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Julian Assange: UK embassy 'threat' angers South American leaders
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20 Aug 2012

Unasur group, which includes Argentina and Venezuela, attacks alleged plan to enter building and arrest WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange gives a speech from the balcony of Ecuador's embassy, as police wait outside. Photograph: Rosie Hallam/Getty Images...
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Surrounded by British police officers WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, makes a statement to the media and supporters at a window of Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.
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Suspended death sentence given to Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai
Full Article Sacramento Bee
20 Aug 2012

BEIJING -- A Chinese court on Monday handed down a suspended death sentence for Gu Kailai, the wife of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai. The widely expected outcome for Gu, who was found guilty earlier this month of killing a British businessman, will most likely mean a long prison term -- an outcome that both helps to calm one of the biggest...
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He Zhengsheng, the family lawyer of British businessman Neil Heywood, speaks to the media upon arrival at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court for the verdict trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
photo: AP / Andy Wong

Jihadists are joining Syria's bloody civil war
Full Article Star Tribune
20 Aug 2012

ALEPPO, SYRIA - A shadowy jihadist organization that first surfaced on the Internet to assert responsibility for suicide bombings in Aleppo and Damascus has stepped out of the shadows and onto the front lines of the war for Syria's cities. In Aleppo, the Al-Nusra Front for the Protection of the People of the Levant, widely known as the Jabhat...
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In this Friday, April 6, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters stand guard during fighting with Syrian troops in a suburb of Damascus, Syria.
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South Africa miners face Lonmin dismissal deadline
Full Article BBC News
20 Aug 2012

A deadline is approaching for striking workers at the South African mine where police shot dead 34 of them on Thursday to go back to work or face dismissal. A statement from mine owner Lonmin gave the strikers a final ultimatum to report to work on Monday. The company delayed the deadline from Friday in light of the killings at the Marikana...
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Mine workers sing at the Lonmin mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

Libya capital wakes up to twin car bombs on Eid al-Fitr
Full Article Middle East Online
19 Aug 2012

TRIPOLI - Twin car bomb blasts killed two people at dawn on Sunday in the Libyan capital, security officials said, blaming loyalists of now slain dictator Moamer Gathafi for the attacks. Tripoli's security chief Colonel Mahmud al-Sherif said the bombs were detonated by remote control and struck near a military academy and the interior ministry....
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An armed soldier on the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli, 4 June, 2012.
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Japan, China islands disputes deepen with landings, protests
Full Article The Star
19 Aug 2012

EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, with protests in several Chinese cities also indicating ties were worsening between Asia's two biggest economies. A protester (R) yells anti-Japan slogans as he holds a stick in front of a...
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Anti-Japan protesters shout slogans while marching towards the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Saturday Aug. 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan

America's blight to bear arms
Full Article The Independent
19 Aug 2012

An examination of America's deadly-weapons epidemic is due, of course, because of the slaughters in a Colorado cinema on 20 July, and, one week ago, the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Two more to add to the already long mass-shootings list, 19 more lives lost. Also due is some intelligent conversation and, you might think, action. President...
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Police personnel work near the home of the suspect in the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting in Cudahy, Wis. Sunday, Aug 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Jeffrey Phelps

Iran, Saudi Arabia fight proxy conflict in Syria
Full Article Deutsche Welle
18 Aug 2012

While there is much talk of shared values and Islamic unity between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two countries are engaged in a bitter rivalry to expand their influence in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two rivals over the leadership role in the Islamic world, were eager to project harmony - at least when it came to outside appearances -...
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A Syrian man walks by a building destroyed in an airstrike in Aleppo city, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra

Why Republicans Abhor the New Healthcare Add
Full Article WorldNews.com
18 Aug 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." -Adam Smith The Republicans and ultra-conservatives that were up in arms over the recent Cancer Add, which linked presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as a possible cause for the death of...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney writes on a white board as he talks about Medicare during a news conference at Spartanburg International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Greer, S.C.
photo: AP / Evan Vucci

Myanmar to examine Muslim-Buddhist violence
Full Article Al Jazeera
18 Aug 2012

Myanmar's government has formed a commission to investigate the causes of recent sectarian violence between Muslim Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, in which at least 78 people were killed. President Thein Sein's website announced the commission on Friday, more than two months after the June clashes that also displaced tens of thousands...
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File - A Buddhist monk shows a message written in his palm to protest against the ethnic minority Rohingyas in Myanmar during a visit of Myanmar's President Thein Sein in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit


