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  • South Africa's Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34 and at least 78 people were injured!...15:00
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  • 8/29/2012 -- Severe weather overview -- Tropical storm ISAAC heading to Midwest...4:02
  • State of the Union - Assessing Afghanistan's future...8:32
  • Inside Job: 'Green-on-blue' attacks paint Afghan peace hopes black...3:26
  • Under Threat: UN suspends Syria mission due to rising violence...4:42
  • South Africa miners charged with murder...2:28
  • Bo To Be Expelled From CCP?...3:02
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  • Ajmal Kasab judgement likely to figure in Manmohan-Zardari meet in Iran...1:49
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Uploaded by Antonis Ashiotis: www.facebook.com August 19, 2012 By Michelle Faul - Associated Press www.freep.com JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Miners and their families welcomed expelled politician Julius Malema on Saturday as he told the thousands who gathered at the site where 34 miners were killed last week that South African police had no right to fire the live bullets that killed them. Malema, the former youth leader of the governing African National Congress, arrived as family members continued to hunt for loved ones missing since Thursday's shootings. Women said they did not know whether their husbands and sons were among the dead, or among the 78 wounded or about 256 arrested by police on charges from public violence to murder. "They had no right to shoot," Malema said, even if the miners had opened fire first. Malema is the first politician to address the miners at the site during a more than weeklong saga in which 10 people were killed before Thursday's shootings -- including two police officers butchered to death and two mine security guards whom strikers burned alive in their vehicle. He said he had come because the government had turned its back on the strikers. Strikers complained earlier that President Jacob Zuma had not come to hear their side of the story when he flew to the Marikana platinum mine on Friday, cutting short his part in a summit in neighboring Mozambique so that he could visit wounded miners in the hospital. Zuma said he was organizing a <b>...</b> Related article
South Africa's Lon­min Marikana mine clash­es killed 34 and at least 78 peo­ple were in­jured!
15:00
NATO in Afghanistan - An in­ter­view with Am­bas­sador Simon Gass
6:45
8/29/2012 -- Se­vere weath­er overview -- Trop­i­cal storm ISAAC head­ing to Mid­west
4:02
State of the Union - As­sess­ing Afghanistan's fu­ture
8:32
In­side Job: 'Green-on-blue' at­tacks paint Afghan peace hopes black
3:26
Under Threat: UN sus­pends Syria mis­sion due to ris­ing vi­o­lence
4:42
South Africa min­ers charged with mur­der
2:28
Bo To Be Ex­pelled From CCP?
3:02
Ex­clu­sive footage shows tal­iban at­tack in afghanistan
2:14
Ajmal Kasab judge­ment like­ly to fig­ure in Man­mo­han-Zardari meet in Iran
1:49
Clint East­wood
11:50
In­done­sia asy­lum seek­ers boat sinks en route to Aus­tralia 100 miss­ing
2:13
Syria proxy war: 'Back to good old colo­nial games'
3:31
'I saw rebels be­head­ing men for re­li­gion' - Syr­i­an cler­ic
12:08
Iran re­jects West's plan to curb nu­cle­ar pro­gram with­out cuts in sanc­tions against Tehran!
6:12



Photo of (from left) Bob Einstein, Steven Franken and Robert Hogan from a 1970 television pilot Three for Tahiti. Networks sometimes arranged for special summer programming to replace their regular shows on hiatus; they also aired unsold pilots of shows during this time.
photo: Creative Commons / ABC Television
Steve Franken dead: Actor in 'Dobie Gillis' dies of cancer
Full Article The Examiner
Related topics CelebrityGossip & Entertainmentcancer Advertisement Steve Franken is dead. The actor, who starred in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," died Friday after a cancer battle. He was 80-years-old at the time of his death in Los Angeles. Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reported the passing of the veteran actor, whose career...

A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team searches a passerby while sweeping a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
Taliban fighters changing sides in Herat
Full Article BBC News
Much of the recent history of Afghanistan can be told through the life of one commander in the western city of Herat - Abdullah, known as "Charsi", which means "the hashish smoker". In a city proud of having Afghanistan's only museum to the jihad, the Islamist war against Soviet domination in the 1980s, Abdullah...

In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi
photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO
Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Full Article Herald Tribune
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia says it has suffered fatalities in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led military coalition there reported that a man in an Afghan army uniform had killed three of its troops. The Australian Defense Force said in a statement Thursday that Australian soldiers have been killed in an incident in Afghanistan. It did not say how...

Logo of the Champions League in the Grimaldi Forum, during the UEFA Champions League draw, in Monaco, Friday Aug. 28, 2009.
photo: AP / Claude Paris
UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw Results
Full Article The Source
The UEFA Champions League is back for another campagin, as the reigning champions of Europe look to repeat. See where...

A Sky Chock-Full of Black Holes: With its all-sky infrared survey, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has identified millions of quasar candidates.
photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Supermassive black holes and hot galaxies in giant haul
Full Article BBC News
A space telescope has added to its list of spectacular finds, spotting millions of supermassive black holes and blisteringly hot, "extreme" galaxies. The finds, by US space agency Nasa's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise), once lay obscured behind dust. But Wise can see in wavelengths correlated with heat, seeing for the...

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour for the media, a Syrian woman passes by Syrian government army soldiers, at one of several suburbs of Damascus that saw heavy fighting between troops and defectors before Assad's forces retook the areas in late January, in Harasta suburb, Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman
Syria President Bashar Assad appears confident of victory
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
BEIRUT — He flashed a smile and seemed at ease. He vowed victory even though it wouldn't happen any time soon. Syrian President Bashar Assad looked confident in a televised interview aired Wednesday, his first since escalating attacks by opposition forces last month seemed to threaten his hold on power. The interview appeared aimed at...

An unidentified mine workers sings and dances during ta mineworkers meeting at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe
South Africa miners charged with murder
Full Article Al Jazeera
Miners arrested at South Africa's Marikana mine have been charged in court with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot by police. The decision to charge the miners comes under "common purpose law" used under the former apartheid regime, and it suggests President Jacob Zuma's government wants to shift blame for the killings from police to the...

