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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...
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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...
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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...

Five killed in Gaza assassinations
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
A mix to make debt sustainable
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...
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Thousands of British troops to quit Afghanistan in 2013
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
And this they call peace and harmony?
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...
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UAE to send air ambulance for shot girl
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...
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Jordan: US forces plan shield against Syria
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
File - The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk from a regularly scheduled deployment.
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
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 06 Oct 2012
12:02
Felix Baumgartner's Top Freefalls
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
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
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
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Raw: Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain
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
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
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
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Somali fighters 'capture Kismayo' - 27 Aug 08
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.
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
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?
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
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))))
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
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
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Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Biden slams Ryan over the 47%
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...