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  • Big Kahuna Character Dialogue...4:59
  • Gaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands...2:10
  • 'Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding'...5:36
  • Angola's ruling party wins general election...1:23
  • 'Nightmare if West invades Syria'...13:09
  • Arafat's death: Palestinian negotiator calls for international investigation...4:47
  • President Obama Speaks to Troops at Fort Bliss...26:13
  • Obama: Romney Has No Plan for Afghanistan...1:11
  • Saved to Struggle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jordan camp...2:50
  • eNCA | SA Seeks to Understand Marikana Massacre...5:07
  • NewsX Video: Corruption in the coal sector...1:57
  • Hurricane Isaac: 2 Feet of Rain in Louisiana...2:28
  • Dozens killed in South Africa mine clashes...2:26
  • Wild fires destroy homes in Algarve, Portugal...1:22

Quite possibly Danny DeVito's best performance. This clip takes place at the end of the movie between Phil and Bob. I recommend watching the whole film to truly appreciate the discussion about character and honesty. Related article
Big Kahu­na Char­ac­ter Di­a­logue
4:59
Gaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands
2:10
'Morsi slams Assad at NAM sum­mit at US bid­ding'
5:36
An­go­la's rul­ing party wins gen­er­al elec­tion
1:23
'Night­mare if West in­vades Syria'
13:09
Arafat's death: Pales­tini­an ne­go­tia­tor calls for in­ter­na­tion­al in­ves­ti­ga­tion
4:47
Pres­i­dent Obama Speaks to Troops at Fort Bliss
26:13
Obama: Rom­ney Has No Plan for Afghanistan
1:11
Saved to Strug­gle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jor­dan camp
2:50
eNCA | SA Seeks to Un­der­stand Marikana Mas­sacre
5:07
NewsX Video: Cor­rup­tion in the coal sec­tor
1:57
Hur­ri­cane Isaac: 2 Feet of Rain in Louisiana
2:28
Dozens killed in South Africa mine clash­es
2:26
Wild fires de­stroy homes in Al­garve, Por­tu­gal
1:22
Michelle Obama - 2012 Demo­crat­ic Na­tion­al Con­ven­tion Video
7:54



In this photo released by Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, speaks to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during the summit of the Nonaligned Movement in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / Amir Kholousi, ISNA
Morsi in Tehran: Crossing the boundaries
Full Article Al Jazeera
When during his speech at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared it an "ethical duty" to support the Syrian people against the "oppressive regime" of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus suddenly, for a clear moment, he became the messenger of the Egyptian Revolution for the Syrian people, and by...

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki
Cristiano Ronaldo 'sad' at Real Madrid and upset with 'people in the club' after choosing ...
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
First Kaka wanted to leave, now Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo says he's "sad" at the Spanish club. Saying goodbye? Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed he is 'not happy' with some people in the club Photo: GETTY IMAGES 10:48AM BST 03 Sep 2012 Comments Ronaldo said he was upset with "people in the club" after scoring two goals to lead Madrid...

Dems drop language on Jerusalem from platform
photo: US DoD / Chad J. McNeeley
Dems drop language on Jerusalem from platform
Full Article North Jersey
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have dropped from their platform recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has opened President Barack Obama to criticism from Republican rival Mitt Romney....

Syrian refugee, Omm Ahmed, from Daraa, Syria, carries her newly-born infant near her tent, at Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
More than 103,400 refugees flee Syria in a month as humanitarian crisis worsens
Full Article CNN
September 4, 2012 -- Updated 1141 GMT (1941 HKT) Za'atari Refugee camp in northern Jordan, about six miles from the Syrian border, currently hosts over 20,000 Syrian refugees. UNICEF predicts 70,000 people will be living there by the end of the year. The camp was opened less than a month ago to accommodate the growing number of refugees arriving in...

Ships and submarines participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2012 sail in formation in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands July 27, 2012.
photo: US Navy / CMCS Keith Deviney
Is Weakness of National Security 'National Security?'
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It has become common to argue that appeasing Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Third Reich was a major cause for the massive slaughter that occurred during World War II. Absent from this argument, however, is that Adolf Hitler's and the Nazi Third Reich's "security through superiority" doctrine was their...

President Barack Obama walks past debris on the sidewalks as he tours the Bridgewood neighborhood in LaPlace, La., in the Saint John the Baptist Parish, with local officials to survey the ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
After Isaac, Louisiana and Mississippi residents face dangerous heat conditions
Full Article CNN
September 4, 2012 -- Updated 0713 GMT (1513 HKT) Workers repair the roof of a home as downed power lines caused by Hurricane Isaac lean onto a tree in lower Plaquemines Parish on Sunday, September 2. Isaac is blamed for at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi after making landfall last week as a Category 1 hurricane. Hundreds of thousands...

Police keep an eye on arrested mineworkers as they arrive at a court in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria, South Africa, Monday Aug 20, 2012. T
photo: AP
South Africa's New Martyrs and Labor Consciousness Movement
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "This is no way to live or grow children. Fifty people share one toilet. We don't have water." -Wife of a miner who works for Lonmin Platinum in Marikana "...everyone must begin to look upon each other as a human being." -Stephen Biko For resisting South Africa's apartheid system, Stephen Biko was...

Artificial garlands for Ganesha festival in India.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam
बाप्पांना हार चिनी प्लास्टिक फुलांचा
Full Article Esakal
नाशिक- गणपती-गौरीच्या देखाव्यांसाठी यंदा चीनमधून अनेक शोभिवंत फुले आली आहेत. अर्थात, प्लास्टिक आणि लायटिंग असलेल्या या चिनी फुलांनी बाजारपेठ बहरली आहे. उत्सवाचे महत्त्व लक्षात घेता अनेक शोभेच्या व देखाव्यांच्या चिनी वस्तू बाजारात विक्रीसाठी आल्या आहेत. चीनमधून आलेली ही फुले नैसर्गिक फुलांप्रमाणे हुबेहूब दिसत असल्याने असली व नकली फूल ओळखणे अवघड आहे....

