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Obama arrives in Colorado to comfort shooting victims' families
Full Article Detroit news
22 Jul 2012

By Julie Pace Associated Press Comments An American flag waves in the wind at half mast outside the State Capitol July 22, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images) Aurora, Colo.— President Barack Obama has arrived in Colorado to meet with families of those gunned down Friday in a movie theater. Air Force One touched down late Sunday...
President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington for a trip to visit the families of victims of the shooting in Aurora, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

Penn State scandal: NCAA to announce 'punitive measures' against school
Full Article The Guardian
22 Jul 2012

Athletic body's decision comes as statue of coach Joe Paterno is removed from place of honour outside Beaver Stadium Current Penn State president called the Paterno statue a 'recurring wound' to victims of child abuse and ordered it taken down on Sunday. Photograph: Craig Houtz/Reuters...
Workers place a tarp on a fence in front of the statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno before removing it Sunday July 22, 2012 in State College, Pa.
photo: AP / John Beale

World's super rich said to be hiding $20 trillion in offshore tax havens
Full Article Canberra Times
22 Jul 2012

Oil-rich states with an internationally mobile elite have been especially prone to watching their wealth disappear into offshore bank accounts. A GLOBAL super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary £13 trillion ($20 trillion) of wealth offshore - as much as the American and Japanese GDPs put together -...
File - A man poses for a photograph with a model near the Cadillac Escalade displayed for sale at the opening night of the Millionaire Fair in Moscow, Thursday night, Nov. 27, 2008.
photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel

The Many Faces of Massacres
Full Article WorldNews.com
22 Jul 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The liberation of the Nazi death camps near the end of World War II was unfortunately not a priority objective for Allied forces. Neither was it a coordinated and planned operation to prevent more deadly massacres from occurring and to try and save those suffering and being killed by Nazi genocide. In...
 At the German concentration camp at Wobbelin, many inmates were found by the U.S. Ninth Army in pitiful condition. Here one of them breaks out in tears when he finds he is not leaving with the first group to the hospital. Germany, 05/04/1945
photo: US Army file/Pvt. Ralph Forney

China storms kill 20, including 10 in Beijing
Full Article Herald Tribune
22 Jul 2012

BEIJING - The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people and left cars and buses submerged, and 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere as China braced Sunday for more downpours. Enlarge A taxi driver walks away after his car was stranded in a flooded street following a heavy rain in Beijing Saturday, July 21, 2012....
A Chinese man carries a woman past a car partially submerged in floodwaters following a heavy rain in Beijing Saturday, July 21, 2012.
photo: AP

Norway marks anniversary of Breivik's massacre
Full Article The Star
22 Jul 2012

OSLO: Religious services, wreath-laying ceremonies, commemorative gatherings and a concert are scheduled across Norway Sunday on the first anniversary of twin attacks that killed 77 people. On July 22, 2011 right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik first set off a bomb near the government building in Oslo, killing eight people, before going on a...
File - Accused Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik looks at papers at the courtroom, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday April 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Frank Augstein

Explosives removed from theater shooting suspect's apartment
Full Article MSNBC
22 Jul 2012

Refresh this page for updates on this story as information becomes available. Police in Aurora, Colo., say the apartment where a mass shooting suspect lived is booby-trapped, and they are trying to figure out how to safely disarm the devices. At least 12 people were killed and 59 were being treated at Denver-area hospitals after the shooting at a...
Members of law enforcement wearing body armor and helmets use fire department apparatus to look in the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Aurora , Colo.
photo: AP / Alex Brandon

Putin signs Russia's WTO accession protocol
Full Article Xinhua
22 Jul 2012

MOSCOW, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a protocol ratifying the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Kremlin announced here on Saturday. The...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses local authorities in Novokuznetsk - about 3,000 kilometers (1,850 miles) east of Moscow on Thursday, March 12, 200
photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool

Fighting escalates in Syria's northern city of Aleppo
Full Article Sacramento Bee
22 Jul 2012

BEIRUT -- After almost a week of intense battles in Damascus, the Syrian capital, fierce clashes were reported Saturday between government forces and armed rebels in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria's commercial hub. An opposition activist familiar with the situation in Aleppo described a rebel offensive inspired in part by the uprising in...
This citizen journalist image shows a man on a bicycle surveying a street damaged by tank treads after fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, Saturday, July 21, 2012.
photo: AP

U.N. chief to send envoy to assess situation in Syria
Full Article The Star
21 Jul 2012

BRIJUNI, Croatia (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was sending an envoy to Syria to assess the situation as government forces and rebels battle for control of the country. "I am sending my Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations (Hervé Ladsous) to Syria to assess the situation as well as the top U.N....
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press Thursday, July 19, 2012 purports to show Syrian rebels cheering as a comrade defaces a poster of President Bashar Assad at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network


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After Jared Loughner killed six people, and almost killed Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in a shopping centre in Tucson, Arizona, last year, it was immediately possible to...
more The Guardian
The Colorado theatre shooting has put the two candidates for president on the spot about their stances on gun control...

