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Scope of Sandy's devastation widens, death toll spirals
Full Article CNBC
02 Nov 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) - From New York City's Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials on Friday faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy, mounting anger over delayed relief and a rising death toll. The total killed in one of the biggest storms to hit the United States...
Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, Oct. 30, 2012.
photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
2:15
Storm Sandy- Staten Island tries to bounce back
updated 31 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
1:11
Staten Island Tanker Washed Ashore By Hurricane Sandy
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
2:34
Dramatic rescues on Staten Island Hurricane Sandy
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
20:26
TV9 Special: Sandy Hurricane Flooding, Evacuations, Power Outages : 'Savina Sandy' - Full
updated 31 Oct 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
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Most Shocking Flood By Hurricane Sandy : 50 dead
updated 31 Oct 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
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SUPERSTORM SANDY; 50 DEAD, MANY INJURED
Greek reporter cleared over leaked Swiss bank accounts
Full Article The Independent
02 Nov 2012

An investigative journalist who faced jail for publishing a list alleged to contain the names of more than 2,000 Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland has been acquitted. "My innocence was ruled by a judge who stood up to the political system," Kostas Vaxevanis told The Independent. He said the trial ordeal would not deter him from...
A pigeon sits on the shoulder of a Greek Presidential Guard as his colleagues in traditional Evzones' costumes perform ceremonial duties at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures.
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
6:14
Greek police arrest journalist over 'Lagarde list' leak
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
4:03
Lagarde List: 'EU clientalism protects the powerful'
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
3:38
Greek journalist in court over 'Lagarde list'
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:23
Greek journalist accused of exposing tax-dodgers goes on trial
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 29 Oct 2012
6:14
Greek journalist arrested over exposing politicians' alleged tax evasion
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
2:09
Greece arrests editor for 'Lagarde list' leak
NYC's Bloomberg endorses Obama
Full Article The News Tribune
01 Nov 2012

Climate change roared back into presidential campaign Thursday, as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose city remains partially underwater and crippled by Hurricane Sandy, endorsed President Barack Obama. In his endorsement, which appeared as an op-ed in the publication he founded, Bloomberg said Obama's position on climate change in...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to traders before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
photo: AP / Seth Wenig

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
4:13
BREAKING: Micheal Bloomberg, New York Mayor with Net Worth $25 Billion ENDORSES Obama over Romney
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
4:13
Mayor Michael Bloomberg ENDORSES Obama Over Romney
updated 07 Oct 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
7:56
"Where Is President Obama? Where Is Mitt Romney? Both Of Them Silent!" On Climate Change
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
1:52
Mitt Romney and climate change
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
3:28
President Obama and climate change
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
5:35
Mitt Romney's Fake Disaster Relief Event In Ohio
3 killed in Madrid Halloween party stampede
Full Article CNN
01 Nov 2012

November 1, 2012 -- Updated 1224 GMT (2024 HKT) Spanish police officers pictured near the entrance of the Madrid Arena on November 1, 2012. (CNN) -- Three young women are dead and two are in serious condition after being crushed by a crowd at a Halloween party in Madrid early Thursday, police said. The women were among thousands of attendees at...
A private security officer tries to avoid an insect in front of the Madrid Arena indoor venue in Madrid, Thursday Nov. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Paul White

updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:08
Madrid Halloween party crush kills four women
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:12
Four injured in LA Halloween party shooting
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
0:17
Spain Halloween stampede kills three in Madrid
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
0:17
Spain Halloween stampede kills three in Madrid. Accident in Halloween.
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
0:47
Four dead in Madrid Halloween stampede
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
2:25
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Vladimir Putin's limp sparks health rumours
Full Article The Guardian
01 Nov 2012

