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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving fom 24 miles
Full Article Detroit Free Press
14 Oct 2012

Update: Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed on Earth after a jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive. Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from 28,000 feet, or 24 miles. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing. Previous story: ROSWELL, N.M. — Sky...
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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving fom 24 miles
photo: AP / Predrag Vuckovic

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 29 Aug 2008
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Man Skydives 22 Miles
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 26 Jul 2012
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Felix Baumgartner Poised to Break Sound Barrier in Record-Smashing 22-mile Sky Dive
updated 10 Oct 2012; published 26 Jul 2012
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Austrian Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Jumps From 18 Miles Above Earths Surface
updated 09 Oct 2012; published 02 Oct 2012
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'Fearless Felix' Baumgartner,to jump from 23 miles above the Earth
updated 09 Oct 2012; published 27 Jul 2012
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Austrian Skydiver Makes 18-Mile Drop in Spacesuit: Felix Baumgartner to Break Speed of Sound
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Felix Baumgartner Skydives From Space, Proves Red Bull May Hinder Human Survival Instinct
Rights group says Syria using cluster bombs
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
14 Oct 2012

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An international human rights group said Sunday it has obtained new evidence that Syrian troops are using cluster bombs — widely banned munitions that pose a grave risk to civilians because they burst into bomblets over large areas and often linger on the ground, detonating only when touched. Steve Goose of U.S.-based Human...
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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon against Syrian Army positions in the Karmal Jabl district, Aleppo, Syria, 10 October, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

updated 17 Aug 2012; published 13 Jul 2012
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Syria - Assad Using Cluster Bombs on Civilian Towns 13-July-12 Human Rights Watch Confirms Claims
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 14 Oct 2012
1:34
Turkey bans all Syrian planes from its air space, rebels gain
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 14 Oct 2012
1:34
Syria bans Turkish planes in airspace
updated 09 Jul 2012; published 16 Jan 2012
1:49
18+ Syria Dictator Uses Nail Bombs on Civilians as Assad Attacks Homs 1-15-12 Baba Amr
updated 28 Apr 2011; published 28 Apr 2011
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Citizens speak out - 21 Apr 2011
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 13 Aug 2012
11:40
Hezbollah's Propaganda War (Part 1/2)
U.S. Army overhauling its force for post-Afghanistan era
Full Article Denver Post
14 Oct 2012

FORT POLK, la. — Shortly after dark, the paratroopers jumped out of C-130s into a Caspian Sea country teeming with mayhem, political unrest and insurgents. Their first mission was to prevent a U.S. consulate from being overrun. Then they were to repel an invasion by a hostile neighboring nation that was after the oil wealth of...
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U.S. Army overhauling its force for post-Afghanistan era
photo: US DoD / Tyler Meister

updated 31 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2010
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Ex-CIA agent: Iraq war not over, 'Mission Accomplished' a lie
updated 21 Jul 2012; published 16 Oct 2008
5:32
NATO in Afghanistan - ISAF mission and the reconstruction of Afghanistan
updated 27 Aug 2012; published 05 Mar 2011
3:55
Combat Arms Clan War! Game Nation! Vs Hungary 2011
updated 07 Oct 2012; published 01 May 2010
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MONGOLIAN ARMY in AFGHANISTAN
updated 12 Sep 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
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Active-Duty Army Whistleblower Lt Col Daniel Davis: US Deceiving Public on Afghan War 1 of 2
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 12 Feb 2011
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BRITISH FORCES - THIS IS WAR
Portugal and Spain march against austerity
Full Article Al Jazeera
14 Oct 2012

