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  • 'US defeat in Syria would be end of US hegemony in MidEast'...5:57
  • Victory for Obama...1:30
  • 2012 Voting Machines Altering Votes...0:18
  • UN warns of possible 'war crimes' by Syria rebels...1:13
  • South African Miners Strike a Challenge to ANC...8:57
  • UK Nuclear Deterrent...7:42
  • Gu Kailai jailed over Neil Heywood murder...1:57
  • Inside The Kandahar Massacre; Grieving Survivors Describe Afghan Mass Murder...15:14
  • US Headed For The Closest Ever Presidential Elections : Polls Obama VS Romney...6:48
  • 'Sandy could spark Obama-Romney vote count row'...1:36
  • Hurricane Sandy: Super Storm Slams East Coast States...7:27
  • Humanist Community Sunday Forum November 11, 2007...56:25
  • Polonium poisoning suspected in Arafat's death...3:21
The United States is doing everything possible to salvage 'operation Syria' and in doing so hedging all their bets on its success, says Eric Draitser, geopolitical analyst from stopimperialism.com. But that strategy, Draitser believes, will fail - READ FULL SCRIPT on.rt.com RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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'US de­feat in Syria would be end of US hege­mo­ny in MidEast'
5:57
Vic­to­ry for Obama
1:30
2012 Vot­ing Ma­chines Al­ter­ing Votes
0:18
UN warns of pos­si­ble 'war crimes' by Syria rebels
1:13
South African Min­ers Strike a Chal­lenge to ANC
8:57
2012 Vot­ing Ma­chines Al­ter­ing Votes
0:18
UK Nu­cle­ar De­ter­rent
7:42
Gu Kailai jailed over Neil Hey­wood mur­der
1:57
In­side The Kan­da­har Mas­sacre; Griev­ing Sur­vivors De­scribe Afghan Mass Mur­der
15:14
US Head­ed For The Clos­est Ever Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tions : Polls Obama VS Rom­ney
6:48
'Sandy could spark Oba­ma-Rom­ney vote count row'
1:36
Hur­ri­cane Sandy: Super Storm Slams East Coast States
7:27
Hu­man­ist Com­mu­ni­ty Sun­day Forum Novem­ber 11, 2007
56:25
Polo­ni­um poi­son­ing sus­pect­ed in Arafat's death
3:21
In­side Story - Ukraine's elec­tions: An un­even play­ing field?
23:57




Bombs hit pro-Assad Damascus district, Syria's sectarian divide widens
Full Article The Star
07 Nov 2012

AMMAN (Reuters) - Multiple bomb explosions on Wednesday hit a hilltop area in Damascus populated by members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, marking escalation of sectarian attacks in a conflict that has deepened religious Middle East divides. A crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in Hai al-Wuroud, near Damascus November 6,...
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians pushing a burnt car at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

Barack Obama wins re-election to serve four more years as president
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
07 Nov 2012

Barack Obama claimed a second presidential term last night as a progressive coalition of women, minorities and young people came together to return America’s first black president to the White House. A man holds a sign supporting US President Barack Obama as people watch large screens in Times Square Photo: EPA...
People pose with a picture of President Barack Obama during the Election Night Party 2012 following the U.S. Presidential Election, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

Obama, Romney leave voters facing stark choice
Full Article The Leaf Chronicle
06 Nov 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left Americans to vote Tuesday with a stark choice between their fundamentally different visions for the country’s future after an aggressive and closely fought battle for the White House. The winner might not be known until the next...
A man waiting to vote at Public School 370 angrily points at a New York City police officer, left, as tempers flare, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York.
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

Syria could turn into a new Somalia - UN's Brahimi
Full Article BBC News
06 Nov 2012

The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said he fears the country could "turn into a new Somalia" unless the crisis does not end soon. In an interview with the newspaper al-Hayat, Mr Brahimi warned of a scenario in which warlords and militia filled a void left by a collapsed state. Somalia has been without an effective...
In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter claims for victory after he fires a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras

