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Myanmar parliament stand-off a technical matter: Suu Kyi
Full Article DNA India
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said on Thursday that her party's refusal to take up newly won seats in parliament was a "technical matter" that could be resolved soon, responding to mounting criticism of her stance on the issue. Her National League for Democracy (NLD) says it won't attend parliament unless the wording of the...
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a press conference after meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, unseen, at her lakeside home in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, April 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

The rise of Arab republics?
Full Article Al Jazeera
- The Arab world has lately been experiencing monumental changes including the realignment of political alliances, but one possible long-term outcome of the Arab uprisings may be a game of musical chairs involving the Arab monarchies, republics and Western powers. By the end of the next decade it is not unreasonable to predict a stronger...
File - Kuwaiti Islamist-Shiite MP Hussein Al Qallaf, left, gesture towards opponent MPs, as liberal-shiite MP Abdulhameed Dashti gestures at right, during a heated debate over the situation in Syria at the Kuwait's National Assembly's session on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Gustavo Ferrari

Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani faces contempt verdict
Full Article BBC News
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is to appear in the Supreme Court on Thursday to hear its verdict in a contempt of court case. The three-month trial ended on Tuesday when defence and prosecution counsels...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, adjusts his head phone, as he listens to a question during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Dec 4, 2010.
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq

France Raises UN Military Action in Syria
Full Article Time Magazine
(BEIRUT) — France raised the prospect of military intervention in Syria on Wednesday, saying the U.N. should consider harsher measures if an international peace plan that has...
In this Sunday April 22, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel aims his gun at Khalidiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria.
photo: AP

Israel's top general says Iran unlikely to make bomb
Full Article DNA India
Israel's military chief said he does not believe Iran will decide to build an atomic bomb and called its leaders "very rational" - comments that clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's assessment. Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz's remarks, in an interview published on Wednesday in the left-wing Haaretz newspaper, drew little attention in...
Israel's Chief of the IDF General Staff Benny Gantz speaks during the Herzliya Conference in Herzliya. Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Dan Balilty

France and Un-virtues of Liberal and Conservative Terror
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Dallas Darling. It is no surprise that Nicolas Sarkozy, France's incumbent president, finished second to Francois Hollande while Marine Le Pen finished a strong third. Sarkozy might appear as a liberal candidate, but his recent ban on Muslim preachers from attending an Islamic conference, not to mention his recent neo-liberal...
French President and candidate for the French presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy stands before the Armenian Monument during a ceremony marking the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Tuesday, April. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Jacques Brinon Pool

Murdoch denies seeking favours from UK leaders
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
Media baron Rupert Murdoch tried on Wednesday to downplay his influence on British politics, saying in his first appearance at a press ethics inquiry he had never asked a prime minister for anything. His testimony on oath at the Leveson inquiry in London came a day after claims emerged during evidence from his son James that a minister leaked...
File - Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp., leaves after attending the funeral service for journalist Marie Colvin, Monday, March 12, 2012 at St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

Without question: US military expansion in the Asia-Pacific
Full Article Al Jazeera
As Noam Chomsky wrote in this two-part essay, America's "pivot" toward the Asia-Pacific region is in response to what it calls "classic security dilemmas" posed by the rising influence of China and Russia. Reacting with military programmes and strategies it says are "defensive", this US "pivot" is perceived as bullying, threats and intrusion -...
he Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn D. Torgerson

Romney sweeps 5 wins, promises 'better America'
Full Article US News
By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to "hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight." Eager to turn the political...
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and wife Ann wave at an election night rally in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Jae C. Hong

Annan says Syria violence 'unacceptable'
Full Article Al Jazeera
Syria has failed to comply with a pledge to withdraw weapons from population centres, and towns where citizens met with UN truce monitors may have been attacked, international mediator Kofi Annan has told the UN Security Council. As violence flared in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Annan on Tuesday told the 15-nation body "we need eyes and ears on...
In this Monday, April 23, 2012 photo, Syrian protestors gather around U.N. observers during their visit in Douma near the capital of Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP


** FILE ** Former Liberian President Charles Taylor makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, in this April 3, 2006 file photo.
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Judges at an international war crimes tribunal will deliver landmark judgments Thursday in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is charged with sponsoring brutal rebel groups in neighboring Sierra...
photo: AP / George Osodi, Pool
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery during teaching events- April 4-6, 2012, Dharamshala, India
Chicago: The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said he would not alter his non-violent quest for greater Tibetan autonomy, even after Beijing blamed him for inciting a wave of unrest. A total of 34 Tibetans, many of them Buddhist monks and...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
People stand outside the Apple Store in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetForrester’s chief said Apple’s board should have found another charismatic leader to replace Jobs NEW YORK: Forrester Research CEO George Colony said that without Steve Jobs at the helm, Apple will 'coast and then...
photo: AP / Jae C. Hong
EU, Hungary resume aid talks after bank row
THE European Union (EU) opened the way to aid talks with Hungary yesterday, ending a five-month dispute over the independence of its central bank, but kept pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orban by sending a row over the judiciary to Europe’s top...
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine
Supporters of an oil nationalization bill proposed by Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez holds up flags reading in Spanish "Fight and return YPF" outside Congress as senators debate the bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Senate on Thursday approved a government bill to nationalize the country's biggest oil company, YPF, clearing the way for likely approval by the lower house next...
photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko
General Orders Review of Military Schools After Class Is Told U.S. Is at War With Islam
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has ordered military schools to make sure they are not including anti-Islamic themes in training courses, the Defense Department said on Wednesday, after complaints surfaced about the...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq talks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb.13, 2011. Egypt's  military leaders dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution Sunday, meeting two key demands of protesters who have been keeping up pressure for immediate steps to transition to democratic, civilian rule after forcing Hosni Mubarak out of power. At right, finance minister Samir Radwan.
CAIRO (AP) — In a surprise move, Egypt's election commission has reinstated deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister in the presidential race, a day after disqualifying him. Ahmed Shafiq was disqualified after the...
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

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
DNA India 26 Apr 2012, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said on Thursday that her party's refusal to take up newly won seats in parliament was a "technical matter" that could be resolved soon, responding to mounting criticism of her stance on the issue. Her National League for Democracy (NLD) says it won't attend parliament unless the wording of the...

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World Revolution 2011 - The Arabian Spring!; updated 23 Apr 2012; published 21 Mar 2011
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World Revolution 2011 - The Arabian Spring!
Al Jazeera 26 Apr 2012, - The Arab world has lately been experiencing monumental changes including the realignment of political alliances, but one possible long-term outcome of the Arab uprisings may be a game of musical chairs involving the Arab monarchies, republics and Western powers. By the end of the next decade it is not unreasonable to predict a stronger...

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PM Gilani Contempt Of Court Case Hearing News Package 18 April 2012; updated 18 Apr 2012; published 18 Apr 2012
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PM Gilani Contempt Of Court Case Hearing News Package 18 April 2012
BBC News 26 Apr 2012, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is to appear in the Supreme Court on Thursday to hear its verdict in a contempt of court case. The three-month trial ended on Tuesday when defence and prosecution counsels...

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Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling; updated 18 Apr 2012; published 27 Mar 2012
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Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling
Time Magazine 26 Apr 2012, (BEIRUT) — France raised the prospect of military intervention in Syria on Wednesday, saying the U.N. should consider harsher measures if an international peace plan that has...

'Israel strike on Iran ill-advised, given our nuclear intel'; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 22 Apr 2012
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'Israel strike on Iran ill-advised, given our nuclear intel'
DNA India 25 Apr 2012, Israel's military chief said he does not believe Iran will decide to build an atomic bomb and called its leaders "very rational" - comments that clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's assessment. Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz's remarks, in an interview published on Wednesday in the left-wing Haaretz newspaper, drew little attention in...

