 1960's
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Protest for Ab­dul­ha­di Al Khawa­ja
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Malawi pres­i­dent dies after heart at­tack
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Sara­je­vo to mark 20th an­niver­sary of war
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Myan­mar gov­ern­ment and Karen rebels agree cease­fire
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Ex­iled Uighur Group Re­futes Clash in Xin­jiang was a "Ter­ror­ist Act"
2:52
Syria's refugee cri­sis
3:56
Mali Coup d'état; de­fect­ed forces claim govt. con­trol
2:41
Vik­tor Bout sen­tenced to 25 years
4:09
Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN pres­ence
1:23


File - Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov inspects a guard of honor during his ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, Inida, Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup
A dirty deal: Uzbek dictator 'has UK over a barrel'
Full Article The Independent
Senior officials admitted yesterday that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov had the UK "over a barrel", after his country emerged as the favoured route home when British forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014. Britain, along with the United States, has stepped up diplomatic contacts with the Karimov regime in recent months, and...

In this July 13, 2009 file photo, Uighur men, foreground, watch as a formation of paramilitary police officers patrol Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang region.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko
China Says Wanted Militants Use Nearby Countries to Stage Attacks
Full Article The New York Times
BEIJING — Chinese security officials have issued a wanted list of six suspected members of a militant group that they said is using a number of Asian nations as staging grounds for terror attacks in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter...

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, carry supplies up the 2,400 meter (8,000-foot) mountain near their outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir district.
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus, File
Official: Avalanche buries 130 Pakistan soldiers
Full Article US News
By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A security official says an avalanche has buried 130 Pakistani soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India. The incident happened early Saturday on the Siachen Glacier, where thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops are based. The security official says snow engulfed a battalion headquarters...

A view of snow covered mountains  where three soldiers buried alive under snow avalanches  at Sonmarg on Thursday 23, February 2012. At least  21 soldiers were buried under snow avalanches at two different places in the Jammu and Kashmir overnight.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Kashmir avalanche: Up to 135 feared dead on Siachen
Full Article BBC News
The number of people feared dead in an avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region has risen to 135, the Pakistan army has said. Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told the BBC 124 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians were missing after 70ft (21m) of snow engulfed a military camp near the Siachen Glacier on Saturday. He had earlier said that 100...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during a cabinet meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.
photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool
Putin Reportedly Confirms that Russia is Actively Working on Psychotronic Weapons
Full Article Pakalert Press
Share Psychotronic weaponry is probably one of the least known and little understood fields in military research, as it is truly something which one would relegate to the realm of science fiction if they were not aware of the facts behind it. In fact, it is so poorly understood that even some journalists like Sam Biddle of Gizmodo and the...

The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as it is told in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Disciples would betray him.
photo: Leonardo da Vinci
Scandalous Friday and Scandalous Tables
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Just before Jesus took bread off the table, giving thanks and breaking it, and handed it to his disciples saying, "Take it, this is my body;" and just before Jesus lifted the cup of wine off the table, giving thanks and offering it to them, proclaiming, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is...

Muslim priests talk as a policeman stands guard at Ajmer Sharif, the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, where Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari will visit Sunday, in Ajmer, in India's western state of Rajasthan, Saturday, April 7, 2012.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup
Zardari visit signals slow progress in India-Pakistan ties
Full Article BBC News
With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari making a rare visit to India, the BBC's Delhi correspondent Andrew North looks at the fraught state of relations between the rival neighbours. Last time it was cricket, now it is religious...

This Nov. 4, 2008 file photo shows members of Somalia's al-Shabab jihadist movement seen during exercises at their military training camp outside Mogadishu.
photo: AP
Al Shabab on backfoot
Full Article Gulf News
There was a time when Al Shabab, Somalia's largest and most notorious Islamist militia, inspired fear and awe across that ravaged land. But the group's latest terror attack, on the national theatre in Mogadishu, is a sign of weakness, not strength. Al Shabab is divided, under pressure and in retreat. The question now is whether its death throes may...

Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, center, is accompanied by Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Djibril Bassole, left, as he addresses the press at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali Sunday, April 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Mali's coup leader to return power
Full Article NZ Herald
Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord late Friday, agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule. The announcement came only hours after separatist rebels in Mali's distant north declared their independence, a move that further...

Red chairs, centre, displayed along main street in Sarajevo to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian War on Friday, April 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Amel Emric
Bosnia remembers war, still scarred and divided
Full Article The Star
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - With row upon row of empty red chairs, one for each of the 11,541 victims of the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday remembered when war broke out 20 years ago and the West dithered in the face of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two. Titova street is seen with 11,541 red chairs along it in Sarajevo as the city...


