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  • Syrian Aleppo Army Blow Up 2 Syrian Army Tanks & Take the other As War Bounty 30- 07- 2012...8:11
  • Freed Iranian pilgrims abducted in Syria speak out...2:08
  • Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling...1:52
  • Historic deal signed over Sudan oil...1:31
  • Occupy Wall Street protesters attacked and arrested at Times Square...7:48
  • Ebola Virus In Uganda...1:48
  • Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy...2:25
  • Market Pulse: Germany and ECB, remember Weber and Stark?...5:43
  • Defence Secretary Panetta's blunt statements...2:09
  • Four Indians held in Spain for Qaida links - Video The Times of India...0:55
  • Leaked: Obama approved covert CIA support for Syria rebels...5:34
  • Inside Story - Has the Damascus attack broken al-Assad?...25:32

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Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling
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Defending champion Serena Williams reacts as she wins a point from Vera Zonareva, during the women's singles final on the Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 3, 2010.
photo: AP / Jon Super
Serena Williams beats Sharapova for Olympic gold
Full Article Herald Tribune
WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams became only the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam when she won her first Olympic singles gold medal Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1. The victory completed a remarkable run of domination by the No. 4-seeded Williams, who lost only 17 games in her six matches. She went 13-0 this summer at...

In this photo taken May 18, 2012, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. Ignoring a veto threat, the House passes a $642 billion defense budget that breaks last year's deficit-cutting deal and restricts President Barack Obama's authority as commander in chief. The election-year salvo from Republicans also calls for an East Coast missile defense installation opposed by the military. The Democratic-controlled Senate is likely to scrap many of the measures.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Obama inks 'secret order' to aid Syria rebels
Full Article Al Jazeera
US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorising US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, Reuters news agency said quoting sources familiar with the matter. Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding", broadly permits the...

In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, smoke leaps the air from purported shelling in Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network, SNN
Troops kill dozens near Damascus as battle rages in Aleppo
Full Article The Hindu
Syrian opposition activists say regime forces have swept through neighbourhoods south of the capital Damascus in a deadly military operation that has inflicted casualties. By some activist estimates, dozens of people have been killed. The figure could not be independently confirmed. The...

** FILE ** In this Oct. 6, 2007 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela reacts as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, waves farewell after a meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation building in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Oct. 6, 2007.
photo: AP Photo / Peter Dejong, file
Mandela: 67 Minutes Should Have Been 27 Years
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In 1990, Nelson Mandela abandoned the motorcade and walked the final quarter mile to the prison gate. For the last twenty feet, photographers and cameras from all over the world clicked and flashed to capture this moment. Meanwhile, Mandela was thinking about and reflecting how he had spent the last...

In this Feb. 25, 2009 file photo, CIA Director Leon Panetta speaks with reporters, at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va.,
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite, File
Panetta, Israeli Leaders Warn Iran
Full Article Voa News
JERUSALEM — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Israeli leaders on Wednesday warned Iran that time is running out to resolve disputes over its controversial nuclear program. Speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem with the visiting Pentagon chief, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said international sanctions aren't...

Syrian security officers gather in front the damaged building of the aviation intelligence department, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi
UN vote undermines peace efforts in Syria: Russia
Full Article Zeenews
Zeenews Bureau New York: Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, on Friday condemned a UN General Assembly resolution on Syria. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the civil war. Talking...

Police make an arrest after entering an enclosed site near Canal Street where Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Protesters vowed to regroup after an early morning police raid removed their encampment from Zuccotti Park.
photo: AP / Seth Wenig
Four Reasons OWSM Has Fizzled
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Like an old bottle of soda pop that has been opened and reopened, and then sits on a shelf and looses its fizzle, the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWSM) has lost its fizzle too. Its lack of taste and sparkle is mainly due to the inability to imagine bottom up thinking, a lack of revolutionary action...

REPEATED FOR IMPROVED TONAL QUALITY- A medical worker from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers who are working on the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, works at their laboratory in Entebbe 42kms (29 miles) from the capital Kampala Thursday Aug. 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Stephen Wandera
Toll in Uganda's Ebola outbreak rises to 16: WHO
Full Article France24
AFP - The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 16 people in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, increasing the previous toll by one. "Today we have...

This citizen journalism image taken on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 purports to show Syrian rebels celebrating after taking over the Ansari police station in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria on August 3, 2012.
photo: AP
Syria army claims Damascus retaken, Aleppo pounded
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
The Syrian army said it has seized the last rebel-held district of the capital as insurgents in the strategic northern city of Aleppo came under heavy bombardment by regime forces. The army on Saturday said it had retaken the hold-out rebel district of Tadamun in Damascus, a day after the United Nations deplored the failure of diplomacy to end a...

