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Super storm Sandy: States struggle, take stock
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
30 Oct 2012

As Sandy whipped the East Coast, states struggled to deal with the widespread damage from the super storm. New York saw Wall Street closed for a second day. Schools were shuttered and hundreds of thousands of people were without power after New Yorkers awoke to scenes of flooding and destruction. On Tuesday morning, New York Gov. Andrew...
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Super storm Sandy: States struggle, take stock
photo: USAF / Matt Hecht

updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
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Swimming in Hurricane Sandy Storm Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
1:38
Hurricane Sandy threatens to morph into super storm
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
2:01
Hurricane Sandy Storm could impact early voting
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
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Huricane Sandy- US braces for "Frankenstorm"
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
7:34
News Wrap: Hurricane Sandy Could Spawn Super Storm
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
1:43
Super-storm Sandy snaps tree trunks New York
U.S. Elections: Unbinding Women's Political Bodies
Full Article WorldNews.com
30 Oct 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assumed complete responsibility for the disastrous and deadly attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, it was another sad chapter in how female political bodies, including their epic struggles for political parity and equality and...
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Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, is transported in restraints to be arrested after a sit-in at a downtown Philadelphia bank over housing foreclosures.
photo: AP / Brynn Anderson

updated 07 Feb 2012; published 29 May 2011
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Life Is Precious - a poem by Haley Smith
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 22 Apr 2011
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updated 07 Oct 2012; published 19 Aug 2010
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Feminism Now Symposium: Part 5: Mirissa Vigneault
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 14 Oct 2012
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"I give them the method to change... by thinking" but they continue to repeat behaviors
updated 04 Nov 2011; published 18 Sep 2008
5:47
The Strength of Political Women [Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Condeleeza Rice and Michelle Obama]
updated 17 Oct 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
2:31
Sarah Palin: Obama Should Replace Biden with Hillary Clinton
Sandy causes 33 deaths; 7.4 million remain without power
Full Article Chicago Sun-Times
30 Oct 2012

Updated: October 30, 2012 11:08AM NEW YORK — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 33, many of the victims killed by...
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A fallen tree lies on top of a car in south Philadelphia Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012. Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without power, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland.
photo: AP / Jacqueline Larma

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
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North East USA Ravaged - SANDY STORM 17 Dead Ships Sink; Massive Flood 7 Million No Power 10.29.12
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
1:25
Swimming in Hurricane Sandy Storm Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
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MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS - Hurricane Sandy causes massive explosion at NY power plant
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
2:01
Hurricane Sandy Storm could impact early voting
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
3:04
GENERATION - Hurricane Sandy - A Once-in-a-Generation Storm
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
6:34
WASHINGTOWN - Hurricane Sandy - United States
UN Chief Considering North Korea Visit
Full Article Voa News
30 Oct 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he would consider a trip to North Korea as part of his efforts toward peace on the Korean peninsula. Ban, a South Korean, made his comments Tuesday as he received the 2012 Seoul Peace...
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UN Chief Considering North Korea Visit
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

updated 06 Aug 2012; published 22 Dec 2010
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South Korea Reopens Kaesong Park to South Korean Workers
updated 26 Sep 2012; published 17 Apr 2008
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South Korean President Visits the US
updated 02 May 2012; published 23 Nov 2010
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Condemning latest attack, UN chief urges calm on Korean peninsula
updated 17 Oct 2012; published 25 May 2010
1:12
North Korea warns of military action against South Korea
updated 06 Sep 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
2:33
North Korea to launch long-range rocket - 16Mar2012
updated 20 Oct 2012; published 25 Jul 2007
59:13
The North Korean Human Rights Crisis
South Africa mine strikes: Police fire tear gas
Full Article BBC News
30 Oct 2012