Thousands of demonstrators in Portugal and Spain have marched in fresh protests against austerity measures their governments have imposed to tackle the countries' debt crises. Portuguese protesters staged marches in the capital Lisbon and a number of other cities on Saturday. The government of Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, which is...
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Protestors hold banners reading “no financial cuts" and "crisis is a fraud" against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

updated 25 Sep 2012; published 16 Sep 2012
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Spain And Portugal Hit By Austerity Protests
updated 12 Sep 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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Complain in Spain: New wave of anger over austerity hits cities
updated 07 Oct 2012; published 29 Sep 2010
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Austerity on Fire: Video of street battles in Spain as protests heat up
updated 02 Oct 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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Tens of thousands in anti-austerity protest in Spain; big demonstration in Portugal
updated 02 Oct 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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Inside Story - How deep will austerity measures cut Spain?
updated 08 Mar 2012; published 29 Sep 2010
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Unions rattle Brussels with strong anti-austerity march (Raw Video)
Syria bans Turkish planes in airspace
Full Article BBC News
14 Oct 2012

Syria's government has imposed a ban on all Turkish civilian planes flying through its airspace. The move...
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Boeing 777-300ER with the badge and cups of FC Barcelona. Turkish Airlines is the official sponsor and carrier of the club.[
photo: Creative Commons / Mertborak

updated 29 Jul 2012; published 23 Jun 2012
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Syria says Turkish plane violated airspace
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 25 Jun 2012
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Footage Proves Turkish Jet Violated Syrian Airspace
updated 14 Jul 2012; published 03 Jul 2012
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Syria - Turkish Fighter plane Penetrated Syrian Airspace 02-07-2012
updated 02 Sep 2012; published 26 Jun 2012
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NATO in meeting after Syria shot down Turkish war plane
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 11 Oct 2012
2:14
Turkey Grounds Syria Airliner - Assad Busted Smuggling Missile Parts Over Turkish Airspace 10-10-12
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 22 Aug 2012
4:26
Turkey Airline Over Syrian Airspace (August 22, 2012)
US, Canadian civilians reported missing in Afghanistan
Full Article Stars and Stripes
13 Oct 2012

KABUL – Two foreign civilians have been reported missing in Afghanistan, police said Saturday. “The US military based in Wardak province came to us and said that a Canadian man and an American woman traveling from Kabul to Wardak were missing on the outskirts...
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US, Canadian civilians reported missing in Afghanistan
photo: DOD / Tyler Meister

updated 28 Jun 2012; published 17 Mar 2012
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Karzai Questions US- Afghan Relations "End of The Rope"
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 30 Jul 2012
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Gas Prices and Energy Market Speculation, Iran and Israel, Keystone Pipeline, Joseph Kony (2012)
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 19 Nov 2011
17:14
Czech army in Afghanistan Wardak (OMLT ISAF) 2010-2011 in HD
updated 11 Nov 2011; published 28 Sep 2011
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Boise Idaho HUD Home - 10518 Silver Fox Drive Boise, ID
updated 27 Jan 2012; published 06 Jan 2011
14:40
NATO Documentary - Afghanistan: Voices above the noise 1/4 (with subtitles: English)
updated 26 Aug 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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NATO in Afghanistan - On patrol with Ghazni's Police Commander
AU Urges UN Security Council to Lift Arms Embargo on Somalia
Full Article Mareeg
13 Oct 2012

12/10/2012 ADDIS ABABA (Mareeg.com)—The AU has revived its push for the lifting of the UN arms embargo on Somalia, to facilitate the proper arming of its forces and also urged the world body to authorise the deployment of additional military capacity. This is contained in a communique issued after its 337th meeting in Addis Ababa, the...
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AU Urges UN Security Council to Lift Arms Embargo on Somalia
photo: UN / STUART PRICE.

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 14 Jun 2011
109:03
The Art of War Audiobook by Sun Tzu
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 06 Nov 2011
138:39
Part 2 - A Princess of Mars Audiobook by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Chs 11-18)
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 24 May 2012
150:24
Part 07 - Our Mutual Friend Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 2, Chs 9-13)
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 06 Nov 2011
178:38
A Christmas Carol Audiobook by Charles Dickens
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 10 Oct 2011
133:55
Part 1 - The House of Mirth Audiobook by Edith Wharton (Book 1 - Chs 01-05)
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 11 Jun 2011
40:01
Part 3 - Treasure Island Audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson (Chs 13-15)
UN secretary general calls on world to empower girls
Full Article Jamaica Observer
13 Oct 2012