In this July 30, 2012 photo, a bridge supporting railway lines is destroyed after heavy rain in Onchon County, North Korea.
photo: AP / Jon Chol Jin
North Korea Requests Emergency Flood Aid From United Nations
Full Article Bloomberg
North Korea requested emergency supplies, including food, as it tries to recover from last month’s torrential rains and flooding, the United Nations said. The North Korean government “requested that the UN release its pre-positioned emergency stocks, including food and fuel” after more than 100 people died and 100,000 lost their homes, Martin...

In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
photo: AP / Abd Raouf
Sudan, South Sudan reach deal to end oil dispute: African Union
Full Article The Times of India
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet ADDIS ABABA: Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to end a dispute on oil payments and will discuss when to resume southern...

Syria army claims Damascus retaken, Aleppo pounded
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
05 Aug 2012

The Syrian army said it has seized the last rebel-held district of the capital as insurgents in the strategic northern city of Aleppo came under heavy bombardment by regime forces. The army on Saturday said it had retaken the hold-out rebel district of Tadamun in Damascus, a day after the United Nations deplored the failure of diplomacy to end a...
This citizen journalism image taken on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 purports to show Syrian rebels celebrating after taking over the Ansari police station in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria on August 3, 2012.
photo: AP

Iranian pilgrims kidnapped on trip to Syria
Full Article Sacramento Bee
05 Aug 2012

BEIRUT -- Gunmen kidnapped dozens of Iranian pilgrims on a trip to strife-torn Syria on Saturday, the latest in a series of abductions that have targeted citizens of Iran, a major international ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The pilgrims - their numbers were variously reported as 47 and 48 - were kidnapped by "armed opposition groups" as...
In this picture taken on Sunday March 25, 2012, a Syrian rebel stands guard in front of a damaged building, at Khaldiyeh neighborhoods in Homs province, central Syria.
photo: AP

UN vote undermines peace efforts in Syria: Russia
Full Article Zeenews
04 Aug 2012

Zeenews Bureau New York: Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, on Friday condemned a UN General Assembly resolution on Syria. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the civil war. Talking...
Syrian security officers gather in front the damaged building of the aviation intelligence department, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

Sudan, South Sudan reach deal to end oil dispute: African Union
Full Article The Times of India
04 Aug 2012

SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet ADDIS ABABA: Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to end a dispute on oil payments and will discuss when to resume southern...
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
photo: AP / Abd Raouf

Four Reasons OWSM Has Fizzled
Full Article WorldNews.com
03 Aug 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Like an old bottle of soda pop that has been opened and reopened, and then sits on a shelf and looses its fizzle, the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWSM) has lost its fizzle too. Its lack of taste and sparkle is mainly due to the inability to imagine bottom up thinking, a lack of revolutionary action...
Police make an arrest after entering an enclosed site near Canal Street where Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Protesters vowed to regroup after an early morning police raid removed their encampment from Zuccotti Park.
photo: AP / Seth Wenig

Toll in Uganda's Ebola outbreak rises to 16: WHO
Full Article France24
03 Aug 2012

AFP - The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 16 people in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, increasing the previous toll by one. "Today we have...
REPEATED FOR IMPROVED TONAL QUALITY- A medical worker from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers who are working on the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, works at their laboratory in Entebbe 42kms (29 miles) from the capital Kampala Thursday Aug. 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Stephen Wandera

Syria resolution heads to vote at UN General Assembly
Full Article CBC
03 Aug 2012

The UN General Assembly is set to vote on a resolution that denounces the violent actions of the Syrian regime and criticizes the UN Security Council for failing to deal with the situation in Syria, where regime forces and rebels are engaged in an a violent conflict that has forced thousands to flee. The draft resolution expresses concern about the...
In this Thursday Feb. 23, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels stand in front of the remains of a burnt military vehicle belonging to Syrian government forces destroyed by Syrian rebels during clashes at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, Syria.
photo: AP

Kofi Annan resigns as UN-Arab League Envoy for Syria
Full Article Scoop
03 Aug 2012

Friday, 3 August 2012, 3:18 pm Press Release: United Nations Kofi Annan resigns as UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syrian crisis 2 August 2012 – Ban Ki-moon today announced the resignation of the United Nations-League of Arab States Joint Special Envoy for the Syrian crisis, Kofi Annan. “Mr. Annan has informed me, and the...
File - Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League on the Syrian Crisis, briefs the press after reporting to the Security Council on his recent visits to Syria and Ankara, Turkey, where the Syrian National Council is based, 16 March, 2012.
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré

