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Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Full Article BBC News
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hague before being sentenced later this month. The prosecution will press its case for an 80-year prison term, which the defence has dismissed as...
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing 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

Bosnia war crimes trial of ex-army chief Mladic to open
Full Article France24
AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica. Prosecutors will open his long-awaited trial at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) before judges at the ex-Yugoslavia war crimes court in The Hague, just short of a...
Former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic removes his hat in the court room during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, June 3, 2011.
photo: AP / Martin Meissner, Pool

China dissident tells US of abuse of family
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
A dissident at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington accused Chinese authorities of a pattern of abuse against his family as he again took his case to US lawmakers. Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who last month dramatically escaped house arrest for the safety of the US embassy, telephoned a hearing of the US Congress...
In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng sits in a chair at the U.S. embassy before he left for a hospital in Beijing, Wednesday, May 2, 2012.
photo: AP / U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, HO

Merkel, Hollande press to keep eurozone together
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated. With all eyes on their first-ever talks, the two leaders also vowed that the two European powerhouses were aware of their responsibilities and ready...
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), the French president Francois Hollande in Berlin on Tuesday (15:05:12) Hollande was sworn in as president on Tuesday morning.  Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) gibt am Dienstag (15.05.12) dem franzoesischen Praesidenten Francois Hollande in Berlin nach einer gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz die Hand. Hollande wurde am Dienstagmorgen zum Praesidenten vereidigt.
photo: AP / Maja Hitij/dapd

Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
Full Article Al Jazeera
Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues. Nadeem Hotiana, an embassy spokesman in Washington, said on Tuesday that Asif Ali Zardari will attend the May 20-21 summit. "This meeting will underline the strong...
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash
Full Article Dayton Daily News
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian official says special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano. The "black box" could help explain the cause of the deadly crash. Search and Rescue agency...
Indonesian soldiers hold the burnt cockpit voice recorder of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 that crashed into a mountain in West Java last week, during a press conference in Cijeruk, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
photo: AP

Greece to go back to the polls after President fails to form Coalition
Full Article Canberra Times
"It is absolutely necessary to have the broader support of political parties" ... Antonis Samaras, New Democracy leader. Photo: AFP ATHENS: Greece will be going to elections next month after its President failed to form a Coalition government in a last-ditch attempt to break a deadlock between political parties. The President, Karolos Papoulias,...
From left to right, leader of the Democratic Left party Fotis Kouvelis, head of the Socialist PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos, leader of Conservatives New Democracy party Antonis Samaras, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left party Alexis Tsipras and leader of the 'Independent Greeks', Panos Kammenos during a Political party leaders meeting at the Presidential Palace in Athens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
photo: AP / Aris Messinis

Guantanamo and Poetic Justice and Prophetic Judgment
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The reason why chaos reigned for the five Guantanamo Prison Camp (GPC) suspects charged with the Sept. 11 retaliatory attacks can be found in Sami al Haj's prophetically poetic poem, a Sudanese journalist falsely arrested and tortured at Bagram Air Base before being transferred to GPC. "They have...
File - Birds sit on the concertina wire overlooking detainees at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Cuba, as they observe morning prayers before sunrise inside Camp Delta Oct. 28, 2009.
photo: US Navy file / Marcos T. Hernandez

Francois Hollande becomes France's new president
Full Article WPXI
Francois Hollande became president of France on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country with deep debts and worried about Europe's future and pledging to make it a fairer place. Hollande is only the second Socialist president of modern France, after Francois Mitterrand's 1981-1995 tenure, and rode to the presidency on a...
President-elect Francois Hollande waves from his car as he drives down the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, after the handover ceremony with outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Tuesday, May 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Laurent Cipriani

Four killed in Pakistan attacks
Full Article The Siasat Daily
May 15: At least four people including two Policemen have been killed and three others wounded during two gun attacks in eastern and southwestern Pakistan, Press TV reports. The first incident took place early Tuesday when armed masked men riding a car attacked a security checkpoint in Shera Kot area of the city of Lahore in Punjab province,...
Four killed in Pakistan attacks
photo: AP / Arshad Butt


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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan waves as he arrives for his meeting with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Anan says his top priority as special envoy to Syria is to end the violence, deliver humanitarian relief and finally start a "political process" to resolve the one-year conflict there.
AFP - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. The United Nations has been negotiating with President Bashar al-Assad's government since March and the UN...
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012.
Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. A report released on Wednesday by the London-based rights...
photo: AP / Harouna Traore
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. It says fighting on the border between the two countries and the shutdown of oil production have had a devastating...
photo: UN / /Isaac Billy
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A FRENZY for Facebook built Tuesday as the company hiked its expected opening price for shares to about $38 — making the eight-year-old social media site worth $104 billion. The staggering sum set ahead of Friday’s hotly anticipated IPO would...
photo: Creative Commons / Jason McELweenie
Der neue franzoesische Praesident Francois Hollande und Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) geben am Dienstag (15.05.12) im Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin eine gemeinsame Pressekonferenz
BERLIN (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-plagued Europe, but pledged to forge a joint approach in time for an EU summit...
photo: AP / Steffi Loos
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a lecture on European economic situation during a seminar in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Tweet WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti agreed on Tuesday on the need to "intensify" growth and job creation, as Washington prepared the ground for this week's G8 summit. The leaders spoke by telephone ahead of...
photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya after announcing that he would form his own party. Libyan Tripoli military...
photo: AP / Francois Mori

Charles Taylor Trial - Live Google+ hangout (recorded); updated 10 May 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
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Charles Taylor Trial - Live Google+ hangout (recorded)
BBC News 16 May 2012, Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hague before being sentenced later this month. The prosecution will press its case for an 80-year prison term, which the defence has dismissed as...

