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  • Clinton to take MEK off terror list...2:04
  • Democracy Dialogue - Video address from Aung San Suu Kyi on 'Making Democracy Real'...7:20
  • Benghazi attack planned and coordinated....2:27
  • Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Landing...1:56
  • TPC News: Panetta Announces Easing of Restrictions on New Zealand Ships...0:56
  • Protests in Georgia over prison abuse video...0:44
  • Syria violence spills into Lebanon...1:42
  • South African mining unrest spreads...4:11
  • Raw Video: Pakistanis Protest Anti-Islam Film...1:22
  • Bashar al-Assad predicts defeat for rebels...2:55
  • News Wrap: US Surge Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan...3:00
  • US Film Protest In Arab World...4:27
  • China's Wen Jiabao: 'Dont pressure us to raise RMB rates'...2:11
  • WAR DANCE Trailer...7:38

Secretary Clinton will inform Congress she will take an Iran opposition group off a State Department terror list. Related article
Clin­ton to take MEK off ter­ror list
2:04
Democ­ra­cy Di­a­logue - Video ad­dress from Aung San Suu Kyi on 'Mak­ing Democ­ra­cy Real'
7:20
Beng­hazi at­tack planned and co­or­di­nat­ed.
2:27
Space Shut­tle En­deav­our Makes Final Land­ing
1:56
TPC News: Panet­ta An­nounces Eas­ing of Re­stric­tions on New Zealand Ships
0:56
Protests in Geor­gia over prison abuse video
0:44
Syria vi­o­lence spills into Lebanon
1:42
South African min­ing un­rest spreads
4:11
Raw Video: Pak­ista­nis Protest An­ti-Is­lam Film
1:22
Bashar al-As­sad pre­dicts de­feat for rebels
2:55
News Wrap: US Surge Troops With­drawn from Afghanistan
3:00
US Film Protest In Arab World
4:27
China's Wen Ji­abao: 'Dont pres­sure us to raise RMB rates'
2:11
WAR DANCE Trail­er
7:38
China re­stricts press ac­cess to EU-Chi­na Sum­mit
1:26




Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez
Space shuttle Endeavour takes to California skies
Full Article Tampa Bay Online
LOS ANGELES -- Space shuttle Endeavour took off Friday morning on a sightseeing tour of California, the last aerial hurrah before retiring to a Los Angeles museum. Hitching a ride on top of a jumbo jet, the pair departed Edwards Air Force Base, 100 miles north of Los Angeles, circling the high desert that gave birth to the shuttle fleet and headed...

Report says Iran using civilian aircraft to fly arms to Assad through Iraqi airspace
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi
Report says Iran using civilian aircraft to fly arms to Assad through Iraqi airspace
Full Article Irish Times
Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to...

Palestinian Salafis "al-Qaeda" burning U.S. and Israeli flags as they burn images of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the U.S. that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on September 14, 2012.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Global Islam vs the Western nation-state
Full Article Al Jazeera
In the recent wave of anti-Western demonstrations, political Islam has operated globally. The West's response has been mired in the local politics of its separate nation-states. It is a curious reversal of the historic imperial relation, in which it was the West who did the dividing and ruling. As Hamid Dabashi has argued on these pages, salafist...

U.S. packing up before pulling out of Afghanistan
photo: DOD / Public Domain
U.S. packing up before pulling out of Afghanistan
Full Article The Washington Times
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | It was nearly 2 a.m. when Army Pfc. Zach Randle jumped out of his bulky armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan for what he hoped would be the last time. “I don’t want to see it again. It’s been through a lot,” Pfc. Randle said of the 19-ton vehicle that was his ride — and sometimes his bed...

Pakistani protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans at a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / B.K. Bangash
Pakistani leaders play religious card as protests boil
Full Article Sun Sentinel
Pakistan's government, wary of widespread frustration over its failure to provide basic services, declared Friday a day of protest over the film in an apparent bid to exploit anger which has inspired violent protests in several Muslim countries. Critics say this approach is typical of a government that many describe as ineffective in the face of...

People look through a prison gate to see their family members during a protest rally against prison abuse in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov
Protests over prison abuse rocks Georgia
Full Article Al Jazeera
Thousands have rallied in Georgia to demand the prosecution of high-level officials fired in a prison-abuse scandal that threatens to unseat the governing pro-Western party in next month's parliamentary election. The protests, sparked by graphic videos showing guards in the former Soviet republic brutally beating prisoners and raping them with...

Syrian President Bashar Assad delivering a speech in Damascus on Saturday Jan.19 2008 at the official opening of the year-long Festivity for declaring Damascus the Capital of the Arab Culture for 2008, at the Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi
Syria's Assad says rebels will be defeated
Full Article Herald Tribune
BEIRUT - Syria's President Bashar Assad is adamant his regime will not fall and predicts the defeat of the armed opposition that has been fighting his troops. Assad says the rebels "will not succeed" and that a foreign military intervention such as the one that helped topple Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will "not be repeated" in Syria. The...

Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
US 'set to remove' Iran group MEK's from terror list
Full Article BBC News
The US is set to remove dissident Iranian group Mujahideen-e Khalq from its terror blacklist, officials say. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent a classified opinion to Congress and a decision is expected to be announced in the following days. A state department spokeswoman has not confirmed what the opinion contains, but US congressmen...

Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili review honour guard outside a presidential palace in Tbilisi, Thursday, July 23, 2009
photo: AP / Shakh Aivazovl
Georgian Official Steps Down Over Alleged Prison Abuse
Full Article Voa News
Georgia';s interior minister has resigned, amid continuing protests over alleged prisoner abuse that was filmed and aired on Georgian television this week. Bacho Akhalaia said in a statement Thursday that he is resigning because he feels personal responsibility that he failed to eradicate what...

Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases
Full Article The Star
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan Islamist militia was swept out of the eastern city of Benghazi in a popular protest against the armed groups that ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, Reuters witnesses said. Demonstrators celebrate after burning a car they say was full of ammunition as they stormed the headquarters of the Islamist...

Kashmiri Muslims burn an US Flag  during a protest and one day strike called by several religious and political organisations to protest an anti-Islam movie in Srinagar on September 18, 2012. Protestors rallied in Kashmir over an anti-Islam film, taking to the streets and burning US and Israeli flags and an effigy of US President Barack Obama.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Empire of Liberty Meets Arab Spring and Storm
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Until now the United States of America has usually had its way in establishing what Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Father's called an "empire of liberty." But did the American Republic really produce an empire of liberty, or did it feel more at liberty to produce an empire, an empire, that is,...

An Israeli air force unmanned plane fly over the Tel Nof base, central Israel, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Israel's air force has introduced a fleet of large unmanned planes that it says can fly as far as Iran. Air force officials say the Heron TP drones have a wingspan of 86 feet (26 meters), making them the size of passenger jets. They say the planes can fly 20 consecutive hours, and are primarily used for surveillance and carrying payloads.
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit
What if Israel bombed Iran? The view from Tehran.
Full Article The Washington Post
For months, Israel has threatened to strike Iran’s nuclear sites. The United States has urged restraint. If such an operation were launched, how might Tehran react? Hamid has been awake since midnight, when Israeli bombs struck the Tehran Nuclear Research Center in Amirabad. The boom reverberated throughout the city, sending plumes of smoke...

A Sunni gunman, left, fires by his AK-47 machine gun during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
North Lebanon city braces for next round of fighting
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The guns are silent and fighters have disappeared from the streets of the north Lebanese city of Tripoli but the battle that flared last month, killing 16 people, is far from over. Unrest in neighboring Syria, where 27,000 people have been killed in a conflict that is becoming increasingly sectarian, is deepening...

Suu Kyi a global symbol of human rights: UN chief
photo: UN / UN
Suu Kyi a global symbol of human rights: UN chief
Full Article The Siasat Daily
New York, September 21: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her work towards establishing peace and democracy in her country. Ban Friday lauded Suu Kyi's "commitment to peace, security and human rights" and called the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner a "global symbol of human rights", Xinhua...

UN investigating reports of attacks targeted at children in Syria
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
UN investigating reports of attacks targeted at children in Syria
Full Article Gulf News
United Nations: The United Nations is investigating Syrian opposition groups as well as government forces for attacks targeting children, the new UN envoy on children in conflict said Wednesday. But Russia, China, Pakistan and Azerbaijan sought to restrict the scope of the envoy’s inquiries and refused to back an annual UN Security Council...

President of the United States Barack Obama
photo: Public Domain / BrokenSphere
Obama out to squash GOP hopes for Wisconsin pickup
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama worked to squash GOP aspirations for a resurgence of support in pivotal Wisconsin on Saturday as campaign rival Mitt Romney pinned his hopes of making inroads there on an argument that hard-pressed middle-class voters would do better with a Republican in the White House. With just six weekends left before...

Shoppers test the iPhone 5 at an Apple store in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez
IPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops across the globe to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone. Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Asia, Europe and North America to be the first to get their hands on the latest version of the smartphone. In New York, several hundred people lined up outside...

Aishwarya Rai, Michael Douglas at UN to mark International Peace Day
photo: UN / UN
Aishwarya Rai, Michael Douglas at UN to mark International Peace Day
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Friday joined UN chief Ban Ki-moon and American actor Michael Douglas to commemorate the International Peace Day, describing it as an 'absolute honour'. Bachchan was among a host of celebrities who were at the UN headquarters to take part in the ceremony, which is held every year on September 21 and seeks...

