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The Humiliation of Can-Do American Boys
Full Article CounterPunch
04 Oct 2012

In Afghanistan, the US military has tried training sessions, embedded cultural advisers, recommended reading lists, and even a video game designed to school American troops in local custom. But 11 years into the war, NATO troops and Afghan soldiers are still beset by a dangerous lack of cultural awareness, officials say, contributing to a string of...
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The Humiliation of Can-Do American Boys
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updated 04 Oct 2012; published 19 Aug 2012
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Call Me Maybe Cover - Kunar, Afghanistan - US Army Soldiers
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 24 Apr 2010
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Telephone Remake
updated 02 Oct 2012; published 20 Dec 2010
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US Troops Ambushed in Afghanistan (Helmet CAM)
updated 02 Oct 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Reality Check: Attacks on US Troops by Afghan Police and Soldiers "Under-reported"?
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 11 Feb 2010
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Amazing Military Tribute Video - AMERICAN SOLDIER by Toby keith
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 19 May 2010
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US Soldiers Awarded German Gold Cross Medal
'No interest' in war with Syria, says Turkey
Full Article Canberra Times
04 Oct 2012

Turkey has hammered Syrian targets in reprisal for deadly cross-border fire that sent tensions soaring in the tinder-box region, prompting international calls for restraint. In Ankara, the Turkish parliament met behind closed doors in an emergency session and agreed to a government request to authorise military operations inside neighbouring Syria....
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Turks hold banners that read" No to War" during a debate at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war.
photo: AP

updated 29 Sep 2012; published 11 Sep 2012
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Uneasy Balance: Weighing Turkish, Syrian, and Kurdish Interests - Part 1
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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GGN: Mossad Killing Syrians?, Israel Banks on Egyptian Puppet, NATO/EU Beat War Drums
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 12 Sep 2012
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Uneasy Balance: Weighing Turkish, Syrian, and Kurdish Interests - Part 2
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 22 Dec 2011
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Syrian Government Attacking Citizens
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 30 May 2012
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GRAPHIC Video: Syria Massacre
updated 02 Aug 2012; published 30 Jul 2012
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Sunni Powers Getting Dragged Into Syria Conflict
Businesses open in Kismayo amid relative calm
Full Article Xinhua
04 Oct 2012

NAIROBI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Businesses which had closed in southern Somalia city of Kismayo have reopened as relative calm returned to once Al-Shabaab stronghold, Kenya's military official said on Thursday. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and Somalia National Army (SNA) said no major incidents have taken place after the troops took full control of the...
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Businesses open in Kismayo amid relative calm
photo: UN / STUART PRICE

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Kenya mulls over Somali exit strategy
updated 27 Aug 2012; published 02 Apr 2008
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Kaah Homes
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
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Analysts: Kismayu was Shabaab's lifeline
updated 17 Feb 2012; published 19 Oct 2011
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Why Kismayu port
updated 16 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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Operation Linda Nchi
updated 14 Aug 2012; published 21 Jan 2012
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Operation Linda Nchi
Palestinian UN status likely to be debated soon
Full Article Gulf News
04 Oct 2012

New York: The United Nations is likely to hold a debate on whether to upgrade the Palestinians’ UN status to a sovereign country in mid-November — after the US election, the president of the 193-member UN General Assembly said on Wednesday. Having failed last year to win recognition of full statehood at the United Nations, Palestinian...
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Palestinian UN status likely to be debated soon
photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman

updated 20 May 2012; published 23 Feb 2010
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Palestine state / فلسطين
updated 02 Oct 2012; published 09 Aug 2012
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ISRAEL WARNED by UN: Breaking INTERNATIONAL LAW by destroying Palestinian Homes accused of SPYING
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
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Israel vs Palestine - ADDtvChannel
updated 05 Aug 2011; published 14 Sep 2008
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Israel Palestine peace deal possible
updated 24 Sep 2012; published 11 Sep 2012
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CoastToCoastAM - Israel VS Iran & The Inter Dimentional - Coast AM *2012
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 30 Oct 2010
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Yasser Arafat - Hands of Thyme and Stone
Tolerated asylum seekers troubled in Germany
Full Article Al Jazeera
04 Oct 2012

