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Alep­po Uni­ver­si­ty - 17th may 2012 / beat­ing stu­dents / from UN VE­HI­CLE / Syria
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Chi­nese Fugi­tive Lai Changx­ing Faces Trial in Xi­a­men
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Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catas­tro­phe (Trail­er)
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Catholic "Dis­cov­ery" of Amer­i­ca: Knights of Colum­bus and its Mass Mur­der of Na­tives Ex­posed!
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Greece euro exit to hit Spain and Italy hard­est -- ex­perts
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Fitch Down­grades Greece: 'De­fault is High­ly Like­ly in the Near Term'
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Sahel Drought
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Sahel Drought
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Pos­si­ble Nu­cle­ar Weapons Re­search at Iran's Parchin Mil­i­tary Com­plex: Ex­plo­sives Cham­ber Image
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Bosnia war crimes trial of Mladic opens
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Leaked UN re­port blames Iran for sup­ply­ing Syr­i­an army with weapons
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Zhou Yongkang And Bo Xilai Can­not Es­cape
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Fedde Le Grand live @ Sen­sa­tion Ser­bia In­nerspace Bel­grade 2012 Gen­er­a­tion 303
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Karzai Ex­clu­sive: 'No Black­wa­ter mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'
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Obama & Putin Break­fast
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) transit the Strait of Hormuz, 1 May, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster
US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel
Full Article ABC News
The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said to an Israeli audience this week. The Obama administration has repeatedly insisted that "all options are on the table" to deal with an Iranian nuclear...

Child artiste among those killed in Nepal air crash
photo: AP / Chandeshor Bastokoti
Child artiste among those killed in Nepal air crash
Full Article Gulf News
Mumbai: Child artiste Taruni Sachdev, 14, and her mother Geeta from Mumbai were among those who were killed in the Nepal plane crash on Monday. Fourteen-year-old Taruni had done a cameo role in the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Paa, in which she played his friend and also acted in several South Indian language films. When news of the aircraft crashing...

President Barack Obama waits with Vice President Joe Biden before attending the STOCK Act signing event in the Hold Room of the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) of the White House, April 4, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
Full Article Novosti
The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said. “Neither side is attempting sincere collaboration. We’re still ruled by mutual suspicion,” Viktor Kremenyuk, deputy director of the...

A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
photo: AP
Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
Full Article The Star
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Members of the United Nations observers mission in Syria wait at a hotel lobby in...

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama addresses the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Scholarship Award Breakfast in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 15, 2007.
photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast
President Obama: Silence Is Still Betrayal
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When the White House refused to offer an explanation as to why U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan killed six innocent civilians, not to mention dozens of other air bombardment campaigns that have also caused the deaths of many other innocent people, it evoked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s profound words...

Germany to give $190 mln to Afghanistan after 2014
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014
Full Article The Siasat Daily
Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the aid to Afghanistan was a reflection of Germany's long-term commitment to the...

Afghanistan takes center stage at NATO event in Chicago
photo: US Army / DOD
Afghanistan takes center stage at NATO event in Chicago
Full Article Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON -- Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the U.S. and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the NATO summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago....


Syria-wide protests urged as Qaeda fears grows
Full Article France24
AFP - Anti-regime activists have called for Syria-wide protests on Friday in support of students in Aleppo, a day after thousands of them rallied, emboldened by the presence of UN truce observers. Growing suspicions of an Al-Qaeda presence in Syria, meanwhile, further complicated matters for the fragmented opposition, which has repeatedly refuted...
In this Monday, May 14, 2012 photo, a girl walks past Syrian rebels at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria.
photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan

China sentences fugitive smuggler Lai to life term
Full Article Denver Post
BEIJING—The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a lurid corruption case that reached into the highest echelons of the Communist Party and involved a decade-long extradition fight. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Lai Changxing was convicted and sentenced...
File - Chinese soldiers look at cars confiscated from a company owned by fugitive smuggling suspect Lai Changxing, including a bullet-proofed Mercedes Benz, at an anti-smuggling exhibition in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004.
photo: AP / Greg Baker

Afghanistan takes center stage at NATO event in Chicago
Full Article Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON -- Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the U.S. and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the NATO summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago....
Afghanistan takes center stage at NATO event in Chicago
photo: US Army / DOD