Timely and decisive response vital to uphold ‘responsibility to protect’ – UN officials
photo: UN Photo / JC McIlwaine
Timely and decisive response vital to uphold ‘responsibility to protect’ – UN officials
Full Article United Nations
5 September 2012 – A timely and decisive response is vital in the face of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, top United Nations officials stressed today, highlighting the need to act when a State fails to protect its own people. “This is the ultimate test of the responsibility to protect,” Secretary-General Ban...

A Syrian child stands next to rebel fighters checking a house that was damaged in bombing by government forces in Marea, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen
China backs "transition" in Syria, opposes intervention
Full Article Reuters
BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) - China backs a "political transition" in Syria to end worsening bloodshed after 18 months of unrest, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Wednesday while repeating Beijing's opposition to forceful foreign intervention in the crisis. Yang gave no details of what he meant by a transition in Syria, where the...

In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 file photo taken on a government-organized tour, Abdullah al-Senoussi, head of Libyan intelligence, speaks to the press as gunfire erupts all around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya.
photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills
Mauritania extradites Gaddafi spy chief Senussi to Libya
Full Article The Guardian
Extradition of Libyan dictator's former head of military intelligence could shed fresh light on 1988 Lockerbie bombing Abdullah al-Senussi, pictured in Tripoli in 2011, is said to have recruited Abdel-Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. Photograph: Paul Hackett / Reuters/Reuters...

President Barack Obama waves to supporter from the stage after speaking at a campaign event at Norfolk State University, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Norfolk, Va.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Obama DNC Message On Afghanistan May Be Hard To Craft
Full Article Huffington Post
When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Thursday night at the end of this week's Democratic National Convention, he will have no trouble saying more about the war in Afghanistan than his opponent, Mitt Romney, did last week....

A woman waits for a bus as a soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Coban, Guatemala, Tuesday Dec. 21, 2010. The Guatemalan military declared a monthlong state of siege Sunday in Alta Verapaz in hopes of reclaiming cities that have been taken over by Mexico's brutal Zetas drug gang. Local leaders of the mountainous northern province, which has become a prime corridor for smuggling drugs from Honduras to Mexico, say they have been asking state and federal authorities to intervene for two years now.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd
Mexico: Major Drug Suspect Is Arrested
Full Article The New York Times
A presumed top leader of the Gulf Cartel, one of the country’s largest and most powerful criminal groups, was caught by the Mexican Navy on Monday as he was carrying a large gun. The kingpin, Mario Cárdenas Guillén, was detained in Tamaulipas State, where violence has surged in the past couple of years. The navy did not detail...

US Gulf Coast grapples with Hurricane Isaac aftermath
photo: AP / Rogelio V. Solis
US Gulf Coast grapples with Hurricane Isaac aftermath
Full Article BBC News
Almost one week after Hurricane Isaac came ashore, the US Gulf Coast is still grappling with severe flooding and 240,000 people are still without power. Thousands of evacuees are in shelters, or with friends and relatives, and have not been able to return to their homes. President Barack Obama is due to visit the state of Louisiana on Monday to...

Firefighters work to douse the fire in Ribeira do Farrio, near Ourem, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Francisco Seco
Portugal asks for EU help on forest fires
Full Article BBC News
Portugal has said it is seeking European Union help to to tackle raging forest fires, in one of the worst summers for such blazes in years. Dozens of fires are raging in the centre and north of the country and 1,700 firefighters have been deployed. Officials say one man died while...

In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 file photo taken on a government-organized tour, Abdullah al-Senoussi, head of Libyan intelligence, speaks to the press as gunfire erupts all around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya.
photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills
Al-Senoussi, l'ex-chef du renseignement libyen, extradé vers Tripoli
Full Article France24
REUTERS - Les autorités mauritaniennes ont extradé Abdallah al Senoussi, ancien chef des services de renseignement libyens et figure du régime de Mouammar Kadhafi, vers son pays, rapporte mercredi l'agence de presse officielle. "Il a été extradé en Libye sur la base des garanties fournies par...

A worker unloads firewood from a horse cart at a coal factory on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, Monday, March 7, 2011.
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri
'Coalgate controversy': India police raid coal firms
Full Article BBC News
Police in India are carrying out raids across 10 cities as as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the allocation of coalfields. Police say they are searching the premises of five companies, which allegedly misrepresented facts prior to being allocated the coalfields. Government officials and company employees are also under...

A mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) in Gaza City as French prosecutors in Paris opened up an official inquiry into Yasser Arafat's death in Gaza City on August 28, 2012. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas welcomed a decision by French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry into claims the Arafat may have been poisoned.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Yasser Arafat: French investigators seek Ramallah visit
Full Article BBC News
French judges investigating the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are seeking to travel to Ramallah to probe allegations he was poisoned. His family believes he had been poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive element, when he died at a military hospital near Paris in 2004. French judges opened a murder enquiry into his death last month....

Premier Jean Charest, of Quebec speaks during the New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers conference in Bar Harbor, Maine, Tuesday, Sept. 16
photo: AP / Jim Cole
Kanada Québec wählt neues Parlament
Full Article Die Zeit
Montréal (AFP) In der kanadischen Provinz Québec ist am Dienstag ein neues Parlament gewählt worden. Als Favoritin gilt die Oppositionspartei Parti Québécois (PQ) von Pauline Marois. Die 63-jährige Befürworterin einer Unabhängigkeit der französischsprachigen Provinz lag in Umfragen...

