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UN General Assembly to ask Syria's Bashar Assad to step down
Full Article The Times of India
01 Aug 2012

SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet UNITED NATIONS: Arab countries pushed ahead Wednesday with a symbolic UN General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and helicopter attacks and withdraw to its barracks. A vote is set...
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Tuesday, July 31, 2012, purports to show a man walking past Syrian a military tank in Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video

Ecuador wants to avoid Assange's extradition to Sweden
Full Article The Star
01 Aug 2012

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador wants to prevent Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden because it is disappointed that the Scandinavian country has turned down an offer to question the WikiLeaks founder in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, a minister said on Wednesday. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a news conference in London, February 27,...
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, third from left, talks with Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on the balcony of the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Martin Jaramillo

Johnson disputes recession claim
Full Article Orange News
01 Aug 2012

Tweet London mayor Boris Johnson has played down suggestions that his warnings over transport chaos had prompted an Olympics-related mini recession in the capital. He was speaking at an event in Victoria Park after Transport for London (TfL) scrapped a recorded message of the mayor...
Johnson disputes recession claim
photo: WN / Marzena J.

12 dead, 250,000 affected by Saola
Full Article Gulf News
01 Aug 2012

Manila: About 12 people died, including two missing, and 250,000 more were affected nationwide as Typhoon Saola (known also as Gener) caused all havoc as it slowly departed from the northern Philippine sea towards Taiwan, officials said. Prisca Pacyaya, 64, and Clinton Idio, 15, both died in separate landslide incidents in the Itogon and Tublay...
12 dead, 250,000 affected by Saola
photo: AP / Aaron Favila

India power cut hits millions, among world's worst outages
Full Article Sun Sentinel
01 Aug 2012

"Even before we could figure out the reason for yesterday's failure, we had more grid failures today," said R. N. Nayak, chairman of the state-run Power Grid Corporation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had vowed to fast-track stalled power and infrastructure projects as well as introduce free market reforms aimed at reviving India's flagging...
India power cut hits millions, among world's worst outages
photo: AP / Bikas Das

Anti-Putin Pussy Riot political trial is important
Full Article Canberra Times
01 Aug 2012

'And now may I present the man who by the end of this year will be a star in Russian law,'' a wiry young man shouted into a microphone as someone only slightly older but dressed in a grey suit emerged from the rowdy crowd at a protest movement fundraiser in a Moscow club on Monday night. The crowd broke into applause: the man now standing in front...
Anti-Putin Pussy Riot political trial is important
photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel

Camels, Bounties and Terrorism
Full Article WorldNews.com
01 Aug 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. An al-Qaeda association in Somalia might have had a point when they mocked the new $33 million bounty on its top leaders heads by offering its own bounty: 10 camels for President Barack Obama and 20 chickens for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In fact, the camel actually originated in the Americas...
President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laugh together during a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke at the Kennedy Center, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, in Washington. Holbrooke, veteran U.S. diplomat and Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died in December at the age of 69.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

Egypt backs Sinai counterterrorism plan
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
01 Aug 2012

Cairo -- Egypt's leaders have agreed to cooperate on counterterrorism and have a special responsibility to ensure security in the Sinai Peninsula, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. Panetta, speaking after a meeting in Cairo with President Mohammed Morsi and...
Egypt backs Sinai counterterrorism plan
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

Chavez declares lead 'irreversible' ahead of vote
Full Article France24
01 Aug 2012

AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told AFP Tuesday he has an "irreversible" advantage over his rival, Henrique Capriles, in the upcoming October 7 election. "The advantage we hold, according to serious surveys, is between 15 and 20 points," Chavez said, during a trip to Brazil....
Chavez declares lead 'irreversible' ahead of vote
photo: AP / Eraldo Peres

Panetta: no Iran attack plans to be discussed with Israel
Full Article Otago Daily Times
31 Jul 2012

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta denied media reports that he would discuss possible military attack plans against Iran during a brief visit to Israel. Speaking at a press conference in Cairo shortly before departing for Israel, Panetta said he would be talking about "various contingencies", but said specific military plans would not be put...
Panetta: no Iran attack plans to be discussed with Israel
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo


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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi took a crucial step toward building his government last week with the appointment of Hesham Kandil as prime minister. One month into his term,...
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Despite recent tough talk coming from the White House regarding Iran, the Obama administration and the mullahs agree on one thing: Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel. On...