Marikana: a cover-up for all to see
Full Article The Guardian
06 Nov 2012

The inquiry into the miners' deaths is showing how police doctored evidence and revealing a force that believes itself to be above South African law...
Police surround the bodies of striking miners after opening fire on a crowd at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
photo: AP

Voters head to polls to give verdict in close White House race
Full Article The Star
06 Nov 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans started to vote in a presidential election on Tuesday with polls showing President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney neck-and-neck in a race that will be decided in a handful of states. U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann at a campaign...
President Barack Obama walks with first lady Michelle Obama before speaking to supporters at his final campaign stop on the evening before the 2012 election, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa.
photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall

UK nuclear deterrent plan triggers divisions
Full Article Al Jazeera
06 Nov 2012

- At an unknown location somewhere deep beneath the world's oceans, a British submarine sits primed to launch up to 40 nuclear warheads with a collective destructive power almost 300 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Since the late 1960s Britain's nuclear deterrent strategy has required that at least one of the Royal...
File - The Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, 28 November, 2011. Astute is the first in a new class of British nuclear submarines that sets the standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Todd A. Schaffer

Neil Heywood: Briton killed in China 'had spy links'
Full Article BBC News
06 Nov 2012

A British businessman killed in China had been providing information to the British secret service, the Wall Street Journal newspaper claims. Neil Heywood had been communicating with an MI6 officer about top politician Bo Xilai for at least a year before he died, the paper said. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in April that Mr Heywood...
File - Police officers stand guard as officials and court spectators come out from the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court where a murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, takes place Thursday Aug. 9, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Prosecutors seek death penalty for US soldier in Afghan massacre
Full Article France24
06 Nov 2012

US soldier Robert Bales (pictured right), accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers, appeared before a military court on Monday. Prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty against Bales for what they described as a "premeditated" attack. By Katerina VITTOZZI (video) News Wires (text) Military prosecutors said on Monday...
Television trucks are parked Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, near the barricaded road outside the building housing a military courtroom on Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, where a preliminary hearing began Monday for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren

America heads to cliffhanger at polls
Full Article Newstrack India
06 Nov 2012

Tweet Washington, Nov 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Americans are preparing to head to the polls Tuesday to elect the next US president, while Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney hit the campaign trail for a furious final day of courting votes in a handful of states. Obama and Romney are making one final push through...
President Barack Obama walks on stage after being introduced by first lady Michelle Obama, not shown, during his final 2012 campaign event in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Super Storms but Not so Super Rulers
Full Article WorldNews.com
05 Nov 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "Of the best rulers, the people do not know they exist." -Lao Tzu Unlike pseudo messianic governments and their virtual political pretenders, super storms do not suspend reality. In truth, they are reality as opposed to imaginary, idealized, or false and artificial environments and their unnatural...
Rockaway Beach, N.Y. (Nov. 4, 2012) Sailors of USS San Antonio (LPD 17) walk the streets of Rockaway Beach, N.Y to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy Nov. 4, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Terah L. Mollise

Nor'easter threatens weather-weary East Coast
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
05 Nov 2012

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — A week after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, wiping out entire communities, residents were bracing for yet another potentially damaging storm. A nor'easter taking shape Monday in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to begin its march up the coast, eventually passing within 50 to 100 miles of the wounded New...
Nor'easter threatens weather-weary East Coast
photo: USAF / Parker Gyokeres

Ghana to Host International Humanist Conference
Full Article Joy Online
05 Nov 2012

The Humanist Association of Ghana will be hosting its first international conference on “West African Humanism in Action” from November 23rd to 25th November 2012 in Accra. Humanism is an ethical stance based on reason, freethinking and rationalism and not on the belief...
Ghana to Host International Humanist Conference
photo: UN / Staton Winter

Arafat's remains to be exhumed on Nov. 26, examined for deadly radioactive isotope
Full Article Star Tribune
05 Nov 2012

RAMALLAH, West Bank - A Western diplomat says the exhumation of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's remains will take place Nov. 26....
A mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) in Gaza City as French prosecutors in Paris opened up an official inquiry into Yasser Arafat's death in Gaza City on August 28, 2012. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas welcomed a decision by French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry into claims the Arafat may have been poisoned.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

