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Fate of women still tied to arranged marriages in post-Taliban Afghanistan
Full Article The Independent
29 Nov 2012

Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Farima, 17, had resisted her engagement to Zabiullah since it was ordained by her...
File -  In Herat, Afghanistan, women line up to collect bags of split chick pea, wheat, and cooking oil being distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein

updated 23 Nov 2012; published 01 Mar 2011
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Moroccan Marriage - arranged marriage
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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Michelle Obama Speeches: Military Families, Women's Day, Bullying Prevention, West Point (2011)
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Al Manar TV Presents: Shia Homosexuals Featuring Men from Iraq in Mutah Via Khomenies Ruling
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 24 May 2009
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Iran the Land of Fire Worshippers and Transexuals LOL
updated 08 Nov 2012; published 02 Dec 2011
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Chapter 06-1 - Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
updated 06 Oct 2012; published 07 Jan 2011
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'Red Shirt' trial delayed in Thailand
Full Article Al Jazeera
29 Nov 2012

A Thai court has postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 "Red Shirt" protest leaders by one month. Thursday's delay comes in reaction to the illness of one of the defendants in the case, which followed 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok that drew up to 100,000 protesters. "The court will only allow this one postponement," the judge said, as...
File - Thai riot police officers stand in line at the criminal court building in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Hundreds of "Red Shirt" supporters gathered outside a Bangkok court to learn whether their leaders will return to prison.
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

updated 04 May 2012; published 15 Feb 2012
3:02
Labour activist Somyot's son's hunger strike moves into third day
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
2:28
Thai Red Shirt leaders go on trial for terrorism
updated 09 Aug 2012; published 09 Aug 2012
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Thai 'Red Shirt' terrorism trial postponed
updated 18 Jul 2012; published 03 Jun 2010
2:24
Dutch lawyer to help exiled Thai leader
updated 09 May 2012; published 20 Feb 2008
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'Greatest Southron Heroes: Varina Davis'
updated 10 Nov 2012; published 05 Dec 2008
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Egypt crisis: Assembly rushes to finish constitution
Full Article BBC News
29 Nov 2012

The assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution says it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday. The news came as the constitutional court indicated it would rule on Sunday whether to dissolve the assembly. Egypt's judiciary is in a stand-off with President Mohammed Mursi and his Islamist supporters, after Mr Mursi last week issued a...
Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
2:14
Mursi going too pharaoh?
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
1:59
Egypt's President Mursi claims new powers
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
2:01
BREAKING: Violence in Egypt - Mursi Opponents Clash with Police in Cairo
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
1:49
Egypt's President Mursi claims new powers
updated 26 May 2012; published 24 May 2012
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Egipte: Sicom present a les eleccions presidencials | Sicom en las elecciones presidenciales
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 15 Jun 2012
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Part 1 - History of Julius Caesar Audiobook by Jacob Abbott (Chs 1-6)
Al-Qaeda urges Mali to reject foreign troops
Full Article Al Jazeera
29 Nov 2012

A top al-Qaeda commander in North Africa has urged the people of Mali to reject foreign intervention as a way of solving the country's conflict. "To the great and proud Muslim people of Mali we say, the problem in your country is an issue between Muslims," said Abu Mosaab Abdulwadood in a videotaped message obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera. "It...
Two soldiers loyal to junta chief Capt. Amadou Sanogo load their weapons, including a machine gun, onto a taxi which they hailed while returning on foot from the parachutists military camp, where junta soldiers took control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Gunfire echoed across the capital Tuesday as Malian government troops battled each other, killing at least 12 people as one side tried to oust soldiers who seized power in a coup over a month ago. Mali's coup leaders, who ostensibly handed over power to an interim civilian government on April 12 but who still wield power, said they control the state broadcaster, the airport and a military base, fending off attacks by opposing forces. Sanogo told a private radio station Monday night that the countercoup had failed and that his soldiers have captured foreign fighters.
photo: AP / Harouna Traore

