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Fires Still Burning in Aftermath of Deadly Venezuela Blast
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
27 Aug 2012

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Scenes of destruction extended for blocks through the working-class neighborhood near the Amuay oil refinery on Sunday, as firefighters struggled to control blazes still burning in the plant's huge fuel storage tanks after an explosion early Saturday that has killed at least 41 people. Residents trying to retrieve...
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Fires Still Burning in Aftermath of Deadly Venezuela Blast
photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos

Seventeen civilians beheaded in Afghanistan's Helmand
Full Article Joy Online
27 Aug 2012

Seventeen civilians have been beheaded in Afghanistan, local officials say, with 10 Afghan soldiers killed in a separate incident. The civilians died in Musa Qala district, in the southern province of Helmand on Sunday night. The 10 soldiers were killed in the same province when insurgents attacked a security checkpoint also on Sunday....
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Seventeen civilians beheaded in Afghanistan's Helmand
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq

South Africa miners start returning to work
Full Article Al Jazeera
27 Aug 2012

Miners at South Africa’s Lonmin-run platinum mine are due to return to work today after a strike in which 44 people were killed, many by police. Al Jazeera's Tania Page, reporting from Rustenburg in the North West province, said on Monday the miners were returning to work to heed the new deadline issued by management. Those who refuse to resume...
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Mine workers sing a dance during a memorial service at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Police shot and killed 34 striking miners and wounded 78 others last week. Demands for higher wages spread to at least two other mines, raising fears of further protests at more South African mines that provide most of the world's platinum.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital
Full Article Indian Express
27 Aug 2012

Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels. About 320 bodies, including women and children, were found in houses...
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This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, purports to show people killed by shabiha, pro-government militiamen, being prepared for burial in a mass grave in Daraya, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network, SNN

UK's Post-Imperial Policing and Detainees 'Deadly' Dilemma
Full Article WorldNews.com
27 Aug 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Death is always an extreme event. It becomes even more severe and excessive for dying empires, their most vulnerable citizens, and their local power structures sworn to serve and protect. This "tragedy of the commons" is now being played out across the UK. According to the Independent Police...
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British police officers arrest a man as rioters gathered in Croydon, south London, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.
photo: AP / Sang Tan

Isaac on verge of becoming hurricane, watch extends to Louisiana
Full Article Fox31 Denver
26 Aug 2012

MIAMI (CNN) — As Tropical Storm Isaac moved quickly through the Straits of Florida on Sunday, coastal communities in Florida issued mandatory evacuations and Republicans delayed the start of their national convention. Residents along the Gulf Coast watched nervously as forecasters said the storm was moving west of its originally predicted...
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Isaac on verge of becoming hurricane, watch extends to Louisiana
photo: AP / Alan Diaz

Joan Smith: The Moon once made the future seem so bright
Full Article The Independent
26 Aug 2012

Forty-three years later, pictures of the Moon landings are quaint and a little sad. In his unwieldy space suit, Neil Armstrong looks like a figure out of an old sci-fi movie, and the announcement of his death at the weekend feels like a coda to a book which has long been closed. Six Apollo missions landed a dozen men on the Moon between 1969 and...
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Joan Smith: The Moon once made the future seem so bright
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Best and worst gaffes during Election 2012 campaign
Full Article The Examiner
26 Aug 2012

Related topics Elections 2012ObamaRomneyBidenAkingaffes by politicians Advertisement Everyone loves a good gaffe. They provide seemingly endless fodder for late-night television and give us something to tweet about. Here are some of our favorite gaffes from some of our least favorite people. "I'm not concerned about the very poor." -- Mitt Romney,...
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Best and worst gaffes during Election 2012 campaign
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Refinery to restart in two days after fire - Venezuela
Full Article The Star
26 Aug 2012

PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's biggest refinery is on track to restart within two days, the energy minister said on Sunday, following an explosion on Saturday that killed 41 people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents. People walk among debris a day after an explosion at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the...
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Refinery to restart in two days after fire - Venezuela
photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos

Syria VP appears in public, ends defection rumors
Full Article Zeenews
26 Aug 2012

Amman: Syrian Vice President Farouk Al-Sharaa has made his first public appearance in several weeks, ending rumors that he defected. Al-Sharaa was last seen at the funeral of four...
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Syria VP appears in public, ends defection rumors
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi


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Neil Armstrong 1930-2012: modesty on the moon
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President Barack Obama greets members of the military before boarding Air Force One at the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base in Coraopolis, Pa., Friday, June 24, 2011.
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Isaac to become hurricane later this evening, 225 miles southeast of New Orleans more
A man stands on a post with a stop sign as waves pass the seawall during the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac in Baracoa, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.
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Related topics isaacTropical Storm IsaacHurricane IsaacNew OrleansLouisiana Advertisement New Orleans and southern parts of Louisiana are under a hurricane watch as Isaac moves slowly across Gulf waters but strengthening. At 4:00 pm Monday, August...
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Gaza 'will not be liveable by 2020' - UN report more
Palestinians filling plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah. -- The Israeli blockade on Gaza has made life more difficult for the inhabitants of the camp. Unemployment levels have increased dramatically, with a large proportion of the residents relying on UNRWA's nutritional and financial assistance.. Photo by AHMED DEEB/WN
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The Gaza Strip will not be "a liveable place" by 2020 unless action is taken to improve basic services in the territory, according to a UN report. Basic infrastructure in water, health, education and sanitation "is struggling to keep...
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François Hollande calls on Syrian rebels to form provisional government more
President-elect Francois Hollande waves from the balcony of the Socialist Party headquarters in Paris Monday May 7, 2012.
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Move reveals differences with UK and US, which have been more guarded in their dealings with Syrian opposition groups François Hollande said France would recognise a provisional government of Syria. Photograph: Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images...
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UN chief urges speedy probe of Syria mass killings more
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the General Assembly on the situation on Syria at an informal plenary meeting where the Assembly also heard, via video link from Geneva, from Kofi Annan (shown on screen), UN/Arab League Joint Special Envoy on Syria. At right is Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser President of the Assemly's sixty-sixth session.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for an immediate, independent investigation into the killing of hundreds of civilians in the Damascus suburb of Daraya....
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Isaac's death toll reaches 19 in Haiti, 5 in Dominican Republic more
Isaac's death toll reaches 19 in Haiti, 5 in Dominican Republic
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's death toll from Tropical Storm Isaac has jumped to 19, while five people have died in the neighboring Dominican Republic, government officials...
photo: AP / Alan Diaz
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Death toll rises to 41 in Venezuela refinery blast more
Death toll rises to 41 in Venezuela refinery blast
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Photos PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela - (AP) -- The death toll rose to 41 at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, where fires were still raging on Monday two days after a powerful explosion....
photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos
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Video of Venezuela refinery inferno as deadly blast hits Amuay plant; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 26 Aug 2012
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Video of Venezuela refinery inferno as deadly blast hits Amuay plant
Fires Still Burning in Aftermath of Deadly Venezuela Blast
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27 Aug 2012, CARACAS, Venezuela -- Scenes of destruction extended for blocks through the working-class neighborhood near the Amuay oil refinery on Sunday, as firefighters struggled to control blazes still burning in the plant's huge fuel storage tanks after an explosion early Saturday that has killed at least 41 people. Residents trying to retrieve...

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Venezuela is importing oil despite having world's largest reserve
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Firefighters and rescue teams work at the Amuay oil refinery after an explosion in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.
Refinery blast kills 19 in Venezuela, dozens hurt
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Firefighters seen with burning cars after an explosion near a police station in southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Turkey, late Monday, Aug. 20, 2012.
Blast kills 8, wounds 60 in southeastern Turkey
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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.
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17 Civilians Beheaded in Afghanistan; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2012
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Seventeen civilians beheaded in Afghanistan's Helmand
Joy Online 27 Aug 2012, Seventeen civilians have been beheaded in Afghanistan, local officials say, with 10 Afghan soldiers killed in a separate incident. The civilians died in Musa Qala district, in the southern province of Helmand on Sunday night. The 10 soldiers were killed in the same province when insurgents attacked a security checkpoint also on Sunday....

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Memorial at South African mine; updated 25 Aug 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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Memorial at South African mine
South Africa miners start returning to work
Al Jazeera 27 Aug 2012, Miners at South Africa’s Lonmin-run platinum mine are due to return to work today after a strike in which 44 people were killed, many by police. Al Jazeera's Tania Page, reporting from Rustenburg in the North West province, said on Monday the miners were returning to work to heed the new deadline issued by management. Those who refuse to resume...

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Hollande urges Greek PM to commit to reforms
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Number of Syrian refugees 'surpasses 200,000'
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Syria accused of massacre near Damascus; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 26 Aug 2012
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Syria accused of massacre near Damascus
Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital
Indian Express 27 Aug 2012, Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels. About 320 bodies, including women and children, were found in houses...