'US defeat in Syria would be end of US hegemony in MidEast'
'US defeat in Syria would be end of US hegemony in MidEast'
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  • Duration: 5:57
  • Published: 02 Nov 2012
  • Updated: 06 Nov 2012
Author: RussiaToday
The United States is doing everything possible to salvage 'operation Syria' and in doing so hedging all their bets on its success, says Eric Draitser, geopolitical analyst from stopimperialism.com. But that strategy, Draitser believes, will fail - READ FULL SCRIPT on.rt.com RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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Victory for Obama
Victory for Obama
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  • Duration: 1:30
  • Published: 07 Nov 2012
  • Updated: 07 Nov 2012
Author: GTFIH
President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. With most US states reporting results, America's first black president has won a majority of electoral votes.
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2012 Voting Machines Altering Votes
2012 Voting Machines Altering Votes
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  • Duration: 0:18
  • Published: 06 Nov 2012
  • Updated: 06 Nov 2012
Author: centralpavote
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot. I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine. I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video. There is a lot of speculation that the ...
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UN warns of possible 'war crimes' by Syria rebels
UN warns of possible 'war crimes' by Syria rebels
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  • Duration: 1:13
  • Published: 02 Nov 2012
  • Updated: 05 Nov 2012
Author: Euronews
www.euronews.com The United Nations has warned that an unverified video which appears to show Syrian rebels killing captured regime soldiers could constitute a war crime. The footage was uploaded to social media sites on Thursday. The alleged executions happened after rebels overran army checkpoints near the town of Saraqib between Aleppo and Hammah. The UN says it is attempting to confirm that the killings have taken place. "Unfortunately this could be just the latest in a string of documented summary executions by opposition factions as well as by government forces and groups affiliated with them such as the Shabiha," said Rupert Colville, the UN human rights spokesman. Activists claim the Shabiha is a brutal militia which has been fighting alongside Syrian government forces. They're accused of carrying out several massacres during the uprising. But they appear to be among the victims in this video, as rebels refer to them in their commentary. The men are forced to lay down on the ground before being beaten and shot. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
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South African Miners Strike a Challenge to ANC
South African Miners Strike a Challenge to ANC
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  • Duration: 8:57
  • Published: 16 Sep 2012
  • Updated: 06 Nov 2012
Author: TheRealNews
Vishwas Satgar: Government forced to drop murder charges against miners
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2012 Voting Machines Altering Votes
2012 Voting Machines Altering Votes
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  • Duration: 0:18
  • Published: 06 Nov 2012
  • Updated: 06 Nov 2012
Author: centralpavote
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot. I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine. I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video. There is a lot of speculation that the ...
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UK Nuclear Deterrent
UK Nuclear Deterrent
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  • Duration: 7:42
  • Published: 02 Nov 2008
  • Updated: 28 Oct 2012
Author: chizz32
Nuclear weapons capability of the United Kingdom
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Gu Kailai jailed over Neil Heywood murder
Gu Kailai jailed over Neil Heywood murder
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  • Duration: 1:57
  • Published: 20 Aug 2012
  • Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Author: IBTimesUK