File - U.S. Army Spc. Daishon Newton, assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, provides security as members of the team make their way to a canal project site in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on June 14, 2011.
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
Suicide bombers strike near US base in Afghanistan
Full Article Stars and Stripes
Twin suicide bombings outside an American military base rocked Wardak Province early Saturday, causing mass casualties close to a U.S. base hit by a similar attack one year ago, according to a provincial government official. A suicide bomber blew himself up just after 6 a.m. oustide the district governor’s office in Sayad Abad, followed by a...

Chilli powder - Indian spice food used daily in meal
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar
10 foods that protect your heart
Full Article The Times of India
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet 10 foods for a healthy heart (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Heart disease is one of the most feared ailment and a side effect of sedentary lifestyle. You can control the effects of your lifestyle by eating the right food. It's quite often difficult to change your lifestyle drastically in this competitive world. But you can...

Unidentified arrested mine workers await to be escorted into the court by police officers at the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
photo: AP
Lawyers for SA miners threaten court action
Full Article Al Jazeera
Lawyers in South Africa are threatening court action against President Jacob Zuma unless he orders the release of 270 miners facing murder charges after police shot dead 34 of their colleagues at a protest. Unless Zuma takes action by midday Sunday, the firm of Maluleke, Msimang and Associates wrote in an open letter on Thursday, they will file...

Iran is stockpiling weapons grade uranium, a new reported finds
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Iran is stockpiling weapons grade uranium, a new reported finds
Full Article The Australian
A UNITED NATIONS report will confirm this week that Iran is expanding its nuclear program in defiance of the international community, bolstering calls for tougher sanctions amid the threat of an Israeli military strike. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, is expected to detail as early as today how Iran has...

More flooding, new evacuations in Isaac's wake
photo: DOD / Public Domain
More flooding, new evacuations in Isaac's wake
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
NEW ORLEANS — Isaac pushed north and out of Louisiana on Friday, leaving behind swaths of misery — flooded neighborhoods, power outages in humid heat, thousands seeking help in emergency shelters and thousands more lined up for necessities. Officials raised the hurricane-related death toll to seven — five in Louisiana and two in...

A series of perspectives on Afghanistan's future
photo: DOD / Public Domain
A series of perspectives on Afghanistan's future
Full Article BBC News
BBC Radio 4's The World At One has asked different commentators and analysts to reflect on what they think will happen when US and UK troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. Robert Fox The London Evening Standard's Defence Correspondent Robert Fox...

What the UN Security Council Can Do to Reduce Killing in Syria
photo: UN / Mark Garten
What the UN Security Council Can Do to Reduce Killing in Syria
Full Article Huffington Post
While innocent people are massacred in Syria day after day, members of the UN Security Council are lulled into inaction. They think they can do nothing to uphold the law when faced with prospective vetoes from Security Council members Russia and China, both friends of Bashar al-Assad's government. But this is not an accurate understanding of the...

Lawyers for SA miners threaten court action
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Sep 2012

Lawyers in South Africa are threatening court action against President Jacob Zuma unless he orders the release of 270 miners facing murder charges after police shot dead 34 of their colleagues at a protest. Unless Zuma takes action by midday Sunday, the firm of Maluleke, Msimang and Associates wrote in an open letter on Thursday, they will file...
Unidentified arrested mine workers await to be escorted into the court by police officers at the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
photo: AP

Suicide bombers strike near US base in Afghanistan
Full Article Stars and Stripes
01 Sep 2012

Twin suicide bombings outside an American military base rocked Wardak Province early Saturday, causing mass casualties close to a U.S. base hit by a similar attack one year ago, according to a provincial government official. A suicide bomber blew himself up just after 6 a.m. oustide the district governor’s office in Sayad Abad, followed by a...
File - U.S. Army Spc. Daishon Newton, assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, provides security as members of the team make their way to a canal project site in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on June 14, 2011.
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

More flooding, new evacuations in Isaac's wake
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
01 Sep 2012

NEW ORLEANS — Isaac pushed north and out of Louisiana on Friday, leaving behind swaths of misery — flooded neighborhoods, power outages in humid heat, thousands seeking help in emergency shelters and thousands more lined up for necessities. Officials raised the hurricane-related death toll to seven — five in Louisiana and two in...
More flooding, new evacuations in Isaac's wake
photo: DOD / Public Domain

A series of perspectives on Afghanistan's future
Full Article BBC News
01 Sep 2012

BBC Radio 4's The World At One has asked different commentators and analysts to reflect on what they think will happen when US and UK troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. Robert Fox The London Evening Standard's Defence Correspondent Robert Fox...
A series of perspectives on Afghanistan's future
photo: DOD / Public Domain

August sees most NATO deaths in Afghanistan
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
01 Sep 2012

Kabul -- More NATO troops, and more Americans, were killed in Afghanistan in August than in any other month this year. Fifty-three Western troops had died in Afghanistan as of...
August sees most NATO deaths in Afghanistan
photo: US Army / Alexandra Campo

What the UN Security Council Can Do to Reduce Killing in Syria
Full Article Huffington Post
01 Sep 2012

While innocent people are massacred in Syria day after day, members of the UN Security Council are lulled into inaction. They think they can do nothing to uphold the law when faced with prospective vetoes from Security Council members Russia and China, both friends of Bashar al-Assad's government. But this is not an accurate understanding of the...
What the UN Security Council Can Do to Reduce Killing in Syria
photo: UN / Mark Garten

South Africa miners charged with murder
Full Article Al Jazeera
31 Aug 2012

Miners arrested at South Africa's Marikana mine have been charged in court with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot by police. The decision to charge the miners comes under "common purpose law" used under the former apartheid regime, and it suggests President Jacob Zuma's government wants to shift blame for the killings from police to the...
An unidentified mine workers sings and dances during ta mineworkers meeting at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