A dirty deal: Uzbek dictator 'has UK over a barrel'
Full Article The Independent
Senior officials admitted yesterday that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov had the UK "over a barrel", after his country emerged as the favoured route home when British forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014. Britain, along with the United States, has stepped up diplomatic contacts with the Karimov regime in recent months, and...
File - Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov inspects a guard of honor during his ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, Inida, Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup

Zardari visit signals slow progress in India-Pakistan ties
Full Article BBC News
With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari making a rare visit to India, the BBC's Delhi correspondent Andrew North looks at the fraught state of relations between the rival neighbours. Last time it was cricket, now it is religious...
Muslim priests talk as a policeman stands guard at Ajmer Sharif, the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, where Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari will visit Sunday, in Ajmer, in India's western state of Rajasthan, Saturday, April 7, 2012.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup

UN Secretary General blasts Syria
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Syria's government Friday for continuing to kill innocent civilians despite its commitment to pull all soldiers and heavy weapons out population centers...
Anti-Syrian regime protesters carry Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration after Friday prayers in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

Official: Avalanche buries 130 Pakistan soldiers
Full Article US News
By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A security official says an avalanche has buried 130 Pakistani soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India. The incident happened early Saturday on the Siachen Glacier, where thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops are based. The security official says snow engulfed a battalion headquarters...
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, carry supplies up the 2,400 meter (8,000-foot) mountain near their outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir district.
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus, File

Mali's coup leader to return power
Full Article NZ Herald
Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord late Friday, agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule. The announcement came only hours after separatist rebels in Mali's distant north declared their independence, a move that further...
Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, center, is accompanied by Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Djibril Bassole, left, as he addresses the press at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali Sunday, April 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

Pope Benedict XVI calls on suffering masses to ponder crucified Jesus
Full Article The Australian
POPE Benedict XVI yesterday encouraged people and families threatened by unemployment and other economic woes to draw courage and strength from the suffering of the crucified Jesus Christ. The pontiff made his appeal as he presided over a candle-lit Way of the Cross procession at the ancient Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday. Pope Benedict, who...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession on Good Friday in Rome, Friday, April 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini

Bahrainis rally in support of hunger striker
Full Article Al Jazeera
Bahraini security forces have fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of protesters marching in support of a jailed human rights activist whose nearly two-month hunger strike has become a powerful rallying point for the tiny nation's Shia-led uprising against the Sunni monarchy. "Freedom or martyrdom," cried marchers...
Bahraini anti-government protesters shout slogans and raise an image of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja on Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, during one of two simultaneous mass demonstrations supporting the imprisoned hunger-striker.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

Doctors: Malawi president dies after heart attack
Full Article The Guardian
RAPHAEL TENTHANI Associated Press= BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, doctors who treated him said Friday, as the troubled and impoverished southern African nation awaited official word of Mutharika's death and who would succeed him. The doctors, who spoke on condition of anonymity because...
Salva Kiir Mayardit, left, the President of the Government of Southern Sudan, stands alongside Bingu wa Mutharika, center, the President of Malawi, at the airport in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba on Wed. Jan. 26, 2011.
photo: AP / Pete Muller

Bosnia remembers war, still scarred and divided
Full Article The Star
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - With row upon row of empty red chairs, one for each of the 11,541 victims of the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday remembered when war broke out 20 years ago and the West dithered in the face of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two. Titova street is seen with 11,541 red chairs along it in Sarajevo as the city...
Red chairs, centre, displayed along main street in Sarajevo to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian War on Friday, April 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Amel Emric

Myanmar, Karen Rebel Group Firm Up Cease-Fire
Full Article The New York Times
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's government and its most enduring ethnic rebel group agreed Friday to firm up a cease-fire while negotiating a more a comprehensive peace plan. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The Karen National Union announced...
Myanmar's Railway Minister and head of the government negotiation group Aung Min, left, shakes hand with Naw Si Pho Ra Sein, right, general secretary of the Karen National Union (KNU), during their peace building meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

China Says Wanted Militants Use Nearby Countries to Stage Attacks
Full Article The New York Times
BEIJING — Chinese security officials have issued a wanted list of six suspected members of a militant group that they said is using a number of Asian nations as staging grounds for terror attacks in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter...
In this July 13, 2009 file photo, Uighur men, foreground, watch as a formation of paramilitary police officers patrol Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang region.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Refugee flow quickens as Syrian deadline approaches
Full Article The Star
REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian fire-fighter Ahmad Zakzak clutched his stomach as he lay in a Turkish hospital, his back bleeding from a shrapnel wound suffered in a tank bombardment of a small town in Syria's nearby Idlib province. Zakzak is one of thousands of refugees who have fled towns and villages they say are being pummelled with tank...
Syrians refugees, who fled violence in their country, are seen in a camp near Reyhanli, Turkey, Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

