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Walmart's horrific treatment of workers is too big to ignore
Full Article Al Jazeera
14 Dec 2012

Former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, meet 55-year-old Martha Sellers. For the past nine years, Sellers has worked as a Walmart cashier in Paramount, California. On November 23, the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States, while most television hosts were asking...
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File - Demonstrators are arrested by police after protesting outside a Walmart store Friday Nov. 23, 2012, in Paramount, Calif.
photo: AP / Nick Ut

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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Hells Kitchen USA : Season 9 Episode 14 - Full Episode & Series !
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 20 Jan 2011
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1/20/11: White House Press Briefing
updated 26 Nov 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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"Sweet and Sour: Sino-American Relations" - Winston Lord
updated 24 Mar 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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Senate Session 2012-03-21 (13:18:58-14:23:12)
updated 08 Dec 2012; published 25 Nov 2012
8:56
The Truth About Walmart-A Worker's Perspective...
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
1:30
Walmart, Disney, Sears Linked to Bangladesh Factory
Hamas rally stirs hope among Palestinians for unity
Full Article The Independent
14 Dec 2012

The green banners of Hamas were openly raised at Nablus on the West Bank as thousands gathered for the militant Islamist group's first permitted rally in the West Bank in five years, a sign of a thaw in a bitter split with Fatah, the faction that dominates the Palestinian Authority. Police observed but did not interfere in the celebration of...
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Palestinian supporters of Hamas chant slogans during a rally to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hamas militant group, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.
photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed

updated 21 Sep 2011; published 15 Mar 2011
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Palestinians Rally for National Unity as Syrians Demand Political Reform
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
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Khaled Meshaal Rallies Gazans On Hamas Anniversary [08.12.2012]
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 23 Jan 2009
10:01
Moderate and Extremist Palestinian Supporters Square Off in Minnesota, Hamas collides with Fatah
updated 10 Jul 2012; published 01 Feb 2009
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Israel protest - Australia Supporting Palestine Jan 09 Part 2
updated 01 Sep 2012; published 01 Feb 2009
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Israel protest - Australia Supporting Palestine Jan 09 PART 3
updated 05 Dec 2012; published 21 Jan 2010
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Israel protest - Australia Supporting Palestine Jan 09 Part 4 Re-Edit
Russia says Syrian rebels might win
Full Article CNTV
14 Dec 2012

One of Syria's key allies has admitted for the first time the Assad regime is losing the 20-month ground war. Russia’s deputy foreign minister’s comments are significant because Russia has blocked action to stem the violence, supplied weapons to the Assad regime, and vetoed three UN resolutions -- even as other countries called for Assad to step...
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter poses as he carries his weapon in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's civil war has killed more than 40,000 people.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 12 Aug 2012
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'Rebel atrocities strengthen Assad, turn Syrians off opposition'
updated 05 Dec 2012; published 28 May 2012
3:15
Peace Dead? 'Houla massacre Al-Qaeda act'
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 06 Sep 2012
2:32
France to give heavy artillery to Syria rebels to 'smash Assad regime'
updated 04 Aug 2012; published 04 Aug 2012
5:45
CRISIS in SYRIA: ASSAD Regime + Free Syrian Rebels - Media + NATO Lies = WW3??
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
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Video: Syria rebels unveil cutting-edge homemade tank
updated 12 Nov 2012; published 12 Apr 2012
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Ceasefire in Syria: Assad, rebels hold fire as deadline arrives
North Koreans mark rocket success as South finds debris
Full Article BBC News
14 Dec 2012

North Koreans have gathered in Pyongyang for a mass rally to celebrate Wednesday's long-range rocket launch. State television showed huge crowds cheering to mark the launch, which has been condemned by many nations as a banned test of missile technology. South Korea, meanwhile, says it has retrieved debris from the rocket and will study it to...
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In this Dec. 12, 2012 photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. The satellite that North Korea launched on board the long-range rocket is orbiting normally, South Korea said on Thursday.
photo: AP / KCNA

