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For­mer Ital­ian PM Sil­vio Berlus­coni SEN­TENCED to 4 Years in Jail
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Ro­hingya: the world's most for­got­ten peo­ple
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Syria envoy calls for Eid cease­fire
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Bei­jing strips Bo Xilai of par­lia­ment post
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Ro­hingya: the world's most for­got­ten peo­ple
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Oct 23 - Hur­ri­cane Sandy - warn­ing in ef­fect for Ja­maica, Trop­i­cal Storm Tony, TD Ofel / Son-Tinh
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UN envoy urges Syria truce as con­flict en­ters 20th month - NewsX
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Rajat Gupta sen­tenced to two years in jail
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Gaza mil­i­tants fire rock­et at Is­raeli town, de­spite truce
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Emir of Qatar in his­toric visit to Gaza
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Com­plete Sec­ond Pres­i­den­tial Town Hall De­bate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Rom­ney - Oct 16, 2012
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In Alep­po, Syria, a War-Torn Life
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THOU­SANDS OF AFRICANS JOIN­ING MALI JI­HADISTS
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In­side Story - Iran nu­cle­ar talks: A pos­i­tive first step?
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Com­plete Sec­ond Pres­i­den­tial Town Hall De­bate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Rom­ney - Oct 16, 2012
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Kim Jong-il Funeral ceremony .Kim Jong-il died of a suspected heart attack on 17 December 2011 at 08:30 while traveling by train to an area outside Pyongyang.
photo: Creative Commons / Neogeolegend
N. Korean Army General Executed with Mortar for Drinking
Full Article Novosti
MOSCOW, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - A high-ranking North Korean Army official was reportedly executed with a mortar round for drinking liquor during the 100-day...

File - President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One upon arrival at Joplin Regional Airport in Joplin, Missouri, May 21, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Did Obama Just Play His Iran Card?
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling By the time President Richard Nixon told his Chinese hosts during a banquet toast, "Let us start a long march together, not in lockstep, but on different roads leading to the same goal, the goal of building a world structure of peace and justice," U.S. colonialism and militarism had caused the deaths...

Myanmar Buddhist monks march, protesting against plans to open office of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win
Muslims flee Myanmar as unrest continues
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
YANGON: A new wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar has left five people dead and dozens injured in recent days, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of homes have been burned in the fresh outburst of unrest in Rakhine state, where Buddhist-Muslim clashes have killed at least 95...

Waves, brought by Hurricane Sandy, crash on a house in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Collin Reid
Hurricane Sandy growing stronger as it nears Cuba
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, growing stronger over warm Caribbean waters, lashed eastern Cuba with heavy rains and rising winds on Wednesday as it bore down on the communist island after ripping across Jamaica. At least 55,000 people had been evacuated, Cuban officials said, principally because of expected flooding from rains that could...

Soldiers of the 6th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Afghan National Army Corp and Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conducted dismounted patrol to an outpost in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2012.
photo: U.S. Army Courtesy
Whom Surges Destroy They First Make Mad
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling As the two armies faced each other on that fateful day, a day in which perhaps the die had already been cast, a ground swell of experienced and newly trained recruits were heartened as their trumpeters sounded their horns. As more Roman legions arrived, reinforcing the two armies on the plains of...

President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney meet family members after the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla.
photo: AP / Pool-Michael Reynolds
Obama, Romney focus on early voters
Full Article Detroit Free Press
DAYTON, Ohio — The endgame at hand, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney plunged into the final two weeks of an excruciatingly close race for the White House Tuesday with TV advertising nearing an astronomical $1 billion and millions of Americans casting early ballots in all regions of the country. Increasingly, Ohio looms as ground...

Smoke trails of rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza Strip towards Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit
Tensions rise over Gaza rocket attacks
Full Article Canberra Times
Repeated attacks ... a rocket is launched from Gaza towards southern Israel. Photo: AFP JERUSALEM: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened "more extensive and deeper action" against militants in the Gaza Strip, after 79 rockets and mortar shells were fired into southern Israel on Wednesday. "We neither chose nor initiated this...