Hussain has spent seven years learning German. He speaks it quickly and confidently when among his friends at social gatherings in the busy Kreuzberg district of Berlin. He considers Germany home. But the authorities don't want him here. Since fleeing from Pakistan to Germany seven years ago, Hussain has sought asylum, but each effort has been...
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File - Refugees from Iraq arrive at the transit camp in Friedland, central Germany, Thursday, March 19, 2009.
photo: AP / Fabian Bimmer

updated 10 Apr 2012; published 31 Dec 2010
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Reporter's File-Asylum Seekers in Germany-12-30-2010-(Part4)
updated 06 May 2012; published 06 May 2012
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EPPF- ኢ.ሕ.አ.ግ Asylum Seeker members Abuse In Germany 1 of 5
updated 06 May 2012; published 06 May 2012
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EPPF- ኢ.ሕ.አ.ግ Asylum Seeker members Abuse In Germany 2 of 5
updated 06 May 2012; published 06 May 2012
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EPPF- ኢ.ሕ.አ.ግ Asylum Seeker members Abuse In Germany 3 of 5
updated 06 May 2012; published 06 May 2012
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EPPF- ኢ.ሕ.አ.ግ Asylum Seeker members Abuse In Germany 4 of 5
updated 06 May 2012; published 06 May 2012
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EPPF- ኢ.ሕ.አ.ግ Asylum Seeker members Abuse In Germany 5 of 5
Romney, Obama spar over domestic issues in first debate
Full Article Kansas City Star
04 Oct 2012

DENVER -- In the first presidential debate of the fall campaign, Mitt Romney defended himself Wednesday night against charges from President Barack Obama that his tax-cut plan would favor the wealthy. Neither candidate appeared to land a knockout blow or commit a serious blunder that would instantly change the race. But the Republican challenger...
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama shake hands during the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver.
photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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10/3/2012 FIRST Presidential Debate - Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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10/3/2012 FIRST Presidential Debate - Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney Pt. 2
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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10/3/2012 FIRST Presidential Debate - Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney PART 3
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Romney Closing Speech October 3, 2012 Presidential Debate [HD]
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
92:52
First Presidential Debate: Obama vs. Romney (Complete HD)
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
13:58
Presidential Debate 2012 - Obama Vs Romney
4 peacekeepers killed, 8 wounded in Sudan's Darfur: UNAMID
Full Article CNTV
04 Oct 2012

KHARTOUM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Four peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured by gunmen in an ambush in Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Wednesday in a statement. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a UNAMID patrol late Tuesday about 2 km away from their base in El Geneina...
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4 peacekeepers killed, 8 wounded in Sudan's Darfur: UNAMID
photo: UN / Albert González Farran

updated 26 Aug 2010; published 15 Dec 2009
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MaximsNewsNetwork: DARFUR: TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS KIDNAP-RELEASE (UNAMID)
updated 10 May 2012; published 15 Dec 2009
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TodaysNetworkNews: DARFUR: TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS KIDNAP-RELEASE (UNAMID)
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 17 Nov 2008
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Darfur Dilemma - Sudan
updated 29 Sep 2010; published 18 Aug 2010
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MaximsNewsNetwork: DARFUR: ABDUCTED UN-AU PEACEKEEPERS FREED (UNAMID)
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 13 Oct 2011
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United Nations Condemns Deadly Attack on UN Peacekeepers in Darfur
updated 26 Aug 2010; published 11 May 2010
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MaximsNewsNetwork: ETHIOPIA - SUDAN - DARFUR MEETINGS (UNAMID)
Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling
Full Article Jakarta Post
04 Oct 2012

Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting. "Our armed forces at the border region responded to this atrocious attack with artillery fire on points in...
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Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
5:39
Turkey continues Syria shelling, seeks approval for military action
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
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Turkey strikes Syria targets after deadly mortar attack
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
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BREAKING NEWS: Turkey FIRES ON Syria after MORTAR SHELLS from border KILL 5 [START of WW3?]
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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BUILD-UP TO WW3 - NATO Ambassadors Condemn Syria After They Allegedly Hit Turkey With Shelling
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
5:39
WW3 in ACTION?:Turkey continues Syria SHELLING & seeks approval for MILITARY ACTION!
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
3:26
BREAKING NEWS: Turkey STRIKES Syrian targets retaliating to MORTAR ATTACK on border [START of WW3?]
Defence firms 'not open about anti-corruption measures'
Full Article BBC News
04 Oct 2012

Two-thirds of the world's biggest defence companies do not provide enough evidence about how they fight corruption, a pressure group has said. Transparency International looked at firms from the 10 largest arms exporting nations including the UK, US, Russia, Germany, France and China. The 129 firms it studied are worth more than $10tn (£6tn)...
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Visitors walk passed the BAE Systems M777 Howitzer artillery piece at the 7th International Land and Naval Defence Systems Exhibition in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi

updated 10 Aug 2012; published 30 Sep 2011
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Defense Department Contracting In Afghanistan: Are We Doing Enough To Combat Corruption?
updated 04 Aug 2012; published 03 Aug 2012
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CA Anti-NUKE Activists Speak Out At CPUC On San Onofre NUKE Plant "Shut It Down Now"
updated 08 Nov 2011; published 08 Nov 2011
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LUTALO DELTA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DEFENSE &DEMOCRACY; SCIENCES.VOB
updated 25 Jul 2012; published 11 Nov 2010
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1983-D-COMPANY OF DHAKA ,MUKHERJEE NAGAR DELHI AND PARLIAMENT ATTACK-13-12-2001.
updated 14 Jul 2011; published 14 Jul 2011
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Museveni Remarks Rapped
updated 17 Aug 2012; published 23 Dec 2011
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Big Four Firm News - KPMG, Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young (Big4.com Dec 2011-3)
Iran tightens grip to stem currency fall
Full Article Ohio
04 Oct 2012

TEHRAN, IRAN: Iranian authorities used aggressive measures Wednesday in an attempt to halt the nosedive of the country’s currency, making arrests, vowing to stamp out sidewalk money changers and warning merchants against...
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This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows, Iranians stand in a street as a garbage can is set on fire, in central Tehran, near Tehran's old main bazaar, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
photo: AP

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Iran 3 Oct 2012 Currency plunge triggers anti regime protests in Tehran
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Iran - Brave Iranians March Through Grand Bazzar Denouncing Dictatorship 3-Oct-12 Tehran
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 17 Apr 2012
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IRAN AIPAC's Embargo: Hungry, Suffering Iranians Mob Ahmadinejad's Car Over Economy
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 15 Sep 2012
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SALES UP!!! on Iranian OIL despite US, and EU SANCTION
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 17 Aug 2011
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China to build renminbi into reserve currency
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Iran - Tehran Protests and Strike Largest Since Revolution - Confront Dictatorship 3-Oct-12

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SC's decision on dual nationals contradicts the Fundamental Rights granted to citizens by the Constitution
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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Ali Abbas Hasanie, Political analyst and scholar, Montreal Canada The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday to disqualify dual-national citizens from...
Are African economies leaving the people behind?
more The Guardian
After years of war, Liberia seems to have settled down and now companies are falling over each other in the scramble for the new El Dorado...
Would Romney be 'most religious' president? What about Carter?
more The Los Angeles Times
If Mitt Romney wins the Nov. 6 election, would he become our most religious president? It's an odd question, but one that has come up in recent days after writer Nicholas Lemann...