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
1:35
North Koreans mark rocket success
updated 03 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
1:49
Japan Threatens to Shoot Down North Korean Rocket
updated 13 Apr 2012; published 13 Apr 2012
2:15
North Korea fires long-range rocket; officials say launch failed
updated 06 Sep 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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North Korea to launch long-range rocket - 16Mar2012
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
1:35
North Korea celebrates rocket success
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 13 Apr 2012
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North Korea confirms rocket failure launch following mid-air explosion
Susan Rice abruptly withdraws from Secretary of State consideration
Full Article The Examiner
14 Dec 2012

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice abruptly withdrew her name from consideration for the position of Secretary of State on Thursday. Rice informed President Barack Obama in a letter. “I am highly honored to be considered by you for appointment as secretary of state,” Rice said in the letter. “I am fully confident that I could serve our country ably and...
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Stakeout: Susan E. Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, briefs reporters following Security Council
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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Andrea Mitchell On Susan Rice: 'This Is Not Going To Help Republicans
updated 11 Jun 2012; published 31 Jan 2010
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Davos Open Forum 2010 - "Yes We Can?"
updated 10 Oct 2012; published 06 Oct 2012
98:30
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (4 of 5)
updated 17 Nov 2012; published 06 Feb 2012
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Part 01 - Of Human Bondage Audiobook by W. Somerset Maugham (Chs 1-16)
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
11:35
Susan Rice: Keystone pipeline Secretary of State?
updated 12 Dec 2012; published 25 Nov 2012
1:52
Susan Rice should not be Secretary of State explained to Race baiters
Hamas stages West Bank rally
Full Article Deutsche Welle
14 Dec 2012

Hamas has staged a rally in the West Bank, the territory of its rival, Fatah. It is the first time that the former has been able to do so in five years. Hamas, the Islamist organization that governs the Gaza Strip, staged its first rally in the West Bank in years on Thursday, in celebration...
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Palestinian supporters of Hamas hold signs and a model of a M75 long-range rocket during a rally to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hamas militant group, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.
photo: AP / Nasser Ishtayeh

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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Hamas West Bank rally: thousands of supporters attend first Hamas march since 1997 in West Bank
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
1:06
Khaled Meshaal Rallies Gazans On Hamas Anniversary [08.12.2012]
updated 10 Jul 2012; published 01 Feb 2009
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Israel protest - Australia Supporting Palestine Jan 09 Part 2
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
2:26
Hamas' Meshaal vows to continue resistance
updated 12 Dec 2012; published 27 Jun 2010
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"Sheer Criminal Aggression" Israel's Attack on Gaza Flotilla Chomsky Says "No Credible Pretext"
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
2:37
Morsi needs to initiate genuine dialogue Abayomi Azikiwe
Spain seizes 28 million euros in Hosni Mubarak-linked assets
Full Article The Times of India
13 Dec 2012

MADRID: Spain announced on Thursday it had seized 28 million euros ($37 million) in financial products, luxury cars and buildings linked to ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Egypt requested Spain's help under UN...
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Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012.
photo: AP

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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Mubarak assets worth millions seized in Spain
updated 20 Aug 2012; published 23 May 2012
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World at 8 Wednesday 23 May 2012
updated 23 Jun 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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World at 8 Wednesday 20 June 2012
updated 25 Aug 2012; published 11 Oct 2011
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Abu Dhabi 2011 - The Global Agenda Ahead
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 08 May 2011
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Euros Are Sexy?
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 24 Jan 2010
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How Its Made - The 2 Euro Coin (€2)
Government pays Libyan dissident's family £2.2m over MI6-aided rendition
Full Article The Guardian
13 Dec 2012

Sami al-Saadi, wife and four children were secretly flown from Hong Kong to Tripoli where he was tortured by Gaddafi police Libyan dissident Sami al-Saadi in Tripoli in October 2011. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP...
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In this Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 file photo, Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim prison, Libya's most notorious prison of Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya.
photo: AP / Francois Mori

