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Syria rebels retreat from key Aleppo district
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
10 Aug 2012

Rebels retreated from the key Aleppo district of Salaheddin under a deadly rain of shellfire Thursday, as a veteran Algerian diplomat was set to be named the new international envoy to Syria. "We have staged a tactical withdrawal from Salaheddin. The district is completely empty of rebel fighters. Regime forces are now advancing into Salaheddin,"...
A Syrian gunman shoots in the air during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra

Bo Xilai scandal: Police on trial in Gu Kailai 'cover-up'
Full Article BBC News
10 Aug 2012

Four policeman accused of covering up the murder of Briton Neil Heywood are to go on trial in China, a day after the wife of a former top politician was tried for the killing. The four are all senior officers from Chongqing, where the UK businessman was killed in November 2011. On Thursday a one-day trial was held for Gu Kailai - wife of...
Police officers stand guard at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court where the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, takes place Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Egypt sends more troops to Sinai
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Aug 2012

Egypt has sent more troops into North Sinai in an intensifying offensive launched against armed groups after 16 Egyptian guards were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the Israeli border region earlier in the week. Hundreds of troops and dozens of military vehicles reached al-Arish, the main administrative centre in North Sinai, security...
Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Gunmen sprayed a police station in Egypt’s Sinai with bullets Thursday, setting off a brief firefight with policemen before speeding away in their truck, the latest in a series of attacks against security forces in the increasingly volatile peninsula, security officials said.
photo: AP

China's Ascendancy and Its South China Sea Nexus
Full Article WorldNews.com
09 Aug 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling China is gradually awakening from its long sleep, something Napoleon Bonaparte mentioned when he said: "Let China Sleep, for when the Dragon awakes, she will shake the world." China first defeated several major Western and Eastern Powers that had tried to carve her up, even sometimes seizing strategic...
In this photo taken on Friday, July 20, 2012, a fishing boat sails past the Meiji reef off the island province of Hainan in the South China Sea.
photo: AP

Sinai raid could be start of a new bloody chapter
Full Article BBC News
09 Aug 2012

For many months Egyptian government control of the Sinai Peninsula has been tenuous at best. The dangers of allowing ungoverned space, where militant groups have launched attacks on neighbouring Israel, ought to have been obvious to anybody in Cairo, but it was only the killing of 16 of their border guards on Sunday that finally prompted action....
In this Monday Aug. 6, 2012 file photograph, Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt.
photo: AP / Ahmed Gomaa

Iran to hold summit on Syria
Full Article Irish Times
09 Aug 2012

Syrian troops and rebels fought over the country's biggest city Aleppo as president Bashar al-Assad's key foreign backer Iran gathered ministers from like-minded states for talks today about how to end the conflict. Dr Assad's troops assaulted rebel strongholds in Aleppo yesterday in one of their biggest ground attacks since rebels seized chunks of...
Syrians on motorcycles look at the damage of a destroyed house after it was hit by an air strike killing six Syrians in town of Tal Rifat on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra

Taliban threaten to kill 'liberal' Imran Khan
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Aug 2012

The Taliban have threatened to kill Imran Khan, the Pakistani opposition leader, if he holds a planned march in their tribal stronghold near the Afghan border to protest US drone attacks. Although the Pakistani Taliban also oppose the strikes, which have killed many of their fighters and civilians, Ahsanullah Ahsan, the group's spokesman,...
Pakistani former cricket star-turn-politician Imran Khan condemns the movement of NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan at a rally in Gujranwala near Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, July 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Aftab Rizvi

'Sticky bombs,' like those used in Iraq, now appearing in Afghanistan
Full Article Stars and Stripes
09 Aug 2012

KABUL – In the midst of a rash of assassinations and attacks on supply trucks across Afghanistan, it seems insurgents are employing a new weapon some American war veterans will recognize: sticky bombs. “Sticky bombs” are magnetic explosive devices that stick to metal (often placed on the underside of cars) and became the...
'Sticky bombs,' like those used in Iraq, now appearing in Afghanistan
photo: USAF / Jonathan Lovelady

Gu Kailai murder trial begins in China
Full Article The Guardian
09 Aug 2012

Gu Kailai, wife of politician Bo Xilai, facing charges of murdering Neil Heywood, a British businessman with close ties to the family Police officers stand guard at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court where the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, takes place Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP...
A police officer stands guard at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court where the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, takes place Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Libya's NTC hands power to new assembly
Full Article CNTV
09 Aug 2012

