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UN team sees traces of Syria massacre
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Jun 2012

UN observers in Syria who visited the site of a reported massacre in a village in Hama province said they saw blood on the walls and were hit by a "stench of burnt flesh" but could not confirm how many had died. While the government denied responsibility, Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesman, said on Friday the observers saw armoured vehicle...
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network ENN, purports to show anti-Syrian regime mourners carrying the dead body of Thaer al-Khatib during his funeral procession, at the northern town of Kfar Nebel, in Idlib province, Syria, Friday, June 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Edlib News Network ENN

Spain totters towards banking bailout
Full Article France24
09 Jun 2012

AFP - Spain's distressed banks need about 40 billion euros ($50 billion) in new capital, the IMF warned, ramping up the pressure for a huge EU bailout amid fears of widespread contagion. Senior finance ministry officials from the 17 eurozone nations may hold weekend talks to prepare the nuts and bolts of a Spanish bank bailout should Madrid cry for...
Protesters stand with a banner reading 'Bankia is ours' inside a branch of a Caja de Madrid/Bankia bank in Madrid, Friday June 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Paul White

UN says 7 peacekeepers killed in Ivory Coast
Full Article The Guardian
09 Jun 2012

EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Armed men ambushed and killed seven U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast trying to protect civilians threatened by attack on Friday and more than 40 of their colleagues remained danger from the roaming group, the United Nations said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack "in the...
UN forces patrol on a street in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. The U.N. chief has warned that Ivory Coast faces "a real risk" of return to civil war, and that U.N. peacekeepers will face a critical situation in the coming days unless Laurent Gbagbo removes a blockade around his opponent's headquarters.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

NATO apologizes for deaths in Afghan airstrike
Full Article The Miami Herald
08 Jun 2012

PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan -- The commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week - the first confirmation by NATO forces that civilians were killed in the operation. Marine Gen. John Allen flew to Logar province to personally deliver his regrets to villagers...
Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012.
photo: AP / Ihsanullah Majroh

Bus bombing kills at least 18 in northwestern Pakistan
Full Article The Washington Post
08 Jun 2012

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 wounded Friday when a bomb detonated in a bus filled with government employees and other civilians, authorities said. The bomb was believed to have been detonated by remote control, police said. Loading... Comments Weigh In Corrections? Recommend Tweet...
A Pakistani man, who was injured in a bomb blast, is wheeled on a stretcher to a hospital, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, June 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad

Syria in Civil War: What good is the Arab League?
Full Article The Examiner
08 Jun 2012

Conflict continues If the Arab League were to ever find a purpose, it is now or never. Syria has slipped into civil war and fears of a regional war are upon the Middle East. "You could say we are drifting, if we are not already in, a sort of a civil war," he said. "All efforts are being made that, if it were to become a full-blown civil war, it...
Syria in Civil War: What good is the Arab League?
photo: AP / AP

Syria 'on the edge of civil war'
Full Article The Guardian
08 Jun 2012

Speaking after a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, he underlined the need for urgency in diffusing the situation in the country. He said: "Syria can quickly go from a tipping point to a breaking point. The danger of full-scale civil war is imminent and real, with catastrophic consequences for Syria and the region." There was...
U.N. International Envoy Kofi Annan, left, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, and Arab League Secretary General Dr. Nabil El Araby, right, hold a news conference on Thursday, June 7, 2012 after a U.N. Security Council consultations on the Syria conflict.
photo: AP / Bebeto Matthews

U.N. watchdog to press Iran for access in nuclear probe
Full Article Reuters
08 Jun 2012

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran began a new round of talks on Friday in an attempt to seal a framework deal to resume a long-stalled probe into nuclear research in the Islamic state. The United States, European powers and Israel are anxious to curb Iranian nuclear work they suspect is intended to produce bombs. Tehran says the...
U.N. watchdog to press Iran for access in nuclear probe
photo: AP / Ronald Zak

Annan fears Syria crisis will spiral out of control
Full Article Middle East Online
08 Jun 2012

