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  • Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Video by Government of Brazil...5:45
  • Afghan officials allege civilian deaths in NATO strike...1:54
  • Athens' Must-Win Voter District in Greek Elections...4:45
  • Syria: UN observers suspend mission over escalating violence...1:11
  • 'EU caught up in vicious loan circle'...5:36
  • Myanmar needs democracy-friendly development growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi...12:09
  • Japan restarts two nuclear reactors...1:50
  • Ross Kemp and British Troops in Afghanistan...4:18
  • President Obama Speaks on Department of Homeland Security Immigration Announcement...8:57
  • Welcome to Warsaw EURO 2012...3:14
  • GOT INK - Egyptian Presidential Elections 2012...1:11
  • US Drones in Syria,Pakistan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,Somalia,Yemen...21:17
  • Hillary Clinton on the Crisis in Egypt 1/30/2011...5:56
  • Debate over effects of immigration policy change...1:21

Rio+ 2 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Video by Government of Brazil Related article
Rio+20 - Unit­ed Na­tions Con­fer­ence on Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment - Video by Gov­ern­ment of Brazil
5:45
Afghan of­fi­cials al­lege civil­ian deaths in NATO strike
1:54
Athens' Must-Win Voter Dis­trict in Greek Elec­tions
4:45
Syria: UN ob­servers sus­pend mis­sion over es­ca­lat­ing vi­o­lence
1:11
'EU caught up in vi­cious loan cir­cle'
5:36
Myan­mar needs democ­ra­cy-friend­ly de­vel­op­ment growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi
12:09
Japan restarts two nu­cle­ar re­ac­tors
1:50
Ross Kemp and British Troops in Afghanistan
4:18
Pres­i­dent Obama Speaks on De­part­ment of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Im­mi­gra­tion An­nounce­ment
8:57
Wel­come to War­saw EURO 2012
3:14
GOT INK - Egyp­tian Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tions 2012
1:11
US Drones in Syria,Pak­istan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,So­ma­lia,Yemen
21:17
Hillary Clin­ton on the Cri­sis in Egypt 1/30/2011
5:56
De­bate over ef­fects of im­mi­gra­tion pol­i­cy change
1:21
Athens' Must-Win Voter Dis­trict in Greek Elec­tions
4:45


Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012.
photo: AP / The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn
  Watch Niagara Falls Tightrope Walker, Nik Wallenda, Tonight [Live Video]
Full Article The Inquisitr
Posted: June 15, 2012 Today, Nik Wallenda will become the first person in more than a century to walk across a tightrope (with permission) over Niagara Falls. The AFP reports that thousands of people have made their way to Niagara Falls to watch Wallenda’s daredevil attempt. Wallenda is confident about his chances, but at the same time, says that a...

Saudi Crown prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz speaks during a press conference after the ceremony of the Saudi forces as they prepare for the influx of people to participate in the annual Hajj, in Arafat 15 kms outside of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011.
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
Saudi Crown Prince Nayef dies
Full Article Independent online (SA)
RiyadhSaudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, next in line to rule the world's top oil exporter, has died just eight months after becoming heir to 89-year-old King Abdullah, the royal court said on Saturday. Analysts and former diplomats said the succession process was likely to be stable, however, with the king and a...

Egypt's Defense Minster Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi  attends a meeting of the military supreme council in this image taken from TV Thursday Feb. 10, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak will meet the demands of protesters, military and ruling party officials said Thursday in the strongest indication yet that Egypt's longtime president may be about to give up power and that the armed forces were seizing control. The military's supreme council was meeting Thursday, without the commander in chief Mubarak, and announced on state TV its "support of the legitimate demands of the people."
photo: AP / Nile TV via APTN
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Full Article Moheet

بعث المشير حسين طنطاوي القائد العام رئيس المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة برقية عزاء إلى خادم الحرمين الشريفين جلالة الملك عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود لوفاة ولي عهده نايف بن عبد العزيز هذا نصها .
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 A Chinese mother and her daughter wait at a stop light in Beijing Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. The minister of the State Commission of Population and Family Planning said China would maintain its one child policy in the coming years in order to stabilize a st
photo: AP
China apologises to woman forced to abort
Full Article Al Jazeera
China has apologised to a woman who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy and suspended three officials responsible for the act, state media reported. Xinhua News Agency said on Friday that two top local family planning officials and the head of the township government would be relieved of their duties. There was a...

File - A German V-2 rocket on Meillerwagen at Operation Backfire near Cuxhaven in 1945.
photo: Public Domain
Politics of Justifying Drones and the Vengeance Weapon
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling By the time Wernher Von Braun, a brilliant German scientist, wrote that, "Scientific and technological research is inherently impartial and that government, not scientists, must be responsible for scientific developments and their use," thousands of V-1's had been dropped on Britain, killing hundreds...

A soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on as an earth mover clears ground for a mortar team, during a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) operation to seize and liberate territory from the Al Shabaab insurgent group, 22 May, 2012.
photo: UN / Stuart Price
Al-Shabaab pushed back in Somalia by African peace enforcers
Full Article The Guardian
Soldiers from the UN-backed Amisom force are edging towards the Islamist militants' stronghold of Kismayo GUERR (55) 2012-06-15 07:53:18,358 Troops from the Amisom peacekeeping force in a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu. Photograph: Clar Ni Chonghaile for the Guardian...

File - African refugees sit in the hallway of a shelter in Tel Aviv, in this photo taken Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill
Israel turns up the heat on African migrants
Full Article Al Jazeera
South Tel Aviv's Neve Shaanan Street, dubbed by many Israelis as "little Africa", is deserted. This once-bustling area is riddled with panic as immigration officers ferret out African migrants and asylum seekers to detain and consequently deport them. One South Sudanese woman who lives in an apartment in the neighbourhood is terrified to leave home...