President Obama: Silence Is Still Betrayal
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When the White House refused to offer an explanation as to why U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan killed six innocent civilians, not to mention dozens of other air bombardment campaigns that have also caused the deaths of many other innocent people, it evoked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s profound words...
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama addresses the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Scholarship Award Breakfast in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 15, 2007.
photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast

Moody's lowers rating of 16 Spanish banks
Full Article Xinhua
MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Risk Qualification agency Moody's lowered its rating of 16 Spanish banks late on Thursday evening. The move came after a difficult day on the stock markets following rumors of a run on the recently...
A woman uses an ATM cash point machine at a branch of the Bankia bank in Madrid Thursday May 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Paul White

Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
Full Article Al Jazeera
Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to leave the Eurozone. The failure by Greek politicians to form a government underscores a lack of public and political support for an austerity programme, Fitch said in a statement on...
The marble statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates stands in front of the headquarters of Bank of Greece, in central Athens, on Friday, July 23, 2010.
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris

Niger malnutrition crisis spreading - Save the Children
Full Article BBC News
Months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis in Niger, Save the Children has said. The charity says more than six million people are affected there, and about 18 million...
File - Niger Families Face Drought and Rising Food Prices: Mothers wait to have their children assessed and weighed at the a therapeutic feeding centre in Bargadja, Maradai Region, Niger.
photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan

G8 summit: The hunger game
Full Article The Independent
One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serious malnutrition is sweeping the sub-Saharan nation. Yesterday, the charity announced that it was shifting its work in the country to "crisis response" level after world...
Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry.
photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan

US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel
Full Article ABC News
The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said to an Israeli audience this week. The Obama administration has repeatedly insisted that "all options are on the table" to deal with an Iranian nuclear...
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) transit the Strait of Hormuz, 1 May, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster

Mladic trial: Prosecution to focus on Srebrenica massacre
Full Article BBC News
A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Gen Mladic is accused of orchestrating the killings of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim boys and men in the town. In all, the 70-year-old faces 11 charges, including genocide, during the brutal 1992-95...
Former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic is seen at the start of his trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday May 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Toussaint Kluiters, Pool

Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
Full Article The Star
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Members of the United Nations observers mission in Syria wait at a hotel lobby in...
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
photo: AP

Chinese in bold call for official's removal
Full Article Al Jazeera
A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's leadership transition. Security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of China's top nine rulers, is viewed as a hardliner and is linked to Bo Xilai, the charismatic party leader whose...
Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan

Dramatic start to Mladic genocide trial
Full Article The Australian
HE is no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began yesterday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds with the flick of his hand. Hobbled by strokes and wearing a business suit instead of combat fatigues, the frail,...
Dramatic start to Mladic genocide trial
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014
Full Article The Siasat Daily
Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the aid to Afghanistan was a reflection of Germany's long-term commitment to the...
Germany to give $190 mln to Afghanistan after 2014
photo: DOD / Public Domain


Adele notches up two Ivor Novello songwriting awards
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Adele won two Ivor Novello awards for songwriting on Thursday, adding to a lengthening list of musical accolades, but she lost out in the best album and song categories. The 24-year-old...
Adele celebrates with the award for the best British Album of the Year during the Brit Awards 2012 at the O2 Arena in London, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Joel Ryan

Taylor Momsen: Manson told me to worship Satan
Full Article Music News
Taylor Momsen has joked that Marilyn Manson told her to 'worship Satan'. The teen star is currently supporting the iconic goth rocker on tour and explained that while she is a huge fan of his...
Taylor Momsen at the Metropolitan Opera opening in 2008
photo: Creative Commons

Paris Hilton set to make her DJ debut in Brazil
Full Article IMDb
Paris Hilton is reinventing herself yet again. The 31-year-old former reality TV star is set to make her debut as a DJ at Sao Paolo, Brazil's Pop Music...
Paris Hilton's New Ferrari California Spyder -2012
photo: WN / melwin daniel nadar

Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way Ball' Indonesia show is cancelled
Full Article Digital Spy
Lady GaGa's scheduled June concert in Jakarta, Indonesia has been cancelled by local law enforcement. Indonesian police spokesperson Boy Rafli Amar told The AP on Tuesday (May 15) that a permit for the concert was being revoked amid safety concerns. Hardline religious group had announced that they would picket the June 3 concert, leading police to...
U.S. performer Lady Gaga shops at the Dilli Haat handicrafts market in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi

Bieber boosts hope for centre for pregnant teens
Full Article Toronto Sun
LONDON -- The Biebs is stepping up to save Bethesda Centre. A group working to keep the London shelter for pregnant teens open announced Saturday that Justin Bieber, the pop superstar from Stratford, is donating a portion of the sales from his new song, Turn to You, to the $1.5 million campaign to save the shelter which is run by the Salvation...
Canadian singer Justin Bieber attends at the Premiere of his film 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, in Paris.
photo: AP / Jacques Brinon

Today's photos: Chris Brown to perform at Billboard Music Awards 2012
Full Article The Examiner
The big buzz today is Billboard's announcement first thing Saturday, May 12, 2012 that Chris Brown will be performing at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. To celebrate the announcement, the theme of today's photos is looking back at some of Brown's other performances in the past 12 months. Other performers, already announced, include Justin Bieber,...
Chris Brown, Bow Wow perform during SpringFest/Best of the Best Miami 2011at Bicentennial Park Miami, Florida - May 29, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Indie rock singer Jenny Lewis heads to Visalia
Full Article Fresno Bee
If you were bummed out when indie rock singer Jenny Lewis canceled her Visalia concert last year, then you're in luck. As promised,...
Jenny Lewis
photo: Creative Commons / pinkbelt

Perry named artist of the year
Full Article Newstrack India
California, May 12 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry has been honoured with the artist of the year award at the Narm Music Business Association...
Perry named artist of the year
photo: WN / RTayco


Platini concerned for City's future if owners quit Premier League champions
Full Article The Daily Mail
Michel Platini has warned Manchester City to curb their spending or face oblivion if their owners decide to quit. The UEFA president is overseeing the implementation of new Financial Fair Play rules which will require clubs to balance their football-related expenditure over a three-year period up to the 2014–15 season. Clubs will initially be...
Michel Platini
photo: GFDL / Amarhgil

Cristiano Ronaldo claims Lionel Messi rivalry improves both players
Full Article The Independent
Since Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid in 2009, his goals battle with Barcelona forward Messi has captured the imagination in the Primera Division. In the recently-completed season Ronaldo hit a remarkable 46 goals in 38 appearances, but was bested as Messi struck a scarcely believable 50 goals in 37 matches. The Portuguese believes it is futile to...
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, from Portugal, holds the ball before he scores a penalty during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against FC Granada at the Carmenes stadium, in Granada, Spain, Saturday, May 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Daniel Tejedor

'He beat Messi by a landslide' - When Cristiano Ronaldo claimed the Ballon d'Or at ...
Full Article Goal
Goal.com is publishing exclusive extracts from Luca Caioli's new book, Ronaldo: The Obsession for Perfection. This ninth excerpt looks at his Golden Ball success in England...
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, of Argentina, during a Champions League first leg quarterfinals soccer match, between AC Milan and Barcelona, at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, March, 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno

Lionel Messi v Cristiano Ronaldo - the final Head-To-Head: Barcelona star comes out on top
Full Article Goal
In the last instalment of Goal.com's Head-To-Head, we look at how the votes were split and what the readers thought More On : FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF,...
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal duels for the ball in front Osasuna's Roversio Rodrigues, bottom, from Brazil during their Spanish La Liga soccer match, at Reyno de Navarra stadium in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday March 31, 2012. Real Madrid won 5-1.
photo: AP / /Alvaro Barrientos

Platini warns City
Full Article Sky Sports
UEFA president Michel Platini has told clubs to be careful about what they spend under new rules and is concerned about what could happen to Manchester City if their owners leave the club. Financial Fair Play rules are being introduced to make sure European football is played on a more level playing field and by 2013/14 clubs will be required to...
UEFA president Michel Platini, speaks during a media conference held at the Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Saturday, June 28, 2008
photo: AP / Frank Augstein