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Somalia: Kismayo residents fear new clan fighting more
Somalia: Kismayo residents fear new clan fighting
my SA
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Renewed clan warfare threatens the future of Kismayo, where African Union and Somali troops earlier this week pushed out Islamic extremists. Kismayo was the last bastion controlled by al-Shabab, the radical Islamists allied...
photo: UN / STUART PRICE
Fighting   Mogadishu   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War
Afghanistan - searching for hope 11 years on more
Afghanistan - searching for hope 11 years on
Deutsche Welle
A coalition of international forces marched into Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. Today, 11 years later, many in Afghanistan and elsewhere are disappointed with the war that started out with such good intention. American and British troops went into...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Afghanistan   Civil   Coalition   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
EU 'must honour its commitment' more
EU 'must honour its commitment'
Belfast Telegraph
The president of the European Parliament has insisted the European Union (EU) must honour its commitment to Ireland to ease the bank debt burden. Martin Schulz said Europe must live up to its commitments and show the same solidarity as the Irish...
photo: EC / EU
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Facebook Surpasses 1 Billion Monthly Users more
Facebook privacy settings are shown in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
The Street
On Facebook's blog, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he was proud of the achievement, and wants to see more: "This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. See if (FB) is in our portfolio If you're reading...
photo: AP / Russel A. Daniels
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Four Nigerian peacekeepers killed in West Darfur more
Four Nigerian peacekeepers killed in West Darfur
Stars and Stripes
KHARTOUM -- Unknown gunmen killed four Nigerian soldiers and wounded eight others in an ambush in the capital of West Darfur state, El Geneina. According to the hybrid peacekeeping operation, the assailants opened fire on the UNAMID military patrol...
photo: UN / Albert González Farran
Darfur   Nigeria   Peacekeepers   Photos   Wikipedia: Darfur
David Blaine to perform with one million volts (Video) more
Magician David Blaine poses for a photo Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Chicago.
The Examiner
Related topics celebrity newsDavid Blaine Advertisement Illusionist David Blaine will stand on a series Tesla coils with a million of volts of electricity flowing through him for three days and nights starting Friday Oct. 5 on Pier 54 in New York...
photo: AP / M. Spencer Green
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UN to take up Palestinian state question in November: UNGA president more
UN to take up Palestinian state question in November: UNGA president
Xinhua
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The question of statehood for the Palestinians is expected to come up for debate in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in about six weeks, the president of the UNGA, Vuk Jeremic, said here Wednesday. While there still...
photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman
Debate   Palestine   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: United Nations General Assembly
updated 17 Sep 2012; published 11 Sep 2012
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Why It Matters: US Troops in Afghanistan
The Humiliation of Can-Do American Boys
CounterPunch 04 Oct 2012, In Afghanistan, the US military has tried training sessions, embedded cultural advisers, recommended reading lists, and even a video game designed to school American troops in local custom. But 11 years into the war, NATO troops and Afghan soldiers are still beset by a dangerous lack of cultural awareness, officials say, contributing to a string of...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
5:39
Turkey continues Syria shelling, seeks approval for military action
'No interest' in war with Syria, says Turkey
Canberra Times 04 Oct 2012, Turkey has hammered Syrian targets in reprisal for deadly cross-border fire that sent tensions soaring in the tinder-box region, prompting international calls for restraint. In Ankara, the Turkish parliament met behind closed doors in an emergency session and agreed to a government request to authorise military operations inside neighbouring Syria....

updated 03 Oct 2012; published 07 Apr 2008
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somali army 1970s - 1980
Businesses open in Kismayo amid relative calm
Xinhua 04 Oct 2012, NAIROBI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Businesses which had closed in southern Somalia city of Kismayo have reopened as relative calm returned to once Al-Shabaab stronghold, Kenya's military official said on Thursday. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and Somalia National Army (SNA) said no major incidents have taken place after the troops took full control of the...

updated 02 Oct 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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VEČE SA IVANOM IVANOVIĆEM: VUK JEREMIĆ
Palestinian UN status likely to be debated soon
Gulf News 04 Oct 2012, New York: The United Nations is likely to hold a debate on whether to upgrade the Palestinians’ UN status to a sovereign country in mid-November — after the US election, the president of the 193-member UN General Assembly said on Wednesday. Having failed last year to win recognition of full statehood at the United Nations, Palestinian...