GIRLS' rights were front and centre at a high-level panel discussion at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday where UN Women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Girls Not Brides, focused on ways to end child marriage. The event was in observance of the first International...
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UN secretary general calls on world to empower girls
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 21 Nov 2011
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UN Secretary-General on the Role of Youth in Ending Violence against Women
updated 09 Sep 2012; published 26 Feb 2010
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International Women's Day (8 March 2010) - Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
updated 17 May 2012; published 17 May 2012
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WTISD 2012 SPEECH : Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary - General, ITU
updated 01 Mar 2012; published 08 Apr 2011
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Ban Ki-Moon, Michelle Bachelet, Valerie Jarrett, and Amy Gutmann on Empowering Women
updated 08 Mar 2012; published 08 Mar 2012
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Secretary-General launches Network of Men Leaders to combat violence against women (2009)
updated 09 Sep 2012; published 19 Oct 2010
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United Nations Day 2010: Secretary-General message
UN resolution to regain north Mali from Islamic militants
Full Article Zeenews
13 Oct 2012

Zeenews Bureau United Nations: United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a resolution that permits international military intervention to regain control of northern Mali from Islamic militants, as per reports. The northern part of Mali is presently in control of Islamic militants and is turning into a foothold of al Qaeda. A detailed plan...
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Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during the handover of a Swiss female hostage for transport by helicopter to neighboring Burkina Faso, at a designated rendezvous point in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
photo: AP

updated 13 Oct 2012; published 24 Sep 2011
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Part 5 - Lord Jim Audiobook by Joseph Conrad (Chs 27-36)
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 22 Sep 2011
158:13
Part 08 - Moby Dick Audiobook by Herman Melville (Chs 089-104)
updated 03 Apr 2012; published 02 Apr 2012
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Mali coup: neighbours set to close all borders ‎
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 13 Aug 2012
29:15
Richard Dawkins - Militant Atheism (subtitles 39 languages)
updated 11 Oct 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
54:33
Angolan Civil War Documentary Film
updated 10 Oct 2012; published 23 Jun 2012
59:34
American Foreign Policy During the Cold War - John Stockwell
UN Council Asks West Africa for Mali Military Plan
Full Article Jakarta Globe
13 Oct 2012

United Nations. The UN Security Council approved a resolution on Friday that presses West African nations to speed up preparations for an international military intervention aimed at reconquering northern Mali. United Nations. The UN Security Council approved a resolution on Friday that presses West African nations to speed up preparations for an...
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Gert Rosenthal (left), Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the UN and President of the Security Council for October, briefs the press on the two resolutions approved by the Council this afternoon, respectively extending the UN’s mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, by one year, and lending support to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and partners in their response to the Malian crisis, 12 October, 2012.
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

updated 13 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
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UN to vote on Mali military intervention
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
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Thousands join Mali march calling for intervention
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
2:41
UN to vote on international military intervention in Mali
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
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NHK - UNSC mulling sending troops to Mali
updated 08 Sep 2012; published 23 Jan 2012
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Africa as a Frontier Market (Video)
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 31 Jul 2012
108:55
A Conversation on Obama Administration sub-Saharan Africa Policy

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How to plan cities for 2.7 billion more people?
more Richmond Times Dispatch
NAPLES, Italy -- Where in the world — literally — will affordable, developable land be found to house and service the stunning population growth of world cities, now...
IoS Investigation: The shocking truth about landmines
more The Independent
The landmine belongs to another era – or so many of us like to believe. We think of it as an evil all but consigned to history by the entreaties of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a...
Lionel ‘Mei Xi’? Only in China
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Shanghai: What’s in a name? Well, absolutely nothing if you ask me, but just try getting to grips with names in Chinese. Other than getting the intonation right in the art of...