In this Sunday, April 1, 2012 photo, Syrian boys watch Free Syrian Army fighters move through a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP
Syrian truce agreed, but few expect it to hold
Full Article Canberra Times
Chink of light ... a Free Syria Army fighter walks through a hole in the wall during fighting in Aleppo. Photo: AFP Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, and some rebel groups have agreed to a cease-fire during the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival this week, the United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said. Most groups involved in the Syrian conflict...

An injured Rakhine refugee is carried in to Kyauktaw hospital to receive medical treatment Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, western Myanmar.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win
Burma death toll rises in ethnic clashes
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
Kyauktaw, Burma -- At least 56 people were killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Burma, also known as Myanmar, a government official said Thursday. Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities re-erupted Sunday. It was unclear how many of the victims were Rohingya people...

Law enforcement in the U.S. is maintained primarily by local police departments. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest in the country.
photo: Creative Commons / Cezary Piwowarski
NYPD officer arrested after cannibalism plot (Video)
Full Article The Examiner
Related topics News Advertisement A NYPD officer was arrested and charged after authorities discovered his cannibalism plot. On Oct. 25, NJ.com reported that Gilberto Valle was planning to "kidnap, cook, and eat 100 women." Investigators found numerous e-mails and other internet-based conversations in which Valle explained his "plot." "I was...

Syrian men sit by the doorway of a house destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed more than 40 people, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen
20 killed in shelling of bakery in Aleppo, Syria
Full Article Chicago Tribune
BEIRUT — At least 20 people were killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday when a bakery was hit by a shell, turning the bread shop into a bloodbath, activists said. More than 50 people were injured in the attack by government forces on the Masaken Hanano neighborhood, they said, with surrounding field hospitals so overwhelmed by the...

Syria Eid al-Adha ceasefire comes into effect
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi
Syria Eid al-Adha ceasefire comes into effect
Full Article BBC News
A four-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha has come into effect in Syria, but the army warns it will retaliate against rebel attacks. It was proposed by UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who hopes it will lead to a peace process. The truce began at 0600 (0400 GMT), reported Syrian TV. Previous attempts at ceasefires in...

Former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member Rajat Gupta, left, arrives outside federal court in New York Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Craig Ruttle
Ex-Goldman director Gupta gets two years for insider trading
Full Article CNN
By James O'Toole @CNNMoney October 24, 2012: 4:34 PM ET Rajat Gupta leaves court last year. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta received a two-year prison sentence Wednesday in the highest-profile case yet of the government's ongoing insider trading crackdown. The sentence marks the culmination of a stunning fall...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney listens and President Barack Obama answers a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla.
photo: AP / Pool-Win McNamee
Obama and Romney in final push
Full Article BBC News
President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are beginning a two-week drive to US election day following their third and final televised debate. Both candidates will increase the amount they travel, speak at election rallies and spend on advertising as they seek to mobilise supporters and win over undecided voters. Monday's...

Cooking of a vegetable cuisine - cutting spinach in the pot - healthy food
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

Inter Milan coach Andrea Stramaccioni gestures during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Genoa at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Antonio Calanni
Stramaccioni: Inter want to go all the way in the Europa League
Full Article Goal
The young trainer was left impressed with his team after their win over Partizan, and declared that they plan to go all the way in Europe's second-tier...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens to guests at a clambake in Seabrook, N.H., Thursday, June 2, 2011.
photo: AP / Charles Krupa
Sarah Palin makes racist statement about Obama using ‘shuck and jive shtick'
Full Article The Examiner
Related topics Sarah Palin Advertisement Wednesday, Sarah Palin is front and center again in the news after she posted a note on her Facebook page about President Obama and now she is being called a racist; Palin used a slavery term to describe the current President of the United States and the news has created an Internet buzz as both sides debate...

INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-ACTOR
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Yashji was the backbone of showbiz: Raza Murad
Full Article The Times of India
Raza Murad is busy shooting for TV show Madhubala. However, the actor is shocked by the sudden demise of Yash Chopra and talks...

File - Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard as they prepare to hand over 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
The Whiff of Conflict Grows in Mali
Full Article The New York Times
BAMAKO, Mali — A military strike to recapture Mali’s Islamist-held north is growing more likely, according to Western powers, regional bodies and the United Nations — a pronounced shift after months of hesitation and hopes that negotiations might end what is now seen as a far-reaching jihadist threat. Connect With Us on Twitter...

President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference of the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
photo: AP / Esteban Felix
'Rape is rape', Barack Obama attacks Republicans on abortion rights
Full Article Indian Express
US President Barack Obama chose to go full throttle against the Republicans over controversial rape remarks by a GOP candidate, contending that attempts to redefine rape make little sense and a predominantly male political class should...

Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Full Article The Star
26 Oct 2012

MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves as he arrives for a debate on a package of economic reforms intended to...
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi attends the presentation of a book by the former minister of Public Administration and Innovation Renato Brunetta, in Rome, Thursday Sept. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino

Burma death toll rises in ethnic clashes
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
26 Oct 2012

Kyauktaw, Burma -- At least 56 people were killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Burma, also known as Myanmar, a government official said Thursday. Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities re-erupted Sunday. It was unclear how many of the victims were Rohingya people...
An injured Rakhine refugee is carried in to Kyauktaw hospital to receive medical treatment Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, western Myanmar.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

Syria Eid al-Adha ceasefire comes into effect
Full Article BBC News
26 Oct 2012

A four-day ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha has come into effect in Syria, but the army warns it will retaliate against rebel attacks. It was proposed by UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who hopes it will lead to a peace process. The truce began at 0600 (0400 GMT), reported Syrian TV. Previous attempts at ceasefires in...
Syria Eid al-Adha ceasefire comes into effect
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

China strips Bo Xilai of parliamentary seat
Full Article Deutsche Welle
26 Oct 2012

The Chinese parliament has stripped former high-ranking Communist party official Bo Xilai of his seat in the body. Bo may now face prosecution on charges of corruption and obstruction of justice. The National People's Congress on Thursday expelled former senior politician Bo Xilai from its ranks, stripping him of his legal immunity and possibly...
Bo Xilai, Chongqing party secretary attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

Muslims flee Myanmar as unrest continues
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
25 Oct 2012

YANGON: A new wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar has left five people dead and dozens injured in recent days, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of homes have been burned in the fresh outburst of unrest in Rakhine state, where Buddhist-Muslim clashes have killed at least 95...
Myanmar Buddhist monks march, protesting against plans to open office of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

Hurricane Sandy growing stronger as it nears Cuba
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
25 Oct 2012

HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, growing stronger over warm Caribbean waters, lashed eastern Cuba with heavy rains and rising winds on Wednesday as it bore down on the communist island after ripping across Jamaica. At least 55,000 people had been evacuated, Cuban officials said, principally because of expected flooding from rains that could...
Waves, brought by Hurricane Sandy, crash on a house in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Collin Reid

Syrian truce agreed, but few expect it to hold
Full Article Canberra Times
25 Oct 2012

Chink of light ... a Free Syria Army fighter walks through a hole in the wall during fighting in Aleppo. Photo: AFP Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, and some rebel groups have agreed to a cease-fire during the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival this week, the United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said. Most groups involved in the Syrian conflict...
In this Sunday, April 1, 2012 photo, Syrian boys watch Free Syrian Army fighters move through a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP

Ex-Goldman director Gupta gets two years for insider trading
Full Article CNN
24 Oct 2012

By James O'Toole @CNNMoney October 24, 2012: 4:34 PM ET Rajat Gupta leaves court last year. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta received a two-year prison sentence Wednesday in the highest-profile case yet of the government's ongoing insider trading crackdown. The sentence marks the culmination of a stunning fall...
Former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member Rajat Gupta, left, arrives outside federal court in New York Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Craig Ruttle

Tensions rise over Gaza rocket attacks
Full Article Canberra Times
24 Oct 2012

Repeated attacks ... a rocket is launched from Gaza towards southern Israel. Photo: AFP JERUSALEM: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened "more extensive and deeper action" against militants in the Gaza Strip, after 79 rockets and mortar shells were fired into southern Israel on Wednesday. "We neither chose nor initiated this...
Smoke trails of rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza Strip towards Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit