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers detained, sacked for insurgent links
photo: US Army / Alexandra Campo
Hundreds of Afghan soldiers detained, sacked for insurgent links
Full Article Gulf News
Kabul: The Afghan army has detained or sacked hundreds of soldiers for having links to insurgents, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, as it tries to stem an alarming number of so-called insider attacks eroding trust between Afghans and their allies. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed strong concern over the attacks, in which Afghan...

Timely and decisive response vital to uphold ‘responsibility to protect’ – UN officials
Full Article United Nations
05 Sep 2012

5 September 2012 – A timely and decisive response is vital in the face of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, top United Nations officials stressed today, highlighting the need to act when a State fails to protect its own people. “This is the ultimate test of the responsibility to protect,” Secretary-General Ban...
Timely and decisive response vital to uphold ‘responsibility to protect’ – UN officials
photo: UN Photo / JC McIlwaine

Mauritania extradites Gaddafi spy chief Senussi to Libya
Full Article The Guardian
05 Sep 2012

Extradition of Libyan dictator's former head of military intelligence could shed fresh light on 1988 Lockerbie bombing Abdullah al-Senussi, pictured in Tripoli in 2011, is said to have recruited Abdel-Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. Photograph: Paul Hackett / Reuters/Reuters...
In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 file photo taken on a government-organized tour, Abdullah al-Senoussi, head of Libyan intelligence, speaks to the press as gunfire erupts all around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya.
photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills

Morsi in Tehran: Crossing the boundaries
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Sep 2012

When during his speech at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared it an "ethical duty" to support the Syrian people against the "oppressive regime" of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus suddenly, for a clear moment, he became the messenger of the Egyptian Revolution for the Syrian people, and by...
In this photo released by Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, speaks to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during the summit of the Nonaligned Movement in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / Amir Kholousi, ISNA

Angola: Promises temper election victory
Full Article BBC News
05 Sep 2012

Angola's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), have enjoyed another thumping victory at the polls. Although not quite the 82% landslide of 2008, with 97% of ballots counted so far, they have scored more than 70% and will retain an absolute parliamentary majority...
Angolans queue at a voting station in Kicolo, Luanda, Angola to cast their ballots Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.
photo: AP

China backs "transition" in Syria, opposes intervention
Full Article Reuters
05 Sep 2012

BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) - China backs a "political transition" in Syria to end worsening bloodshed after 18 months of unrest, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Wednesday while repeating Beijing's opposition to forceful foreign intervention in the crisis. Yang gave no details of what he meant by a transition in Syria, where the...
A Syrian child stands next to rebel fighters checking a house that was damaged in bombing by government forces in Marea, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen

Yasser Arafat: French investigators seek Ramallah visit
Full Article BBC News
05 Sep 2012

French judges investigating the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are seeking to travel to Ramallah to probe allegations he was poisoned. His family believes he had been poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive element, when he died at a military hospital near Paris in 2004. French judges opened a murder enquiry into his death last month....
A mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) in Gaza City as French prosecutors in Paris opened up an official inquiry into Yasser Arafat's death in Gaza City on August 28, 2012. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas welcomed a decision by French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry into claims the Arafat may have been poisoned.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

Dems drop language on Jerusalem from platform
Full Article North Jersey
04 Sep 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have dropped from their platform recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has opened President Barack Obama to criticism from Republican rival Mitt Romney....
Dems drop language on Jerusalem from platform
photo: US DoD / Chad J. McNeeley

Obama DNC Message On Afghanistan May Be Hard To Craft
Full Article Huffington Post
04 Sep 2012

When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Thursday night at the end of this week's Democratic National Convention, he will have no trouble saying more about the war in Afghanistan than his opponent, Mitt Romney, did last week....
President Barack Obama waves to supporter from the stage after speaking at a campaign event at Norfolk State University, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Norfolk, Va.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

More than 103,400 refugees flee Syria in a month as humanitarian crisis worsens
Full Article CNN
04 Sep 2012

September 4, 2012 -- Updated 1141 GMT (1941 HKT) Za'atari Refugee camp in northern Jordan, about six miles from the Syrian border, currently hosts over 20,000 Syrian refugees. UNICEF predicts 70,000 people will be living there by the end of the year. The camp was opened less than a month ago to accommodate the growing number of refugees arriving in...
Syrian refugee, Omm Ahmed, from Daraa, Syria, carries her newly-born infant near her tent, at Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon

South Africa's New Martyrs and Labor Consciousness Movement
Full Article WorldNews.com
04 Sep 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "This is no way to live or grow children. Fifty people share one toilet. We don't have water." -Wife of a miner who works for Lonmin Platinum in Marikana "...everyone must begin to look upon each other as a human being." -Stephen Biko For resisting South Africa's apartheid system, Stephen Biko was...
Police keep an eye on arrested mineworkers as they arrive at a court in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria, South Africa, Monday Aug 20, 2012. T
photo: AP

'Coalgate controversy': India police raid coal firms
Full Article BBC News
04 Sep 2012

Police in India are carrying out raids across 10 cities as as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the allocation of coalfields. Police say they are searching the premises of five companies, which allegedly misrepresented facts prior to being allocated the coalfields. Government officials and company employees are also under...
A worker unloads firewood from a horse cart at a coal factory on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, Monday, March 7, 2011.
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri

After Isaac, Louisiana and Mississippi residents face dangerous heat conditions
Full Article CNN
04 Sep 2012