Gu Kailai the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been given a two year suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Her aide Zhang Xiaojun, who she admitted helped her with the murder, also received nine years. Speaking in Mandarin at the People's Court a spokesman discussed the sentencing "The court determined that Gu Kailai is guilty of murder and sentenced her to death with a two year reprieve, with her political rights revoked for the remainder of her life. Zhang Xiaojun was sentenced to nine years in prison for acting as an accomplice to murder." In court Gu Kailai admitted premeditated murder. She confessed she lured Neil Heywood to Chongqing, procured cyanide, got him drunk, then poured the poison into his mouth. But she claimed she'd had a mental breakdown. David Zweig explained the disparity of the Chinese law system. Britain's embassy in China said in an e-mailed statement that it welcomed the "fact that the Chinese authorities have investigated the death of Neil Heywood and tried those they identified as responsible". The sentence of death with a two-year suspension means that if Gu commits no crimes while in prison, her sentence will be commuted after two years to life imprisonment and could be further reduced for good behaviour. I am Ann Salter thanks for watching, for the latest news and updates throughout the day, follow me our website at ibtimes.co.uk Written and Presented by Ann Salter
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Inside The Kandahar Massacre; Grieving Survivors Describe Afghan Mass Murder
Inside The Kandahar Massacre; Grieving Survivors Describe Afghan Mass Murder
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  • Duration: 15:14
  • Published: 28 Mar 2012
  • Updated: 03 Nov 2012
Author: TheAbdaliBacha
March 28, 2012 'US Soldiers Used Steroids B4 Massacre' SBS "Dateline" received unprecedented access to the survivors and investigation of the Kandahar village massacre by US forces. Grieving survivors describe Afghan massacre; US military war crimes & Genocide against Pashtuns in Afghanistan Reporter Yalda Hakim of Australia's SBS network has become the first western journalist to visit the villages where a US soldier allegedly killed 17 people. In a remarkable report she talks with some of the survivors and some Afghan guards on duty at the military camp from where Staff Sergeant Robert Bales left on his alleged killing spree. The video at the top of this story is Hakim's account of her journey to the remote villages near Kandahar and what she was told. Bales is now held at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. The events of that March night in a rural area some 20 kilometers from Kandahar are being investigated by both the US military and Afghan authorities. But much remains unknown. Many Afghans, including some of the survivors that night, believe more than one US soldier was present in the two villages where the killings took place. Others speak of seeing a single American soldier leaving Camp Belambai that night The US military says there is no evidence that more than one man was involved in the shootings. Bales has not entered a plea. The killings made headlines around the world but at times it seemed the victims were ...
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US Headed For The Closest Ever Presidential Elections : Polls Obama VS Romney
US Headed For The Closest Ever Presidential Elections : Polls Obama VS Romney
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  • Duration: 6:48
  • Published: 04 Nov 2012
  • Updated: 05 Nov 2012
Author: NewsLlVE
President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney both set out on four-state campaign marathons Sunday morning, as a batch of new polls showed Obama holding on to slim leads in a handful of states that could swing the election. Obama left Washington on Sunday morning for the last time before election day. His itinerary for the second-to-last day of a seemingly endless campaign: New Hampshire, Florida, Ohio, Colorado. In Concord, NH, Obama appeared with former President Bill Clinton before a crowd of 14000 at the state capitol. Obama took the stage after Clinton, and told the crowd that during Clinton's presidency "a Senate candidate named Mitt Romney said Bill Clinton's plan would hurt the economy and kill jobs," Obama said. "Turns out his math was as bad then as it is now," Obama said. Romney's Sunday swing will take him to Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The challenger held his first event Sunday morning in Des Moines, returning to a state where Romney has campaigned heavily in two election cycles, but has always remained just out of his reach. "Talk is cheap, but a record is real and it's earned with real effort," Romney told a boisterous crowd of 4000 at the Hy-Vee Hall in downtown Des Moines. He reprised a common stump-speech appeal, asking his supporters to reach out to friends and neighbors who may still be undecided. "You can't measure change in speeches. You measure change in achievements," Romney said. With the election looming on Tuesday, new polls seemed to ...
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'Sandy could spark Obama-Romney vote count row'
'Sandy could spark Obama-Romney vote count row'