US 'set to remove' Iran group MEK's from terror list
Full Article BBC News
22 Sep 2012

The US is set to remove dissident Iranian group Mujahideen-e Khalq from its terror blacklist, officials say. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent a classified opinion to Congress and a decision is expected to be announced in the following days. A state department spokeswoman has not confirmed what the opinion contains, but US congressmen...
Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban

Suu Kyi a global symbol of human rights: UN chief
Full Article The Siasat Daily
22 Sep 2012

New York, September 21: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her work towards establishing peace and democracy in her country. Ban Friday lauded Suu Kyi's "commitment to peace, security and human rights" and called the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner a "global symbol of human rights", Xinhua...
Suu Kyi a global symbol of human rights: UN chief
photo: UN / UN

Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases
Full Article The Star
22 Sep 2012

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan Islamist militia was swept out of the eastern city of Benghazi in a popular protest against the armed groups that ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, Reuters witnesses said. Demonstrators celebrate after burning a car they say was full of ammunition as they stormed the headquarters of the Islamist...
Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon

Space shuttle Endeavour takes to California skies
Full Article Tampa Bay Online
21 Sep 2012

LOS ANGELES -- Space shuttle Endeavour took off Friday morning on a sightseeing tour of California, the last aerial hurrah before retiring to a Los Angeles museum. Hitching a ride on top of a jumbo jet, the pair departed Edwards Air Force Base, 100 miles north of Los Angeles, circling the high desert that gave birth to the shuttle fleet and headed...
Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez

Panetta visit reinforces US-New Zealand defence ties
Full Article BBC News
21 Sep 2012

The first visit of a US Defence Secretary to New Zealand for three decades has opened a new chapter in defence co-operation between both countries. Leon Panetta's presence in Auckland is intended to make clear the hopes of the US administration to find a "new normal" between the two countries, as one US official phrased it. Speaking...
Panetta visit reinforces US-New Zealand defence ties
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

Protests over prison abuse rocks Georgia
Full Article Al Jazeera
21 Sep 2012

Thousands have rallied in Georgia to demand the prosecution of high-level officials fired in a prison-abuse scandal that threatens to unseat the governing pro-Western party in next month's parliamentary election. The protests, sparked by graphic videos showing guards in the former Soviet republic brutally beating prisoners and raping them with...
People look through a prison gate to see their family members during a protest rally against prison abuse in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov

North Lebanon city braces for next round of fighting
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
21 Sep 2012

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The guns are silent and fighters have disappeared from the streets of the north Lebanese city of Tripoli but the battle that flared last month, killing 16 people, is far from over. Unrest in neighboring Syria, where 27,000 people have been killed in a conflict that is becoming increasingly sectarian, is deepening...
A Sunni gunman, left, fires by his AK-47 machine gun during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

SAfrica to look into roles of Lonmin, unions, police in Marikana violence; Gold strikes spread
Full Article Star Tribune
21 Sep 2012

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's commission of inquiry into the killings at the Marikana mines will have the power to summon witnesses, search and seize and demand documentation from other investigations, the justice minister announced Friday. The details of the investigation came as South Africa's wave of mining strikes spread to another gold mine....
Miners return to work at the Lonmin Platinum mine after Lonmin resolved a five-week strike by agreeing to pay raises of up to 22 percent, in Marikana, Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Denis Farrell

Pakistani leaders play religious card as protests boil
Full Article Sun Sentinel
21 Sep 2012

Pakistan's government, wary of widespread frustration over its failure to provide basic services, declared Friday a day of protest over the film in an apparent bid to exploit anger which has inspired violent protests in several Muslim countries. Critics say this approach is typical of a government that many describe as ineffective in the face of...
Pakistani protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans at a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / B.K. Bangash

Syria's Assad says rebels will be defeated
Full Article Herald Tribune
21 Sep 2012

BEIRUT - Syria's President Bashar Assad is adamant his regime will not fall and predicts the defeat of the armed opposition that has been fighting his troops. Assad says the rebels "will not succeed" and that a foreign military intervention such as the one that helped topple Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will "not be repeated" in Syria. The...
Syrian President Bashar Assad delivering a speech in Damascus on Saturday Jan.19 2008 at the official opening of the year-long Festivity for declaring Damascus the Capital of the Arab Culture for 2008, at the Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

Panetta says 33,000 American surge troops now out of Afghanistan
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
21 Sep 2012

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday. Panetta said the "surge did accomplish it objectives of reversing the Taliban...
U.S. Marines assigned to 1st squad, 2d platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, and the Afghan National Army conduct a census patrol.
photo: US Marine Corps / Lance Cpl. Dexter S. Saulisbury

Tensions high for day of anti-Islam film protests
Full Article BBC News
21 Sep 2012

Security forces in several Muslim countries are gearing up for a day of fresh protests against an anti-Islam film made in the US. In Pakistan, the government has declared a national holiday to enable people to demonstrate peacefully. Washington has paid for adverts on Pakistani TV that show President Barack Obama condemning the film. Widespread...
Firefighters attempt to extinguish the flames in an Indian police vehicle burning as protesters clash with police during a protest and one day strike called by several religious and political organisations to protest an anti-Islam movie in Srinagar on September 18, 2012. Angry protesters rallied in Kashmir over an anti-Islam film, taking to the streets and burning US and Israeli flags and an effigy of US President Barack Obama.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Europe, China Leaders Vow Closer Ties
Full Article Wall Street Journal
20 Sep 2012