Markets fall after inaction on euro
Full Article The Independent
02 Aug 2012

Markets fell sharply as ECB president Mario Draghi dashed hopes that he would signal an imminent move into bond markets to ease Spain's borrowing costs. Uncertainty over the future of the euro has already deepened the UK's double-dip recession, with output down 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012. The ECB also kept its main interest rate on...
CaixaBank is a leading financial group in retail banking in the Spain,  Barcelona.
photo: WN / Minakumari

Panetta in Jordan for talks on Syria
Full Article France24
02 Aug 2012

AFP - US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta arrived in Jordan on Thursday for talks with King Abdullah II on the conflict in neighbouring Syria and the influx of refugees to Jordan. "Both of our nations share concerns about what is happening in Syria and the impact that that could have on regional stability," Panetta told reporters...
Panetta in Jordan for talks on Syria
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

Armed 'al-Qaeda' trio arrested in southern Spain
Full Article BBC News
02 Aug 2012

Police in southern Spain have arrested three suspected al-Qaeda members in possession of explosives and poison,...
File - A man believed to be a suspected member of al-Qaida is led out of a apartment block with a jacket covering his head, by civil guards in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday March 27, 2012, after his arrest.
photo: AP / Alberto Saiz

Obama inks 'secret order' to aid Syria rebels
Full Article Al Jazeera
02 Aug 2012

US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorising US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, Reuters news agency said quoting sources familiar with the matter. Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding", broadly permits the...
In this photo taken May 18, 2012, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. Ignoring a veto threat, the House passes a $642 billion defense budget that breaks last year's deficit-cutting deal and restricts President Barack Obama's authority as commander in chief. The election-year salvo from Republicans also calls for an East Coast missile defense installation opposed by the military. The Democratic-controlled Senate is likely to scrap many of the measures.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Troops kill dozens near Damascus as battle rages in Aleppo
Full Article The Hindu
02 Aug 2012

Syrian opposition activists say regime forces have swept through neighbourhoods south of the capital Damascus in a deadly military operation that has inflicted casualties. By some activist estimates, dozens of people have been killed. The figure could not be independently confirmed. The...
In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, smoke leaps the air from purported shelling in Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network, SNN

Egypt's partial cabinet named
Full Article Al Jazeera
02 Aug 2012

Egypt's state media has released a partial list of the country's incoming cabinet members, just a day before the first government under its new president is sworn in. The partial list includes names of ministers from the military-backed transition cabinet as well as a few Islamist leaders. The cabinet is the first under newly elected President...
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi meets with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt
photo: AP / Mark Wilson, Pool

Rihanna 'Brown picks clothes'
Full Article Music News
04 Aug 2012

Rihanna sent 'three outfits via text' to Chris Brown so he could choose which she should wear. The 24-year-old reportedly sent messages to her former flame in anticipation of his arrival in the Mediterranean recently....
Rihanna Russian roulette
photo: Creative Commons / Mégane Mergeai

Beyonce joins world humanitarian day action
Full Article Music News
04 Aug 2012

International star Beyoncé, the United Nations and humanitarian aid organizations are launching a global campaign today to shine a spotlight on humanitarian work and encourage people around the world to get involved by doing something good for others. World Humanitarian Day is a global day to celebrate humanity and the spirit of people helping...
Beyonce
photo: Creative Commons / beelover9481 / Flickr

Whitney Houston's Death and the Grammy Awards Scramble: Timeline of a Tragedy
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
04 Aug 2012

The 54th annual Grammy Awards will go down in TV history not just as a result of its six 2012 Emmy nominations, but because, in the wake of Whitney Houston's unexpected death, the telecast pulled off the impossible: reconstructing a run-of-show some 36 hours before the curtain lifted. The experience inspired a mini-documentary whose title is...
Actor Samuel L. Jackson presents the International Artist Award to artist Whitney Houston onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

Usher's ex-wife 'defending and mourning'
Full Article Music News
04 Aug 2012

Usher's ex-wife Tameka Foster finds it 'unfortunate' that she finds herself in family court. The singer is currently embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with his former spouse over their two children Usher Raymond V, four, and Naviyd Ely,...
Usher performs during the OMG Tour on New Year's Eve at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida - USA December 31, 2010
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Ellie Goulding 'Lights' Up Summer Jam Games
Full Article VH1
03 Aug 2012