Sachin Tendulkar wants to take Rajya Sabha oath in private
Full Article DNA India
Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has reportedly asked the Rajya Sabha secretariat to arrange his oath-taking ceremony away from media attention. Though there is provision to take oath in private in the chairman's...
Crickter Sachin Tendulkar receiving a Painting from eminent painter Sanatan Dinda (L) along with  West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata Corporation Mayor Sovan Chatterjee and West Bengal Sports Minister Madan Mitra during the   congratulates Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar(R) for his achievement of a hundred centuries in international cricket ahead of the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at The Eden Gardens in Kolkata on May 12, 2012
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Rafael Nadal breezes to win and berth in Rome Masters quarter-finals as Samantha Stosur and Andy Murray fall
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
NOVAK Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have reached the Rome Masters quarter-finals but Samantha Stosur was eliminated. Fourth seed Andy Murray also suffered a setback to his French Open plans when he crashed out to Richard Gasquet. US Open champion, and fifth seed, Stosur lost 6-4 6-3 to Venus Williams. Murray, who lost 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 6-2 to the...
Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. John Isner (USA)
Roland Garros 2011 - mardi 24 mai - 1er tour - Court Philippe Chatrier
photo: Creative Commons / Yann Caradec

Moratti says Inter will not break the bank for Lavezzi
Full Article Goal
The Nerazzurri chief confirmed that his side are keen to sign the striker, but stressed that the club will not overspend in order to land the Argentina...
Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti looks on during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Chievo at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday April 9, 2011.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno


Film Notes: MTV Movie Awards will include 'Perks,' Wiz
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If you've been dying to get a look at anything from "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," a trailer will run during the pre-show for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on June 3. Actress Emma Watson tweeted that she and co-stars Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller, who shot "Perks" a year ago in Pittsburgh, also will be there to present. Upper St. Clair native...
MTV VJ and Bb.
photo: WN

Andy Garcia lines up financing for Hemingway film
Full Article Newstrack India
Los Angeles, May 17 (IANS/EFE) Cuban-American actor Andy Garcia has lined up the financing for his film project on legendary writer Ernest Hemingway, who will be played by Anthony Hopkins, the Deadline blog reported Wednesday. "Hemingway &...
Andy Garcia lines up financing for Hemingway film
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Hodgson's Euros racism fears as Terry is selected
Full Article WPXI
England coach Roy Hodgson raised concerns Wednesday that fans could be racially abused at Euro 2012, while defending his decision to include John Terry in the squad despite the former captain facing trial on racism charges after the tournament. The Football Association's decision to strip Terry of the England captaincy in February following his...
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson  talks to the media during a press conference at Liverpool's training ground, Liverpool, England, Wednesday Aug. 4, 2010. Liverpool will play FK Rabotnicki in the second leg of their Europa League third qualifying round soccer match on Thursday.
photo: AP / Tim Hales

Cannes Film Festival to open amid 'sexism' row
Full Article BBC News
The Cannes Film Festival opens later with US director Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom. His movie, which stars Bill Murray, is one of the 22 movies selected to compete for the festival's biggest prize, the Palme d'Or. However, the celebrations have been marred by criticism that no female directors will be in competition. The only...
People walk outside the venue of the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Jonathan Short

Bobby Brown says his new album represents healing
Full Article Austin American Statesman
NEW YORKBobby Brown says it took him a long time to come out with a new album because he's spent so much time trying to get his life on track. Now on tour with bandmates New Edition, Brown says he's ready to return to his solo career with the album "Masterpiece," due out June 5. It's his first album in 25 years. Brown calls the album a...
 **FILE**Singer Bobby Brown, 38, appears in a courtroom in Canton, Mass., Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, on warrants for outstanding fines and failure to appear in court. Brown was arrested Sunday night outside Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Mass., where he
photo: AP/Nancy Lane, Pool

Adam Lambert talks new album, 'Idol' knock-offs
Full Article Austin American Statesman
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.Adam Lambert isn't coming off "American Idol" or a racy American Music Awards performance, nor is he declaring his sexuality in Rolling Stone or posing with a nude model in Details magazine. The 30-year-old glam rocker doesn't mind the lack of a media thunderstorm ahead of Tuesday's launch of his sophomore album: He...
Adam Lambert 2010 GLAAD Media Awards
photo: Creative Commons / Greg Hernandez

Julianne Moore confirmed for Carrie remake
Full Article Total Film
Carrie, Kimberly Pierce's remake of Brian De Palma's classic horror, has confirmed a second piece of major casting, with Julianne Moore signing on to play Carrie's mother, Margaret...
66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 10ème jour (11/09/2009) Tapis rouge avec Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode et le réalisateur Tom Ford pour le film : A sigle Man
photo: Creative Commons / nicolas genin