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
2:40
Exclusive: Al-Qaeda commander urges Mali to reject foreign intervention
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
2:40
Al-Qaeda commander urges Mali to reject foreign intervention
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
15:02
GGN: Syrian General Assasinated, AU Troops to Mali in Weeks, Turkey Bans Opposition Rally
updated 18 Nov 2012; published 07 Oct 2012
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Mali - Wiki Article
updated 18 Sep 2012; published 17 Sep 2012
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LIBYA The Racist Lie Of "Black African Mercenaries" Perpetuated By Rebels, Western Media
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 18 Sep 2012
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LIBYA Analysis: The Racist Lie Of "Black African mercenaries" led To Brutality, Lynching, Death
Congo rebels begin pullout from Goma
Full Article Canberra Times
29 Nov 2012

An M23 fighter stands guard as the rebels prepare to withdraw. Photo: GORAN TOMASEVIC GOMA: Congolese rebels say they are starting to pull out from the eastern city of Goma as the United Nations issued a new call for an end to foreign support for the fighters to prevent the conflict spreading across the volatile region. The UN Security Council call...
A column of Congolese M23 rebels motion to the photographer not to take pictures on the Goma to Rushuru road as they look for FDLR (Force Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda) returning from an incursion into Rwanda Near Kibumba, north of Goma Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 27 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
2:17
DR Congo rebels take control of Goma
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
1:54
Congo Rebels enter Goma city
updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
2:20
DR Congo Rebels Seize Goma.
updated 20 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
1:34
Congo rebels on outskirts of Goma
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
1:52
Rebels in Congo advance on Goma
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 13 Jan 2008
6:46
Near Goma, Congo, soldiers and rebels loot a refugee camp
Twin car bombs reportedly kill 34, wound dozens in Syria
Full Article Fox News
28 Nov 2012

Nov. 28, 2012: A Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs in a suburb of Damascus, Syria.AP BEIRUTTwin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials. The state...
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs, at Jaramana neighborhood, in the suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
1:09
Raw: Twin Car Bombs Strike Damascus Suburb
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
2:36
World News - Twin car bombs kill dozens in Syria
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
0:54
Horrible Suicide Twin Car Bombs Explode in Damascus, Syria - At Least 50 Dead
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
1:09
Two car bombs strike Damascus, killing at least 34
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
2:36
Bombings, Raids And Downed Aircraft
updated 11 Oct 2012; published 11 Oct 2012
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Bombs welcome new UN chief monitor in Syria
Palestinian "state" vote a crisis moments
Full Article Asia Times
28 Nov 2012

By Victor Kotsev Thursday is shaping up as a big day in Palestinian history. Exactly 65 years after the United Nations resolution partitioning British Mandatory Palestine was adopted (and rejected at the time by the Arabs), the General Assembly will vote on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's proposal for non-member state status for Palestine...
The Security Council held a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Riyad H. Mansour (left), Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN, at the meeting, 27 November, 2012.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 11 Nov 2012
1:45
35 Gaza Rockets Hit Israel After 6 Palestinians Are Killed - Missile Attack
updated 20 May 2012; published 08 Oct 2009
2:45
Pres. Mahmoud Abbas facing backlash over Goldstone Report Delay of Israeli War Crimes (Oct 5 09)
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
4:27
Palestinian Pursuit: 'If Abbas loses, Hamas wins'
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 06 Jan 2011
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WikiLeaks - Israel Kept Gaza On Brink Of Economic Collapse
updated 10 Jul 2012; published 01 Jul 2012
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The Children Of Gaza - Innocent Victims Of A Brutal War
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 15 Sep 2011
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  Egyptians Stage Mass Anti-Morsi Rally In Tahrir Square
Full Article The Inquisitr
28 Nov 2012