DAMASCUS - Envoy Kofi Annan told the Security Council the Syria crisis will "spiral out of control" if more pressure is not put on the regime, after UN monitors trying to visit the site of a new massacre were fired on. The UN-Arab League envoy's warning came before talks Friday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and as her Syria frontman...
Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons and a revolutionary flag during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012.
photo: AP

EU ready to restore Schengen area border checks to block migrants
Full Article France24
08 Jun 2012

AFP - European Union nations in a landmark move Thursday agreed to enable countries to temporarily restore border checks in the visa-free Schengen area in the case of a surge of illegal migrants. Shrugging off opposition from Brussels and triggering fury in the European parliament, home affairs ministers unanimously agreed to dust off the border...
A police officer checks a man near to the border of Spain and France in a checkpoint in La Jonquera, Girona, Spain, Saturday, April 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti


Drones are nothing new. The first of them took to America’s skies before the Wright...
Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars in a US...
The eurozone debt crisis has raised existential questions about the future of the European...

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Police have arrested 190 people in a major US crackdown on child pornography, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) say. Federal agents said on Friday that the month-long 'Operation Orion' also resulted in identifying and...
photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Immigrants shout slogans during a protest against racist attacks and the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, in central Athens on Friday, June 8 2012. The sign reads "Out with the neo-Nazis, united workers will never lose."
Ilias Kasidiaris, the Golden Dawn spokesman, attacked a left-wing candidate, Liana Kanelli, and threw a glass of water at another opponent in the heated debate on Thursday morning. He continued to evade police last night, with his arrest warrant due...
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis
China urges Iran to show flexibility, pragmatism
BEIJING (AP) — China urged Iran on Friday to show flexibility and pragmatism in international talks over its nuclear ambitions, in a sign of Beijing's desire to help end tensions despite its opposition to tougher sanctions on Tehran. In a Beijing...
photo: AP / Mark Ralston
Greece and the Euro: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
The problem is all inside your head she said to me. The answer is easy if you take it logically. I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free. There must be fifty ways to leave your lover. -Lyrics by Paul Simon The Euro appears to be a marriage...
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris
SG speaking with Special Joint Envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan from his hotel room in Geneva on 12 April 2012, the deadline for the cease-fire in Syrian
Ban Ki-moon has expressed his frustration at the continuing violence in Syria, blaming the government for failing to comply with envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan. During a speech at the...
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
In this photo taken Saturday, April 14, 2012, Tuareg fighters from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) sit in their vehicle, in a market in Timbuktu, Mali.
AFP - African leaders on Thursday called for UN backing for military intervention in northern Mali, currently controlled by feuding armed groups. Participants at a meeting of officials from the African Union, the western African grouping ECOWAS...
photo: AP
A honeybee nacters almond flower as blossoms bloom as a sign of the arrival of spring after a long spell of winter at Badamwari in old downtown Srinagar, on March 21, 2012.
A parasitic mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees across the globe, say scientists. A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Syrian activist speaks about al-Qubayr massacre; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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Syrian activist speaks about al-Qubayr massacre
Al Jazeera 09 Jun 2012, UN observers in Syria who visited the site of a reported massacre in a village in Hama province said they saw blood on the walls and were hit by a "stench of burnt flesh" but could not confirm how many had died. While the government denied responsibility, Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesman, said on Friday the observers saw armoured vehicle...

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Spain to help bailout troubled Bankia; updated 29 May 2012; published 26 May 2012
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Spain to help bailout troubled Bankia
France24 09 Jun 2012, AFP - Spain's distressed banks need about 40 billion euros ($50 billion) in new capital, the IMF warned, ramping up the pressure for a huge EU bailout amid fears of widespread contagion. Senior finance ministry officials from the 17 eurozone nations may hold weekend talks to prepare the nuts and bolts of a Spanish bank bailout should Madrid cry for...

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7 Peacekeepers killed 40 in danger in the Ivory Coast; updated 09 Jun 2012; published 09 Jun 2012
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7 Peacekeepers killed 40 in danger in the Ivory Coast
The Guardian 09 Jun 2012, EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Armed men ambushed and killed seven U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast trying to protect civilians threatened by attack on Friday and more than 40 of their colleagues remained danger from the roaming group, the United Nations said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack "in the...

