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Breaking News Sat, 17 Nov 2012
Smoke billows following Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 16, 2012. Gaza militants targeted Tel Aviv with another rocket, defying Israeli warnings of a possible ground assault to follow its aerial bombardment of the Hamas-run strip.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
Israel   Palestine   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
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Israel trying to undermine Palestinian U.N. move: Abbas
| RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of launching an assault on the Gaza Strip to undermine his efforts to secure a diplomatic upgrade at the ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
File - President Barack Obama talks with democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (also known as Burma) during a phone call from Air Force One on the flight from Darwin, Australia, to Bali Indonesia,Nov. 17, 2011.
Myanmar   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Burma  
 Asia Times 
Obama and checkmate on Myanmar
| By Roland Watson | President Barack Obama is going to Rangoon. This is a hugely significant visit. The question is, for who? | The US has a controversial past with Myanmar. Following Ne Win's coup i... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at the funeral ceremony of the late Union Minister Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, at Babhalgaon, in Latur, Maharashtra on August 15, 2012.  The Hindu 
PM favours self regulation by media
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said censorship was no answer to irresponsible journalism and favoured self regulation by media. | “As a country, we believe in complete independence of the m... (photo: PIB of India / )
India   Media   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Manmohan Singh  
File - Orphaned and homeless children who live at the Ferry Port in Lungi begging for money and food from the departing United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) Nigerian contingent.  BBC News 
Sierra Leone faces huge election test
Sierra Leone may be about to prove it has grown up. | Most of its 51 years since independence have been a disaster. | They were characterised by dictatorship, corruption and - during the 1990s - a ter... (photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein)
Africa   Photos   Politics   Sierra Leone   Wikipedia: Ernest Bai Koroma  
Top Stories
Myanmar prisoners walk outside Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar after they were released Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Myanmar reformist government ordered more than 450 prisoners freed Thursday in an amnesty. BBC News
Burma to free hundreds of prisoners before Obama visit
The Burmese authorities say than 452 prisoners will be released in a goodwill gesture, days ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama. | Political dissidents could be... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Burma   Human Rights   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 20112012 Burmese political reforms  
New Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping waves in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The Times Of India
Xi Jinping: China's 'princeling' new leader
BEIJING: With a revolutionary hero for a father and a pop star for a wife, China's new leader Xi Jinping has impeccable political pedigree but has given few clues about h... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
Asia   China   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Xi Jinping  
Senior party members from left, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection head He Guoqiang, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qinglin, National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and Chinese President Hu Jintao stand singing of the Internationale, the international communist anthem, at at the closing ceremony of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Reuters
WRAPUP 2-Chinese Communist Party to unveil new leadership
| By Ben Blanchard | BEIJING Nov 15 (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party unveils a new leadership line-up on Thursday to steer the world's second-largest economy fo... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
Business   China   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China  
Army soldiers and police officers stand guard at the entrance of a prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. A shootout between rioting prisoners and security forces at the prison killed 27 inmates. BBC News
Call for Cameron to boycott Sri Lanka summit over human rights
David Cameron is being urged by MPs to consider boycotting next year's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka in protest at its human rights record. | The Commons Foreign Affai... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Human Rights   Photos   Sri Lanka   UK   Wikipedia: Human rights in Sri Lanka  
Explosion and smoke rise following an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. WorldNews.com
Pillar of Biblical Cloud
Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon | Once again we've learned today that in the Jewish State, Goyim's blood translates into political power. In order to win the ... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
Israel   Palestine   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
Exile Tibetan holding a mass candle light vigil for the Tibetans who executed in Tibet WorldNews.com
Another Dies In Protest, After A Call For Tibet's Independence
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - A Tibetan man died Tuesday after setting himself on fire in the latest self-immolation protestin... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Photos   Self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China   Tibet   World  
It is time for the judiciary to step in and avert climate catastrophe The Guardian
It is time for the judiciary to step in and avert climate catastrophe
| Judicial intervention would depoliticise climate change, restore democracy and and protect citizens from human right violations | More than 180 countries have acknowled... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Climate   Democracy   Photos   UN  
Politics United Nations
- Anyway you slice it, Papa John looks like a jerk
- Obama presses Congress to avert fiscal cliff
- Obama presses Congress to avert fiscal cliff
- Obama presses Congress to avert fiscal cliff
Smoke billows following Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 16, 2012. Gaza militants targeted Tel Aviv with another rocket, defying Israeli warnings of a possible ground assault to follow its aerial bombardment of the Hamas-run strip.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
Israel trying to undermine Palestinian U.N. move: Abbas
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- Israel trying to undermine Palestinian U.N. move: Abbas
- Security Council Authorizes Six-Month Mandate Extension Of U
- Secret document reveals the United Nations is considering ta
- Utah Air National Guard unit returns from Persian Gulf
Smoke billows following Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 16, 2012. Gaza militants targeted Tel Aviv with another rocket, defying Israeli warnings of a possible ground assault to follow its aerial bombardment of the Hamas-run strip.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
Israel trying to undermine Palestinian U.N. move: Abbas
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Elections Education
- Elections Are a 'Turning Point' for the Country, Say
- Police commissioners: Former officers on elections turnout
- 'Tired of elections' Barbara Bush urges Republicans
- T B Joshua Denies Election Prophecy Rumours
File - Orphaned and homeless children who live at the Ferry Port in Lungi begging for money and food from the departing United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) Nigerian contingent.
Sierra Leone faces huge election test
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- With 59 homicides in 2012, Camden crosses a grim milestone
- Huawei Launches 'ICT Star' Program for Local Educati
- Trinamool Congress to bring no-trust motion against governme
- Applications invited
 Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, during a hearing on the issues of human cloning. Brownback i
Gov. says Kan. higher ed may see targeted funds
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Bomb Iran? No. Bomb Gaza? Ye
- Obama and checkmate on Myanm
- UN War Crimes Court Frees Croatian 'Hero' Generals
- Gaza strikes expose new global divide on Middle East
Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of Hisham Ghalban, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2012. The violence sparked a furious response from Egypt's Islamist administration, which has close ties with Gaza's ruling Hamas movement.
Bomb Iran? No. Bomb Gaza? Yes!
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- Dalit students face discrimination in Dharmapuri
- In Dharmapuri, Dalit students discriminated against in schoo
- BMC school discriminating against my son: Lawyer
- After the attack, Dalit students discriminated against in sc
In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Muslim refugees walk about at a refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar.
Myanmar must protect Muslims and halt discrimination, U.N. says
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Labor Affairs Societies
- Ikea apologizes for using forced labor
- Ikea regrets use of East German forced prison labor in 1980s
- Hostess asks to close, citing labor strike
- Ikea regrets exploiting prison laborers
American Airlines planes in a row at Dallas' Terminal D.
American Airlines pilots to hold second ratification vote on potential new labor contract
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- Tewari for smooth functioning of Parl., says 'Govt. read
- Round up: compulsory voting
- BJP lashes out at Congress amid Wal-Mart allegation of bribe
- Ponty Chaddha killed in farmhouse firing
Sandy relief efforts highlight hopeful news week for cats
Sandy relief efforts highlight hopeful news week for cats
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