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Republican Medicare plan would be a gamble
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WASHINGTON — While Mitt Romney and Paul D. Ryan are campaigning on a promise to "preserve and protect" Medicare, their proposal to revamp the popular government health...
Can Indian authorities afford not to tackle corruption?
more BBC News
Two anti-corruption hunger strikes in India this summer have been largely ignored by the authorities and the public but the anti-graft movement does seem to be worrying politicians...
Damascus: A deserted city, a deserting UN, and a storm about to break
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The man on the state television was bearded down to his chest, a self-confessed Salafist – nom de guerre "Abu Dolha", real name Ahmed Ali Gharibo. A Syrian –...

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Hollywood filmmaker Tony Scott jumps to death from L.A. bridge more
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, director Tony Scott arrives at the premiere of "Unstoppable" in Los Angeles. Authorities say Scott died after jumping off a bridge in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.
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Hollywood filmmaker Tony Scott, director of such big-screen action hits as 'Top Gun' and 'Crimson Tide,'...
photo: AP / Gus Ruelas, File
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How £11bn pledged for water sanitation aid never arrived more
File - Bolivian United Nations peacekeepers distribute water and meals to the residents of Cité Soleil, Haiti.
The Independent
World aid donors pledged to spend £34bn of water and sanitation aid between 2002 and 2010 but only released £23bn of it, according to a new report by WaterAid and Development Initiatives, Addressing the Shortfall, to be published next week. More than...
photo: UN / Marco Dormino
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Miss China crowned Miss World 2012, in China more
Miss World Yu Wenxia of China, right, reacts after she was announced as a winner of the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant at the Ordos Stadium Arena in inner Mongolia, China Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012.
Khaleej Times
ORDOS, China ' Miss China won the coveted title of Miss World on Saturday, triumphing on home soil during a glitzy final held in a mining city on the edge of the Gobi desert. The mostly Chinese audience erupted in cheers and fireworks lit up the sky...
photo: AP / Andy Wong
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Prince William Rescues Drowning Teenager, Is The Prince Of Our Dreams more
Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London after announcing their marriage, London, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. The couple are to wed in 2011.
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Syria denies Assad's deputy tried to defect more
In this image from Syrian state television President Bashar Assad makes a speech in front of his cabinet in Damasus, Syria Saturday April 16 2011
The Star
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad's deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of Aleppo in the north and hitting an insurgent-held town in the...
photo: AP / Syrian TV via APTN
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Czech 'Breivik imitator' arrested in Ostrava more
Czech OKV-P police armoured car in Prague during the visit of US president George W. Bush, June 2007.
BBC News
A man suspected of planning attacks similar to those carried out in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in the Czech Republic, according to police. Police said an assault rifle, explosives, ammunition and police clothing were...
photo: Creative Commons / Krokodyl
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Apple hits new high as US stocks gain more
Apple CEO Tim Cook talk about iTouch, iPhone and iPad during announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.
Independent online (SA)
Apple shares hit a new all-time high Friday as US stocks closed out the week with a second day of solid gains that put the Dow at its highest level since the last days of 2007. Apple shares rose to a high of $648.19, after reports that it was nearing...
photo: AP / Paul Sakuma
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Ecuador Asylum: Victory for Assange, loss for US?; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Ecuador Asylum: Victory for Assange, loss for US?
Julian Assange: UK embassy 'threat' angers South American leaders
The Guardian 20 Aug 2012, Unasur group, which includes Argentina and Venezuela, attacks alleged plan to enter building and arrest WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange gives a speech from the balcony of Ecuador's embassy, as police wait outside. Photograph: Rosie Hallam/Getty Images...

