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Kofi Annan: Envoy says UN Syria vote is 'pivotal moment'
Full Article BBC News
Peace envoy Kofi Annan says the UN vote to deploy up to 300 observers in Syria is a "pivotal moment for the stabilisation of the country". In a statement issued in Geneva, the UN and Arab League envoy also called on Syrian...
File - Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League on the Syrian Crisis, briefs the press after reporting to the Security Council on his recent visits to Syria and Ankara, Turkey, where the Syrian National Council is based, 16 March, 2012.
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré

Bahrain set for F1 Grand Prix amid tensions
Full Article Al Jazeera
Tensions are high in Bahrain on the eve of the Gulf state's Formula One Grand Prix, with reports indicating that anti-government protests overnight have resulted in fresh clashes. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters, who responded by throwing rocks and fire bombs while chanting slogans against the kingdom's monarchy, AFP...
Bahraini anti-government protesters carry anti-F1 signs, pictures of people who have died in unrest and national flags during a march Saturday, April 21, 2012, in Diraz, Bahrain, west of the capital of Manama.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

France Votes In Tight Presidential Election
Full Article Orange News
Voters in France go to the polls in the first round of the Presidential election, in which 10 candidates are likely to be whittled down to two. A winner would be declared if one contender were to poll over 50% of the vote, but the field is the most competitive since France adopted the Presidential system in 1958. Opinion polls on Friday gave five...
French Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande reacts as he walks past a market in Tulle, southwestern France, Saturday, April 21, 2012. The first round of the election will take place on April 22, followed by a second round on May 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Bob Edme

France prepares to vote in presidential election
Full Article BBC News
France is set to vote in a presidential election amid widespread disaffection caused by the eurozone crisis and high unemployment. Centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking re-election, saying only he can...
France's President and candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, shakes hands as he arrives for a campaign meeting in Nice, southern France, Friday, April 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Philippe Wojazer

Bahrain tense ahead of F1 after protester dies
Full Article Jakarta Post
The discovery of a protester's body near the scene of clashes on Saturday threatened to tip Bahrain deeper into unrest as a 14-month-old uprising overshadows the return of the Formula One Grand Prix to the strategic Gulf kingdom. Bahrain's Sunni rulers had pressed for the race to be held as a chance to rebuild their credibility on the world stage...
Bahraini anti-government protesters carry a banner criticizing holding the Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain because of continuing unrest during a march Saturday, April 21, 2012, in Diraz, Bahrain, west of the capital of Manama.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

UN Security Council Approves Sending Observers to Syria
Full Article Bloomberg
The United Nations Security Council unanimously backed sending 300 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor a cease-fire agreement between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebel groups fighting to oust him as violence continued. The resolution 2043, sponsored by Russia and China, nations that objected to tougher U.S. backed measures...
Members of the Security Council of United Nations vote unanimously to adopt Syria Observer Mission Resolution on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
photo: AP / David Karp

Watergate figure, Christian leader Chuck Colson dies
Full Article CNN
April 21, 2012 -- Updated 2106 GMT (0506 HKT) After his release from prison, Colson founded a ministry that provided spiritual and material support for inmates and their familites. (CNN) -- Chuck Colson, a Watergate-era "hatchet man" for President Richard Nixon who became an influential evangelical leader after serving time in prison, died Saturday...
Chuck Colson speaks about his prison ministries program outside the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2003.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh

Rage To Rise In Bahrain Over F1 Grand Prix
Full Article Skynews
Protesters in the capital Manama began their 'three days of rage' on Friday Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are set to intensify demonstrations in Bahrain ahead of tomorrow's grand prix following a day of violent clashes in the Gulf state. Around 50,000 activists gathered in the capital Manama yesterday as Formula One...
Bahraini anti-government protesters, one holding a national flag, face riot police firing tear gas Friday, April 20, 2012, to prevent demonstrators from marching toward the hub of last spring's pro-democracy uprising at the end of a mass rally just outside Manama, Bahrain.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

Campaign to bring Uganda's Kony to justice heats up
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starting with grassroots service projects to create buzz and public support, activists out to stop notorious Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony spread out in U.S. cities on Friday in a campaign aimed at justice half way around the world. In Los Angeles, three dozen high school girls removed weeds, trash and graffiti from their...
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwamba in southern Sudan.
photo: AP / Stuart Price, File-Pool

Plane with 127 on board crashes in Pakistan, no survivors
Full Article The Siasat Daily
Islamabad, April 21: A Pakistani passenger plane carrying at least 127 people crashed in stormy weather and burst into flames while approaching Islamabad airport Friday evening. There were no reports of survivors. The commercial airliner, Bhoja Air 737, on its maiden flight, was descending for landing when it crashed a few miles from Islamabad...
Pakistan army troops sort through the wreckage of the Boeing 737 passenger plane that crashed in the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Anjum Naveed


Even though the U.S. government has perpetrated the international crimes of slavery and...
When Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan called his mother at 11:30pm on Tuesday...