Exclusive: China's Hu seeks clean power handover with ally's promotion - sources
Full Article Reuters
31 Aug 2012

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's outgoing President Hu Jintao is angling to promote one of his closest allies to the military's decision-making body, sources said, in a move that would allow him to maintain an influence over Beijing's most potent instrument of power. Three sources with ties to the top leadership said Hu hopes to cut all of his direct...
 Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during a joint briefing with French President Jacques Chirac after a signing ceremony in Beijing&acute;s Great Hall of the People Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Chirac is in Beijing leading a 30-strong business delegation ref
photo: (AP /Christophe Ena)

Taliban fighters changing sides in Herat
Full Article BBC News
31 Aug 2012

Much of the recent history of Afghanistan can be told through the life of one commander in the western city of Herat - Abdullah, known as "Charsi", which means "the hashish smoker". In a city proud of having Afghanistan's only museum to the jihad, the Islamist war against Soviet domination in the 1980s, Abdullah...
A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team searches a passerby while sweeping a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

India seeks speedy Pakistan trial
Full Article BBC News
31 Aug 2012

India has told Pakistan that a speedy trial of people held in Pakistan in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks would help build improve relations. This followed talks between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of a Non-Aligned...
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, on the sidelines of the XVI Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, in Tehran, Iran on August 30, 2012.	The Union Minister for External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna is also seen.
photo: PIB of India

Romney Promises To Restore America's Vitality
Full Article Skynews
31 Aug 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has sought to persuade Americans that he was the best hope to lift the struggling US economy and "restore the promise of America". "I want to succeed because I want America to succeed," Mr Romney....
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney acknowledges delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak

Australia asylum boat survivors taken to Indonesia
Full Article BBC News
31 Aug 2012

A group of 54 asylum seekers are being sent back to Indonesia, as the search continues for scores missing from a boat believed to have sunk. Australian and commercial ships plucked the survivors from the sea on Thursday in rescue operations 75km (45 miles) south-west of Indonesia's Java Island. Authorities had revised down an earlier figure of...
Survivors from a boat reportedly carrying about 150 asylum seekers that sank off Java island sit on the deck of a rescue ship upon arrival at Merak port in Banten province, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.
photo: AP

France and UK say all options open on Syria
Full Article Al Jazeera
30 Aug 2012

Britain and France have said they are not ruling out any options in Syria, including a military-enforced no-fly zone to protect thousands of civilians fleeing the escalating civil war. William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary, told a joint news conference in New York with Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, that a Turkish proposal for a...
Free Syrian Army fighters gather during fighting against government troops in Idlib, north Syria, Saturday, March 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

Syria President Bashar Assad appears confident of victory
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
30 Aug 2012

BEIRUT — He flashed a smile and seemed at ease. He vowed victory even though it wouldn't happen any time soon. Syrian President Bashar Assad looked confident in a televised interview aired Wednesday, his first since escalating attacks by opposition forces last month seemed to threaten his hold on power. The interview appeared aimed at...
In this photo taken on a government-organized tour for the media, a Syrian woman passes by Syrian government army soldiers, at one of several suburbs of Damascus that saw heavy fighting between troops and defectors before Assad's forces retook the areas in late January, in Harasta suburb, Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman

Usher puts personal troubles behind him
Full Article Yahoo Music
01 Sep 2012

LONDON (AP) — Usher's had a turbulent few months, but now he's back where he belongs — on stage. On Saturday, the...
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

Yelawolf – Live at the North Coast Music Festival
Full Article The Examiner
01 Sep 2012

Related topics Yelawolfnorth coast music festivalreviewchicagoThis Weekendradioactive Rating for YelawolfLive at the North Coast Music Festival 4 Advertisement The 2012 North Coast Music Festival kicked off at Chicago’s Union Park on Friday with a performance from Yelawolf. The Shady Records recording artist entertained the rabid festivalgoers...
Yelawolf performs during the 2011 Vans Warped Tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL USA - July 30, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Lady Gaga rants on stage at Madonna
Full Article Indian Express
31 Aug 2012

After Madonna made repeated digs at Lady Gaga saying she stole her music, the "Born This Way" singer reportedly retaliated against the...
Lady Gaga
photo: Creative Commons / RetroDanceFreak2011

Adele has Caribbean party after missing Notting Hill carnival
Full Article Digital Spy
29 Aug 2012

Adele has been celebrating at a Caribbean-style party after she missed Notting Hill carnival. The multi award-winning singer was not able to attend the famous London carnival because she is reportedly due to give birth to her first child in a matter of weeks. However, her boyfriend Simon Konecki apparently arranged a Caribbean-themed party for her,...
Adele has Caribbean party after missing Notting Hill carnival
photo: WN / Marzena J.

Two held over Notting Hill Carnival stabbings
Full Article The Independent
28 Aug 2012

A fight near the annual west London festival late on Sunday led to three stabbings, with one victim remaining in a critical condition last night. The 35-year-old man, who has not been named, was taken to hospital fighting for his life after an altercation between a number of men led police being called to North Pole Road at 11:15pm on Sunday. Two...
Two held over Notting Hill Carnival stabbings
photo: WN / Marzena J.

French singer Hallyday hospitalized for bronchitis
Full Article Newsday
27 Aug 2012

(AP) -- Johnny Hallyday's producer says the French entertainer famed for his Elvis-like style and gravelly voice has been hospitalized with a severe case of bronchitis. According to the Sipa news agency, producer Gilbert Coullier said the hospitalization on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was a "precautionary measure." The 69-year-old singer was...
Johnny Hallyday
photo: AP / Lionel Cironneau

In pictures: Notting Hill Carnival 2012
Full Article BBC News
27 Aug 2012

Exotic costumes and samba music have livened up the second day of Notting Hill Carnival in west London. The carnival is now in its 48th year. It originally started as an offshoot of the Trinidad...
In pictures: Notting Hill Carnival 2012
photo: WN / Marzena J.