Calvin Harris, David Guetta and Avicii are also up for the biggest EDM banger of the summer — vote now! By Akshay Bhansali (@akshaytv) With dance music being more popular in America than ever before, the summer EDM performance season means fans have much new music to rock out to since Miami. And with so many medals being handed out across the...
Ellie Goulding at Nokia World 2010
photo: Creative Commons / whatleydude

Kristen Stewart To Star In 'Lie Down In Darkness'
Full Article VH1
03 Aug 2012

Actress reportedly beat out Jennifer Lawrence to play the daughter of a troubled southern family in the 1950s. By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) Kristen Stewart has just added another film to her growing docket of post-"Twilight" work. The actress has landed the lead role in the indie "Lie Down in Darkness," reportedly beating out Jennifer Lawrence...
Kristen Stewart speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

Mariah Carey's 'Triumphant' Single Is 'Close To Her Heart'
Full Article VH1
03 Aug 2012

Producer Bryan-Michael Cox tells MTV News that Rick Ross and Meek Mill are the perfect additions to the new track. By John Mitchell Mariah Carey's new single "Triumphant" featuring Rick Ross and Meek Mill hits radio Thursday (August 2), and fans are counting down the seconds until they get their first taste of what the legendary diva has in store...
Mariah Carey Live
photo: Creative Commons / Concert

Emmy Rossum Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Swirling 'Beautiful Creatures' Set
Full Article VH1
03 Aug 2012

Ridley Duchannes 'has been basically up to no good, which is a lot of fun to play,' Rossum tells MTV News of her dark character. By Amy Wilkinson (@AmyMWilk) In the Southern gothic world imagined by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl in their best-selling novel, light and dark wage a war for the soul of young caster Lena Duchannes, whose...
Hollywood Emmy Rossum
photo: Creative Commons / Pulicciano

Britain's Ryan Giggs reacts after he scored on a penalty during a men's soccer quarterfinal match against South Korea, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno

Unknown Grace thrives as Woods’ playing partner
Full Article Ohio
05 Aug 2012

Entering the first round of the Bridgestone Invitational, Branden Grace was unknown, just “the guy playing with Tiger.” There used to exist an aura of playing with Tiger Woods step-for-step. Unestablished golfers were supposed to crumble from the pressure. Established professionals were supposed to be thrown off their games. After three...
Tiger Woods takes the first of two shots to get out of a bunker on the second hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 11, 2010
photo: AP / Chris O'Meara

South Korea into Olympic men's soccer semifinal after beating Britain on penalties
Full Article Star Tribune
04 Aug 2012

CARDIFF, Wales - South Korea beat Britain 5-4 in a penalty shootout on Saturday night, advancing to the semifinal of the men's soccer tournament at the London Games and eliminating the host nation. Ki Sung-yueng scored the winning penalty after Daniel Sturridge missed the fifth penalty for Britain, which hadn't fielded a men's Olympic soccer team...
South Korea's players celebrate their victory over Britain following a men's soccer quarterfinal match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

Phelps ends Olympic career with gold in medley relay
Full Article Kypost
04 Aug 2012

LONDON - The finale was a formality, more a coronation than a contest. Michael Phelps headed into the retirement the only way imaginable — with another gold medal. Reclaiming the lead with his trademark butterfly stroke, the one most people first saw in Sydney a dozen years ago,...
United States' swimmer Michael Phelps holds up a silver trophy after being honored as the most decorated Olympian at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
photo: AP / Matt Slocum

Olympics: Team GB out after Daniel Sturridge's penalty shootout miss
Full Article The Guardian
04 Aug 2012

Team GB 1-1 South Korea (aet; South Korea win 5-4 on pens) • Daniel Sturridge has penalty saved in dramatic shootout...
Britain's Daniel Sturridge reacts after missing the decisive penalty, during the men's soccer quarterfinal match between Britain and South Korea, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno

Britain's Mo Farah celebrates after winning the Men's 10000m event, during the European Athletics Championships, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus

Tommy Haas advances to Citi Open final with victory over top-seeded Mardy Fish
Full Article Star Tribune
04 Aug 2012

WASHINGTON - Fourth-seeded Tommy Haas beat top-seeded Mardy Fish 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday to reach the Citi...
Tommy Haas during his match against Bernard Tomic on Day 1 of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach, Florida - February 27, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

50 things you didn’t know about Marilyn Monroe
Full Article Gulf News
04 Aug 2012

She was an excellent cook who adored Goya and didn’t care for diamonds. On the 50th anniversary of her death we uncover Marilyn Monroe. 1. Marilyn was relatively poorly paid. Jane Russell was paid around 10 times as much as Marilyn when they co-starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her salary for her final unfinished film, Something’s Got to Give,...
In conference - Actress Marilyn Monroe, film star turned business executive, checks her lines - all curves - in a mirror at the photographic studio of her business partner, Milton Greene, in New York Jan. 28, 1955.
photo: AP

