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Syria: ‘Massacre' in Homs, at least 50 killed
Full Article Zeenews
Zeenews Bureau Beirut: At least 50 civilians, including 13 children, were killed on Friday in central Syria in what opposition activists say was a "massacre". The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees activist groups said Syrian troops using tanks, mortars and heavy machine...
In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, anti-Syrian regime protesters march in Bensh, Idlib Province, northern Syria.
photo: AP / Local Coordination Committees in Syria

IMF Boss Lagarde Slams Greeks Over Poverty
Full Article Skynews
The IMF's Christine Lagarde said bailout terms would not be eased for Greece The head of the International Monetary Fund has said she has more sympathy for deprived children in Africa than she does for the people of Greece facing poverty. Managing director Christine Lagarde complained of tax-dodging and announced the IMF has no plan on easing...
A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk in Athens, Sunday, May 20 2012. Homelessness, the most visible sign of Greece's financial despair, has risen by around 25 percent.
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis

Spain’s Bankia asks for $24B in state aid
Full Article The Washington Post
MADRID — The troubled lender Bankia asked the Spanish government for $24 billion in financial support on Friday, the same day that a leading credit-rating agency downgraded the bank to junk status. Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, the bank’s president, said late Friday that the bailout would “reinforce the solvency, liquidity and...
FILE - In this Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo a man uses an ATM cash point machine at a branch of the Bankia bank in Madrid. Logo says ' Welcome to Bankia'.
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza, file

Why Wasn't Iran's Revolution Considered Democratic Too?
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The United States has not always supported popular and democratic uprisings around the world. As in Vietnam, Guatemala, Chile, Haiti, and dozens of other nations, it has resisted and sabotaged, even militarily intervened in the name of national and corporate security, to prevent democracies from...
Iranian troops display anti-riot tactics during an exercise at military grounds near the Royal Palace, Jan. 23, 1979 in Tehran.
photo: AP / Aristotle Saris

Nato’s endgame in Afghanistan
Full Article Gulf News
The 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) during its recent Chicago summit confirmed plans to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and to leave behind a training mission. Plans for handing over command of all combat missions to Afghan security forces by the middle of 2013 were also ratified as Nato leaders...
Nato’s endgame in Afghanistan
photo: EC / EC

Egypt election: Bigger fight ahead for presidential rivals
Full Article BBC News
Egyptians are beginning to get used to democracy. Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, they have had a constitutional referendum, four rounds of voting in the parliamentary elections, and now the first round of the first free presidential election in the country's history. That may explain the relatively modest turnout in the presidential vote -...
Egyptian demonstrators gather to denounce the electoral success of Ahmed Shafiq, a presidential candidate, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, May 25, 2012.
photo: AP / Pete Muller

France's Hollande makes unannounced Afghanistan trip
Full Article The Star
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Friday to visit some of the French troops he wants to pull out later this year and meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whom he saw briefly last week in Chicago. Hollande, making a whirl of...
French President Francois Hollande arrives at Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Nijrab, Kapisa region of Afghanistan Friday, May 25, 2012, where most of French troops are stationed in Afghanistan.
photo: AP / Joel Saget

U.S. senators penalize Pakistan for jailing CIA helper
Full Article The Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million (21 million pounds) -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence. "It's arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said...
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 30, 2009, following a news conference on health care legislation.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh

Activist Chen urges China to prosecute "lawless officials"
Full Article Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng urged authorities in Beijing on Thursday to prosecute "lawless" local officials who harassed and abused the self-taught lawyer, his family and supporters, saying such prosecutions could help China establish the rule of law. In one of his first interviews since arriving in the United States...
New York University Professor of Law Jerome Cohen, right, speaks to blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng after his arrival at the campus, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in New York.
photo: AP / Henny Ray Abrams

Egypt's open presidential race polarizes nation
Full Article The Boston Globe
CAIRO-Egypt's wide-open presidential election, which was in its second day of voting Thursday, is showing how deeply polarized the nation has become, with backers of rival Islamists and former regime figures each vowing they cannot let the other rule. The impact of their rivalry goes beyond the key question of who gets to rule Egypt for the next...
An Egyptian man holds up his inked finger after voting in the presidential election Wednesday, May 23, 2012, outside a polling station in Old Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP / Fredrik Persson


On May 15, the anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, its Arab citizens observed a...
Washington, May 25 (ANI): A new study has provided strong evidence that organic carbon did,...
The harsh austerity measures that are being implemented in exchange for international loans are...