Police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse about 1,000 striking miners at a leading platinum mine in South Africa. The workers had earlier torched an electricity sub-station and had set up barricades, police said. The strikers have rejected a deal to return to work on Tuesday, saying their demand for higher pay should be met. South...
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Police disperse Anglo Platinum Workers at Olympia Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, Saturday Oct. 27 2012.
photo: AP

updated 16 Sep 2012; published 15 Sep 2012
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South African police raid striking miners
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 19 Sep 2012
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South Africa police fire at Marikana mine protesters
updated 28 Sep 2012; published 15 Sep 2012
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South African police and striking miners clash
updated 16 Sep 2012; published 15 Sep 2012
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Fresh clashes erupt between police, miners
updated 18 Oct 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
1:59
South African police gun down striking miners
updated 04 Sep 2012; published 04 Sep 2012
1:50
South Africa miners continue with the strikes
There are still ways to end Syrian violence
Full Article Deutsche Welle
30 Oct 2012

After the failed ceasefire, hope is fading for a quick end to the violence in Syria. But some observers think there is still room for negotiation if action is taken quickly. The failed ceasefire was not much of a surprise. In the run-up, the newspaper Al Hayat, published in London, had already written that its main purpose was to buy time....
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In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter keeps an eye over an enemy position as he moves through the frontline, in the southeast area of Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras

updated 24 Nov 2011; published 19 Mar 2011
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NEW : Libya violence continues amid ceasefire 19th march 2011
updated 08 Sep 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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SYRIAN GOVERNMENT: 'We have begun TROOP withdrawal [April 9, 2012]
updated 12 Sep 2012; published 19 Apr 2012
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Chossudovsky: Syrian 'Opposition' is 'West-Controlled Proxy Paramilitary'
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 26 Apr 2012
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Michel Chossudovsky: Syrian "Opposition" is "West-Controlled Proxy Paramilitary"
updated 23 Oct 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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SYRIAN GOVERNMENT: 'We have begun TROOP withdrawal...[April 9, 2012]
updated 02 Sep 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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Russian, China oppose military intervention in Syria
Superstorm Sandy: 13 people killed, millions without power in United States
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
30 Oct 2012

At least 13 people have been killed in the US and millions are without power after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline and hurled a record-breaking 13ft surge of seawater at New York City. Sandy knocked out power to at least 5.7 million people across the east of the country and New York's main utility said large sections of...
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Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.
photo: AP / John Minchillo

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
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Hurricane Sandy threatens to morph into super storm
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
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US braces for Sandy 'super storm'
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
2:22
Hurricane Sandy 60 Million People Warned, Evacuation Ordered In 9 States 'SuperStorm'
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
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Hurricane Sandy - In The Bullseye Of The Storm
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
1:21
SUPERSTORM SANDY SLAMS US, 16 DEAD
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
1:25
MASS EVACUATION as SUPER STORM Sandy THREATENS US east coast! [FRANKENSTORM]
U.S. Pushes Algeria to Support Military Intervention in Mali
Full Article Richmond Times Dispatch
30 Oct 2012

ALGIERS, Algeria -- The United States joined France in a diplomatic lobbying campaign Monday to win key Algerian support for an emergency military intervention in northern Mali, where al-Qaida-linked militants are waging a terror campaign that the Obama administration warns could threaten other nations. Secretary of State...
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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, front left, speak during a news conference following their meeting in Algiers, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / SAUL LOEB

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
15:01
GGN: Saudis Fund Mossad Anti-Iran Ops, Iran Navy Docks in Sudan, Mali War Depends on Algeria
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
27:18
Mosaic News - 10/25/12: Syria Declares Conditional Truce as Islamist Group Rejects Eid Ceasefire
updated 14 Apr 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
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KONY 2012 PART 2 (THE FOLLOW UP) TO CARVE UP AFRICAN CONTINENT 4-12-12
updated 11 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
27:18
Mosaic News - 10/04/12: Turkish Demonstrators, Police Clash After Parliament Votes to Strike Syria
updated 27 Sep 2012; published 29 Oct 2011
3:30
LIBYA Saif Contacts ICC, Moreno Accuse Saif Of Being Offered Help By African Mercenaries (Evidence?)
updated 27 Oct 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
38:56
Daily Press Briefing: October 25, 2012
Hurricane Sandy: The hidden costs
Full Article BBC News
30 Oct 2012