Madonna Replaces Swastika in Video Image of French Politician
Full Article Rollingstone
23 Aug 2012

Madonna has removed the swastika superimposed over an image of right-wing French politician Marine Le Pen from a video played during shows on her European tour, The New York Times reports. The video that contained the image – as well as other political and religious figures including...
U.S.' Madonna poses at a photo call for her movie 'Filth And Wisdom' at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. The Berlinale takes place from Feb. 7 to Feb. 17, 2008 in the German capital.
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber

Essien: Mourinho like a father September 2, 2012
Full Article ESPN
02 Sep 2012

Michael Essien says he is thrilled to reunite with Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid and has not ruled out a permanent move to the Spanish capital. GettyImagesMichael Essien reunites with Jose Mourinho in Madrid Essien sealed a season-long loan...
New Real Madrid soccer player Michael Essien from Ghana leaves the press conference room after his official presentation at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

Texas Tech coach Gillispie still in hospital
Full Article The Washington Times
02 Sep 2012

LUBBOCK, TEXAS (AP) - Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie said he experienced what felt like a “stroke or a heart attack” before being hospitalized Friday. Gillespie said in an interview for a story published in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Saturday that he called 911 early Friday morning after experiencing severe pain. “It was the...
**FILE** Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie encourages his players during the second half of their basketball game against Vanderbilt in Lexington, Ky., in this Jan. 12, 2008 file photo. Kentucky won 79-73 in double overtime. The Wildcats beat a ranked team for the first time in 12 tries despite blowing a 16-point second-half lead and losing do-everything guard Derrick Jasper to a sprained left knee.   (bb2)
photo: AP / Ed Reinke

A Legal Victory for De La Hoya
Full Article The New York Times
02 Sep 2012

A woman who claimed to have been intimidated by Oscar De La Hoya during a wild night at a New York hotel has been ordered to pay his legal bill, after a judge said her lawsuit was “frivolous” and malicious. Justice Paul Wooten of State Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled Friday that the model Angelica Cecora owed $12,000 in legal fees to...
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya waves to the crowd before taking part in a news conference at City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. The news conference was to promote De La Hoya's May 5 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather for the junior middleweight championship in Las Veg
photo: AP / Jeff Chiu

Ramsay Leads at the European Masters
Full Article The New York Times
02 Sep 2012

Richie Ramsay shot a seven-under 64 for a one-stroke lead after the third round at the rainy European Masters in Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland. Ramsay had six birdies and did not drop a shot. He was at 11 under, one shot ahead of Paul Lawrie (67) and Danny Willett (68). Join the IHT on Facebook for more of the global conversation. Get Free E-mail...
Richie Ramsay of Scotland hits on the practice range during practice for the 2007 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, April 3, 2007. First round play begins on Thursday
photo: AP / Rob Carr

Rodríguez Expands Lead in the Vuelta a España
Full Article The New York Times
02 Sep 2012

Joaquim Rodríguez of Spain strengthened his overall lead in the Vuelta a España with a mountaintop victory in Stage 14. His countryman Alberto Contador finished second, five seconds behind, on the stage from Palas de Rei to Puerto de Ancares with another Spaniard, Alejandro Valverde, eight seconds back. Rodríguez, who has won...
Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race between Avignon and Digne-les Bains, southern France, Friday March 10, 2006. Floyd Landis of the United States retained the overall lead.
photo: AP / Lionel Cironneau

Rory McIlroy leads at TPC of Boston after another 65
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
02 Sep 2012

NORTON, Mass. — The Deutsche Bank Championship has had a fair amount of heavyweight bouts in only 10 years. This Labor Day weekend is shaping up as another one, featuring two generations of stars. Rory McIlroy at times made it look easy on his way to another six-under-par 65 to take the 36-hole lead. Tiger Woods couldn't buy a putt and still...
Rory McIlroy at The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village Golf Club, in Dublin, Ohio.
photo: Creative Commons / Ed

Nicolas Almagro outlasts Jack Sock
Full Article ESPN
01 Sep 2012

Slam Central For comprehensive U.S. Open coverage, check out Slam Central and stay informed of everything going on in New York. | NEW YORK --...
Nicolas Almagro of Spain celebrates after winning the final match against Richard Gasquet of France at the Suisse Open tennis tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland
photo: AP / Peter Schneider

Radwanska safely through
Full Article Sky Sports
01 Sep 2012

Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska saw off former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic 6-3 7-5 to reach the fourth round of the US Open. The Pole has never gone beyond the last 16 at...
Agnieszka Radwanska competes against Venus Williams during day 8 of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at The Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Florida - March 30, 2010
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Marriage is just another role call for B'town beauties
Full Article The Times of India
01 Sep 2012

SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Vidya Balan What's marriage got to do with it? When actor Koel Mallick was asked if she would continue in films after her February 2013 wedding to producer Nispal Singh, her cryptic reply was: "It's something I've left to destiny." Her reference to fate — and the changing fortunes of leading heroines once they tie the knot —...
An Indian marriage- Culture
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

'At Any Price' transports lush Iowa to Venice
Full Article Austin American Statesman
31 Aug 2012

VENICE, ItalyDirector Ramin Bahrani's new film "At Any Price" functions on two levels: a drama about a family farm's future set among Iowa's lush cornfields or a sweeping commentary about the economic pressures of big agribusiness. The second read raises very stark questions about how far people will go to protect their way of life, and,...
Writer and filmmaker Ramin Bahrani in Atlanta, Georgia.
photo: Creative Commons / Dominick Brady / Flickr

Steve Franken dead: Actor in 'Dobie Gillis' dies of cancer
Full Article The Examiner
31 Aug 2012

Related topics CelebrityGossip & Entertainmentcancer Advertisement Steve Franken is dead. The actor, who starred in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," died Friday after a cancer battle. He was 80-years-old at the time of his death in Los Angeles. Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reported the passing of the veteran actor, whose career...
Photo of (from left) Bob Einstein, Steven Franken and Robert Hogan from a 1970 television pilot Three for Tahiti. Networks sometimes arranged for special summer programming to replace their regular shows on hiatus; they also aired unsold pilots of shows during this time.
photo: Creative Commons / ABC Television

