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Boat sinking reignites Australia asylum debate
Full Article BBC News
25 Jun 2012

The sinking of a boat carrying 200 asylum seekers last week near Christmas Island has reignited debate over Australia's policy deadlock. The government has renewed a call for a refugee swap deal with Malaysia to deter people smuggling. However, the opposition is demanding that an immigration detention centre on Nauru be reopened. Meanwhile,...
File - Afghan migrants wait on a tanker that rescued them at a port in Cilegon, Banten province, Indonesia, Monday, April 9, 2012. Indonesia says it has rescued 120 Afghan migrants from a leaking wooden ship headed to Australia.
photo: AP

Tunisia extradites former Gaddafi PM to Libya
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
25 Jun 2012

Tunisia extradited deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's former prime minister on Sunday, said officials in Tripoli, making him the first senior official to be returned for trial under Libya's transitional leadership. In Tunisia, there was confusion among officials over who authorised the extradition. Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim...
Libya's Prime Minister, Al-Baghdadi Ali Al Mahmoudi, left, pauses while Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim translates during a news conference in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011.
photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills

Waldo Canyon fire forces 11,000 people from their homes
Full Article Denver Post
25 Jun 2012

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Waldo Canyon fire, which officials here called "very aggressive," spread in three directions and displaced about 11,000 people from their homes as fires continued to burn statewide Sunday. Nearly half that total — about 5,000 living in Manitou Springs — were allowed to return to their homes...
Waldo Canyon fire forces 11,000 people from their homes
photo: US Army / Jessica Barnett

Egypt's Islamist president begins building government
Full Article The Star
25 Jun 2012

CAIRO: Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood sets about building a civilian administration for Egypt on Monday that can heal a divisive history of oppression and coax a mistrustful army into relaxing its grip on power. Behind the scenes, talks were already under way between the Islamists and generals to resolve disputes that blew up this month...
Egyptians celebrate the victory of Mohammed Morsi, in the presidential elections, at Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

Turkey turns to NATO over Syrian attack
Full Article Reuters
25 Jun 2012

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has accused Syria of shooting down one of its military reconnaissance jets in international airspace without warning and summoned a NATO meeting for Tuesday to agree a response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey's cabinet was due to meet on Monday to discuss Friday's incident, which lent a more threatening...
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Erdogan called on Libyan authorities to be sensitive toward the safety of foreigners as his governments scrambled to send planes and ships to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya's bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of Turks crowding into a stadium to await evacuation
photo: AP

Follow-up is key after Rio+20
Full Article The Star
25 Jun 2012

The Rio+20 summit last week was disappointing to many, but it could still succeed through mandated follow-up actions. BECAUSE the world is facing serious crises in the global environment and economy, much was expected of last week's Rio+20 summit. Thus there was deep public disappointment that the hundred heads of government and state who came to...
Follow-up is key after Rio+20
photo: UN / Mark Garten

Series of attacks underscores difficulties US troops face training Afghan forces
Full Article Stars and Stripes
24 Jun 2012

Pfc. Jarrod A. Lallier was gunned down Monday by men who were wearing the uniforms of his allies. The 20-year-old Fort Bragg paratrooper died when three men in Afghan police uniforms fired on a group of soldiers with small arms and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, military officials said. The men who killed Lallier escaped, so it isn't clear...
Series of attacks underscores difficulties US troops face training Afghan forces
photo: US Army / Ken Scar

Egypt's Mohamed Morsy goes from prisoner to president
Full Article The Times of India
24 Jun 2012

Tweet CAIRO: In a reversal of fortunes unthinkable a year and a half ago, an Islamist jailed by Hosni Mubarak has succeeded him as president of the biggest Arab nation in a victory at the ballot box which has historic consequences for Egypt and the Middle East. The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy will not enjoy the extent of modern, pharaonic...
In this Friday, June 22, 2012 file photo, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi, center, performs Friday prayers in Amr Ibn Al-As mosque in Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

Syria, Turkey downplay incident
Full Article The News Tribune
24 Jun 2012

BEIRUTA day after Syria shot down a Turkish jet, officials from the neighboring countries moved to tamp down tensions Saturday as they mounted a joint rescue operation for two pilots still missing in the eastern Mediterranean. The incident had the potential to escalate tensions between two countries whose relations are already severely...
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, purports to show anti-Syrian regime protesters raise up their hands and shout slogans as they wave the Syrian revolutionary flag, During a demonstration in central Daraa, southern Syria, Friday June 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network, SNN

Paraguayan protesters demand Lugo's return
Full Article Houston Chronicle
24 Jun 2012