Qatari emir urges Palestinian unity
Full Article Al Jazeera
24 Oct 2012

The emir of of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has called for unity between Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah. Sheikh Hamad also denounced Israel's policies and praised people of the Gaza Strip for standing up to it with "bare chests" during a one-day visit to the coastal enclave ruled by Hamas. The visit was the first by a head of state...
Palestinians holds the Qatari flag and pictures of the Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt prior to the arrival of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to the Gaza Strip on October 23, 2012. The Emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip for a visit that will raise the prestige of its isolated Islamist rulers in the Hamas movement, but disappoint Israel and mainstream Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

Obama, Romney focus on early voters
Full Article Detroit Free Press
24 Oct 2012

DAYTON, Ohio — The endgame at hand, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney plunged into the final two weeks of an excruciatingly close race for the White House Tuesday with TV advertising nearing an astronomical $1 billion and millions of Americans casting early ballots in all regions of the country. Increasingly, Ohio looms as ground...
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney meet family members after the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla.
photo: AP / Pool-Michael Reynolds

20 killed in shelling of bakery in Aleppo, Syria
Full Article Chicago Tribune
24 Oct 2012

BEIRUT — At least 20 people were killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday when a bakery was hit by a shell, turning the bread shop into a bloodbath, activists said. More than 50 people were injured in the attack by government forces on the Masaken Hanano neighborhood, they said, with surrounding field hospitals so overwhelmed by the...
Syrian men sit by the doorway of a house destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed more than 40 people, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen

The Whiff of Conflict Grows in Mali
Full Article The New York Times
24 Oct 2012

BAMAKO, Mali — A military strike to recapture Mali’s Islamist-held north is growing more likely, according to Western powers, regional bodies and the United Nations — a pronounced shift after months of hesitation and hopes that negotiations might end what is now seen as a far-reaching jihadist threat. Connect With Us on Twitter...
File - Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard as they prepare to hand over 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

Major powers examine long-shot options in Iran talks
Full Article MSNBC
23 Oct 2012

BRUSSELS/VIENNA (Reuters) - Big powers may ask Iran for stricter limits on its nuclear work if it wants an easing of harsh sanctions - a long-shot approach aimed at yielding a negotiated solution that has eluded them for more than a decade. A solution to the standoff is increasingly urgent. The longer the impasse goes on, the closer Iran could get...
A sign reading "Atomic Power plant" points the way to the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2009.
photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian

Enrique Iglesias fights cancer at concerts
Full Article CNN
26 Oct 2012

October 26, 2012 -- Updated 1316 GMT (2116 HKT) (CNN) -- Music superstar Enrique Iglesias is currently on tour, and these days he brings along more than just the music. The Latin music crossover sensation has joined forces with a unique organization -- Love Hope Strength, a self-proclaimed "rock 'n' roll cancer organization" whose goal is to "save...
Enrique Iglesias performs during the
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Zac Brown Band, playing in Jacksonville Friday, is just family
Full Article The Florida Times Union
26 Oct 2012

As the new guy in the Zac Brown Band, Daniel de los Reyes is willing to do whatever it takes. A few weeks back, for instance, he had to postpone a phone interview because he was busy loading the bus. What, the band doesn’t have roadies? “It’s not so much that I was loading the bus, but, just so you know, I would load the bus if I had to,” said de...
Zac Brown Band at The 25th Anniversary KISS Chili Cookoff at C.B. Smith Park Pembroke Pines, Florida - 24.01.2010
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Carlos Santana set to rock Bangalore today
Full Article The Hindu
26 Oct 2012

The ideal way to prepare for a press conference with a musical great would be to sit down and listen to his work. Hours before he addressed the Bangalore media on the eve of his concert, legendary rock guitarist Carlos Santana reintroduced me to his musical genius — not the combo/feat version that we’ve been listening to over...
Carlos Santana performs on stage during the
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Azealia Banks 'worked with Gaga from afar'
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
26 Oct 2012