Chinese soldiers march during a parade after joint military exercises at Chebarkul testing range Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Russian and Chinese forces on Friday held their first joint maneuvers on Russia's territory, an exercise intended to demonstrate their growing military ties and a shared desire to counter U.S. global clout. The war games in Russia's southern Ural Mountains involved some 6,000 troops from Russia and China and also a handful of soldiers from four ex-Soviet Central Asian nations that are part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional group dominated by Moscow and B
April 22, 2012 -- Updated 0403 GMT (1203 HKT) (CNN) -- Chinese and Russian warships began six-day joint naval exercises Sunday...
photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev
USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, the 1814 defense of which inspired The Star-Spangled Banner.
Today’s US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard work night and day to patrol the world’s waterways – above and below the surface; and keep them safe for marine traffic of all sorts. This tremendous fighting force came into being 200 years ago, shortly...
photo: Creative Commons / Scott Reed
Peru's newly sworn-in President Ollanta Humala, right, greets supporters as his wife first lady Nadine Heredia, left, applauds before the start of swearing-in ceremony for his cabinet at Government Palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday July 28, 2011.
LIMA, Peru — Peru's president said the country's biggest mining project, which has been on hold due to protests, is viable and will meet environmental requirements. Election 2012: Across the nation Naturalization push ahead of November election...
photo: AP / Karel Navarro
'We don't want capitalism' says a sign held aloft during a protest rally, Saturday April 21, 2012 in Prague's Wenceslas Square. Tens of thousands of people turned out to demand an end to austerity cuts in the biggest protest since the fall of communism in 1989.
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the Czech capital on Saturday to protest government reforms and austerity cuts in one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations here since the collapse of communism almost 23 years ago. The protesters from...
photo: AP / Ian Phillips
Yemeni policemen patrol the area near the court house during the trial session of Saleh al-Shawish in San'a, Yemen Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. A court in Yemen  has sentenced the al-Qaida militant to death after convicting him of involvement in terror attacks and manufacturing explosives.
A French official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been kidnapped by armed men while traveling from northern Yemen to the Red Sea port city of Hudaida. Dibeh Fakhr, an ICRC spokeswoman in Sanaa, said on...
photo: AP
Bashar Ja’afari, Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN, addresses the Security Council following it unanimous adoption of resolution 2043 (2012), which authorizes the establishment of a 90-day UN supervision mission in Syria, known as UNSMIS, 21 April, 2012.
Late in the day, the UN Security Council voted to expand the observer mission to 300 and renewed a call for an immediate halt to violence. The resolution gives Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon authority to decide when to deploy more observers, based on...
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Flanked by security guards, New IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde arrives at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 5, 2011.
World powers have pressurised Europe to take strong measures to fix its debt-heavy economy and restore growth to a level that would lift the cloud hanging over the fragile global recovery. The IMF's governing panel said on Saturday that the euro area...
photo: AP / Cliff Owen

UN to send 300 ceasefire observers to Syria; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 21 Apr 2012
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UN to send 300 ceasefire observers to Syria
BBC News 22 Apr 2012, Peace envoy Kofi Annan says the UN vote to deploy up to 300 observers in Syria is a "pivotal moment for the stabilisation of the country". In a statement issued in Geneva, the UN and Arab League envoy also called on Syrian...

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Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP; updated 20 Apr 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP
Al Jazeera 22 Apr 2012, Tensions are high in Bahrain on the eve of the Gulf state's Formula One Grand Prix, with reports indicating that anti-government protests overnight have resulted in fresh clashes. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters, who responded by throwing rocks and fire bombs while chanting slogans against the kingdom's monarchy, AFP...

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French Presidential Election 2012; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 17 Feb 2012
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French Presidential Election 2012
Orange News 22 Apr 2012, Voters in France go to the polls in the first round of the Presidential election, in which 10 candidates are likely to be whittled down to two. A winner would be declared if one contender were to poll over 50% of the vote, but the field is the most competitive since France adopted the Presidential system in 1958. Opinion polls on Friday gave five...

