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Both sides claim victory in Egypt elections
Full Article Al Jazeera
19 Jun 2012

A campaign spokesman for the former Egyptian prime minister says Ahmed Shafik has won the Egyptian presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood's claims that its candidate was the winner. Ahmed Sarhan has told a televised news conference that Shafik won 51.5 per cent of the vote. He said the claim of victory by...
Egyptian activists shout slogans against military rule in front of the parliament compound in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

Author: Focus on clean water, not global warming
Full Article CNN
19 Jun 2012

This week, hundreds of world leaders and tens of thousands of environmentalists are convening in Rio de Janeiro for the U.N.'s Conference on Sustainable Development. Bjorn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist,” says the Rio+20 summit will be a wasted opportunity and that the U.N. is focused on the wrong things. He says that for...
Author: Focus on clean water, not global warming
photo: UN / Nicole Algranti

Alawite fortress and Sunni wasteland in Syria's Homs
Full Article The Star
19 Jun 2012

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The view from the rooftops makes the balance of power clear. In some neighbourhoods, cars and people scurry about. In others, only the scarred shells of empty homes remain. After months of fierce military assaults and rebel ambushes in Homs, the centre of Syria's 15-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad has...
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Thursday, June 14, 2012, purports to show a burning car after shelling in Joret el-Shayah, Homs, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video

Palestinians seek full representation at Rio+20
Full Article The Times of India
19 Jun 2012

Tweet RIO DE JANEIRO: Palestinians are pushing for full representation as a state at the UN Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, but the issue will have to be decided by world leaders, according to officials. "We expect full-status participation because we already have it in UNESCO and we...
Palestinians seek full representation at Rio+20
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine

Suu Kyi makes bittersweet return to Britain
Full Article Al Jazeera
19 Jun 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi has started a an emotional return to Britain, during which she will be showered with honours and have a long-awaited family reunion after nearly a quarter of a century in Myanmar. The democracy icon arrived in Britain on Tuesday overnight from Ireland, where she took to the stage at a gala concert with U2 singer...
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, centre on stage during a ceremony to award her the freedom of Dublin, in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, June 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Alastair Grant

Obama, Putin Call for Halt to Syria Onslaught
Full Article Jakarta Globe
19 Jun 2012

Damascus. US President Barack Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for an “immediate” end to the Syria conflict as another 70 deaths were reported in a worsening artillery pounding of cities. The call by the rival powers was made as Russia reportedly prepared to send two warships with marines to its naval base in Syria where...
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in a bilateral meeting during the G20 Summit, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Los Cabos, Mexico.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood claims presidency as army tightens grip
Full Article IBN Live
19 Jun 2012

Cairo: Egypt's agonised passage from revolution to democracy was in limbo on Monday, as the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in a presidential election while the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak decreed it was they who would keep power for now. That drew a sharp rebuke from Washington, long the Egyptian military's financial sponsor. The...
Egyptian supporters of Muslim brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi hold a poster with Arabic that reads, "'Mohammed Morsi, president for Egypt" in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, June 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

G20 summit: Leaders alarmed over eurozone crisis
Full Article BBC News
19 Jun 2012

World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis. They voiced unease over what one top official described as "the single biggest risk for the world economy". But European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said "the challenges are not only...
President Barack Obama takes his place with other leaders for the family photo during the G20 Summit, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Los Cabos, Mexico.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

Greek leaders close to coalition, aim to ease bailout
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
19 Jun 2012

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives are close to forming a new coalition government following a narrow election victory, a party official said on Monday, after their leader promised to soften the country's punishing austerity program despite German opposition. A relief rally on financial markets after Sunday's vote quickly fizzled out as it...
The winner of the Greek elections, conservative Antonis Samaras, center, answers journalists questions in the Greek parliament in Athens Monday, June 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris

Recycling Co-operatives In Sao Paulo, Brazil Light the Path for Sustainable Development
Full Article Inhabitat
18 Jun 2012

In the shadows of the United Nation's Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference, where nation-states concern themselves with devising sustainable international policies, various non-governmental organizations and communities are taking action to spur their own development sustainably. Such is the case in São Paulo, Brazil, where...
Recycling Co-operatives In Sao Paulo, Brazil Light the Path for Sustainable Development
photo: UN / Guilherme Costa


more Medialens
Whatever happened to the green movement? It’s been 50 years since the publication of Rachel Carson’s classic Silent Spring, a powerful book about the environmental devastation...
more BBC News
Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Britain 24 years since she left for Burma and joined the pro-democracy movement there. BBC world affairs correspondent Mike Woolridge looks at her years...
more Antiwar
Listen to Rep. Paul deliver this address. Last week I joined several of my colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama requesting clarification of his criteria for the lethal...