September 4, 2012 -- Updated 0713 GMT (1513 HKT) Workers repair the roof of a home as downed power lines caused by Hurricane Isaac lean onto a tree in lower Plaquemines Parish on Sunday, September 2. Isaac is blamed for at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi after making landfall last week as a Category 1 hurricane. Hundreds of thousands...
President Barack Obama walks past debris on the sidewalks as he tours the Bridgewood neighborhood in LaPlace, La., in the Saint John the Baptist Parish, with local officials to survey the ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

South Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreads
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
04 Sep 2012

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near Johannesburg on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wave of labor militancy spreading from platinum mining into other parts of the sector. The unrest occurred less than three weeks after police shot dead 34 striking miners at...
Released mine workers celebrate their release at Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate's Court, Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
photo: AP

Portugal asks for EU help on forest fires
Full Article BBC News
03 Sep 2012

Portugal has said it is seeking European Union help to to tackle raging forest fires, in one of the worst summers for such blazes in years. Dozens of fires are raging in the centre and north of the country and 1,700 firefighters have been deployed. Officials say one man died while...
Firefighters work to douse the fire in Ribeira do Farrio, near Ourem, Portugal, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Francisco Seco

Katy Perry and John Mayer Have Romantic Date Night in L.A.
Full Article IMDb
05 Sep 2012

Friends, lovers or nothing? Maybe there can be more than one! John Mayer and Katy Perry had a late-night...
Katy Perry performs during the Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida USA December 11, 2010
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Jason Aldean nominated for 2012 CMA Awards biggest honor
Full Article The Examiner
05 Sep 2012

Related topics CMA awards2012 CMA AwardsJason AldeanJason Aldean music Advertisement The 2012 CMA Awards nominees were announced on September 5th, 2012. Luke Bryan stepped in for a weather-delayed Lady Antebellum and joined Jason Aldean to reveal this year's honored country music artists. As Jason Aldean discovered this morning, his name is...
Jason Aldean performs during the
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Christina Aguilera to Give Keynote Speech at THR and Billboard's Film & TV Music Conference
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
05 Sep 2012

share Jason Merritt/Getty Images The two-day event, which will also feature talks by "X Factor" judge LA Reid, kicks off Oct. 24 at the W Hotel in Hollywood. Christina Aguilera will participate as a keynote speaker at the 2012 Billboard and Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference presented by First Entertainment Credit Union and being...
Christina Aguilera smiles during her performance at Caracas's University stadium, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001. Christina Aguilera performed on the third day of the Caracas Pop Music Festival.
photo: AP / Fernando Llano

British pop star George Michael picks up his tour with thanks to Vienna medical workers
Full Article Star Tribune
04 Sep 2012

VIENNA - George Michael is playing tribute to the Austrian doctors and nurses who helped him fight life-threatening pneumonia as he prepares...
George-Michael-Impersonator
photo: Creative Commons / Evan-Amos

Haiti: A land of vibrant music and culture
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
04 Sep 2012

British musician Mark Mulholland has been working out in Haiti with some of country's talented artists and writers. Haiti, he says, has a wealth of musical talent and has retained its spirit in the wake of several disasters. Image 1 of 5 Musician Mark Mulholland and artists and poet Frankétienne in Haiti in 2012 Photo:...
After the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, the streets of the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Bel-Air receive a much greater influx of passers-by, many of whom are now homeless.
photo: Creative Commons / Marcello Casal Jr/ABr

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

Falcao rejects Real Madrid rumours with Twitter statement
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2012

The Columbian ace has come out and reiterated his desire to remain with the Vicente Calderon outfit despite the intense speculation regarding his future By John-Paul...
Atletico Madrid's Colombian forward Radamel Falcao Garcia, reacts after scoring his third goal against Chelsea, during the Super Cup final soccer match at the Louis II stadium, in Monaco, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.
photo: AP / Claude Paris

'I wanted a new challenge,' says new Zenit signing Alex Witsel
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2012

The highly rated Belgian midfielder surprised many by signing with the Russians along with Hulk and believes that he has arrived at an 'ambitious' club in a...
Benfica's Axel Witsel, left, from Belgium, vies for the ball with Porto's Cristian Sapunaru, from Romania, during their Portuguese League Cup semifinal soccer match at Benfica's Luz stadium in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Francisco Seco

'Vilanova has clear ideas,' says Barcelona midfielder Xavi
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2012

The 32-year-old has thrown his support behind the Barca coach, who he believes can lead the club to more titles, while giving his thoughts on Iker Casillas and Cesc Fabregas...
Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez, left, celebrates with his teammate Lionel Messi, of Argentina, after scoring during a Champions League, group H, soccer match between AC Milan and Barcelona at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Barcelona won 3-2.
photo: AP / Antonio Calanni

Romney says America worse off now than in 2009
Full Article Ohio
05 Sep 2012

WEST LEBANON, N.H.: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pointing the country’s $16 trillion debt and the millions...
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives at LaValley Building Supply Inc., to conduct television interviews
photo: AP / Evan Vucci

Lahm to start at right-back for Germany against Faroe Islands
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2012

The Mannschaft boss hints the Bayern defender will play opposite Marcel Schmelzer in defence on Friday, while Marco Reus could be used as a 'false nine' in Mario...
Germany's Philipp Lahm, left, celebrates with Jerome Boateng after scoring during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Frank Augstein

Sharapova beats Bartoli to reach US Open semi-finals
Full Article BBC News
05 Sep 2012

Third seed Maria Sharapova recovered to beat Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli and reach the semi-finals of the US Open. Play resumed on Wednesday with the 2006 champion trailing 4-0 in the first set, which she proceeded to lose 6-3. But Sharapova took the next two sets 6-3 6-4 to set up a last-four encounter against top seed Victoria Azarenka....
Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates defeating Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in their match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus

Sepp Blatter: The Ballon d'Or should go to a Spanish international
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2012