By LAURENCE NORMAN And FRANCES ROBINSON BRUSSELS—European and Chinese leaders pledged deeper economic ties and largely glossed over their trade differences Thursday in what is expected to be Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's final Brussels visit as premier. Mr. Wen, who European diplomats say has been a linchpin of bilateral ties over the past...
Europe, China Leaders Vow Closer Ties
photo: EC / EC

UN investigating reports of attacks targeted at children in Syria
Full Article Gulf News
20 Sep 2012

United Nations: The United Nations is investigating Syrian opposition groups as well as government forces for attacks targeting children, the new UN envoy on children in conflict said Wednesday. But Russia, China, Pakistan and Azerbaijan sought to restrict the scope of the envoy’s inquiries and refused to back an annual UN Security Council...
UN investigating reports of attacks targeted at children in Syria
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

Cee Lo Green Preps Holiday Magic Moment With Christina Aguilera, Muppets
Full Article VH1
22 Sep 2012

'The Voice' judge's first Christmas album will also feature a duet with Rod Stewart. By Gil Kaufman Ever wonder what it would sound like if "The Voice" coach and cat fancier Cee Lo Green hooked up with Rod Stewart for a holiday classic? How about Mean Green sharing a mic with the Muppets? Well, dream no more, because all that and more is on tap for...
Cee Lo Green performs during the Black Eyed Peas final concert of the year at Sun-Life Stadium. Miami Gardens, Florida - November 23, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

US, EU Approve Universal Takeover Of EMI
Full Article National Public Radio
21 Sep 2012

BRUSSELS (AP) — Universal Music Group got approval Friday from American and European regulators to buy the famed British music company EMI, including the hugely lucrative Beatles catalogue. But the EU imposed stringent restrictions on the deal, forcing Universal to sell some of EMI's biggest acts, such as Coldplay and Pink Floyd. Among EMI's assets...
Universal Music Group's Global headquarters seen overhead in Santa Monica
photo: Creative Commons

Christina Aguilera to feature on new Cee Lo Green Christmas album
Full Article Digital Spy
21 Sep 2012

Christina Aguilera will feature on Cee Lo Green's forthcoming Christmas album. The Voice coaches will duet on a cover of 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' for Green's new festival collection Cee Lo's Magic Moment. Rod Stewart and Disney's The Muppets will also feature on the set. The former will appear on 'Merry Christmas, Baby', while the latter join...
Christina Aguilera - Can't Hold us
photo: Creative Commons / Daviddavid00

Shakira expecting her first child with football player boyfriend
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
20 Sep 2012

Shakira, the Colombian singer, is expecting her first child with her Spanish football player boyfriend Gerard Pique. Colombian singer Shakira is expecting her first child with boyfriend Gerard Pique Photo: AP 6:18AM BST 20 Sep 2012 Comments "As some of you may know, Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby! At this...
Shakira Rio 07
photo: Creative Commons / Scarce

Shakira, Gerard Pique expecting first child
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
20 Sep 2012

BOGOTA: Colombian pop star Shakira confirmed Wednesday that she is pregnant with top Spanish football player Gerard Pique’s baby, their first. Stories speculating that the singer, who famously rollerbladed around a beach in a bikini top for her music video “Loca,” would soon become a mother have been gone viral in Latin American media...
This June 21, 2011 file photo shows Colombian singer Shakira with her boyfriend FC Barcelona Gerard Pique, left, during a plenary session at the President's Conference in Jerusalem.
photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill

A tune for Ganesha
Full Article DNA India
18 Sep 2012

The city is all set for Ganesh Chaturthi, promoting the spirit of an eco-friendly celebration for all. Taal Pranam is a special tribute to Ganesha, a tune composed byTaufiq Qureshi. Along with his band Mumbai Stamp, Taufiq...
Poster of God Ganesh in the city for the celebration of coming Ganesh Festival - India - Maharashtra
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

All-inclusive Rock: matchbox twenty debuts atop Rock Albums and Billboard 200
Full Article The Examiner
15 Sep 2012

Related topics Tampa Bay Rock Music ExaminerMatchbox TwentyBillboard MagazineBillboard 200 album chartImagine Dragons Advertisement For the first time in their career, matchbox twenty debuts not only on top of Billboard’s Top Rock Albums Chart, but also Billboard’s all-inclusive Billboard 200 with North. According to SoundScan, the CD sold over...
Rob Thomas, lead singer for Matchbox Twenty (dn1)
photo: AP-Harry Scull Jr.