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Five killed in Gaza assassinations more
Five killed in Gaza assassinations
Sydney Morning Herald
JERUSALEM: In a deadly cycle of targeted assassinations and retaliatory rocket fire, five Palestinians were killed and more were injured in Gaza over the weekend, while militants...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Gaza   Jerusalem   Palestinians   Photos   Wikipedia: Gaza
A mix to make debt sustainable more
A mix to make debt sustainable
Kathimerini
The political decision to keep Greece in the eurozone for at least another year may have been made, but its creditors are doing their best to undermine it by increasing event risk and further hurting the private sector and the economy in general. In...
photo: WN / marzena
Debt   Eurozone   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Eurozone
Thousands of British troops to quit Afghanistan in 2013 more
Thousands of British troops to quit Afghanistan in 2013
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, as pressure mounts to end British involvement in the costly and unpopular war. More than 430 British troops...
photo: US DoD / Tyler Meister
Afghanistan   British   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
And this they call peace and harmony? more
And this they call peace and harmony?
Business Day
NORWAY, which has rejected the European Union outright, appeared to embrace it on Friday and, surprisingly, handed it the Nobel Peace Prize. You would be forgiven for thinking Academy Awards members infiltrated the Nobel Prize committee to add a...
photo: EC / EC
EU   Norway   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: European Parliament
UAE to send air ambulance for shot girl more
UAE to send air ambulance for shot girl
Canberra Times
AP The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to send a specialised aircraft to serve as an ambulance for a 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban in case doctors decide to send her abroad for treatment. The shooting of Malala Yousufzai along with...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Arab   Emirates   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Jordan: US forces plan shield against Syria more
Jordan: US forces plan shield against Syria
Gulf News
Russeifeh, Jordan: From the edge of a steep mountain overlooking a desert compound built into an old rock quarry, machine gunfire echoes just outside hangars where US special operations forces are training Jordanian commandos. The Americans, who...
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Desert   Jordan   Photos   Syria
US nuclear submarine collides with cruiser more
File - The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk from a regularly scheduled deployment.
IBN Live
Washington: A US Navy nuclear submarine on Sunday collided with a cruiser off the coast of northeastern Florida, but there were no injuries aboard the two vessels involved in the accident during an exercise. The submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) and...
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Todd A. Schaffer
Defence   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: USS Montpelier (SSN-765)
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 06 Oct 2012
12:02
Felix Baumgartner's Top Freefalls
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving fom 24 miles
Detroit Free Press 14 Oct 2012, Update: Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed on Earth after a jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive. Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from 28,000 feet, or 24 miles. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing. Previous story: ROSWELL, N.M. — Sky...

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
2:21
Intercepted: First video aboard Syria-bound plane diverted by Turkey
Rights group says Syria using cluster bombs
Yahoo Daily News 14 Oct 2012, AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An international human rights group said Sunday it has obtained new evidence that Syrian troops are using cluster bombs — widely banned munitions that pose a grave risk to civilians because they burst into bomblets over large areas and often linger on the ground, detonating only when touched. Steve Goose of U.S.-based Human...

updated 12 Oct 2012; published 08 Aug 2011
4:07
Kandahar, Afghanistan Military Police
U.S. Army overhauling its force for post-Afghanistan era
Denver Post 14 Oct 2012, FORT POLK, la. — Shortly after dark, the paratroopers jumped out of C-130s into a Caspian Sea country teeming with mayhem, political unrest and insurgents. Their first mission was to prevent a U.S. consulate from being overrun. Then they were to repel an invasion by a hostile neighboring nation that was after the oil wealth of...

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
0:55
Raw: Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain
Portugal and Spain march against austerity
Al Jazeera 14 Oct 2012, Thousands of demonstrators in Portugal and Spain have marched in fresh protests against austerity measures their governments have imposed to tackle the countries' debt crises. Portuguese protesters staged marches in the capital Lisbon and a number of other cities on Saturday. The government of Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, which is...