The full impact from the huge storm Sandy, which was downgraded from a hurricane late on Monday, is yet to be known, and the full financial cost may be difficult to calculate. Damage totalling $10bn to $20bn (£6bn-£12bn). That's how much some analysts expect Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" currently charging up the US East Coast,...
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A Sailor walks through a flooded parking lot during Hurricane Sandy at the Naval Air Station Oceana Police Department to report for duty Oct. 29, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Antonio P. Turretto Ramos

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
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SURF CRAZY - Hurricane Sandy - Big Waves - USA
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
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MOMENT - Furacão Sandy Chegando Ao Estados Unidos - 29/10/2012
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
4:39
Apple Stock Fall? Assigned Customer Relations Rep VM FULL - Applecare Fail-2012 MBP: Please Help
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 14 Oct 2012
240:03
"I give them the method to change... by thinking" but they continue to repeat behaviors
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 19 Jun 2012
121:44
Lord of War 720p
updated 02 Aug 2012; published 08 Dec 2011
60:42
House Session 2011-05-03 (18:21:08-19:21:50)
Second haircut for Greece will be unavoidable
Full Article Deutsche Welle
29 Oct 2012

In spring, private creditors were forced to cancel some of Greece's debt. Now, eurozone nations themselves have been asked to make a second haircut happen - to the chagrin of the German finance minister. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has in principle taken the sting out of the expected Troika report on Greece's progress towards budget...
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Second haircut for Greece will be unavoidable
photo: European Community / EC

updated 29 Oct 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
55:30
KGB in America: Cold War Russian Spies, Agents and Operations - Documentary Film
updated 15 Oct 2012; published 06 Feb 2012
114:16
Part 11 - Of Human Bondage Audiobook by W. Somerset Maugham (Chs 114-122)
updated 28 May 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
4:16
GREEK BOND HOLDLERS TAKE EURO-STYLE "HAIRCUT!"
updated 23 Jul 2011; published 23 Jul 2011
4:51
Ed Balls on second Greek bailout and their default (21July11)
updated 20 Sep 2012; published 14 Jul 2011
8:59
Banks Refusing a "Haircut" Behind EU Financial Crisis
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 09 Mar 2012
1:22
Greece avoids default, but for how long?

Open Minds Worldwide
Q&A: Could Sandy Postpone the Election?
more The New York Times
WASHINGTON (AP) — Could superstorm Sandy postpone the presidential election? The question has come up now because it could take days to fully restore power across the East...
Nobel laureate warns of 'somalisation' of Syria
more Mail Guardian South Africa
Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has warned Syria risks becoming a new Somalia as he voiced pessimism at any quick solution to the bloodshed. (AFP) Special Focus Syria: A...
>Around the Moon in 80 Hours (1958)
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Image: NASA The Soviet Union declared in 1955 that it would place a satellite into Earth orbit during the 18-month International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). Few in the West took...