Tuaregs claim 'independence' from Mali
Full Article Al Jazeera
Tuareg rebels from northern Mali have proclaimed the "independence of Azawad" in a statement on their website and through a spokesperson on France 24 television. "We solemnly proclaim the independence of Azawad as from today," Mossa Ag Attaher said on Friday, adding that the rebels would respect "the borders with other states". Mali has been...
Soldiers sit guard on the tarmac of the international airport, where coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo had been due to meet a delegation of West African presidents, in Bamako, Mali Thursday, March 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

Weapons dealer Bout sentenced to 25 years in arms conspiracy
Full Article The Washington Times
International arms dealer Viktor Bout, the so-called “Merchant of Death,” was sentenced Thursday in federal court in New York to 25 years in prison following his conviction in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to finance a fleet of aircraft to arm bloody conflicts and support terrorists worldwide. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in...
In this photo taken Oct. 5, 2010, alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, center, is led by armed Thai police commandoes as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand.
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong


Cheryl Cole to drop last name for career
Full Article Digital Spy
Cheryl Cole has reportedly decided to drop her surname in her professional life. The singer, whose new single 'Call My Name' will debut later this month, will simply be known as Cheryl when she releases her new material. "Cheryl is beginning a new chapter in her life so she doesn't want to be associated with negative stuff from the past," a source...
British personality Cheryl Cole attends The Prince's Trust Celebrate Success Awards at a central London venue, Wednesday, March. 23, 2011.
photo: AP / Jonathan Short

Can 'American Reunion' Or 'Titanic' Top 'Hunger Games' At The Box Office?
Full Article VH1
We speak to box-office experts about whether the 'Games' will continue to rule over the weekend. by Kevin P. Sullivan Almost three weeks into 's run at the box office, two worthy competitors have stepped up to challenge the aging champion. Add RSS Headlines Add VH1 News to My Yahoo and pose the first real threat to "The Hunger Games" and its reign...
Moviegoers flock to the Cinema to watch a hollywood film
photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub

Drake - "Take Care" & "HYFR" Videos
Full Article Stereogum
Earlier tonight Drizzy dropped music videos for the tracks "Take Care" and "HYFR." The former is the more somber affair, directed by Yoanne Lemoine (Woodkid), featuring slo-mo shots of various animals (a bird, a yak), snow-capped mountains, and Rihanna and Drake embracing. The premise behind the Joseph Labisi-helmed "HYFR" is a Drake "re-bar...
Drake performs during the Light Dreams and Nightmares Tour at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, FL USA September 21, 2010
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Bonnie Raitt waited until she was 'really ready' for 'Slipstream'
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
Whether touring, winning Grammys or fighting for the rights of music veterans, singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt has always had plenty to keep her busy. So over the course of her four-decade career, a gap of a few years between albums wasn't unprecedented. But this time around, the seven-year lapse between her last CD and her new effort,...
Bonnie Raitt singing for the John Edwards presidential campaingn, 13 August 2005
photo: Creative Commons / John Edwards

American Idol 2012: Elimination results for April 5, 2012
Full Article The Examiner
Tonight the dream ended for one 'American Idol' contestant. In a shocking elimination round it was revealed that the three acts receiving the lowest amount of votes were Hollie Cavanagh, DeAndre Brackensick and Elise Testone. Hollie Cavanagh was announced as safe but the latter two were still in jeopardy. Last night Elise Testone's performance was...
Lee DeWyze American Idol Season 9 winner performs during The American Idol Live! Tour 2010 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida USA August 3, 2010
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Kanye West's 'Theraflu' Was Originally For DJ Khaled
Full Article VH1
Khaled promises another 'Ye collaboration on upcoming Kiss the Ring. by Rob Markman Whenever hip-hop is in need of an unforgettable moment, Kanye West always seems to have the remedy. The Louis Vuitton Don unexpectedly wowed fans Wednesday night when he gave DJ Add RSS Headlines Add VH1 News to My Yahoo Funkmaster Flex the go-ahead to premiere his...
Rick Ross, DJ Khaled during SpringFest/Best of the Best Miami 2011at Bicentennial Park Miami, Florida - May 29, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Wu-Tang Clan's GZA offers fans chance to rap on album
Full Article Digital Spy
GZA has opened up a contest for fans to win a chance to rap on a future album. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper is inviting people to upload a video of themselves rapping his 1995 track 'Liquid Swords' to Vimeo and his official site. The winner of 'Duel of the Iron Mic' will earn a rapping spot on a track of one of his future LP projects. "This contest was...
Wu Tang Clan co-founder RZA in New York City's Union Square Barnes & Noble to read from The Tao of Wu, a book about the philosophy behind the Wu Tang Clan., 15 October 2009
photo: Creative Commons / David Shankbone