Olympics town or ghost town?
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. The Olympics have turned London into a tale of two cities, with shops, hotels, theaters and restaurants in the center suffering a tourist drought while crowds throng to the games a few miles to the...
photo: WN / Marzena J.
Museum Ludwig and Cologne cathedral at night. Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from PopArt, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It also features many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Roy Lichtenstein's 'Electric Cord' There's A Huge Black Market For Art And Collectibles Stolen From The Rich Go Inside The Factory Where $10,000 Hermès Purses Are Crafted By Hand The World's Most Awe-Inspiring Sculpture Gardens...
photo: Creative Commons / Thomas Robbin,
Taiwan, Eastern China on Typhoon Alert
Taiwan and eastern China are on alert for two typhoons expected to bring torrential rain and flooding to many communities in the coming days. Elsewhere in the region, heavy downpours caused deadly floods and mudslides in the Philippines, North Korea,...
photo: AP / Pat Roque
In Israel, Panetta Warns Iran on Nuclear Program
ASHKELON, Israel -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta took a tough tone against Iran on Wednesday as he implicitly threatened the possibility of an American military attack if Iran decides to develop a nuclear weapon. Standing next to Ehud Barak, the...
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
NATO should finish job in Afghanistan, Putin says
ULYANOVSK, Russia (Reuters) - NATO forces should stay in Afghanistan until they have finished their job to ensure stability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, criticizing the planned withdrawal of most combat troops by 2014. Putin...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
FEATURE: ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea
Discord in Southeast Asia over how to deal with Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea comes as the region struggles to overcome competing national interests and form a EU-style economic community by 2015. Political leaders and officials say the...
photo: EC / EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Seven Afghans executed, 4 NATO troops die: officials
AFP - Insurgents Wednesday executed seven Afghans near Kabul for working with Westerners, Afghan officials said, while four NATO troops and an interpreter were killed in bomb attacks. The deaths come after NATO reported an escalation in insurgent...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
UN General Assembly urges Assad to step down; updated 30 Mar 2012; published 17 Feb 2012
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UN General Assembly urges Assad to step down
The Times of India 01 Aug 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet UNITED NATIONS: Arab countries pushed ahead Wednesday with a symbolic UN General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government. It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and helicopter attacks and withdraw to its barracks. A vote is set...

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Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador embassy as extradition looms; updated 15 Jul 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador embassy as extradition looms
The Star 01 Aug 2012, QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador wants to prevent Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden because it is disappointed that the Scandinavian country has turned down an offer to question the WikiLeaks founder in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, a minister said on Wednesday. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a news conference in London, February 27,...

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Badminton: 'Match throwing' allegations at 2012 Olympics; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 01 Aug 2012
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Badminton: 'Match throwing' allegations at 2012 Olympics
Orange News 01 Aug 2012, Tweet London mayor Boris Johnson has played down suggestions that his warnings over transport chaos had prompted an Olympics-related mini recession in the capital. He was speaking at an event in Victoria Park after Transport for London (TfL) scrapped a recorded message of the mayor...

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Philippine floods worsen as death toll hits 14; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 01 Aug 2012
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Philippine floods worsen as death toll hits 14
Gulf News 01 Aug 2012, Manila: About 12 people died, including two missing, and 250,000 more were affected nationwide as Typhoon Saola (known also as Gener) caused all havoc as it slowly departed from the northern Philippine sea towards Taiwan, officials said. Prisca Pacyaya, 64, and Clinton Idio, 15, both died in separate landslide incidents in the Itogon and Tublay...