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  • Duration: 1:36
  • Published: 30 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 03 Nov 2012
Author: RussiaToday
The race for the US Presidency has been struck by superstorm Sandy - which hit hard at America's eastern seaboard. Political activist Tom Hayden says Sandy could pave the way for a vote-stealing presidential row - just days before the poll. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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Hurricane Sandy: Super Storm Slams East Coast States
Hurricane Sandy: Super Storm Slams East Coast States
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  • Duration: 7:27
  • Published: 30 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 07 Nov 2012
Author: ABCNews
The Extreme Weather Team with the latest on the storm's impact.
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Humanist Community Sunday Forum November 11, 2007
Humanist Community Sunday Forum November 11, 2007
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  • Duration: 56:25
  • Published: 23 Apr 2011
  • Updated: 23 Apr 2011
Author: Peter Smith
Nov 11: Ghana, West Africa, 2007 In September 2005, several members of the Humanist Community accepted the challenge of helping a tiny village in northern Ghana to obtain a supply of clean water. In July 2007, Catherine and Peter Bishop visited Shanga Village as well as many other parts of Ghana. They will report on the results of the Shanga Village water project, and they will discuss other challenges and opportunities to help people in northern Ghana as they strive to improve their lives. They will also share photos from their amazing adventure in Ghana.
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Polonium poisoning suspected in Arafat's death
Polonium poisoning suspected in Arafat's death
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  • Duration: 3:21
  • Published: 03 Jul 2012
  • Updated: 05 Nov 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been killed by radioactive poison. Medical and scientific tests at top laboratories found high levels of polonium in his body when he died. Now his widow, Suha Arafat wants to have his body exhumed to try and discover what killed him. Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports.
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Inside Story - Ukraine's elections: An uneven playing field?
Inside Story - Ukraine's elections: An uneven playing field?
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  • Duration: 23:57
  • Published: 30 Oct 2012
  • Updated: 03 Nov 2012
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Ukraine's ruling party has won the most votes in the country's parliamentary elections. But even as the party claims the vote showed confidence in President Yanukovich, European observers have raised serious questions about the process.
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Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures while speaking during a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, June 29, 2012. Paris Saint-Germain's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti gestures during their French Cup soccer match against Locmine, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Lorient, western France. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second right, is met by Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija, right, on arrival at Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Clinton left Algeria for three days of talks in the Balkans, arriving Monday night in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. She plans to join the European Union's top diplomat in meetings with the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Kosovo, urging those nations to make the necessary reforms to join the EU and NATO. She'll finish with meetings in Croatia and Albania, NATO's two newest members. Two women are given masks as they arrive at a swine flu treatment facility for the collection of Tamiflu antiviral drug in east London, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, speaks at the Symposium on International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, of Germany, steers his car during the second free practice of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monza racetrack, Italy Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd surveys an area which is still under water Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 in Taguig City south of Manila, Philippines. Rudd visited the city which was chosen as the pilot project of Australia's aid that will assists communities with disaster risk management and improved city planning. (AP Photo/Pat Roque) Diwali festival - hanging lamp and lights outside home

