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US offers millions in bounty for Somalia's Shebab top leaders
Full Article Middle East Online
WASHINGTON - The United States placed seven top leaders of the Somalia-based Shebab militants on its wanted list for the first time Thursday, offering up to $33 million for tip-offs to aid the hunt for the men. The highest price was put up for the founder of the hardline Islamist...
Somali government soldiers take position during clashes with Islamist militants in Elasha district in Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, May 25, 2012.
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh

U.N. meets to discuss Syria amid reports of new massacre
Full Article CNN
June 7, 2012 -- Updated 0833 GMT (1633 HKT) Syria activists: 78 killed in village (CNN) -- International mediator Kofi Annan plans to brief the United Nations on Thursday as world powers seek ways to pile on pressure against the Syrian regime amid new reports of a massacre. Annan -- the international envoy to Syria -- will address separate meetings...
Syrian girls walk near to the rubble of a house which was destroyed during a military operation by the Syrian pro-Assad army in April 2012 , in the town of Taftanaz, 15 km east of Idleb, Syria, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
photo: AP

Violence explodes as dozens killed across different regions in Afghanistan
Full Article Detroit Free Press
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Scores of Afghans were killed Wednesday in Taliban attacks and other violence including a NATO air strike, highlighting persistent instability as foreign troops begin their drawdown more than a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. The bloodbath spanned from the insurgents' stronghold in the south to the relatively peaceful...
Violence explodes as dozens killed across different regions in Afghanistan
photo: DOD / Public Domain

Can Occupy Wall Street survive?
Full Article The Times of India
Tweet More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase "We are the 99 percent," the movement's survival and continued relevance is far from assured. Donations to the flagship New York chapter have slowed to a trickle. Polls show that public support is rapidly waning....
An unidentified man raises his hands as police sweep the area near Frank Ogawa Plaza as they attempt to clear May Day protests on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined the worldwide May Day protests on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations.
photo: AP / Ben Margot

Platini plea for players to entertain at Euro 2012
Full Article IBN Live
Warsaw: Now, finally, UEFA President Michel Platini wants the players to take center stage when the European Championship kicks off on Friday. Football has almost been ignored during a turbulent five years for Poland and Ukraine as they sought to vindicate UEFA's decision to take its showpiece 16-nation tournament to eastern Europe. Now the former...
Platini plea for players to entertain at Euro 2012
photo: WN / Marzena

Violence erupts in Lebanese border town with Syria
Full Article Xinhua
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhuanet) -- When violence erupted in a Lebanese border town with Syria over the weekend, reports quickly spread of the possibility of Syrian conflicts spilling over to its neighboring countries. Factions fighting each other not over turf, living conditions or internal governance but battling along lines of loyalty over what's...
Lebanese army soldiers on patrol in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, June 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

Israel to build more West Bank homes
Full Article Al Jazeera
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has announced plans to build hundreds more settler homes on Palestinian land, even after the Israeli parliament rejected a bill to retroactively legalise existing homes. Netanyahu had called for members of the Knesset to reject the bill, voted down on Wednesday by 69 votes to 22, on the grounds that...
Palestinian laborours work to construct new houses in a project funded by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah, in the southern of Gaza Strip on December 28, 2011. Israel maintains a tight blockade on the Palestinian territory building into Gaza since Islamist Hamas took control over the Palestinian territory in 2007 but supplies may only be brought by recognised international organisations managing specifically approved projects.. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

'Afghan civilians killed' in NATO airstrike
Full Article Al Jazeera
A local Afghan official has said that 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement, NATO said it knew of only two light injuries to civilians during the pre-dawn incident on Wednesday. The target of the strike was the house of a tribal elder in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, the head...
Pakistani protesters burn representations of US and NATO flags during a demonstration to condemn U.S. drone strikes in the tribal areas, in Multan, Pakistan.
photo: AP / Khalid Tanveer

Far-reaching EU plans to stem banking rot
Full Article Business Day
BRUSSELS — Failing banks’ senior unsecured creditors may be forced to take losses and lenders may be made to pay levies, under European Union (EU) proposals to deal with crisis-hit banks that will be published today. Michel Barnier, the bloc’s financial services chief, will argue that the measures, which would also require governments to lend to...
Riot police stand guard in front of a branch of the recently nationalized bank during a protest in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Alberto Di Lolli

Republican governor survives Wisconsin recall
Full Article France24
AFP - The union-busting Republican governor in the US presidential battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday survived a recall election aimed at ousting him mid-term, US media projected. Governor Scott Walker, elected in 2010, prompted mass protests -- and ultimately, the rare special election -- after pushing through legislation last year to...
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker waves at his victory party Tuesday, June 5, 2012, in Waukesha, Wis. Walker defeated Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a special recall election.
photo: AP / Morry Gash


Scott Walker sparked massive protests when he eliminated the collective bargaining rights of...
In May 2009, we published an op-ed in The New York Times, in which we argued that “President...

