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UK court allows Kenyan claim over 1950s torture to proceed
Full Article Independent online (SA)
05 Oct 2012

London - A British court ruled on Friday that three elderly Kenyans who were tortured under British rule in the 1950s could pursue their claim for damages from London, a judgement likely to encourage other claims from victims of colonial-era brutality. Britain, which had tried for three years to block their legal action, said it was disappointed...
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Seated left to right, Kenyans Jane Muthoni Mara, Wambuga Wa Nyingi, and Paulo Muoka Nzili, celebrate the announcement of a legal decision in their case at Britain's High Court concerning Mau Mau veterans, at the offices of the Kenya Human Rights Commission in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 22 Apr 2011
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updated 23 Aug 2012; published 07 Feb 2011
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Democracy's Greatest Leaders - Lincoln & Chuchill
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 21 May 2009
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President Obama: Our Security, Our Values
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 08 Aug 2011
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The 700 Club - August 4, 2011- CBN.com
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Jun 2010
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Genocide: Worse Than War | Full-length documentary | PBS
updated 16 Sep 2012; published 30 Mar 2012
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In Search of Accountability
Greece bailout: Tension in Athens over unpaid workers
Full Article BBC News
05 Oct 2012

Protesters are appearing in court in the Greek capital Athens a day after a rally by shipyard workers against job cuts descended into violence. A line of blue police lorries flanked the courthouse as riot police kept back supporters of those detained during the clashes on Thursday. Police had used truncheons when at least 100 protesters broke into...
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Riot police clash with protesters inside Greece's Defense Ministry in Athens, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis

updated 27 Sep 2012; published 13 Feb 2012
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GREECE RIOTS - Athens Burns as people fights aginst Austerity plans.
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
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Breaking News: Greece Protest Violence Flares In Athens Amid Mass Strike
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 27 Sep 2012
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VIOLENT RAMPAGE: Athens protesters throw FIREBOMBS, police shoot TEAR GAS in RAGE RIOTS!
updated 11 Apr 2012; published 05 May 2010
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Massive strike in Greece paralyzes Athens
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 28 Jun 2011
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Athens riots video: New round of clashes, stones & tear gas in Greece
updated 11 Sep 2012; published 29 Feb 2012
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Greek Police, Firemen Rally to Protest Austerity Cuts
UN condemns Syrian shelling of Turkey
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Oct 2012

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a statement condemning "in the strongest terms" Syria's shelling of a Turkish town that killed five people. Council members managed to bridge differences between the strong statement demanded by the United States and its Western supporters and backed by their NATO ally Turkey, and a weaker text...
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A view of the Security Council stakeout area through a glass door, as journalists gather for a briefing by Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar Ja'afari, on Syria-Turkey tensions, 4 October, 2012.
photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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WW3 in ACTION?:Turkey continues Syria SHELLING & seeks approval for MILITARY ACTION!
updated 29 Jun 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Syrian Canadian Council-Faisal Alazem comments about Syria and message to Ottawa 10-02-2012
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 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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Syrian Shells Kill Five Turkish Nationals
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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WAR: Turkey strikes targets in Syria in retaliation for shelling deaths
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 20 Sep 2012
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Free Syria Army Shows its Unity and Strength in Idlib 9-19-12 Unified Revolution Council
Meningitis fears prompt US medical warning
Full Article BBC News
05 Oct 2012

Doctors and hospitals in the US are being urged to stop using products from a firm linked to a widening outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says investigators found contamination in a sealed steroid vial at the New England Compounding Center. Over 30 people in six states have been ill from the...
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An unidentified man carries packages out of New England Compounding in Framingham, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Stephan Savoia

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Spinal Steroid Injections
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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CDC Doctor: 'We Could See More' Meningitis Cases
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
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Tenn: Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Investigation
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Doc: 'Never Seen' Meningitis Outbreak Like This
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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URGENT!! Meningitis Outbreak (Tainted Steroid Shots)
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Link To Steroid Injections
Turkish PM doesn't want war with Syria
Full Article The Australian
04 Oct 2012