German army soldiers serving in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo guard a bridge near the town of Zvecan, Kosovo, Friday, June 1, 2012.  FILE ** Glenn McGrath is seen in this Dec. 1, 2006 file photo during the 2nd Ashes test in Adelaide, Australia McGrath announced Friday, Nov. 22, 2006 that he would retire from cricket after the 2007 World Cup. The 36-year-old McGrath has taken 555 wicke Specialist Patrick King works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 7, 2012. NEW YORK, New York (Aug. 28, 2003)--Boatswain's Mate First Class William Lappin, 29, from Portland, Me, performs small boat operations while the Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island, homeported in Sandy Hook, NJ., stands watch over the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor Aug. 28, 2003.  USCG photo by PA3 Mike Lutz (92178) ( SMALL BOAT OPERATIONS (FOR RELEASE) )

The Prime Minister of Australia, Ms. Julia Gillard's India visit. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) competes against Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center Key Biscayne, Florida March 26, 2011 Ikea The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from jet planes flying over it
Bombs hit pro-Assad Damascus district, Syria's sectarian divide widens
Full Article The Star
07 Nov 2012

AMMAN (Reuters) - Multiple bomb explosions on Wednesday hit a hilltop area in Damascus populated by members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, marking escalation of sectarian attacks in a conflict that has deepened religious Middle East divides. A crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in Hai al-Wuroud, near Damascus November 6,...
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians pushing a burnt car at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 29 Aug 2012; published 11 May 2012
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Syria Bomb­ing: Dead­ly Twin Car Bomb Blasts Af­ter­math In Dam­as­cus
updated 09 Oct 2012; published 11 May 2012
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Syria Bomb­ing: Dam­as­cus Bomb Wit­ness No­body Knows How Many Peo­ple Have Died
updated 13 May 2012; published 11 May 2012
2:00
‫التفجير في منطقة القزاز 10-5- Syria Bomb­ing: 2012‬‎
updated 22 Oct 2012; published 21 Oct 2012
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Syria Assad War­planes Bomb Dam­as­cus Civil­ians in Ka­far­bat­na 10 20 12 Crimes Against Hu­man­i­ty
updated 16 Sep 2012; published 16 Sep 2012
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Alep­po Hit By Assad Air Strikes 9 16 12 Dic­ta­tor Bombs Bus­tan Al Qosour Neigh­bor­hood
updated 12 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
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Syr­i­ans Assad Is Drop­ping Clus­ter Bombs on Us 9 Oct 12 Taftanaz

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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon Seemingly, the list of Zionist swindlers never stops expanding. The shameless Labour MP Denis MacShane who made a political career...

Supporters wave flags during President Barack Obama's election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
By David Espo, Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the face of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his first term...
photo: AP / M. Spencer Green
This Jan. 31, 2012 file photo shows a woman voting at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland as early voting began in Ohio's March 6 presidential primary.
US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have capped an aggressive, deeply negative and vastly expensive campaign and are awaiting the decision of voters in an election that left Americans the choice of starkly different visions for the...
photo: AP / Tony Dejak
Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain from Argentina, second right, celebrates his goal with team mates during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Zaragoza at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.
Manchester City fought back to draw with Ajax and retain their slim hopes of qualifying for the last 16, while Arsenal were held at Schalke after seeing their two-goal lead collapse. Click below for individual match stats and reports:...
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki
A man passes a labor union banner calling for 48 hour strike in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
ATHENS, Greece -- The conservative-led Greek coalition government detailed a four-year package of austerity measures late Monday, facing down escalating protests by unions and dissent from its left-wing partners. The bill, to be voted in parliament...
photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis
This file photo made from video provided by the Israeli Defense Force on May 31, 2010 shows what the IDF says is one of several commandos being dropped onto the Mavi Marmara ship by helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea.
A court in Istanbul is to begin the trial in absentia of four retired Israeli military commanders over the storming of a Turkish boat in 2010. Nine Turkish activists died when Israeli commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara as a flotilla tried to break...
photo: AP / Israel Defense Force
President Barack Obama is flanked on stage by musicians Jay-Z, left, and Bruce Springsteen at a campaign event at Nationwide Arena, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio.
President Barack Obama brought along two opening acts on the final day of presidential campaign. Bruce Springsteen. Jay-Z, but theirs wasn't an introduction, it was pop culture moment. The Boss was spending the entire day with Obama, traveling on Air...
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
President Barack Obama waives to supporters gathered near the Wisconsin state Capitol, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Madison, Wis.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are making last-minute appeals to voters in key battleground states on the eve of Tuesday’s presidential election. Both President Obama and Mr. Romney campaigned in states they...
photo: AP / Scott Bauer
updated 06 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
5:57
'US de­feat in Syria would be end of US hege­mo­ny in MidEast'
The Star 07 Nov 2012, AMMAN (Reuters) - Multiple bomb explosions on Wednesday hit a hilltop area in Damascus populated by members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, marking escalation of sectarian attacks in a conflict that has deepened religious Middle East divides. A crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in Hai al-Wuroud, near Damascus November 6,...

updated 07 Nov 2012; published 07 Nov 2012
1:30
Vic­to­ry for Obama
The Daily Telegraph 07 Nov 2012, Barack Obama claimed a second presidential term last night as a progressive coalition of women, minorities and young people came together to return America’s first black president to the White House. A man holds a sign supporting US President Barack Obama as people watch large screens in Times Square Photo: EPA...