updated 24 Sep 2012; published 20 Apr 2012
5:30
Immigrants in Germany - The next generation | People & Politics
Tolerated asylum seekers troubled in Germany
Al Jazeera 04 Oct 2012, Hussain has spent seven years learning German. He speaks it quickly and confidently when among his friends at social gatherings in the busy Kreuzberg district of Berlin. He considers Germany home. But the authorities don't want him here. Since fleeing from Pakistan to Germany seven years ago, Hussain has sought asylum, but each effort has been...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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First Presidential Debate: Obama vs. Romney (Complete HD)
Romney, Obama spar over domestic issues in first debate
Kansas City Star 04 Oct 2012, DENVER -- In the first presidential debate of the fall campaign, Mitt Romney defended himself Wednesday night against charges from President Barack Obama that his tax-cut plan would favor the wealthy. Neither candidate appeared to land a knockout blow or commit a serious blunder that would instantly change the race. But the Republican challenger...

updated 03 Apr 2012; published 17 Aug 2008
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Peacekeepers in Darfur
4 peacekeepers killed, 8 wounded in Sudan's Darfur: UNAMID
CNTV 04 Oct 2012, KHARTOUM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Four peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured by gunmen in an ambush in Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Wednesday in a statement. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a UNAMID patrol late Tuesday about 2 km away from their base in El Geneina...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
3:26
Turkey strikes Syria targets after deadly mortar attack
Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling
Jakarta Post 04 Oct 2012, Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting. "Our armed forces at the border region responded to this atrocious attack with artillery fire on points in...

updated 09 Aug 2012; published 07 Mar 2009
3:30
How Defense Industry Will Fight Back Against Obama
Defence firms 'not open about anti-corruption measures'
BBC News 04 Oct 2012, Two-thirds of the world's biggest defence companies do not provide enough evidence about how they fight corruption, a pressure group has said. Transparency International looked at firms from the 10 largest arms exporting nations including the UK, US, Russia, Germany, France and China. The 129 firms it studied are worth more than $10tn (£6tn)...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
2:04
Iranians protest currency nosedive
Iran tightens grip to stem currency fall
Ohio 04 Oct 2012, TEHRAN, IRAN: Iranian authorities used aggressive measures Wednesday in an attempt to halt the nosedive of the country’s currency, making arrests, vowing to stamp out sidewalk money changers and warning merchants against...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 05 Feb 2007
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Gandhi's Philosophy
Gandhi yesterday & tomorrow
The Times of India 03 Oct 2012, The first issue was the most pressing and logical: Is Gandhi relevant in modern times? Affirming that Gandhi's philosophy is more relevant today more than ever, former MP and political activist Gev Awari said that the Arab Spring was the most recent example of a Gandhi-esque mass movement. "The common people came together and overthrew their...

updated 16 Apr 2012; published 07 Dec 2009
1:29
Al-Shabaab suspects charged in Mombasa court
Coalition forces arrested 100 Al shabab suspects in Kismayo
Mareeg 03 Oct 2012, 03/10/2012 KISMAYO (Mareeg.com)-The Somali government on Wednesday said its security forces arrested 100 people suspected of having links with the militant group of Al-Shabaab in operations in the...

updated 18 Jun 2012; published 25 May 2012
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AU troops take strategic Somalia town
AU troops bolster gains in Somali port
Independent online (SA) 03 Oct 2012, Mogadishu - African Union troops and allied Somali forces bolstered positions Wednesday in the former Islamist bastion of Kismayo, residents said, a day after entering the Somali port city amid heavy explosions. Wary shopkeepers, who had shut down business since Al-Qaeda linked Shebab abandoned the city on Saturday, reopened for the first time, as...

updated 27 Aug 2010; published 15 Jan 2010
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IRELAND'S BANKS IN MORE TROUBLE !!!! JAN 15th 2010
Barroso stands by bailout deal
Belfast Telegraph 03 Oct 2012, European leaders will be told to stick to a deal to ease Ireland's bank debt burden, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has said. Amid concerns of a lack of commitment from Brussels, both Mr Barroso and Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny said a refusal to...