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Russia contributing to potential Syria civil war - US
Full Article BBC News
The US Secretary of State says Russian policy will contribute to a potential civil war in Syria. Hillary Clinton's comments came after Russia and China renewed opposition to tougher UN Security Council action. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has repeated a warning that Syria could be moving towards "catastrophic" civil war, in the...
This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday, May 28, 2012, purports to show the massacre in Houla on May 25 that killed more than 100 people, many of them children.
photo: AP / Amateur Video via AP video

'China detains hundreds in Tibet over self-immolation protests'
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule, a US-based broadcaster reported. A Tibetan exile sets himself on fire during a protest against the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India Photo: AP Photo/Manish...
File - A candlelit vigil being held at the main square of Mcleod Ganj town, Dharamshala, India on Thursday evening, April 19, 2012, to pay respect and prayers to the two young Tibetans who died on April 19th in their self-immolations in Tibet to China's rule and repressions.
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

Freed FARC hostage heads to France
Full Article Al Jazeera
Romeo Langlois, a French reporter released on Wednesday by Colombian rebels, is on his way to France. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) held Langlois hostage for a month after seizing him following a firefight. Langlois, a reporter for France 24, was taken hostage in the southern Caqueta region on April...
French journalist Romeo Langlois, center, is escorted by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, upon their arrival to San Isidro, southern Colombia, Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
photo: AP / Fernando Vergara

U.S. military trainers trickle back into Pakistan
Full Article The Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent a handful of military trainers back into Pakistan in a sign the two nations may be able to achieve some low-level cooperation against militants despite a string of confrontations that have left Washington's relations with Islamabad in crisis. Fewer than 10 U.S. special operations soldiers have been...
U.S. military trainers trickle back into Pakistan
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

AT&T donates to troops, veterans
Full Article The Leaf Chronicle
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. - In honor of Memorial Day, AT&T; donated 1,000 $5 calling cards and 250 100-minute calling cards to Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc. which assists military veterans and their families. Deputy Executive Director of Operation Stand...
AT&T donates to troops, veterans
photo: US Army / Teddy Wade

'Regret' over Obama Holocaust comment
Full Article NZ Herald
The White House on Wednesday shrugged off Polish demands to express more than mere 'regret' after President Barack Obama mistakenly referred to a Nazi Holocaust site as a "Polish death camp." "We regret the misstatement, but that is what it was," said Obama spokesman Jay Carney, reiterating that the president "misspoke" during a ceremony awarding...
'Regret' over Obama Holocaust comment
photo: EC / EC

Syria rebels give government 48-hour ceasefire deadline
Full Article BBC News
The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has given the government of President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to observe a UN ceasefire plan. The FSA's Colonel Qassim Saadeddine said if there was no response by Friday lunchtime the FSA would consider itself "no longer bound by the.. peace plan". The plan calls on government forces to...
Syrian rebels take their position behind a wall as they fire their guns during a battle with the Syrian government forces, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012.
photo: AP

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


Ed Davey has manipulated quotes to support the bill and a clause has been inserted to allow any...
US President Barack Obama personally approves every single drone strike against suspected...
Somali government troops backed by African Union (AU) forces have captured a strategic town...

Egyptian riot police move in to disperse about 200 Coptic Christians, mostly youths, who were staging a noisy protest at night near the bombed church in Alexandria, Egypt Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011.
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's notorious emergency law expired Thursday, ending more than 30 years of broad powers to arrest and detain for a police force accused of widespread human rights abuses. The military rulers who took charge from ousted President...
photo: AP / Ben Curtis
Letters: Keep honoring those who served
I read the article about the foot float in the Ferndale Memorial Day Parade ("How you can help honor Michigan's fallen," May 13). Volunteers were needed to carry pictures of the young people from Michigan who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq...
photo: Army of the Czech Republic / Warrant Officer Frantisek Stein
EU throws Spain 2 lifelines
The European Commission threw Spain, the latest frontline in Europe's debt war, two potential lifelines on Wednesday, offering more time to reduce its budget deficit and direct aid from a eurozone rescue fund to recapitalise distressed banks. Spanish...
photo: EC / EC
World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand from India, right, shakes hand with Boris Gelfand of Israel after defeating him at the FIDE World Chess Championship tie break match at Moscow's Tretyakovsky State Gallery, Russia, Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
Viswanathan Anand said he was terribly tense before the tie-breakers of the World Chess Championship on Wednesday. But he did not show any of it against Boris Gelfand. In a nerve-wracking rapid play, the Indian...
photo: AP / Misha Japaridze
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World newspaper and former director of communications for Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, leaves after appearing at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central London, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
The 44-year-old was detained for questioning at Govan police station in Glasgow by officers from Strathclyde Police. More than six hours later, the force confirmed he had been arrested and charged with perjury. A report will be sent to the procurator...
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
Kenya bombards Shabab-held Kismayo in Somalia, renews long-delayed attack on al Qaida affiliate
Kenya has renewed its long-stalled offensive against al Qaida’s affiliate in Somalia, just days after the Kenyan government blamed the Somali Islamists for an apparent terrorist attack in downtown Nairobi. For the second day in a row, Kenyan...
photo: UN / Stuart Price
Family and Friends Honors Hit and Run Victim
Remembering the dead is always a solemn occasion. For two particular Topeka families, this 2012 Memorial Day had to have been particularly solemn. According to the TopekaCapital-Journal’s Sunday, May 27th report, on Friday, May 25, Dustin Leftwich,...
photo: USAF / Nestor Cruz