Danny DeVito wraps apocalypse film production
Full Article Digital Spy
Danny DeVito has completed production on his apocalyptic thriller. Shangri-La Entertainment has announced that the untitled film directed by the veteran actor has entered post-production. The movie stars William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Black Hawk Down), Lance Reddick, (The Wire, Fringe) and Constance Zimmer (Entourage). "I was truly excited...
Actor Danny DeVito speaks at the 3rd annual Alfred Mann Foundation Innovation
photo: AP / Phil McCarten


Aleppo University - 17th may 2012 / beating students / from UN VEHICLE / Syria
Aleppo University - 17th may 2012 / beating students / from UN VEHICLE / Syria
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  • Published: 18 May 2012
  • Updated: 18 May 2012
Author: CITIZENSYRIA
Youths sitting in the back of a vehicle driven by a UN observer and filming security forces members beating students brutally with truncheons. Having taken the observer to witness the scene, the youths implored him to leave when a man in civilian clothes approaches the vehicle and blocks the view of the student filming. "Let's go, let's go. They'll arrest us. We are under your protection," screams a girl at the observer in the video
http://wn.com/Aleppo_University__17th_may_2012_/_beating_students_/_from_UN_VEHICLE_/_Syria
Chinese Fugitive Lai Changxing Faces Trial in Xiamen
Chinese Fugitive Lai Changxing Faces Trial in Xiamen
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  • Published: 15 Feb 2012
  • Updated: 16 Feb 2012
Author: NTDTV
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Once dubbed China's most wanted man, former fugitive Lai Changxing has been prosecuted for smuggling and bribery in China's southeastern city of Xiamen. The city court of Xiamen is hearing the case, and state media says he faces life imprisonment rather than the death penalty. Lai was deported from Canada back to China last year after an 11-year diplomatic struggle. He was immediately arrested and later pleaded guilty to extensive corruption charges. He was accused of running a multi-billion dollar smuggling operation in Xiamen in the 1990s, bribing officials and evading billions of dollars of government taxes. Lai fled to Canada in 1999 and sought asylum. Canada rejected his claim and deported him after assurances from Beijing he would not be tortured or given the death penalty. But the decision was controversial as Lai's accountant and brother both mysteriously died in a Chinese prison and the Canadian court was not given their autopsy reports.
http://wn.com/Chinese_Fugitive_Lai_Changxing_Faces_Trial_in_Xiamen
Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer)
Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer)
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  • Published: 26 Feb 2009
  • Updated: 15 May 2012
Author: bravenewfilms
Sign the petition: rethinkafghanistan.com President Obama has committed 17000 more troops to Afghanistan. This decision raises serious questions about troops, costs, overall mission, and exit strategy. Historically, it has been Congress' duty to ask questions in the form of oversight hearings that challenge policymakers, examine military spending, and educate the public. After witnessing the absence of oversight regarding the Iraq war, we must insist Congress hold hearings on Afghanistan. Watch the first part from our full-length documentary that will serve as a driving force to help make oversight hearings a reality. Sign the petition urging oversight and tell us what questions you would ask. Sign the petition rethinkafghanistan.com
http://wn.com/Afghanistan_War_+_More_Troops_=_Catastrophe_Trailer
Catholic
Catholic "Discovery" of America: Knights of Columbus and its Mass Murder of Natives Exposed!
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  • Published: 28 Oct 2011
  • Updated: 04 May 2012
Author: vaticancrimes
The Catholic Church - the Vatican - was behind the so-called "discovery" of America and the consequent genocide of natives to steal their land. So much so that the Catholic Church's religious order called the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, named in honor of Christopher Columbus! This video was uploaded by: wahkontonkadahl who also wrote the following: "I recently contacted Tony Castanha, the internationally renowned leader of the movement to influence the Roman Catholic hierarchy to revoke the Papal bull, Inter Caetera. Mr. Castanha is also on the forefront of the movement to put an end to the glorification of Columbus. When I contacted him, I presented the link to my "Protesting The Racist Name Of The Knights Of Columbus" video on youtube. In response he wrote: "It's time to go after these 'Knights' guys...". Because of the instructions Columbus and his knights received from two 15th century Papal bulls they stole the land of the native people they "discovered" in the Caribbean Islands. And, likewise, because of these same two 15th century Papal bulls white Christians stole the Dakota people's Wakan/"Rum" River watershed traditional/ancestral homeland territory, which includes the land where the Anoka KC's building is located. Reference: www.towahkon.org ************************************** Here on the front of Anoka, Minnesota's Knights of Columbus building, a building located on the south bank of the badly named <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/Catholic_Discovery_of_America_Knights_of_Columbus_and_its_Mass_Murder_of_Natives_Exposed!