Posted: November 27, 2012 Cairo, EgyptTens of thousands of Egyptians joined a massive rally in Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest President Mohamed Morsi, who granted himself sweeping new powers last week. Protesters and riot police clashed in Cairo near Tahrir Square in a scene reminiscent of their original push to topple the regime of...
Egyptians chant slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Nariman El-Mofty

updated 13 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
0:45
Pro and anti-Morsi protesters clash in Egypt
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
3:08
Tahrir Battleground: Protest over Morsi 'power grab' turns deadly
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
3:04
Egyptians stage mass anti-Morsi rally - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
3:03
Egypt protesters continue to call for Morsi's fall
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
1:34
CAIRO CLASHES: COPS TEAR-GAS ANTI-MORSI protester as VIOLENCE ERUPTS on Tahrir Square
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
2:28
Morsi's decree secondary to economy for Egyptians
UN: methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point
Full Article The Guardian
27 Nov 2012

Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost Frozen ground in Siberia. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere. Photograph: Francis Latreille/Corbis...
UN: methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point
photo: UN / Jan Golinski

updated 29 Jun 2012; published 28 Mar 2010
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Global Warming 101 (4 of 5) - Current Conditions
updated 29 Jun 2012; published 28 Mar 2010
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Global Warming 101 (5 of 5) - Inertia, Feedbacks, & Tipping Points
updated 05 Nov 2012; published 30 May 2009
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updated 15 Nov 2012; published 27 Oct 2009
49:01
Authors@Google: Henry Pollack
updated 22 Nov 2012; published 31 May 2012
11:31
Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip
updated 15 Aug 2010; published 27 May 2010
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DR Congo rebels dispute deal on Goma pullout
Full Article Al Jazeera
27 Nov 2012

M23 rebels controlling the eastern city of Goma in the DR Congo have said they are not about to withdraw as demanded by regional leaders. The rebels said on Tuesday there were still in charge of Goma, just hours after General Aronda Nyakairima, the head of the Ugandan military, was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that their leader,...
Congolese government soldiers (FARDC) patrol the streets of Minova under their control Sunday Nov. 25, 2012.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 20 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
1:34
Congo rebels on outskirts of Goma
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
1:54
Congo Rebels enter Goma city
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
2:17
DR Congo rebels take control of Goma
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 13 Jan 2008
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Near Goma, Congo, soldiers and rebels loot a refugee camp
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
1:52
Rebels in Congo advance on Goma
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
0:29
DR Congo rebels claim control of Goma

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UN extends arms embargo on Congo rebels
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Congolese M23 rebel fighters stop as they look for FDLR (Force Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda) returning from an incursion into Rwanda Near Kibumba, north of Goma Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012.
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Extreme weather calls for urgent action, UN says
Extreme weather from melting Arctic ice to Superstorm Sandy shows snail-paced UN climate talks have to do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the head of the UN weather agency and its climate chief said. "Climate change is taking place before our...
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Ban appoints Abdullah Al Matouq as Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait
Print 28 November 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Abdullah Al Matouq of Kuwait to work closely with the United Nations humanitarian chief to build stronger partnerships in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf region....
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
EU Commission unveils vision for euro zone's integration
By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission unveiled plans for a fundamental overhaul of how the euro zone is structured on Wednesday, including the prospect of setting up a common budget for the single currency area and issuing joint...
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Russia reports 12% rise in HIV - 200 new cases a day
The number of HIV cases in Russia was 12% higher in the first six months of 2012 than in the same period last year, government health experts say. Official data shows that in the first 10 months, 703,781 Russians had the virus, of whom 90,396 died....
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updated 19 Nov 2012; published 14 Oct 2009
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Women's Rights in Afghanistan
The Independent 29 Nov 2012, Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Farima, 17, had resisted her engagement to Zabiullah since it was ordained by her...

updated 23 Sep 2012; published 29 Apr 2010
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Soldier dies as red shirts and Thai military clash
Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2012, A Thai court has postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 "Red Shirt" protest leaders by one month. Thursday's delay comes in reaction to the illness of one of the defendants in the case, which followed 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok that drew up to 100,000 protesters. "The court will only allow this one postponement," the judge said, as...

updated 27 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid explains what is behind the Egyptian protests
BBC News 29 Nov 2012, The assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution says it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday. The news came as the constitutional court indicated it would rule on Sunday whether to dissolve the assembly. Egypt's judiciary is in a stand-off with President Mohammed Mursi and his Islamist supporters, after Mr Mursi last week issued a...

