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In Pakistan Afridi Is 'Mudd'
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani surgeon, was sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by Pakistan's government-a doctor, that is, who was recruited by the clandestine Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to help find Osama bin Laden so that U.S. Special forces could assassinate him-it evoked the name...
Jamil Afridi, right, brother of a Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi speaks at a news conference in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, May 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad

West mulls military action against Syria: All-out chaos, or more killings?
Full Article Middle East Online
DAMASCUS - China on Wednesday restated its opposition to military intervention in Syria, as Russia sought to halt fresh UN Security Council action after a massacre of civilians sparked global fury. The renewed support by Moscow and Beijing for the Damascus regime came as numerous Western nations, including the United States, Britain and France,...
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday, May 26, 2012 purports to show shrouded dead bodies following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria.
photo: AP

Talks under way to end Sudan conflict
Full Article Al Jazeera
Negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan have held their first talks since deadly border fighting last month, amid fresh accusations by the South of air attacks by Sudan. Teams from both sides are in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for African Union-led talks which were stalled by heavy clashes last month, the worst fighting since the South won...
Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers inspect ordinance dropped by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) at a frontline position in Pana Kuach, Unity State, South Sudan.
photo: AP / Pete Muller

Mitt Romney clinches Republican nomination
Full Article Newstrack India
Tweet Washington, May 30 (IANS) Mitt Romney created history as he finally clinched the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November, becoming the first Mormon nominee from a major political party. Former Massachusetts governor Romney succeeded where his father, George, and others, including Senators Orrin Hatch and Mo...
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks during a campaign event at the Somers Furniture warehouse in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Mary Altaffer

Annan says Syria 'at a tipping point' after massacre
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
BEIRUTU.S. and world leaders dramatically increased pressure on Syria in the wake of a civilian massacre, with special envoy Kofi Annan declaring the country to be at a tipping point and urging its president to implement a peace plan that could fatally weaken his grip on power. Annan spoke Tuesday in the Syrian capital as a group of...
In this photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria, in Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP / SANA

Sudan, South Sudan start first talks since conflict
Full Article The Times of India
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet ADDIS ABABA: Top negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan met on Tuesday for their first talks since deadly border fighting last month took them to the brink of war, even as Juba accused Khartoum of fresh air strikes. Teams from both sides are in the Ethiopian capital for African Union-led talks which were stalled by heavy...
Secretary general of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, and Chief Negotiator of southern Sudan Pagan Amum speaks during a press conference in Nairobi Kenya, Friday April 13, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Senosi

Second big quake hits northern Italy, 10 dead
Full Article The Star
MILAN (Reuters) - An earthquake struck northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, damaging buildings and spreading panic among thousands of residents still living in tents after a tremor shook the region just over a week ago, destroying their homes. Officials and a source from the Italian Red Cross said several people were trapped under...
A woman walks in front of a collapsed building in Cavazzo, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20.
photo: AP / Marco Vasini

The West has lost its grip on war
Full Article Al Jazeera
Whether they are against it or for it, few in the West seem to have a coherent account of war, in Afghanistan or anywhere else. Last week, Occupy Chicago demonstrated against "NATO/G8" in the name of the "Planet over profits and war". They were particularly incensed that "NATO/G8 member Canada" had "declared war on the Alberta Tar Sands and on the...
Protesters block traffic on Michigan Ave., as they march through the city during a demonstration Friday, May 18, 2012, ahead of this weekends' NATO summit in Chicago.
photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast

Demonstrators angry at Egypt runoff candidates plan more protests
Full Article CNN
May 29, 2012 -- Updated 0421 GMT (1221 HKT) An Egyptian man shouts slogans during a demonstration Monday after the first round of elections in Cairo. Cairo (CNN) -- Demonstrators angry that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's former premier will face off against a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's presidential runoff have called for...
Egyptian supporters chant slogans and carry posters with pictures of presidential runoff candidate Ahmed Shafiq in front of his ransacked campaign headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A mob set fire late Monday to Shafiq's campaign headquarters.
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser

Syria denies Houla killings, UN condemns attack
Full Article The Times of India
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetAP Photo BEIRUT: Syria has strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people - including women and children - in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, but the UN Security Council after an emergency session condemned government forces for shelling residential areas. The killing of more than 100...
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday, May 26, 2012, purports to show shrouded dead bodies following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria.
photo: AP


Somali government troops backed by African Union (AU) forces have captured a strategic town...
JERUSALEM — Israeli medical student Mohammad Hijazi seems the ideal candidate to...
I'm leaning over the edge of the viewing platform on the world's tallest building, the...

