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Falklands to hold 2013 referendum in bid to settle sovereignty dispute
Full Article The Independent
13 Jun 2012

The announcement of the poll comes ahead of tomorrow's 30th anniversary of the end of the 74-day occupation by the Galtieri junta in 1982. The Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is due to raise the issue at the United Nations, part of a ratcheting up of tension over the disputed islands. The British and Falkland Islands...
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez prepares to toss carnations into the Beagle Channel at a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the start of the Falkland conflict near the war memorial in Ushuaia, Argentina, Monday April 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko

Serving Down Under: Australia offers military jobs to US troops facing separation
Full Article Stars and Stripes
12 Jun 2012

YOKOTA AIR BASE, JapanU.S. servicemembers looking at career options in this era of shrinking military budgets and force drawdowns might want to take a look Down Under. The Australian government is recruiting experienced U.S. enlisted personnel and officers to fill a range of positions — from submariners to doctors — in its...
Serving Down Under: Australia offers military jobs to US troops facing separation
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

Syria: UN observers blocked from entering town of al-Haffeh, fired at upon departure
Full Article United Nations
12 Jun 2012

In Homs, Syria, smoke drifts into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling. Photo: UNSMIS12 June 2012 – Following repeated efforts, UN observers were unable to reach the Syrian town of al-Haffeh today as angry crowds surrounded their vehicles, stopping them from proceeding any further, after which they were shot at as they departed. "The...
Syrian women walk next to a destroyed military tank in the northern town of Ariha, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Sunday, June 10, 2012.
photo: AP

Irrational Voting Patterns and Votercide
Full Article WorldNews.com
12 Jun 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If to live is to act and to act is to decide, then to democratize is to vote and to vote is to also decide. But if the Wisconsin Recall Election (WRE) and recent voting purges in Florida are any indication of America's participatory democracy in action, a disturbing trend has developed, mainly...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, holds his first cabinet meeting at the state Capitol Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Madison, Wis., after Walker beat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a recall election.
photo: AP / Andy Manis

U.N. optimistic on U.S. aid for North Korea, food still a problem
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
12 Jun 2012

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United Nations is optimistic it can get the United States to provide aid for isolated North Korea where chronic problems with its agriculture remain a huge stumbling block to development, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday. The United States said in April it would not go forward with planned food aid to North...
In this photo taken on Sunday, April 8, 2012, a North Korean man pulls an ox drawn cart near North Korean residents working in a field on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

Ethiopia to host Africa Union summit after Omar al-Bashir Malawi row
Full Article BBC News
12 Jun 2012

The next African Union summit has been moved to the Ethiopian capital after Malawi refused to host the gathering. The body said its July meeting would be in Addis Ababa after Malawi blocked the attendance of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The AU's Ferdinand Montcho accused...
File - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks to armed forces in Heglig, Sudan, Monday, April 23, 2012.
photo: AP

Sectarian tinderbox explodes in Myanmar
Full Article Jakarta Post
12 Jun 2012

With sectarian tension on the boil in Myanmar's Rakhine state, analysts and diplomats are worried about the spreading violence as well as a heavy- handed crackdown. On Monday, security forces sought to restore order after a weekend of violence in which Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims set upon each other, torching houses in towns and entire...
A person throws a bucket of water at a house engulfed in flames in Sittwe, Myanmar, Monday, June 11, 2012, following Buddhist-Muslim violence, which has left at least seven people dead and hundreds of homes torched.
photo: AP / Kihn Maung Win

Chavez launches bid for re-election
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
12 Jun 2012

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has rallied tens of thousands of supporters while wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid. Mr Chavez waved and blew kisses to crowds while he rode atop a...
ALTERNATIVE CROP TO XFLL106 - In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds a baseball after delivering a message on state TV at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. Chavez denied rumors of a setback in his health, saying he is at work and expects to finish with cancer treatments soon. Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba in June to remove a tumor from his pelvic region. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)
photo: AP / Miraflores Press Office

Syrian children used as human shields, says UN report
Full Article BBC News
12 Jun 2012

Children in Syria have accused troops of using them as human shields, a UN report has revealed. Some children said they had been forced to ride on tanks to stop attacks by opposition fighters, the report said. The UN's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict said children were being tortured in detention and slaughtered in...
In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for media, Syrian army soldiers ride on their military trucks as they enter the villages near the town of Jisr al-Shughour, north of Damascus, Syria, on Friday June 10, 2011.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

Greeks ask EU: why does Spain get a better deal?
Full Article The Independent
12 Jun 2012

