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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....
An armed soldier on the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli, 4 June, 2012.
photo: AP / Timm Schamberger/dapd

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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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

Pussy Riot verdict draws worldwide condemnation
Full Article 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...
Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova show the court's verdict as they sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Aug 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel

South Africa to Probe Police Killings of 34 at Mine
Full Article 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...
UNKNOWN FLARE IN SKY ON RIGHT. IMAGE NOT WORKSHOPPED. Armed policemen keep an eye on protesting women at the Lonmin mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Friday Aug. 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Denis Farrell

New Syria envoy voices hope for diplomacy
Full Article 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...
Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons and a revolutionary flag during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012.
photo: AP

UN monitors quit, saying Syrians choose "path of war"
Full Article 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...
In this Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 photo, a Syrian elderly man walks past a destroyed building in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra


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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...
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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...
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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...

File - Bolivian United Nations peacekeepers distribute water and meals to the residents of Cité Soleil, Haiti.
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
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.
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
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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photo: AP / Sang Tan
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
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
Czech OKV-P police armoured car in Prague during the visit of US president George W. Bush, June 2007.
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
Apple CEO Tim Cook talk about iTouch, iPhone and iPad during announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.
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
A demonstrator attends a rally showing support for the Russian punk group Pussy Riot whose members face prison for a stunt against President Vladimir Putin, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.
Brussels/Los Angeles: European nations and the United States, as well as some celebrities, voiced sharp criticism of Russia on Friday over jail sentences handed to three members of the punk band Pussy Riot who protested against President Vladimir...
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky
Libya August Update - Libyans Return From Syria in Boxes; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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Libya August Update - Libyans Return From Syria in Boxes
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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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
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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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)
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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Syria rebels 'shoot down warplane'; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 13 Aug 2012
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Syria rebels 'shoot down warplane'
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 -...

Obama, Romney's flip-flops on health care reform; updated 16 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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Obama, Romney's flip-flops on health care reform
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
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
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 19 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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South Africa mine shooting leaves Dozens killed
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
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...

Syria rebels 'shoot down warplane'; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 13 Aug 2012
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Syria rebels 'shoot down warplane'
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...

Darfur refugees in crisis; updated 31 Jul 2012; published 17 Jan 2012
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Darfur refugees in crisis
Middle East Online 17 Aug 2012, More than four years after an African Union-UN peacekeeping force costing billions of dollars arrived in Sudan's restive western region of Darfur, peace remains elusive and some question the mission's value. Critics say the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the world's largest peacekeeping operation, is too close to the...

Julian Assange Granted Asylum By Ecuador; updated 19 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Julian Assange Granted Asylum By Ecuador
Independent online (SA) 17 Aug 2012, Julian Assange will never be allowed free passage out of Britain, the British government said on Thursday night, raising the prospect of the fugitive WikiLeaks founder's effective imprisonment inside the Ecuadorean embassy in Knightsbridge for months or even years to come. Ecuador threw down the gauntlet to the UK, Sweden and the United States on...

Six killed in fresh attack on Abidjan army base; updated 06 Aug 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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Six killed in fresh attack on Abidjan army base
Al Jazeera 17 Aug 2012, Gunmen have attacked security posts and freed more than 100 prisoners in a town west of Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan during an overnight raid that ended, officials and local residents said. At least five people were killed in the clashes that ended on Thursday morning, including two of the gunmen and three civilians,...

RT crew & UN observers on Syrian 'civil war' frontline; updated 17 Aug 2012; published 11 May 2012
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RT crew & UN observers on Syrian 'civil war' frontline
CNTV 17 Aug 2012, DAMASCUS, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The mandate of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) was not extended by the UN Security Council's meeting on Thursday, however, the council agreed to establish a new civilian office in Damascus to back the mediating efforts of the United Nations and the Arab League (AL). UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said...