Italian firefighters work amid debris of a collapsed factory in Medolla, Italy, Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Mirandola: Italian rescue workers removed the last earthquake victim from the rubble at a collapsed factory in northeastern Italy on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 17 as the government approved measures to rebuild the quake-hit area so crucial...
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
The United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan jointly won the centenary Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for working for human rights and to defuse global conflicts. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the 189-nation group and 63-year-old Annan for working for peace throughout the world.Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses correspondants at a press conference held today at UN Headquarters following the announcement of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.
AFP - UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan on Wednesday said the situation in Syria is "complex" and urged an intensification of international efforts to end bloodshed that has killed thousands of people. "The Syrian issue is complex, and the world...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Liberian President Charles Taylor, right, speaks to an audience of church leaders at the Executive Mansion in the capital Monrovia Friday, July 4, 2003.
Judge at court in The Hague says ex-Liberia president's crimes were of the 'utmost gravity in scale and brutality' Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor listens to the judge passing his sentencing at the court in The Hague. Photograph: Toussaint...
photo: AP / Ben Curtis
File - Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder leaves the Supreme Court in central London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
LONDON — Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court. FILE - Julian Assange WikiLeaks...
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, enters a Tea Party town hall event in Milford, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Washington: Mitt Romney on Tuesday clinched the Republican nomination, winning the Texas primary and securing enough delegates to cross the bench mark of 1,144 necessary to challenge incumbent Barack Obama in November Presidential Elections. "We did...
photo: AP / Carlos Osorio
NATO airstrike kills al-Qaeda's second-highest leader in Afghanistan
The US-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaeda's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition said Tuesday. Sakhr al-Taifi, also known as Mushtaq and Nasim, was responsible for commanding foreign...
photo: UN / Michael J. MacLeod
U.S. casualties in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: As of Tuesday, at least 1,857 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The latest death reported by the military: Army Spc. Tofiga J. Tautolo, 23, of Wilmington,...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

Congress: 'Pakistan the Enemy' US to bomb Pakistan?; updated 27 May 2012; published 24 May 2012
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Congress: 'Pakistan the Enemy' US to bomb Pakistan?
WorldNews.com 30 May 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani surgeon, was sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by Pakistan's government-a doctor, that is, who was recruited by the clandestine Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to help find Osama bin Laden so that U.S. Special forces could assassinate him-it evoked the name...

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Dozens of Children Killed in New Syria Attack; updated 30 May 2012; published 27 May 2012
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Dozens of Children Killed in New Syria Attack
Middle East Online 30 May 2012, DAMASCUS - China on Wednesday restated its opposition to military intervention in Syria, as Russia sought to halt fresh UN Security Council action after a massacre of civilians sparked global fury. The renewed support by Moscow and Beijing for the Damascus regime came as numerous Western nations, including the United States, Britain and France,...

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Interview: Sudan and South Sudan conflict; updated 13 May 2012; published 14 Apr 2012
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Interview: Sudan and South Sudan conflict
Al Jazeera 30 May 2012, Negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan have held their first talks since deadly border fighting last month, amid fresh accusations by the South of air attacks by Sudan. Teams from both sides are in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for African Union-led talks which were stalled by heavy clashes last month, the worst fighting since the South won...

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Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up (feat. Eminem); updated 30 May 2012; published 19 Mar 2012
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Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up (feat. Eminem)
Newstrack India 30 May 2012, Tweet Washington, May 30 (IANS) Mitt Romney created history as he finally clinched the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November, becoming the first Mormon nominee from a major political party. Former Massachusetts governor Romney succeeded where his father, George, and others, including Senators Orrin Hatch and Mo...

Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad; updated 11 Apr 2012; published 11 Mar 2012
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Annan optimistic after talks with Syria's Assad
The Los Angeles Times 30 May 2012, BEIRUTU.S. and world leaders dramatically increased pressure on Syria in the wake of a civilian massacre, with special envoy Kofi Annan declaring the country to be at a tipping point and urging its president to implement a peace plan that could fatally weaken his grip on power. Annan spoke Tuesday in the Syrian capital as a group of...

Interview: Sudan and South Sudan conflict; updated 13 May 2012; published 14 Apr 2012
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Interview: Sudan and South Sudan conflict
The Times of India 30 May 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet ADDIS ABABA: Top negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan met on Tuesday for their first talks since deadly border fighting last month took them to the brink of war, even as Juba accused Khartoum of fresh air strikes. Teams from both sides are in the Ethiopian capital for African Union-led talks which were stalled by heavy...

Italy earthquake: Video of house collapsing after killer quake shakes Modena; updated 30 May 2012; published 29 May 2012
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Italy earthquake: Video of house collapsing after killer quake shakes Modena
The Star 29 May 2012, MILAN (Reuters) - An earthquake struck northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, damaging buildings and spreading panic among thousands of residents still living in tents after a tremor shook the region just over a week ago, destroying their homes. Officials and a source from the Italian Red Cross said several people were trapped under...

'NATO war machine responsible for global violence'; updated 30 May 2012; published 21 May 2012
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'NATO war machine responsible for global violence'
Al Jazeera 29 May 2012, Whether they are against it or for it, few in the West seem to have a coherent account of war, in Afghanistan or anywhere else. Last week, Occupy Chicago demonstrated against "NATO/G8" in the name of the "Planet over profits and war". They were particularly incensed that "NATO/G8 member Canada" had "declared war on the Alberta Tar Sands and on the...

Egyptians protest election results; updated 29 May 2012; published 29 May 2012
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Egyptians protest election results
CNN 29 May 2012, May 29, 2012 -- Updated 0421 GMT (1221 HKT) An Egyptian man shouts slogans during a demonstration Monday after the first round of elections in Cairo. Cairo (CNN) -- Demonstrators angry that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's former premier will face off against a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's presidential runoff have called for...

Syria-Houla Killing.mov; updated 30 May 2012; published 27 May 2012
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Syria-Houla Killing.mov
The Times of India 28 May 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetAP Photo BEIRUT: Syria has strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people - including women and children - in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, but the UN Security Council after an emergency session condemned government forces for shelling residential areas. The killing of more than 100...

DR Congo WAR / North Kivu / N.POSTAL; updated 05 May 2012; published 14 Nov 2007
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DR Congo WAR / North Kivu / N.POSTAL
BBC News 28 May 2012, The UN says it has evidence that a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being fuelled by recruits and support from neighbouring Rwanda. An internal UN report seen by the BBC cited defecting soldiers, who said they had been trained in Rwanda under the pretext of joining the army, before being sent over the border to fight. The conflict...

Inside Story - Iran nuclear talks: A positive first step?; updated 05 May 2012; published 17 Apr 2012
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Inside Story - Iran nuclear talks: A positive first step?
my SA 28 May 2012, TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's nuclear chief, reversing the country's previous statements, said on state television Sunday that the country would not halt its production of higher-grade uranium, suggesting that the Iranian government was veering back to a much harder line after talks in Baghdad with the West last week ended badly. The official, Fereydoon...

Syria-Houla Killing.mov; updated 30 May 2012; published 27 May 2012
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Syria-Houla Killing.mov
BBC News 27 May 2012, The road to war is paved with massacres. Traditionally, the symbolism of mass killings - whether imminent, as in the Libyan city of Benghazi last year, or complete, as in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995 - has bridged the gap between diplomacy and military action. Will the Houla massacre in Syria this week, apparently involving the killing of...

Weekly Address: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day; updated 30 May 2012; published 26 May 2012
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Weekly Address: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day
WorldNews.com 27 May 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Immediately after the American Civil War, thousands of schoolchildren and teachers, black Freedmen and Union troops, and black and white ministers and members of mutual aid societies, all of which had a variety of differing views and experiences and heritages, gathered to commemorate and sanctify the...





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