Sharmila confirms 2012 wedding while Saifeena remain tight-lipped
Full Article The Siasat Daily
29 Aug 2012

Mumbai, August 29: Amidst confusion and speculation about the impending marriage of star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Saif’s mother, actress Sharmila Tagore has confirmed that the wedding would take place in October in Delhi. The veteran actress while speaking to a tabloid stated that the wedding ceremony would be in Delhi in October...
Bollywood Actress Sharmila Tagore has confirmed that the wedding of Saif Ali and Kareena would take place in October in Delhi.
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Salman Khan film 'Ek Tha Tiger' biggest hit since '3 Idiots'
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
29 Aug 2012

Salman Khan continues to bring in the big bucks for Bollywood. Ek Tha Tiger, the actor's latest film, has netted over 2 billion rupees in...
Newly released Hindi film 'Ek Tha Tiger' poster on the theater in Pune city
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

It's Shahrukh Khan versus Ajay Devgn this Diwali
Full Article The Siasat Daily
28 Aug 2012

Mumbai, August 27: Superstar Shahrukh Khan and Ajay Devgn are all set to lock horns at the box-office this Diwali as their respective films will hit theatres on the same day. SRK's untitled Yash Chopra directed film and Devgn's "Son of Sardaar" is slated to release on November 13. Besides the two stars, both the films boasts of a huge cast and...
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan takes  a walk during the shooting of his film at Aru Pahalgam South kashmir 120 kms from Srinagar Monday  on 27, August 2012.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Here's What 'Obama's America'—The Doc That Has Conservative America Abuzz—Is All About
Full Article Business Insider
27 Aug 2012

This anti-Obama film is the top-grossing documentary of the year. Conservative filmmakers Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan's anti-President Obama documentary "2016: Obama's America" has grossed over $9 million at the box office since its limited release last month—making it the most lucrative documentary of 2012 and the sixth most...
U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the G8 Summit, in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 9, 2009
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari

Shia LaBeouf discusses his nudity in music video
Full Article Austin American Statesman
27 Aug 2012

LOS ANGELES — Just because Shia LaBeouf appears completely nude in the new Sigur Ros video and has said he's willing to perform real sex acts in Lars Von Trier's upcoming "The Nymphomaniac," that doesn't mean he's going through an exhibitionist phase. The 26-year-old actor says he's "not choosing to be naked all the time" and that he "didn't...
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Romney and Ryan hit Obama on jobs, promise tax cuts
Full Article Chicago Tribune
02 Sep 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate, making stops in Ohio and Florida Saturday, continued to attack President Obama’s job-creation record. Romney, who has promised to create 12 million jobs with his economic plan for tax cuts and less regulation, noted that he had seen a report Saturday...
Mitt Romney speaking to supporters at a grassroots early voting rally in Mesa, Arizona.
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Rep. Ryan's speech; Teaching hospital; Politicians on Facebook
Full Article Austin American Statesman
02 Sep 2012

Rep. Ryan's speech In his convention speech, vice presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gave value voters a special gift — a dispensation from the Ninth Commandment when talking about President Barack Obama. Howard Barnett hbarnett@austin.rr.com Austin Teaching hospital Re: July 22 article, "How much will your hospital care...
In this Aug. 29, 2012, photo, Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. It was Mitt Romney’s show.
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Barack Obama says Republican ideas from 'last century'
Full Article The Times of India
02 Sep 2012

SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet URBANDALE, Iowa: President Barack Obama tried to bolster his re-election campaign on Saturday with a fierce critique of the Republicans' convention and a plea to supporters to cast their ballots as early as possible. Speaking to a crowd of 10,000 in the battleground state of Iowa, Obama said rival Mitt Romney and his fellow...
President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.
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Marks and Spencer gambles on bringing internet age to the shop floor
Full Article The Guardian
02 Sep 2012

As online shopping grows, the high street retailer is testing a 'multichannel' approach, using touchscreens and Wi-Fi at a massive new concept store...
Marks and Spencer's shop at a shopping mall in India-British retailer Marks & Spencer.
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Noda, beset by internal strife, gears up for leadership race
Full Article Japan Times
02 Sep 2012

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is preparing to hold a news conference Friday to announce his candidacy in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, according to his aides. If re-elected as DPJ chief, Noda is planning to reshuffle the party's executives and his Cabinet lineup in hopes of boosting anemic support ratings ahead of the next...
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Japan's relations with Seoul have rapidly deteriorated since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited tiny islets in the Sea of Japan this month to push his country's claim to them. Days later, a boatful of Chinese activists landed on a group of East China Sea islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. Noda said Japan will strengthen security around the East China Sea islands to prevent future landing attempts.
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Thrice-weekly flights to Kathmandu
Full Article The Star
02 Sep 2012

SEPANG: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) began its thrice-weekly service to Kathmandu with the inaugural flight departing from the KL International Airport for the...
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH138 docked at Adelaide Airport awaiting departure
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Parties with vested interests hindering nation's growth: Moily
Full Article IBN Live
01 Sep 2012

Jaipur: Union Minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said there was no irregularity on part of the Centre in coal block allocation, and alleged that some political parties with "vested interest" were creating an atmosphere detrimental to the country's growth. Some people (political leaders) with vested interest do not want the country to progress...
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Tokyo Court: Samsung Didn't Infringe Apple Patent
Full Article Newsfactor
01 Sep 2012