TRIPOLI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Libya's National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed over power to the newly elected national assembly in a ceremony and the assembly is due to begin its work a week from now, according to the official LANA news agency. "The National Transitional Council hands over the constitutional duties for leading the state to...
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, leader of the National Transitional Council (NTC) waits for the final results of the Libyan elections in Tripoli , Libya, Tuesday, July 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo


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Somebody should tell Mitt Rommey that he is mishandling the Democrats’ trumped-up attacks on his personal income-tax returns (“Romney to Reid on tax accusations:...
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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon I respect former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg. Over the years, Burg has managed to extend the scope of the Zionist self-criticism; he...
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It is arguable whether Africa's problems have become more or less severe over the past four years. It is also arguable whether the increasing militarization of U.S. policy in...

 Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) and Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General. (gm1)
Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat and former Algerian foreign minister, is expected to be named as the new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday. Negotiations are still going on over the envoy’s role and how...
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A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United States wants to help Nigeria fight Islamists it sees as a growing regional menace, but the country cannot rely on military might alone, an official travelling with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton...
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A man walks in front of the engraved wall depicting a Chinese character that means "law" inside the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court where a murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, takes place Thursday Aug. 9, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
For those in American politics and business who are tempted to rhapsodize about the efficiency of the Chinese system, the murder trial of Gu Kailai has set a new standard. This complex, multi-layered legal drama—involving multiple defendants,...
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko
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Happie, a Nigerian dwarf cross goat named "Happie" has reason to be just that after earning a Guinness World Record for skateboarding....
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Legendary former Manchester United captain Bryan Robson, (left), affectionately known to fans during his career as "Captain Marvel" with Ryan Giggs in Shanghai, China with a Chevrolet Malibu.
Former GM marketer Joel Ewanick Here's Mentos' Bizarre Rap Urging Singaporeans To Make Babies TonightToday's Ad Brief Pandora May Build An Ad Exchange (Just Like Facebook!) Here's How They Get The California Cows To Talk In Those Commercials...
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Arbeiter montieren auf der Baustelle eines kuenftigen Ikea-Moebelhauses ein riesiges Logo (Foto vom 15.07.05). Der schwedische Moebelhauskonzern Ikea klagt ueber Hindernisse bei der Expansion im Suedwesten.
The world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA has sold its brand for 75 billion Swedish kronor ($11.2 billion) to one of its subsidiaries, Swedish newspaper The Local, reported on...
photo: AP / Jens-Ulrich Koch
In this Sunday, April 1, 2012 photo, Syrian boys watch Free Syrian Army fighters move through a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
Syrian rebel commanders say they have lost control of the strategic Salah al-Din district in the northern city of Aleppo after a government offensive. The city has come under fresh bombardment, as the government attempts to recapture areas seized by...
photo: AP
Syria News 7 August 2012,al-Assad Receives Dr. Saeed Jalili, Nasrallah: US Israel to Destroy Syria; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Syria News 7 August 2012,al-Assad Receives Dr. Saeed Jalili, Nasrallah: US Israel to Destroy Syria
Yahoo Daily News 10 Aug 2012, Rebels retreated from the key Aleppo district of Salaheddin under a deadly rain of shellfire Thursday, as a veteran Algerian diplomat was set to be named the new international envoy to Syria. "We have staged a tactical withdrawal from Salaheddin. The district is completely empty of rebel fighters. Regime forces are now advancing into Salaheddin,"...

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The World Is Watching Development of Gu Kailai Trial; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 09 Aug 2012
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The World Is Watching Development of Gu Kailai Trial
BBC News 10 Aug 2012, Four policeman accused of covering up the murder of Briton Neil Heywood are to go on trial in China, a day after the wife of a former top politician was tried for the killing. The four are all senior officers from Chongqing, where the UK businessman was killed in November 2011. On Thursday a one-day trial was held for Gu Kailai - wife of...

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Sinai Shockwave: Violence on Israeli doorstep after Egypt airstrike; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012
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Sinai Shockwave: Violence on Israeli doorstep after Egypt airstrike
Al Jazeera 10 Aug 2012, Egypt has sent more troops into North Sinai in an intensifying offensive launched against armed groups after 16 Egyptian guards were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the Israeli border region earlier in the week. Hundreds of troops and dozens of military vehicles reached al-Arish, the main administrative centre in North Sinai, security...

