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Pfc. Manning: From Bloody Eagle to Bloody Cage
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02 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Much like the United States, the Vikings were a paradoxical and duplicitous civilization. Not only were they highly skilled shipbuilders and tremendous explorers, not to mention their expertise in the fishing, farming and trading industries, but they helped establish and contribute to the nation-states...
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, steps out of a security vehicle as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, for a pretrial hearing.
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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Free Bradley Manning Rally at Obama NYC Campaign Headquarters (6-Sept-2012)
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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Free PFC Manning, End the Drone Wars
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 17 Jul 2012
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2012-07-17 US v Pfc. Manning oral arguments for instructions for 18 USC 641, 793(e), and 1030(a)(1)
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 08 Nov 2012
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Alexa O'Brien and the trial of PfC Bradley Manning (7th November 2012)
updated 29 Oct 2012; published 17 Oct 2012
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How US v. Pfc. #Manning is turning into an indictment of US Press and Govt 10/17/12
updated 10 Sep 2012; published 29 Aug 2012
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US v Pfc. Manning Article 39(a) August 28, 2012 PM Session Discovery No. 3
'Taliban attackers' target US Afghanistan base
Full Article BBC News
02 Dec 2012

There have been "multiple explosions" near an airfield at a US base in eastern Afghanistan, Nato has said. Afghan intelligence officials told the BBC seven suicide attackers targeted the base in Jalalabad, and witnesses said that gunfire was heard....
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File - U.S. Army Capt. Peggy Hu, Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs, speaks with a local child during a routine patrol in the local area Nov. 21, 2012, in Afghanistan.
photo: USAF / Senior Airman Patrice Clarke

updated 08 Nov 2012; published 24 Sep 2012
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Afghan base attack well planned Taliban video shows
updated 21 Oct 2012; published 13 Nov 2010
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Taliban attack Jalalabad airport, military base in eastern Afghanistan
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by US soldier
updated 06 May 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by US terrorist soldier
updated 22 Oct 2012; published 16 Aug 2010
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Support the Afghan Taliban -- 'official' ISI policy
updated 02 Dec 2012; published 02 Dec 2012
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Taliban target US-Afghan base: Live update from Kabul
Egypt's president calls vote on contested constitution
Full Article Deutsche Welle
02 Dec 2012

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has called a December 15 referendum on a constitution drafted by the Islamist-led assembly. The decree follows mass protests against the country's new constitutional charter. Morsi called the referendum on Saturday after Egypt's assembly handed its final draft of the planned new constitution to the president for...
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Protesters chant slogans at a rally supporting President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Thomas Hartwell

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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Egypt: Constituent Assembly Approves New Draft Constitution
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
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Egypt - Cairo - Top judges, opposition protest Morsi's power-extending decree
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
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As Egypt's Constitution in Limbo, Morsi Grabs More Power
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
5:33
Islamist-Led Egyptian Assembly Works on Constitution
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
25:14
Muslim Brotherhood loses credibility by backing Morsi decree: Mostafa Ragab
updated 02 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
1:59
From Arab Spring to Islamist Egypt? Draft constitution leaves minorities and women at risk
UN chief decries escalating crisis in Syria
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Dec 2012

The conflict in Syria has now reached "new and appalling heights of brutality and violence", according to the UN secretary-general, while the world body's envoy to Syria has said the country is in danger of becoming "a failed state". The statements from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi came in New York on...
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File - A UN observer documents the damage done by heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, this weekend, in the Talbisah area of the city, 11 June, 2012.
photo: UN / David Manyua

updated 03 Oct 2012; published 16 Sep 2012
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18+ Syria - Clashes at Airport in Idlib as Rebels Try to Stop Assad Air Attacks on Civilians 9-15-12
updated 17 Jul 2012; published 20 May 2012
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18+ Free Syria Army Defends Rastan from Assad Invaders 5-17-12 Heroes of Homs City Resist Dictator
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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18 Aleppo Clashes at Suleiman Al Halibi Airport between Dictator and Rebels 9 2 12
updated 03 Nov 2012; published 03 Nov 2012
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Syria Dictator Shells Harasta - Damascus Suburbs 2-Nov-12 Desperate Dictator Bombs Cities Nationwide
updated 10 Nov 2012; published 06 Nov 2012
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18 Syria Al Lirmon Checkpoint Falls As Rebels Advance Toward Military Airport 5 Nov 12
updated 07 Nov 2012; published 07 Oct 2012
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Syria - Aleppo - Assad Army and Militia Convoy Invades Hamidiya Neighborhood 7-Oct-12
DR Congo police arrive in Goma as M23 rebels delay pull-out
Full Article BBC News
30 Nov 2012