Greek, Spanish savings flee eurozone crisis
photo: EC / EC
Greek, Spanish savings flee eurozone crisis
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
SAVERS across Europe are fleeing the continent's debt crisis. In Europe's most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the continent's growing financial storm. Worried that their savings could be devalued, or that banks are on the verge of collapse and that...

Nik Wallenda walks across Niagara Falls on a tightrope as seen from Niagara Falls, N.Y., Friday, June 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Gary Wiepert
Wallenda crosses Niagara Falls with flying colors
Full Article Denver Post
Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope Friday. (Frank Gunn, The AP) NIAGARA FALLS, ontario — Daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a...

42 insurgents killed, 37 arrested in operations in Afghanistan
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
42 insurgents killed, 37 arrested in operations in Afghanistan
Full Article Xinhua
KABUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Up to 42 insurgents have been killed and 37 other detained in military operations in different provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan...

Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz, answers a question from media during a conference of interior ministers of Iraq's neighbors and Egypt, in Tehran on Tuesday, Nov, 30, 2004.
photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef dies
Full Article The Guardian
Heir to the throne and deputy prime minister dies in hospital in Switzerland following illness Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al Saud died in Geneva. Photograph: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters...

Going green globally from the grassroots
photo: UN / Maria Elisa Franco
Going green globally from the grassroots
Full Article Denver Post
Inaction at the United Nations' Rio+20 summit this week would be disastrous to global crisis. Much is riding on the United Nations Rio+20 summit this week. Many are billing it as Plan A for Planet Earth and want leaders bound to a single international agreement to protect our life-support system and prevent a global humanitarian crisis. Inaction in...

Maria, 61, a street vendor of corn-on-the-cob (surname not given) pushes her cart in front of election posters of radical left party (SYRIZA) one day before general elections in Athens, Saturday, June 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis
Greeks to vote in crucial elections
Full Article Zeenews
Zeenews Bureau Athens: Greeks will go to the polls on Sunday again in key elections which could determine the country's future in the eurozone. Elections in Greece are supposed to determine the will of the people, to set a nation on a new course with a government that enjoys the mandate of the majority. In splintered Greece, the vote on Sunday is...

In this undated but recent photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors stand in line intact in Okumamachi in Fukushima Prefecture (state), northeastern Japan. Reactors encased in square boxes, from left, are: Unit 4, Unit 3, Unit 2, Unit 1, Unit 5 and Unit 6.
photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Japan gives unpopular go-ahead to restart two reactors
Full Article Deutsche Welle
The first of Japan's nuclear reactors could come back online in as little as three weeks' time after all of the country's nuclear plants were shut down pending safety checks following last year's Fukushima disaster. The Japanese government has given its approval to a plan that would...

Boxer Manny Pacquiao listens during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in New York, to promote an upcoming fight against Tim Bradley Jr. Pacquiao and Bradley will fight on Saturday, June, 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, for Pacquiao's WBO welterweight championship. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
photo: AP / Frank Franklin II
Manny Pacquiao back in Philippines
Full Article Gulf News
Manila: Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao who lost his world welterweight title to American Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas last June 9, left his wife Jinkee and four children in Los Angeles, arrived in Manila on Saturday morning and scheduled a plane ride to his hometown in the southern Philippines Sunday where 10 were killed, 44 others missing and 20,000...

Extraordinary tales from the dreaded frontier
photo: US Army / Ken Scar
Extraordinary tales from the dreaded frontier
Full Article DNA India
It is hard for most of us to imagine the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran without thinking of turbaned Taliban, wielding missile-launchers. Therefore, Jamil Ahmad's debut, The Wandering Falcon, strikes us harder. This collection of inter-linked short stories set in that region brings to life the harsh beauty of the place and its...

Roger Federer
photo: Creative Commons / Laslovarga
Federer vs Haas in Halle, goes for record 6th win
Full Article Newsday
HALLE, Germany - (AP) -- Roger Federer will face wild card of Germany in a bid to win the Gerry Weber Open for a record sixth time on Sunday. The 87th-ranked Haas defeated defending champion 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Saturday. Federer eased past of Russia by 6-1, 6-4 to reach his seventh final. "To be able to play...

Weapons of shadow wars
photo: US Army / Ken Scar
Weapons of shadow wars
Full Article Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON - After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of special operations troops quietly train and advise foreign forces. Viruses sent from computers to foreign networks strike...

President Barack Obama holds a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, May 31, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza
 Obama immigration policy shift likely to play role at the polls
Full Article The Dallas Morning News
Why don’t we vote? It’s a question many Latinos have been asking themselves for decades. Well, they may have just been given a huge shot in the arm and reason to vote this year. President Barack Obama’s policy decision to stop deporting some undocumented young people and allow them to obtain work permits has re-energized Latino leaders across the...

Norwegian Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the U.N. observer team in Syria, speaks to reporters in Zabadani neighborhood in Damascus, Syira, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman
UN mission suspends activities in Syria
Full Article Stars and Stripes
The UN observer mission to Syria has suspended its activities, saying escalating violence is impeding the monitors' ability to carry out its mandate. "UN observers will not be conducting patrols and will stay in their locations until further notice," the mission's chief General Major Robert Mood said in a statement on Saturday....