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Sandy death toll climbs to 38; millions affected by storm's devastation more
Sandy death toll climbs to 38; millions affected by storm's devastation
Detroit Free Press
Editor's note: Click the "Play" button on the video player above to view live stream footage of Sandy. The death toll from megastorm Sandy climbed rapidly on Tuesday as millions of people across the Eastern Seaboard began dealing with the extensive...
photo: USAF / Mark C. Olsen
Death   Hurricane   Photos   Storm   Wikipedia: Hurricane Sandy
Christie: Devastation at NJ shore 'unthinkable' more
Christie: Devastation at NJ shore 'unthinkable'
Palm Beach Post
As residents began returning to storm-ravaged parts of New Jersey on Tuesday, the extent of the damage became clear, and it was more devastating than most could have imagined: Oceanfront homes were swept from their foundations in Mantaloking,...
photo: US DoD / DOD
Foundations   Hurricane   Photos   Storm   Wikipedia: Hurricane Sandy
New Iranian Surveillance Drones Likely, Expert Says more
New Iranian Surveillance Drones Likely, Expert Says
US News
Iran's ability to spy on Israeli military could heighten nuke tensions This image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel, Oct. 6, 2012. Claims by the...
photo: US DoD / D. Myles Cullen
Iran   Israel   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Israel Defense Forces
UNHCR calls for access to displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine more
UNHCR calls for access to displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine
CNTV
GENEVA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called Tuesday for easier access so that aid can be delivered to people displaced by renewed escalation of violence in western Myanmar. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said an...
photo: UN / UN
Myanmar   Photos   UN   Unhcr   Wikipedia: Burma
Iran begins new military exercises more
Iran begins new military exercises
Herald Tribune
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's regular army has begun a two-day ground and air military exercise aimed at upgrading its combat readiness and increasing its deterrence against possible attacks. State TV says the drills involve forces in a wide region in...
photo: US DoD / Sara Csurilla
Iran   Military   Photos   Tehran   Wikipedia: Iran
UN chief predicts joint Korean team at university event more
UN chief predicts joint Korean team at university event
Ha'aretz
SEOUL - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed confidence that North and South Korea can field a joint team for the 2015 World University Games, local media reported on Monday....
photo: UN/UN
Photos   Seoul   UN   University   Wikipedia: Seoul Peace Prize
Huge storm Sandy kills at least 8 people after hitting Jersey shore more
A truck backs up hastily, as rough surf of the Atlantic Ocean breaks over the beach and across Beach Avenue, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J., as high tide and Hurricane Sandy begin to arrive.
The Examiner
Related topics Superstorm SandySandystormUS Headlines Advertisement At least eight people are dead after the massive storm Sandy slammed the Jersey Shore Monday evening, bringing with it 80 mile per hour winds, reports the Los Angeles Times....
photo: AP / Mel Evans
Disaster   Photos   Storm   US   Wikipedia: Hurricane Sandy
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
6:13
Hurricane Sandy's Intensity Fluctuates, Threatens East Coast States
Super storm Sandy: States struggle, take stock
The Los Angeles Times 30 Oct 2012, As Sandy whipped the East Coast, states struggled to deal with the widespread damage from the super storm. New York saw Wall Street closed for a second day. Schools were shuttered and hundreds of thousands of people were without power after New Yorkers awoke to scenes of flooding and destruction. On Tuesday morning, New York Gov. Andrew...

updated 29 Oct 2012; published 04 Apr 2012
4:00
Who is Jill Stein?
U.S. Elections: Unbinding Women's Political Bodies
WorldNews.com 30 Oct 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assumed complete responsibility for the disastrous and deadly attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, it was another sad chapter in how female political bodies, including their epic struggles for political parity and equality and...

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
6:13
Hurricane Sandy's Intensity Fluctuates, Threatens East Coast States
Sandy causes 33 deaths; 7.4 million remain without power
Chicago Sun-Times 30 Oct 2012, Updated: October 30, 2012 11:08AM NEW YORK — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 33, many of the victims killed by...

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 24 Oct 2012
8:50
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and PSY, Korean singer
UN Chief Considering North Korea Visit
Voa News 30 Oct 2012, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he would consider a trip to North Korea as part of his efforts toward peace on the Korean peninsula. Ban, a South Korean, made his comments Tuesday as he received the 2012 Seoul Peace...

updated 25 Oct 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
2:08
eNCA | Marikana Strike Bloodbath
South Africa mine strikes: Police fire tear gas
BBC News 30 Oct 2012, Police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse about 1,000 striking miners at a leading platinum mine in South Africa. The workers had earlier torched an electricity sub-station and had set up barricades, police said. The strikers have rejected a deal to return to work on Tuesday, saying their demand for higher pay should be met. South...

updated 26 Oct 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
7:48
Syrian Civil War Threatens Destruction of Ancient Aleppo
There are still ways to end Syrian violence
Deutsche Welle 30 Oct 2012, After the failed ceasefire, hope is fading for a quick end to the violence in Syria. But some observers think there is still room for negotiation if action is taken quickly. The failed ceasefire was not much of a surprise. In the run-up, the newspaper Al Hayat, published in London, had already written that its main purpose was to buy time....