Robbie Williams: 'I feel for Harry Styles'
Full Article Digital Spy
15 Sep 2012

Robbie Williams has revealed that he sympathises with One Direction's Harry Styles. Speaking to The Sun, the former Take That star said that he was lucky to have "complete anonymity" when he first joined the band. "I feel a bit for Harry," the 38-year-old said. "At his age I was in this lilywhite boyband, Take That. But I was meeting up with mates,...
Robbie Williams singing in concert
photo: Creative Commons / Igiveup

Hamilton captures pole for Singapore GP
Full Article Canberra Times
22 Sep 2012

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position in qualifying for Sunday's Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton clocked a fastest lap of 1 minute 46.382 seconds on Saturday night with Williams driver Pastor Maldonado a surprise second ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull. Vettel, who had been...
Britain's McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton brakes his race car during the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit outside Budapest, Hungary
photo: AP / Balazs Czagany

Webber looks to end horror run
Full Article Canberra Times
22 Sep 2012

Powering on … Red Bull's Mark Webber has faded in the standings, but the Australian is not out of the running for the crown. Photo: AFP SINGAPORE: While Mark Webber is looking to tonight's Singapore Grand Prix to get his world championship challenge back on track, fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo is hoping the flood-lit race will shine a...
Australia's Mark Webber driving a Red Bull Racing-Renault Formula 1 car during the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, Sunday, July 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Tim Hales

Laura Robson targets a place in the top fifty of the world rankings
Full Article BBC News
22 Sep 2012

Laura Robson aims to build on her first appearance in a WTA singles final by targeting a place in the top 50 of the world rankings. The 18-year-old lost to Chinese Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh in the Guangzhou Open final but will rise into the top 70 for the first time on Monday. Robson is due to return to action in the China Open in Beijing...
Day 7 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Laura Robson (GBR) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 2, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Alessandro Del Piero to play in front of no fans in first Sydney FC hit-out
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
22 Sep 2012

THE last time Alessandro Del Piero set foot on a professional football pitch, he was the captain of the Serie A champions in the Coppa Italia final facing 70,000 screaming fans. The next time there might be seven people in the stands. In fact, the luckiest man in Sydney could be Michael Finch, the head groundsman at Allianz Stadium who is likely to...
Juventus' Alessandro Del Piero reacts during the Italian Cup soccer final between Juventus and Napoli at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Massimo Pinca

Azarenka pins hopes on Tokyo
Full Article Canberra Times
22 Sep 2012

ChanceAzarenka can rise to No.1 at the Pan Pacific. Photo: Getty Images TOKYO: Victoria Azarenka will be hoping to bounce back from her heartbreaking defeat at the US Open final and to cement her place at the top of the world rankings at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo starting today. The Belarusian, who was left in tears after losing to...
Day 14 - The Women's Singles Final match of Serena Williams (USA) against Victoria Azarenka (BLR) US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 9, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Paralympian star Ellie Cole fights for inclusion in Australian Swimming review after trials snub
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
22 Sep 2012

THEY were the shining beacons of pool success in London, but Paralympic star Ellie Cole doesn't want her team's concerns about "inequality" forgotten in the review into Australian Swimming. Cole was so infuriated by the treatment of Paralympic swimmers at the selection trials in March she wrote a damning letter in June that...
Ellie Cole Australian S9 paralympic swimmer.
photo: Creative Commons / Bidgee

Pic picks up penalty for Singapore Grand Prix
Full Article The Guardian
22 Sep 2012

SINGAPORE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Marussia's Charles Pic has picked up a 20-seconds time penalty for the Singapore Grand Prix after overtaking while red flags were out during the third free practice session on Saturday....
Charles Pic in the Marussia - Cosworth MR01 at L'Epingle hairpin corner of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve during second practice for the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix.
photo: Creative Commons / nic_r

Taylor discards her top for Bonds
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
22 Sep 2012

IT'S 6am on a chilly deserted Maroubra beach and actress Rachael Taylor has stripped to her undies for a Sunday morning dip. "It is just really Aussie, just the idea of a carefree Australian summer," Taylor says of the scene which features in a short film she has directed for clothing brand Bonds. "It is about being young and in...
Rachael Taylor
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Mark Wahlberg Says Entourage Is Ready To Shoot
Full Article IMDb
22 Sep 2012

Finally something serious about that Entourage movie. And what’ also good is that this update comes straight from Mark Wahlberg who has revealed...
Mark Wahlberg at "The Shooter" London Premiere.
photo: Public Domain

Alicia Silverstone And Krysten Ritter Bare Their Fangs In Vamps Trailer
Full Article IMDb
22 Sep 2012

If you ask me, comedy crafter Amy Heckerling is among America's most underappreciated filmmakers. Not only is she the insightful writer-director behind...
Actress Alicia Silverstone
photo: AP / Kevork Djansezian

NYFF: Noah Baumbach says 'Frances Ha' is his post-Beatles moment
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
22 Sep 2012

One of the sleeper hits of the fall-festival season has been Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha,” which in a climate of serious award-season dramas has stood out as a lighter but still thoughtful look at twentysomething life. Shot in black-and-white, the movie offers up the well-meaning but ingenuous title character (Baumbach’s...
 Noah Baumbach wins the Waldo Salt screenwriting award for the film "The Squid and the Whale" nf2
photo: APphoto