Warning of renewed deadlock, UN official urges further Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefs the Security Council on the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine19 June 2012 – A top United Nations official today stressed the need for Israelis and...
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
C-130J Hercules transport aircraft carry out formation flying
Tweet NEW DELHI: The six newly inducted C-130J Hercules transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, recently carried out formation flying to sharpen the fleet's ability to airlift troops and carry out special operations...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Prez polls: As Mamata faces political isolation, Abdul Kalam praises her
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who faced political isolation for proposing the name of APJ Abdul Kalam for Presidential race, on Monday received high praise from the former President who described her as a...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Bahraini anti-government protesters react to tear gas fired by riot police Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain.
The Gulf state, where a Sunni dynasty rules over a restive Shia majority, is seen as a key ally by western governments A Bahraini protester holds up a child carrying a national flag as riot police stand in the background. Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP...
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali
Turkey: From regional to global player
With its growing political influence, Turkey is seeking a stronger role in world politics. However, its domestic political problems, as well as regional crises, pose major challenges to its foreign policy ambitions. "Turkey has become one of the five...
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett
Violence spikes across southern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Violence spiked in southern Afghanistan where militants stormed a NATO military base and attacked a police checkpoint, while a U.S. service member was killed by gunmen wearing Afghan security force uniforms and eight...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
2 more Palestinians killed in Israeli raids
GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories) ' Two Palestinian teenagers died in an Israeli air strike on central Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a rare bout of rocket fire from the military wing of the ruling Hamas movement. The two raised to six the total number...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Muslim Brotherhood declares victory in Egypt elections; updated 18 Jun 2012; published 18 Jun 2012
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Muslim Brotherhood declares victory in Egypt elections
Al Jazeera 19 Jun 2012, A campaign spokesman for the former Egyptian prime minister says Ahmed Shafik has won the Egyptian presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood's claims that its candidate was the winner. Ahmed Sarhan has told a televised news conference that Shafik won 51.5 per cent of the vote. He said the claim of victory by...

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Bianca Jagger: video interview - the Guardian; updated 19 Jun 2012; published 19 Jun 2012
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Bianca Jagger: video interview - the Guardian
CNN 19 Jun 2012, This week, hundreds of world leaders and tens of thousands of environmentalists are convening in Rio de Janeiro for the U.N.'s Conference on Sustainable Development. Bjorn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist,” says the Rio+20 summit will be a wasted opportunity and that the U.N. is focused on the wrong things. He says that for...

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Raw Video: Shelling Rocks Syria's Homs; updated 18 Jun 2012; published 17 Jun 2012
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Raw Video: Shelling Rocks Syria's Homs
The Star 19 Jun 2012, BEIRUT (Reuters) - The view from the rooftops makes the balance of power clear. In some neighbourhoods, cars and people scurry about. In others, only the scarred shells of empty homes remain. After months of fierce military assaults and rebel ambushes in Homs, the centre of Syria's 15-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad has...

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Will the UN recognize Palestinian State?; updated 20 May 2012; published 14 Sep 2011
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Will the UN recognize Palestinian State?
The Times of India 19 Jun 2012, Tweet RIO DE JANEIRO: Palestinians are pushing for full representation as a state at the UN Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, but the issue will have to be decided by world leaders, according to officials. "We expect full-status participation because we already have it in UNESCO and we...