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Water scarcity in parts of Maharashtra
Full Article DNA India
There is acute water shortage in parts of some districts in north, south Maharashtra and Marathwada, which needs immediate attention, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Saturday. Pawar was speaking to media persons here. He was in the city to address the sarpanch parishad. He said, "I get a three-weekly report of all districts in the...
Sharad Pawar- India- Politics
photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India

Martinez waiting to hear if FA will charge him for official blast
Full Article The Daily Mail
Roberto Martinez was waiting to discover whether he would face a Football Association charge for his outspoken attack on assistant referee Dave Bryan and officials in general after Wigan's Chelsea sickener. It is understood the FA will examine Latics boss Martinez's comments in which he branded Bryan's performance in his side's 2-1 Barclays Premier...
Roberto Martinez
photo: Creative Commons / Hindleyite

England batsmen now confident of playing in subcontinent: Alastair Cook
Full Article Cricket Country
By CricketCountry Staff London: Apr 8, 2012 Alastair Cook on Sunday said England batsmen have regained their confidence after their crushing eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka at Colombo on Saturday. "The bowlers have been outstanding all winter, but the batters haven't got the runs we'd have liked," Cook was quoted saying by...
England's captain Alastair Cook reacts as he leaves the ground at the end of India's innings of their fifth one-day international cricket match in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011.
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi

Kuznetsova Splits With Coach Morozova
Full Article Novosti
Russian tennis star Svetlana Kuznetsova has announced a split with coach Olga Morozova to team up with Israeli former world No. 18 Amos Mansdorf. Kuznetsova, the world No. 25, has had an on-off...
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) competes against  Iveta Benesova (CZE) during the Day 4 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 22, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA.
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

England's Kevin Pietersen insists Indian Premier League offers opportunity for him to improve on sub-continent
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
Kevin Pietersen believes his Indian Premier League contract will help him become a more effective performer on the sub-continent. Switch hit: Kevin Pietersen mastered conditions towards the end of the tour Photo: ACTION IMAGES tag --> By Telegraph staff and agencies 9:32AM BST 08 Apr 2012...
England's Kevin Pietersen reaches his 100 during the second day of the first Test Match against India at Lord's cricket ground, London, Friday July 22, 2011.
photo: AP / Tom Hevezi

Outdoors: Bird watch
Full Article Tulsa World
The snowy egret's smaller size, black bill and yellow feet help distinguish it from the larger great egret with a yellow bill and black feet. Typically nesting in colonies with other species of herons, snowy egrets can be found throughout much of the state from spring through fall. Once nearly hunted to extinction due to the popularity of their...
Grey hornbills sitting on the wire in outdoors - Bird watching - bird - nature
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

Kolkata looks to bounce back against Rajasthan
Full Article Zeenews
Jaipur: After a rollicking start to their IPL V campaign, Rajasthan Royals will look to continue the winning momentum when they face Kolkata Knight Riders, who would be equally keen to bounce back from a humiliating defeat in their opening match against Delhi Daredevils, on Sunday. Led by the recently-retired Rahul Dravid, Rajasthan beat Kings XI...
Kolkata Knight Rider Player  Bratlee  during the Practice Session- Cricket- Sport
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Orlando snaps five-game losing streak
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
Dwight Howard had 20 points and 22 rebounds, and Glen Davis had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Orlando Magic to an 88-82 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. J.J. Redick scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter to help the Magic snap a five-game losing streak. The Magic pushed aside the lingering rift between Howard and...
Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard
photo: AP / Scott Audette, Pool


Nicki Minaj: Reloaded and ready to shoot
Full Article Gulf News
Underneath the stage before February's Super Bowl half-time show, Nicki Minaj felt an emotion she hadn't experienced in quite some time. She was really, really nervous. Over the last three years, the young rapper had become one of the most charismatic and commercially successful stars in pop music, with a gum-snapping flow and acerbic guest rhymes...
Nicki Minaj
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Sonam Kapoor: 'I would like to write about my life'
Full Article Digital Spy
Sonam Kapoor has said she would like to write her autobiography one day. The 26-year-old actress was speaking at the launch of Khalid Mohamed's 'Two Mothers And Other Stories', NDTV reports. "You know I think I am too young and inexperienced and I don't know if I have the talent to write, but you know everybody is narcissistic. "I would like to...
INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-ACTRESS-SONAM-KAPOORIndia Bollywood Actress Sonam Kapoor during the new Film Promotion
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

kim kardashian kanye west
Full Article The Examiner
kim kardashian kanye westApril 6, 2012 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly dating and neither of them are really slamming the stories. Despite Kim saying that she is just very... Read more Kim Kardashian, Kanye West dating or not? Latest rumor kim kardashian kanye westApril 6, 2012 Are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West dating...or not? While...
Kim Kardashian arrives at T-Mobile Sidekick iD launch party in Los Angeles on Friday, April 13, 2007.
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