updated 06 Nov 2012; published 06 Nov 2012
0:18
2012 Vot­ing Ma­chines Al­ter­ing Votes
The Leaf Chronicle 06 Nov 2012, WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left Americans to vote Tuesday with a stark choice between their fundamentally different visions for the country’s future after an aggressive and closely fought battle for the White House. The winner might not be known until the next...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 02 Nov 2012
1:13
UN warns of pos­si­ble 'war crimes' by Syria rebels
BBC News 06 Nov 2012, The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said he fears the country could "turn into a new Somalia" unless the crisis does not end soon. In an interview with the newspaper al-Hayat, Mr Brahimi warned of a scenario in which warlords and militia filled a void left by a collapsed state. Somalia has been without an effective...

updated 06 Nov 2012; published 16 Sep 2012
8:57
South African Min­ers Strike a Chal­lenge to ANC
The Guardian 06 Nov 2012, The inquiry into the miners' deaths is showing how police doctored evidence and revealing a force that believes itself to be above South African law...

updated 06 Nov 2012; published 06 Nov 2012
0:18
2012 Vot­ing Ma­chines Al­ter­ing Votes
The Star 06 Nov 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans started to vote in a presidential election on Tuesday with polls showing President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney neck-and-neck in a race that will be decided in a handful of states. U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann at a campaign...

updated 28 Oct 2012; published 02 Nov 2008
7:42
UK Nu­cle­ar De­ter­rent
Al Jazeera 06 Nov 2012, - At an unknown location somewhere deep beneath the world's oceans, a British submarine sits primed to launch up to 40 nuclear warheads with a collective destructive power almost 300 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Since the late 1960s Britain's nuclear deterrent strategy has required that at least one of the Royal...

updated 16 Sep 2012; published 20 Aug 2012
1:57
Gu Kailai jailed over Neil Hey­wood mur­der
BBC News 06 Nov 2012, A British businessman killed in China had been providing information to the British secret service, the Wall Street Journal newspaper claims. Neil Heywood had been communicating with an MI6 officer about top politician Bo Xilai for at least a year before he died, the paper said. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in April that Mr Heywood...

updated 03 Nov 2012; published 28 Mar 2012
15:14
In­side The Kan­da­har Mas­sacre; Griev­ing Sur­vivors De­scribe Afghan Mass Mur­der
France24 06 Nov 2012, US soldier Robert Bales (pictured right), accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers, appeared before a military court on Monday. Prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty against Bales for what they described as a "premeditated" attack. By Katerina VITTOZZI (video) News Wires (text) Military prosecutors said on Monday...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 04 Nov 2012
6:48
US Head­ed For The Clos­est Ever Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tions : Polls Obama VS Rom­ney
Newstrack India 06 Nov 2012, Tweet Washington, Nov 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Americans are preparing to head to the polls Tuesday to elect the next US president, while Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney hit the campaign trail for a furious final day of courting votes in a handful of states. Obama and Romney are making one final push through...

updated 03 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
1:36
'Sandy could spark Oba­ma-Rom­ney vote count row'
WorldNews.com 05 Nov 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "Of the best rulers, the people do not know they exist." -Lao Tzu Unlike pseudo messianic governments and their virtual political pretenders, super storms do not suspend reality. In truth, they are reality as opposed to imaginary, idealized, or false and artificial environments and their unnatural...

updated 07 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
7:27
Hur­ri­cane Sandy: Super Storm Slams East Coast States
Yahoo Daily News 05 Nov 2012, POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — A week after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, wiping out entire communities, residents were bracing for yet another potentially damaging storm. A nor'easter taking shape Monday in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to begin its march up the coast, eventually passing within 50 to 100 miles of the wounded New...

updated 23 Apr 2011; published 23 Apr 2011
56:25
Hu­man­ist Com­mu­ni­ty Sun­day Forum Novem­ber 11, 2007
Joy Online 05 Nov 2012, The Humanist Association of Ghana will be hosting its first international conference on “West African Humanism in Action” from November 23rd to 25th November 2012 in Accra. Humanism is an ethical stance based on reason, freethinking and rationalism and not on the belief...

updated 05 Nov 2012; published 03 Jul 2012
3:21
Polo­ni­um poi­son­ing sus­pect­ed in Arafat's death
Star Tribune 05 Nov 2012, RAMALLAH, West Bank - A Western diplomat says the exhumation of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's remains will take place Nov. 26....