A contingent of police has arrived by boat in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, which was captured by rebels last week. The UN says the estimated 450 officers have yet to deploy as the M23 rebels have not pulled out of the lakeside city - as agreed with regional leaders. There are reports of widespread looting in the city,...
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File - Troops of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) are show in Kibumba, North Kivu Province, along the road from Goma to Rutshuru, where MONUSCO and the national army (FARDC) have deployed to protect Goma from the M23 rebel group, 11 July, 2012.
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti

updated 24 Nov 2012; published 22 Nov 2012
2:39
News Wrap: Congolese Soldiers, Police Defect to Rebels Side
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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DR Congo army says it will re-deploy in Goma
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
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DR Congo troops surrender to rebels
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
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Thousands of soldiers, police surrender to M23 rebels
updated 26 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
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Rebels reject deadline to leave Goma
updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
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CONGO CRISIS HEATS UP
Palestinian UN vote will hurt peace, says Israel's Regev
Full Article BBC News
30 Nov 2012

Israel has dismissed the UN vote to upgrade the status of the Palestinian territories as "negative political theatre" that will "hurt peace". Government spokesman Mark Regev said the move had taken Palestinians and Israelis out of a negotiating process. The General Assembly voted resoundingly to recognise the Palestinians as a...
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A school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), pictured in the background, suffered damage after Israeli bombardments in Gaza City this morning, 16 November, 2012.
photo: UN / Shareef Sarhan

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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Nov 29, 2012 Israel_Palestinians hope for statehood breakthrough at UN vote
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 29 Jan 2009
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Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace
updated 27 Oct 2012; published 20 Jan 2012
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Jordan's King Abdullah: Coming Weeks Critical for Syria, Assad, Arab League
updated 04 Jun 2012; published 21 Oct 2006
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Famous Fat Dave's Wedding Speech
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Vittorio Arrigoni - Wiki Article
updated 01 Mar 2012; published 23 Sep 2011
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Senate Session 2011-09-22 (09:30:15-10:40:48)
Archive sheds light on dark British past
Full Article Al Jazeera
30 Nov 2012

- For historians, it represents a treasure trove of boundless rewards and an opportunity to revisit some of the most enduring myths about Britain's colonial past. But for some of those still living with the physical and psychological scars, the release of thousands of previously secret government-held documents offers fresh hope of finally gaining...
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File - Kenyan Paulo Nzili, right, with Wambugu Wa Nyingi, left, stand outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London, Thursday, April 7, 2011, as four elderly Kenyans who claim that they were severely beaten and tortured by British officers during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s are taking their case to court in London.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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Mau Mau veterans win right to sue British government
updated 03 Nov 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Should Britain be paying for its crimes of empire?-Africa Today-05-01-2012
updated 16 Aug 2012; published 19 Apr 2012
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Classified British Colonial papers made public
updated 10 Nov 2012; published 10 Nov 2012
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Bren Light Machine Gun - Wiki Article
updated 02 Dec 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Cheryl - Call My Name
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 15 Jun 2012
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Part 1 - History of Julius Caesar Audiobook by Jacob Abbott (Chs 1-6)
The Other 'Black' Friday
Full Article WorldNews.com
30 Nov 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Staring at the quote on the small granite monument which read: "They said to one another, behold here comes the dreamer...Let us slay him...And we shall see what will become of his dreams," I tried to understand that fateful moment when a shot shattered heaven and earth. I attempted to imagine what it...
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Dr. Martin Luther King giving his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963.
photo: US NARA

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 04 Apr 2008
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Dr. King Said It: I'm Black and I'm Proud!
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 10 Oct 2011
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Ron Paul is like Martin Luther King. Black voters support Ron Paul!
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 13 Oct 2009
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The Martin Luther King that's never quoted (IM BLACK & IM BEAUTIFUL))
updated 02 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2008
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The MLK that's never quoted
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 03 Feb 2007
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Dr. Cornel West @ Brown University Feb. 2nd 2007
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 23 Oct 2009
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Cointelpro Documentary, Part 1 of 6 (Black officer mysteriously pulled from securing Dr. King...)
Egypt power struggle: Assembly adopts new constitution
Full Article BBC News
30 Nov 2012

Egypt's Islamist-run assembly has backed a draft constitution, including a measure keeping sharia, or Islamic law, as...
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Members of the constitutional assembly attend a session to vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zaid