Schwarzenegger twins movies, global policy after governor stint
Full Article Daily Press
03 Aug 2012

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is to get a global policy institute in his name as he relaunches his action movie career following a seven-year stint at California Governor. The University of Southern California on Thursday announced the establishment of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Enduring Freedom
photo: Public Domain / Wikifreund

'The Paperboy' trailer: Nicole Kidman seduces Zac Efron - video
Full Article Digital Spy
02 Aug 2012

The Paperboy has premiered its first trailer online. Lee Daniels's follow-up to his Oscar-winning drama Precious stars Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack and Matthew McConaughey. Based on the novel by Peter Dexter, The Paperboy centres on a journalist who returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a death row inmate. The Paperboy divided...
Actress Nicole Kidman
photo: AP / Evan Agostini

Eminem earns 60 million Facebook "Likes," Rihanna close second
Full Article The Examiner
02 Aug 2012

Related topics eminem facebookEminemFacebookCelebrity Advertisement Eminem is king on Facebook. Slim Shady now has more than 60 million followers on his page, with Rihanna and Lady Gaga close behind. The rapper is "Not Afraid" of stacking his chips. Wednesday, Mashable reported the milestone that has raised the bar in the entertainment industry....

'Vertigo' Tops 'Citizen Kane' in Greatest Film of All Time Poll
Full Article Rotten Tomatoes
01 Aug 2012

LONDONOrson Welles' Citizen Kane no longer enjoys the moniker of greatest film of all time, a plaudit it has held for 50 years.our editor recommends 'Vertigo' Star Kim Novak to Be Honored at TCM Classic Film Festival Kim Novak Clarifies 'Rape' Comments on 'The Artist's' Use of 'Vertigo' Music 'The Artist' Director Responds to Kim Novak...
Fort Point, below the Golden Gate Bridge. Fort Point is a popular filming location. The most famous example is Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller Vertigo where Kim Novak's
photo: Creative Commons / Mbz

Brendan Fraser To Front Thriller Split Decision
Full Article IMDb
01 Aug 2012

Brendan Fraser's fame has been slipping the past few years thanks to forgettable family films like Inkheart and Furry Vengeance. But...
Brendan Fraser
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Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion, announces reggae album and film
Full Article Hartford Courant
01 Aug 2012

The Long Beach rapper has several iconic traits -- a laid-back and menacing flow, evocatively violent lyrics and a deep affection for cannabis sativa among them. He'll get to keep at least one of those interests in his new...
This Monday, July 30, 2012 photo shows Snoop Dogg, who now goes by Snoop Lion, posing for a portrait at Miss Lily's in New York.
photo: AP / Victoria Wil

Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset First-Half Profits Fall 73.5 Percent Amid Ad Drop
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
31 Jul 2012

share Jacob Raule/Getty Images The Italian media giant remains the leader in primetime and around the clock in the key 15-64 demographic, but competition is on the rise. ROMEItalian broadcast giant Mediaset said Tuesday that it earned a profit of €43.1 million ($51.7 million) on revenue of just under €2 billion ($2.4 billion) in...
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures during the recording of the talk show Matrix, on one of his Mediaset channels, in Rome, Friday, June 5, 2009.
photo: AP / Alessandro Di Meo, pool

Anna Hazare didn't keep his word to the govt: Salman Khurshid
Full Article IBN Live
05 Aug 2012

Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has revealed that anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare had, at their meeting last month, agreed to publicly endorse efforts taken by the government to bring in a strong Lokpal Bill. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the Law Minister, however, added that it was clear that Hazare had not...
The Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, Salman Khurshid- India- Politics
photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India.

Romney: Fed should steer clear of new stimulus
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
05 Aug 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says the Federal Reserve shouldn't use new stimulus measures to boost the still-sluggish economy....
Mitt Romney
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

VP Biden praises veterans for their sacrifices
Full Article Austin American Statesman
04 Aug 2012

LAS VEGAS — Vice President Joe Biden is praising America's veterans for the sacrifices they've made on behalf of their country. He also says President Barack Obama is committed to making sure that veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan get proper medical treatment and that the administration is working to reduce a backlog of disability...
Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Sailors as they depart the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), after returning from a seven-month deployment.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr.

