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Violence breaks out in Lebanon amid fears that Syria conflict is spreading
Full Article The Guardian
At least 10 people are killed in gun battle between residents of Sunni and Alawite districts in northern Lebanon A Lebanese Sunni gunman fires his weapon during clashes in Tripoli, 20 miles from the border with Syria. Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/EPA...
A Sunni gunman is seen near a burning building during clashes that erupted in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, June 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

Mubarak sentenced to life in prison
Full Article The Guardian
Mubarak is the first Arab leader to be tried by his own people in the country. The sentence was handed down in a Cairo court. Thousands of riot police cordoned off the building to prevent protesters and relatives of those killed during the uprising from getting too close. Hundreds stood outside, waving Egyptian flags and chanting slogans demanding...
An Egyptian protester shouts slogans in front of a poster showing ousted President Hosni Mubarak on a noose during a protest at Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, Sept.9, 2011.
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

UN chief warns of 'power vacuum' in Somalia
Full Article Al Jazeera
The UN Secretary-General has called for urgent international aid for Somalia to head off the risk of warlords exploiting a power vacuum after the scheduled change of power in August. "We urgently need assistance to avoid a power vacuum that warlords might exploit," Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. "I urge donors to contribute to this critical effort. In...
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk through a thicket ahead of heavy rain in an area northwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, 23 May, 2012.
photo: UN / Stuat Price

Egypt awaits verdict in trial of former president Mubarak
Full Article France24
AFP - Ailing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will learn on Saturday whether he is guilty of the murder of demonstrators during the uprising that overthrew him last year. Mubarak, the only autocrat...
This video image taken from Egyptian State Television showing 83-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak speaks to the court, using a microphone while laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him from office. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign.
photo: AP / Egyptian State TV

US to shift most of naval fleet to Pacific by 2020
Full Article The Times of India
Tweet SINGAPORE: The United States will shift the majority of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore on Saturday. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of military partnerships, was part of a "steady,...
In this Feb. 25, 2009 file photo, CIA Director Leon Panetta speaks with reporters, at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va.,
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite, File

Northern Kosovo tense after clashes
Full Article Al Jazeera
NATO-led peacekeepers have clashed with angry protesters in the north of Kosovo over a dispute regarding roadblocks that had been erected in the tense region. At least three rioters and two alliance soldiers were injured in the clashes with Serb protesters on Friday. The confrontation has raised tensions in the ethnic Serb-dominated area, where...
German army soldiers serving in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo guard a bridge near the town of Zvecan, Kosovo, Friday, June 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Zveki

UNSC: Tired, Out of Step, AND Undemocratic?
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Amnesty International (AI) announced that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was suffering a failure of leadership which makes it seem "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," they were expressing decades of serious reservations by other human rights groups and activists...
A Syrian rebel walks past destroyed shops at al-Bayada neighborhood in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
photo: AP

UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
Full Article The Boston Globe
UNITED NATIONS-The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. refugee agency. "The State of...
File - A Somali refugee, inside his tent, in Malkadiida, Ethiopia, 25 August, 2011. With drought and famine ravaging their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence in refugee camps across the border.
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

Syria blames 800 rebels for Houla massacre
Full Article Zeenews
Beirut: Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed. The narrative starkly contradicted accounts of witnesses who blamed "shabiha" or the shadowy gunmen who operate on...
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. The amateur footage shows people running along a street, purportedly just after the attack on Houla started.
photo: AP / Amateur Video via AP video

Suu Kyi demands 'urgent' legal reform in Myanmar
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
BANGKOK: Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday urged Myanmar’s government to carry out urgent judicial reform to cement recent political progress and foster clean investment in the country. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 1, 2012. AP/ Sakchai Lalit 1...
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at a national verification center for Myanmar migrant workers in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand on Thursday, May 31, 2012.
photo: AP / Wason Wanichakorn


Egypt's state of emergency, that gave security forces sweeping powers to detain suspects...
Ed Davey has manipulated quotes to support the bill and a clause has been inserted to allow any...

NATO Summit - Chicago
CHICAGO — All President Barack Obama wanted to do was go home. No, not to the fancy government house in Washington. He wanted the familiar bed at his Kenwood/Hyde Park house in Chicago. The comfy chair. Maybe watch some ESPN. Chill. "I am...
photo: EC / EC
In this Friday, April 6, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters try to spot a sniper during fighting with Syrian troops in a suburb of Damascus, Syria.
DAMASCUS - Clashes broke out between Syrian troops and rebels outside Damascus on Saturday as world powers warned of the country descending into civil war. And Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said he had asked the UN Security Council to...
photo: AP
Egyptians celebrate as they wave posters depicting protesters killed during the Egyptian uprising after announcement of former President Hosni Mubarak's life sentence outside the police academy courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012
Tweet CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak to life in prison on Saturday after convicting him of involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising that ousted him last year. Also given a...
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta conducts a press conference with Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander, International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 15, 2012.
Speaking at an annual security forum in Singapore, Panetta sought to dispel the notion that the shift in US focus to Asia was designed to contain China's emergence as a global power. He acknowledged differences between the world's two largest...
photo: US Navy / PO1 Chad J. McNeeley
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the press following his remarks to the high-level segment of the COP17/CMP7 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, 6 December, 2011.
The UN's top human rights body has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week. However, Damascus appears impervious to the crescendo of global condemnation following a string of massacres. Syria's...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery during teaching events- April 4-6, 2012, Dharamshala, India
Buddhists worldwide continue to look towards His Holiness the Dalai Lama for spiritual guidance. On June 1 the Dalai Lama began three days of teaching to introduce Buddhism to young Tibetans in Dharamsala, India. During his initial lecture the Dalai...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
President Barack Obama participates in a G8 Summit working session focused on global and economic issues, in the dining room of Laurel Cabin at Camp David, Md., May 19, 2012.
Los Angeles -- It reads like a riveting sci-fi novel, but it's stunningly real: A supersophisticated malicious computer virus burrowed its way into Iran's nuclear facilities and took down several parts of the operation. Oh, and it apparently came...
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Guns & Prayers: Syrian rebels 'major clients' of Lebanese arms dealers; updated 01 Jun 2012; published 28 May 2012
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Guns & Prayers: Syrian rebels 'major clients' of Lebanese arms dealers
The Guardian 02 Jun 2012, At least 10 people are killed in gun battle between residents of Sunni and Alawite districts in northern Lebanon A Lebanese Sunni gunman fires his weapon during clashes in Tripoli, 20 miles from the border with Syria. Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/EPA...