The head of football's world governing body believes this year's Ballon d'Or should be given to a player from the 2012 European Championship winners By Frank Tigani More...
In this March 30, 2012 file picture FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA President Sepp Blatter defended his role in a World Cup kickbacks scandal
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus

Villas-Boas impressed by Dembele Tottenham debut
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2012

The Belgium international opened his account on his first appearance at White Hart Lane against Norwich and the new Spurs boss is confident it is a sign of...
Chelsea's manager Andre Villas Boas takes to the touchline before his team's English Premier League soccer match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England, Monday Jan. 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Jon Super

Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens hit Venice in high fashion (Video)
Full Article The Examiner
05 Sep 2012

Related topics Selena GomezVenice International Film Festival 2012Ashley BensonVanessa Hudgens Advertisement On September 5, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens represented their film, "Spring Breakers," by dolling up for their Venice International Film Festival photocall appearance. Their movie, which premiered on Wednesday in the...
Selena Gomez performs during her 'We Own The Night' tour at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton Florida, USA - July 28, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Michael Fassbender will play a rock star in Frank
Full Article Total Film
05 Sep 2012

Michael Fassbender will play the leader of a pop band in Frank, a musical comedy developed by Film4. The Fass adds the project to a heaving slate, which includes 12 Years A Slave,...
Honoree Michael Fassbender arrives at the 16th annual GQ "Men of the Year" party in Los Angeles, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

Michael Clarke Duncan dies; Oscar-nominated 'Green Mile' star was 54
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
04 Sep 2012

Michael Clarke Duncan, the tall and massively built actor with the shaved head and deep voice who received an Academy Award nomination for his moving portrayal of a gentle death row inmate in the 1999 prison drama "The Green Mile," died Monday. He was 54. Duncan died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to a statement from his publicist, Joy...
This Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo shows actor Michael Clarke Duncan in New York.
photo: AP / Carlo Allegri

John Travolta to Receive Donostia Award at San Sebastian
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
03 Sep 2012

share The actor will present his latest film, "Savages" in the Zabaltegi Pearls Section. MADRID - The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Festival will bestow one of its Donostia Awards on the actor John Travolta, alongside the other two already announced for Ewan McGregor and Tommy Lee Jones and the Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award going to...
Actor John Travolta arrives at the 19th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008.
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

Kareena promotes new movie in ‘Heroine’ style
Full Article Gulf News
03 Sep 2012

Dubai: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Monday promoted her new movie Heroine in style in Dubai. She stepped off a sea-plane and jumped onto a yacht at the Jebel Ali Resort and Spa — just like her glamorous on-screen persona Mahi Arora. Kapoor’s mood on Monday was sunny and pleasant, a stark contrast to her reel-life role. “I am balanced, calm and...
Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor
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I was a Bond girl - thanks to pasta
Full Article Independent online (SA)
03 Sep 2012

London - Britt Ekland’s bikini-clad turn in The Man With The Golden Gun remains a firm favourite with 007 fans almost 40 years after the film’s premiere. And now, the Swedish-born actress has revealed how she achieved her eye-catching look – by eating huge portions of spaghetti on set. Bond producer Albert ‘Cubby’...
Britt Ekland
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Jackie Shroff: 'Cover Story is part of new Bollywood trend'
Full Article Digital Spy
03 Sep 2012

Jackie Shroff has claimed that Cover Story marks the beginning of a trend for foreign directors in Bollywood. The melodramatic thriller will be directed by Dutch filmmaker Laurens Postma, who also made the source film The Interview. Shroff told IANS: "It's not the length but the strength of the role that matters. Even if there are two scenes in a...
Jackie Shroff-bollywood actor attended one of the function-India.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

Bipasha Basu denies being irritated by fans in Ahmedabad
Full Article Digital Spy
03 Sep 2012

Bipasha Basu has denied reports that she was irritated after being mobbed by fans in Ahmedabad. The actress, who is currently on an extensive promotional tour for the horror thriller Raaz 3, said that on the contrary she is happy with the reception she receives from her fans across India. Speaking to IANS, Basu said: "I was not irritated at all, in...
Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu looks on during the launch of the music of the Hindi film "Aetbaar" in Bombay, India, in this Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 file photo. It takes a lot to rattle Bollywood sex symbol Bipasha Basu. But a bunch of unkempt, lewd men did the trick when shooting dance sequences for the recently released movie "Omkara."
photo: AP / Gautam Singh

Glenn Beck Accuses Airline of 'Subhuman' Treatment
Full Article IMDb
05 Sep 2012

Glenn Beck says he suffered "subhuman" treatment on an American Airlines flight and...
Glenn Beck
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UPS sees TNT deal closing pushed out to early 2013
Full Article The Guardian
05 Sep 2012

(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday that EU regulators are extending their review of the company's planned takeover of Dutch peer TNT Express NV because antitrust conditions will not be met by an earlier deadline....
United Parcel Service delivery service park in Paco, Manila - Philippines
photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub

Facebook stock rallies after Mark Zuckerberg says he won't sell
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
05 Sep 2012

What a difference a day has made for Facebook. Shares of the social networking giant perked up Wednesday, rising 4.4% in heavy trading to $18.51 as they crawled back from the record low of $17.73 they set Tuesday. Facebook can, at least in part, thank its new friends: Jefferies analysts Brian Pitz and Brian Fitzgerald, who initiated coverage of the...
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, speaks at a Facebook event for marketing professionals, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 in New York.
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

Kaushik Basu World Bank chief economist
Full Article Indian Express
05 Sep 2012

The World Bank today appointed Kaushik Basu as its chief economist and Senior Vice President. Basu (60) will begin his term on October 1, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement. Basu, who replaces Justin Yifu Lin, was Chief...
The Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Kaushik Basu- India
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Google launches SME partner scheme for digital ads
Full Article Indian Express
05 Sep 2012