Bradley Wiggins, winner of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race kisses the trophy on the podium of the the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday July 22, 2012.
Elated Bradley Wiggins glided down the Champs-Elysees and into the history books as he sealed triumph in the Tour de France yesterday. Crossing the finish line on the sun-dappled cobbles of the Paris boulevard after 2,173 miles of racing over three...
photo: AP / Jerome Prevost
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network ENN, purports to show Syrian rebels gathered on their vehicle in the northern town of Kfar Nebel, in Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled President Bashar al-Assad's forces near the main intelligence base in the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday as helicopter gunships bombarded several districts of Damascus in an effort to drive out insurgents,...
photo: AP / Edlib News Network ENN
Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on cyberspace operations.
Related topics NSADefConHackersHackingSpy Advertisement General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency (NSA), will speak at the Defcon conference, the Pentagon affirmed. General Keith B. Alexander is also the current Commander,...
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
In an Oct. 26, 1978 file photo Alfred E. Kahn, named by Pres. Jimmy Carter to head his new anti-inflation program speaks to reporters after Carter introduced him at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1978, Washington, D.C. Kahn, who presided over the historic deregulation of the airline industry during the Carter administration died Monday Dec. 27, 2010. He was 93.
For someone who didn’t live through the era, it may be difficult to understand the pervasive gloom that hung over the United States in 1979 and 1980. Our hostages were stuck in Iran, and a rescue effort became a deadly fiasco in the desert. The...
photo: AP / File
U.S. Army Africa commander Major Gen. David Hogg, left, with Uganda People’s Defence Force Gen. Andrew Guti, right, at the closing ceremony for operation ATLAS DROP 11 in Soroti, about 400 kilometers east of Uganda capital city Kampala Wednesday April 20, 2011.
JOHANNESBURG -- The U.S. government said Saturday it has cut this year's planned military assistance to Rwanda amid concerns that the government in Kigali is supporting rebel movements in neighboring Congo. "The United States has been actively...
photo: AP / Stephen Wandera
Royal Institute of British Architects
The six buildings shortlisted for this year's Sterling Prize for new architecture awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) have been announced. The London Olympic Stadium, recognised for its sustainability, is the second...
photo: Creative Commons / FlickreviewR
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois speaks with Lt. Col Miguel Hobbs a native of Columbia
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that Walter Pincus cited in his July 17 Fine Print column, “CBO says military health-care costs could soar,” tells only half the story and ignores the obvious: Those who pursued a career in...
photo: Public Domain / Lindsey Travis
President Obama Speaks on the Shootings in Aurora, Colorado; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 20 Jul 2012
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President Obama Speaks on the Shootings in Aurora, Colorado
Detroit news 22 Jul 2012, By Julie Pace Associated Press Comments An American flag waves in the wind at half mast outside the State Capitol July 22, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images) Aurora, Colo.— President Barack Obama has arrived in Colorado to meet with families of those gunned down Friday in a movie theater. Air Force One touched down late Sunday...

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Joe Paterno Statue Removed; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 22 Jul 2012
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Joe Paterno Statue Removed
The Guardian 22 Jul 2012, Athletic body's decision comes as statue of coach Joe Paterno is removed from place of honour outside Beaver Stadium Current Penn State president called the Paterno statue a 'recurring wound' to victims of child abuse and ordered it taken down on Sunday. Photograph: Craig Houtz/Reuters...

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Super Rich The Greed Game; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 08 Apr 2010
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Super Rich The Greed Game
Canberra Times 22 Jul 2012, Oil-rich states with an internationally mobile elite have been especially prone to watching their wealth disappear into offshore bank accounts. A GLOBAL super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary £13 trillion ($20 trillion) of wealth offshore - as much as the American and Japanese GDPs put together -...