Azealia Banks reveals that she and Lady Gaga created new music "via email and via Internet". The rap phenomenon shot to fame after releasing single 212 and has been making...
Rapper Azealia Banks performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Indio, Calif.
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

UN Day Concert sends world message of peace
Full Article CNTV
26 Oct 2012

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Celebrating the 67th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, a concert featuring U.S. music legend Stevie Wonder was held here Wednesday to send a message of peace to the world. Wonder, a Grammy Award-winning artist and UN Messenger of Peace, performed some of his best known songs live on the stage...
A wide view of the General Assembly Hall during this year’s UN Day Concert, “A Message of Peace”, headlined by the UN Peace Messenger and legendary American singer, Stevie Wonder.
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine

Stars set to release song for Hillsborough victims
Full Article NZ Herald
26 Oct 2012

British singers Robbie Williams and former Spice Girl Mel C are among some of the stars set to record a charity single for the families of the 96 victims of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, it's been announced. A range of British artists including Paloma Faith, The Clash's Mick Jones and Beverley Knight are joining forces to record a cover...
In this April 15, 1989 file photo, showing police, stewards and supporters as they tend to wounded soccer supporters on the field at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, England, during which 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death.
photo: AP

Happy Birthday Ciara!
Full Article MuchMusic
25 Oct 2012

Dear Ciara, We think you and your toned arms deserve a very happy birthday. So… Happy Birthday! Love, Your friends at MUCH! Check out our Ciara play list below and leave your birthday wishes for the singer in the comments section! Mindless Behavior, My Girl (Remix) feat. Ciara, Tyga and Lil Twist Gimme Dat Speechless [...] Tags: Ciara, Happy...
 ag2 Ciara performing at the Essence Music Festival on July 5, 2007
photo: WN / aruna

Paul McCartney covers 'The Christmas Song' for new album - listen
Full Article Digital Spy
25 Oct 2012

Paul McCartney has covered a festive classic for a new compilation album. The singer has recorded a stripped-back rendition of 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)' for upcoming record Holiday Rules. It can be heard in full on The Guardian's website. The album was produced by Sara Matarazzo and the Decemberists' Chris Funk and...
Paul McCartney @ FedEx Field, Landover MD, August 1, 2009
photo: Creative Commons / Kubacheck

Williams Beats Azarenka to Progress in Istanbul
Full Article Novosti
26 Oct 2012

Serena Williams has beaten world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in straight sets to top the red group at the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul. Williams has won all three matches of the group stage of the $4.9 million tournament. Her semifinal opponent will be the winner of Friday’s clash...
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

Tigers face Giant struggle in World Series
Full Article Al Jazeera
26 Oct 2012

Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister overcame a line-drive single off his head to take a shutout bid into the seventh inning for Detroit before the Tigers lost Game 2 of the World Series 2-0 to San Francisco on Thursday. The Tigers now find themselves in a daunting 2-0 hole because the offense generated nothing against San Francisco Giants pitcher...
AT&T Park, Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants left New York for California prior to the 1958 season. Though boasting such stars as Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Barry Bonds, the club went 52 years until its first World Series title in 2010.
photo: Creative Commons / Logan

Manchester United suffer Kagawa injury setback
Full Article The Guardian
26 Oct 2012

LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa has been ruled out for up to four weeks with a knee injury, manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday....
Borussia Dortmund 's Shinji Kagawa from Japan reacts after scoring against Sevilla during their Europa League group J soccer match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, on Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010.
photo: AP / Angel Fernandez

Casillas and Xavi to receive award October 26, 2012
Full Article ESPN
26 Oct 2012

Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas and Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez are to jointly receive Spain's prestigious Principe de Asturias Award on Friday, in recognition of their contribution in bringing harmony and success to Spain's national football team. GettyImagesIker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez: National team-mates but club rivals The prize,...
Spain's Cesc Fabregas celebrates with his teammate Iker Casillas after scoring the decisive penalty shootout during the Euro 2012 soccer championship semifinal match between Spain and Portugal in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, June 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Jon Super

Motor racing: Ecclestone open to two races in India
Full Article MSNBC
26 Oct 2012