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
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LIVE Superstorm Sandy Coverage - The Weather Channel
Superstorm Sandy: 13 people killed, millions without power in United States
Belfast Telegraph 30 Oct 2012, At least 13 people have been killed in the US and millions are without power after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline and hurled a record-breaking 13ft surge of seawater at New York City. Sandy knocked out power to at least 5.7 million people across the east of the country and New York's main utility said large sections of...

updated 26 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
2:41
UN to vote on Mali military intervention
U.S. Pushes Algeria to Support Military Intervention in Mali
Richmond Times Dispatch 30 Oct 2012, ALGIERS, Algeria -- The United States joined France in a diplomatic lobbying campaign Monday to win key Algerian support for an emergency military intervention in northern Mali, where al-Qaida-linked militants are waging a terror campaign that the Obama administration warns could threaten other nations. Secretary of State...

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
6:13
Hurricane Sandy's Intensity Fluctuates, Threatens East Coast States
Hurricane Sandy: The hidden costs
BBC News 30 Oct 2012, The full impact from the huge storm Sandy, which was downgraded from a hurricane late on Monday, is yet to be known, and the full financial cost may be difficult to calculate. Damage totalling $10bn to $20bn (£6bn-£12bn). That's how much some analysts expect Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" currently charging up the US East Coast,...

updated 29 Oct 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
5:34
'Germany enforces same austerity that paved way to Third Reich'
Second haircut for Greece will be unavoidable
Deutsche Welle 29 Oct 2012, In spring, private creditors were forced to cancel some of Greece's debt. Now, eurozone nations themselves have been asked to make a second haircut happen - to the chagrin of the German finance minister. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has in principle taken the sting out of the expected Troika report on Greece's progress towards budget...

updated 28 Oct 2012; published 04 Mar 2010
24:28
Inside Story - Israeli apartheid week
Israel is an apartheid state (no poll required)
Al Jazeera 29 Oct 2012, A poll of Jewish Israelis published last week in Ha'aretz newspaper created headlines round the world with its findings of support among the public for discriminatory policies. Some greeted the survey's results as vindication of claims made by critics of the Jewish state; others pointed to what they said were flaws in the methodology and how the...

updated 31 Aug 2012; published 08 Dec 2011
7:52
ND President Antonis Samaras addresses the EPP Congress in Marseille, France
Greek president expresses optimism for climbing out of debt crisis
CNTV 29 Oct 2012, ATHENS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greek President Karolos Papoulias said on Sunday he was confident that his debt-ridden country will overcome the current economic crisis which threatens it with chaotic default. "I am confident that despite current difficulties, Greek people will exit the crisis, as we have beat crises throughout our history," said...

updated 29 Oct 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
1:10
South African police open fire on striking Lonmin miners - Rough Cuts
News Flash: Gandhi Just Murdered in South Africa
WorldNews.com 29 Oct 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Yesterday while protesting with striking mine workers in South Africa, Mohandas Gandhi was gunned down by heavily armed security forces. Gandhi, who earlier had purchased a first class ticket to travel from India to South Africa to study law but was ousted by local police from the compartment when a...

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 25 Oct 2012
3:31
Hurricane Sandy: Direct Hit on New Jersey, New York, Delmarva October 29 Perfect Storm Frankenstorm
U.S. braces for Hurricane Sandy
Xinhua 29 Oct 2012, > • TheUnited Stateson Sunday is bracing for the impact of an incredibly large Hurricane Sandy. • Hurricane Center warned residents of mid-Atlantic coast should expect life-threatening storm surges. • Public transit system are being affected. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Sunday is bracing for the impact of an incredibly...