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — The ouster of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo sparked a unique protest as a long line of speakers queued up late into Saturday night for a special televised "open microphone" program to vent their frustration over what they called an institutional coup, calling for strikes and protests to demand his return. Broadcast by...
A supporter of Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo shouts outside Congress where the Senate is holding Lugo's impeachment trial in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, June 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Cesar Olmedo


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For the families of his victims, and survivors, the 10-week trial of Anders Breivik has been deeply painful. It's also been a harrowing experience for the journalists. On 22...
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By JONATHAN CLEGG DONESTK, UkraineMaybe it's time to introduce a mercy rule in international soccer: If the Spanish national team gets a lead in the knockout round of a...
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In North Korea, the systematic indoctrination of anti-Americanism starts as early as kindergarten and is as much a part of the curriculum as learning to count. The sentiment of the...

Taliban attack Pak military posts; 8 soldiers dead
Islamabad: Over 100 Taliban fighters crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked military posts in Upper Dir area of northwest Pakistan, triggering clashes that left eight soldiers and 15 militants dead, officials said on Sunday. The Taliban launched...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
Vicious wildfires spread to Colo. tourist centers
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.: Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado’s most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, demolishing nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the...
photo: US Army / Jessica Barnett
Journalists should not suffer for telling inconvenient truth
Monday, 25 June 2012, 1:50 pm Press Release: OHCHR Journalists should not be silenced, intimidated, imprisoned, tortured or killed for telling “inconvenient” truths, urge UN experts Geneva, 21 June 2012 – Two United Nations...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
To Help Congo Heal, World Must Have Faith in Grassroots Projects
The situation in Congo keeps deteriorating even though its civil war has officially been over for years and the United Nations’ second-largest peacekeeping mission is based there. The international community has failed to help Congo achieve peace and...
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine
Promoting Gender, Partnerships And Sustainability at Rio
Monday, 25 June 2012, 12:56 pm Press Release: IUCN IUCN, UNDESA AND UNEP Promote Gender, Partnerships And Sustainability At Rio Background: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 June, 2012 (IUCN) – Around the world, progress on gender equality has been...
photo: European Community / EC
Pentagon downplays enemy attack as it tries to manage the perception of the war
Pentagon downplays insurgent attack as it tries to manage the perception of the news The Washington Times did an article about a June 1 2012 attack on a U.S. outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border that was “much worse than originally disclosed...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
A man works at a state-run store in Havana, Friday, March 21, 2008. Cuba has issued what appears to be the first public report on prices and inflation in the private sector, in an unusually realistic acknowledgment of the key role the informal economy plays in island li
The arrivals areas at Havana Airport's Terminal 2 have recently been crammed full to overflowing. Cuba has just re-imposed customs duty on all food imports, and families and businesses have been scrambling to get supplies onto the island before...
photo: AP / Javier Galeano
Report from Jakarta on asylum-seeker tragedy; updated 22 Jun 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Report from Jakarta on asylum-seeker tragedy
BBC News 25 Jun 2012, The sinking of a boat carrying 200 asylum seekers last week near Christmas Island has reignited debate over Australia's policy deadlock. The government has renewed a call for a refugee swap deal with Malaysia to deter people smuggling. However, the opposition is demanding that an immigration detention centre on Nauru be reopened. Meanwhile,...

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Libyan P Minister Al Baghdadi Ali Al Mahmoudi news conference after talks with UN envoy July 26; updated 09 Nov 2011; published 27 Jul 2011
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Libyan P Minister Al Baghdadi Ali Al Mahmoudi news conference after talks with UN envoy July 26
Deccan Chronicle 25 Jun 2012, Tunisia extradited deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's former prime minister on Sunday, said officials in Tripoli, making him the first senior official to be returned for trial under Libya's transitional leadership. In Tunisia, there was confusion among officials over who authorised the extradition. Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim...

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More Evacuations As Winds Fuel Colorado Wildfire; updated 21 Jun 2012; published 18 Jun 2012
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More Evacuations As Winds Fuel Colorado Wildfire
Denver Post 25 Jun 2012, COLORADO SPRINGS — The Waldo Canyon fire, which officials here called "very aggressive," spread in three directions and displaced about 11,000 people from their homes as fires continued to burn statewide Sunday. Nearly half that total — about 5,000 living in Manitou Springs — were allowed to return to their homes...