New streaming titles: Johnny Depp goes West in 'Rango,' Taylor Swift gets 'Fearless'
Full Article Entertainment Weekly
Did you know that 68% of date nights take place on the couch in front of a wall-mounted TV? No, you didn’t, because I made that up. But it seems increasingly apparent that more people are using their weekends to stay in and snuggle (either with a partner, a posse, or themselves) while binging on some of streaming’s finest. If your weekend date with...
U.S. actor Johnny Depp rrives at the European premier of the movie "The Tourist" in Berlin on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber

Adam Lambert: Superstar singer reveals track listing for album #2
Full Article The Examiner
The superstar singer Adam Lambert has made an exciting announcement, and the fans are absolutely thrilled about it. The star took to his official Twitter account to reveal the track listing for his upcoming second album -- the deluxe edition. Adam Lambert wrote via Twitter of the new track listing: "Trespassing Track Listing (deluxe)...
Adam Lambert 2010 GLAAD Media Awards
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Film director Kevin Smith offers life advice in new book
Full Article The Charlotte Observer
Film director and comic-book geek extraordinaire Kevin Smith dispenses wisdom in his new book, a touching reflection on his life and career. Smith, director of “Clerks,” “Mallrats” and “Jersey Girl,” reflects on why he decided film was his future, and brings his...
Kevin Smith
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Rihanna loved naval training for 'Battleship'
Full Article m&c;
Rihanna Rihanna 'loved' handling guns on the set of 'Battleship'. The singer was trained for her first ever film role as a tough sailor by US naval officer Jackie Carrizosa, who spent a month teaching her how to speak like a recruit and shoot...
International pop singer Rihanna gestures during a concert with Chris Brown in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday Nov. 16, 2008. Rihanna has recently canceled a concert in Indonesia over security concerns.
photo: AP / Aaron Favila

Rapturous welcome for Shah Rukh Khan at IPL match
Full Article Gulf News
Bollywood superstar and co-owner of the home team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Shah Rukh Khan was Thursday accorded a rapturous welcome by thousands of fans as he entered the Eden Gardens for the team's opening Indian Premier League-V match against Delhi Daredevils. The fans who had been waiting for the cinestar as he was busy meeting West Bengal...
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, Bollywood actor and Kolkata Knight Riders team owner Shah Rukh Khan reacts during the Champions League Twenty20 qualifying cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset in Hyderabad, India, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
photo: AP / Mahesh Kumar A.