Black fails to take off for Air NZ staff
Full Article NZ Herald
04 Aug 2012

Internal comments from Air New Zealand have revealed some staff take a dim view of the airline's black rebranding. Threads on the company's KoruNet intranet service showed irritated staff called the national carrier's new livery insane, gloomy and "beyond a joke". The overhaul from teal to black was...
Air New Zealand
photo: Creative Commons / PhillipC

Former Governor Crist backs Democrat Nelson
Full Article The Examiner
04 Aug 2012

Advertisement Former Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist announced he will back Democrat Bill Nelson in Nelson's quest to return to the Senate representing Florida. The other Florida Senator, Marco Rubio, defeated Crist back in 2010 when Crist left the Republican Party to run as an Independent. At a fund raiser this weekend for Nelson, the...
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist speaks to students and teachers during a visit to the McFatter Technical Center in Davie, Fla. Friday, April 23, 2010. Crist has until April 30 deadline to announce whether he'll abandon his bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate and instead run as an independent.
photo: AP / Lynne Sladky

Berkshire Hathaway Earnings 2Q 2012: Warren Buffett's Company Lost $700 Million Last Quarter
Full Article Huffington Post
04 Aug 2012

* Q2 profit down more than $300 mln from a year earlier * Derivative losses overshadow operating performance...
Trader Steve Grasso, left, and specialist Robert Tuccillo confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010
photo: AP / Richard Drew

Boeing Says Air India Taking 787s Amid GE Engine-Probe Concern
Full Article Gulf News
04 Aug 2012

Seattle: Boeing Co. said state-owned Air India Ltd will start preparing this week to take its first 787 Dreamliners, which are almost four years late, after the jets won government approval amid the probe of an engine failure. "They want to know what the issue is, just like anybody would," Boeing India President Dinesh Keskar said in an interview....
Air India 777-200
photo: Creative Commons / peter pearson