California sailor marks NATO coalition's 3,000th death in Afghan war
Gone: Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson, 26, of Shasta, California, died May 20 A U.S. sailor who died on Sunday of medical complications was the 3,000th life lost in the war in Afghanistan. Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson, 26, of Shasta,...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
Obama's plan is the problem
President Obama and the liberals have taken a page out of Adolf Hitler's government handbook. When your country is falling apart and the people blame you, pick a scapegoat. Hitler chose the Jews; Obama chose the wealthy. After Germany lost World War...
photo: EC / EC
Fallen heroes and the 'flavor of freedom'
McIlvaine, known for having a splendid sense of humor that could make a room full of people roar with laughter, served in the U.S. military for nearly eight years – including combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. A natural leader, he knew a thing...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
Situation in Syria Remains Serious – UN Chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council that the situation in Syria “remains extremely serious” and UN efforts to end the political crisis in the country have seen only...
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
EU says China, U.S., Japan also have economic work to do
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and Japan must tackle their tax issues and China must relax restrictions on the yuan, as they share responsibility with Europe for restoring global economic health, EU leaders said ahead of a June summit of the...
photo: EC / EC
A precious chance for Somalia
In February, the British government hosted a one day conference in London to help chart a new agenda for Somalia. Many leading politicians from the US, Africa and the UN attended the meeting and promised to help Somalia regain its dignity and...
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
US campaign to end Israeli occupation
Activists are now on US ground seeking support for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands. A campaign, representing the largest and most diverse coalition in the US is “working to change US policy” which unconditionally...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war; updated 25 May 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war
Zeenews 26 May 2012, Zeenews Bureau Beirut: At least 50 civilians, including 13 children, were killed on Friday in central Syria in what opposition activists say was a "massacre". The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees activist groups said Syrian troops using tanks, mortars and heavy machine...

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Massive Poverty Fuels Greek Anger; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 14 Feb 2012
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Massive Poverty Fuels Greek Anger
Skynews 26 May 2012, The IMF's Christine Lagarde said bailout terms would not be eased for Greece The head of the International Monetary Fund has said she has more sympathy for deprived children in Africa than she does for the people of Greece facing poverty. Managing director Christine Lagarde complained of tax-dodging and announced the IMF has no plan on easing...

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Bankia bought own shares before bailout; updated 18 May 2012; published 18 May 2012
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Bankia bought own shares before bailout
The Washington Post 26 May 2012, MADRID — The troubled lender Bankia asked the Spanish government for $24 billion in financial support on Friday, the same day that a leading credit-rating agency downgraded the bank to junk status. Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, the bank’s president, said late Friday that the bailout would “reinforce the solvency, liquidity and...

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Iranian Revolution (Feb 1979); updated 25 May 2012; published 19 Sep 2006
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Iranian Revolution (Feb 1979)
WorldNews.com 25 May 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The United States has not always supported popular and democratic uprisings around the world. As in Vietnam, Guatemala, Chile, Haiti, and dozens of other nations, it has resisted and sabotaged, even militarily intervened in the name of national and corporate security, to prevent democracies from...

Chicago Militarizes for G8/NATO Summits; updated 23 May 2012; published 20 Jan 2012
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Chicago Militarizes for G8/NATO Summits
Gulf News 25 May 2012, The 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) during its recent Chicago summit confirmed plans to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and to leave behind a training mission. Plans for handing over command of all combat missions to Afghan security forces by the middle of 2013 were also ratified as Nato leaders...