Fresh protests erupt across Muslim world over anti-Islam film
Full Article The Independent
21 Sep 2012

In Pakistan, which has declared today a national holiday and a 'day of love' for the Prophet Mohammad, a driver for a Pakistani TV reporter was killed when police fired shots to disperse protesters in Peshawar. The film, entitled The Innocence of Muslims, has already sparked violent protests worldwide with at least 30 people dead, including two in...
Palestinian Salafis "al-Qaeda" burning U.S. and Israeli flags as they burn image of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the U.S. that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on September 14, 2012. Palestinians Salafis "al-Qaeda" supporters staged demonstration in both the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday to denounce the film, burning U.S. and Israeli flags and clashing with police in Jerusalem.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

Did Jennifer Lawrence Sing In 'House At The End Of The Street'?
Full Article IMDb
21 Sep 2012

"House At The End Of The Street" was shot before Jennifer Lawrence was even cast in "The Hunger Games." The horror film was originally...
Cast members, from left, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Isabelle Fuhrman attend a special screening of "The Hunger Games" hosted by The Cinema Society and Calvin Klein Collection at SVA Theatre on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in New York.
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Kareena Kapoor: 'Aishwarya would have played Heroine differently'
Full Article Digital Spy
21 Sep 2012

Kareena Kapoor says comparisons should not be drawn between her and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Bachchan was originally cast in the lead role of Mahi Arora in Heroine. However, the role subsequently went to Kapoor when the Raavan actress announced she was pregnant with her first child. Speaking to The Times of India, Kapoor said: "Ash is an icon; she...
Indian actress Kareena Kapoor
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Pakistan on lockdown as mass protests expected to grip country
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
21 Sep 2012

Pakistan went into lock-down on Friday morning as expat workers stayed at home, mobile phone signals were turned off and security forces began preparing for a nationwide day of protests at an anti-Muslim film. Supporters of Pakistani religious party Minhajul Quran holding placards with Muhammad's name on them at a rally, as they protest about a...
Pakistani protesters burn tires to condemn the reported burning of Qurans in Afghanistan by U.S. troops, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
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Manmohan Singh promises overhaul of corporate, commercial laws
Full Article IBN Live
22 Sep 2012

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made a pitch for inclusive, faster and sustainable growth, promising to overhaul the existing corporate and commercial laws to facilitate growth of the corporate sector. In response to transformational changes of this century, the Prime Minister said: "We are examining many of our commercial and...
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Cardamom prices under pressure
Full Article The Hindu
22 Sep 2012

A month-long losing streak in cardamom prices have almost paused for the time being. But prices are still trading well below its recent peak of Rs 1,500 a kg. Since the start of August, prices continued to hit lows and dropped to Rs 707.40/ kg last week. Prices lost almost 50 per cent in the futures platform during the period. Earlier, unexpected...
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German, French leaders say stronger Europe needed
Full Article Austin American Statesman
22 Sep 2012

BERLIN — The leaders of France and Germany both stressed Saturday that Europe must further deepen its political and economic integration to ensure peace and continuous prosperity across the continent. French President Francois Hollande met Chancellor Angela Merkel in the southwestern German city of Ludwigsburg to celebrate an important...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Francois Hollande wave to the spectators at the castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept.22, 2012. Merkel and Hollande attend the celebration of the 50th anniversary of former French President Charles de Gaulle's speech to the youth of Germany.
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UN praise for UAE focus on human development
Full Article Gulf News
22 Sep 2012

New York: A senior United Nations official has hailed the pace of human development and the empowerment of women in the UAE and the region. In a meeting held on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Rebeca Grynspan, the undersecretary-general and associate administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP),...
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Jack Straw admits to suffering depression
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
22 Sep 2012

Jack Straw, the former Foreign Secretary, has admitted to suffering from depression. Jack Straw has admitted to suffering serious depression shortly after becoming an MP 2:07PM BST 22 Sep 2012 Mr Straw, 66, has said he continues to see a psychoanalyst occasionally. In his autobiography, the Labour politician has written about suffering...
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Gillard will seek support at UN for Australian role on Security Council
Full Article Canberra Times
22 Sep 2012

BEFORE an October vote to fill vacancies on the United Nations Security Council, Prime Minister Julia Gillard will spend five days in New York bolstering support for Australia's election bid. Ms Gillard heads to the Big Apple today...
Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, addresses the plenary session of the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  World leaders are gathered at this three-day culminating segment for talks on poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection, and are set to adopt a political text based on sustainable development pillars.
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State Bank of India cuts BPLR by 0.25%
Full Article Indian Express
22 Sep 2012

State Bank of India today announced a reduction in lending rates by 0.25 per cent for those who availed of loans before July 2010. The bank's new benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) has been set at...
State Bank of India
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Google says it will shut China music service
Full Article Denver Post
22 Sep 2012

