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The use of "secrecy, censorship and bullying" to silence dissenting voices in China must end under the country's...
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WASHINGTON -- In trying to root out the cause of the current level of polarization and hyper-partisanship, the Free Press talked to political analysts and experts across the...
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In 48 hours, after the expenditure of upwards of $2.5bn and an even greater outlay of human energy and toil, it will be done. The longest, the largest, the most important, the...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, center, attends an activity to mark this year's National Science Popularization Day at China Agricultural University in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2012. China's presumed next leader Xi made an appearance Saturday for the first time since dropping from public view earlier this month, a two-week absence that fueled rumors about his health and raised questions about the stability of the country's succession process.
SEVERAL hundred of the Chinese Communist Party's top leaders have decided on a raft of measures that pave the way for a once-in-a-decade leadership transition that starts this week. Among its decisions, the party's Central Committee endorsed the...
photo: AP / Xinhua, Lan Hongguang
File - A soldier stands guard at an M23 rebel training camp in Rumangabo, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Fighting may resume soon in eastern Congo if President Joseph Kabila's government does not negotiate with the M23 rebels, said the insurgents' president, Bishop Jean-Marie Runiga, Saturday, Oct. 20. A United Nations report accused Rwanda and Uganda of supporting the rebellion.
Rwanda has accused soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo of "provocation" after a group crossed the border, leading to clashes along the volatile area. One of the Congolese soldiers was shot dead, while a Rwandan was wounded in the...
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Ruling Saenuri Party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, right, is greeted by South Korean business leaders during a financial strategy forum in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
Tweet Seoul, Nov. 5 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye said Monday she is willing to meet with Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), to ease strained ties....
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
President-elect Barack Obama speaks to workers about the economy after touring Cardinal Fastener and Specialty Company, which manufactures screws and bolts needed for commercial construction and wind turbines, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in Bedford Heights, Ohio.
CANTON, Ohio — After years of planning, billions in TV ads, millions of air miles, countless motorcades and three game-changing debates, it still comes down to Ohio. And Ohio still remains a tossup. Whichever way it goes will likely determine the...
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
A supporter of President Barack Obama uses a digital camera to snap a picture during a fundraiser at Southern Maine Community College, Friday, March, 30, 2012 in Portland, Maine.
PENTAGON — With much of the Middle East in turmoil, the possibility of a war over Iran’s nuclear program, and a growing al-Qaida threat in Africa, the global security challenges facing the U.S. president in the next four years are huge....
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Thousands of runners on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (branded ING New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is a major annual marathon (42.195 km/26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City.
The ING New York Marathon scheduled for this Sunday, where it was meant to begin in the hurricane-ravaged borough of Staten Island, has been canceled. Many were offended by the notion that the city would put resources in the form of police presence,...
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Mindanao River.
MANILA, Philippines - A magnitude-6.4 earthquake rattled the Philippine island of Mindanao early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the temblor, which hit at 2:17 a.m....
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updated 03 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
23:57
Inside Story - Ukraine's elections: An uneven playing field?
Novosti 05 Nov 2012, KIEV, November 5 (RIA Novosti) – Up to a thousand opposition protesters took to the streets in Kiev on Monday to protest against last week’s allegedly rigged parliamentary elections, while opposition leaders have hinted at the possibility of pushing for an early presidential and parliamentary vote. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s ruling...

updated 04 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
1:13
UN warns of possible 'war crimes' by Syria rebels
Al Jazeera 05 Nov 2012, Lakhdar Brahimi, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called for world powers to issue a UN security council resolution based on a deal reached in June, in a bid to set up a transitional government and end the bloodshed in that country. Brahimi's initiative came after talks with Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, in the Egyptian...

updated 07 Mar 2012; published 07 Mar 2012
21:56
The Question of the Palestinians' Right of Return - Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 05 Nov 2012, JERUSALEM -- The question seemed simple enough: Would President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority like to go to Safed, the city in northern Israel where he was born in 1935? But there are no easy questions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mr. Abbas' answer, in an interview broadcast on Israeli television Friday night -- yes, he...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
96:17
Complete Third Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney Oct 22, 2012
BBC News 05 Nov 2012, US presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are approaching the final day of their election battle in a frantic fight for swing state votes. The pair spent Sunday addressing crowds across the country, with Mr Romney speaking in Pennsylvania, a state his aides insist he can now win on Tuesday. Mr Obama held rallies in New Hampshire and...

updated 31 Oct 2012; published 16 Feb 2011
17:53
Manmohan Singh meets the press
Al Jazeera 04 Nov 2012, Sonia Gandhi, India's ruling Congress party chief, and Manmohan Singh, prime minister, are set to speak at a major rally in New Delhi to rally support for contentious economic measures in the run-up to the 2014 parliamentary elections. Gandhi, the head of the Congress, will be seeking to drum up support for the party in a bid to win elections for...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 05 Nov 2012
1:58
Syrian opposition groups meet for talks in Doha
Denver Post 04 Nov 2012, DOHA, qatar — Over the coming days, Syria's anti-regime camp will wrangle over reorganizing its ranks, as the United States pushes a proposal to create a new leadership body with fewer Syrian exiles and more military commanders fighting on the ground to bring down President Bashar Assad. But there are doubts whether the divided and...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
25:13
President Obama in Green Bay, Wisconsin - Full Speech 11/1/2012
BBC News 03 Nov 2012, The US presidential election rivals are preparing for a crucial swing through key battleground states that will determine who wins next Tuesday. Barack Obama campaigns in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Virginia on Saturday, while Mitt Romney targets New Hampshire, Iowa and Colorado. Both candidates will visit the Iowa town of Dubuque within hours....

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
2:36
Hurricane Sandy: New York City Endures Storm's Wrath, Buildings Damaged
The Independent 03 Nov 2012, The slow pace of recovery from Hurricane Sandy generated frustration and anger across the New York region Friday as residents struggled with shortages of fuel, enduring power outages and a sense among those in the city's outer boroughs that their suffering was being overlooked. In Staten Island, where 19 people have died as a result of the storm,...

updated 13 Sep 2012; published 12 Sep 2012
5:18
Medvedev Says Release Pussy Riot
Al Jazeera 03 Nov 2012, Russia's prime minister has said that members of the Pussy Riot punk band serving two-year prison sentences should be set free. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. He made a similar statement before October's appeal hearings,...

updated 04 Jul 2012; published 30 Nov 2011
2:41
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo faces trial at ICC
The Guardian 02 Nov 2012, THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has ruled that ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo is healthy enough to face crimes against humanity charges....

updated 04 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
12:20
'Clinton & Al-Qaeda on one side of Syrian war barricades'
Chicago Tribune 02 Nov 2012, GENEVA (Reuters) - A video that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers who had surrendered probably constitutes a war crime that should be prosecuted, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The disturbing incident looks to be the latest atrocity committed by opposition fighters seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad,...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
7:27
Hurricane Sandy: Super Storm Slams East Coast States
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 04 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 04 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
4:13
BREAKING: Micheal Bloomberg, New York Mayor with Net Worth $25 Billion ENDORSES Obama over Romney
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...