BP to Invest $12b in West Papua LNG
Full Article Jakarta Globe
04 Aug 2012

London-based energy giant BP plans to invest $12 billion for the development of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in West Papua, an official at the state oil and gas upstream regulator says. “BP executives had stated their intention during the visit of Jero Wacik, the energy and mineral resources minister, to England recently,” I Gde...
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Syrian Aleppo Army Blow Up 2 Syrian Army Tanks & Take the other As War Bounty 30- 07- 2012
Syrian Aleppo Army Blow Up 2 Syrian Army Tanks & Take the other As War Bounty 30- 07- 2012
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Author: SpaceIraneesKiller
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Freed Iranian pilgrims abducted in Syria speak out
Freed Iranian pilgrims abducted in Syria speak out
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  • Published: 06 Apr 2012
  • Updated: 13 May 2012
Author: PressTVGlobalNews
Five freed Iranian pilgrims abducted in Syria speak out. Syria has been the scene of unrest since mid, 2011. The unrest has not stopped Iranian pilgrims going to that country's holy shrines. On February 1st of this year 11 Iranian pilgrims were abducted in Syria and 5 of them were freed two months later. The five freed pilgrims who are farmers, shepherds and a cook told us about their ordeal Arash Khalatbari, Press TV, Khorramabad
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Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling
Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling
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  • Published: 27 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 02 Jun 2012
Author: AssociatedPress
Syria accepted a UN peace plan but bloodshed persisted in the country even as President Assad paid a visit to Homs. (March 27) Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP Mobile: www.ap.org Associated Press on Facebook: apne.ws Associated Press on Twitter: apne.ws Associated Press on Google+: bit.ly
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Historic deal signed over Sudan oil
Historic deal signed over Sudan oil
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  • Published: 08 Dec 2010
  • Updated: 14 Mar 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
One of the major sticking points in the upcoming referendum on south Sudan's secession from the north is the future of Abeyi, an oil-rich border region which both sides want to control. Solving the dispute temporarily, a deal to postpone the decision over who controls the nation's oil wealth has been postponed. But as Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Juba, this could spell future difficulties for the country.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters attacked and arrested at Times Square
Occupy Wall Street protesters attacked and arrested at Times Square
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  • Published: 16 Oct 2011
  • Updated: 03 Aug 2012
Author: RTAmerica
Throngs of participants with the Occupy Wall Street movement marched to Times Square in New York City on October 15 in a mass protest. Once there, however, their peaceful demonstration quickly turned violent as cops attacked protesters with batons, pepper spray and . . . horses? RT marched along with them in Manhattan and collected some of this footage, which chronicles the journey from Washington Square Park to Times Square on Saturday afternoon.
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Ebola Virus In Uganda
Ebola Virus In Uganda
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  • Published: 30 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 03 Aug 2012
Author: standardgroupkenya
www.ktnkenya.tv Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Kampala. The disease has so far claimed the life of one person in Kampala with 14 others placed in quarantine. In Kenya, the director of public health, Dr. Shanaz Shariff told Kenyans that there is no cause for alarm and said health professionals are on high alert.
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Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy
Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy
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  • Published: 02 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 03 Aug 2012
Author: CNN
UN correspondent Richard Roth says Kofi Annan was unable to implement his plan to bring an end to violence in Syria. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
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Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy
Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy
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  • Duration: 2:25
  • Published: 02 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 03 Aug 2012
Author: CNN
UN correspondent Richard Roth says Kofi Annan was unable to implement his plan to bring an end to violence in Syria. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
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Market Pulse: Germany and ECB, remember Weber and Stark?
Market Pulse: Germany and ECB, remember Weber and Stark?
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  • Published: 01 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 01 Aug 2012
Author: ReutersVideo
Aug. 1 - One day before the ECB meets it's worth remembering that for all Germany's opposition to non-standard ECB measures, the central bank has usually pressed ahead anyway. Plus, another UK data shock.
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Defence Secretary Panetta's blunt statements
Defence Secretary Panetta's blunt statements
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  • Published: 03 Feb 2012
  • Updated: 25 Feb 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Leon Panetta's first seven months as defence secretary have been filled with blunt statements - on the Middle East peace process, Iran and Afghanistan. Analysts say he is well-versed in the art of sending the messages no one wants to say. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington on whether Panetta's often forthright statements reflect the thoughts behind Washington's closed doors.
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Four Indians held in Spain for Qaida links - Video The Times of India
Four Indians held in Spain for Qaida links - Video The Times of India
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  • Published: 22 May 2012
  • Updated: 27 May 2012
Author: IndiaOceanDad
Four Indians held in Spain for Qaida links - Video The Times of India.flv Feel strong enough...Come to Smacktalk...www.smacktalk.info FirstGameWorld Media www.firstgameworld.com
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Leaked: Obama approved covert CIA support for Syria rebels
Leaked: Obama approved covert CIA support for Syria rebels
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  • Published: 02 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 04 Aug 2012
Author: RussiaToday
The CIA and other US agencies are reportedly assisting Syrian rebels in their bid to oust the Assad regime, with the secret direct approval of President Obama - READ MORE on.rt.com RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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Inside Story - Has the Damascus attack broken al-Assad?
Inside Story - Has the Damascus attack broken al-Assad?
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  • Published: 19 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 01 Aug 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
The attack in Damascus has dealt a huge blow to the heart of the Syrian government. It killed the defence minister, his deputy and the interior minister. The national security chief was injured. Following the attack the government has said that it was happy to dialogue. Will the Damascus attack break or embolden the Assad government? Guest: Bassam Imadi, Elias Hanna, Christopher Swift.
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New Egyptian Cabinet sworn in under President Mohamed Morsi
New Egyptian Cabinet sworn in under President Mohamed Morsi
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  • Published: 02 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Author: humorrules
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67 Minutes for Mandela Day- Eusebius Mckaiser
67 Minutes for Mandela Day- Eusebius Mckaiser
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  • Published: 18 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Author: LeadSouthAfrica
In the spirit of Mandela Day, Eusebius went out to his chosen school, Thabo Tona Primary, to make a difference while doing his 67 minutes.
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Many areas remain flooded during the heavy rains brought by monsoon. West Bengal is on the eastern bottleneck of India, stretching from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south.
Zeenews Bureau Dehradun: Over 30 people were killed and 40 others went missing after flash floods battered Uttarakhand. The floods flattened several of homes. With scores of...
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United States' Michael Phelps reacts after swimming in the men's 4 X 100-meter medley relay at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
Michael Phelps' storied career came to an end Saturday - and he went out in style. The swimming star and most decorated Olympian of all time took his final victory lap, winning the 4x100-meter medley relay in London with teammates Matt Grevers,...
photo: AP / Matt Slocum
Curtis Irwin holds a .50 caliber rifle to show at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.
Related topics gun lawsGunsgun rightsGun control Rating for Book: "Gun Laws by State -- Reciprocity and Gun Laws Quick Reference Guide" 5 Advertisement “Shall not be infringed” notwithstanding, engaged gun owners know there is a multitude...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at the Presidential Office Building in Juba, South Sudan.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on the two Sudans to settle the disputes that have brought them close to war, as she briefly visited the South Sudanese capital, Juba. Mrs Clinton is the highest-ranking US official to visit South...
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. Clinton's charge that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syria has escalated the war of words between the former Cold War foes, precisely when Washington had hoped to court Moscow's support for a transition plan to end the Assad regime. If nothing else, Clinton's statement and Moscow's tart rebuttal underline the Obama administration's difficulty finding a strategy to halt Syria's violence.
MATTHEW LEE Associated Press= JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is visiting the world's newest country, South Sudan, to press its leaders and their counterparts in the north to resolve festering differences that...
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In this July 30, 2012 photo, a bridge supporting railway lines is destroyed after heavy rain in Onchon County, North Korea.
North Korea requested emergency supplies, including food, as it tries to recover from last month’s torrential rains and flooding, the United Nations said. The North Korean government “requested that the UN release its pre-positioned emergency stocks,...
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United States players from left, Chris Paul, Labron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and Russell Westbrook sit on the bench during a men's basketball game against Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London.
Posted: August 3, 2012 Team USA decided to let their opponents know they had come to London to win on Thursday night, when they defeated Nigeria 156-73 in their men’ s Group A meeting.. The awesome performance broke several several all-time...
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Syrian Aleppo Army Blow Up 2 Syrian Army Tanks & Take the other As War Bounty 30- 07- 2012; updated 03 Aug 2012; published 30 Jul 2012
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Syr­i­an Alep­po Army Blow Up 2 Syr­i­an Army Tanks & Take the other As War Boun­ty 30- 07- 2012
Yahoo Daily News 05 Aug 2012, The Syrian army said it has seized the last rebel-held district of the capital as insurgents in the strategic northern city of Aleppo came under heavy bombardment by regime forces. The army on Saturday said it had retaken the hold-out rebel district of Tadamun in Damascus, a day after the United Nations deplored the failure of diplomacy to end a...