Electricity Grids Fail Across Half of India; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 31 Jul 2012
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Electricity Grids Fail Across Half of India
Sun Sentinel 01 Aug 2012, "Even before we could figure out the reason for yesterday's failure, we had more grid failures today," said R. N. Nayak, chairman of the state-run Power Grid Corporation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had vowed to fast-track stalled power and infrastructure projects as well as introduce free market reforms aimed at reviving India's flagging...

Putin opposition grows in Russian far east; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
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Putin opposition grows in Russian far east
Canberra Times 01 Aug 2012, 'And now may I present the man who by the end of this year will be a star in Russian law,'' a wiry young man shouted into a microphone as someone only slightly older but dressed in a grey suit emerged from the rowdy crowd at a protest movement fundraiser in a Moscow club on Monday night. The crowd broke into applause: the man now standing in front...

Somali Islamists offer 10 camels as bounty for Obama.flv; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 09 Jun 2012
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Somali Islamists offer 10 camels as bounty for Obama.flv
WorldNews.com 01 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. An al-Qaeda association in Somalia might have had a point when they mocked the new $33 million bounty on its top leaders heads by offering its own bounty: 10 camels for President Barack Obama and 20 chickens for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In fact, the camel actually originated in the Americas...

Panetta concerned about Pashtun Dr. Afridi who helped in bin Laden raid; updated 09 Jun 2012; published 29 Jan 2012
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Panetta concerned about Pashtun Dr. Afridi who helped in bin Laden raid
San Francisco Chronicle 01 Aug 2012, Cairo -- Egypt's leaders have agreed to cooperate on counterterrorism and have a special responsibility to ensure security in the Sinai Peninsula, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. Panetta, speaking after a meeting in Cairo with President Mohammed Morsi and...

NATO Destroyed Libya - Hugo Chavez; updated 30 Jul 2012; published 25 Aug 2011
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NATO Destroyed Libya - Hugo Chavez
France24 01 Aug 2012, AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told AFP Tuesday he has an "irreversible" advantage over his rival, Henrique Capriles, in the upcoming October 7 election. "The advantage we hold, according to serious surveys, is between 15 and 20 points," Chavez said, during a trip to Brazil....

Build up to WW3 Panetta ADMITTED supporting REBEL FORCES reassuring MIDDLE EAST allies ASSAD's fall; updated 31 Jul 2012; published 30 Jul 2012
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Build up to WW3 Panetta ADMITTED supporting REBEL FORCES reassuring MIDDLE EAST allies ASSAD's fall
Otago Daily Times 31 Jul 2012, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta denied media reports that he would discuss possible military attack plans against Iran during a brief visit to Israel. Speaking at a press conference in Cairo shortly before departing for Israel, Panetta said he would be talking about "various contingencies", but said specific military plans would not be put...

US wants world police after blowing millions on MidEast 'occupation'; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 31 Jul 2012
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US wants world police after blowing millions on MidEast 'occupation'
Palm Beach Post 31 Jul 2012, As of Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at least 1,935 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is five less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT. At least 1,612 military service members have...

Romney: Secure Israel is in US interest - CNN Weekend shows; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 29 Jul 2012
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Romney: Secure Israel is in US interest - CNN Weekend shows
Newsvine 31 Jul 2012, Ben Adler on July 31, 2012 - 12:11 AM ET There is a famous saying, frequently misattributed to Albert Einstein, that "insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” If that is true,...

Philippine floods worsen as death toll hits 14; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 01 Aug 2012
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Philippine floods worsen as death toll hits 14
The Daily Telegraph Australia 31 Jul 2012, TENS of thousands battled neck-deep floods in the Philippines yesterday as Typhoon Saola continued to bring heavy rains and the death toll from the storm rose to eight. Heavy downpours battered parts of the country for the third day in a row, forcing the evacuation of more than 145,000 people, said civil...

Raw Video: Romney in Poland; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 30 Jul 2012
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Raw Video: Romney in Poland
Sydney Morning Herald 31 Jul 2012, WASHINGTON: Mitt Romney's diplomatic foot-shooting spree in London last week provoked the trenchantly conservative Fox News contributor Charles...





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