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British police officers stand guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is believed to be taking refuge, in London, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
Assange has chance of freedom ... but how?
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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.
Ecuador wants to avoid Assange's extradition to Sweden
The Star
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, arrives with his lawyer Jennifer Robinson, left, at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Assange is accused of sexual misconduct by two women he met during a visit to Stockholm last year and Swedish authorities want him extradited to face the allegations. A two-day hearing that begins Monday will decide Assange's legal fate.
Assange case fuels war of words between West, Ecuador
CNTV
ARCHIV: Der Gruender der Internet-Plattform WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, lehnt waehrend seines Hausarrests an der geoeffneten Haustuer in Bungay, England (Foto vom 15.06.11). Showdown im Konflikt um Wikileaks-Gruender Julien Assange zwischen Ecuador und Grossbritannien: Der ecuadorianische Aussenminister Ricardo Patino kuendigte an, sein Land werde am Donnerstag (16.08.12) ueber den Asylantrag Assanges entscheiden, der sich seit dem 19. Juni in der Botschaft des suedamerikanischen Landes aufhaelt. Die britische Regierung stellte klar, dass sie an der Auslieferung Assanges an Schweden festhaelt, wo er zu Vergewaltigungsvorwuerfen befragt werden soll. (zu dapd-Text) Foto: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/dapd
Assange gets asylum in Ecuador
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A British police officer secures the area as a van exits the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's case was heard, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.
UK, Ecuador seek solution to deadlock over Assange
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Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese leader, Bo Xilai; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012
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Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese leader, Bo Xilai
Suspended death sentence given to Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai
Sacramento Bee 20 Aug 2012, BEIJING -- A Chinese court on Monday handed down a suspended death sentence for Gu Kailai, the wife of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai. The widely expected outcome for Gu, who was found guilty earlier this month of killing a British businessman, will most likely mean a long prison term -- an outcome that both helps to calm one of the biggest...

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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.
Bo Xilai scandal: Police on trial in Gu Kailai 'cover-up'
BBC News
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.
Gu Kailai murder trial begins in China
The Guardian
In this Jan. 17, 2007 file photo, Gu Kailai, left, wife of then Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai, right, attends a memorial ceremony for Bo's father Bo Yibo, a late revolutionary leader considered one of communist China's founding fathers, at a military hospital in Beijing.
Murder, cover-ups and a political conspiracy?
Al Jazeera
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.
The Gu Kailai Murder Trial: A Shut and Shut Case
New Yorker
FILE - In this file photo taken on March 11, 2012, Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
British diplomats to attend Chinese murder trial
Daily Press

No no-fly zone: 'Military intervention in Syria will lead to catastrophe'; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 18 Aug 2012
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No no-fly zone: 'Military intervention in Syria will lead to catastrophe'
Jihadists are joining Syria's bloody civil war
Star Tribune 20 Aug 2012, ALEPPO, SYRIA - A shadowy jihadist organization that first surfaced on the Internet to assert responsibility for suicide bombings in Aleppo and Damascus has stepped out of the shadows and onto the front lines of the war for Syria's cities. In Aleppo, the Al-Nusra Front for the Protection of the People of the Levant, widely known as the Jabhat...

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In this Sunday, July 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army soldiers are seen in vehicles at the border town of Azaz, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Aleppo, Syria.
Syria: foreign jihadists could join battle for Aleppo
The Guardian
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Sharaa tells reporters on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 in Damascus that Syria is keen about Iraq's stability and is ready for dialogue, adding that the convening of an emergency Arab summit is "certainly a good idea." Sharaa's remarks were made during a briefing to journalists in Syria. Iraq complained again Tuesday that Syria is not doing enough to stop religious extremists from crossing its border to carry out attacks. Following a meeting with President Jalal Talabani, Iraq's defense minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi accused the Syrians of disregarding Iraq's complaints about infiltrators and said Baghdad had evidence at least three routes used by militants coming from Syria.
Rebels claim Syrian VP defects, regime denies
CNN
This image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 30, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers in Anadan 16 kilometers (10 miles), from Aleppo, Syria.
Syria Crisis: Photos From Aleppo War Zone
Huffington Post
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.
U.S. officials: al-Qaida gaining foothold in Syria
Richmond Times Dispatch
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Syria steps up attacks on rebel-held areas
Al Jazeera

Striking miners fired on in South Africa; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Striking miners fired on in South Africa
South Africa miners face Lonmin dismissal deadline
BBC News 20 Aug 2012, A deadline is approaching for striking workers at the South African mine where police shot dead 34 of them on Thursday to go back to work or face dismissal. A statement from mine owner Lonmin gave the strikers a final ultimatum to report to work on Monday. The company delayed the deadline from Friday in light of the killings at the Marikana...

Libya August Update - Libyans Return From Syria in Boxes; updated 20 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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Libya August Update - Libyans Return From Syria in Boxes
Libya capital wakes up to twin car bombs on Eid al-Fitr
Middle East Online 19 Aug 2012, TRIPOLI - Twin car bomb blasts killed two people at dawn on Sunday in the Libyan capital, security officials said, blaming loyalists of now slain dictator Moamer Gathafi for the attacks. Tripoli's security chief Colonel Mahmud al-Sherif said the bombs were detonated by remote control and struck near a military academy and the interior ministry....