Search engine major Google today launched a Small and Medium Enterprises partner programme and said it plans to have 30 channel partners for selling digital advertising solutions to SMEs across 100 cities in India. "We are launching this programme where the intent is...
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies.
photo: WN / Priya Dashini

Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie gifts Rs one lakh to IAF pilots in cash
Full Article The Times of India
05 Sep 2012

Download free ET iPad add for easier viewing of latest and financial News ! It was an unusual gift from Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie to two Indian Air Force pilots -- Rs one lakh in cash. NEW DELHI: It was an unusual gift from Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie to two Indian Air Force...
The State Councillor and Minister of National Defence of China, General Liang Guanglie calls on the Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony, in New Delhi on September 04, 2012. 	The Defence Secretary, Shri Shashikant Sharma is also seen.
photo: PIB of India

Sarah Palin and the Eastwood/Obama 'Empty Chair'
Full Article Huffington Post
05 Sep 2012

Riffing on Clint Eastwood's bizarre "empty chair" routine at the Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin sent a tweet accusing President Obama of an "Empty Chair Style of Leadership" with a link to a child's high chair. That jab was classic Palin: scoring a political point with a gratuitous personal insult. It was also ironic, since Palin often...
Sarah Palin CU
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Ledesma: Mar’s political graveyard
Full Article Sun Star
05 Sep 2012

The president’s men need not make a big deal out of the appointment of Mar Roxas as not being political because any which way you look at it everything is political. To impress us otherwise is an insult. The relevance here is whether Roxas can fit the shoes of Jesse Robredo not so much as a secretary of the Department of Interior and Local...
Sen. Mar Roxas, running mate of President-apparent Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, talks to the media following the meeting of Aquino and the new U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr., at Aquino III's residence at Manila's Quezon city Friday May 21, 2010. Thomas, who congratulated the yet-to-be proclaimed Aquino III, became the first foreign diplomat to meet with Aquino. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Big Kahuna Character Dialogue
Big Kahuna Character Dialogue
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  • Published: 17 Nov 2007
  • Updated: 04 Sep 2012
Author: fluxfreq
Quite possibly Danny DeVito's best performance. This clip takes place at the end of the movie between Phil and Bob. I recommend watching the whole film to truly appreciate the discussion about character and honesty.
http://wn.com/Big_Kahuna_Character_Dialogue
Gaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands
Gaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands
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  • Published: 05 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
He was once one of the most feared men in Libya. Now Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief, is back in the country - after being handed over by Mauritania. He was arrested four months ago for illegally entering the west African country. He faces allegations of murder and human rights abuses while he was Gaddafi's head of intelligence. Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford has more.
http://wn.com/Gaddafi's_spy_chief_in_Libyan_hands
'Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding'
'Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding'
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  • Published: 30 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: RussiaToday
The Syrian delegation has walked out on a session of the Non-Aligned movement in Tehran. They were angered at a speech by Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi, who called President Assad's regime oppressive. Syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to inciting further violence in the country. RT spoke to journalist and broadcaster Neil Clark, who believes Morsi's statement was unbalanced at best. 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.
http://wn.com/'Morsi_slams_Assad_at_NAM_summit_at_US_bidding'
Angola's ruling party wins general election
Angola's ruling party wins general election
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  • Published: 01 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 03 Sep 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' nearly 33 years in power looks set to be extended after his ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party took 74.46 per cent of votes in national elections, according to provisional results. Julia Ferreira, an electoral commission spokeswoman, said on Saturday that with about 58 per cent of ballots counted, the MPLA had taken nearly three quarters of the ballots. From the capital Luanda, al-Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports.
http://wn.com/Angola's_ruling_party_wins_general_election
'Nightmare if West invades Syria'
'Nightmare if West invades Syria'
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  • Published: 02 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: RussiaToday
Read script on.rt.com RT speaks to the director and founder of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center, Claude Moniquet about the Arab Spring and terrorism in the Middle East and Europe. 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.
http://wn.com/'Nightmare_if_West_invades_Syria'
Arafat's death: Palestinian negotiator calls for international investigation
Arafat's death: Palestinian negotiator calls for international investigation
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  • Duration: 4:47
  • Published: 04 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 02 Sep 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Al Jazeera continues its investigation into Yasser Arafat's death. Research revealed that Arafat may have been killed by ingesting one microgram of radioactive polonium-210, around eight years ago. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, who was Arafat's chief negotiator, calls for an international investigation committee to further investigate the matter.
http://wn.com/Arafat's_death_Palestinian_negotiator_calls_for_international_investigation
President Obama Speaks to Troops at Fort Bliss
President Obama Speaks to Troops at Fort Bliss
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  • Duration: 26:13
  • Published: 01 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: whitehouse
On the two-year anniversary of the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the President speak to troops at Fort Bliss, and discusses that part of ending wars responsibly demands standing by those who have served. August 31, 2012.
http://wn.com/President_Obama_Speaks_to_Troops_at_Fort_Bliss
Obama: Romney Has No Plan for Afghanistan
Obama: Romney Has No Plan for Afghanistan
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  • Duration: 1:11
  • Published: 02 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: AssociatedPress
Campaigning in Boulder, Colorado on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama criticized rival Mitt Romney, saying he has no exit plan for the war in Afghanistan. (Sept. 2)
http://wn.com/Obama_Romney_Has_No_Plan_for_Afghanistan
Saved to Struggle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jordan camp
Saved to Struggle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jordan camp
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  • Duration: 2:50
  • Published: 30 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: RussiaToday
Jordanian security forces at a massive refugee camp on the border with Syria are on high alert after 200 refugees turned on the guards over the camp's conditions. And as Paula Slier reports dealing with the immense influx of refugees is far beyond what Jordan can handle. 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.
http://wn.com/Saved_to_Struggle_'Slow_death'_for_Syria_refugees_in_Jordan_camp
eNCA | SA Seeks to Understand Marikana Massacre
eNCA | SA Seeks to Understand Marikana Massacre
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  • Published: 17 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: enewschannel
For more coverage, go to www.enca.com As questions are asked about the mass killing at Marikana, what can be revealed from studying the news footage? Our Group News Editor, Ben Said, analyses the footage of three news cameras, which captured the moment on film. The first camera is our own, the other two from Reuters and Eyewitness News. Warning: this footage contains graphic images and is not suitable for children.
http://wn.com/eNCA_|_SA_Seeks_to_Understand_Marikana_Massacre
NewsX Video: Corruption in the coal sector
NewsX Video: Corruption in the coal sector
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  • Duration: 1:57
  • Published: 07 Oct 2009
  • Updated: 14 Apr 2012
Author: newsxlive
The huge shortfall in coal output extends to reports of rampant corruption in coal production PSUs. News X correspondent Yatish Yadav has an exclusive report.
http://wn.com/NewsX_Video_Corruption_in_the_coal_sector
Hurricane Isaac: 2 Feet of Rain in Louisiana
Hurricane Isaac: 2 Feet of Rain in Louisiana
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  • Duration: 2:28
  • Published: 30 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 03 Sep 2012
Author: ABCNews
Many residents help one another escape the devastation of the storm.
http://wn.com/Hurricane_Isaac_2_Feet_of_Rain_in_Louisiana
Dozens killed in South Africa mine clashes
Dozens killed in South Africa mine clashes
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  • Duration: 2:26
  • Published: 17 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 21 Aug 2012
Author: CNN
CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports on the aftermath of the mine violence in South Africa. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
http://wn.com/Dozens_killed_in_South_Africa_mine_clashes
Wild fires destroy homes in Algarve, Portugal
Wild fires destroy homes in Algarve, Portugal
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  • Published: 23 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 23 Jul 2012
Author: telegraphtv
Mainland Portugal and the Madeira Islands are ravaged by intense forest fires that have forced dozens to flee their homes.
http://wn.com/Wild_fires_destroy_homes_in_Algarve,_Portugal
Michelle Obama - 2012 Democratic National Convention Video
Michelle Obama - 2012 Democratic National Convention Video
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  • Published: 05 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Author: BarackObamadotcom
Help build this campaign: OFA.BO Video of First Lady Michelle Obama from the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Featuring interviews with President Obama, Craig Robinson, Marian Robinson, Valarie Jarrett, Dr. Jill Biden and more.
http://wn.com/Michelle_Obama__2012_Democratic_National_Convention_Video