TURKEY doesn't want war with Syria but it's determined to protect its borders and its people, the country's prime minister declared Thursday. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at a news conference hours after Turkey's Parliament approved a bill authorizing military operations against Syria. Earlier, Turkey fired on...
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Turkish commandos stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
photo: AP

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Turkey-Syria BORDER on WAR: Turkey STRIKES back after KILLED in Syrian cross-border shelling
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Lead Up To WW3: TURKEY A Step Closer To WAR With SYRIA As Parliament Sanctions MILITARY OPERATIONS
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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The Path To WW3: TURKEY Parliament Sanctions MILITARY OPERATIONS Against SYRIA.
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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Wars and Rumors of War
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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BREAKING NEWS: Turkish parliament AUTHORIZES MILITARY operations in Syria! [WW3 in ACTION?]
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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WW3! ONE STEP CLOSER?: Turkish parliament AUTHORIZES cross-border MILITARY operations in Syria
Better life eludes African migrants in Yemen
Full Article Al Jazeera
04 Oct 2012

Thousands of African migrants have arrived in Yemen this year, drawn by the promise of a better future. But many find they are no better off now than they were at home. The UN says there has been a 30 per cent rise in refugees landing in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country from Ethiopia and Somalia. However, those who make it to Yemen find...
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Ethiopian migrants wait to be evacuated at departure center in the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Thursday, March 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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African migrants look for better life in Yemen
updated 22 Sep 2012; published 08 Jul 2012
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African migrants 'tortured in Sinai'
updated 18 Jul 2012; published 13 Jun 2012
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Israel to deport African migrants
updated 06 Jul 2012; published 25 Oct 2008
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The African immigrants who must wait to work - 25 Oct 08
updated 06 Jul 2012; published 20 May 2008
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Migrants in South Africa fear for their lives - 20 May 08
updated 23 Jun 2012; published 13 Jun 2012
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Legal advisor comments on Israel's deportation of African migrants
Ex-Philippines president arrested on corruption charges
Full Article CNN
04 Oct 2012

updated 11:29 AM EDT, Thu October 4, 2012 Former Philippine President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on corruption charges. (CNN) -- Police in the Philippines have arrested former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on corruption charges, the state news agency reported Thursday. Arroyo is at a hospital in Quezon City,...
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Sandiganbayan Executive Assistant Florecal Sebastian shows a copy of the Order of Arrest to former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines, Thursday Oct. 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Aaron Favila

updated 15 Aug 2012; published 18 Nov 2011
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PHILIPPINE LOCAL COURT ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR GLORIA ARROYO ON ELECTION FRAUD
updated 19 Feb 2011; published 18 Feb 2011
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SEN. PING LACSON ON PNP CORRUPTION
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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Ex-Philippine president arrested in plunder case
updated 23 Sep 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Fidel! (2002)
updated 30 Jan 2012; published 13 Dec 2011
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Former Philippines President Gloria Arroyo under arrest
updated 20 May 2012; published 22 Nov 2011
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Ex-Philippine President Arroyo Arrested For Fraud
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
photo: DOD / Public Domain

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 19 Aug 2012
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Call Me Maybe Cover - Kunar, Afghanistan - US Army Soldiers
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 05 Oct 2012; published 20 Dec 2010
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US Troops Ambushed in Afghanistan (Helmet CAM)
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 11 Feb 2010
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Amazing Military Tribute Video - AMERICAN SOLDIER by Toby keith
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 19 May 2010
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US Soldiers Awarded German Gold Cross Medal
updated 05 Oct 2012; published 24 Apr 2010
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Telephone Remake
Somalia: Kismayo residents fear new clan fighting
Full Article Herald Tribune
04 Oct 2012