Slaughter Slant: Houla massacre sparks media blame-game; updated 31 May 2012; published 29 May 2012
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Slaughter Slant: Houla massacre sparks media blame-game
BBC News 31 May 2012, The US Secretary of State says Russian policy will contribute to a potential civil war in Syria. Hillary Clinton's comments came after Russia and China renewed opposition to tougher UN Security Council action. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has repeated a warning that Syria could be moving towards "catastrophic" civil war, in the...

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Teenage Tibetan, Latest Self-Immolation Protest Victim; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 07 Mar 2012
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Teenage Tibetan, Latest Self-Immolation Protest Victim
The Daily Telegraph 31 May 2012, Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule, a US-based broadcaster reported. A Tibetan exile sets himself on fire during a protest against the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India Photo: AP Photo/Manish...

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Colombians prepare for final FARC hostage releases; updated 13 Apr 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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Colombians prepare for final FARC hostage releases
Al Jazeera 31 May 2012, Romeo Langlois, a French reporter released on Wednesday by Colombian rebels, is on his way to France. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) held Langlois hostage for a month after seizing him following a firefight. Langlois, a reporter for France 24, was taken hostage in the southern Caqueta region on April...

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'Military & elite benefit from war in Afghanistan'; updated 26 May 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
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'Military & elite benefit from war in Afghanistan'
The Star 31 May 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent a handful of military trainers back into Pakistan in a sign the two nations may be able to achieve some low-level cooperation against militants despite a string of confrontations that have left Washington's relations with Islamabad in crisis. Fewer than 10 U.S. special operations soldiers have been...

Soldier Song - Military Family - Steve Azar; updated 28 May 2012; published 23 May 2011
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Soldier Song - Military Family - Steve Azar
The Leaf Chronicle 31 May 2012, CLARKSVILLE, TENN. - In honor of Memorial Day, AT&T; donated 1,000 $5 calling cards and 250 100-minute calling cards to Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc. which assists military veterans and their families. Deputy Executive Director of Operation Stand...

President Obama 65th Anniversary Liberation of Auschwitz Holocaust; updated 30 May 2012; published 27 Jan 2010
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President Obama 65th Anniversary Liberation of Auschwitz Holocaust
NZ Herald 31 May 2012, The White House on Wednesday shrugged off Polish demands to express more than mere 'regret' after President Barack Obama mistakenly referred to a Nazi Holocaust site as a "Polish death camp." "We regret the misstatement, but that is what it was," said Obama spokesman Jay Carney, reiterating that the president "misspoke" during a ceremony awarding...

Syrian Signals: Assad 'ready for talks' after meeting Lavrov; updated 17 May 2012; published 07 Feb 2012
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Syrian Signals: Assad 'ready for talks' after meeting Lavrov
BBC News 31 May 2012, The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has given the government of President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to observe a UN ceasefire plan. The FSA's Colonel Qassim Saadeddine said if there was no response by Friday lunchtime the FSA would consider itself "no longer bound by the.. peace plan". The plan calls on government forces to...

Bin Laden Fallout Continues; Pashtun Dr. Shakil Afridi Could Die By Punjabi ISI 4 Helping US; updated 30 May 2012; published 08 Oct 2011
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Bin Laden Fallout Continues; Pashtun Dr. Shakil Afridi Could Die By Punjabi ISI 4 Helping US
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...

Syria-Houla Killing.mov; updated 30 May 2012; published 27 May 2012
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Syria-Houla Killing.mov
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,...

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...

Not Even Half; updated 31 May 2012; published 29 May 2012
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Not Even Half
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 31 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...





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