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World must come to the aid of Afghanistan
Full Article Gulf News
The coordinated Taliban attacks in Kabul and three provinces have sent out varying signals from the parties involved in the complex scenario in Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai has blamed an intelligence failure, Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) has commended the Afghan forces for responding to the attacks and Australia has...
World must come to the aid of Afghanistan
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

A Latin American Summit Like No Others?
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling At the Organization of American States' (OAS) Summit, one concept that was sure to be absent from the lips of U.S. President Barack Obama and his security detail was "empire." But not only has empire been the guiding principle that has shaped the United States and its foreign policy, it has been the...
President Barack Obama, center, tours the San Pedro Claver church with the Roman Catholic Rev. Alvaro Gutierrez, left, and Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, April 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

Breivik defends massacre as lay judge dismissed
Full Article The Guardian
KARL RITTER Associated Press= OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik defended his massacre of 77 people Tuesday and called the bomb-and-shooting rampage the most "spectacular" attacks by a nationalist militant since World War II. Reading a prepared statement in court, the anti-Muslim extremist lashed out at Norwegian and European governments...
Accused Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik adjusts his tie at the courtroom, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday April 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Frank Augstein

Venezuela rejects 'threats' against Argentina, says Britain using intimidation amid dispute
Full Article Star Tribune
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela strongly criticized what it called Britain's threats against Argentina as its South American ally intensifies its claim to the Falkland Islands. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Monday that the government of President Hugo Chavez rejects "the threats and attempts at intimidation that are taking...
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro waves as he arrives at the Convention Center to attend the second working session of the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday April 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Fernando Llano

Australia to end Afghan mission in 2013
Full Article Al Jazeera
Australia has announced that its troops will be withdraw from Afghanistan nearly a year ahead of a previously scheduled 2014 withdrawal date. Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minster, said on Tuesday that most of 1,550 remaining Australian troops in Afghanistan were expected to return home by the end of 2013. That timetable would see the largest...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard gives a speech at a luncheon hosted by the Japan-Australia Business Co-operation Committee in Tokyo Thursday, April 21, 2011. Gillard arrived in Tokyo Wednesday for a four-day official visit to Japan.
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara

UN condemns North Korea’s launch
Full Article Independent online (SA)
New York - The United Nations Security Council on Monday strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch, urged tightening of existing UN sanctions and warned Pyongyang of further consequences if it carries out another missile launch or nuclear test. China, a permanent veto-wielding council member and North Korea's protector on the 15-nation panel,...
Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, briefs correspondents on the situation in Somalia following a Security Council meeting and consultations on that country. Ms. Rice also answered questions from the press on Syria, and on Eritrea over accusations the Eritrean government is supporting terrorism in East Africa.
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine

Sudan parliament calls South an 'enemy'
Full Article The Times of India
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet KHARTOUM/JUBA: Sudan's parliament branded South Sudan an "enemy" on Monday and called for a swift recapture of a disputed oil-producing region, as rising border tensions pushed the old civil war foes closer to another full-blown conflict. South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan last July, seized the contested Heglig oilfield...
This photo of Saturday, April 14, 2012, shows a dead Sudanese soldier lying on the road to the Heglig front lines in South Sudan as fighting between Sudan and South Sudan over the past two weeks centered around the oil-rich Heglig area.
photo: AP / Michael Onyiego

Ban welcomes European Union's energy access initiative for developing countries
Full Article United Nations
Photo: UNDP16 April 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed a new European Union (EU) initiative designed to assist developing countries in providing access to sustainable energy to their populations. Under its Energizing for Development Initiative, the European Commission - the EU's executive body - aims to support the provision of...
Ban welcomes European Union's energy access initiative for developing countries
photo: EC / EC

East Timorese vote in peace
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
EAST Timor went to the polls yesterday to elect a new president in a run-off vote, as it prepares to celebrate its first decade of independence. Voters cast their ballots in a contest that pit Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres against Taur Matan Ruak, both heroes of the 24-year war against Indonesian occupation. After polls opened in the...
photo: UN / Martine Perret

Americas leaders end summit in discord
Full Article The Siasat Daily
April 16: A Pan-American summit has ended in discord here as regional leaders failed to agree on Cuba's inclusion in future summits in the face of US and Canadian opposition. US President Barack Obama, who defended his stance on Havana at a post-summit press conference, also faced questions on Washington's approach to the drug war and found himself...
President Barack Obama arrives at the Convention Center for the second working session of the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday April 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Fernando Llano


[The Herald] On April 5 the leader of the Mali coup...
- It may seem impossible, but many progressive leftist voters in Italy want former Prime...
By LAURA LANDRO A very simple question is changing the delivery of medical care: How is your...

Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti meets with journalists at the Quirinale Presidential Palace after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011.
Mario Monti is set to cut Italy's economic growth forecasts for 2012 in a move that will cast doubt on the viability of his austerity programme in the face of the advancing debt crisis. Italian PM Mario Monti is struggling to implement tough...
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito
Australia to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan Early: PM
Sydney. Australia said on Tuesday that it would bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned, with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013 after significant security gains during the past 18 months. Canberra, a key coalition ally of the...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
A Watershed in the Development of the Bio-based Economy?
For those of you who have been patiently awaiting a commercially viable alternative to our economic dependence on oil, natural gas and coal, the past year has seen some very encouraging technology and business breakthroughs in the growth and...
photo: EC / EC
Drawing a line in Afghanistan
EDITORIAL "Afghan army may face obstacles" ... a burns victim from a nearby village is treated by Australian troops in the Mirabad Valley. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen IF VICTORY in Afghanistan was always going to be an indeterminate goal, then...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
In this Saturday, April 14, 2012, picture made available by the International Solidarity Movement, showing Israeli army Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner, seen from back center, hits an unidentified activist with an M-16 rifle in the Jordan Valley.
ARON HELLER Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli military officer's seemingly unprovoked assault against an unarmed pro-Palestinian activist drew sharp condemnations Monday, raising questions in Israel over whether the country's...
photo: AP / International Solidarity Movement
Children in Middle Vietnam
Four million more children a year are living beyond their fifth birthday than in 1990, a new report for Save the...
photo: Creative Commons / Mosmas
UN Security Council tightens sanctions on North Korea over failed rocket launch
THE UN Security Council has ordered tightened sanctions on North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new action if the isolated state stages a nuclear test. The 15-member council - including the North's closest ally China and...
photo: US DoD / Paulo Filgueiras

Australia to speed up Afghan troop withdrawal; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 17 Apr 2012
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Australia to speed up Afghan troop withdrawal
Gulf News 17 Apr 2012, The coordinated Taliban attacks in Kabul and three provinces have sent out varying signals from the parties involved in the complex scenario in Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai has blamed an intelligence failure, Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) has commended the Afghan forces for responding to the attacks and Australia has...

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President Obama Delivers Remarks at CEO Summit Of The Americas; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 15 Apr 2012
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President Obama Delivers Remarks at CEO Summit Of The Americas
WorldNews.com 17 Apr 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling At the Organization of American States' (OAS) Summit, one concept that was sure to be absent from the lips of U.S. President Barack Obama and his security detail was "empire." But not only has empire been the guiding principle that has shaped the United States and its foreign policy, it has been the...

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Breivik trial video: 'Norway killer' claims self-defense, cries in court; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Breivik trial video: 'Norway killer' claims self-defense, cries in court
The Guardian 17 Apr 2012, KARL RITTER Associated Press= OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik defended his massacre of 77 people Tuesday and called the bomb-and-shooting rampage the most "spectacular" attacks by a nationalist militant since World War II. Reading a prepared statement in court, the anti-Muslim extremist lashed out at Norwegian and European governments...

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Argentina and UK spar over Falkland Islands; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 19 Jan 2012
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Argentina and UK spar over Falkland Islands
Star Tribune 17 Apr 2012, CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela strongly criticized what it called Britain's threats against Argentina as its South American ally intensifies its claim to the Falkland Islands. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Monday that the government of President Hugo Chavez rejects "the threats and attempts at intimidation that are taking...

Australia to speed up Afghan troop withdrawal; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 17 Apr 2012
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Australia to speed up Afghan troop withdrawal
Al Jazeera 17 Apr 2012, Australia has announced that its troops will be withdraw from Afghanistan nearly a year ahead of a previously scheduled 2014 withdrawal date. Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minster, said on Tuesday that most of 1,550 remaining Australian troops in Afghanistan were expected to return home by the end of 2013. That timetable would see the largest...