Going green globally from the grassroots
Full Article Denver Post
17 Jun 2012

Inaction at the United Nations' Rio+20 summit this week would be disastrous to global crisis. Much is riding on the United Nations Rio+20 summit this week. Many are billing it as Plan A for Planet Earth and want leaders bound to a single international agreement to protect our life-support system and prevent a global humanitarian crisis. Inaction in...
Going green globally from the grassroots
photo: UN / Maria Elisa Franco

42 insurgents killed, 37 arrested in operations in Afghanistan
Full Article Xinhua
17 Jun 2012

KABUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Up to 42 insurgents have been killed and 37 other detained in military operations in different provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan...
42 insurgents killed, 37 arrested in operations in Afghanistan
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod

Greeks to vote in crucial elections
Full Article Zeenews
17 Jun 2012

Zeenews Bureau Athens: Greeks will go to the polls on Sunday again in key elections which could determine the country's future in the eurozone. Elections in Greece are supposed to determine the will of the people, to set a nation on a new course with a government that enjoys the mandate of the majority. In splintered Greece, the vote on Sunday is...
Maria, 61, a street vendor of corn-on-the-cob (surname not given) pushes her cart in front of election posters of radical left party (SYRIZA) one day before general elections in Athens, Saturday, June 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis

UN mission suspends activities in Syria
Full Article Stars and Stripes
16 Jun 2012

The UN observer mission to Syria has suspended its activities, saying escalating violence is impeding the monitors' ability to carry out its mandate. "UN observers will not be conducting patrols and will stay in their locations until further notice," the mission's chief General Major Robert Mood said in a statement on Saturday....
Norwegian Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the U.N. observer team in Syria, speaks to reporters in Zabadani neighborhood in Damascus, Syira, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman

Greek, Spanish savings flee eurozone crisis
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
16 Jun 2012

SAVERS across Europe are fleeing the continent's debt crisis. In Europe's most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the continent's growing financial storm. Worried that their savings could be devalued, or that banks are on the verge of collapse and that...
Greek, Spanish savings flee eurozone crisis
photo: EC / EC

Nobel peace prize 'showed the world had not forgotten Burma'
Full Article The Guardian
16 Jun 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi calls on humanity to never stop in the pursuit of peace during moving acceptance speech in Oslo Aung San Suu Kyi receives a standing ovation after her Nobel peace prize acceptance speech. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP...
Nobel peace prize 'showed the world had not forgotten Burma'
photo: UN / Violaine Martin

Japan gives unpopular go-ahead to restart two reactors
Full Article Deutsche Welle
16 Jun 2012

The first of Japan's nuclear reactors could come back online in as little as three weeks' time after all of the country's nuclear plants were shut down pending safety checks following last year's Fukushima disaster. The Japanese government has given its approval to a plan that would...
In this undated but recent photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors stand in line intact in Okumamachi in Fukushima Prefecture (state), northeastern Japan. Reactors encased in square boxes, from left, are: Unit 4, Unit 3, Unit 2, Unit 1, Unit 5 and Unit 6.
photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.

South Side prosecutor lawyers for his country — in Afghanistan
Full Article Chicago Sun-Times
16 Jun 2012

Updated: June 16, 2012 1:49AM In the middle of a dusty nowhere, amid farmers and mud houses, 7,000 miles up in Afghanistan’s eastern mountains, America takes one of its last offensive stands after more than a decade of war. Here in green camouflage, a South Side prosecutor is lawyering for his country. Dan Griffin, an assistant state’s attorney...
South Side prosecutor lawyers for his country — in Afghanistan
photo: US Army / Ken Scar

 Obama immigration policy shift likely to play role at the polls
Full Article The Dallas Morning News
16 Jun 2012

Why don’t we vote? It’s a question many Latinos have been asking themselves for decades. Well, they may have just been given a huge shot in the arm and reason to vote this year. President Barack Obama’s policy decision to stop deporting some undocumented young people and allow them to obtain work permits has re-energized Latino leaders across the...
President Barack Obama holds a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, May 31, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Poland braces for more soccer hooligan violence
Full Article Jakarta Post
16 Jun 2012

Poland is braced for more soccer hooligan violence this weekend between Polish and Russian fans at the European Championship, with the justice minister warning that there's no shortage of "cretins" willing to do battle on both sides. Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that police were prepared to respond harshly to any violence. "I hope we will not...
Poland braces for more soccer hooligan violence
photo: WN / Marzena J.

Anxious, weary Egypt to choose president
Full Article The Star
16 Jun 2012

CAIRO: Egyptians vote for a president on Saturday in a runoff election that for many offers only a choice of the lesser of two evils - a military man who served deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak or a conservative Islamist who says he is running for God. Reeling from a court order two days ago to dissolve a new parliament dominated by the Muslim...
Egyptians gather to protest ongoing military rule in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, June 15, 2012. On the right, a man holds a defaced campaign poster of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik, a man widely believed to be an extension of Hosni Mubarak's regime.
photo: AP / Pete Muller

US admits to drone raids in Yemen and Somalia
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
16 Jun 2012

The White House has formally acknowledged for the first time that it is conducting lethal attacks against al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somalia, after it had partially lifted the lid of secrecy on its counterterrorism campaign. The White House's semi-annual report to Congress on the state of US combat operations abroad, delivered Friday, mentions what...
File - A U.S. Air Force RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle from the 432nd Wing out of Creech Air Force Base, Nev., takes off from the Rafael Hernandez Airport outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28, 2010, for a mission in support of Operation Unified Response.
photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr

Clinton says "no going back" on transition in Egypt
Full Article Xinhua
16 Jun 2012

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a full transfer of power in Egypt to an elected civilian government, saying "there can be no going back on the democratic transition." The top U.S....
Clinton says "no going back" on transition in Egypt
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett

US to relax deportation of young illegal immigrants
Full Article France24
15 Jun 2012

AFP - The United States will stop deporting young law-abiding illegal immigrants who satisfy broad criteria, in a move that will be seen as a concession to Hispanic voters ahead of November's election. The scheme applies to minors brought to the United States before the age of 16, who are currently under 30, are in school or have graduated from...
Holding signs saying "Thank You President Obama," Ricky Campos, 23, of Silver Spring, Md., left, Katye Hernandez, 22, both illegal immigrants originally from El Salvador, who live in Silver Spring, Md., along with Rachelle Robertello, 18, of Fairfax, Va., and others from the group Casa de Maryland, rally outside the White House in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2012
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin