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
1:02
Egypt: Constituent Assembly Approves New Draft Constitution
updated 02 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
1:59
From Arab Spring to Islamist Egypt? Draft constitution leaves minorities and women at risk
updated 02 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
25:04
Talk to Al Jazeera - Amr Darrag: A 'perfect system' for Egypt
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Mr Morsi Playing Power Politics
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
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Egypt on EDGE of civil WAR! Teargas, CHAOS & Death as ANTI-Morsi Riots RAGE on
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
1:50
No let-up in Egypt protests against Morsi power grab
UN votes to upgrade Palestinians' status
Full Article Newsday
30 Nov 2012

UNITED NATIONS -- The UN voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the UN was approved in the 193-member world body by a vote of 138-9, with...
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Assembly Grants Palestine Non-member Observer State Status The General Assembly adopted a resolution granting to Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations. The vote was 138 for, 9 against, with 41 abstentions.
photo: UN

updated 02 Dec 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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VIDEO: UN General Assembly Votes to Recognize the State of Palestine
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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Inside Story - Palestine: The meaning of a status upgrade
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
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Palestine in UN General Assembly
updated 13 Aug 2012; published 05 Aug 2012
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Renewal of bid to upgrade Palestine´s Status at the United Nations as independent State
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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UN General Assembly Voting to Recognize State of Palestine - 11/29/12
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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'UN Palestine state vote, historic event'

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The End of Jewish Power
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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon Israel suffered a humiliating defeat at The UN recently. The nations of the world stood up and said NO to the Jewish state - NO to...
Mars organics speculation butts heads with scientific process
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One of the prime mission goals for NASA's brand new Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is to search for organic compounds in Martian soil. The discovery would be a huge boon for...
Watergate scandal: secret files released
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Previously undisclosed discussions involving John J Sirica, the Watergate judge, are revealed in 850 pages made public...

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Turkey requests Nato missile defences amid Syria chemical weapons fears more
Turkey requests Nato missile defences amid Syria chemical weapons fears
The Observer
A Dutch Patriot missile installation. The Dutch and German parliaments are expected to approve the deployment of Patriot systems in Turkey this week. Photograph: Robert Vos/EPA Turkey asked for Nato Patriot missile defences to be deployed on its...
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Missile   Nato   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syria
Merkel Does Not Rule Out Future Greek Debt 'Haircut' more
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras arrive deliver a statement to the media at the Maximos mansion in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012.
CNBC
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Greece's creditors may look at writing down more of its debt but not before the current bailout program has run its course. Last Tuesday euro zone finance ministers and the IMFÂ approved a package...
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Debt   Greece   Merkel   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
US Senate Passes New Sanctions on Iran more
President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2011, regarding the debt ceiling. From left are, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio,, the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev.
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The U.S. Senate approved a new round of economic sanctions against Iran Friday, ignoring warnings by the White House that the additional measures could prove counter-productive to the goal of persuading Iran to curb its nuclear programme. The 94-0...
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
Iran   Photos   Sanctions   United States   White House   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
HIV/AIDS Afflicts Migrants Living in Wealthy Countries more
HIV/AIDS Afflicts Migrants Living in Wealthy Countries
Voa News
GENEVA — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on governments to provide migrants with preventive care and treatment for HIV/AIDS. To mark this year's World AIDS Day, IOM is focusing on the plight of migrants who,...
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
Aids   Geneva   Photos   Treatment   Wikipedia: HIV/AIDS
Kansas City Police: Chiefs player killed girlfriend, then self more
An unidentified Kansas City, Mo. police officer guards an entrance to Ward Parkway shopping center in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, April 29, 2007. The shooting at the mall left at least three people dead, including the gunman, police said. (gm1)
The Washington Times
Video: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager after first thanking them for...
photo: AP/Orlin Wagner
Jovan Belcher   Kansas   Killing   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Jovan Belcher
DR Congo rebels begin Goma pullout more
DR Congo rebels begin Goma pullout
Belfast Telegraph
Rebels have started to retreat from the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern provincial capital after an attempt to garner ammunition at the airport failed and their original pullout was postponed, a UN official said. Trucks full of M23 rebels...
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Congo   Photos   Rebels   UN   Wikipedia: Republic of the Congo
Israel plans 3,000 settler homes on disputed area more
Israel plans 3,000 settler homes on disputed area
Irish Times
Israel plans to build thousands of new homes for its settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, an Israeli official said today, defying a UN vote that implicitly recognised Palestinian statehood there.. The United States, one of Israel's...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Israel   Jerusalem   Mideast   Photos
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
7:29
The torture of Bradley Manning on trial
Pfc. Manning: From Bloody Eagle to Bloody Cage
WorldNews.com 02 Dec 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Much like the United States, the Vikings were a paradoxical and duplicitous civilization. Not only were they highly skilled shipbuilders and tremendous explorers, not to mention their expertise in the fishing, farming and trading industries, but they helped establish and contribute to the nation-states...