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Life Imprisonment to Hosni Mubarak Trial Verdict - 2 June 2012 Part 1; updated 02 Jun 2012; published 02 Jun 2012
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Life Imprisonment to Hosni Mubarak Trial Verdict - 2 June 2012 Part 1
The Guardian 02 Jun 2012, Mubarak is the first Arab leader to be tried by his own people in the country. The sentence was handed down in a Cairo court. Thousands of riot police cordoned off the building to prevent protesters and relatives of those killed during the uprising from getting too close. Hundreds stood outside, waving Egyptian flags and chanting slogans demanding...

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Turkey's growing interest in Somalia; updated 31 May 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Turkey's growing interest in Somalia
Al Jazeera 02 Jun 2012, The UN Secretary-General has called for urgent international aid for Somalia to head off the risk of warlords exploiting a power vacuum after the scheduled change of power in August. "We urgently need assistance to avoid a power vacuum that warlords might exploit," Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. "I urge donors to contribute to this critical effort. In...

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Egypt's Hosni Mubarak trial: verdicts and sentences; updated 02 Jun 2012; published 02 Jun 2012
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Egypt's Hosni Mubarak trial: verdicts and sentences
France24 02 Jun 2012, AFP - Ailing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will learn on Saturday whether he is guilty of the murder of demonstrators during the uprising that overthrew him last year. Mubarak, the only autocrat...

New US Defense Strategy Focuses On Asia-Pacific; updated 20 Jan 2012; published 07 Jan 2012
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New US Defense Strategy Focuses On Asia-Pacific
The Times of India 02 Jun 2012, Tweet SINGAPORE: The United States will shift the majority of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore on Saturday. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of military partnerships, was part of a "steady,...

Kosovo: Violent Clashes Between NATO's KFOR and Serbian Minority; updated 04 May 2012; published 27 Nov 2011
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Kosovo: Violent Clashes Between NATO's KFOR and Serbian Minority
Al Jazeera 01 Jun 2012, NATO-led peacekeepers have clashed with angry protesters in the north of Kosovo over a dispute regarding roadblocks that had been erected in the tense region. At least three rioters and two alliance soldiers were injured in the clashes with Serb protesters on Friday. The confrontation has raised tensions in the ethnic Serb-dominated area, where...

UN Ambassador Susan Rice Slams Assad for Houla Massacre - Syria Regime at
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UN Ambassador Susan Rice Slams Assad for Houla Massacre - Syria Regime at "Tipping Point" 5-30-12
WorldNews.com 01 Jun 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Amnesty International (AI) announced that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was suffering a failure of leadership which makes it seem "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," they were expressing decades of serious reservations by other human rights groups and activists...

Courage: 60 Years of the UN Refugee Convention; updated 28 Oct 2011; published 19 Jun 2011
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Courage: 60 Years of the UN Refugee Convention
The Boston Globe 01 Jun 2012, UNITED NATIONS-The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. refugee agency. "The State of...

Syria-Houla Killing.mov; updated 02 Jun 2012; published 27 May 2012
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Syria-Houla Killing.mov
Zeenews 01 Jun 2012, Beirut: Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed. The narrative starkly contradicted accounts of witnesses who blamed "shabiha" or the shadowy gunmen who operate on...

East Asia 2012 - A Conversation with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; updated 02 Jun 2012; published 01 Jun 2012
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East Asia 2012 - A Conversation with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
New Straits/Business Times 01 Jun 2012, BANGKOK: Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday urged Myanmar’s government to carry out urgent judicial reform to cement recent political progress and foster clean investment in the country. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 1, 2012. AP/ Sakchai Lalit 1...

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
Al Jazeera 31 May 2012, A group of defectors fighting for the M23 rebel movement against the Congolese army say that they were recruited and trained in neighbouring Rwanda against their will. The revelations come after weeks of fighting in the east of the country and would be the first direct evidence that Rwandan troops are...

'Syria messy civil war distorted by Annan plan'; updated 17 May 2012; published 10 May 2012
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'Syria messy civil war distorted by Annan plan'
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...

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...

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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