GREATER NOIDA, India (Reuters) - India can hope to host two Formula One races within the next decade but the country faces plenty of competition on a crowded calendar, according to the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. In a conversation ranging from sacred cows on India's roads to Lewis Hamilton's move to Mercedes next season, the...
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, center, chats with Vicky Chandhok, president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, at the Buddh International Circuit ahead of the Indian Formula One Grand Prix in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
photo: AP / Saurabh Das

Mikel hoping Shakhtar defeat will not affect Chelsea morale
Full Article Goal
26 Oct 2012

The club's title hopes have faded in three of the past four seasons during October, and the midfielder is hoping they can buck the trend with Manchester United visiting...
Chelsea player John Obi Mikel
photo: AP / Jasper Juinen

Manchester United midfielder Kagawa ruled out for a month with knee injury
Full Article Goal
26 Oct 2012

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that the 23-year-old had been playing with the injury during the Champions League win over Braga and that 'didn't help the...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa celebrates after scoring against Tottenham Hotspur during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Jon Super

El Shaarawy: We are all behind Allegri
Full Article Goal
26 Oct 2012

The promising attacker has stressed that the beleaguered coach still has the faith of the dressing room, regardless of the team's poor results this season By Stefan...
AC Milan forward Stephan El Shaarawy celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Cagliari at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Antonio Calanni

Animal love gone astray in 'Francine'
Full Article Lexington Herald-Leader
25 Oct 2012

In "Francine," Oscar winner Melissa Leo plays a woman struggling to reestablish her sense of self after being released from prison. Unable and somewhat unwilling to connect with others, she...
Melissa Leo
photo: Creative Commons / sagindie

Tom Hanks performs slam poem about ‘Full House’
Full Article The Examiner
25 Oct 2012

Related topics Tom HankscelebritiesNewsJimmy FallonFull House Advertisement Tom Hanks appeared on Jimmy Fallon to perform a slam poem about the 90’s sitcom, “Full House,” and left fans in stitches as he took the stage for the hilarious parody, The Huffington Post reported on Oct. 25. Hanks kept a serious face as he referenced “Full House” and it’s...
Actor Tom Hanks poses in front of St. Peter's Basilica during the photo call for the World Premiere of the movie "Angels & Demons", in Rome, Sunday, May 3, 2009.
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini

Bruce Willis: I lost faith in love
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
25 Oct 2012

Bruce Willis "didn't have any hope" he would find love again, after splitting from his wife Demi Moore. The A-List couple - who have three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah - divorced in 2000, stating no public reason...
Actor Bruce Willis on the Red panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

Ashley Greene 'splits from boyfriend Reeve Carney'
Full Article Digital Spy
25 Oct 2012

Ashley Greene and boyfriend Reeve Carney have reportedly broken up. The couple have dated for months, but a friend of the...
Ashley Greene arrives at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

Celebrity TreeHugger Woody Harrelson on His Tree-Saving Paper Mill (Interview)
Full Article Treehugger
25 Oct 2012

for his Emmy-winning television work, his Oscar-nominated film roles, or as this year’s official sexiest celebrity vegetarian (thank you, PETA). Which is all fine and good, but we know (and admire and adore) Woody Harrelson for the love he shows the trees. Like some Lorax of Hollywood -- minus the “shortish and oldish and brownish and mossy” --...
Der Schauspieler Woody Harrelson posiert am Montag, 9. Februar 2009, bei einer Fotogelegenheit fuer den Wettbewerbsfilm "The Messenger" bei der "Berlinale" in Berlin. Vom 5. bis 15. Februar 2009
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber

Shahrukh Khan's 'Jab tak hai Jaan' may be banned in Pakistan
Full Article The Examiner
25 Oct 2012