The role of religion in Egypt's election; updated 25 May 2012; published 23 May 2012
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The role of religion in Egypt's election
BBC News 25 May 2012, Egyptians are beginning to get used to democracy. Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, they have had a constitutional referendum, four rounds of voting in the parliamentary elections, and now the first round of the first free presidential election in the country's history. That may explain the relatively modest turnout in the presidential vote -...

Hollande veut partir d'Afghanistan en 2012 et Sarkozy en 2013; updated 18 May 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Hollande veut partir d'Afghanistan en 2012 et Sarkozy en 2013
The Star 25 May 2012, PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Friday to visit some of the French troops he wants to pull out later this year and meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whom he saw briefly last week in Chicago. Hollande, making a whirl of...

Shakil Afridi, Pakistani Doctor, Provided Key Information To US In Advance Of Bin Laden Raid; updated 30 Jan 2012; published 28 Jan 2012
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Shakil Afridi, Pakistani Doctor, Provided Key Information To US In Advance Of Bin Laden Raid
The Star 25 May 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million (21 million pounds) -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence. "It's arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said...

Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest; updated 20 May 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest
Reuters 25 May 2012, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng urged authorities in Beijing on Thursday to prosecute "lawless" local officials who harassed and abused the self-taught lawyer, his family and supporters, saying such prosecutions could help China establish the rule of law. In one of his first interviews since arriving in the United States...

The role of religion in Egypt's election; updated 25 May 2012; published 23 May 2012
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The role of religion in Egypt's election
The Boston Globe 24 May 2012, CAIRO-Egypt's wide-open presidential election, which was in its second day of voting Thursday, is showing how deeply polarized the nation has become, with backers of rival Islamists and former regime figures each vowing they cannot let the other rule. The impact of their rivalry goes beyond the key question of who gets to rule Egypt for the next...

Eurozone crisis: 'strong countries to help weak ones'; updated 25 May 2012; published 24 May 2012
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Eurozone crisis: 'strong countries to help weak ones'
The Times of India 24 May 2012, Eurozone tunnel darkens, grim signals from business Print this articleShare on RedittGoogle BookmarksNewsvineLive BookmarksTechnoratiYahoo BookmarksBlogmarksDel.icio.usApnaCircleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleAFP | May 24, 2012, 04.25PM ISTBRUSSELS: Eurozone tensions rose again on Thursday with grim signals from business, and a...

The role of religion in Egypt's election; updated 25 May 2012; published 23 May 2012
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The role of religion in Egypt's election
Al Jazeera 24 May 2012, From Egypt's post-Mubarak elections to Tunisian debates about media freedom: a battle is raging for the political soul of the Islamic world. Contrary to what was predicted during the heyday of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), the clashing visions are not those of jihadi terrorism and Western-minded secularism. The new realities emerging from the...

The Taliban Spring - Afghanistan; updated 25 May 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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The Taliban Spring - Afghanistan
Xinhua 24 May 2012, by Abdul Haleem and Yangtze Yan KABUL, May 24 (Xinhua) -- After a decade of a costly and deadly war, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has decided to leave Afghanistan amid increasing Taliban-led terrorist activities. In a two-day NATO summit concluded in Chicago on Monday, the 28- member military alliance and...

Syria: Haitham al-Maleh and Burhan Ghalioun address European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs; updated 14 Jul 2011; published 14 Jul 2011
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Syria: Haitham al-Maleh and Burhan Ghalioun address European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
Yahoo Daily News 24 May 2012, AMMAN (Reuters) - The main Syrian National Council opposition group said it had accepted the resignation of its president, setting the stage for a showdown between the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and its political rivals over who will be the new leader. The internal conflicts have come to a head over the position held by Burhan Ghalioun, a secular...





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