Greece euro exit to hit Spain and Italy hardest -- experts
Greece euro exit to hit Spain and Italy hardest -- experts
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  • Published: 15 May 2012
  • Updated: 16 May 2012
Author: ProtectAbkhaziaRT
Where the eurozone crisis heads will depend not on whether Greece leaves the union, but on how the situation in the region affects debt-troubled Italy and Spain, Aleksey Bachurin, head of Russian Cash Equity Trading at Renaissance Capital, told RT. "The important thing is not Greece itself: it's relatively small and the investments in Greece are already written down by most banks. But the potential contagious effect on Italy and especially Spain -- this is a real danger," Bachurin said. Indeed, as the Greek crisis entered a new phase with the country's party leaders failing to form a government, Italian and Spanish borrowing costs surged and banking declined. Late on Monday, Moody's rating agency downgraded the debt rating of 26 Italian banks, including giants UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo. Ten of them were lowered to so-called junk status, while some saw their ratings cut by as much as four notches. Meanwhile, Spain announced a consolidation of four major banks aimed at creating a lender with assets of 270 billion euro. Though some European politicians insist the eurozone would survive even without Greece, some economists say it might be the end of the game. The deterioration in Greece could result in "huge withdrawals from Spanish and Italian banks, as depositors try to move their money to Germany," Paul Krugman, renowned US economist, wrote in his column in the New York Times. In this case Germany would be left with two options, according to Krugman. The first would be <b>...</b>
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Fitch Downgrades Greece: 'Default is Highly Likely in the Near Term'
Fitch Downgrades Greece: 'Default is Highly Likely in the Near Term'
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  • Published: 22 Feb 2012
  • Updated: 18 Mar 2012
Author: IBTimesTV
Fitch Ratings downgraded Greece's credit rating further into junk status, a move widely anticipated after the country said it will force bondholders who do not voluntarily sign up to a debt swap plan to take a loss on their holdings. www.ibtimestv.com
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Sahel Drought
Sahel Drought
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  • Published: 15 Feb 2012
  • Updated: 07 May 2012
Author: unitednations
United Nations, New York, February 2012 -
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Sahel Drought
Sahel Drought
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  • Published: 15 Feb 2012
  • Updated: 07 May 2012
Author: unitednations
United Nations, New York, February 2012 -
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Possible Nuclear Weapons Research at Iran's Parchin Military Complex: Explosives Chamber Image
Possible Nuclear Weapons Research at Iran's Parchin Military Complex: Explosives Chamber Image
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  • Published: 14 May 2012
  • Updated: 17 May 2012
Author: JewishNewsOne
An unnamed official from a country tracking Iran's nuclear program has provided the Associated Press with a computer generated image said to show an explosives containment chamber located inside Iran's Parchin military complex. According to experts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, such a chamber is of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests. IISS Director for Disarmament Mark Fitzpatrick: "What one does inside such a chamber is conducts high explosives testing. You are going to make something go boom with maybe 70 kilograms of high explosives, you need to contain the explosion. And particularly if you are using uranium, which is reportedly the case, you want to contain all the uranium dust so there's not any tell-tale, observable signals of that experimentation." The official who provided the picture has said it is based on information from a person who had seen the chamber at the Parchin military site. The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has long pressed Iran for access to the site, but so far, this has not been granted. The release of the image comes as IAEA officials prepare to meet their Iranian counterparts for talks in Vienna this week. The discussions will be closely watched by the six world powers -- the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- who will be holding their own negotiations with Iran in Baghdad on May 23rd. Iran has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of the chamber depicted in the image, though <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/Possible_Nuclear_Weapons_Research_at_Iran's_Parchin_Military_Complex_Explosives_Chamber_Image
Bosnia war crimes trial of Mladic opens
Bosnia war crimes trial of Mladic opens
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  • Published: 16 May 2012