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Afghan officials allege civilian deaths in NATO strike; updated 07 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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Afghan officials allege civilian deaths in NATO strike
The Miami Herald 08 Jun 2012, PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan -- The commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week - the first confirmation by NATO forces that civilians were killed in the operation. Marine Gen. John Allen flew to Logar province to personally deliver his regrets to villagers...

Washington loses patience with Pakistan's Taliban Haven; updated 07 Jun 2012; published 07 Jun 2012
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Washington loses patience with Pakistan's Taliban Haven
The Washington Post 08 Jun 2012, PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 wounded Friday when a bomb detonated in a bus filled with government employees and other civilians, authorities said. The bomb was believed to have been detonated by remote control, police said. Loading... Comments Weigh In Corrections? Recommend Tweet...

Syria War Crimes; updated 05 Jun 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Syria War Crimes
The Examiner 08 Jun 2012, Conflict continues If the Arab League were to ever find a purpose, it is now or never. Syria has slipped into civil war and fears of a regional war are upon the Middle East. "You could say we are drifting, if we are not already in, a sort of a civil war," he said. "All efforts are being made that, if it were to become a full-blown civil war, it...

6.8.12 SYRIA: Annan Blame Govt; More Massacre 80; 14000 Dd Tl; join Kyrgyztan ASIA; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 22 May 2010
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6.8.12 SYRIA: Annan Blame Govt; More Massacre 80; 14000 Dd Tl; join Kyrgyztan ASIA
The Guardian 08 Jun 2012, Speaking after a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, he underlined the need for urgency in diffusing the situation in the country. He said: "Syria can quickly go from a tipping point to a breaking point. The danger of full-scale civil war is imminent and real, with catastrophic consequences for Syria and the region." There was...

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WorldLeadersTV: IRAN: IAEA: "SERIOUS CONCERN" on POSSIBLE MILITARY DIMENSIONS of NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Reuters 08 Jun 2012, VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran began a new round of talks on Friday in an attempt to seal a framework deal to resume a long-stalled probe into nuclear research in the Islamic state. The United States, European powers and Israel are anxious to curb Iranian nuclear work they suspect is intended to produce bombs. Tehran says the...

UN Observers enter Mazraat al-Qubeir; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 08 Jun 2012
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UN Observers enter Mazraat al-Qubeir
Middle East Online 08 Jun 2012, DAMASCUS - Envoy Kofi Annan told the Security Council the Syria crisis will "spiral out of control" if more pressure is not put on the regime, after UN monitors trying to visit the site of a new massacre were fired on. The UN-Arab League envoy's warning came before talks Friday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and as her Syria frontman...

Inside Story - The Schengen Agreement - 31 Mar 08 - Part 1; updated 01 Apr 2012; published 01 Apr 2008
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Inside Story - The Schengen Agreement - 31 Mar 08 - Part 1
France24 08 Jun 2012, AFP - European Union nations in a landmark move Thursday agreed to enable countries to temporarily restore border checks in the visa-free Schengen area in the case of a surge of illegal migrants. Shrugging off opposition from Brussels and triggering fury in the European parliament, home affairs ministers unanimously agreed to dust off the border...

France: Elections présidentielles 2012:débat Sarkozy-Hollande; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 03 May 2012
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France: Elections présidentielles 2012:débat Sarkozy-Hollande
The Independent 08 Jun 2012, He is said to be reluctant to return to his former career as a lawyer, but within days he may be directly entangled in at least two legal cases involving alleged illicit funding of his rise to power. In just over a week, Mr Sarkozy will lose the immunity from prosecution – and even from questioning – that is granted to French presidents while in...

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...

UN Observers enter Mazraat al-Qubeir; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 08 Jun 2012
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UN Observers enter Mazraat al-Qubeir
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...

Afghanistan erupts in violence over NATO burnings of Koran -- Rough Cuts; updated 07 Jun 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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