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
40:46
History of Libya - Wiki Article
updated 24 May 2012; published 24 May 2012
20:08
Nancy Pelosi gondolatai az amerikai-magyar diplomáciai kapcsolatok 90. évfordulójára
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
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Mujahideen - Wiki Article
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 21 Oct 2012
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Saddam Hussein - Wiki Article
updated 16 Sep 2012; published 18 Mar 2011
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Senate Session 2011-03-17 (17:13:44-18:28:06)
updated 01 Mar 2012; published 02 Jun 2011
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House Session 2011-05-12 (15:19:24-16:19:45)
Syria Rebels Holding Reporter Threaten Attacks on Russians
Full Article Novosti
13 Dec 2012

MOSCOW, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Syrian rebels behind the kidnapping of Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva have released a video threatening more attacks on Russians and Ukrainians, as a deadline for her execution approaches on Thursday. Kochneva, a 40-year-old Ukrainian citizen, was abducted in October by Syrian...
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A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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DEAD or ALIVE? (SYRIA) FATE of JOURNALIST held by the FSA is UNKNOWN as RANSOM DEADLINE passes
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 16 Jul 2012
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Syrian rebels launch attack on tank position in Idlib
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 03 Mar 2012
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Syria: rebel fighters filmed on the attack in Idlib
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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Rebels Attack Syrian Airfields (Dispatch)
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Dec 2011
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Syria opposition army claims deadly security forces ambush
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
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Syrian rebels take key military base Free syrian army attack chec poinT HUGE FIGHTING
Google boss Eric Schmidt: I'm proud of our tax avoidance scheme...it's called capitalism
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
13 Dec 2012

The head of the internet giant Google has defiantly defended his company’s tax avoidance strategy claiming he was “proud” of the steps it had taken to cut its tax bill which were just “capitalism”. In an interview in New York Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, confirmed the company had no intention of paying more...
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File - Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks to students during a seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

updated 09 Sep 2012; published 08 Dec 2009
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Eric Schmidt at Capitalism and the Future, held by LIVE from the NYPL & the Aspen Institute
updated 28 Aug 2012; published 04 Oct 2010
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Eric Schmidt at Washington Ideas Forum 2010
updated 08 Oct 2012; published 22 Feb 2011
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Eric Schmidt at Humboldt University
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 13 Mar 2009
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Eric Schmidt at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning
updated 28 Aug 2012; published 01 Jul 2009
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Eric Schmidt at the Aspen Ideas Festival
updated 28 Aug 2012; published 11 Mar 2009
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Eric Schmidt at the WSJ ECO:nomics conference

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Does Bernanke’s clearer ‘Fed speak’ make him a better steward of the U.S. economy?
more The Washington Post
This past summer, Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, told a magazine how he’d practice the opaque dialect known as “Fed speak” in his nearly two...
Strange truth of a life caught up with MI6’s ‘Martin’ and the KGB
more The Independent
Secret details of Alexander Litvinenko’s life as a British intelligence agent were revealed yesterday at a preparatory hearing into the poisoned former KGB officer’s death. The...
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Posted: December 12, 2012 Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has been fined and banned for one Italian Serie A match after he attempted to deceive the referee into giving his side...