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. 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. President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi addresses the media during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, following a meeting of the ECB governing council concerning the further strategies in the European financial crisis. Solar Energy panels, India

Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings speaks at the final campaign rally for opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, in Tema, Ghana Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Mills will face ruling party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo and six other candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, Dec. 7, as two-term leader John Kufuor prepares to hand off power in the West African nation. 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. A cholera patient sits on a cholera treatment bed at a MSF cholera treatment center in Mabella , Freetown--Sierra Leone. 224th August, 2012.

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. Johnny Hallyday

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. Bernard Tomic during his match against John Isner on Day 5 of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach Beach, Florida - March 2, 2012 The tails of Qantas planes are lined up at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. A honey bee - insect - nature
September 11, 2001 - As It Happened - The South Tower Attack; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 31 Aug 2007
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Septem­ber 11, 2001 - As It Hap­pened - The South Tower At­tack
Teen gang members on surging Chicago violence; updated 04 Sep 2012; published 26 Jun 2012
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Teen gang mem­bers on surg­ing Chica­go vi­o­lence
First Lady warms up the crowd at the Democratic National Convention; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 05 Sep 2012
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First Lady warms up the crowd at the Demo­crat­ic Na­tion­al Con­ven­tion
Evolution v. Creationism: the Politics, the Science, the Debate (1 of 3); updated 17 Aug 2012; published 06 Nov 2009
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Evo­lu­tion v. Cre­ation­ism: the Pol­i­tics, the Sci­ence, the De­bate (1 of 3)
Jennifer Love Hewitt & Bachelorette Runner-Up Dating!; updated 09 Aug 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
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Jen­nifer Love He­witt & Bach­e­lorette Run­ner-Up Dat­ing!
Rachel Corrie - Interview; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 06 Jul 2006
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Rachel Cor­rie - In­ter­view


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Corexit-dispersed oily Gulf shore deaths continue Deborah Dupre| Top News BP discloses potential security breach; laptop with data for 13,000 missing Keith Morris| Environment Holloway in Biloxi says the local casino industry is making a tedious...
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EU leaders take reassuring tone ahead of crucial ECB meet
AFP - European leaders piled up reassuring declarations on the eurozone on Wednesday, the eve of a keenly-awaited meeting of the European Central Bank's governing council. European President Herman Van Rompuy slapped away speculation that the debt...
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Hundreds of Afghan soldiers detained, sacked for insurgent links
Kabul: The Afghan army has detained or sacked hundreds of soldiers for having links to insurgents, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, as it tries to stem an alarming number of so-called insider attacks eroding trust between Afghans and their...
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What to watch at the Democratic convention Wednesday
Some things to watch for at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday: 1. THE CLINTON SHOW: The former president, no stranger to talking at length at Democratic conventions, takes the podium. How much of it will be about Barack Obama — and...
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File - JTF-Guantanamo guards escort a detainee to the detainee hospital located adjacent to Camp Four, Dec. 27.
The administration of Barack Obama, the US president, has dropped any attempts to prosecute those responsible for the torture of prisoners during the presidency of George Bush, the former US president. So, will any US personnel ever face criminal...
photo: US Navy / Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Billings
Mali requests military help for occupied north
Mali's interim president has formally requested regional military assistance in the north of the country, according to a French diplomat. The move could pave the way for a UN Security Council resolution. Interim President Dioncounda Traore formally...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Somalia: Let's keep the optimism on hold
Foreign correspondents delight in reporting Mogadishu's remarkable renaissance. The restaurants and cafes, the dry cleaner and the beautiful beaches all make for encouraging, optimistic vignettes of a city and a country on the road to recovery. But,...
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Big Kahuna Character Dialogue; updated 04 Sep 2012; published 17 Nov 2007
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Big Kahu­na Char­ac­ter Di­a­logue
United Nations 05 Sep 2012, 5 September 2012 – A timely and decisive response is vital in the face of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, top United Nations officials stressed today, highlighting the need to act when a State fails to protect its own people. “This is the ultimate test of the responsibility to protect,” Secretary-General Ban...