Human rights in Uzbekistan/US policy/ Steve Swerdlow of HRW on VOA Uzbek
Human rights in Uzbekistan/US policy/ Steve Swerdlow of HRW on VOA Uzbek
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  • Published: 07 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: AmerikaOvoziUZBEK
Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch Uzbekistan researcher, talks to Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek, 3-30-12 Washington DC
http://wn.com/Human_rights_in_Uzbekistan/US_policy/_Steve_Swerdlow_of_HRW_on_VOA_Uzbek
Asif Ali Zardari arrives in India, will head to PM's residence for lunch
Asif Ali Zardari arrives in India, will head to PM's residence for lunch
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  • Duration: 2:34
  • Published: 08 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: ibnlive
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday arrived at the Palam Airport in New Delhi on a day-long visit. The Pakistani President landed in India at around 12 noon with an entourage of over 40 people, including his son and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) president Bilawal and Interior Minister Rehman Malik. ibnlive.com
http://wn.com/Asif_Ali_Zardari_arrives_in_India,_will_head_to_PM's_residence_for_lunch
Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN presence
Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN presence
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  • Duration: 1:23
  • Published: 06 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: CNN
Kofi Annan calls for UN presence in Syria to encourage an end in violence and carry out his plan for peace.
http://wn.com/Kofi_Annan_Syria_needs_UN_presence
Avalanche Buries More Than 100 Pakistani Troops
Avalanche Buries More Than 100 Pakistani Troops
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  • Duration: 0:53
  • Published: 08 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: AssociatedPress
Pakistani soldiers dug into a massive avalanche in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border on Saturday, searching for at least 135 people buried when the wall of snow engulfed a military complex. (April 7)
http://wn.com/Avalanche_Buries_More_Than_100_Pakistani_Troops
Mali Coup d'état; defected forces claim govt. control
Mali Coup d'état; defected forces claim govt. control
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  • Published: 22 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 28 Mar 2012
Author: PressTVGlobalNews
In Mali, mutinous soldiers say they have deposed President Amadou Toumani Toure and ended his decade-long rule. This after renegade soldiers stormed the presidential palace in the capital Bamako and forced the state broadcaster off air.
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Good Friday recognized as public holiday in Cuba for first time since 1960's
Good Friday recognized as public holiday in Cuba for first time since 1960's
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  • Published: 06 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
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Protest for Abdulhadi Al Khawaja
Protest for Abdulhadi Al Khawaja
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  • Published: 26 Sep 2011
  • Updated: 05 Apr 2012
Author: FrontLineHRD
On September 15, 2011 more than 130 Human Rights Defenders from over 80 countries protested outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Dublin, Ireland for the freedom of their colleague Abdulhadi Al Khawaja from Bahrain.
http://wn.com/Protest_for_Abdulhadi_Al_Khawaja
Malawi president dies after heart attack
Malawi president dies after heart attack
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  • Published: 06 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 07 Apr 2012
Author: AFP
Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika died Thursday, hours after the 78-year-old suffered a heart attack, a hospital source in the capital Lilongwe said. Duration: 00:31
http://wn.com/Malawi_president_dies_after_heart_attack
Sarajevo to mark 20th anniversary of war
Sarajevo to mark 20th anniversary of war
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  • Published: 05 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Two decades after the conflict started, the anniversary of the beginning of the Bosnian War is being remembered by the people of the region. The siege of Sarajevo, the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare, was one of the defining events of the conflict. Lasting nearly four years, the siege left 10000 people dead, including 1500 children. Al Jazeera's Peter Sharp, who covered the war, returned to the city as its citizens prepared to mark the anniversary.
http://wn.com/Sarajevo_to_mark_20th_anniversary_of_war
Myanmar government and Karen rebels agree ceasefire
Myanmar government and Karen rebels agree ceasefire
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  • Published: 12 Jan 2012
  • Updated: 07 Apr 2012
Author: Euronews
www.euronews.net Decades of fighting have ended after the government in Myanmar signed a ceasefire with ethnic rebel group the Karen National Unit. The administration's peace committee met with the group's leaders on Thursday in the capital of Karen state, Hpa-an. Karen state is the area of Myanmar's oldest insurgency in a country where various ethnic groups have been at odds since independence in 1948. The violence has forced tens of thousands of people living in the region to flee to refugee camps across the border in Thailand.
http://wn.com/Myanmar_government_and_Karen_rebels_agree_ceasefire
Exiled Uighur Group Refutes Clash in Xinjiang was a
Exiled Uighur Group Refutes Clash in Xinjiang was a "Terrorist Act"
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  • Published: 22 Jul 2011
  • Updated: 07 Apr 2012
Author: NTDTV
For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com A deadly clash broke out in China's western Xinjiang region on Monday. It was the worst this year in a region where ethnic tensions have been simmering between Han Chinese and Uighurs. Local authorities are calling it a terrorist attack. An Exiled Uighur group is refuting those claims. An exiled Uighur group refutes Chinese authorities' claims that the violent clash on Monday in Xinjiang was a pre-meditated terrorist act. On Wednesday Chinese authorities raised the death toll from 4 to 18, saying 2 of them were policemen, 2 more were hostages and 14 were "rioters" that had attacked a police station in Hotan city. But according to the German-based World Uighur Congress that's a fabrication. They say local Uighurs only retaliated after police had cracked down on their peaceful protest. [Dolkun Isa, Secretary-General of the World Uyghur Congress]: "For two weeks, Chinese communist police have been searching Uighur homes on a large scale, and also arrested a lot of Uighur youths. Their family and friends were angered and on Monday, they gathered near the police station, hoping to ask the government why it arrested these people, and sought their release. But the police announced their gathering was illegal and then attacked them." The group says Chinese police beat 14 Uighurs to death, and shot 6 dead during the clashes. Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer also refuted <b>...</b>
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Syria's refugee crisis
Syria's refugee crisis
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  • Published: 26 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 27 Mar 2012
Author: Euronews
Syria's refugee crisis appears increasingly critical. Despite tens of thousands already fleeing violence inside their country, aid agencies are warning the situation is about to get much worse.
http://wn.com/Syria's_refugee_crisis
Mali Coup d'état; defected forces claim govt. control
Mali Coup d'état; defected forces claim govt. control
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  • Duration: 2:41
  • Published: 22 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 28 Mar 2012
Author: PressTVGlobalNews
In Mali, mutinous soldiers say they have deposed President Amadou Toumani Toure and ended his decade-long rule. This after renegade soldiers stormed the presidential palace in the capital Bamako and forced the state broadcaster off air.
http://wn.com/Mali_Coup_d'état;_defected_forces_claim_govt_control
Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years
Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years
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  • Published: 05 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: RTAmerica
A judge sentenced former Soviet military officer and Russian businessman Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison. In November of last year Bout was found guilty for attempting to sell firearms to Colombian Farc rebels. Many of Bout's supporters say he didn't stand a fair chance in the US court system. Anastasia Churkina gives us the latest on Bout's trial. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com
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Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN presence
Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN presence
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  • Published: 06 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 08 Apr 2012
Author: CNN
Kofi Annan calls for UN presence in Syria to encourage an end in violence and carry out his plan for peace.
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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou answers questions from foreign journalists during a press conference on his one year anniversary in office in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. President Ma said Wednesday that rival China is more pragmatic and sophisticated in its approach to the island, attaching greater importance to preventing its formal independence than to uniting it with the mainland. Thousands of Egyptian activists and football fans participate in a march from the headquarters of the Al-Ahly club towards the Egyptian general prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo, Egypt, to protest against what they say the slow pace of procedures taken by the government to find and hold accountable those responsible for football violence in Port Said that claimed scores of victims, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Arabic on the banner reads, "the glory for martyrs." Egypt's top prosecutor on Thursday charged 75 people with murder and negligence in connection with a deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said. At least 74 people were killed in the Feb. 1, 2012 riot, the world's worst soccer-related disaster in 15 years. An adverts of   Africell, one  of the three mobile networks in Sierra Leone INDIA MPV CASPIER , DISPLAYED BY INDIAN ARMY AT THE REPUBLIC DAY PARADE REHEARSAL IN KOLKATA