A Tokyo court on Friday dismissed Apple Inc.'s claim that Samsung had infringed on its patent -- the latest ruling in the global legal battle between the two technology titans over smartphones. The Japanese court case addressed only the synchronizing technology that allows media players to share with personal computers and was not comparable in...
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South Africa's Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34 and at least 78 people were injured!
South Africa's Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34 and at least 78 people were injured!
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Uploaded by Antonis Ashiotis: www.facebook.com August 19, 2012 By Michelle Faul - Associated Press www.freep.com JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Miners and their families welcomed expelled politician Julius Malema on Saturday as he told the thousands who gathered at the site where 34 miners were killed last week that South African police had no right to fire the live bullets that killed them. Malema, the former youth leader of the governing African National Congress, arrived as family members continued to hunt for loved ones missing since Thursday's shootings. Women said they did not know whether their husbands and sons were among the dead, or among the 78 wounded or about 256 arrested by police on charges from public violence to murder. "They had no right to shoot," Malema said, even if the miners had opened fire first. Malema is the first politician to address the miners at the site during a more than weeklong saga in which 10 people were killed before Thursday's shootings -- including two police officers butchered to death and two mine security guards whom strikers burned alive in their vehicle. He said he had come because the government had turned its back on the strikers. Strikers complained earlier that President Jacob Zuma had not come to hear their side of the story when he flew to the Marikana platinum mine on Friday, cutting short his part in a summit in neighboring Mozambique so that he could visit wounded miners in the hospital. Zuma said he was organizing a <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/South_Africa's_Lonmin_Marikana_mine_clashes_killed_34_and_at_least_78_people_were_injured!
NATO in Afghanistan - An interview with Ambassador Simon Gass
NATO in Afghanistan - An interview with Ambassador Simon Gass
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  • Updated: 28 Aug 2012
Author: NATOCOMMUNITY
Interview with NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Simon Gass.
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8/29/2012 -- Severe weather overview -- Tropical storm ISAAC heading to Midwest
8/29/2012 -- Severe weather overview -- Tropical storm ISAAC heading to Midwest
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use the links here to monitor severe weather nationally, and internationally: sincedutch.wordpress.com typhoon Bolaven on the other side of the planet in China: www.ksdk.com tropical storm Kirk: www.nbcmiami.com tropical storm Ileana: www.upi.com
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State of the Union - Assessing Afghanistan's future
State of the Union - Assessing Afghanistan's future
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  • Updated: 24 Jul 2012
Author: CNN
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers weigh in on the future of Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.
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Inside Job: 'Green-on-blue' attacks paint Afghan peace hopes black
Inside Job: 'Green-on-blue' attacks paint Afghan peace hopes black
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  • Updated: 01 Sep 2012
Author: RussiaToday
Attempts at finding stability in Afghanistan have suffered a setback after a wave of attacks on Western troops by Afghan soldiers. Around a dozen NATO servicemen have been killed in the last couple of weeks alone, inflicting further damage to hopes for post-war peace. 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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Under Threat: UN suspends Syria mission due to rising violence
Under Threat: UN suspends Syria mission due to rising violence
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  • Published: 16 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 28 Aug 2012
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The UN observer mission in Syria is suspending its activities because of escalating violence in the country. This, as the US says it's tracking a Russian military cargo ship as it makes its way to Syria with weapons and troops reportedly onboard. Moscow's denied the claims, but said several ships are ready if needed to protect its Syrian base. RT's Maria Finoshina joins us in Damascus with the details. Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.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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South Africa miners charged with murder
South Africa miners charged with murder
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  • Published: 31 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 01 Sep 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
South African authorities have used a law last used in the apartheid era to bring murder charges against 270 miners involved in unrest at the Marikana mine earlier this month. The 270 workers would be tried under the "common purpose" doctrine because they were in the crowd which confronted police on 16 August, an official said. Police opened fire, killing 34 miners and sparking a national outcry. Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Rustenberg.
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Bo To Be Expelled From CCP?
Bo To Be Expelled From CCP?
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  • Updated: 27 Aug 2012
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Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Bo Xilai's incident, which exposed the Chinese Communist Party' (CCP) infighting, still draws media attention. A Japanese media published information, that the recently held CCP elites' meeting in Beidaihe decided to hold Bo responsible for his actions. On August 26, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported, CCP's elite made decision on Bo's fate at Beidaihe's meeting. The outcome is to expel Bo from the party and investigate his responsibility for the former Chongqing vice mayor Wang Lijun's fleeing to the US consulate. The report also said that Bo would likely be stripped of his status as a delegate to the National CCP Congress. This is expected to clear the obstacles during the investigation on Bo's crimes. The Asahi Shimbun referred to sources that have contacts with officials who attended the Beidaihe meeting. They said Hu Jintao and his allies overrode objections by Jiang Zemin's faction and other strong supporters of Bo. The report also said that the official announcement on Bo's punishment is expected to come in the meeting of the Central Committee, scheduled right before the 18th Congress. The report says, Bo's expulsion shows Hu has maintained the upper hand in decision-making during the power struggle of the top-level leaders for the 18th Congress. German Journalists in China Request Merkel's Protection On August 26, German journalists based in China wrote to Chancellor Angela Merkel who <b>...</b>
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Exclusive footage shows taliban attack in afghanistan
Exclusive footage shows taliban attack in afghanistan
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  • Published: 22 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 01 Sep 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Al Jazeera has obtained video of the Taliban preparing to launch an attack on a US base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports.
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Ajmal Kasab judgement likely to figure in Manmohan-Zardari meet in Iran
Ajmal Kasab judgement likely to figure in Manmohan-Zardari meet in Iran
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  • Published: 30 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 30 Aug 2012
Author: ibnlive
The Ajmal Kasab judgement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks is likely to have an impact on the meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as they meet on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Tehran. India will push for a speedy trial of the 26/11 masterminds in Pakistan. ibnlive.com
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Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
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  • Published: 31 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 01 Sep 2012
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Clint Eastwood addresses the 2012 Republican National Convention.
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Indonesia asylum seekers boat sinks en route to Australia 100 missing
Indonesia asylum seekers boat sinks en route to Australia 100 missing
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  • Updated: 31 Aug 2012
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Survivors of a sunken boat en route to Australia are ferried to Indonesia as the search for others continues. Despite a halt to the search by the Australians, Indonesian rescue workers continue looking for survivors two days after a boat full of asylum seekers sank on its way to Australia. Nearly 100 people remain missing as 55 others have been found alive at sea. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Merak. Source, credit to Aljazeera- www.aljazeera.com FAIR USE NOTICE: This video has been posted to further advance our understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, Technological, democratic, scientific, and social justice issues which constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 USC Section 107 for research and educational purposes.
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Syria proxy war: 'Back to good old colonial games'
Syria proxy war: 'Back to good old colonial games'
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  • Updated: 01 Sep 2012
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Paris has made its latest move in the political gambit over the Syrian crisis. French President Francois Hollande has called on Syria's opposition to form a provisional government, saying France won't hesitate to recognise it. Our correspondent Tesa Arcilla reports on what this means for the conflict. 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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'I saw rebels beheading men for religion' - Syrian cleric
'I saw rebels beheading men for religion' - Syrian cleric
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  • Updated: 01 Sep 2012
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RT talks to mother Agnes Mariam, founder of monastery in Qara in Syria and witnessed what the people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war. 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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Iran rejects West's plan to curb nuclear program without cuts in sanctions against Tehran!
Iran rejects West's plan to curb nuclear program without cuts in sanctions against Tehran!
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  • Updated: 09 Jul 2012
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(May 24, 2012)- www.debka.com
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French Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande reacts as he walks past a market in Tulle, southwestern France, Saturday, April 21, 2012. The first round of the election will take place on April 22, followed by a second round on May 6, 2012. Inter Milan's forward Antonio Cassano sticks his tongue out during a Serie A soccer match against Pescara, at the Adriatico stadium in Pescara, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. The new Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras waves to the outgoing caretaker Prime Minister Panayiotis Pikramenos, unseen, who leaves the the Maximos Mansion after meeting, in Athens, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Solar Energy panels, India