Selena Gomez Wants Taylor Swift Duet
Full Article Starpulse
16 Jun 2012

Selena Gomez is eyeing collaborations with Taylor Swift and pop rockers Fun. as she prepares to resume her music career after a short hiatus. Justin Bieber's girlfriend put her singing aspirations on hold to boost...
Selena Gomez performs during her 'We Own The Night' tour at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton Florida, USA - July 28, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Justin Bieber: 'Mariah Yeater baby claim made me want to quit showbiz'
Full Article IMDb
16 Jun 2012

Justin Bieber has suggested that Mariah Yeater's paternity suit almost made him quit his music...
Justin Bieber arrives for the Brit Awards 2011 at The O2 Arena in London, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011.
photo: AP / Joel Ryan

The Beach Boys Surf the Social Web
Full Article Mashable
15 Jun 2012

The Beach Boys turn 50 this year, and to celebrate, they’re spending the summer on tour supporting a new album, That’s Why God Made the Radio. While the title of the album pays homage to the era of music when the boys got their start (when they topped the charts for songs like “I Get Around” and “Help Me,...
Mike Love and the Beach Boys perform during their 50th Anniversary Tour at Hard Rock Live in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - May 4, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Chris Brown, Drake brawl in NYC nightclub
Full Article Yahoo Music
14 Jun 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating an early morning Manhattan bar brawl involving hip hop stars Drake...
Chris Brown performs during SpringFest/Best of the Best Miami 2011at Bicentennial Park Miami, Florida - May 29, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Adam Lambert moves new album 'Trespassing' UK release
Full Article Digital Spy
14 Jun 2012

Adam Lambert has delayed the release of his new album in the UK. The singer will now officially unveil his second studio record Trespassing in the UK on July 9. New single 'Never Close Our Eyes' will precede the album's release and will now be available to download on July 8. Lambert will make numerous television appearances in the UK over the...
Adam Lambert performs during the Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida USA December 11, 2010
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Obama courts film stars in New York in campaign cash quest
Full Article Richmond Times Dispatch
14 Jun 2012

WASHINGTON — It will be Sarah Jessica Parker's house, but President Barack Obama's show. You could call it “Checks and the City.” Needing to boost his donor base and campaign cash, Obama is banking on elite entertainers for help so often they have essentially become a cast of characters in his campaign. He is using his...
President Barack Obama talks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2012, before signing the Contract Awards for Large Air Tankers. The bill will support the ability to fight wildfires by enabling the Forest Service to accelerate the contracting of the next generation of air tankers for wildfire suppression.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh

Jason Aldean fined for swimming in dangerous Gulf
Full Article Kansas City Star
13 Jun 2012

GRAYTON BEACH, Fla. -- Country music star Jason Aldean has been fined for swimming in dangerous conditions at a Florida Panhandle beach....
Jason Aldean performs during the
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Report: Lady Gaga to Cover 'Vogue' Mag Again, Release 'Fame' Perfume
Full Article Rollingstone
13 Jun 2012

Lady Gaga is set to dominate September. Not only will she reveal details of her anticipated third album that month but she will also reportedly grace the cover of Vogue again, and this time for the year's most important...
Lady Gaga performing "Bad Romance" on The Monster Ball Tour.
photo: Creative Commons / Dulcet Nightingale


Lampard admits feeling guilt over Redknapp sacking
Full Article Goal
17 Jun 2012

The midfielder has revealed that he feels responsible for his uncle's departure, after Chelsea's Champions League success cost Spurs qualification for next...
ARCHIV: Englands Frank Lampard gibt in Buehlertal (Deutschland) eine Pressekonferenz zur Fussball-WM 2006 (Foto vom 17.06.06). Schock fuer die englische Fussball-Nationalmannschaft: Mittelfeldspieler Frank Lampard faellt aufgrund seiner Oberschenkelverletzung fuer die Europameisterschaft in Polen und der Ukraine aus. Dies bestaetigte der englische Fussballverband FA am Donnerstagabend (31.05.12) auf seiner Homepage.
photo: AP / Matt Dunham/AP/dapd

Euro 2012: I'm ready to play - Wayne Rooney
Full Article BBC News
17 Jun 2012

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Fussball, Uefa Europameisterschaft 2012 Polen/Ukraine, Gruppe D, Pressekonferenz der englischen Nationalmannschaft, Sonntag (17.06.12), England Media Center, Krakau, Polen: Wayne Rooney steht auf dem Podium.
photo: AP / Matthias Rietschel/dapd

Euro 2012: Wayne Rooney eager to make up for lost time with England
Full Article The Guardian
17 Jun 2012

Striker will return to the team after suspension • Rooney insists he is fit despite time out Wayne Rooney insists he is fit despite not have played competitively recently. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA...
Fussball, Uefa Europameisterschaft 2012 Polen/Ukraine, Gruppe D, Pressekonferenz der englischen Nationalmannschaft, Sonntag (17.06.12), England Media Center, Krakau, Polen: Wayne Rooney sitzt auf dem POdium.
photo: AP / Matthias Rietschel/dapd

Robert Pires: Ronaldo is not a machine
Full Article Goal
17 Jun 2012

The retired midfielder thinks that the 27-year-old is under constant pressure at international level, which is preventing him from performing to the...
Cristiano Ronaldo, center, exercises with his teammates during a training session of Portugal at the soccer Euro 2012 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Armando Franca