File - An armed member of the militant group al-Shabab attends a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
The United States is to offer millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of the Somali militant group al-Shabab. It is the first time the US has offered money for specific members of the group, which announced...
photo: AP
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 5, 2011.  Panetta is meeting with NATO counterparts and defense leaders to discuss lessons learned during NATO operations in Libya and Afghanistan and the future defense needs of the alliance. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey, U.S. Air Force) (Released)
Winding up a nine-day tour of Asia, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Kabul to get an assessment of the progress in the 'war on terror' from top military commanders. On his fourth trip to Afghanistan, US Defense Minister Leon Panetta...
photo: USAF / Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey
Nikon India aims turnover of Rs 12,00 crore in 2012
Tweet KOLKATA: Imaging company Nikon India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon Corporation of Japan, is targetting a turnover of Rs 12,000 crore during 2012, a top official of the firm said....
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Central Asia group admits Afghanistan as observer
China, Russia and four Central Asian states granted Afghanistan observer status in their regional grouping on Thursday, moving to boost their influence with the impoverished, war-torn nation ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops by...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan , listens during the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League to discuss the situation in Syria taking place in Doha, Tuesday 17, April 2012.
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Against the backdrop of a new massacre in Syria, international envoy Kofi Annan on Thursday will propose tasking a group of world powers and key regional players including Iran to come up with...
photo: AP / Osama Faisal
Dozens of civilians die in bloody day in Afghanistan
Kabul Dozens of civilians were killed in a bloody day across Afghanistan on Wednesday as a twin suicide bombing ripped through a crowded makeshift bazaar and a Nato air strike hit a home, Afghan officials said. Two Nato soldiers were also killed in a...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
Euro Crisis: Should Germany Take The Blame?
Europe's guns are increasingly turning on Germany over its handling of the eurozone crisis Alistair Bunkall, business correspondent Days before David Cameron's last visit to Berlin, a senior figure in Angela Merkel's CDU party made the claim...
photo: EC / EC

Interview in Somalia with Islamist militants al-Shabaab; updated 03 Jun 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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Interview in Somalia with Islamist militants al-Shabaab
Middle East Online 07 Jun 2012, WASHINGTON - The United States placed seven top leaders of the Somalia-based Shebab militants on its wanted list for the first time Thursday, offering up to $33 million for tip-offs to aid the hunt for the men. The highest price was put up for the founder of the hardline Islamist...

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Activists report another massacre in Syria; updated 07 Jun 2012; published 07 Jun 2012
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Activists report another massacre in Syria
CNN 07 Jun 2012, June 7, 2012 -- Updated 0833 GMT (1633 HKT) Syria activists: 78 killed in village (CNN) -- International mediator Kofi Annan plans to brief the United Nations on Thursday as world powers seek ways to pile on pressure against the Syrian regime amid new reports of a massacre. Annan -- the international envoy to Syria -- will address separate meetings...

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Afghanistan erupts in violence over NATO burnings of Koran -- Rough Cuts; updated 09 May 2012; published 24 Feb 2012
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Afghanistan erupts in violence over NATO burnings of Koran -- Rough Cuts
Detroit Free Press 07 Jun 2012, KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Scores of Afghans were killed Wednesday in Taliban attacks and other violence including a NATO air strike, highlighting persistent instability as foreign troops begin their drawdown more than a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. The bloodbath spanned from the insurgents' stronghold in the south to the relatively peaceful...

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Occupy Wall St - The Revolution Is Love; updated 07 Jun 2012; published 18 Nov 2011
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Occupy Wall St - The Revolution Is Love
The Times of India 07 Jun 2012, Tweet More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase "We are the 99 percent," the movement's survival and continued relevance is far from assured. Donations to the flagship New York chapter have slowed to a trickle. Polls show that public support is rapidly waning....

