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Article By WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon Gilad Sharon, son of Ariel Sharon, wrote in the Jerusalem Post that Israel should "Flatten all of Gaza." "There should be no electricity...
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "How sad it is to be a woman! Nothing on earth is held so cheap,"(1) wrote Fu Xuan in the Third Century CE. But instead of describing...
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With now reported killed by Israeli airstrikes, and a further 700 injured, the attack on Gaza is already starting to resemble the 2008-9 ‘Operation Cast Lead’ massacre. A ground...

Smoke billows from a chimney of a heating plant as the sun sets in Beijing Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
China, India, South Africa and Brazil say a climate agreement expected to take effect in 2020 won't be a "new regime," potentially setting up a confrontation with the United States, which is seeking to eliminate a firewall in negotiations between...
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Israeli apartment building in Kiryat Malakhi hit by rockets. The operation began about 16h (Israel time) with an airstrike targeting Ahmed Jabari, chief of Hamas's military wing.
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Former city trader Kweku Adoboli, accused of fraud and false accounting while employed at Swiss banking giant UBS, allegedly involving losses of some 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion/1.8 billion euro) on unauthorized deals, as he arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, for his ongoing trial, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
A former UBS trader has been convicted by a London court of one count of fraud related to a loss of $2.3 billion (SFr2.2 billion) on unauthorised trades, bringing to a close an eight-week trial which further damaged the reputation of Switzerland's...
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Fake Ugg brand boots and Louis Vuitton bags are seen on a table at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, during a news conference with Attorney General Eric Holder regarding seizure orders on website domain names of commercial websites involved in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works.
Chinese and American authorities have collaborated to bring down a counterfeiting operation in China that was said to be worth a huge £515 million thanks to its production of fake Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Coach handbags. BY Bibby Sowray | 20...
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Some US cities find small steps key to storm protection
SACO, Maine (Reuters) - In the aftermath of the historic floods caused by Superstorm Sandy, some city leaders have begun to argue for the construction of sea walls capable of shielding the U.S. coastline from ever more intense storms. But in Saco,...
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Staying on a one-day official visit in Hungary, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Budapest Tuesday, April 8, 20
ZAGREB, Croatia - A court has found former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader guilty on corruption charges and has sentenced him to 10 years in prison. The 59-year-old, who served as prime minister from 2004 to 2009, is the highest ranking former...
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France ends combat mission in Afghanistan
France ended its last combat mission in Afghanistan today, withdrawing troops from a strategic province northeast of Kabul as part of an accelerated departure from the war-torn country. Paris has said all French combat soldiers will leave next month,...
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updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
2:04
Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports from Gaza ahead of truce
Khaleej Times 21 Nov 2012, CAIRO/GAZA - Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement agreed on Wednesday to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict around the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 140 Palestinians and five Israelis. Announcing the ceasefire in Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said it would come into force at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT)...

updated 19 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
3:28
Loving Hut: Official co-sponsored of COP18 (UN Climate Change Conference 2012)
BBC News 21 Nov 2012, A report by the UN says global attempts to curb emissions of CO2 are falling well short of what is needed to stem dangerous climate change. The UN's Environment Programme says greenhouse gases are 14% above where they need to be in 2020 for temperature rises this century to remain below 2C. The authors say this target is still technically...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
24:39
Inside Story - Will military action end DR Congo crisis?
Al Jazeera 21 Nov 2012, Hundreds of government soldiers and police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surrendered to rebels at a stadium in Goma, Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri has reported from the scene. The M23 rebel group, believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, home to more than 1 million...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
1:19
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire: Hillary Clinton's Statement
Ohio 21 Nov 2012, JERUSALEM: Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a cease-fire Tuesday to end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, but after a day of furious diplomatic efforts involving the U.S. secretary of state, U.N. chief and Egypt’s president, a deal remained elusive and fighting raged on both sides of the border. Israeli tanks...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
4:14
Ajmal Kasab hanged at Pune's Yerawada Jail this morning
Herald Tribune 21 Nov 2012, MUMBAI, India - India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai early Wednesday, India's home ministry said. Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 gunmen who rampaged through the streets of India's financial capital in November 2008, killing 166 people. Kasab was hung at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at a jail in...

updated 19 Nov 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
6:05
US Ambassador Carson talks about the M23
The Guardian 21 Nov 2012, Vote calls for rebels to pull back and disarm, while France criticises United Nations force for surrendering city A boy, 12, lies in a Goma hospital after losing his arm to amputation because of a bullet wound from the M23 invasion of the Congolese city. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
34:37
Obama speech at University of Yangon - DVB Live
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling President Barack Obama's whirlwind tour of southeast Asia and meetings with dignitaries will have to walk a tightrope between either appearing to endorse military juntas or truly being committed to ongoing pro-democracy movements. Specifically at issue is Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, a democratic advocate...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
42:04
Egypt's Morsi debuts at UN General Assembly (Full speech)
France24 20 Nov 2012, Israeli leaders were considering an Egyptian truce plan with Hamas on Tuesday as the Gaza conflict entered its seventh day. UN chief Ban Ki-moon also headed to Jerusalem to advance peace efforts with the death toll from the violence topping 100. By FRANCE 24 (text) Summary of the latest events: Israeli leaders considering Egyptian...

updated 20 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
1:23
Fillon and Cope both claim victory in French opposition leader election
The Independent 20 Nov 2012, The hardliner Jean-François Copé was declared the new leader of the French centre-right by a handful of votes late last night after a second surreal day of civil war within France's largest political party. After a day of claims and counter-claims, counts and re-counts, insults and accusations, Mr Copé, 48, finally emerged as successor to Nicolas...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 17 Nov 2012
4:41
'Israel assault on Gaza planned with US support, threatens wider war'
Independent online (SA) 19 Nov 2012, Gaza/Jerusalem - Israel bombed dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire. Mediator Egypt said a deal for a truce to end the fighting could be close. The leader of Hamas said it was up to...

updated 30 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
2:13
EU plans deeper single market
Reuters 19 Nov 2012, BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shadow banking system - blamed for aggravating the financial crisis - grew to a new high of $67 trillion globally last year, a top regulatory group said, calling for tighter control of the sector. A report by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on Sunday appeared to confirm fears among policymakers that the...

updated 17 Nov 2012; published 17 Nov 2012
2:15
News : Djibouti soldiers join Amisom
Reuters 19 Nov 2012, NAIROBI Nov 19 (Reuters) - At least two Kenyan soldiers who are part of the African Union(AU) peacekeeping force in Somalia were killed in Garissa, a base for security forces in Kenya fighting insurgents in neighbouring...

updated 20 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
3:12
Congo rebels seize key town
Al Jazeera 19 Nov 2012, The DR Congo government has rejected an ultimatum by M23 rebels to start negotiations within 24 hours with the insurgents who have closed in on the main eastern city of Goma. "These are fictitious forces put in place by Rwanda to hide its criminal activities in DR Congo," government spokesman Lambert Mende told AFP news agency on Monday. "We prefer...

updated 21 Nov 2012; published 25 Oct 2012
4:46
Obama Linked to Benghazi Attack
The Independent 19 Nov 2012, Republican and Democratic lawmakers sharply disagreed Sunday over whether and to what extent the Obama administration soft-pedaled its initial public explanation of the Sept. 11 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. "I think it's very odd that the story line they chose omitted al-Qaida, which would help the president...