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Russia, China veto western-backed Syria resolution at UN Security Council; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 19 Jul 2012
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Russia, China veto western-backed Syria resolution at UN Security Council
WorldNews.com 22 Jul 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The liberation of the Nazi death camps near the end of World War II was unfortunately not a priority objective for Allied forces. Neither was it a coordinated and planned operation to prevent more deadly massacres from occurring and to try and save those suffering and being killed by Nazi genocide. In...

Downpours in China leave at least 20 dead; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 22 Jul 2012
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Downpours in China leave at least 20 dead
Herald Tribune 22 Jul 2012, BEIJING - The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people and left cars and buses submerged, and 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere as China braced Sunday for more downpours. Enlarge A taxi driver walks away after his car was stranded in a flooded street following a heavy rain in Beijing Saturday, July 21, 2012....

Norway PM reflects on Breivik massacre one year on; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 22 Jul 2012
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Norway PM reflects on Breivik massacre one year on
The Star 22 Jul 2012, OSLO: Religious services, wreath-laying ceremonies, commemorative gatherings and a concert are scheduled across Norway Sunday on the first anniversary of twin attacks that killed 77 people. On July 22, 2011 right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik first set off a bomb near the government building in Oslo, killing eight people, before going on a...

James Holmes Shooting: Explosives defused in Colorado james holmes home; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 22 Jul 2012
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James Holmes Shooting: Explosives defused in Colorado james holmes home
MSNBC 22 Jul 2012, Refresh this page for updates on this story as information becomes available. Police in Aurora, Colo., say the apartment where a mass shooting suspect lived is booby-trapped, and they are trying to figure out how to safely disarm the devices. At least 12 people were killed and 59 were being treated at Denver-area hospitals after the shooting at a...

President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia; updated 21 Jul 2012; published 19 Jun 2012
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President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
Xinhua 22 Jul 2012, MOSCOW, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a protocol ratifying the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Kremlin announced here on Saturday. The...

Fighting rages in key Assad bastion of Aleppo; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 21 Jul 2012
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Fighting rages in key Assad bastion of Aleppo
Sacramento Bee 22 Jul 2012, BEIRUT -- After almost a week of intense battles in Damascus, the Syrian capital, fierce clashes were reported Saturday between government forces and armed rebels in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria's commercial hub. An opposition activist familiar with the situation in Aleppo described a rebel offensive inspired in part by the uprising in...

UNSC unanimously extends Syria observer mission for 'final' 30 days; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 20 Jul 2012
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UNSC unanimously extends Syria observer mission for 'final' 30 days
The Star 21 Jul 2012, BRIJUNI, Croatia (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was sending an envoy to Syria to assess the situation as government forces and rebels battle for control of the country. "I am sending my Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations (Hervé Ladsous) to Syria to assess the situation as well as the top U.N....

South Sudan: An unhappy birthday; updated 21 Jul 2012; published 19 Jul 2012
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South Sudan: An unhappy birthday
BBC News 21 Jul 2012, South Sudan has cancelled planned direct talks with its northern neighbour, Sudan, after accusing Khartoum of carrying out new air strikes on its territory. The South said the talks would be held through an African Union panel instead. Earlier, the South's military said an air raid...

Chile child sex abuse to be investigated at 61 schools; updated 21 Jul 2012; published 21 Jul 2012
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Chile child sex abuse to be investigated at 61 schools
Al Jazeera 21 Jul 2012, Chile will investigate 61 schools in the country's capital for possible child sex abuse, the attorney general said in the latest government step to address a sharp rise in reports of such crimes. Sabas Chahuan said on Friday that his office will look at 49 schools in eastern Santiago and 12 in the city's west side. Several teachers have...

Polonium poisoning suspected in Arafat's death; updated 16 Jul 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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Polonium poisoning suspected in Arafat's death
WorldNews.com 21 Jul 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If Yasser Arafat, former co-founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), died from a lethal radioactive substance known as polonium, not only was it a clear case of political assassination by means of nuclear terrorism, but when he came bearing an olive branch and offered peace to Israel...

Tepco Nuclear Plant Fukushima, Japan Reactor 4 Demolition!; updated 22 Jul 2012; published 28 Jun 2012
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Tepco Nuclear Plant Fukushima, Japan Reactor 4 Demolition!
BBC News 21 Jul 2012, Japan's health ministry says it will investigate a report that workers at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were urged to disguise their exposure to radiation. A report in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said a subcontractor for plant operator Tepco told workers to put lead shields around radiation detection devices. The aim was...





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