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Amazing Reaction to Egypt Election Result (Morsi Win); updated 24 Jun 2012; published 24 Jun 2012
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Amazing Reaction to Egypt Election Result (Morsi Win)
The Star 25 Jun 2012, CAIRO: Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood sets about building a civilian administration for Egypt on Monday that can heal a divisive history of oppression and coax a mistrustful army into relaxing its grip on power. Behind the scenes, talks were already under way between the Islamists and generals to resolve disputes that blew up this month...

Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria, 2 pilots' status unknown; updated 25 Jun 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria, 2 pilots' status unknown
Reuters 25 Jun 2012, ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has accused Syria of shooting down one of its military reconnaissance jets in international airspace without warning and summoned a NATO meeting for Tuesday to agree a response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey's cabinet was due to meet on Monday to discuss Friday's incident, which lent a more threatening...

Key leaders skip Rio environment summit; updated 21 Jun 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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Key leaders skip Rio environment summit
The Star 25 Jun 2012, The Rio+20 summit last week was disappointing to many, but it could still succeed through mandated follow-up actions. BECAUSE the world is facing serious crises in the global environment and economy, much was expected of last week's Rio+20 summit. Thus there was deep public disappointment that the hundred heads of government and state who came to...

Military band entertains troops on base 21.06.12; updated 23 Jun 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Military band entertains troops on base 21.06.12
Stars and Stripes 24 Jun 2012, Pfc. Jarrod A. Lallier was gunned down Monday by men who were wearing the uniforms of his allies. The 20-year-old Fort Bragg paratrooper died when three men in Afghan police uniforms fired on a group of soldiers with small arms and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, military officials said. The men who killed Lallier escaped, so it isn't clear...

Amazing Reaction to Egypt Election Result (Morsi Win); updated 24 Jun 2012; published 24 Jun 2012
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Amazing Reaction to Egypt Election Result (Morsi Win)
The Times of India 24 Jun 2012, Tweet CAIRO: In a reversal of fortunes unthinkable a year and a half ago, an Islamist jailed by Hosni Mubarak has succeeded him as president of the biggest Arab nation in a victory at the ballot box which has historic consequences for Egypt and the Middle East. The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy will not enjoy the extent of modern, pharaonic...

Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria, 2 pilots' status unknown; updated 23 Jun 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria, 2 pilots' status unknown
The News Tribune 24 Jun 2012, BEIRUTA day after Syria shot down a Turkish jet, officials from the neighboring countries moved to tamp down tensions Saturday as they mounted a joint rescue operation for two pilots still missing in the eastern Mediterranean. The incident had the potential to escalate tensions between two countries whose relations are already severely...

Video: Police violently disperse protests in Paraguay; updated 23 Jun 2012; published 23 Jun 2012
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Video: Police violently disperse protests in Paraguay
Houston Chronicle 24 Jun 2012, ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — The ouster of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo sparked a unique protest as a long line of speakers queued up late into Saturday night for a special televised "open microphone" program to vent their frustration over what they called an institutional coup, calling for strikes and protests to demand his return. Broadcast by...

Greek parties clinch coalition, vow bailout battle; updated 20 Jun 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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Greek parties clinch coalition, vow bailout battle
The New York Times 23 Jun 2012, ATHENS — Two days before Greece’s international creditors return to Athens to begin talks on keeping the nearly bankrupt country solvent, the new coalition government on Saturday highlighted the main points it plans to renegotiate with lenders, aiming to revoke certain taxes, suspend planned layoffs in the bloated public sector and...

Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria, 2 pilots' status unknown; updated 23 Jun 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria, 2 pilots' status unknown
Atlanta Journal 23 Jun 2012, ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will take retaliatory steps against Syria for the downing of a Turkish military jet, President Abdullah Gul said Saturday, even as he suggested that the aircraft may have unintentionally violated Syrian airspace. Map locates Latakia, Syria, near where a Turkish plane was shot down by Syria. FILE - In this April 29,...

Key leaders skip Rio environment summit; updated 21 Jun 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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Key leaders skip Rio environment summit
Denver Post 23 Jun 2012, Click photo to enlargeEnvironmental activists, one portraying Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff holding a banner symbolizing "dirty money" made from fossil fuel subsidies, protest on the final day of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, June 22, 2012. «1»RIO...

Israel Air Force Targets Terrorist in Gaza, Prevents Rocket Attack on Israel; updated 24 Jun 2012; published 23 Jun 2012
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Israel Air Force Targets Terrorist in Gaza, Prevents Rocket Attack on Israel
Al Jazeera 23 Jun 2012, Israel has launched more air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight, after killing two people in earlier raids, according to Palestinian health ministry sources. The latest strikes targetted two camps of the armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in central and northern Gaza; and a former Hamas security post in Gaza City. The...





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