Advertisement It was reported on October 24, 2012, that Yash Chopra's last film “Jab tak hai Jaan " may not see a release in Pakistan. A source said that the reason for this is that the movie involves Shahrukh Khan in an army operation in Kashmir due to which it may get banned in Pakistan.View slideshow: SRK & Katrina's 'Jab tak hai...
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Jolie out of 'Wanted' sequel
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Tweet U.N. refugee agency's (UNHCR) special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie meets Turkey's Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin in Ankara Sept. 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)...
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Could Idris Elba Become the Seventh James Bond?
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Idris Elba’s star has been rising in Hollywood in recent years thanks to critically acclaimed roles on HBO’s The Wire and the BBC series,...
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Why China’s Bank Earnings Could Surprise Investors
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26 Oct 2012

Bank of China, the country’s fourth-largest lender by market value, defied expectations and beat consensus estimates for its third-quarter earnings on Thursday amid concerns that the sector is hurting from a slowing economy. Now, some analysts say pessimism about the sector may be overblown and that the lender’s numbers may be a sign of things to...
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'Rape is rape', Barack Obama attacks Republicans on abortion rights
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26 Oct 2012

US President Barack Obama chose to go full throttle against the Republicans over controversial rape remarks by a GOP candidate, contending that attempts to redefine rape make little sense and a predominantly male political class should...
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Website error sees flights sold for next to nothing
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Alitalia stands to lose tens of thousands of dollars after a computer error allowed internet users to purchase flights for next to nothing. The airline launched a promotion on its Japanese website last weekend, offering JPY25,000 ($A300) off selected flights to and from Tokyo and Osaka. However, a technical oversight meant that thousands of...
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Top gong for Air New Zealand
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Air New Zealand has been named Australasia's leading airline in the World Travel Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The national carrier was the pick of a bunch which included Qantas, Jetstar,...
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Ford sees total $3 billion European loss in 2012, 2013
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25 Oct 2012

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co expects to lose a combined $3 billion in Europe in 2012 and 2013, executives said during a conference call on Thursday, adding that European car sales may only rise to 15 million annually by mid-decade. The second-largest U.S. automaker said earlier that it would close a van plant in Southampton, England, in...
Raj Nair, group vice President global product development, left, Alan Mulally, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, center, and Stephen Odel, chairman and CEO Ford Europe, from left to right, gesture during a presentation of fresh Ford models in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday Sept. 6, 2012.
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JK CM asks Oil Companies to enhance supply of LPG cylinders
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Srinagar, October 25(Scoop News) Giving strict directions to oil companies to enhance per day availability of gas cylinders, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday directed the Oil companies to time bound completion of Gas-connection papers of consumers and take urgent steps to supply cylinders to people at their homes. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The...
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Romney win would boost economy, economist says
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Steve Watkins Staff Reporter- Business Courier Email | Twitter A Mitt Romney victory in the Nov. 6 presidential election would lift the economy, economist Ken Mayland told clients in a letter Wednesday. Mayland, who said he's not drawing any conclusions from political bias, said a win for President Barack Obama could be good, too. But he sees a...
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Aetna's 3Q profit climbs 2 pct, tops forecasts
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Aetna says its third-quarter earnings rose 2 percent in a performance that trumped expectations. Revenue gains outweighed costs tied to paying off debt and the insurer's purchase of Coventry Health Care. The Hartford, Conn., insurer earned $499.2 million, or $1.47 per share, in the three months that ended Sept. 30. That's up from the $490.4...
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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi SENTENCED to 4 Years in Jail
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi SENTENCED to 4 Years in Jail
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Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
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Syria envoy calls for Eid ceasefire
Syria envoy calls for Eid ceasefire
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Beijing strips Bo Xilai of parliament post
Beijing strips Bo Xilai of parliament post
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Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
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Oct 23 - Hurricane Sandy - warning in effect for Jamaica, Tropical Storm Tony, TD Ofel / Son-Tinh
Oct 23 - Hurricane Sandy - warning in effect for Jamaica, Tropical Storm Tony, TD Ofel / Son-Tinh
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UN envoy urges Syria truce as conflict enters 20th month - NewsX
UN envoy urges Syria truce as conflict enters 20th month - NewsX
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  • Published: 21 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 25 Oct 2012
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Rajat Gupta sentenced to two years in jail
Rajat Gupta sentenced to two years in jail
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Gaza militants fire rocket at Israeli town, despite truce
Gaza militants fire rocket at Israeli town, despite truce
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  • Published: 15 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 25 Apr 2012
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Emir of Qatar in historic visit to Gaza
Emir of Qatar in historic visit to Gaza
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  • Published: 23 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 25 Oct 2012
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Complete Second Presidential Town Hall Debate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney - Oct 16, 2012
Complete Second Presidential Town Hall Debate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney - Oct 16, 2012
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  • Published: 17 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 26 Oct 2012
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In Aleppo, Syria, a War-Torn Life
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THOUSANDS OF AFRICANS JOINING MALI JIHADISTS
THOUSANDS OF AFRICANS JOINING MALI JIHADISTS
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Inside Story - Iran nuclear talks: A positive first step?
Inside Story - Iran nuclear talks: A positive first step?
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Complete Second Presidential Town Hall Debate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney - Oct 16, 2012
Complete Second Presidential Town Hall Debate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney - Oct 16, 2012
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  • Published: 17 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 26 Oct 2012
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A demonstrator holds up images of former Haiti's President Jean Bertrand Aristide during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Hundreds of people protested in Haiti's capital over what they say is a higher cost of living. The demonstrators marched through the cinderblock shanties of downtown Port-au-Prince as they criticized the policies of President Michel Martelly. FILE - In this Wednesday, June 1, 2011 file photo Swiss FIFA President Sepp Blatter reacts during a press conference after the 61st FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland. Sepp Blatter said Friday Nov. 18, 2011 he is "sorry' for offending anyone by his comments on racism in football but will not resign as FIFA president. Blatter told the BBC in an interview in Zurich that he "deeply regretted" using "unfortunate words" earlier this week, when he said any racist abuse on the football field could be settled by a handshake at the end of the match. A few slanting trees, along with rows of beach beds and umbrellas face the boats off the island at Boracay, Philippines as seen in this March 11, 2009 photo. Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Burma death toll rises in ethnic clashes
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26 Oct 2012