Lionel Messi to become a father
Full Article Zeenews
17 Jun 2012

Barcelona: Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has finally confirmed the rumours that he and his girlfriend are expecting a child. The diminutive attacker had always...
Leo Messi enters the pitch for a Maya 2012 World Cup soccer friendly game between Messi Friends and Stars of Mexico's in Cancun, Mexico, Saturday, June 16, 2012. The match is a benefit game for the Quintana Roo Family Development Agency (DIF) and the Leo Messi Foundation.
photo: AP / Israel Leal

Oranje alert! Portugal's great record against Netherlands a boost for Ronaldo & co.
Full Article Goal
17 Jun 2012

The Dutch must win their final group game by two goals, and hope Germany beat Denmark, in order to progress the quarters, but past meetings suggest it will be no easy task...
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, laughs as he watches his teammates tease each other during a training session of Portugal at the soccer Euro 2012 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Armando Franca

Goals will come for Cristiano Ronaldo, says Portugal's Helder Postiga
Full Article Goal
17 Jun 2012

The Portuguese striker has backed his under-fire team-mate to score when it matters as Paulo Bento's side prepare for their crunch clash with the Netherlands...
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, right, gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

Sneijder: Portugal are not just Cristiano Ronaldo
Full Article Goal
17 Jun 2012

The Dutch playmaker hopes his side can deny the Real Madrid forward from scoring for a third straight match and get the points needed to give them a ticket to the quarter-finals More...
Fussball, Uefa, Europameisterschaft 2012 Polen/Ukraine,Training der niederlaendischen Nationalmannschaft, Samstag (16.06.12), Metalist Stadion, Charkiw (Kharkiv), Ukraine: Trainer Bert van Marwijk ( hinten l.) schaut seinen Spielern Arjen Robben (v.l.), Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder und Dirk Kuijt zu.
photo: AP / Daniel Kopatsch/dapd


Usher hints at Oscar hopes for 'Hands of Stone'
Full Article IMDb
17 Jun 2012

Usher has suggested that he would like to win an Oscar for his portrayal of boxer Sugar Ray Leonard in...
Usher OMG Houston
photo: Creative Commons / MarcoFromHouston

Colin Farrell Joins 'Saving Mr. Banks' With Tom Hanks & Emma Thompson
Full Article Indiewire
15 Jun 2012

We've long discussed the career of Colin Farrell, one that hasn't particularly been on steady rise, so much as moved in fits and starts, as the actor has tackled franchises and indies in equal measure, with some more successful than others. This...
Colin Farrell - Slamdance Film Festival
photo: Creative Commons / Chphe

Jonah Hill Joins Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
Full Article The Wrap
15 Jun 2012

Print this page Tweet Jonah Hill has joined the cast of “Django Unchained,” according to an individual with knowledge of the situation. Though the film finishes shooting at the end of the month, director Quentin Tarantino found a way to squeeze Hill into a small part. Hill was going to do the project before, but was never able to shoot...
Jonah Hill arrives before the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
photo: AP / 6, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles

Marina Abramović Talks 'The Artist is Present,' Her Thoughts On Censorship, Art & More
Full Article Indiewire
15 Jun 2012

You don’t get much more intense than the work of Marina Abramović. Born in Belgrade, the performance artist’s work ranges from replicating a recorded 5-finger fillet game to laying abeyant while participants chose an object to use on her (offerings included honey, scissors, and a gun) -- and it’s this kind of risky, powerful work...
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Benicio Del Toro Playing Native American Soldier In Jimmy Picard
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15 Jun 2012

Benicio Del Toro, who.ll next be seen in Oliver Stone.s drug-smuggling thriller Savages, has just signed on to a passion project from director...
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Russell Brand: 'I'd snog Justin Bieber if I had to kiss a man'
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15 Jun 2012

Russell Brand has said that if he was forced to pick a man to kiss, he might choose Justin...
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Katy Perry 'makes surprise appearance at Part of Me screening'
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15 Jun 2012

Katy Perry made a surprise appearance at a Los Angeles screening of her documentary Part of...
120523-N-MH374-584 NEW YORK (May 23, 2012) Singer Katy Perry performs for service members during a block party at the Brooklyn Piers during Fleet Week New York 2012. This year marks the 25th year the city has celebrated the nation's sea services. This year, the seven-day event coincides with the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and will host more than 6,000 service members from the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard team in addition to coalition ships from around the world.
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Christopher Plummer, on screen and on stage at 82
Full Article Kansas City Star
14 Jun 2012

Charles Sykes, file FILE - This May 24, 2011 file photo shows actor Christopher Plummer in New York. Plummer, who helped present at the Tony Awards on Sunday and who thrilled Nina Arianda by handing her a best actress award, is preparing for his stage performance in "The Tempest" to be shown in hundreds of movie theaters on Thursday. Later this...
Christopher Plummer
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Greek exit would be 'catastrophe', says former Greek PM
Full Article BBC News
17 Jun 2012

A Greek exit from the euro would be a "major catastrophe", former Greek PM George Papandreou has told the BBC. He said Greece was not the problem, but simply a "precedent" amid deeper underlying problems in the eurozone. Greece holds parliamentary elections on Sunday which analysts say could decide its future membership inside...
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a parliament session in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.
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Obama, world want bold signs from Europe at G-20
Full Article Tulsa World
17 Jun 2012

CHICAGO - With global anxiety rising, President Barack Obama is searching for bolder, swifter signals from Europe that it will contain its financial mess and keep it from torpedoing the U.S. economy and his re-election chances along with it. Yet as he prepares for summit talks beginning Monday in Mexico with the other world leaders, Obama is down...
Barack Obama addresses
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Test Drive: 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid
Full Article Fox News
16 Jun 2012