Oceana - Endless Summer (Official Video UEFA EURO 2012); updated 07 Jun 2012; published 04 May 2012
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Oceana - Endless Summer (Official Video UEFA EURO 2012)
IBN Live 07 Jun 2012, Warsaw: Now, finally, UEFA President Michel Platini wants the players to take center stage when the European Championship kicks off on Friday. Football has almost been ignored during a turbulent five years for Poland and Ukraine as they sought to vindicate UEFA's decision to take its showpiece 16-nation tournament to eastern Europe. Now the former...

Syria, Homs, Al Hola village: a horrifying massacre: heavy shelling and bombardment; updated 27 May 2012; published 25 May 2012
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Syria, Homs, Al Hola village: a horrifying massacre: heavy shelling and bombardment
Xinhua 07 Jun 2012, BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhuanet) -- When violence erupted in a Lebanese border town with Syria over the weekend, reports quickly spread of the possibility of Syrian conflicts spilling over to its neighboring countries. Factions fighting each other not over turf, living conditions or internal governance but battling along lines of loyalty over what's...

Homes of War: Israel settlements set Palestine on fire; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 19 Dec 2011
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Homes of War: Israel settlements set Palestine on fire
Al Jazeera 07 Jun 2012, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has announced plans to build hundreds more settler homes on Palestinian land, even after the Israeli parliament rejected a bill to retroactively legalise existing homes. Netanyahu had called for members of the Knesset to reject the bill, voted down on Wednesday by 69 votes to 22, on the grounds that...

NATO airstrike kills Afghan children; updated 19 May 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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NATO airstrike kills Afghan children
Al Jazeera 06 Jun 2012, A local Afghan official has said that 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement, NATO said it knew of only two light injuries to civilians during the pre-dawn incident on Wednesday. The target of the strike was the house of a tribal elder in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, the head...

Jim Rickards on Europe's Bank Run and why JP Morgan was late to
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Jim Rickards on Europe's Bank Run and why JP Morgan was late to "Puke the Trade"
Business Day 06 Jun 2012, BRUSSELS — Failing banks’ senior unsecured creditors may be forced to take losses and lenders may be made to pay levies, under European Union (EU) proposals to deal with crisis-hit banks that will be published today. Michel Barnier, the bloc’s financial services chief, will argue that the measures, which would also require governments to lend to...

Twitter Users Want Scott Walker Dead; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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Twitter Users Want Scott Walker Dead
France24 06 Jun 2012, AFP - The union-busting Republican governor in the US presidential battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday survived a recall election aimed at ousting him mid-term, US media projected. Governor Scott Walker, elected in 2010, prompted mass protests -- and ultimately, the rare special election -- after pushing through legislation last year to...

US Muslims Covertly Operate Inside Syria; updated 30 May 2012; published 30 Apr 2012
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US Muslims Covertly Operate Inside Syria
Ohio 06 Jun 2012, GENEVA: Syria has agreed to allow humanitarian workers and supplies into four of its provinces hit hardest by violence, a promise of some relief in a nation where 1 million people need aid urgently due to the fighting, officials said Tuesday. At the same time, however, Damascus plunged itself into further international isolation by labeling U.S....

Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi killed in Pakistan; updated 06 Jun 2012; published 05 Jun 2012
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Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya al-Libi killed in Pakistan
The State 06 Jun 2012, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden. Abu Yahya al-Libi was considered a...

Families of protesters seek redress in Mubarak verdict; updated 04 Jun 2012; published 01 Jun 2012
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Families of protesters seek redress in Mubarak verdict
Xinhua 06 Jun 2012, by Marwa Yahia, Li Laifang CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir square and other public squares on Tuesday, demanding the retrial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, his sons, former Interior Minister Habib Adli and his six aides as well as the disqualification of presidential candidate, ex-Prime Minister...

Activists report another massacre in Syria; updated 07 Jun 2012; published 07 Jun 2012
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Activists report another massacre in Syria
The Guardian 05 Jun 2012, Assad regime declares 17 foreign diplomats unwelcome after co-ordinated expulsion of Syrian ambassadors by western states Syria's decision to oust 17 western diplomats appears to reflect the regime's confidence that it can rely on the protection of Russia and China, led by presidents Vladimir Putin, left, and Hu Jintao. Photograph: Alexey...





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