Kyauktaw, Burma -- At least 56 people were killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Burma, also known as Myanmar, a government official said Thursday. Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities re-erupted Sunday. It was unclear how many of the victims were Rohingya people...
An injured Rakhine refugee is carried in to Kyauktaw hospital to receive medical treatment Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, western Myanmar.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer arrives to give his presentation at the launch of Microsoft Windows 8, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
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In a photo provided by NASA, Family of the newly arrived International Station Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, front left, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, front center, and Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, front right, talk via phone to the crew from the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after the three joined Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, back left, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, back center, and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
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For­mer Ital­ian PM Sil­vio Berlus­coni SEN­TENCED to 4 Years in Jail
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San Francisco Chronicle 26 Oct 2012, Kyauktaw, Burma -- At least 56 people were killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Burma, also known as Myanmar, a government official said Thursday. Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities re-erupted Sunday. It was unclear how many of the victims were Rohingya people...

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Syria envoy calls for Eid cease­fire
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updated 26 Oct 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
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Bei­jing strips Bo Xilai of par­lia­ment post
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updated 26 Oct 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
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Oct 23 - Hur­ri­cane Sandy - warn­ing in ef­fect for Ja­maica, Trop­i­cal Storm Tony, TD Ofel / Son-Tinh
Yahoo Daily News 25 Oct 2012, HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, growing stronger over warm Caribbean waters, lashed eastern Cuba with heavy rains and rising winds on Wednesday as it bore down on the communist island after ripping across Jamaica. At least 55,000 people had been evacuated, Cuban officials said, principally because of expected flooding from rains that could...

updated 25 Oct 2012; published 21 Oct 2012
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updated 25 Apr 2012; published 15 Mar 2012
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updated 25 Oct 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
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Emir of Qatar in his­toric visit to Gaza
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updated 26 Oct 2012; published 17 Oct 2012
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Com­plete Sec­ond Pres­i­den­tial Town Hall De­bate 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Rom­ney - Oct 16, 2012
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updated 25 Oct 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
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In Alep­po, Syria, a War-Torn Life
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updated 30 Jul 2012; published 20 Jul 2012
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THOU­SANDS OF AFRICANS JOIN­ING MALI JI­HADISTS
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