The high-profile Prius may get the publicity, but the new Toyota Camry Hybrid is no slouch. As the second-best selling hybrid in the U.S., the gas-electric version of the best-selling car in the U.S. has apparently found an audience in search of efficiency without exhibition. Although redesigned for 2012, the Camry Hybrid continues to rock no boats...
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid (Japan)
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Euro rises versus dollar prior to Greece election
Full Article Taipei Times
16 Jun 2012

The euro strengthened against the US dollar for a second week as investors pulled back on record bets against the currency before the Greek election today that may determine whether the nation remains in the bloc. The 17-nation currency rallied amid speculation central banks might provide aid to financial markets after Spain last week became the...
US dollar - Currency
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Asian currencies rise, with the peso leading the charge
Full Article Taipei Times
16 Jun 2012

Asian currencies rose for a second week on speculation leaders of the G20 nations would announce measures to combat a global economic slump when they meet tomorrow and on Tuesday for talks in Mexico. The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index climbed 0.3 percent after Bank of England...
Philippine peso - Currency
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Bihar: Nitish writes to PM, demands special status
Full Article IBN Live
16 Jun 2012

Patna: Expressing disappointment over the rejection of special category status to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up an expert committee to consider the state's long pending demand. The Centre should set up an expert committee to consider in-depth a memorandum on the special category status...
Nitish Kumar
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Home sales down 50% in NCR and Mumbai, 18% in Bangalore in January-March 2012: PropEquity
Full Article The Times of India
16 Jun 2012

Tweet NEW DELHI: Home sales in Delhi-NCR and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region fell over 50% in the January-March 2012 quarter due to a perceptible slowdown in the economy and high home prices, says property research and analytics...
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Gold slips from record high on fall in demand
Full Article The Times of India
16 Jun 2012