Madrid became the fourth eurozone nation to request a bailout at the weekend when it turned to its European partners for a €100bn loan. But unlike Greece, whose rescue deal came with a mandate for savage public spending cuts and tax rises, Spain managed to dodge the austerity bullet, as the bailout applies exclusively to the country's banking...
A man passes a plaque of a Greek one-drachma coin, which was replaced by the euro in 2002, in central Athens, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris


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As they watch the shambles over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's fate unfold in Libya, one can almost hear the sighs of relief emanating from the American government: thank God for...
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Campaigns ebb and flow, and nothing is settled until Election Day. But President Barack Obama, whose fortunes glowed brightly only days ago, now sees his prospects dimming at least...

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a press conference after meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, unseen, at her lakeside home in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, April 26, 2012.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — When Aung San Suu Kyi last saw Europe, it was still divided into the democratic West and communist East. Her homeland of Myanmar was still under oppressive military rule. The long-time democracy activist set out Wednesday on...
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win
Army future at risk with cull of most experienced officers
The Armed Forces’ future is at risk after losing a generation of its most experienced officers, politicians and commanders said yesterday. Among them were 630 officers with 300 coming from the Army, 250 from the RAF and 70 Royal Navy. At least...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference after an EU summit of eurogroup members at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, July 21, 2011.
Tweet MUNICH: Although Europe may seem far away from the economic life of the average American, the fate of the euro zone weighs heavily on the United States economy. Pension funds have invested in bonds issued by southern European states, while...
photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaer
Greece and the EU in a high-stakes poker game
What once seemed unthinkable is now being discussed openly in Brussels. Greece could leave the eurozone following parliamentary elections on Sunday. All sides are playing a high-stakes game of poker. Those who want to discover what Eurogroup head...
photo: EC / EC
Former British Prime Minister John Major poses for photographers as he arrives to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
RUPERT Murdoch had sat at former prime minister John Major’s dinner table before the 1997 election and threatened that unless the Conservative government changed its policy on Europe, it would lose the support of Mr Murdoch’s News International...
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
Astronomer claims to find Oldest Galaxy in the Universe
Tweet Using some the most powerful telescopes present on Earth surface, a team of Japanese astronomers has claimed to find the oldest galaxy in the universe. According to them this galaxy age is 12.91 billion years. Subaru and Keck are the two...
photo: Creative Commons / Alan L
Opposition protesters with their flags gathered in center of Moscow during a rally, Russia, Saturday, March 10, 2012.
By Lynn Berry and Laura Mills Associated Press Comments Opposition activists rally against President Vladimir Putin's third term in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday. Some of the most charismatic protest leaders' apartments were raided a day before...
photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev
20th Century Battlefields - Falklands War; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 22 Dec 2011
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20th Century Battlefields - Falklands War
The Independent 13 Jun 2012, The announcement of the poll comes ahead of tomorrow's 30th anniversary of the end of the 74-day occupation by the Galtieri junta in 1982. The Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is due to raise the issue at the United Nations, part of a ratcheting up of tension over the disputed islands. The British and Falkland Islands...

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Bring out the dead: US troops pose with Afghan body parts; updated 10 Jun 2012; published 18 Apr 2012
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Bring out the dead: US troops pose with Afghan body parts
Stars and Stripes 12 Jun 2012, YOKOTA AIR BASE, JapanU.S. servicemembers looking at career options in this era of shrinking military budgets and force drawdowns might want to take a look Down Under. The Australian government is recruiting experienced U.S. enlisted personnel and officers to fill a range of positions — from submariners to doctors — in its...

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Homs Shelling 11 June 2012 (UNSMIS); updated 13 Jun 2012; published 12 Jun 2012
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Homs Shelling 11 June 2012 (UNSMIS)
United Nations 12 Jun 2012, In Homs, Syria, smoke drifts into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling. Photo: UNSMIS12 June 2012 – Following repeated efforts, UN observers were unable to reach the Syrian town of al-Haffeh today as angry crowds surrounded their vehicles, stopping them from proceeding any further, after which they were shot at as they departed. "The...

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A sad night for MSNBC: Video montage of Wisconsin recall race coverage; updated 11 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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A sad night for MSNBC: Video montage of Wisconsin recall race coverage
WorldNews.com 12 Jun 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If to live is to act and to act is to decide, then to democratize is to vote and to vote is to also decide. But if the Wisconsin Recall Election (WRE) and recent voting purges in Florida are any indication of America's participatory democracy in action, a disturbing trend has developed, mainly...