BEIJING—Google Inc. said Friday it will close a music download service in China, further reducing its presence in the world's most populous Internet market two years after the company closed its mainland search engine in a dispute over censorship and computer hacking. Google said the 3-year-old service failed to achieve the market impact it...
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Clinton to take MEK off terror list
Clinton to take MEK off terror list
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  • Published: 21 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 22 Sep 2012
Author: CNN
Secretary Clinton will inform Congress she will take an Iran opposition group off a State Department terror list.
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Democracy Dialogue - Video address from Aung San Suu Kyi on 'Making Democracy Real'
Democracy Dialogue - Video address from Aung San Suu Kyi on 'Making Democracy Real'
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  • Published: 10 Jan 2012
  • Updated: 17 May 2012
Author: AsiaPlateau
This is a video address sent by Aung San Suu Kyi to the 'Democracy Dialogue'. An initiative jointly hosted by Initiatives of Change, India and Initiatives of Change Centre for Governance. This dialogue was held at Asia Plateau, Initiatives of Change centre in Panchgani, India. This was a dialogue for people from over 30 countries on 'Making Democracy Real' as the theme. www.makingdemocracyreal.org www.in.iofc.org
http://wn.com/Democracy_Dialogue__Video_address_from_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_on_'Making_Democracy_Real'
Benghazi attack planned and coordinated.
Benghazi attack planned and coordinated.
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  • Published: 12 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Author: CNN
US officials say the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a coordinated and planned attack. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Landing
Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Landing
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  • Published: 21 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 22 Sep 2012
Author: WSJDigitalNetwork
The Space Shuttle Endeavour made its final flight today, circling the skies of California before making its final landing in Los Angeles. The Shuttle will be on permanent display at the California Science Center. Photo: AP, Video: AP/NASA.
http://wn.com/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour_Makes_Final_Landing
TPC News: Panetta Announces Easing of Restrictions on New Zealand Ships
TPC News: Panetta Announces Easing of Restrictions on New Zealand Ships
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  • Published: 21 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Author: ThePentagonChannel
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced in Auckland the US will ease restrictions on New Zealand navy ships visiting US military and Coast Guard facilities around the world. Also available in high definition. www.dvidshub.net
http://wn.com/TPC_News_Panetta_Announces_Easing_of_Restrictions_on_New_Zealand_Ships
Protests in Georgia over prison abuse video
Protests in Georgia over prison abuse video
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  • Published: 19 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Author: itnnews
People take to the streets in Tbilisi, Georgia, after TV channels show prison abuse videos. Report by Louise Hulland. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com . Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com
http://wn.com/Protests_in_Georgia_over_prison_abuse_video
Syria violence spills into Lebanon
Syria violence spills into Lebanon
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  • Duration: 1:42
  • Published: 03 Jun 2012
  • Updated: 28 Aug 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
The Lebanese army's been deployed to the streets of the northern city of Tripoli to quell sectarian violence. At least 12 people have been killed in fighting between rival gunmen since Friday. It's being seen as a spillover from the unrest in Syria. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports
http://wn.com/Syria_violence_spills_into_Lebanon
South African mining unrest spreads
South African mining unrest spreads
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  • Duration: 4:11
  • Published: 22 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Strikers from two other mines have joined thousands protesting at the Lonmin mine where 34 strikers were killed by police. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports
http://wn.com/South_African_mining_unrest_spreads
Raw Video: Pakistanis Protest Anti-Islam Film
Raw Video: Pakistanis Protest Anti-Islam Film
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  • Duration: 1:22
  • Published: 15 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 22 Sep 2012
Author: AssociatedPress
Hundreds took to the streets of Pakistan on Saturday as part of global demonstrations against an anti-Muslim film produced in the United States. (Sept. 15)
http://wn.com/Raw_Video_Pakistanis_Protest_Anti-Islam_Film
Bashar al-Assad predicts defeat for rebels
Bashar al-Assad predicts defeat for rebels
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  • Duration: 2:55
  • Published: 21 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Author: AussieNews1
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has said opposition fighters will not be victorious in their fight against his government, but that the "door to dialogue" remains open. Assad's comments to Egyptian weekly magazine al-Ahram al-Araby will be published on Friday. "The armed groups exercise terrorism against the state. They are not popular within society ... they will not be victorious in the end", Assad is quoted as saying. Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports. 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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News Wrap: US Surge Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan
News Wrap: US Surge Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan
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  • Published: 22 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 22 Sep 2012
Author: PBSNewsHour
In other news Friday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that all 33000 US troops sent to Afghanistan as part of a military surge in 2010 have left the country.
http://wn.com/News_Wrap_US_Surge_Troops_Withdrawn_from_Afghanistan
US Film Protest In Arab World
US Film Protest In Arab World
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  • Published: 15 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Author: exriche
The violance started in North Africa and then spread to Afganistian and Pakistian where the violance was intenced. So fair old 24 people where killed in a north african country called Tunisia and people that are on holiday in that country was asked to leave. Holiday travel bookings to one of the holiday destinations where down in some travel agencey's in the UK but hope to get back on track as soon as they can tunisia said.
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China's Wen Jiabao: 'Dont pressure us to raise RMB rates'
China's Wen Jiabao: 'Dont pressure us to raise RMB rates'
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  • Published: 07 Oct 2010
  • Updated: 27 Jul 2012
Author: EUXTV
At the EU-China 6th Business Summit, Wen Jiabao, Chinese Prime Minister asked EU to stop pressuring China to appreciate its currency exchange rate. Wen Jiabao underlined that depreciation of yuan could create social tensions in China which could be a disaster for the world. Yesterday, Eurozone leaders, who met Wen Jiabao, said they were disappointed with the lack of movement the Chinese yuan has shown since Beijing announced plans to let the currency move more flexibly. China has long faced pressure from Europe and the United States to revalue the yuan, which Western states say is being kept artificially low to boost exports. In June, Beijing said that it was willing to let the currency move more fluidly. EU-China leaders were gathered at the Business Summit to discuss innovation and creativity as tools to overcome the current crisis and lay the foundations for steady growth. Source EbS
http://wn.com/China's_Wen_Jiabao_'Dont_pressure_us_to_raise_RMB_rates'
WAR DANCE Trailer
WAR DANCE Trailer
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  • Published: 29 Oct 2008
  • Updated: 13 Aug 2012
Author: ShineGlobalDocs
Shine Global's first film, WAR/DANCE, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2007 and has received over 20 festival awards including the Best Director award at Sundance. WAR/DANCE tells the stories of three children Dominic, Rose and Nancy who live in an internally displaced persons camp in the war zone of northern Uganda yet go on to compete in Ugandas national music and dance festival held in Kampala. The WAR DANCE DVD can be purchased on www.shineglobal.org
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China restricts press access to EU-China Summit
China restricts press access to EU-China Summit
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  • Published: 20 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Author: EUXTV
European and Chinese leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for the 15th EU-China Summit. No 'big decisions' were expected but the summit aimed to 'consolidate' relations between both powers. The summit created controversy as journalists were left hanging when the usual post-summit press conference was called off. The Chinese authorities wanted to impose restrictions on the number of journalists allowed into the conference. The EU said no. According to the Brussels-based international press association, China was concerned over the presence of certain journalists who are critical of the Chinese government. Meanwhile, this was the last EU-Summit for China's premier Wen Jiabao. During his10 year-mandate, trade relations with Europe have increased. He is set to hand over power in the next congress of the Chinese Communist party in October.
http://wn.com/China_restricts_press_access_to_EU-China_Summit