Tweet NEW DELHI: Snapping a six-session long rising streak, gold today fell from record by losing Rs 70 to Rs 30,500 per 10 grams in the national capital on reduced offtake at prevailing...
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Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Video by Government of Brazil
Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Video by Government of Brazil
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  • Duration: 5:45
  • Published: 19 Oct 2011
  • Updated: 14 Jun 2012
Author: gbcbrasil
Rio+ 2 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Video by Government of Brazil
http://wn.com/Rio+20__United_Nations_Conference_on_Sustainable_Development__Video_by_Government_of_Brazil
Afghan officials allege civilian deaths in NATO strike
Afghan officials allege civilian deaths in NATO strike
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  • Duration: 1:54
  • Published: 06 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 08 Jun 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Coalition troops arrived at a tribal elder's house in eastern Logar province on Tuesday night after villagers tipped them off that Taliban commanders had been invited to a dinner. When the fighters inside refused to surrender and opened fire on the NATO troops, soldiers called in an airstrike, levelling the house. Now, the provincial council leader says the tribal elder and 16 of his relatives and children were killed in the strike. Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports.
http://wn.com/Afghan_officials_allege_civilian_deaths_in_NATO_strike
Athens' Must-Win Voter District in Greek Elections
Athens' Must-Win Voter District in Greek Elections
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  • Duration: 4:45
  • Published: 15 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 15 Jun 2012
Author: WSJDigitalNetwork
WSJ's Charles Forelle reports on the shifting politics of Athens B, a giant district of nearly 1.5 million voters surrounding central Athens that has voted for the winner of nearly every Greek election since 1974.
http://wn.com/Athens'_Must-Win_Voter_District_in_Greek_Elections
Syria: UN observers suspend mission over escalating violence
Syria: UN observers suspend mission over escalating violence
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  • Duration: 1:11
  • Published: 16 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 16 Jun 2012
Author: telegraphtv
UN observers in Syria suspended their work on Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for the country is disintegrating.
http://wn.com/Syria_UN_observers_suspend_mission_over_escalating_violence
'EU caught up in vicious loan circle'
'EU caught up in vicious loan circle'
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  • Duration: 5:36
  • Published: 12 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 13 Jun 2012
Author: PressTVGlobalNews
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has called on European leaders to take immediate action to solve the eurozone crisis. This comes amid Spain's recent announcement that it would be asking the European Union for financial assistance to save its banks. The loan, to be delivered via an existing bailout fund called the FROB, is meant to end the economic crisis in Spain and prevent devaluation of the euro. There are worries that more delays in resolving the eurozone debt crisis, which began in Greece in late 2009 and infected Italy, Spain and France last year, could push not only Europe but also much of the rest of the developed world back into recession. Press TV has conducted an interview with Joachim Martillo, political analyst from Boston, to further discuss the issue.
http://wn.com/'EU_caught_up_in_vicious_loan_circle'
Myanmar needs democracy-friendly development growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar needs democracy-friendly development growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi
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  • Duration: 12:09
  • Published: 14 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 16 Jun 2012
Author: ILOTV
Aung San Suu Kyi called for international aid and investment to promote economic progress in Myanmar and in particular focussed attention on the problem of youth unemployment. Highlighting the potential of her country both in terms of its natural and human resources, she noted, "it is not so much joblessness as hopelessness that threatens our future. The Nobel laureate made her landmark address to a packed Assembly Hall at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Her full speech available at www.ilo.org
http://wn.com/Myanmar_needs_democracy-friendly_development_growth,_says_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
Japan restarts two nuclear reactors
Japan restarts two nuclear reactors
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  • Duration: 1:50
  • Published: 08 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 15 Jun 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced that he had approved the restarting of two nuclear reactors to avoid an imminent energy crisis. All fifty of the country's reactors were shut down following the meltdown at Fukushima. Before that, atomic energy produced nearly thirty percent of Japan's electricity. Despit recent surveys showing most people in Japan want to abandon atomic energy, the prime minister said he had no choice -- parts of the country are facing a severe power shortage. After the prime minister's announcement, thousands of angry protesters gathered outside Noda's official residence to show their discontent. Ministers say the alternative to nuclear energy, fossil fuels, would drive up electricity bills, harm small businesses and still leave a severe power deficit. Noda is hoping that the promise of tougher safety measures will help avoid another Fukushima -- but many do not agree with his decision. Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports.
http://wn.com/Japan_restarts_two_nuclear_reactors
Ross Kemp and British Troops in Afghanistan
Ross Kemp and British Troops in Afghanistan
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  • Duration: 4:18
  • Published: 21 Jul 2011
  • Updated: 10 Jun 2012
Author: FutureLAD66
Ross Kemp returns to Afghanistan and is embedded with the Royal Marines, 45 Commando as they assualt a Taliban stronghold. RIP Marine Travis Mackin that died during the operation.
http://wn.com/Ross_Kemp_and_British_Troops_in_Afghanistan
President Obama Speaks on Department of Homeland Security Immigration Announcement
President Obama Speaks on Department of Homeland Security Immigration Announcement
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  • Duration: 8:57
  • Published: 15 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 15 Jun 2012
Author: whitehouse
President Obama announces a new Department of Homeland Security policy that will allow certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria to be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings. June 15, 2012.
http://wn.com/President_Obama_Speaks_on_Department_of_Homeland_Security_Immigration_Announcement
Welcome to Warsaw EURO 2012
Welcome to Warsaw EURO 2012
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  • Duration: 3:14
  • Published: 26 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 27 May 2012
Author: HostelHelvetiaWarsaw
The film promoting Warsaw for Euro 2012 realised by Hostel Helvetia Warsaw. * Watch with annotations to get some tourist info:) We don't claim any rights to song "Forca" by Nelly Furtado - an anthem of UEFA EURO championships in Portugal.
http://wn.com/Welcome_to_Warsaw_EURO_2012
GOT INK - Egyptian Presidential Elections 2012
GOT INK - Egyptian Presidential Elections 2012
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  • Duration: 1:11
  • Published: 21 May 2012
  • Updated: 24 May 2012
Author: TBSfresh
On May 23rd and 24th, all of TBS (The Bakery Shop) branches in Cairo will be giving away their freshest bakes to Egyptian voters, as part of its GOT INK initiative. History has seen many Egyptian firsts. Many "First" Egyptian achievements. Now we are the first Egyptians to witness a presidential election. GOT INK is an initiative that shares this moment with Egyptians. We're doing our part by rewarding those who've voted, do your part and VOTE. www.facebook.com
http://wn.com/GOT_INK__Egyptian_Presidential_Elections_2012
US Drones in Syria,Pakistan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,Somalia,Yemen
US Drones in Syria,Pakistan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,Somalia,Yemen
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  • Duration: 21:17
  • Published: 27 Feb 2012
  • Updated: 22 Mar 2012
Author: GlobalPrison
Discussion on continuing US drones used in various Middle East countries, often used in airstrikes and for spying or monitoring purposes
http://wn.com/US_Drones_in_Syria,Pakistan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,Somalia,Yemen
Hillary Clinton on the Crisis in Egypt 1/30/2011
Hillary Clinton on the Crisis in Egypt 1/30/2011
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  • Duration: 5:56
  • Published: 30 Jan 2011
  • Updated: 27 May 2012
Author: ABCNews
Amanpour speaks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about Egypt.
http://wn.com/Hillary_Clinton_on_the_Crisis_in_Egypt_1/30/2011
Debate over effects of immigration policy change
Debate over effects of immigration policy change
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  • Duration: 1:21
  • Published: 17 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 17 Jun 2012
Author: kgbt4tv
Many in the Valley welcomed the change in policy that allows some undocumented youth to stay in the country, but the political impact is still unclear.
http://wn.com/Debate_over_effects_of_immigration_policy_change
Athens' Must-Win Voter District in Greek Elections
Athens' Must-Win Voter District in Greek Elections
  • Order:
  • Duration: 4:45
  • Published: 15 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 15 Jun 2012
Author: WSJDigitalNetwork
WSJ's Charles Forelle reports on the shifting politics of Athens B, a giant district of nearly 1.5 million voters surrounding central Athens that has voted for the winner of nearly every Greek election since 1974.
http://wn.com/Athens'_Must-Win_Voter_District_in_Greek_Elections

President of the United States Barack Obama speaks to the media Jan. 28, 2008 Everth Cabrera, shortstop and second baseman for the San Diego Padres, at Fan Fest on April 5, 2009 President Barack Obama pauses as he and first lady Michelle Obama greet marines during Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. The Obamas are in Hawaii for the holidays. A moth on the leaf of the tree - nature

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addresses the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Thursday, June 14, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. At halftime, Euro 2012 shows the best of football Hillary Clinton Rally March 27th, 2008. View of the Matter valley (Mattertal) from Embd on a cloudy day. The Ried glacier is visible on the left.

United Nation observers inspect a government military position at the Talbisah area in Homs city Syria Monday June 11, 2012. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian man inspects a burned bus that was damaged by a car bomb that exploded at a carpark near the Shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, June 14, 2012. En route to the Blue lagoon on a cloudy day in Akamas, Cyprus   October 2008 Palestinian students drink water from a public tap in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Rafah refugee camp in the southern of Gaza Strip on November 02, 2011. The United States cut its funding to the UN's cultural arm after a majority of member states defied American and Israeli warnings and voted to allow jubilant Palestinians full membership in the organisation. PHOTO BY AHMED DEEB/WN

This photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net and purporting to show a man identified by the Internet site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sep. 11 attacks, is seen in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The picture was allegedly taken in July 2009 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and released only to the detainee's family under a new policy allowing the ICRC to photograph Guantanamo inmates, ICRC spokesman Bernard Barrett said Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. England's Kevin Pietersen takes a shot during Twenty20 international cricket match against India in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. US Airways Express Embraer 170 operated by Republic Airlines at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Mother feeding her child at the sidewalk.