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Trouble brewing in the South China Sea - Decoder; updated 07 Aug 2012; published 17 Jul 2012
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Trouble brewing in the South China Sea - Decoder
WorldNews.com 09 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling China is gradually awakening from its long sleep, something Napoleon Bonaparte mentioned when he said: "Let China Sleep, for when the Dragon awakes, she will shake the world." China first defeated several major Western and Eastern Powers that had tried to carve her up, even sometimes seizing strategic...

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border
BBC News 09 Aug 2012, For many months Egyptian government control of the Sinai Peninsula has been tenuous at best. The dangers of allowing ungoverned space, where militant groups have launched attacks on neighbouring Israel, ought to have been obvious to anybody in Cairo, but it was only the killing of 16 of their border guards on Sunday that finally prompted action....

Syria's embattled president meets with Iranian envoy; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Syria's embattled president meets with Iranian envoy
Irish Times 09 Aug 2012, Syrian troops and rebels fought over the country's biggest city Aleppo as president Bashar al-Assad's key foreign backer Iran gathered ministers from like-minded states for talks today about how to end the conflict. Dr Assad's troops assaulted rebel strongholds in Aleppo yesterday in one of their biggest ground attacks since rebels seized chunks of...

Frost Over the World - Imran Khan: Pakistan's next leader?; updated 08 Aug 2012; published 10 Dec 2011
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Frost Over the World - Imran Khan: Pakistan's next leader?
Al Jazeera 09 Aug 2012, The Taliban have threatened to kill Imran Khan, the Pakistani opposition leader, if he holds a planned march in their tribal stronghold near the Afghan border to protest US drone attacks. Although the Pakistani Taliban also oppose the strikes, which have killed many of their fighters and civilians, Ahsanullah Ahsan, the group's spokesman,...

News Wrap: Taliban Bombers Attack NATO; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 09 Aug 2012
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News Wrap: Taliban Bombers Attack NATO
Stars and Stripes 09 Aug 2012, KABUL – In the midst of a rash of assassinations and attacks on supply trucks across Afghanistan, it seems insurgents are employing a new weapon some American war veterans will recognize: sticky bombs. “Sticky bombs” are magnetic explosive devices that stick to metal (often placed on the underside of cars) and became the...

Gu Kailai awaits murder trial verdict; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 09 Aug 2012
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Gu Kailai awaits murder trial verdict
The Guardian 09 Aug 2012, Gu Kailai, wife of politician Bo Xilai, facing charges of murdering Neil Heywood, a British businessman with close ties to the family Police officers stand guard at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court where the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, takes place Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP...

Libya's NTC investigates rebel 'corruption'; updated 12 Jun 2012; published 14 Apr 2012
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Libya's NTC investigates rebel 'corruption'
CNTV 09 Aug 2012, TRIPOLI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Libya's National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed over power to the newly elected national assembly in a ceremony and the assembly is due to begin its work a week from now, according to the official LANA news agency. "The National Transitional Council hands over the constitutional duties for leading the state to...

Syria News 7 August 2012,al-Assad Receives Dr. Saeed Jalili, Nasrallah: US Israel to Destroy Syria; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Syria News 7 August 2012,al-Assad Receives Dr. Saeed Jalili, Nasrallah: US Israel to Destroy Syria
The Washington Times 09 Aug 2012, Photo Gallery: TEL RIFAT, Syria — Syria launched a ground assault Wednesday on rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Aleppo, the center of battles between government forces and opposition fighters for more than two weeks. It was not immediately clear if the offensive was “the mother of all battles” that Syria’s...

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border
BBC News 08 Aug 2012, This month's violence in the far north of the Sinai Peninsula is an uncomfortable reminder of the security concerns that persist there, decades after Egypt and Israel signed the Camp David peace treaty. This barren, partly mountainous triangle wedged between Africa and Asia has always been harder to police than the heavily populated Nile...

Osama bin Laden Killed: Dick Cheney Reacts in ABC's Interview, Exclusive 2011; updated 31 Jul 2012; published 03 May 2011
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Osama bin Laden Killed: Dick Cheney Reacts in ABC's Interview, Exclusive 2011
WorldNews.com 08 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling His heart told him to evade the Vietnam War draft and then, while serving in the Nixon Administration, it encouraged him to send more U.S. troops to their deaths. At the same time, he supported massive aerial bombardment campaigns that killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Having voted...

Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 22 Jul 2012
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Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
Al Jazeera 08 Aug 2012, A recent journey to western Myanmar has revealed a provincial capital divided by hatred and thousands of its Muslim residents terrorised by what they say is a state-sponsored campaign to segregate the population along ethno-sectarian lines. Decades-old tension between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in coastal Rakhine state exploded...





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