Aung San Suu Kyi speech in Norway on June 16, 2012; updated 19 Jun 2012; published 16 Jun 2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi speech in Norway on June 16, 2012
Al Jazeera 19 Jun 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi has started a an emotional return to Britain, during which she will be showered with honours and have a long-awaited family reunion after nearly a quarter of a century in Myanmar. The democracy icon arrived in Britain on Tuesday overnight from Ireland, where she took to the stage at a gala concert with U2 singer...

PEACE, China, Libya, Syria's Friend: Putin, the 2012 Inauguration (FULL) with English substitles; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 17 May 2012
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PEACE, China, Libya, Syria's Friend: Putin, the 2012 Inauguration (FULL) with English substitles
Jakarta Globe 19 Jun 2012, Damascus. US President Barack Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for an “immediate” end to the Syria conflict as another 70 deaths were reported in a worsening artillery pounding of cities. The call by the rival powers was made as Russia reportedly prepared to send two warships with marines to its naval base in Syria where...

GOT INK - Egyptian Presidential Elections 2012; updated 18 Jun 2012; published 21 May 2012
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GOT INK - Egyptian Presidential Elections 2012
IBN Live 19 Jun 2012, Cairo: Egypt's agonised passage from revolution to democracy was in limbo on Monday, as the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in a presidential election while the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak decreed it was they who would keep power for now. That drew a sharp rebuke from Washington, long the Egyptian military's financial sponsor. The...

Obama-Putin Poker Face: No sore points pushed at G20; updated 19 Jun 2012; published 19 Jun 2012
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Obama-Putin Poker Face: No sore points pushed at G20
BBC News 19 Jun 2012, World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis. They voiced unease over what one top official described as "the single biggest risk for the world economy". But European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said "the challenges are not only...

Greece to hold new elections - Austerity or Bailout?; updated 27 May 2012; published 17 May 2012
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Greece to hold new elections - Austerity or Bailout?
Yahoo Daily News 19 Jun 2012, ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives are close to forming a new coalition government following a narrow election victory, a party official said on Monday, after their leader promised to soften the country's punishing austerity program despite German opposition. A relief rally on financial markets after Sunday's vote quickly fizzled out as it...

Dr. RK Pachauri speaks about Delhi Sustainable Development Summit - 2012; updated 04 May 2012; published 24 Jan 2012
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Dr. RK Pachauri speaks about Delhi Sustainable Development Summit - 2012
Inhabitat 18 Jun 2012, In the shadows of the United Nation's Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference, where nation-states concern themselves with devising sustainable international policies, various non-governmental organizations and communities are taking action to spur their own development sustainably. Such is the case in São Paulo, Brazil, where...

The Coming Food Crisis; updated 04 Jun 2012; published 27 May 2011
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The Coming Food Crisis
France24 18 Jun 2012, AFP - The European Commission said Monday it is increasing humanitarian funding to the Sahel by 40 million euros in a bid to jumpstart a donors' gathering in Brussels. The...

Angry Greek protestor interrupts Jeremy Thompson live on Sky News; updated 19 Jun 2012; published 17 Jun 2012
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Angry Greek protestor interrupts Jeremy Thompson live on Sky News
Independent online (SA) 18 Jun 2012, Pro-bailout party New Democracy may have come first in Sunday's Greek election but the radical left anti-austerity SYRIZA bloc was celebrating like the real winner well into the warm Athens night. The election exposed a struggling nation deeply divided over whether to implement a harsh austerity package, the price for receiving a total of 240...

Fault Lines - Mental Illness in America's Prisons; updated 14 Jun 2012; published 07 Dec 2009
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Fault Lines - Mental Illness in America's Prisons
WorldNews.com 18 Jun 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling With the recent scientific studies and news revealing that one out of four of all Americans met the criteria for having a mental illness within the past year, including some with a "serious" disorder that significantly disrupted their ability to function on a daily basis, it might help bring some...

Girl makes speech at United Nations; updated 19 Jun 2012; published 14 Jun 2008
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Girl makes speech at United Nations
Gulf News 18 Jun 2012, Rio de Janeiro: Non-governmental organisations on Sunday called on RIO+20 summit leaders to back a new treaty to protect the high seas. “A new Treaty for High Seas protection will be a game changer for the future of our ocean and the millions dependent on it for their survival,” said members of the High Seas Alliance and the Deep Sea...





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