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Cyclone Strikes Samoa; 3 Reported Dead more
Tropical cyclone Floyd over the Timor Sea, 2006. The International Hydro graphic Organization (IHO) defines the Timor Sea as being one of the waters of the East Indian Archipelago.
The New York Times
SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful cyclone has ripped through the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, flattening homes, uprooting trees and flooding streets. New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said on Friday that there were reports three...
photo: NASA / NASA
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Susan Rice: Why I withdrew more
UN Ambassador Susan Rice listens at right as President Barack Obama speaks before a meeting with his cabinet, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington.
The Washington Post
Susan Rice is U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. On Thursday I asked that President Obama no longer consider me for the job of secretary of state. I made because it is the right step for this country I love. I have never shied away from a fight...
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin
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New Ukraine parliament gets punchy more
New Ukrainian Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov speaks to lawmakers in parliament, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, March 11, 2010.
The Australian
THE Ukrainian parliament has voted to reinstate its prime minister after dozens of opposition and pro-government lawmakers brawled for a second day in the chamber notorious for its fisticuffs. Newly elected world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko...
photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov
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Violence-marred match hurts Brazil football image more
Police officers stand guard the entrance to Argentina's Tigre's dressing room after a fight among teams' members at the end of the first half of the Copa Sudamericana final soccer match against Brazil's Sao Paulo FC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.
Dayton Daily News
Brazilian authorities on Thursday began investigations into allegations that security personnel beat members of a visiting Argentine football club at the halftime of the Copa Sudamericana. South American football officials described it as the most...
photo: AP / Andre Penner
Brazil   Copa Sudamericana   Football   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: 2012 Copa Sudamericana Finals
Putin slams US rights bill, calls it a political act more
From right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin's Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev walk after Putin's state-of-the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.
Deccan Herald
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin criticized US legislation designed to punish Russian violators of human rights on Thursday but said Moscow’s reaction should not be excessive. The US Senate last week approved a bill that would require...
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service
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Standard & Poor's puts UK's AAA rating on negative watch more
ARCHIV: Eine rote Ampel leuchtet in New York (USA) vor dem Gebaeude der Ratingagentur "Standard & Poor's" (S&P) (Foto vom 09.12.11). Die CSU fordert eine Verschaerfung der Regeln fuer Ratingagenturen ueber die bereits getroffenen EU-Beschluesse hinaus.
Star Tribune
LONDON - The Standard & Poor's rating agency has put Britain's AAA long-term credit rating on negative watch because of fears that economic growth over the next...
photo: AP
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Sao Paulo awarded Copa Sudamericana final more
Brazil's Sao Paulo FC's Lucas, right, holds up the Copa Sudamericana trophy as he celebrates with teammates at the end of the Copa Sudamericana final soccer match against Argentina's Tigre in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Referee Enrique Osses, from Chile, ended the match after Tigre's players refused to play the second half. According to Tigre's coach Nestor Gorosito, Tigre's team members were attacked by Sao Paulo FC private security guards and police officers as they headed to the locker rooms at halftime.
The Guardian
STAN LEHMAN Associated Press Writer= SAO PAULO (AP) — The image of Brazilian soccer in the lead up to the 2014 World Cup took a hit Wednesday when the final of the Copa Sudamericana was abandoned after visiting club Tigre accused security officials...
photo: AP / Andre Penner
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updated 13 Dec 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
2:04
Walmart Black-Friday Walkout: Workers Protest Labor Practices Threaten Big Shopping Day
Walmart's horrific treatment of workers is too big to ignore
Al Jazeera 14 Dec 2012, Former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, meet 55-year-old Martha Sellers. For the past nine years, Sellers has worked as a Walmart cashier in Paramount, California. On November 23, the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States, while most television hosts were asking...

updated 13 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
2:26
Hamas' Meshaal vows to 'continue resistance'
Hamas rally stirs hope among Palestinians for unity
The Independent 14 Dec 2012, The green banners of Hamas were openly raised at Nablus on the West Bank as thousands gathered for the militant Islamist group's first permitted rally in the West Bank in five years, a sign of a thaw in a bitter split with Fatah, the faction that dominates the Palestinian Authority. Police observed but did not interfere in the celebration of...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
8:37
'Ground being prepared for Syria intervention' - ex-US Chief of Staff
Russia says Syrian rebels might win
CNTV 14 Dec 2012, One of Syria's key allies has admitted for the first time the Assad regime is losing the 20-month ground war. Russia’s deputy foreign minister’s comments are significant because Russia has blocked action to stem the violence, supplied weapons to the Assad regime, and vetoed three UN resolutions -- even as other countries called for Assad to step...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
5:55
North Korea launches long-range Unha-3 rocket despite warnings
North Koreans mark rocket success as South finds debris
BBC News 14 Dec 2012, North Koreans have gathered in Pyongyang for a mass rally to celebrate Wednesday's long-range rocket launch. State television showed huge crowds cheering to mark the launch, which has been condemned by many nations as a banned test of missile technology. South Korea, meanwhile, says it has retrieved debris from the rocket and will study it to...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 13 Dec 2012
3:01
Susan Rice 'political liability for US administration'
Susan Rice abruptly withdraws from Secretary of State consideration
The Examiner 14 Dec 2012, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice abruptly withdrew her name from consideration for the position of Secretary of State on Thursday. Rice informed President Barack Obama in a letter. “I am highly honored to be considered by you for appointment as secretary of state,” Rice said in the letter. “I am fully confident that I could serve our country ably and...