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
2:40
Exclusive: Al-Qaeda commander urges Mali to reject foreign intervention
Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2012, A top al-Qaeda commander in North Africa has urged the people of Mali to reject foreign intervention as a way of solving the country's conflict. "To the great and proud Muslim people of Mali we say, the problem in your country is an issue between Muslims," said Abu Mosaab Abdulwadood in a videotaped message obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera. "It...

updated 26 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
10:42
Leaders tell DR Congo rebels to 'stop war'
Canberra Times 29 Nov 2012, An M23 fighter stands guard as the rebels prepare to withdraw. Photo: GORAN TOMASEVIC GOMA: Congolese rebels say they are starting to pull out from the eastern city of Goma as the United Nations issued a new call for an end to foreign support for the fighters to prevent the conflict spreading across the volatile region. The UN Security Council call...

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
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SYRIA: Two car bombs kill 20 in Damascas
Fox News 28 Nov 2012, Nov. 28, 2012: A Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs in a suburb of Damascus, Syria.AP BEIRUTTwin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials. The state...

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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Palestine UN bid: Fanfare in New York, despair on the ground
Asia Times 28 Nov 2012, By Victor Kotsev Thursday is shaping up as a big day in Palestinian history. Exactly 65 years after the United Nations resolution partitioning British Mandatory Palestine was adopted (and rejected at the time by the Arabs), the General Assembly will vote on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's proposal for non-member state status for Palestine...

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Morsi decree prompts mass protests in Egyptian cities
The Inquisitr 28 Nov 2012, Posted: November 27, 2012 Cairo, EgyptTens of thousands of Egyptians joined a massive rally in Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest President Mohamed Morsi, who granted himself sweeping new powers last week. Protesters and riot police clashed in Cairo near Tahrir Square in a scene reminiscent of their original push to topple the regime of...

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
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UN climate talks in Doha urge to act fast
The Guardian 27 Nov 2012, Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost Frozen ground in Siberia. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere. Photograph: Francis Latreille/Corbis...

updated 26 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
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Leaders tell DR Congo rebels to 'stop war'
Al Jazeera 27 Nov 2012, M23 rebels controlling the eastern city of Goma in the DR Congo have said they are not about to withdraw as demanded by regional leaders. The rebels said on Tuesday there were still in charge of Goma, just hours after General Aronda Nyakairima, the head of the Ugandan military, was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that their leader,...

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Morsi decree prompts mass protests in Egyptian cities
Jamaica Observer 27 Nov 2012, CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi told the country's top judges yesterday that he did not infringe on their authority when he seized near absolute powers, setting the stage for a prolonged showdown on the eve of mass protests planned by both supporters and opponents of the Islamist leader. The uncompromising stance came...

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
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Yasser Arafat: was he poisoned?
Swissinfo 27 Nov 2012, By Jihan Abdalla RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe. French magistrates opened a murder inquiry in August into Arafat's death in Paris after a Swiss institute said it had...

updated 08 Nov 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Inside Story - Renegotiating the Greek bailout
BBC News 27 Nov 2012, Eurozone finance ministers and the IMF have reached a deal on an urgently needed bailout for debt-laden Greece. They have agreed to cut the near-bankrupt...

updated 27 Nov 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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John Kerry DNC Speech Complete: Slams Romney on Foreign Policy at Democratic National Convention
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