Delegates hold up Mitt Romeny placards as Romney is nominated for the Office of the President of the United Statesduring the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Britain's Laura Robson reacts during a match against Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic at the Women's Fortis Championschips Tennis Tournament in Luxembourg, Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008. Benesova won the match 6-1, 2-6, 3-6. Daikin Obese Commuter

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being seen off by the Ambassador of India to Iran, Shri D.P. Srivastava on his departure from Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran on August 31, 2012. School children playing football on the school ground - India - education A man with Ganesh idol for Ganesh Chaturthi - festival celebrated in Maharashtra Pune's public bus - public transport vehicle in the city

Somalia: President Sharif announces Supreme Court will decide if candidates will join parliament Cameroon's Stephane Mbia, right, celebrates with team mate Samuel Eto'o . South African President Jacob Zuma, center, is greeted upon arrival in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Zuma, the chief regional mediator on Zimbabwe, arrived in Harare for talks with the leaders of the nation's troubled coalition government. The Harare talks are expected to focus on internal disagreements on a new Zimbabwe constitution and a timetable toward new elections. UK launches £2m plan to tackle cholera in Sierra Leone

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after his statement to the media and supporters on a balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Jenson Button passed Sebastian Vettel on the final lap, to take his first victory since the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix. Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez speaks with the media in Caracas, Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Ramirez denied that Venezuela's state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA has had US$12 billion (€8.3 billion) in assets frozen by court orders in Exxon Mobil Corp. challenges to the nationalization of an oil project in the South American country. Ramirez is also PDVSA's president. A river scene in the Amazon Rainforest, Amazon river - Salinopolis - Para - Brazil

A Syrian man pushes a door away from the rubble of houses destroyed in a government airstrike, in the Syrian town of Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. 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.  Emarat , Petrol Pump, Energy, Oil , Fuel , (sv2) A box of packed walnuts - nuts - healthy food

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally London 2012 Olympics: How Britain's multicultural capital won the hearts of people from every nation Chelsea's Didier Drogba holds up the trophy in front of Roman Abramovich at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Bayern Munich and Chelsea in Munich, Germany Saturday May 19, 2012. We visited the Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Gardens and got a behind the scenes tour the Blue Iguana Recovery Program.  The Cayman Blue Iguana is a critically endangered species, with only 15 of them still living when they were first counted back in the late 1980s. A recovery program was immediately started and the population has started to return as a result. The Blue Iguana is only found on Grand Cayman. They have a similar look to the common green iguana, which is an invasive species that was brought to Grand Cayman from Honduras. Fortunately, the presence of the green iguana does not seem to have an adverse effect on the Blue Iguana.  Some of the Blue Iguanas I photographed are "free roamers" in the park and some were in enclosures as part of the recovery program.

In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search And Rescue Agency, a wooden boat which is believed to have up to 180 asylum seekers on board floats on the waters off Christmas Island, Australia, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Andy Roddick of the USA during his match against Xavier Malisse of Belgium on Day 5 of The Atlanta Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Georgia USA.  Roddick won 46 63 64 - July 23, 2010 The tails of Qantas planes are lined up at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. A honey bee - insect - nature