updated 02 Dec 2012; published 02 Dec 2012
2:14
Taliban target US-Afghan base: Live update from Kabul
'Taliban attackers' target US Afghanistan base
BBC News 02 Dec 2012, There have been "multiple explosions" near an airfield at a US base in eastern Afghanistan, Nato has said. Afghan intelligence officials told the BBC seven suicide attackers targeted the base in Jalalabad, and witnesses said that gunfire was heard....

updated 27 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
2:19
Morsi's assumption of sweeping powers polarises Egypt
Egypt's president calls vote on contested constitution
Deutsche Welle 02 Dec 2012, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has called a December 15 referendum on a constitution drafted by the Islamist-led assembly. The decree follows mass protests against the country's new constitutional charter. Morsi called the referendum on Saturday after Egypt's assembly handed its final draft of the planned new constitution to the president for...

updated 02 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
4:53
Grisly video allegedly shows rebels murder unarmed, terrified loyalists in Syria
UN chief decries escalating crisis in Syria
Al Jazeera 01 Dec 2012, The conflict in Syria has now reached "new and appalling heights of brutality and violence", according to the UN secretary-general, while the world body's envoy to Syria has said the country is in danger of becoming "a failed state". The statements from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi came in New York on...

updated 28 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
2:49
M23 rebels and DR Congo troops in tense stand-off
DR Congo police arrive in Goma as M23 rebels delay pull-out
BBC News 30 Nov 2012, A contingent of police has arrived by boat in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, which was captured by rebels last week. The UN says the estimated 450 officers have yet to deploy as the M23 rebels have not pulled out of the lakeside city - as agreed with regional leaders. There are reports of widespread looting in the city,...

updated 01 Dec 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
1:35
Palestinian UN bid : French FM says France will vote in favour of UN non member status
Palestinian UN vote will hurt peace, says Israel's Regev
BBC News 30 Nov 2012, Israel has dismissed the UN vote to upgrade the status of the Palestinian territories as "negative political theatre" that will "hurt peace". Government spokesman Mark Regev said the move had taken Palestinians and Israelis out of a negotiating process. The General Assembly voted resoundingly to recognise the Palestinians as a...

updated 25 Nov 2012; published 23 Jun 2009
2:42
Kenyan Mau Maus seek UK damages for torture - 23 Jun 09
Archive sheds light on dark British past
Al Jazeera 30 Nov 2012, - For historians, it represents a treasure trove of boundless rewards and an opportunity to revisit some of the most enduring myths about Britain's colonial past. But for some of those still living with the physical and psychological scars, the release of thousands of previously secret government-held documents offers fresh hope of finally gaining...

updated 17 Apr 2011; published 24 Mar 2011
15:58
Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton - Who Really Assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King?
The Other 'Black' Friday
WorldNews.com 30 Nov 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Staring at the quote on the small granite monument which read: "They said to one another, behold here comes the dreamer...Let us slay him...And we shall see what will become of his dreams," I tried to understand that fateful moment when a shot shattered heaven and earth. I attempted to imagine what it...

updated 23 Oct 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
3:01
First draft of Egyptian constitution raises mixed reactions
Egypt power struggle: Assembly adopts new constitution
BBC News 30 Nov 2012, Egypt's Islamist-run assembly has backed a draft constitution, including a measure keeping sharia, or Islamic law, as...

updated 01 Dec 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
2:32
Palestine UN statehood bid will pass 'resoundingly'
UN votes to upgrade Palestinians' status
Newsday 30 Nov 2012, UNITED NATIONS -- The UN voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the UN was approved in the 193-member world body by a vote of 138-9, with...

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 04 Dec 2011
5:49
Explosion form car bomb (about 1min in) Iraq.
Wave of bombings in major cities in Iraq kills at least 43 people, Iraqi officials say
The Washington Post 30 Nov 2012, BAGHDAD — Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials said. The attacks in Hillah began with a roadside bombing near tents set up for Shiites commemorating the 7th century death of the Prophet...

updated 19 Nov 2012; published 14 Oct 2009
3:30
Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Fate of women still tied to arranged marriages in post-Taliban 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 28 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
2:28
Thai Red Shirt leaders go on trial for terrorism
'Red Shirt' trial delayed in Thailand
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 01 Dec 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
3:17
Protesters return to Tahrir Square
Egypt crisis: Assembly rushes to finish constitution
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...