French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 22 Apr 2012
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French presidential election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande cast their votes
WorldNews.com 25 Apr 2012, Article by WN.com Dallas Darling. It is no surprise that Nicolas Sarkozy, France's incumbent president, finished second to Francois Hollande while Marine Le Pen finished a strong third. Sarkozy might appear as a liberal candidate, but his recent ban on Muslim preachers from attending an Islamic conference, not to mention his recent neo-liberal...

Leveson Inquiry: Rupert Murdoch says Gordon Brown was not in a balanced state of mind; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
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Leveson Inquiry: Rupert Murdoch says Gordon Brown was not in a balanced state of mind
Yahoo Daily News 25 Apr 2012, Media baron Rupert Murdoch tried on Wednesday to downplay his influence on British politics, saying in his first appearance at a press ethics inquiry he had never asked a prime minister for anything. His testimony on oath at the Leveson inquiry in London came a day after claims emerged during evidence from his son James that a minister leaked...

Exercise RIMPAC 2010 formation video - 24 July 2010; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 26 Jul 2010
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Exercise RIMPAC 2010 formation video - 24 July 2010
Al Jazeera 25 Apr 2012, As Noam Chomsky wrote in this two-part essay, America's "pivot" toward the Asia-Pacific region is in response to what it calls "classic security dilemmas" posed by the rising influence of China and Russia. Reacting with military programmes and strategies it says are "defensive", this US "pivot" is perceived as bullying, threats and intrusion -...

President Obama's Measure Of Progress; updated 26 Apr 2012; published 18 Apr 2012
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President Obama's Measure Of Progress
US News 25 Apr 2012, By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to "hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight." Eager to turn the political...

Drums of Intervention: Syrians refuse to dance to foreign tune; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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Drums of Intervention: Syrians refuse to dance to foreign tune
Al Jazeera 25 Apr 2012, Syria has failed to comply with a pledge to withdraw weapons from population centres, and towns where citizens met with UN truce monitors may have been attacked, international mediator Kofi Annan has told the UN Security Council. As violence flared in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Annan on Tuesday told the 15-nation body "we need eyes and ears on...

Israeli fury at UN probe into Jewish settlements; updated 13 Apr 2012; published 23 Mar 2012
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Israeli fury at UN probe into Jewish settlements
Yahoo Daily News 24 Apr 2012, Israel decided on Tuesday to legalise three settler outposts, which the Palestinians denounced as a response to a letter from president Mahmud Abbas demanding a halt to settlement activity if peace talks are to resume. A ministerial committee has decided "to formalise the status of three communities which were established in the 1990s," the office...

Sudan declares war on South Sudan over oil; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 24 Apr 2012
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Sudan declares war on South Sudan over oil
Dayton Daily News 24 Apr 2012, BEIJING — The president of newly independent South Sudan, in Beijing lobbying for economic and diplomatic support, told China's president on Tuesday that attacks by rival Sudan amount to a declaration of war on his country. There has yet to be a formal...

Drums of Intervention: Syrians refuse to dance to foreign tune; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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Drums of Intervention: Syrians refuse to dance to foreign tune
Al Jazeera 24 Apr 2012, Syrian troops have killed dozens of civilians in the city of Hama, activists have said, as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital Damascus, and both Brussels and Washington imposed new sanctions. Government forces attacked the Arbeen neighbourhood of the western city and its surrounding areas on...

September 11, 2001 - As It Happened - The South Tower Attack; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 31 Aug 2007
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September 11, 2001 - As It Happened - The South Tower Attack
The Independent 24 Apr 2012, Saajid Badat recounted his meeting with the al-Qa'ida founder in videotaped testimony that was played yesterday for a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York City. “So he said the American economy is like a chain,” Badat said. “If you break one - one link of the chain, the whole economy will be brought down. So after the September 11 attacks, this...





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