North Korean Launch - April 2012; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
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North Korean Launch - April 2012
Independent online (SA) 17 Apr 2012, New York - The United Nations Security Council on Monday strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch, urged tightening of existing UN sanctions and warned Pyongyang of further consequences if it carries out another missile launch or nuclear test. China, a permanent veto-wielding council member and North Korea's protector on the 15-nation panel,...

Sudan on South aggression; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 17 Apr 2012
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Sudan on South aggression
The Times of India 17 Apr 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet KHARTOUM/JUBA: Sudan's parliament branded South Sudan an "enemy" on Monday and called for a swift recapture of a disputed oil-producing region, as rising border tensions pushed the old civil war foes closer to another full-blown conflict. South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan last July, seized the contested Heglig oilfield...

Secretary Clinton Comments on the EU-US Energy Summit; updated 29 May 2011; published 19 Nov 2010
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Secretary Clinton Comments on the EU-US Energy Summit
United Nations 16 Apr 2012, Photo: UNDP16 April 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed a new European Union (EU) initiative designed to assist developing countries in providing access to sustainable energy to their populations. Under its Energizing for Development Initiative, the European Commission - the EU's executive body - aims to support the provision of...

Presidential election in East Timor; updated 18 Mar 2012; published 17 Mar 2012
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Presidential election in East Timor
The Daily Telegraph Australia 16 Apr 2012, EAST Timor went to the polls yesterday to elect a new president in a run-off vote, as it prepares to celebrate its first decade of independence. Voters cast their ballots in a contest that pit Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres against Taur Matan Ruak, both heroes of the 24-year war against Indonesian occupation. After polls opened in the...

President Obama Delivers Remarks at CEO Summit Of The Americas; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 15 Apr 2012
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President Obama Delivers Remarks at CEO Summit Of The Americas
The Siasat Daily 16 Apr 2012, April 16: A Pan-American summit has ended in discord here as regional leaders failed to agree on Cuba's inclusion in future summits in the face of US and Canadian opposition. US President Barack Obama, who defended his stance on Havana at a post-summit press conference, also faced questions on Washington's approach to the drug war and found himself...

Breivik trial video: 'Norway killer' claims self-defense, cries in court; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Breivik trial video: 'Norway killer' claims self-defense, cries in court
Yahoo Daily News 16 Apr 2012, OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian anti-Islamic militant who massacred 77 people last summer arrived at an Oslo courthouse under armed guard on Monday, clenching his fist in a far-right salute and saying he did not recognize the authority of the judges. Anders Behring Breivik, 33, has admitted setting off a car bomb that killed eight people at...

Kabul bomb wave, rockets fired: Taliban targets diplomats & NATO; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 15 Apr 2012
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Kabul bomb wave, rockets fired: Taliban targets diplomats & NATO
Newstrack India 16 Apr 2012, Kabul, April 16 (IANS) The synchronised terror attack launched by the Taliban in Kabul is over and all attackers have been killed following an overnight operation that saw a string of explosions Monday morning, authorities said. Taliban militants have been brought under control and all the attackers have been killed after hours of fierce...

Raw Video : Taliban Attack, Gun battle in Kabul over | Exclusive | AFGHANISTAN; updated 17 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Raw Video : Taliban Attack, Gun battle in Kabul over | Exclusive | AFGHANISTAN
Gulf News 15 Apr 2012, Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban said they launched a spring offensive yesterday with multiple attacks against western embassies in the central diplomatic area and at parliament in Kabul, with heavy explosions, rockets and gunfire rattling the city. The attack took place hours after dozens of militants stormed a prison in neighbouring Pakistan in the...

Timothy Geithner says that Women job losses are a meaningless way to measure the economy.; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 15 Apr 2012
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Timothy Geithner says that Women job losses are a meaningless way to measure the economy.
The Los Angeles Times 15 Apr 2012, WASHINGTON — President Obama's top economic advisors pushed back hard Sunday against a charge by Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney that American women have suffered the brunt of the weak economy over the last three years. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called Romney's claim that women have accounted for 92% of the jobs lost...





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