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Freed Iranian pilgrims abducted in Syria speak out; updated 13 May 2012; published 06 Apr 2012
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Freed Ira­ni­an pil­grims ab­duct­ed in Syria speak out
Sacramento Bee 05 Aug 2012, BEIRUT -- Gunmen kidnapped dozens of Iranian pilgrims on a trip to strife-torn Syria on Saturday, the latest in a series of abductions that have targeted citizens of Iran, a major international ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The pilgrims - their numbers were variously reported as 47 and 48 - were kidnapped by "armed opposition groups" as...

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Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling; updated 02 Jun 2012; published 27 Mar 2012
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Syria Peace Plan, Assad in Homs, More Shelling
Zeenews 04 Aug 2012, Zeenews Bureau New York: Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, on Friday condemned a UN General Assembly resolution on Syria. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the civil war. Talking...

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Historic deal signed over Sudan oil; updated 14 Mar 2012; published 08 Dec 2010
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His­toric deal signed over Sudan oil
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Occupy Wall Street protesters attacked and arrested at Times Square; updated 03 Aug 2012; published 16 Oct 2011
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Oc­cu­py Wall Street protesters at­tacked and ar­rest­ed at Times Square
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Ebola Virus In Uganda; updated 03 Aug 2012; published 30 Jul 2012
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Ebola Virus In Ugan­da
France24 03 Aug 2012, AFP - The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 16 people in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, increasing the previous toll by one. "Today we have...

Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy; updated 03 Aug 2012; published 02 Aug 2012
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Kofi Annan re­signs as Syria's UN envoy
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Kofi Annan resigns as Syria's UN envoy; updated 03 Aug 2012; published 02 Aug 2012
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Kofi Annan re­signs as Syria's UN envoy
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Market Pulse: Germany and ECB, remember Weber and Stark?; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 01 Aug 2012
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Mar­ket Pulse: Ger­many and ECB, re­mem­ber Weber and Stark?
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Defence Secretary Panetta's blunt statements; updated 25 Feb 2012; published 03 Feb 2012
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De­fence Sec­re­tary Panet­ta's blunt state­ments
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Four Indians held in Spain for Qaida links - Video The Times of India; updated 27 May 2012; published 22 May 2012
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Four In­di­ans held in Spain for Qaida links - Video The Times of India
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Leaked: Obama approved covert CIA support for Syria rebels; updated 04 Aug 2012; published 02 Aug 2012
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Leaked: Obama ap­proved covert CIA sup­port for Syria rebels
Al Jazeera 02 Aug 2012, US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorising US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, Reuters news agency said quoting sources familiar with the matter. Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding", broadly permits the...

Inside Story - Has the Damascus attack broken al-Assad?; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 19 Jul 2012
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In­side Story - Has the Dam­as­cus at­tack bro­ken al-As­sad?
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New Egyptian Cabinet sworn in under President Mohamed Morsi; updated 02 Aug 2012; published 02 Aug 2012
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New Egyp­tian Cab­i­net sworn in under Pres­i­dent Mo­hamed Morsi
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