updated 19 Nov 2012; published 17 Nov 2012
0:53
West Bank holds rallies over Gaza raids
Hamas stages West Bank rally
Deutsche Welle 14 Dec 2012, Hamas has staged a rally in the West Bank, the territory of its rival, Fatah. It is the first time that the former has been able to do so in five years. Hamas, the Islamist organization that governs the Gaza Strip, staged its first rally in the West Bank in years on Thursday, in celebration...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
0:21
Mubarak assets worth millions seized in Spain
Spain seizes 28 million euros in Hosni Mubarak-linked assets
The Times of India 13 Dec 2012, MADRID: Spain announced on Thursday it had seized 28 million euros ($37 million) in financial products, luxury cars and buildings linked to ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Egypt requested Spain's help under UN...

updated 05 Dec 2012; published 18 Oct 2007
8:33
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION: Canadian on US Detention, Torture
Government pays Libyan dissident's family £2.2m over MI6-aided rendition
The Guardian 13 Dec 2012, Sami al-Saadi, wife and four children were secretly flown from Hong Kong to Tripoli where he was tortured by Gaddafi police Libyan dissident Sami al-Saadi in Tripoli in October 2011. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
8:37
'Ground being prepared for Syria intervention' - ex-US Chief of Staff
Syria Rebels Holding Reporter Threaten Attacks on Russians
Novosti 13 Dec 2012, MOSCOW, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Syrian rebels behind the kidnapping of Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva have released a video threatening more attacks on Russians and Ukrainians, as a deadline for her execution approaches on Thursday. Kochneva, a 40-year-old Ukrainian citizen, was abducted in October by Syrian...

updated 09 Dec 2012; published 13 Nov 2012
2:50
Starbucks, Google and Amazon grilled over UK tax avoidance (Sky News coverage)
Google boss Eric Schmidt: I'm proud of our tax avoidance scheme...it's called capitalism
Belfast Telegraph 13 Dec 2012, The head of the internet giant Google has defiantly defended his company’s tax avoidance strategy claiming he was “proud” of the steps it had taken to cut its tax bill which were just “capitalism”. In an interview in New York Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, confirmed the company had no intention of paying more...

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
1:19
European Parliament supports ECB bank supervision power
EU ministers clinch deal on bank supervision
Al Jazeera 13 Dec 2012, European Union (EU) finance ministers have agreed a deal granting the European Central Bank (ECB) new powers to supervise euro zone banks. The deal, clinched on Thursday, is the first step in a new phase of closer integration to help underpin the euro, the currency used in 17 EU member states. The ministers from the 27-member bloc held talks...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
5:55
North Korea launches long-range Unha-3 rocket despite warnings
UN Security Council slams North Korea's rocket launch
Newstrack India 13 Dec 2012, Tweet Pyongyang, Dec. 13 (Xinhua-ANI): The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the rocket launch announced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling the move "a clear violation" of relevant council resolutions. The condemnation was contained in a statement read to the press by Mohammed Loulichki, Morocco's permanent...

updated 13 Dec 2012; published 13 Dec 2012
4:29
US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'
Syria fires Scud missiles at rebels: Report
Zeenews 13 Dec 2012, Kabul: The Syrian government forces have fired Scud missiles at insurgents in recent days, escalating the two-year-old conflict against rebels seeking to overthrow the regime, US officials said on Wednesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two officials said forces of President Bashar Assad have fired the missiles from the Damascus area into...

updated 14 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
5:54
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Ex-Thai PM to hear murder charge over protest death
New Straits/Business Times 13 Dec 2012, BANGKOK: Thailand’s former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva is set to be charged with murder on Thursday over the death of a civilian during a military crackdown on anti-government “Red Shirt” rallies two years ago. Abhisit, along with his then deputy Suthep Thaugsuban, will be formally charged at Bangkok’s Department of Special Investigation...