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Video of Ratko Mladic appearing at Hague tribunal for 1st time; updated 09 May 2012; published 03 Jun 2011
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Video of Ratko Mladic appearing at Hague tribunal for 1st time
France24 16 May 2012, AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica. Prosecutors will open his long-awaited trial at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) before judges at the ex-Yugoslavia war crimes court in The Hague, just short of a...

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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest; updated 10 May 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest
Yahoo Daily News 16 May 2012, A dissident at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington accused Chinese authorities of a pattern of abuse against his family as he again took his case to US lawmakers. Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who last month dramatically escaped house arrest for the safety of the US embassy, telephoned a hearing of the US Congress...

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Hollande vows to work with Merkel; updated 16 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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Hollande vows to work with Merkel
Yahoo Daily News 16 May 2012, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated. With all eyes on their first-ever talks, the two leaders also vowed that the two European powerhouses were aware of their responsibilities and ready...

Geo News Summary - NATO Invites Zardari to Chicago Summit; updated 15 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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Geo News Summary - NATO Invites Zardari to Chicago Summit
Al Jazeera 16 May 2012, Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues. Nadeem Hotiana, an embassy spokesman in Washington, said on Tuesday that Asif Ali Zardari will attend the May 20-21 summit. "This meeting will underline the strong...

Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash site: Close-up footage of debris; updated 15 May 2012; published 12 May 2012
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Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash site: Close-up footage of debris
Dayton Daily News 16 May 2012, JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian official says special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano. The "black box" could help explain the cause of the deadly crash. Search and Rescue agency...

Greece in final bid to avoid fresh elections; updated 14 May 2012; published 12 May 2012
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Greece in final bid to avoid fresh elections
Canberra Times 15 May 2012, "It is absolutely necessary to have the broader support of political parties" ... Antonis Samaras, New Democracy leader. Photo: AFP ATHENS: Greece will be going to elections next month after its President failed to form a Coalition government in a last-ditch attempt to break a deadlock between political parties. The President, Karolos Papoulias,...

German Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz; updated 14 May 2012; published 26 Jul 2011
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German Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz
WorldNews.com 15 May 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The reason why chaos reigned for the five Guantanamo Prison Camp (GPC) suspects charged with the Sept. 11 retaliatory attacks can be found in Sami al Haj's prophetically poetic poem, a Sudanese journalist falsely arrested and tortured at Bagram Air Base before being transferred to GPC. "They have...

France's president-elect Francois Hollande to be sworn in; updated 15 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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France's president-elect Francois Hollande to be sworn in
WPXI 15 May 2012, Francois Hollande became president of France on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country with deep debts and worried about Europe's future and pledging to make it a fairer place. Hollande is only the second Socialist president of modern France, after Francois Mitterrand's 1981-1995 tenure, and rode to the presidency on a...

Ron Paul Opposes
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Ron Paul Opposes "Bombs and Bribes" for Pakistan - 9/30/2009
The Siasat Daily 15 May 2012, May 15: At least four people including two Policemen have been killed and three others wounded during two gun attacks in eastern and southwestern Pakistan, Press TV reports. The first incident took place early Tuesday when armed masked men riding a car attacked a security checkpoint in Shera Kot area of the city of Lahore in Punjab province,...

Phone hacking scandal is 'all about Rupert Murdoch'; updated 09 May 2012; published 08 Jul 2011
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Phone hacking scandal is 'all about Rupert Murdoch'
France24 15 May 2012, REUTERS - Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone hacking scandal at one of the media mogul’s papers,...

IRAN HANGS 'MOSSAD SPY'; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 19 Jan 2011
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IRAN HANGS 'MOSSAD SPY'
BBC News 15 May 2012, A man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran two years ago has been hanged, Iran's state media report. Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was convicted of killing Professor Massoud Ali Mohammadi by detonating a bomb outside his home...

France's president-elect Francois Hollande to be sworn in; updated 15 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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France's president-elect Francois Hollande to be sworn in
The Siasat Daily 15 May 2012, Paris, May 15: Francois Hollande will be sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 years in a hurried ceremony on Tuesday before a dash to Berlin to challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel's focus on austerity policies. Hollande, whose election comes as the euro zone is teetering back into crisis with fears about Greece's future in the...

Matina Stevis on Greek Elections, the Golden Dawn, and the End of an Era; updated 15 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
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Matina Stevis on Greek Elections, the Golden Dawn, and the End of an Era
BBC News 15 May 2012, Further talks are due in Greece amid a scramble to try to secure a workable government following inconclusive elections nine days ago. Leftist parties have signalled their opposition to joining a coalition that would stick to unpopular austerity policies in exchange for bailouts. The president has proposed a government of technocrats, but party...





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