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For most people, Father's Day - like Mother's Day - is a joyous time to celebrate the loving relationship of a parent. Some people who haven't had lots of positive experiences with their parents as children and/or adults face these occasions with...
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French Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections Francois Hollande waves as he arrives to deliver his speech during a meeting in Paris, Sunday, April 29, 2012 as part of his campaign for the second round of the French presidential elections on May 6, 2012.
June 17, 2012 -- Updated 0646 GMT (1446 HKT) (CNN) -- French President Francois Hollande looked to solidify his Socialist Party's majority in runoff parliamentary elections Sunday, which would allow him to push through an anti-austerity agenda. His...
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Extraordinary tales from the dreaded frontier
It is hard for most of us to imagine the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran without thinking of turbaned Taliban, wielding missile-launchers. Therefore, Jamil Ahmad's debut, The Wandering Falcon, strikes us harder. This collection of...
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Where the jobs are, Austin metro area, 2011
Job growth and loss in Austin Occupation Total employment 2011 Change from 2006 Annual median pay 1. Retail salespeople 28,490 +13% $20,910 2. Office clerks, general 23,760 +50% $30,360 3. Cashiers 18,880 +19% $18,910 4. Food preparation and serving,...
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Weapons of shadow wars
WASHINGTON - After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of special operations...
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Here comes the depression
Evidence mounts that economic growth is slowing around the world, including in the United States and in the European Union. Even fast-evolving economies like Brazil, China and India are slowing. Two questions emerge: • Is the looming recession in...
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A tug boat pulls a barge with giant Olympic rings that are 11 meters (36 feet) tall and 25 meters (82 feet) wide as they are unveiled on the River Thames in London, as preparations for the upcoming London 2012 Olympic games gather pace in London Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
MOSCOW, June 17 (RIA Novosti) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has started a probe into claims that Olympic Games officials violated regulations regarding the sale of London 2012 tickets, the BBC reported...
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Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Video by Government of Brazil; updated 14 Jun 2012; published 19 Oct 2011
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Rio+20 - Unit­ed Na­tions Con­fer­ence on Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment - Video by Gov­ern­ment of Brazil
Denver Post 17 Jun 2012, Inaction at the United Nations' Rio+20 summit this week would be disastrous to global crisis. Much is riding on the United Nations Rio+20 summit this week. Many are billing it as Plan A for Planet Earth and want leaders bound to a single international agreement to protect our life-support system and prevent a global humanitarian crisis. Inaction in...

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Afghan officials allege civilian deaths in NATO strike; updated 08 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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Afghan of­fi­cials al­lege civil­ian deaths in NATO strike
Xinhua 17 Jun 2012, KABUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Up to 42 insurgents have been killed and 37 other detained in military operations in different provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan...

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Athens' Must-Win Voter District in Greek Elections; updated 15 Jun 2012; published 15 Jun 2012
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Athens' Must-Win Voter Dis­trict in Greek Elec­tions
Zeenews 17 Jun 2012, Zeenews Bureau Athens: Greeks will go to the polls on Sunday again in key elections which could determine the country's future in the eurozone. Elections in Greece are supposed to determine the will of the people, to set a nation on a new course with a government that enjoys the mandate of the majority. In splintered Greece, the vote on Sunday is...

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Syria: UN observers suspend mission over escalating violence; updated 16 Jun 2012; published 16 Jun 2012
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Syria: UN ob­servers sus­pend mis­sion over es­ca­lat­ing vi­o­lence
Stars and Stripes 16 Jun 2012, The UN observer mission to Syria has suspended its activities, saying escalating violence is impeding the monitors' ability to carry out its mandate. "UN observers will not be conducting patrols and will stay in their locations until further notice," the mission's chief General Major Robert Mood said in a statement on Saturday....

'EU caught up in vicious loan circle'; updated 13 Jun 2012; published 12 Jun 2012
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The Daily Telegraph Australia 16 Jun 2012, SAVERS across Europe are fleeing the continent's debt crisis. In Europe's most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the continent's growing financial storm. Worried that their savings could be devalued, or that banks are on the verge of collapse and that...

Myanmar needs democracy-friendly development growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi; updated 16 Jun 2012; published 14 Jun 2012
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Myan­mar needs democ­ra­cy-friend­ly de­vel­op­ment growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi
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Japan restarts two nuclear reactors; updated 15 Jun 2012; published 08 Jun 2012
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Japan restarts two nu­cle­ar re­ac­tors
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Ross Kemp and British Troops in Afghanistan; updated 10 Jun 2012; published 21 Jul 2011
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President Obama Speaks on Department of Homeland Security Immigration Announcement; updated 15 Jun 2012; published 15 Jun 2012
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Welcome to Warsaw EURO 2012; updated 27 May 2012; published 26 Mar 2012
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GOT INK - Egyptian Presidential Elections 2012; updated 24 May 2012; published 21 May 2012
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US Drones in Syria,Pakistan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,Somalia,Yemen; updated 22 Mar 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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US Drones in Syria,Pak­istan,Libya,Iraq,Afghanistan,So­ma­lia,Yemen
Yahoo Daily News 16 Jun 2012, The White House has formally acknowledged for the first time that it is conducting lethal attacks against al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somalia, after it had partially lifted the lid of secrecy on its counterterrorism campaign. The White House's semi-annual report to Congress on the state of US combat operations abroad, delivered Friday, mentions what...

Hillary Clinton on the Crisis in Egypt 1/30/2011; updated 27 May 2012; published 30 Jan 2011
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Hillary Clin­ton on the Cri­sis in Egypt 1/30/2011
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