US suspends food aid to North Korea; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 29 Mar 2012
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US suspends food aid to North Korea
Yahoo Daily News 12 Jun 2012, BEIJING (Reuters) - The United Nations is optimistic it can get the United States to provide aid for isolated North Korea where chronic problems with its agriculture remain a huge stumbling block to development, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday. The United States said in April it would not go forward with planned food aid to North...

Talk to Al Jazeera - Omar al-Bashir; updated 13 May 2012; published 09 Jan 2011
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Talk to Al Jazeera - Omar al-Bashir
BBC News 12 Jun 2012, The next African Union summit has been moved to the Ethiopian capital after Malawi refused to host the gathering. The body said its July meeting would be in Addis Ababa after Malawi blocked the attendance of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The AU's Ferdinand Montcho accused...

Ethnic Conflict and Reform in Myanmar (Dispatch); updated 27 May 2012; published 08 Mar 2012
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Ethnic Conflict and Reform in Myanmar (Dispatch)
Jakarta Post 12 Jun 2012, With sectarian tension on the boil in Myanmar's Rakhine state, analysts and diplomats are worried about the spreading violence as well as a heavy- handed crackdown. On Monday, security forces sought to restore order after a weekend of violence in which Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims set upon each other, torching houses in towns and entire...

At ALBA Summit, Chavez confident of re-election win 02-06-12; updated 17 May 2012; published 06 Feb 2012
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At ALBA Summit, Chavez confident of re-election win 02-06-12
Belfast Telegraph 12 Jun 2012, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has rallied tens of thousands of supporters while wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid. Mr Chavez waved and blew kisses to crowds while he rode atop a...

Prayers - 1000's Children in Syria Killed and Injured by War; updated 13 Jun 2012; published 13 Jun 2012
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Prayers - 1000's Children in Syria Killed and Injured by War
BBC News 12 Jun 2012, Children in Syria have accused troops of using them as human shields, a UN report has revealed. Some children said they had been forced to ride on tanks to stop attacks by opposition fighters, the report said. The UN's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict said children were being tortured in detention and slaughtered in...

Impact of Spanish Bailout on US Economy; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 11 Jun 2012
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Impact of Spanish Bailout on US Economy
The Independent 12 Jun 2012, Madrid became the fourth eurozone nation to request a bailout at the weekend when it turned to its European partners for a €100bn loan. But unlike Greece, whose rescue deal came with a mandate for savage public spending cuts and tax rises, Spain managed to dodge the austerity bullet, as the bailout applies exclusively to the country's banking...

Geo News Summary- MQM Supports Traders Strike In Karachi; updated 13 Jun 2012; published 13 Jun 2012
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Geo News Summary- MQM Supports Traders Strike In Karachi
BBC News 11 Jun 2012, The US has temporarily pulled out of talks with Pakistan over re-opening vital supply routes to the Nato-led forces in Afghanistan. "The decision was reached to bring the team home for a short period of time," Pentagon spokesman George Little said. Pakistan said the talks had not broken down - they were "still on". Islamabad...

A third of anti-malaria in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa fakes; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 22 May 2012
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A third of anti-malaria in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa fakes
The Guardian 11 Jun 2012, Africa already has the research and the potential to improve the health of its people, but changing perceptions is the first step A lab technican conducts research into dangerous animal pathogens at the Global Viral Forecasting Lab in Yaounde, Cameroon. Photograph: Brent Stirton/Getty Images...

Ethnic Conflict and Reform in Myanmar (Dispatch); updated 27 May 2012; published 08 Mar 2012
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Ethnic Conflict and Reform in Myanmar (Dispatch)
Al Jazeera 11 Jun 2012, Security forces in Myanmar are patrolling a tense town in the western state of Rakhine after deadly sectarian clashes forced the country’s president to declare a state of emergency. Government forces on Monday were seen collecting bodies from the debris of homes burned down over the weekend in what appears to have been one of the worst...

Syria slaughter: Up to 100 bound & slain in Hama massacre; updated 11 Jun 2012; published 07 Jun 2012
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Syria slaughter: Up to 100 bound & slain in Hama massacre
CNN 11 Jun 2012, June 11, 2012 -- Updated 0827 GMT (1627 HKT) Who is Abdul Basit Sieda? (CNN) -- Despite fresh political maneuvering on both sides of the Syrian crisis, relentless fighting and bloodshed raged on Monday as a peaceful resolution appeared to be a mere fantasy. In the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, at least two people were killed and dozens injured...





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