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A dirty deal: Uzbek dictator 'has UK over a barrel'
Full Article The Independent
Senior officials admitted yesterday that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov had the UK "over a barrel", after his country emerged as the favoured route home when British forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014. Britain, along with the United States, has stepped up diplomatic contacts with the Karimov regime in recent months, and...
File - Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov inspects a guard of honor during his ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, Inida, Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup


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Pope Benedict XVI conducts a mass in Westminster Cathedral in London, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.
Pope Benedict XVI is set to lead Easter Sunday Mass in Rome's St Peter's Square and deliver his traditional Easter message from the basilica's balcony. At a vigil mass on Saturday evening, he voiced fears that mankind is "groping...
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth
File - British lawmaker George Galloway speaks during a press conference in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
There is an amusing half-hour to be spent watching YouTube clips of television interviews with Mr Galloway in the days after he was elected. With a few honourable exceptions – Sky was more even-handed here than the BBC or ITN – most of the...
photo: AP / Hatem Moussa
Anti-government protesters, holding a placard with a photo of British Prime Minister David Cameron, gather behind members of the media as they wait outside the Portcullis House, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament in central London, Tuesday July 19, 2011.
" />" /> British voters are losing confidence in Prime Minister David Cameron to see them through the economic crisis, according to the latest opinion polls. The leader of the country's coalition government has staked his political reputation on...
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
A woman checks a mobile phone in front of an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Asian stocks fell Wednesday after a meeting of Europe's finance ministers failed to stem fears that the euro currency union is hurtling toward a breakup.
New York: The euro fell by the most in 11 months against the yen as rising Spanish borrowing costs boosted concern the region's sovereign-debt crisis in worsening. The dollar posted weekly gains against most of its major counterparts as demand for...
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
This Nov. 4, 2008 file photo shows members of Somalia's al-Shabab jihadist movement seen during exercises at their military training camp outside Mogadishu.
There was a time when Al Shabab, Somalia's largest and most notorious Islamist militia, inspired fear and awe across that ravaged land. But the group's latest terror attack, on the national theatre in Mogadishu, is a sign of weakness, not strength....
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Poaching on the rise as horns sell for more than cocaine in Vietnam. Nguyen Huong Giang loves to party but loathes hangovers, so she ends her whiskey benders by tossing back shots of rhino horn ground with water on a special ceramic plate. Her father...
photo: Creative Commons / Neal Jennings from Toronto, ON, Canada
In this image made from Egypt State TV, broadcast Sunday Jan. 30, 2011, showing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 2nd left, is flanked by Vice President Omar Suleiman, centre, along with various other members of the government. On screen writing declares that Mubarak meets with members of his government.(
CAIRO - A former strongman of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's regime announced Friday that he will enter Egypt's presidential race after supporters marched and pleaded for him to run. Omar Suleiman's entry reversed an earlier decision and was likely...
photo: AP / Egypt State TV

Human rights in Uzbekistan/US policy/ Steve Swerdlow of HRW on VOA Uzbek; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 07 Apr 2012
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Human rights in Uzbek­istan/US pol­i­cy/ Steve Swerd­low of HRW on VOA Uzbek
The Independent 08 Apr 2012, Senior officials admitted yesterday that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov had the UK "over a barrel", after his country emerged as the favoured route home when British forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014. Britain, along with the United States, has stepped up diplomatic contacts with the Karimov regime in recent months, and...

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Asif Ali Zardari arrives in India, will head to PM's residence for lunch; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 08 Apr 2012
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Asif Ali Zardari ar­rives in India, will head to PM's res­i­dence for lunch
BBC News 07 Apr 2012, With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari making a rare visit to India, the BBC's Delhi correspondent Andrew North looks at the fraught state of relations between the rival neighbours. Last time it was cricket, now it is religious...

