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Thousands protest, bombs rock Damascus
Full Article Khaleej Times
Tens of thousands of people protested across Syria on Friday as a deadly suicide bombing rocked the capital, killing 11 and fuelling growing scepticism over the prospects of a UN-backed peace plan. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three people, including a child, were killed as regime forces opened fire to disperse protests. "Tens of...
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a cameraman films a bus that was damaged by an explosion in the Midan neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, April 27, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

Blind dissident escapes house arrest in China
Full Article Al Jazeera
Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese legal activist and a prominent rights advocate, has mysteriously escaped from home detention and remains in an undisclosed location, reports say. Chen, a self-schooled legal advocate who campaigned against forced abortions, had been restricted to his village home in Linyi in eastern Shandong province since September...
In this image made from video, blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng is seen on a video posted to YouTube Friday, April 27, 2012 by overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com.
photo: AP / Boxun.com

Bairagi lauds UN role on LDCs
Full Article The Himalayan
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Bairagi lauds UN role on LDCs
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

Killer Drones, NASA and Inner Space: The Final 'Militarized' Frontier?
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Fifteenth General Assembly of the United Nations and declared, "The emergence of this new world possesses a vital issue: will outer space be preserved for peaceful use and developed for the benefit of all mankind? Or will it become another focus of the...
A C-17 Globemaster III takes off from Balad Air Base, Iraq as a U.S. Air Force MQ-1L Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) waits to be launched.
photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed

US to remove 9,000 Marines from Okinawa
Full Article Atlanta Journal
WASHINGTON — About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday. Election 2012: Across the nation Supreme Court moves to center of presidential race In speech, Biden attacks...
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan - Meals Ready-To-Eat are prepared to be transported to a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma March 13. The supplies will be delivered to mainland Japan to be used humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan, March 11. The proximity of Marine aviation assets at MCAS Futenma has allowed Marines from III MEF to rapidly deploy critically-needed supplies and aid to support the relief effort. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Megan Angel/Released)
photo: US Navy / Cpl. Megan Angel

UN Leader Says Syria ‘in Contravention’ of Peace Plan
Full Article Jakarta Globe
Damascus. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the Syrian government is “in contravention” of an agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities. Ban also said he was “gravely alarmed” by reports of shelling of populated areas in Syria, in a statement released after the death of scores of people in a massive explosion in the...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.
photo: AP / Henny Ray Abrams

Cluster bombs found in Sri Lanka, UN expert says
Full Article BBC News
Unexploded cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines has claimed. In an email, Allan Poston said that small bombs from the weapons were discovered in...
File - A Sri Lankan soldier orders a vehicle to stop at a roadside checkpoint in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

Russia seeks US explanation over post-2014 Afghan presence
Full Article Newstrack India
Moscow, April 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The terms and goals of the projected US presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014 need to be clarified, the Russian foreign ministry said Thursday. On Sunday, the US and Afghanistan reached a deal on a strategic...
	Russia seeks US explanation over post-2014 Afghan presence
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

Analysts say North Korea's new missiles are fakes
Full Article The Independent
Since its recent rocket launch failure, Pyongyang's top military leaders have made several boastful statements about its weapons capabilities. On Wednesday, Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho claimed his country is capable of defeating the United States "at a single blow." And on Monday, North Korea promises "special actions" that would...
In this photo taken Sunday, April 15, 2012, what appears to be a new missile is carried during a mass military parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

Charles Taylor aided and abetted Sierra Leone war crimes, Hague court finds
Full Article The Guardian
Former president of Liberia is found to have supported rebels during reign of terror in neighbouring Sierra LeoneLive reaction to Charles Taylor war crimes verdict Charles Taylor at the special court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. Photograph: Reuters...
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, center rear, is flanked by a security guard, right, as he waits for the start of a hearing to deliver verdict in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Peter Dejong


Malaria: Less Investment = More Suffering, More Death
If we needed more evidence that the funding cuts at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria were going to be detrimental to people's lives, a new study published this week makes it clear: Providing funding to fight malaria makes...
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
Pak, Afghan, US resume contact to facilitate endga
Islamabad: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US on Friday agreed to explore ways to arrange safe passage for Taliban militants wanting to join the Afghan reconciliation process as the three countries resumed contacts to facilitate the endgame in the...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
India committed to achieving Millennium Development Goals, Krishna tells Moon
New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Friday said India is committed to achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While welcoming United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon here, Krishna said: "As a...
photo: UN / Neeraj Singh
UN observers sent to hot spot in Syria's south
BEIRUTThe U.N. says international monitors have moved into another hot spot in Syria to try to stop violence. In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Wednesday, April 25, 2012, purports to show smoke...
photo: UN / Neeraj Singh
Sudans conflict leaves 37,000 desperate for water, agency says
April 27, 2012 -- Updated 0916 GMT (1716 HKT) Pressure increases on Sudans (CNN) -- The spiraling conflict between the Sudans has exacerbated issues for tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees who are desperate for water and facing the threat of fatal...
photo: UN Photo / Basile Zoma
Expert warns world needs to move ‘rapidly’ toward ‘population shrinkage’
Share Raw Story The world’s most renowned population analyst has called for a massive reduction in the number of humans and for natural resources to be redistributed from the rich to the poor. Paul Ehrlich, Bing professor of population studies at...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Ghana pioneers new child vaccines
Ghana has become the first country in Africa to start protecting children against two of the continent's deadliest infant diseases with simultaneous vaccinations. Rotavirus, which causes diarrhoea, and pneumococcal disease kill more than 2.7...
photo: ONUCI / Patricia Esteve

