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Greece: Pasok and New Democracy leaders in unity talks
Full Article BBC News
The leader of Greece's main socialist party, Evangelos Venizelos, is due to meet conservative Antonis Samaras in an attempt to form a unity government. Mr Venizelos is the third leader to try to form a coalition after Sunday's election produced a hung parliament. The socialist Pasok and centre-right New Democracy parties governed in...
Leader of the Socialists PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos, left, smiles at President Karolos Papoulias before he is given a mandate to form a coalition government in Athens Thursday May 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Yorgos Karahalis

Egypt presidential candidates clash in TV debate
Full Article Chicago Tribune
CAIRO — Egyptians gathered in living rooms and cafes Thursday night to mark another first in their troubled political odyssey toward a new democracy: a televised presidential debate that was as captivating as it was surreal. The two leading candidates, former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Islamist favorite Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, clashed...
A statue of Egypt's Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz is back dropped with an electoral poster of presidential candidate Amr Moussa and Arabic writing which reads, "Egypt's reconstruction needs the effort of all Egyptians," in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser

Voter apathy hits Algerian election
Full Article Independent online (SA)
Algiers - As parliamentary elections unfolded across Algeria on Thursday, voting was light for much of day in the capital, despite these contests being billed as the most free in 20 years. A coalition of Islamist parties is hoping to replicate the election successes of other Islamists across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring pro-democracy...
Workers at a polling station count ballots at a polling station in the Bab el-Oued neighborhood, Algiers, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Paul Schemm

Syria blasts signal dangerous escalation of violence
Full Article BBC News
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 since the Syrian uprising began last year. Syrian state TV has been quick to show images of blood-spattered cars riddled with shrapnel or worse. It says at least 55 people have been...
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.
photo: AP / SANA

The 9/11 trial begins: Why second-class justice harms everyone
Full Article Al Jazeera
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, Cuba, for their role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While it is too early to make any definitive judgments, the trial highlights the continuing - and inevitable - flaws of military...
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.
photo: US Navy / PO3 William Weinert

Damascus blasts kill 40 and wound 170, says Syrian TV
Full Article The Independent
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, burnt and smouldering vehicles, some containing incinerated human remains, and said more than 170 people were wounded. One of the explosions wreaked damage over a wide area,...
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
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

Greece will muddle through
Full Article CNN
By Ben Rooney @CNNMoneyInvest May 10, 2012: 5:19 AM ET Greek voters are fed up with austerity, but that doesn't mean they want to drop the euro. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The political stalemate in Greece has raised concerns that the nation is more likely than ever to leave the euro currency union. But it may be too soon to say that the Greek...
Parents with their children vote at a polling station in Athens, Sunday, May 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis

Syrian capital rocked by blasts, TV blames 'terrorists'
Full Article France24
AFP - Two powerful blasts in quick succession rocked the Syrian capital at morning rush hour Thursday, killing and wounding dozens of people, state television said, blaming the attacks on "terrorists." "Two explosions caused by terrorists took place on the freeway in the south of Damascus," the television said, adding that the blasts occurred "as...
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames and smoke raise from burning cars after two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday May 10, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

Analysis: Obama gambles with gay marriage move
Full Article Herald Tribune
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 fellow Democrats. The president's dramatic shift on the issue - a watershed moment in U.S. politics, even if many people felt it was inevitable - is...
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".
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Russian jet wreckage found on side of Indonesian volcano
Full Article The Australian
THE wreckage of a jet which disappeared while on a demonstration flight in Indonesia with 48 people on board has been found. Indonesian search and rescue authorities have confirmed the Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 had been spotted from the air. The wreckage was found today about 3km from the town of Cicurug, on the side of Mount Salak, a...
A relative weeps as she waits for the news on the missing Russian airplane at Halim Perdanakusumah airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana


America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of...
A few days ago, news reports claimed that 16 per cent of cancers around the world were caused...
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international...

A view of the Classic Maya city of Palenque  which flourished in the sixth and seventh centuries, one of the many examples of the accomplishments of Mesoamerican civilization.(一个经典的玛雅城市帕伦克的看法,在第六和第七世纪中,对中美洲文明的成就蓬勃发展的许多例子之一)
AFP - The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world's end is imminent, researchers said Thursday. Rather, the painted room in the residential complex at Xultun was likely the...
photo: Creative Commons / Harenb01
 Emirates SkyCargo - Emirates Airlines /aaeh
DUBAI ' Emirates airline, the world's largest carrier by international traffic, on Thursday announced Dh1.5 billion annual net profit and said the years ahead will again be more profitable than last. The fastest growing airline achieved its 24th...
photo: AP / Matthias Rietschel
In this photo released by Indonesian Air Force, the wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 are scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press= MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) — The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers threw doubt on dozens of plane sales Thursday just as Moscow seeks a...
photo: AP / Indonesian Air Force
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives at Supreme Court for a hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
May 9, 2012 -- Updated 1843 GMT (0243 HKT) Pakistani PM: 'Trust deficit' with U.S. London (CNN) -- With his fate at home hanging in the balance, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani repudiated U.S. claims that Pakistan was falling short on...
photo: AP / Anjum Naveed
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos speaks during a news conference in Athens, on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
Greece's socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is facing the daunting task of forming a viable government, a day after a bid by a radical Left-wing anti-austerity party ended in failure. The eurozone will give Greece €4.2bn today in bailout...
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris
Amr Moussa Secretary-General of the League, during honoring the end of his term  General of the League of Arab States at Headquarters  League, in the city of Cairo in Egypt
May 10, 2012 -- Updated 0836 GMT (1636 HKT) After 'Arab Spring', what now for Egypt? (CNN) -- Two candidates will square off Thursday in Egypt's first-ever televised presidential debate - just two weeks ahead of the elections. Secular candidate Amre...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) transit the Indian Ocean
By Charles Riley @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 5:25 AM ET Mitt Romney wants more ships, planes and troops. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Mitt Romney is campaigning on a platform that emphasizes less spending, smaller deficits and renewed fiscal responsibility....
photo: US Navy / MCC John Lill

Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament; updated 08 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
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Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament
BBC News 11 May 2012, The leader of Greece's main socialist party, Evangelos Venizelos, is due to meet conservative Antonis Samaras in an attempt to form a unity government. Mr Venizelos is the third leader to try to form a coalition after Sunday's election produced a hung parliament. The socialist Pasok and centre-right New Democracy parties governed in...