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Gaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 05 Sep 2012
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Gaddafi's spy chief in Libyan hands
The Guardian 05 Sep 2012, Extradition of Libyan dictator's former head of military intelligence could shed fresh light on 1988 Lockerbie bombing Abdullah al-Senussi, pictured in Tripoli in 2011, is said to have recruited Abdel-Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. Photograph: Paul Hackett / Reuters/Reuters...

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'Morsi slams Assad at NAM summit at US bidding'; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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'Morsi slams Assad at NAM sum­mit at US bid­ding'
Al Jazeera 05 Sep 2012, When during his speech at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared it an "ethical duty" to support the Syrian people against the "oppressive regime" of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus suddenly, for a clear moment, he became the messenger of the Egyptian Revolution for the Syrian people, and by...

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Angola's ruling party wins general election; updated 03 Sep 2012; published 01 Sep 2012
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BBC News 05 Sep 2012, Angola's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), have enjoyed another thumping victory at the polls. Although not quite the 82% landslide of 2008, with 97% of ballots counted so far, they have scored more than 70% and will retain an absolute parliamentary majority...

'Nightmare if West invades Syria'; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 02 Sep 2012
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'Night­mare if West in­vades Syria'
Reuters 05 Sep 2012, BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) - China backs a "political transition" in Syria to end worsening bloodshed after 18 months of unrest, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Wednesday while repeating Beijing's opposition to forceful foreign intervention in the crisis. Yang gave no details of what he meant by a transition in Syria, where the...

Arafat's death: Palestinian negotiator calls for international investigation; updated 02 Sep 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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Arafat's death: Pales­tini­an ne­go­tia­tor calls for in­ter­na­tion­al in­ves­ti­ga­tion
BBC News 05 Sep 2012, French judges investigating the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are seeking to travel to Ramallah to probe allegations he was poisoned. His family believes he had been poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive element, when he died at a military hospital near Paris in 2004. French judges opened a murder enquiry into his death last month....

President Obama Speaks to Troops at Fort Bliss; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 01 Sep 2012
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North Jersey 04 Sep 2012, WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have dropped from their platform recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has opened President Barack Obama to criticism from Republican rival Mitt Romney....

Obama: Romney Has No Plan for Afghanistan; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 02 Sep 2012
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Obama: Rom­ney Has No Plan for Afghanistan
Huffington Post 04 Sep 2012, When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Thursday night at the end of this week's Democratic National Convention, he will have no trouble saying more about the war in Afghanistan than his opponent, Mitt Romney, did last week....

Saved to Struggle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jordan camp; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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Saved to Strug­gle: 'Slow death' for Syria refugees in Jor­dan camp
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eNCA | SA Seeks to Understand Marikana Massacre; updated 05 Sep 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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eNCA | SA Seeks to Un­der­stand Marikana Mas­sacre
WorldNews.com 04 Sep 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "This is no way to live or grow children. Fifty people share one toilet. We don't have water." -Wife of a miner who works for Lonmin Platinum in Marikana "...everyone must begin to look upon each other as a human being." -Stephen Biko For resisting South Africa's apartheid system, Stephen Biko was...

NewsX Video: Corruption in the coal sector; updated 14 Apr 2012; published 07 Oct 2009
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BBC News 04 Sep 2012, Police in India are carrying out raids across 10 cities as as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the allocation of coalfields. Police say they are searching the premises of five companies, which allegedly misrepresented facts prior to being allocated the coalfields. Government officials and company employees are also under...

Hurricane Isaac: 2 Feet of Rain in Louisiana; updated 03 Sep 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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CNN 04 Sep 2012, September 4, 2012 -- Updated 0713 GMT (1513 HKT) Workers repair the roof of a home as downed power lines caused by Hurricane Isaac lean onto a tree in lower Plaquemines Parish on Sunday, September 2. Isaac is blamed for at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi after making landfall last week as a Category 1 hurricane. Hundreds of thousands...

Dozens killed in South Africa mine clashes; updated 21 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Dozens killed in South Africa mine clash­es
Yahoo Daily News 04 Sep 2012, JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near Johannesburg on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wave of labor militancy spreading from platinum mining into other parts of the sector. The unrest occurred less than three weeks after police shot dead 34 striking miners at...

Wild fires destroy homes in Algarve, Portugal; updated 23 Jul 2012; published 23 Jul 2012
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Wild fires de­stroy homes in Al­garve, Por­tu­gal
BBC News 03 Sep 2012, Portugal has said it is seeking European Union help to to tackle raging forest fires, in one of the worst summers for such blazes in years. Dozens of fires are raging in the centre and north of the country and 1,700 firefighters have been deployed. Officials say one man died while...