  • Updated: 17 May 2012
Author: france24english
Two women walk by graffiti representing Ratko Mladic in Belgrade in February 2012. The trial of the wartime Bosnian Serb army chief opened before a UN court Wednesday, where he faces charges for some of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II. FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com
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Leaked UN report blames Iran for supplying Syrian army with weapons
Leaked UN report blames Iran for supplying Syrian army with weapons
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  • Duration: 2:08
  • Published: 17 May 2012
  • Updated: 17 May 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
The United Nations is blaming Iran for supplying the Syrian army with weapons. The UN says it has found evidence Iran been organising illegal shipments. Meanwhile, both Russia and the US acknowledge that they are helping the two sides in Syria's internal conflict as well. The implications of this are profound: not only are the two sides on the ground ignoring the terms of the ceasefire, but it also seems that foreign countries - which on paper signed up to the Annan plan and its spirit of demilitarisation - are, in practice and in different ways, both offering supplies which undermine it. Iran would say that makes criticism of it sound a bit hollow. And it also reinforces the idea that Syria has turned into a proxy conflict between Russia on one side, and the self-titled Friends of Syria on the other. Laurence Lee reports.
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Zhou Yongkang And Bo Xilai Cannot Escape
Zhou Yongkang And Bo Xilai Cannot Escape
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  • Published: 22 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 28 Apr 2012
Author: ChinaForbiddenNews
Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com The media revealed that Wang Lijun, Vice Mayor of Chongqing was stranded in the United States Consulate in Chengdu, and tried to seek political asylum, finally agreeing to go out by himself is because of Zhou Yongkang's so-called son, Kong Tao, passing Wang a secret written guarantee ensuring Wang's safety and avoiding punishment. What is the relation between Wang, Zhou and Kong? What are their roles in the CCP's power fight? Why would Zhou give assurance to let Wang leave the US Consulate? Some think that Zhou and Bo cannot stun the lines. The following are to unlock the layers of the relations and the infighting within the CCP's power. Reporter: According to the report of "Ming Jing", Wang and Kong have a 20 year friendship, and they made a lot of "trading" with Zhou. Kong came from Panjin, Liaoning, where Wang knew Kong and Zhou when he served in the public security bureau. It is said that Wang has the capital of Zhou, his wife, son, two secretaries who jointly embezzled billions of RMB. This capital have been transferred to abroad. Part of it was handed in to the US Consulate. In this regard, the CCP did not respond. But the commentator Wen Zhao thinks Zhou is involved in the whole incident of Wang Lijun. Wen Zhao:"(Wang and Bo) Their position is very close. Bo is promoted by Jiang Zemin and he implemented various policies from Jiang. Zhou entered the 17th Committee because of Jiang. Both of them <b>...</b>
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Fedde Le Grand live @ Sensation Serbia Innerspace Belgrade 2012 Generation 303
Fedde Le Grand live @ Sensation Serbia Innerspace Belgrade 2012 Generation 303
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  • Published: 13 May 2012
  • Updated: 15 May 2012
Author: besniloTV
read the interview with Fedde Le Grand: www.besnilo.com Track id: Nicky Romero - Generation 303 facebook.com/besnilo
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Karzai Exclusive: 'No Blackwater mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'
Karzai Exclusive: 'No Blackwater mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'
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  • Published: 14 May 2012
  • Updated: 17 May 2012
Author: RussiaToday
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has spoken exclusively to Russian media outlets - RT, Rossiya-24 and RIA-Novosti. Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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Obama & Putin Breakfast
Obama & Putin Breakfast
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  • Published: 08 Jul 2009
  • Updated: 17 May 2012
Author: nocommenttv
www.euronews.net US President Obama and PM Putin shared a traditional Russian breakfast
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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. Chelsea's David Luiz, right, celebrates scoring a goal beside Frank Lampard during the Champions League Group E soccer match between Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Government supporters demonstrate in front of the Congress as lawmakers debate the YPF bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 3, 2012. In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech upon his arrival to Simon Bolivar international airport in Maiquetia near Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, May 11, 2012.

This photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net and purporting to show a man identified by the Internet site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sep. 11 attacks, is seen in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The picture was allegedly taken in July 2009 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and released only to the detainee's family under a new policy allowing the ICRC to photograph Guantanamo inmates, ICRC spokesman Bernard Barrett said Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Angel fish UN says threats to global security increasing Blood Pressure Meter - Nurse - Patient

China sentences fugitive smuggler Lai to life term
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BEIJING—The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a lurid corruption case that reached into the highest echelons of the Communist Party and involved a decade-long extradition fight. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Lai Changxing was convicted and sentenced...
File - Chinese soldiers look at cars confiscated from a company owned by fugitive smuggling suspect Lai Changxing, including a bullet-proofed Mercedes Benz, at an anti-smuggling exhibition in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004.
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, police officers armed with AK-47 rifles stand guard at sandbagged bunkers along a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation and is gaining prominence
Zeenews Bureau Washington: The US State Department may designate Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, as a "foreign terrorist organisation”, a news agency said on Friday. Citing a document, the agency said Assistant Attorney General for...
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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou declares victory in the presidential election, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou is set to begin his second presidential term caught between China's desire to exert greater influence over his democratic island and Taiwanese determination to maintain their de facto independence. Ma is to...
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The burqa reminder
Since a 2009 trip to Kabul, I have kept a sky-blue burqa in my office as a reminder of the responsibility we have to the women of Afghanistan. As world leaders gather in Chicago this weekend to discuss Afghanistan's future, women must not just be a...
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Government Buildings in Dublin, Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
The King of Bahrain and Swaziland's King Mswati III are among controversial monarchs expected at a Windsor Castle lunch being hosted by the Queen later. Critics accuse Bahrain of human rights abuses and say King Mswati lives in luxury while his...
photo: AP / Peter Morrison
Solution to world economic crisis must have "global dimension": EU's Barroso
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (Xinhua) -- President of the European Union (EU) Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said here Thursday that a solution to the global economic crisis must have a global dimension. "Economic crisis has global nature, its impact has...
photo: EC / EC
Donna Summer, queen of disco, dies of cancer at 63
Donna Summer, the multimillion-selling singer and songwriter whose hits captured both the giddy hedonism of the 1970s disco era and the feisty female solidarity of the early 1980s, died of lung cancer Thursday at her home in Naples, Fla. She was 63....
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Aleppo University - 17th may 2012 / beating students / from UN VEHICLE / Syria; updated 18 May 2012; published 18 May 2012
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Alep­po Uni­ver­si­ty - 17th may 2012 / beat­ing stu­dents / from UN VE­HI­CLE / Syria
France24 18 May 2012, AFP - Anti-regime activists have called for Syria-wide protests on Friday in support of students in Aleppo, a day after thousands of them rallied, emboldened by the presence of UN truce observers. Growing suspicions of an Al-Qaeda presence in Syria, meanwhile, further complicated matters for the fragmented opposition, which has repeatedly refuted...

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Chinese Fugitive Lai Changxing Faces Trial in Xiamen; updated 16 Feb 2012; published 15 Feb 2012
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Chi­nese Fugi­tive Lai Changx­ing Faces Trial in Xi­a­men
Denver Post 18 May 2012, BEIJING—The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a lurid corruption case that reached into the highest echelons of the Communist Party and involved a decade-long extradition fight. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Lai Changxing was convicted and sentenced...

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Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catastrophe (Trailer); updated 15 May 2012; published 26 Feb 2009
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Afghanistan War + More Troops = Catas­tro­phe (Trail­er)
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Greece euro exit to hit Spain and Italy hardest -- experts; updated 16 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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Greece euro exit to hit Spain and Italy hard­est -- ex­perts
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Fitch Downgrades Greece: 'Default is Highly Likely in the Near Term'; updated 18 Mar 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Fitch Down­grades Greece: 'De­fault is High­ly Like­ly in the Near Term'
Al Jazeera 18 May 2012, Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to leave the Eurozone. The failure by Greek politicians to form a government underscores a lack of public and political support for an austerity programme, Fitch said in a statement on...

Sahel Drought; updated 07 May 2012; published 15 Feb 2012
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Possible Nuclear Weapons Research at Iran's Parchin Military Complex: Explosives Chamber Image; updated 17 May 2012; published 14 May 2012
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Bosnia war crimes trial of Mladic opens; updated 17 May 2012; published 16 May 2012
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Bosnia war crimes trial of Mladic opens
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Leaked UN report blames Iran for supplying Syrian army with weapons; updated 17 May 2012; published 17 May 2012
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Fedde Le Grand live @ Sensation Serbia Innerspace Belgrade 2012 Generation 303; updated 15 May 2012; published 13 May 2012
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Fedde Le Grand live @ Sen­sa­tion Ser­bia In­nerspace Bel­grade 2012 Gen­er­a­tion 303
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Karzai Exclusive: 'No Blackwater mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'; updated 17 May 2012; published 14 May 2012
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Karzai Ex­clu­sive: 'No Black­wa­ter mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'
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