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Egypt rivals spar in presidential debate; updated 11 May 2012; published 11 May 2012
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Egypt rivals spar in presidential debate
Chicago Tribune 11 May 2012, CAIRO — Egyptians gathered in living rooms and cafes Thursday night to mark another first in their troubled political odyssey toward a new democracy: a televised presidential debate that was as captivating as it was surreal. The two leading candidates, former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Islamist favorite Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, clashed...

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Independent online (SA) 10 May 2012, Algiers - As parliamentary elections unfolded across Algeria on Thursday, voting was light for much of day in the capital, despite these contests being billed as the most free in 20 years. A coalition of Islamist parties is hoping to replicate the election successes of other Islamists across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring pro-democracy...

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Video of deadly twin car bomb blasts aftermath in Damascus; updated 10 May 2012; published 10 May 2012
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Video of deadly twin car bomb blasts aftermath in Damascus
BBC News 10 May 2012, 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 since the Syrian uprising began last year. Syrian state TV has been quick to show images of blood-spattered cars riddled with shrapnel or worse. It says at least 55 people have been...

Gitmo KSM Trial Breaks Obama's Promise; updated 09 May 2012; published 05 Apr 2011
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Gitmo KSM Trial Breaks Obama's Promise
Al Jazeera 10 May 2012, 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, Cuba, for their role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While it is too early to make any definitive judgments, the trial highlights the continuing - and inevitable - flaws of military...

Video of deadly twin car bomb blasts aftermath in Damascus. Civil War (May 10, 2012); updated 10 May 2012; published 10 May 2012
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Video of deadly twin car bomb blasts aftermath in Damascus. Civil War (May 10, 2012)
The Independent 10 May 2012, 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, burnt and smouldering vehicles, some containing incinerated human remains, and said more than 170 people were wounded. One of the explosions wreaked damage over a wide area,...

Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament; updated 08 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
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Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament
CNN 10 May 2012, By Ben Rooney @CNNMoneyInvest May 10, 2012: 5:19 AM ET Greek voters are fed up with austerity, but that doesn't mean they want to drop the euro. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The political stalemate in Greece has raised concerns that the nation is more likely than ever to leave the euro currency union. But it may be too soon to say that the Greek...

Exclusive: Free Syrian Army 'regrouping'; updated 09 May 2012; published 08 May 2012
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Exclusive: Free Syrian Army 'regrouping'
France24 10 May 2012, AFP - Two powerful blasts in quick succession rocked the Syrian capital at morning rush hour Thursday, killing and wounding dozens of people, state television said, blaming the attacks on "terrorists." "Two explosions caused by terrorists took place on the freeway in the south of Damascus," the television said, adding that the blasts occurred "as...

Barack Obama Supports Gay Marriage - Finally!; updated 10 May 2012; published 09 May 2012
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Barack Obama Supports Gay Marriage - Finally!
Herald Tribune 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 fellow Democrats. The president's dramatic shift on the issue - a watershed moment in U.S. politics, even if many people felt it was inevitable - is...

Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 Airplane crash in Indonesia - News Video; updated 10 May 2012; published 10 May 2012
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Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 Airplane crash in Indonesia - News Video
The Australian 10 May 2012, THE wreckage of a jet which disappeared while on a demonstration flight in Indonesia with 48 people on board has been found. Indonesian search and rescue authorities have confirmed the Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 had been spotted from the air. The wreckage was found today about 3km from the town of Cicurug, on the side of Mount Salak, a...

Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament; updated 08 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
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Ultra-nationalists set to enter Greek Parliament
The Star 10 May 2012, ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos will make a last- ditch attempt to form a government on Thursday and avoid a new election after voters rejected a bailout deal and pushed Greece into a political crisis. Greek conservative party leader Antonis Samaras (L) talks with head of Greece's Left Coalition party Alexis Tsipras at...

Inside Story - Can Iran survive US sanctions?; updated 06 May 2012; published 12 Jan 2012
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Inside Story - Can Iran survive US sanctions?
WorldNews.com 09 May 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Before explaining how reciprocal and incentive sanctions are much more honorable, fair, and usually lead to peaceful coexistence between nation-states, rather than retaliatory and disincentive sanctions which are often vengeful, uneven, and punitive in nature, not to mention based on coercion and...

Gen. Amos and Sgt. Maj. Kent Visit Marines in Afghanistan; updated 25 Dec 2011; published 15 May 2011
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Gen. Amos and Sgt. Maj. Kent Visit Marines in Afghanistan
The New York Times 09 May 2012, KABUL, Afghanistan — After a harsh winter killed children in refugee camps around the Afghan capital and brought attention to poor conditions there, a new study by a French aid agency said the disaster was more extensive than originally thought, with at least 100 young children claimed by the cold. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow...

Syrian opposition meets with Kofi Annan; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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Syrian opposition meets with Kofi Annan
Taipei Times 09 May 2012, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that monitors say has killed nearly 12,000 people. Annan told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the priority in Syria was “to stop the killing” and expressed concern that torture,...





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