Police Brutality UK (2010); updated 26 Aug 2012; published 09 Oct 2010
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UK's Post-Imperial Policing and Detainees 'Deadly' Dilemma
WorldNews.com 27 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Death is always an extreme event. It becomes even more severe and excessive for dying empires, their most vulnerable citizens, and their local power structures sworn to serve and protect. This "tragedy of the commons" is now being played out across the UK. According to the Independent Police...

Hurricane Isaac Forming In The Atlantic Ocean -- May Hit Florida and Carribean Islands -- Report; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 21 Aug 2012
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Hurricane Isaac Forming In The Atlantic Ocean -- May Hit Florida and Carribean Islands -- Report
Isaac on verge of becoming hurricane, watch extends to Louisiana
Fox31 Denver 26 Aug 2012, MIAMI (CNN) — As Tropical Storm Isaac moved quickly through the Straits of Florida on Sunday, coastal communities in Florida issued mandatory evacuations and Republicans delayed the start of their national convention. Residents along the Gulf Coast watched nervously as forecasters said the storm was moving west of its originally predicted...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 25 Aug 2012
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82
Joan Smith: The Moon once made the future seem so bright
The Independent 26 Aug 2012, Forty-three years later, pictures of the Moon landings are quaint and a little sad. In his unwieldy space suit, Neil Armstrong looks like a figure out of an old sci-fi movie, and the announcement of his death at the weekend feels like a coda to a book which has long been closed. Six Apollo missions landed a dozen men on the Moon between 1969 and...

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Best and worst gaffes during Election 2012 campaign
The Examiner 26 Aug 2012, Related topics Elections 2012ObamaRomneyBidenAkingaffes by politicians Advertisement Everyone loves a good gaffe. They provide seemingly endless fodder for late-night television and give us something to tweet about. Here are some of our favorite gaffes from some of our least favorite people. "I'm not concerned about the very poor." -- Mitt Romney,...

39 Killed in Venezuela Refinery Blast , 80 people wounded In Huge Gas Explosion; updated 26 Aug 2012; published 25 Aug 2012
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39 Killed in Venezuela Refinery Blast , 80 people wounded In Huge Gas Explosion
Refinery to restart in two days after fire - Venezuela
The Star 26 Aug 2012, PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's biggest refinery is on track to restart within two days, the energy minister said on Sunday, following an explosion on Saturday that killed 41 people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents. People walk among debris a day after an explosion at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the...

Syria Vice President's Cousin Defects 8-16-12 Head of Political Intelligence Division; updated 20 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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Syria Vice President's Cousin Defects 8-16-12 Head of Political Intelligence Division
Syria VP appears in public, ends defection rumors
Zeenews 26 Aug 2012, Amman: Syrian Vice President Farouk Al-Sharaa has made his first public appearance in several weeks, ending rumors that he defected. Al-Sharaa was last seen at the funeral of four...

Barbara Walters Interview with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad: 'There Was No Command to Kill'; updated 26 Aug 2012; published 07 Dec 2011
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Barbara Walters Interview with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad: 'There Was No Command to Kill'
Risking life to report from Aleppo
Al Jazeera 26 Aug 2012, - There is no doubt that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are still in charge. Fighter jets constantly roar through the skies. We almost got used to that sound after spending a few days in Aleppo city and its surrounding rural villages. Reality struck soon enough. The sound of the jet was much louder than usual. It was now flying...

On Syria, The UN Human Rights Council Has Been Wrong for So Long; updated 04 May 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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On Syria, The UN Human Rights Council Has Been Wrong for So Long
'Hundreds of bodies' found in Syria town
France24 26 Aug 2012, AFP - Hundreds of bodies have been found in a town outside Damascus after a ferocious five-day assault by the Syrian army, a watchdog said on Sunday, as activists accused government forces of a "massacre". At least 320 people have been killed during the offensive by government troops in Daraya, a satellite town of some 200,000 people to the...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 25 Aug 2012
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong dead at 82
Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at 82
Newsday 26 Aug 2012, Neil was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the . The modest man, who had people on entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million miles away, but credited others for the feat, died Saturday. He was 82. Armstrong died after complications...

Video of Venezuela refinery inferno as deadly blast hits Amuay plant; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 26 Aug 2012
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Video of Venezuela refinery inferno as deadly blast hits Amuay plant
Explosion at oil refinery in Venezuela leaves 26 dead, more than 80 injured
The Washington Post 26 Aug 2012, CARACAS, Venezuela — A huge explosion rocked Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 80 others in one of the deadliest disasters ever to hit the country’s key oil industry. Balls of fire rose over the Amuay refinery, among the largest in the...