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Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN presence; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 06 Apr 2012
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Kofi Annan: Syria needs UN pres­ence
Yahoo Daily News 07 Apr 2012, UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Syria's government Friday for continuing to kill innocent civilians despite its commitment to pull all soldiers and heavy weapons out population centers...

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Avalanche Buries More Than 100 Pakistani Troops; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 08 Apr 2012
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Avalanche Buries More Than 100 Pak­istani Troops
US News 07 Apr 2012, By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A security official says an avalanche has buried 130 Pakistani soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India. The incident happened early Saturday on the Siachen Glacier, where thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops are based. The security official says snow engulfed a battalion headquarters...

Mali Coup d'état; defected forces claim govt. control; updated 28 Mar 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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Mali Coup d'état; de­fect­ed forces claim govt. con­trol
NZ Herald 07 Apr 2012, Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord late Friday, agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule. The announcement came only hours after separatist rebels in Mali's distant north declared their independence, a move that further...

Good Friday recognized as public holiday in Cuba for first time since 1960's; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 06 Apr 2012
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Good Fri­day rec­og­nized as pub­lic hol­i­day in Cuba for first time since 1960's
The Australian 07 Apr 2012, POPE Benedict XVI yesterday encouraged people and families threatened by unemployment and other economic woes to draw courage and strength from the suffering of the crucified Jesus Christ. The pontiff made his appeal as he presided over a candle-lit Way of the Cross procession at the ancient Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday. Pope Benedict, who...

Protest for Abdulhadi Al Khawaja; updated 05 Apr 2012; published 26 Sep 2011
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Protest for Ab­dul­ha­di Al Khawa­ja
Al Jazeera 06 Apr 2012, Bahraini security forces have fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of protesters marching in support of a jailed human rights activist whose nearly two-month hunger strike has become a powerful rallying point for the tiny nation's Shia-led uprising against the Sunni monarchy. "Freedom or martyrdom," cried marchers...

Malawi president dies after heart attack; updated 07 Apr 2012; published 06 Apr 2012
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Malawi pres­i­dent dies after heart at­tack
The Guardian 06 Apr 2012, RAPHAEL TENTHANI Associated Press= BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, doctors who treated him said Friday, as the troubled and impoverished southern African nation awaited official word of Mutharika's death and who would succeed him. The doctors, who spoke on condition of anonymity because...

Sarajevo to mark 20th anniversary of war; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 05 Apr 2012
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Sara­je­vo to mark 20th an­niver­sary of war
The Star 06 Apr 2012, SARAJEVO (Reuters) - With row upon row of empty red chairs, one for each of the 11,541 victims of the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday remembered when war broke out 20 years ago and the West dithered in the face of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two. Titova street is seen with 11,541 red chairs along it in Sarajevo as the city...

Myanmar government and Karen rebels agree ceasefire; updated 07 Apr 2012; published 12 Jan 2012
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Myan­mar gov­ern­ment and Karen rebels agree cease­fire
The New York Times 06 Apr 2012, YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's government and its most enduring ethnic rebel group agreed Friday to firm up a cease-fire while negotiating a more a comprehensive peace plan. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The Karen National Union announced...

Exiled Uighur Group Refutes Clash in Xinjiang was a
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Ex­iled Uighur Group Re­futes Clash in Xin­jiang was a "Ter­ror­ist Act"
The New York Times 06 Apr 2012, BEIJING — Chinese security officials have issued a wanted list of six suspected members of a militant group that they said is using a number of Asian nations as staging grounds for terror attacks in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter...

Syria's refugee crisis; updated 27 Mar 2012; published 26 Mar 2012
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Syria's refugee cri­sis
The Star 06 Apr 2012, REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian fire-fighter Ahmad Zakzak clutched his stomach as he lay in a Turkish hospital, his back bleeding from a shrapnel wound suffered in a tank bombardment of a small town in Syria's nearby Idlib province. Zakzak is one of thousands of refugees who have fled towns and villages they say are being pummelled with tank...

Mali Coup d'état; defected forces claim govt. control; updated 28 Mar 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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Mali Coup d'état; de­fect­ed forces claim govt. con­trol
Al Jazeera 06 Apr 2012, Tuareg rebels from northern Mali have proclaimed the "independence of Azawad" in a statement on their website and through a spokesperson on France 24 television. "We solemnly proclaim the independence of Azawad as from today," Mossa Ag Attaher said on Friday, adding that the rebels would respect "the borders with other states". Mali has been...

Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years; updated 08 Apr 2012; published 05 Apr 2012
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Vik­tor Bout sen­tenced to 25 years
The Washington Times 06 Apr 2012, International arms dealer Viktor Bout, the so-called “Merchant of Death,” was sentenced Thursday in federal court in New York to 25 years in prison following his conviction in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to finance a fleet of aircraft to arm bloody conflicts and support terrorists worldwide. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in...





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