Russian president is said to be suffering from serious health problem after several engagements are rescheduled Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum in Vladivostok, where he was seen limping. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images...
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on health care in the Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service

updated 08 Oct 2012; published 09 Oct 2008
2:00
LEARN JUDO WITH ME, VLADIMIR PUTIN
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
5:18
Vladimir Putin's HEALTH SECRETS Revealed | Secret 2 Building Strong,Healthy,Youthful,Muscular Body!
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 16 Dec 2011
273:04
Q&A; session, A Conversation with Vladimir Putin: Continued 2011 (English Subtitles)
updated 28 Oct 2012; published 20 Feb 2007
0:10
McCain: Vladimir Putin is the President of Germany?
updated 25 Oct 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
266:00
A Conversation with Vladimir Putin, Continued 2010 (English Subtitles)
updated 26 Oct 2012; published 08 Mar 2012
8:53
Vladimir Putin, US Senate Races 2012
Fuel tanker explosion kills 22 in Saudi capital
Full Article Gulf News
01 Nov 2012

RIYADH: A fuel truck exploded after hitting portions of a bridge Thursday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, engulfing buildings and cars in flames and killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 110, witnesses and officials said. The death toll was a significant increase in the number of reported casualties than in the first hours after the...
People walk among rubble at the site of a fuel truck explosion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012.
photo: AP

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:28
Saudi Arabia: fuel tanker explosion kills at least 22
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:20
Fuel tanker explosion in Saudi capital kills 22
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:07
Saudi Arabia Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills at Least 22
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:28
Massive explosion rips oil tanker in Saudi Arabia : 23 Killed, 100 Injured
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
3:58
Fuel Tank Explosion In Riyadh 2012
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:28
Fuel Truck Blast in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 23 Killed 100 Injured
Nigeria army 'abuses' in Boko Haram crackdown - Amnesty
Full Article BBC News
01 Nov 2012

Nigerian security forces have carried out widespread abuses in their campaign against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, . The rights group says in a report that abuses include extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and torture. A spokesman from the Nigerian army rejected the...
Suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu

updated 31 Aug 2012; published 07 Jul 2012
2:23
NORTHERN NIGERIA CITY FEARS BOTH POLICE BRUTALITY AND BOKO HARAM
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 27 Dec 2011
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After Deadly Church Attacks in Nigeria, What Do Boko Haram Extremists Want?
updated 18 Sep 2012; published 17 Sep 2012
24:35
Violence in Nigeria
updated 19 Oct 2012; published 07 Sep 2011
8:38
BOKO HARAM In The Killing Fields of Maiduguri
updated 14 May 2012; published 13 May 2012
5:35
Burma - Kachin War - 45000 refugees and internally displaced people are in refugee camps
updated 13 May 2012; published 13 May 2012
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Burma - Kachin War - 45000 refugees and internally displaced people are in refugee camps
Storm Sandy: Barack Obama tours devastated New Jersey areas
Full Article Zeenews
01 Nov 2012

Washington: Showing to the world the rare images of two bitter political rivals joining hands in times of national crisis, US President Barack Obama toured the storm-ravaged areas of New Jersey, along with its Governor Chris Christie. Christie, a strong critic of Obama and a surrogate of Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, was seen...
President Barack Obama, center, talks with a local resident as he tours a neighborhood effected by superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in Brigantine, N.J. Walking with Obama are Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., far right.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
2:48
Obama and Christie inspect storm damage in New Jersey
updated 02 Jun 2012; published 04 Sep 2011
1:30
Raw Video: Obama Tours Storm Destruction in NJ
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
15:37
President Obama And Gov. Christie Tour New Jersey Shore After Hurricane Sandy Disaster 2012
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
14:52
President Obama And Gov. Christie Tour New Jersey Shore After Hurricane Sandy Disaster
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
2:48
Sandy Storm damage inspected by Obama and Christie in New Jersey
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
2:21
WATCH: Gov. Christie Greeting Pres. Obama For Touring New Jersey Devestation
Syria: Intensified airstrikes after failed truce
Full Article NZ Herald
01 Nov 2012

Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. The Syrian regime has intensified airstrikes in recent days following the failure of a UN-backed holiday truce over a four-day holiday...
This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from the city following heavy bombing from military warplanes, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 21 Oct 2012
80:57
Saddam Hussein - Wiki Article
updated 09 Jun 2011; published 01 Jan 2009
1:39
Airstrikes intensify in Gaza
updated 28 Oct 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
1:12
NHK - Syria resumes air strikes on rebels despite truce
updated 22 Apr 2012; published 03 Jan 2009
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Breaking News - Israeli ground forces cros border into Gaza strip
updated 16 Oct 2012; published 13 Jan 2009
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Israelis vs gaza game war on terror children terrorism !
updated 19 May 2012; published 28 Dec 2008
2:32
BREAKING NEWS: Israel launches missile attacks on Gaza KILLING INNOCENT Civilians. [HQ]
Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition
Full Article Independent online (SA)
01 Nov 2012

Zagreb, Croatia - The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria's opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signalling a more active stance by Washington in attempts to form a...
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a press conference Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012 with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, unseen, following their meeting at the presidency in Zagreb.
photo: AP / Saul Loeb, Pool

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
2:27
US calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
2:08
Hillary Clinton Calls for Greater Freedom Fighter Role in Syria Opposition Leadership 10-31-12
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
2:08
US- Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition
updated 10 Oct 2012; published 14 Jun 2011
11:25
Syrian Elite and Army Continue Support for Assad
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 28 Mar 2012
6:29
Syria Analyst: Annan's Peace Plan Treats Symptoms, Not Disease
updated 02 Nov 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
17:23
Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks With Croatian President Ivo Josipovic

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Washington. Whenever his presidency ends, Barack Obama's legacy will be historic: Posterity will know him as the first black president of a nation scarred at birth by a deep racial...

Lt. Kimberly Edgel, right, and Carmen Lucas examine a positive malaria blood smear at U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) 6.
Asia accounts for 88 percent of all malaria cases and most of the 46,000 annual deaths occurring outside Africa, a new report shows Friday as experts demand more urgency in fighting the deadly disease. Leading scientists and health experts meeting in...
photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo
In this May 1, 2008, file photo, a customer pumps gas at an Exxon station in Middleton, Mass.
HOUSTON, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The oil and natural gas drilling boom will reshape the United States' economic landscape in the next five years, according to a study released Thursday. Economic benefits from the booming drilling activity has been...
photo: AP / Lisa Poole
President Barack Obama, right, is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer, left, owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
By SOHRAB AHMARI Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sylvester Stallone. Bruce Willis. Judging by "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden," a television movie set to air on National Geographic just two days before the U.S. presidential election, producer...
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Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012.
They are taking a risk and pushing a big shoe forward, putting more on the line this weekend than just tens of thousands of runners. The New York City Marathon will go on as scheduled Sunday, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and the decision has...
photo: AP / Richard Drew
Korca is known for its back streets.Ottoman rule over Korçë lasted until 1912; although the city and its surroundings were supposed to become part of the Principality of Bulgaria according to the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878, the Treaty of Berlin of the same year returned the area to Ottoman rule.
SOFIA, -- A prehistoric town unearthed in eastern Bulgaria is the oldest urban settlement found to date in Europe, a Bulgarian archaeologist said yesterday. Vasil Nikolov, a professor from Bulgaria's National Institute of Archaeology, said the stone...
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg greets Cmdr. Curt Jones, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21),
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring critically needed leadership to fight climate change after the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. The...
photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corey Lewis
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Boston: A man was today sentenced to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and US Capitol. Rezwan Ferdaus, 27, of Massachusetts pleaded guilty in July to attempting to provide...
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updated 01 Nov 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
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Superstorm Sandy Coverage - Oct 28-31 - The Weather Channel
CNBC 02 Nov 2012, NEW YORK (Reuters) - From New York City's Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials on Friday faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy, mounting anger over delayed relief and a rising death toll. The total killed in one of the biggest storms to hit the United States...

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
6:14
Greek police arrest journalist over 'Lagarde list' leak
The Independent 02 Nov 2012, An investigative journalist who faced jail for publishing a list alleged to contain the names of more than 2,000 Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland has been acquitted. "My innocence was ruled by a judge who stood up to the political system," Kostas Vaxevanis told The Independent. He said the trial ordeal would not deter him from...

