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Breaking News Thu, 10 May 2012
President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012, during a forum on "Insourcing American Jobs".
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 Herald Tribune 
Analysis: Obama gambles with gay marriage move
Thu 10 May 2012
WASHINGTON - Public opinion about gay marriage has changed so rapidly that President Barack Obama's historic embrace of it may pose as many political risks to Republicans as to the president and his... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Illegal gold mines imperil Peru's Amazon
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 Al Jazeera 
Illegal gold mines imperil Peru's Amazon
Wed 9 May 2012
Illegal gold miners in Peru are destroying thousands of hectares of the Amazon jungle that are home to some of the world's most important biologically diverse species. ... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Barcelona's Lionel Messi, of Argentina, reacts after scoring during the Champions League round of sixteen, second leg, soccer match between FC Barcelona and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the Camp Nou, in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. FC Barcelona won 7-1 and Messi scored five goal.  The Daily Mail  Wed 9 May 2012
Messi at the centre of race storm as Everton's Drenthe accuses Barca star
The world's best footballer Lionel Messi has been dragged into a race row by on-loan Everton midfielder Royston Drenthe. Dutchman Drenthe, who is coming to the end of a disappointing spell at Goodison... (photo: AP / Felice Calabro)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq.  Al Jazeera  Tue 8 May 2012
Iraqi VP put on Interpol wanted list
Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice president, has been placed on an Interpol "red notice". The notice pressures all 190 members of the Lyon-based police co-operative to arrest and extradite Hashemi, who... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syria man, right reacts as flames and smoke rise from burned cars after two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday May 10, 2012. BBC News Thu 10 May 2012
Syria blasts signal dangerous escalation of violence
First the facts - the second of two bomb blasts that went off on Thursday morning in the Damascus district of al-Qazzaz constitutes the most destructive explosion yet... (photo: AP / SANA)
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David Peters, right, and Luke Whited, a gay couple who were joined in a civil union in their home state of Illinois, show their rings inside the Bourbon Pub, a gay bar, after being interviewed about President Obama's statement of support of gay marriage, in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. my SA Thu 10 May 2012
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
BANGKOK (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
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File - A member of the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion patrols a corridor in the Camp Delta section of the Joint Detention Group facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Al Jazeera Thu 10 May 2012
The 9/11 trial begins: Why second-class justice harms everyone
Proceedings are finally underway in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and four co-conspirators, who stand trial before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay,... (photo: US Navy / PO3 William Weinert)
Al Qaida   Guantanamo   Justice   Photos   Wikipedia: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Syrian soldiers check a burned truck in front of a damaged military intelligence building where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday May 10, 2012 The Independent Thu 10 May 2012
Damascus blasts kill 40 and wound 170, says Syrian TV
Syrian television blamed "terrorists" for the morning rush-hour blasts, which were the deadliest to hit the capital since the revolt began. It showed mangled,... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Photos   Syria   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Death penalty opponents hold a sign outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, to protest the execution of Michael Bascum Selsor. Al Jazeera Thu 10 May 2012
Anatomy of an American Execution
In 2010, while making an episode of Fault Lines on the death penalty in the US, Josh Rushing interviewed death row inmate Michael Selsor. It was the only interview Selsor... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki)
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 Jose Padilla, center, is escorted by federal marshals at his arrival in Miami, in this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo. Many potential jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism-support case say they aren´t sure who directed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because t Al Jazeera Thu 10 May 2012
No accountability for torture
Sometimes I think being American means never having to say you're sorry. On Wednesday, May 2, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a federal appeals court in... (photo: AP/Alan Diaz, File)
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