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French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 22 Apr 2012
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French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes
BBC News 22 Apr 2012, France is set to vote in a presidential election amid widespread disaffection caused by the eurozone crisis and high unemployment. Centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking re-election, saying only he can...

Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP; updated 20 Apr 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP
Jakarta Post 22 Apr 2012, The discovery of a protester's body near the scene of clashes on Saturday threatened to tip Bahrain deeper into unrest as a 14-month-old uprising overshadows the return of the Formula One Grand Prix to the strategic Gulf kingdom. Bahrain's Sunni rulers had pressed for the race to be held as a chance to rebuild their credibility on the world stage...

UN to send 300 ceasefire observers to Syria; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 21 Apr 2012
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UN to send 300 ceasefire observers to Syria
Bloomberg 22 Apr 2012, The United Nations Security Council unanimously backed sending 300 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor a cease-fire agreement between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebel groups fighting to oust him as violence continued. The resolution 2043, sponsored by Russia and China, nations that objected to tougher U.S. backed measures...

Chuck Colson, Former Watergate Figure, Dies; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 21 Apr 2012
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Chuck Colson, Former Watergate Figure, Dies
CNN 21 Apr 2012, April 21, 2012 -- Updated 2106 GMT (0506 HKT) After his release from prison, Colson founded a ministry that provided spiritual and material support for inmates and their familites. (CNN) -- Chuck Colson, a Watergate-era "hatchet man" for President Richard Nixon who became an influential evangelical leader after serving time in prison, died Saturday...

Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP; updated 20 Apr 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP
Skynews 21 Apr 2012, Protesters in the capital Manama began their 'three days of rage' on Friday Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are set to intensify demonstrations in Bahrain ahead of tomorrow's grand prix following a day of violent clashes in the Gulf state. Around 50,000 activists gathered in the capital Manama yesterday as Formula One...

KONY 2012; updated 21 Apr 2012; published 05 Mar 2012
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KONY 2012
Yahoo Daily News 21 Apr 2012, LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starting with grassroots service projects to create buzz and public support, activists out to stop notorious Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony spread out in U.S. cities on Friday in a campaign aimed at justice half way around the world. In Los Angeles, three dozen high school girls removed weeds, trash and graffiti from their...

First video: Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crash in Islamabad kills all on board; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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First video: Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crash in Islamabad kills all on board
The Siasat Daily 21 Apr 2012, Islamabad, April 21: A Pakistani passenger plane carrying at least 127 people crashed in stormy weather and burst into flames while approaching Islamabad airport Friday evening. There were no reports of survivors. The commercial airliner, Bhoja Air 737, on its maiden flight, was descending for landing when it crashed a few miles from Islamabad...

Norway mass killer Anders Breivik gives far right salute as he arrives in court; updated 21 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Norway mass killer Anders Breivik gives far right salute as he arrives in court
MSNBC 21 Apr 2012, Anders Behring Breivik, who admits killing 77 people in Norway last summer, gave chilling details at his trial Friday of the gun rampage in which he systematically shot dead scores of young people. Without apparent emotion, he recounted firing more bullets into teenagers who were injured and so couldn't escape, killing those who tried to "play...

Sudan, S. Sudan conflict worsening; updated 20 Apr 2012; published 19 Apr 2012
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Sudan, S. Sudan conflict worsening
The Washington Post 20 Apr 2012, NAIROBI — Yielding to international pressure, South Sudan announced Friday that it would withdraw its forces from the contested oil town of Heglig, backing down from a dispute that brought the newly independent nation closer to full-blown war with its neighbor Sudan. “An orderly withdrawal will commence immediately and shall be...

Inside Story - Will the 1980 coup trial heal Turkey's wounds?; updated 09 Apr 2012; published 05 Apr 2012
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Inside Story - Will the 1980 coup trial heal Turkey's wounds?
Palm Beach Post 20 Apr 2012, ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Islamic-rooted government has scored two victories in its quest to end the military's decades-long influence over politics. This week, it sent one of the country's most powerful generals to jail for leading efforts to force the resignation of the country's first Islamist prime minister. Earlier in the month, it put...

Polygamy in Libya: Freedom won or rights infringed?; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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Polygamy in Libya: Freedom won or rights infringed?
Al Jazeera 20 Apr 2012, - In today's Libya, local is king. Yet, if Libya is to become a functioning state that derives its legitimacy and stability from resource extraction, wealth distribution, and empowering its citizens, the interim government of the National Transitional Council (NTC) must become king. In the run-up to the June elections many militias and civil...





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