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:01
New York Mayor Bloomberg Endorses Obama
The News Tribune 01 Nov 2012, Climate change roared back into presidential campaign Thursday, as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose city remains partially underwater and crippled by Hurricane Sandy, endorsed President Barack Obama. In his endorsement, which appeared as an op-ed in the publication he founded, Bloomberg said Obama's position on climate change in...

updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:08
Madrid Halloween party crush kills four women
CNN 01 Nov 2012, November 1, 2012 -- Updated 1224 GMT (2024 HKT) Spanish police officers pictured near the entrance of the Madrid Arena on November 1, 2012. (CNN) -- Three young women are dead and two are in serious condition after being crushed by a crowd at a Halloween party in Madrid early Thursday, police said. The women were among thousands of attendees at...

updated 25 Oct 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
266:00
A Conversation with Vladimir Putin, Continued 2010 (English Subtitles)
The Guardian 01 Nov 2012, Russian president is said to be suffering from serious health problem after several engagements are rescheduled Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum in Vladivostok, where he was seen limping. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images...

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
1:28
Saudi Arabia: fuel tanker explosion kills at least 22
Gulf News 01 Nov 2012, RIYADH: A fuel truck exploded after hitting portions of a bridge Thursday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, engulfing buildings and cars in flames and killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 110, witnesses and officials said. The death toll was a significant increase in the number of reported casualties than in the first hours after the...

updated 24 Oct 2012; published 08 Nov 2011
24:17
Inside Story - Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram?
BBC News 01 Nov 2012, Nigerian security forces have carried out widespread abuses in their campaign against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, . The rights group says in a report that abuses include extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and torture. A spokesman from the Nigerian army rejected the...

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
10:52
President Obama Tours Areas Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
Zeenews 01 Nov 2012, Washington: Showing to the world the rare images of two bitter political rivals joining hands in times of national crisis, US President Barack Obama toured the storm-ravaged areas of New Jersey, along with its Governor Chris Christie. Christie, a strong critic of Obama and a surrogate of Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, was seen...

updated 11 Apr 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
1:06
UN Security Council members meet over Syria's failed truce
NZ Herald 01 Nov 2012, Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. The Syrian regime has intensified airstrikes in recent days following the failure of a UN-backed holiday truce over a four-day holiday...

updated 02 Nov 2012; published 31 Oct 2012
17:23
Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks With Croatian President Ivo Josipovic
Independent online (SA) 01 Nov 2012, Zagreb, Croatia - The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria's opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signalling a more active stance by Washington in attempts to form a...

updated 01 Nov 2012; published 25 Oct 2012
2:24
Hurricane Sandy Hits Jamaica on Path Toward Cuba, Florida
Al Jazeera 31 Oct 2012, Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 69 across the Caribbean and has left thousands homeless as the governments struggle to rebuild with the little resources available to them. Haiti faced the highest death toll - 54 people were killed - and the brunt of the storm's destruction when heavy rains caused rivers to overflow and flood surrounding areas....

updated 03 Sep 2012; published 22 Dec 2011
2:44
Security challenges mar Afghan-Pakistan border region
US News 31 Oct 2012, The facilities for security in Afghanistan will not last after allied drawdown Afghan National army soldiers take up their positions during a patrol near prayers gathered for Eid al-Adha on Friday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan won't be ready to maintain the infrastructure for its security forces following the kind of drawdown that both...

updated 01 Nov 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
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Superstorm Sandy Coverage - Oct 28-31 - The Weather Channel
Yahoo Daily News 31 Oct 2012, Superstorm Sandy lived up to the predictions that weather forecasters laid out days in advance. "In all regards, it was extremely well forecast," said Brian McNoldy, a weather researcher at the University of Miami. "Intensity and track, and then the impacts were pretty well expected." For several of the outcomes, the reality of Hurricane Sandy...

updated 06 Jun 2012; published 04 Dec 2011
13:01
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