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Ex-guerrilla fighter declared East Timor president
Full Article STL Today
Official election results have named a former guerrilla fighter who became East Timor's army chief as the nation's new president. The Supreme Court of...
Ex-guerrilla fighter declared East Timor president
photo: UN / Bernardino Soares

Breivik offers apology
Full Article Independent online (SA)
Anders Behring Breivik, who took 77 lives in attacks last July, said on Monday he wanted to apologise for killing “innocent” people in his Oslo bombing, but not for the Utoeya massacre. Breivik said: “I would like to offer a large apology” to those who were just passing by and had no political connections, but who were...
Accused Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik at the courtroom, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday April 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Frank Augstein

European Union to reward Myanmar with sanctions suspension
Full Article The Times of India
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet LUXEMBOURG: European Union nations are set to reward Myanmar for its "remarkable" reforms by suspending most sanctions on Monday, a move opening the way to a potential trade and investment bonanza for Europe. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg are set to approve a one-year suspension of sanctions against almost 500...
A Myanmar man and Buddhist monk read a newspaper in Yangon, Myanmar Sunday, April 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit

France election: Hollande takes lead into second round
Full Article BBC News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces an uphill struggle in the second round of the presidential election, after coming second in Sunday's first vote. He won only 27.1%, while his socialist...
French socialist candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande, center, arrives at Brive airport in Brive, Central France, after the first round of the presidential election, Sunday, April 22, 2012
photo: AP / Christophe Ena

Measuring Wars by a Loss of Principles
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Literally over night in May of 1970, President Richard M. Nixon's ill-planned and ill-fated invasion of Cambodia revived the dwindling antiwar movement to vigorous life. Whether it was his verbal barrages of "Peace with Honor" or his "Vietnamization" euphemism that lulled pro-life protesters to sleep,...
Afghan special forces carry a wounded colleague after a gun battle near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid

Suu Kyi’s Party Postpones Burma Parliament Debut
Full Article Jakarta Globe
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party announced Sunday it will postpone its parliamentary debut, in the first sign of discord between Burma’s newly-elected opposition and reformist government. The democracy icon and other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) will not travel to the capital Naypyidaw to enter parliament on Monday, spokesmen for the...
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, applauds singers perform on stage during her visit to Kawhmu township in Yangon, Myanmar, on New Year's Day, Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

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


Official election results declare ex-guerrilla fighter Ruak as East Timor’s new president
DILI, East TimorOfficial election results have named a former guerrilla fighter who became East Timor’s army chief as the nation’s new president. The Supreme Court of Appeal which has to vet...
photo: UN / Martine Perret
U.S., Afghanistan agree on strategic pact
The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that ensures Americans will provide military and financial support for at least a decade beyond 2014, the deadline for most foreign forces to withdraw....
photo: DOD / Public Domain
File - Melting Arctic sea ice: Winter sea ice in the Arctic has failed to reform fully for the third year in a row. Scientists said yesterday that the area of ocean covered by Arctic ice at the end of the winter months was lower only in March 2006.
Click here to see 'The deadly depths - Methane release in the Arctic' graphic The researchers found significant amounts of methane being released from the ocean into the atmosphere through cracks in the melting sea ice. They said the quantities could...
photo: NOAA
Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande delivers his speech after the presidential election first round, in Tulle, central France, Sunday, April 22, 2012
Socialist party presidential candidate Françcois Hollande speaks to supporters after winning the first round of the French presidential elections. Photograph: Caroline Blumberg/EPA François Hollande has moved a step closer to becoming the first...
photo: AP / Bob Edme
London Marathon 2012: Prince Harry supports runners at London Marathon
Prince Harry attended the 2012 London Marathon today, April 22. Prince Harry started a three-year patronage of the London Marathon Charitable Trust on January 1. He also dropped hints that he, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge might take...
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
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

Presidential election in East Timor; updated 18 Mar 2012; published 17 Mar 2012
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Presidential election in East Timor
STL Today 23 Apr 2012, Official election results have named a former guerrilla fighter who became East Timor's army chief as the nation's new president. The Supreme Court of...

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Breivik trial video: 'Norway killer' claims self-defense, cries in court; updated 23 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Breivik trial video: 'Norway killer' claims self-defense, cries in court
Independent online (SA) 23 Apr 2012, Anders Behring Breivik, who took 77 lives in attacks last July, said on Monday he wanted to apologise for killing “innocent” people in his Oslo bombing, but not for the Utoeya massacre. Breivik said: “I would like to offer a large apology” to those who were just passing by and had no political connections, but who were...

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David Lilienfeld died in Cape Town by Shark Attack; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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David Lilienfeld died in Cape Town by Shark Attack
The Times of India 23 Apr 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet LUXEMBOURG: European Union nations are set to reward Myanmar for its "remarkable" reforms by suspending most sanctions on Monday, a move opening the way to a potential trade and investment bonanza for Europe. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg are set to approve a one-year suspension of sanctions against almost 500...

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French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes; updated 23 Apr 2012; published 22 Apr 2012
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French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes
BBC News 23 Apr 2012, French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces an uphill struggle in the second round of the presidential election, after coming second in Sunday's first vote. He won only 27.1%, while his socialist...

War in Iraq; updated 22 Apr 2012; published 29 Nov 2006
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War in Iraq
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Literally over night in May of 1970, President Richard M. Nixon's ill-planned and ill-fated invasion of Cambodia revived the dwindling antiwar movement to vigorous life. Whether it was his verbal barrages of "Peace with Honor" or his "Vietnamization" euphemism that lulled pro-life protesters to sleep,...

Aung San Suu Kyi set to win Burma parliamentary seat; updated 21 Apr 2012; published 01 Apr 2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi set to win Burma parliamentary seat
Jakarta Globe 22 Apr 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party announced Sunday it will postpone its parliamentary debut, in the first sign of discord between Burma’s newly-elected opposition and reformist government. The democracy icon and other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) will not travel to the capital Naypyidaw to enter parliament on Monday, spokesmen for the...

UN to send 300 ceasefire observers to Syria; updated 23 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...

Bahrain Breakdown: Mainstream mum on clashes ahead of F1 GP; updated 22 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...

French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes; updated 23 Apr 2012; published 22 Apr 2012
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French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes
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...

FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012 - French toast?; updated 23 Apr 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012 - French toast?
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 22 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...

The Evening Prayer - 22 Apr 12 - Christian Hero, Chuck Colson, Dies at 80; updated 23 Apr 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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The Evening Prayer - 22 Apr 12 - Christian Hero, Chuck Colson, Dies at 80
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 22 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...





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