China Focus - What's Behind China's Escalation of Island Disputes; updated 18 Aug 2012; published 18 Jul 2012
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China Focus - What's Behind China's Escalation of Island Disputes
Japan, China islands disputes deepen with landings, protests
The Star 19 Aug 2012, EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, with protests in several Chinese cities also indicating ties were worsening between Asia's two biggest economies. A protester (R) yells anti-Japan slogans as he holds a stick in front of a...

Rapper Ice T on US gun control (20July12); updated 19 Aug 2012; published 20 Jul 2012
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Rapper Ice T on US gun control (20July12)
America's blight to bear arms
The Independent 19 Aug 2012, An examination of America's deadly-weapons epidemic is due, of course, because of the slaughters in a Colorado cinema on 20 July, and, one week ago, the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Two more to add to the already long mass-shootings list, 19 more lives lost. Also due is some intelligent conversation and, you might think, action. President...

No no-fly zone: 'Military intervention in Syria will lead to catastrophe'; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 18 Aug 2012
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No no-fly zone: 'Military intervention in Syria will lead to catastrophe'
Iran, Saudi Arabia fight proxy conflict in Syria
Deutsche Welle 18 Aug 2012, While there is much talk of shared values and Islamic unity between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two countries are engaged in a bitter rivalry to expand their influence in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two rivals over the leadership role in the Islamic world, were eager to project harmony - at least when it came to outside appearances -...

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Watch Full Romney Response to Health Care Ruling: "I Will Act to Repeal Obamacare"
Why Republicans Abhor the New Healthcare Add
WorldNews.com 18 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." -Adam Smith The Republicans and ultra-conservatives that were up in arms over the recent Cancer Add, which linked presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as a possible cause for the death of...

Human Rights Watch slams Burmese govt over Rohingya violence - NewsX; updated 14 Aug 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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Human Rights Watch slams Burmese govt over Rohingya violence - NewsX
Myanmar to examine Muslim-Buddhist violence
Al Jazeera 18 Aug 2012, Myanmar's government has formed a commission to investigate the causes of recent sectarian violence between Muslim Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, in which at least 78 people were killed. President Thein Sein's website announced the commission on Friday, more than two months after the June clashes that also displaced tens of thousands...

Pussy Riot Guilty Verdict; updated 17 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Pussy Riot Guilty Verdict
Pussy Riot verdict draws worldwide condemnation
Deutsche Welle 18 Aug 2012, The two-year prison sentence for Russian punk band Pussy Riot has drawn worldwide condemnation. Politicians and human rights activists see the verdict as being politically motivated and way too harsh. Author Boris Akunin had a biting metaphor to describe the consequences of the Friday indictment of Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot. "The iceberg...

South Africa mine shooting leaves Dozens killed; updated 20 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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South Africa mine shooting leaves Dozens killed
South Africa to Probe Police Killings of 34 at Mine
Jakarta Globe 18 Aug 2012, South African President Jacob Zuma announced Friday a probe into the deaths of 34 miners in a police crackdown on a wildcat strike, in the deadliest protest since apartheid. Police at the Marikana platinum mine run by Lonmin, the world’s number three producer, insisted they acted in self-defense against hundreds of workers who stormed through...

Syrian president agrees to Russian-led peace talks; updated 01 Aug 2012; published 07 Feb 2012
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Syrian president agrees to Russian-led peace talks
New Syria envoy voices hope for diplomacy
Al Jazeera 18 Aug 2012, The United Nations has confirmed that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will become the new international mediator on Syria. Talking to Al Jazeera, Brahimi said he was convinced that diplomacy could still play a real role in solving the Syrian conflict, which the opposition says has claimed more than 20,000 lives since the anti-government...

No no-fly zone: 'Military intervention in Syria will lead to catastrophe'; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 18 Aug 2012
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No no-fly zone: 'Military intervention in Syria will lead to catastrophe'
UN monitors quit, saying Syrians choose "path of war"
Yahoo Daily News 17 Aug 2012, BEIRUT/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Syria's government and rebels have "chosen the path of war", a U.N. peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus and deadlock persists among world powers over how to contain the spreading conflict. Two weeks after former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan quit as mediator in...