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 14 Oct 2012
1:34
Syria bans Turkish planes in airspace
Syria bans Turkish planes in airspace
BBC News 14 Oct 2012, Syria's government has imposed a ban on all Turkish civilian planes flying through its airspace. The move...

updated 12 Oct 2012; published 08 Aug 2011
4:07
Kandahar, Afghanistan Military Police
US, Canadian civilians reported missing in Afghanistan
Stars and Stripes 13 Oct 2012, KABUL – Two foreign civilians have been reported missing in Afghanistan, police said Saturday. “The US military based in Wardak province came to us and said that a Canadian man and an American woman traveling from Kabul to Wardak were missing on the outskirts...

updated 17 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2008
1:56
Somali fighters 'capture Kismayo' - 27 Aug 08
AU Urges UN Security Council to Lift Arms Embargo on Somalia
Mareeg 13 Oct 2012, 12/10/2012 ADDIS ABABA (Mareeg.com)—The AU has revived its push for the lifting of the UN arms embargo on Somalia, to facilitate the proper arming of its forces and also urged the world body to authorise the deployment of additional military capacity. This is contained in a communique issued after its 337th meeting in Addis Ababa, the...

updated 12 Oct 2012; published 01 Oct 2012
5:42
Protecting girls' rights: UNICEF and the EU are committed to support ending harmful practices.
UN secretary general calls on world to empower girls
Jamaica Observer 13 Oct 2012, GIRLS' rights were front and centre at a high-level panel discussion at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday where UN Women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Girls Not Brides, focused on ways to end child marriage. The event was in observance of the first International...

updated 13 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
2:41
UN to vote on international military intervention in Mali
UN resolution to regain north Mali from Islamic militants
Zeenews 13 Oct 2012, Zeenews Bureau United Nations: United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a resolution that permits international military intervention to regain control of northern Mali from Islamic militants, as per reports. The northern part of Mali is presently in control of Islamic militants and is turning into a foothold of al Qaeda. A detailed plan...

updated 17 Jul 2012; published 03 Jul 2012
25:52
Inside Story - Is Mali's conflict a threat to the region?
UN Council Asks West Africa for Mali Military Plan
Jakarta Globe 13 Oct 2012, United Nations. The UN Security Council approved a resolution on Friday that presses West African nations to speed up preparations for an international military intervention aimed at reconquering northern Mali. United Nations. The UN Security Council approved a resolution on Friday that presses West African nations to speed up preparations for an...

updated 13 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
0:45
Pro and anti-Morsi protesters clash in Egypt
Egypt judges attack Mursi ousting of prosecutor-general
BBC News 12 Oct 2012, A group of Egyptian judges has criticised President Mohammed Mursi's attempt to remove the country's top prosecutor as a "farce". The president said he was reassigning prosecutor-general Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, regarded as a figure from the old regime, as Vatican envoy. But Mr Mahmoud has said he will not go. The move against him...

updated 12 Oct 2012; published 17 Sep 2010
10:26
2002 Bali Bombings Indonesia - ((((THE REAL TRUTH))))
Indonesia's Bali recalls horror of bombs 10 years on
Yahoo Daily News 12 Oct 2012, KUTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Worshippers at the Ar-Rahmat mosque in the Indonesian town of Kuta have prayed every night for the past 10 years for the victims of bombs that blew up in their tourist town on Bali island in 2002. "We will pray for the rest of our lives," said Usman, a Kuta resident, wearing a white gown and skullcap that mark him out as...

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
2:21
Intercepted: First video aboard Syria-bound plane diverted by Turkey
Syria slams Turkey's grounding of civilian airplane
CNTV 12 Oct 2012, DAMASCUS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- After a week full of tension on the Turkish-Syrian borders over the cross fire between both sides, Syria broke the silence on Thursday and lashed out at the Turkish government after a Syrian civilian plane was grounded a day earlier in Turkey amid testimonies that the Turks attacked the plane crew. Syria's...

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
5:00
Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Biden slams Ryan over the 47%
Biden faces off against challenger
Stuff 12 Oct 2012, LATEST: Vice President Joe Biden and the man who wants his job, Republican Paul Ryan, clashed over policy in Libya in the opening minutes of the vice presidential debate. Moderater Martha Raddatz, who is senior foreign affairs correspondent for ABC News, opened the debate Thursday night by asking if the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in...