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Suu Kyi a global symbol of human rights: UN chief
Full Article The Siasat Daily
22 Sep 2012

New York, September 21: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her work towards establishing peace and democracy in her country. Ban Friday lauded Suu Kyi's "commitment to peace, security and human rights" and called the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner a "global symbol of human rights", Xinhua...
Suu Kyi a global symbol of human rights: UN chief
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Aung San Suu Kyi Film "The Lady" Re­port­ed­ly Banned in China
updated 22 Sep 2012; published 22 Sep 2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets UN Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al Ban Ki-moon.
updated 22 Sep 2012; published 22 Sep 2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi Meets With Sec­re­tary-Gen­er­al Ban Ki-Moon At UN
updated 08 Aug 2012; published 03 Oct 2007
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Jim Car­rey - Mes­sage for Ban Ki Moon(with Chi­nese sub­ti­tle)
updated 20 Sep 2012; published 31 Oct 2011
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21st An­nu­al Raoul Wal­len­berg Lec­ture: Aung San Suu Kyi
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Panetta says surge troops withdrawn from Afghanistan
Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday. Mr....
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Ban Meets with Secretary-General of League of Arab States
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Clin­ton to take MEK off ter­ror list
BBC News 22 Sep 2012, The US is set to remove dissident Iranian group Mujahideen-e Khalq from its terror blacklist, officials say. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent a classified opinion to Congress and a decision is expected to be announced in the following days. A state department spokeswoman has not confirmed what the opinion contains, but US congressmen...

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Beng­hazi at­tack planned and co­or­di­nat­ed.
The Star 22 Sep 2012, BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan Islamist militia was swept out of the eastern city of Benghazi in a popular protest against the armed groups that ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, Reuters witnesses said. Demonstrators celebrate after burning a car they say was full of ammunition as they stormed the headquarters of the Islamist...

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Tampa Bay Online 21 Sep 2012, LOS ANGELES -- Space shuttle Endeavour took off Friday morning on a sightseeing tour of California, the last aerial hurrah before retiring to a Los Angeles museum. Hitching a ride on top of a jumbo jet, the pair departed Edwards Air Force Base, 100 miles north of Los Angeles, circling the high desert that gave birth to the shuttle fleet and headed...

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