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WASHINGTON (AP) — On the opening day of the Republican National Convention, the party chairman said the American people “need to prosecute the president on what he promised and what he delivered.” That’s just what the GOP tried to do this past week...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak talk in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, July 16, 2012.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak is opposed to attacking Iran in the two upcoming months before the U.S. presidential elections. And in anticipation of Knesset elections in Israel, he does not exclude the possibility of joining forces with Tzipi Livni,...
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Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of the United Nations meets with Syrian President Al-Assad in the presidents suite in the Grand Intercontinental Hotel Sunday july 11, 2008 in Paris France
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Inauguration of the new general head office of the direction of the taxes of Togo.     Togo and finance     inauguration du nouveau siège social de la direction général des impôts du Togo. Togo et finance Ministre d'Etat, ministre de l'Administration territoriale, de la Décentralisation et des Collectivités locales, Porte-parole du gouvernement : Pascal Akoussoulèlou BODJONA et l'ancien ministre Barké
LOME, TogoSecurity forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators in Lome demanding the release of Pascal Bodjona, Togo's former Interior Minister and number two man to President Faure Gnassingbé, who was taken in for...
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Twin suicide attack on NATO Afghan base kills 12
GHANZNI, Afghanistan: Ten civilians and two police were killed and dozens more were wounded Saturday in a Taliban twin suicide attack targeting a US-run military base in central Afghanistan, officials said. The first bombing was carried out by a...
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Isaac remnants dumping heavy rain across Missouri, Illinois
(Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac were grinding slowing northward early on Saturday with its center now deep into Missouri and the heavy rain stretching for hundreds of miles east into Illinois amid reports of tornadoes and high winds,...
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Ban Ki-moon defends visit to Iran
UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon. (AFP) More Coverage "I believe in the power of diplomacy and I believe in dialogues and I believe in engagement. This is exactly what I did during my visit to Tehran," Ban told Reuters on a stopover in...
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South Africa's Lonmin Marikana mine clashes killed 34 and at least 78 people were injured!; updated 01 Sep 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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South Africa's Lon­min Marikana mine clash­es killed 34 and at least 78 peo­ple were in­jured!
Al Jazeera 01 Sep 2012, Lawyers in South Africa are threatening court action against President Jacob Zuma unless he orders the release of 270 miners facing murder charges after police shot dead 34 of their colleagues at a protest. Unless Zuma takes action by midday Sunday, the firm of Maluleke, Msimang and Associates wrote in an open letter on Thursday, they will file...

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NATO in Afghanistan - An interview with Ambassador Simon Gass; updated 28 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2012
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8/29/2012 -- Severe weather overview -- Tropical storm ISAAC heading to Midwest; updated 01 Sep 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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The Los Angeles Times 01 Sep 2012, NEW ORLEANS — Isaac pushed north and out of Louisiana on Friday, leaving behind swaths of misery — flooded neighborhoods, power outages in humid heat, thousands seeking help in emergency shelters and thousands more lined up for necessities. Officials raised the hurricane-related death toll to seven — five in Louisiana and two in...

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State of the Union - Assessing Afghanistan's future; updated 24 Jul 2012; published 06 May 2012
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State of the Union - As­sess­ing Afghanistan's fu­ture
BBC News 01 Sep 2012, BBC Radio 4's The World At One has asked different commentators and analysts to reflect on what they think will happen when US and UK troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. Robert Fox The London Evening Standard's Defence Correspondent Robert Fox...

Inside Job: 'Green-on-blue' attacks paint Afghan peace hopes black; updated 01 Sep 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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In­side Job: 'Green-on-blue' at­tacks paint Afghan peace hopes black
San Francisco Chronicle 01 Sep 2012, Kabul -- More NATO troops, and more Americans, were killed in Afghanistan in August than in any other month this year. Fifty-three Western troops had died in Afghanistan as of...

Under Threat: UN suspends Syria mission due to rising violence; updated 28 Aug 2012; published 16 Jun 2012
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Huffington Post 01 Sep 2012, While innocent people are massacred in Syria day after day, members of the UN Security Council are lulled into inaction. They think they can do nothing to uphold the law when faced with prospective vetoes from Security Council members Russia and China, both friends of Bashar al-Assad's government. But this is not an accurate understanding of the...

South Africa miners charged with murder; updated 01 Sep 2012; published 31 Aug 2012
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South Africa min­ers charged with mur­der
Al Jazeera 31 Aug 2012, Miners arrested at South Africa's Marikana mine have been charged in court with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot by police. The decision to charge the miners comes under "common purpose law" used under the former apartheid regime, and it suggests President Jacob Zuma's government wants to shift blame for the killings from police to the...

Bo To Be Expelled From CCP?; updated 27 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2012
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Reuters 31 Aug 2012, BEIJING (Reuters) - China's outgoing President Hu Jintao is angling to promote one of his closest allies to the military's decision-making body, sources said, in a move that would allow him to maintain an influence over Beijing's most potent instrument of power. Three sources with ties to the top leadership said Hu hopes to cut all of his direct...

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BBC News 31 Aug 2012, Much of the recent history of Afghanistan can be told through the life of one commander in the western city of Herat - Abdullah, known as "Charsi", which means "the hashish smoker". In a city proud of having Afghanistan's only museum to the jihad, the Islamist war against Soviet domination in the 1980s, Abdullah...

Ajmal Kasab judgement likely to figure in Manmohan-Zardari meet in Iran; updated 30 Aug 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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Skynews 31 Aug 2012, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has sought to persuade Americans that he was the best hope to lift the struggling US economy and "restore the promise of America". "I want to succeed because I want America to succeed," Mr Romney....

Indonesia asylum seekers boat sinks en route to Australia 100 missing; updated 31 Aug 2012; published 31 Aug 2012
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BBC News 31 Aug 2012, A group of 54 asylum seekers are being sent back to Indonesia, as the search continues for scores missing from a boat believed to have sunk. Australian and commercial ships plucked the survivors from the sea on Thursday in rescue operations 75km (45 miles) south-west of Indonesia's Java Island. Authorities had revised down an earlier figure of...

Syria proxy war: 'Back to good old colonial games'; updated 01 Sep 2012; published 28 Aug 2012
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Al Jazeera 30 Aug 2012, Britain and France have said they are not ruling out any options in Syria, including a military-enforced no-fly zone to protect thousands of civilians fleeing the escalating civil war. William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary, told a joint news conference in New York with Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, that a Turkish proposal for a...

'I saw rebels beheading men for religion' - Syrian cleric; updated 01 Sep 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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'I saw rebels be­head­ing men for re­li­gion' - Syr­i­an cler­ic
The Los Angeles Times 30 Aug 2012, BEIRUT — He flashed a smile and seemed at ease. He vowed victory even though it wouldn't happen any time soon. Syrian President Bashar Assad looked confident in a televised interview aired Wednesday, his first since escalating attacks by opposition forces last month seemed to threaten his hold on power. The interview appeared aimed at...