MOGADISHU, Somalia - 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 to al-Qaida who taxed goods coming into the port to fund their activities. Al-Shabab announced their...
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In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, alleged members of al-Shabab are blindfolded and guarded at a former police station by soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) in Kismayo, southern Somalia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012.
photo: AP / AU-UN IST, Stuart Price

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 28 Sep 2012
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Kenyan troops launch beach assault on Kismayo
updated 17 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2008
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Somali fighters 'capture Kismayo' - 27 Aug 08
updated 23 Sep 2012; published 28 Aug 2012
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The Isaaq Clan and SNM - "North Somalis and South Somalis are Brothers"
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 08 Sep 2012
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Malaaaq Maxamud Barbaar - The fall of Siad Barre // #Rahanweyn
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 11 Aug 2012
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Keydmedia Exclusive: USC & SNM - General Aidid and members of the Isaaq Clan
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 08 Apr 2009
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The Clan
'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 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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'Turkey one step away from Syria war'
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 05 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

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Abu Hamza extradition ruling due
more The Guardian
Radical cleric and four other terror suspects due to find out whether the high court has rejected their bid to resist extradition...
Europe's uncoordinated refugee policy
more Deutsche Welle
Refugees to Europe can count their blessings - or not - depending on which country they arrive in. There are still major differences between the European Union states in asylum...
UN maintains central role in world diplomacy
more Jakarta Post
Paper Edition | Page: 12 This year’s debate of the United Nations General Assembly has produced substantial progress and highlighted the centrality of the world body in diplomacy,...

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A Platinum Mining Giant Just Fired 12,000 Protesting Workers In South Africa more
A Platinum Mining Giant Just Fired 12,000 Protesting Workers In South Africa
Business Insider
12,000 illegally striking workers have been dismissed by South Africa-based platinum producer Anglo American Platinum, according to Reuters. The strikes have reportedly cost the company $82.7 million. Miners have been striking across South Africa for...
photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman
Africa   Mining   Photos   Platinum   Wikipedia: Mining engineering
AMISOM promise amnesty to Al shabab fighters of their safety if they give themselves up more
AMISOM promise amnesty to Al shabab fighters of their safety if they give themselves up
Mareeg
05/10/2012 MOGADISHU (Mareeg) —The spokesman of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Col. Ali Aden Mahud, urged...
photo: UN / STUART PRICE
Amnesty   Mogadishu   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: African Union Mission to Somalia
Russia extends Tajik base lease to curb militant threat more
Russia extends Tajik base lease to curb militant threat
The Star
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Russia extended its military presence in Tajikistan for 30 years on Friday in a deal to secure the southern fringes of its former Soviet empire after NATO troops leave Afghanistan. The countries' defence ministers signed an...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
NEPAL: Key role for female health volunteers more
NEPAL: Key role for female health volunteers
IRINnews
DALEIKH/KATHMANDU, 5 October 2012 (IRIN) - Women working as female healthcare volunteers often provide a vital service for the poorest in mountainous Nepal, and have contributed to a steady improvement in maternal and neonatal survival rates....
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
Female   Health   Kathmandu   Nepal   Photos   Wikipedia: Nepal
Malta hosts first Europe-Arab summit in a decade more
Malta hosts first Europe-Arab summit in a decade
WPXI
Ten European and North African leaders meet in Malta on Friday for the first such summit of Mediterranean neighbors in a decade, with the agenda focused on fighting terrorism and lawlessness, and strengthening political and economic cooperation in...
photo: EC / EU
Europe   Malta   Photos   Summit   Wikipedia: Arab Spring
AU troops struggle to secure Somali city more
AU troops struggle to secure Somali city
Al Jazeera
Somalian security forces, backed by African Union troops, are gradually extending their control over Kismayo after forcing al-Shabab rebels out of many parts of the city. Kismayo was the last key stronghold of al-Shabab, which had taxed goods coming...
photo: UN / Stuart Price
Africa   Photos   Somalia   Troops   Wikipedia: Somalia
Syrian crisis may spill over: UN chief more
Syrian crisis may spill over: UN chief
The Siasat Daily
United Nations, October 04: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is alarmed by the escalating tensions along the Syrian-Turkish border and warned that the Syrian crisis may spill over into neighbouring countries. "As the situation inside...
photo: UN / J Carrier
Photos   Syria   Turkish   UN   Wikipedia: Syria
updated 17 Oct 2011; published 01 Mar 2011
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'The Last Battle' Kickstarter Campaign (Mau Mau torture survivors film)
UK court allows Kenyan claim over 1950s torture to proceed
Independent online (SA) 05 Oct 2012, London - A British court ruled on Friday that three elderly Kenyans who were tortured under British rule in the 1950s could pursue their claim for damages from London, a judgement likely to encourage other claims from victims of colonial-era brutality. Britain, which had tried for three years to block their legal action, said it was disappointed...