War Under Table: Ex-Blackwater mercs in Syria 'backed by US'; updated 26 Apr 2012; published 26 Apr 2012
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War Under Table: Ex-Blackwater mercs in Syria 'backed by US'
Khaleej Times 27 Apr 2012, Tens of thousands of people protested across Syria on Friday as a deadly suicide bombing rocked the capital, killing 11 and fuelling growing scepticism over the prospects of a UN-backed peace plan. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three people, including a child, were killed as regime forces opened fire to disperse protests. "Tens of...

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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest; updated 27 Apr 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest
Al Jazeera 27 Apr 2012, Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese legal activist and a prominent rights advocate, has mysteriously escaped from home detention and remains in an undisclosed location, reports say. Chen, a self-schooled legal advocate who campaigned against forced abortions, had been restricted to his village home in Linyi in eastern Shandong province since September...

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UNCTAD; updated 22 Mar 2012; published 11 Dec 2010
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Iran shows intercepted CIA drone unscathed; updated 23 Mar 2012; published 08 Dec 2011
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Iran shows intercepted CIA drone unscathed
WorldNews.com 27 Apr 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Fifteenth General Assembly of the United Nations and declared, "The emergence of this new world possesses a vital issue: will outer space be preserved for peaceful use and developed for the benefit of all mankind? Or will it become another focus of the...

Marine Jungle Warfare Endurance Course in Okinawa; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
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Marine Jungle Warfare Endurance Course in Okinawa
Atlanta Journal 27 Apr 2012, WASHINGTON — About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday. Election 2012: Across the nation Supreme Court moves to center of presidential race In speech, Biden attacks...

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
Jakarta Globe 27 Apr 2012, Damascus. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the Syrian government is “in contravention” of an agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities. Ban also said he was “gravely alarmed” by reports of shelling of populated areas in Syria, in a statement released after the death of scores of people in a massive explosion in the...

UNHRC warns Sri Lanka over war crimes; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 24 Mar 2012
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UNHRC warns Sri Lanka over war crimes
BBC News 26 Apr 2012, Unexploded cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines has claimed. In an email, Allan Poston said that small bombs from the weapons were discovered in...

Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer); updated 07 Apr 2012; published 26 Feb 2009
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Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer)
Newstrack India 26 Apr 2012, Moscow, April 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The terms and goals of the projected US presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014 need to be clarified, the Russian foreign ministry said Thursday. On Sunday, the US and Afghanistan reached a deal on a strategic...

Stratfor's VP of East Asia Pacific Analysis on the North Korea missile launch & South Korea security; updated 21 Apr 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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Stratfor's VP of East Asia Pacific Analysis on the North Korea missile launch & South Korea security
The Independent 26 Apr 2012, Since its recent rocket launch failure, Pyongyang's top military leaders have made several boastful statements about its weapons capabilities. On Wednesday, Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho claimed his country is capable of defeating the United States "at a single blow." And on Monday, North Korea promises "special actions" that would...

Charles Taylor Convicted of Sierra Leone War Crimes by International Court; updated 26 Apr 2012; published 26 Apr 2012
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Charles Taylor Convicted of Sierra Leone War Crimes by International Court
The Guardian 26 Apr 2012, Former president of Liberia is found to have supported rebels during reign of terror in neighbouring Sierra LeoneLive reaction to Charles Taylor war crimes verdict Charles Taylor at the special court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. Photograph: Reuters...

Aung San Suu Kyi set to win Burma parliamentary seat; updated 26 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...

World Revolution 2011 - The Arabian Spring!; updated 26 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...

Amorim y Panetta dialogan sobre transferencia militar; updated 26 Apr 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
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Amorim y Panetta dialogan sobre transferencia militar
Newstrack India 26 Apr 2012, Rio de Janeiro, April 26 (IANS/EFE) The US is ready to transfer military technology to Brazil to be able to count the South American country as a strategic ally, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said here Wednesday. Panetta, in a speech before military officers at Brazil's Superior War College in Rio de Janeiro, committed himself to exerting...

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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