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
1:06
Video: Furious shipyard workers storm Greek Defense Ministry complex
Greece bailout: Tension in Athens over unpaid workers
BBC News 05 Oct 2012, Protesters are appearing in court in the Greek capital Athens a day after a rally by shipyard workers against job cuts descended into violence. A line of blue police lorries flanked the courthouse as riot police kept back supporters of those detained during the clashes on Thursday. Police had used truncheons when at least 100 protesters broke into...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
4:18
'Turkey one step away from Syria war'
UN condemns Syrian shelling of Turkey
Al Jazeera 05 Oct 2012, The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a statement condemning "in the strongest terms" Syria's shelling of a Turkish town that killed five people. Council members managed to bridge differences between the strong statement demanded by the United States and its Western supporters and backed by their NATO ally Turkey, and a weaker text...

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
1:27
Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Spinal Steroid Injections
Meningitis fears prompt US medical warning
BBC News 05 Oct 2012, Doctors and hospitals in the US are being urged to stop using products from a firm linked to a widening outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says investigators found contamination in a sealed steroid vial at the New England Compounding Center. Over 30 people in six states have been ill from the...

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
5:39
Turkey continues Syria shelling, seeks approval for military action
Turkish PM doesn't want war with Syria
The Australian 04 Oct 2012, TURKEY doesn't want war with Syria but it's determined to protect its borders and its people, the country's prime minister declared Thursday. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at a news conference hours after Turkey's Parliament approved a bill authorizing military operations against Syria. Earlier, Turkey fired on...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
2:37
African migrants look for better life in Yemen
Better life eludes African migrants in Yemen
Al Jazeera 04 Oct 2012, Thousands of African migrants have arrived in Yemen this year, drawn by the promise of a better future. But many find they are no better off now than they were at home. The UN says there has been a 30 per cent rise in refugees landing in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country from Ethiopia and Somalia. However, those who make it to Yemen find...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
6:08
Sandiganbayan issues arrest warrant vs Arroyo
Ex-Philippines president arrested on corruption charges
CNN 04 Oct 2012, updated 11:29 AM EDT, Thu October 4, 2012 Former Philippine President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on corruption charges. (CNN) -- Police in the Philippines have arrested former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on corruption charges, the state news agency reported Thursday. Arroyo is at a hospital in Quezon City,...

updated 17 Sep 2012; published 11 Sep 2012
2:46
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 17 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2008
1:56
Somali fighters 'capture Kismayo' - 27 Aug 08
Somalia: Kismayo residents fear new clan fighting
Herald Tribune 04 Oct 2012, MOGADISHU, Somalia - 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 to al-Qaida who taxed goods coming into the port to fund their activities. Al-Shabab announced their...

updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
4:18
'Turkey one step away from Syria war'
'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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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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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 05 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
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First Presidential Debate: Obama vs. Romney (Complete HD - Quality Audio)
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...