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  • 'Ground being prepared for Syria intervention' - ex-US Chief of Staff...8:37
  • Render unto Caesar...not: UK corporations 'avoid taxes legally'...4:05
  • European Parliament supports ECB bank supervision power...1:19
  • North Korea postpones rocket launch...2:02
  • US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'...4:29
  • FMR THAI PM ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD NEWS...5:54
  • Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people...2:36
  • Colonialism in 10 Minutes: The Scramble For Africa...9:49
  • Mali's president names new prime minister...2:18
  • Empire - Putin's Russia...47:34
  • Obama says US recognises Syrian Opposition Coalition...1:33
  • Bangladesh protesters call for early elections...1:36
The Netherlands is mobilizing two Patriot missile batteries to send to Turkey, joining German and American units. They're to guard against a possible attack from Syria, one that Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says will never come. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
'Ground being pre­pared for Syria in­ter­ven­tion' - ex-US Chief of Staff
8:37
Ren­der unto Caesar...​not:​ UK cor­po­ra­tions 'avoid taxes legal­ly'
4:05
Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment sup­ports ECB bank su­per­vi­sion power
1:19
North Korea post­pones rock­et launch
2:02
US an­a­lyst: Syria scud mis­siles 'a pro­found es­ca­la­tion'
4:29
FMR THAI PM AB­HISIT VE­J­JA­JI­VA IN­TER­VIEW ON BBC WORLD NEWS
5:54
Ro­hingya: the world's most for­got­ten peo­ple
2:36
Colo­nial­ism in 10 Min­utes: The Scram­ble For Africa
9:49
Mali's pres­i­dent names new prime min­is­ter
2:18
Em­pire - Putin's Rus­sia
47:34
US an­a­lyst: Syria scud mis­siles 'a pro­found es­ca­la­tion'
4:29
North Korea post­pones rock­et launch
2:02
Obama says US recog­nis­es Syr­i­an Op­po­si­tion Coali­tion
1:33
Bangladesh protesters call for early elec­tions
1:36
Raped Afghan woman forced to marry at­tack­er
2:49




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...
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

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...
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

EU ministers clinch deal on bank supervision
Full Article 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...
The Euro sculpture is seen in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, central Germany, in this Nov. 30, 2005 file picture.
photo: AP / Michael Probst, File

UN Security Council slams North Korea's rocket launch
Full Article 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...
South Koreans watch a TV news reporting launch of the Unha rocket from Tongchang-ri, North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

Syria fires Scud missiles at rebels: Report
Full Article 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...
Kurdish members of the FSA are seen on a tank stolen from the Syrian Army in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

Ex-Thai PM to hear murder charge over protest death
Full Article 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...
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva  is seen Tuesday, March 30, 2010, after a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. A protest movement demanding new elections in Thailand has abandoned negotiations with Abhisit and said Tuesday it will instead resume its massive street demonstrations. The opposition believes Abhisit came to power illegitimately with the connivance of the military and other parts of the traditional ruling class and that only new elections can restore integrity to Thai democracy.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

Burma's displaced Rohingya suffer as aid blocked
Full Article BBC News
13 Dec 2012

Six months of sectarian violence has driven more than 100,000 people from their homes in western Burma. Rakhine Buddhist and Rohingya Muslim communities that have lived separately for generations are now forcibly segregated. Barriers have been erected across roads in the state capital and thousands of Rakhine have had their homes destroyed. But its...
In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslim refugees stand near their tent at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauk Taw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar.
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

Africa: Still Vomiting Colonial Values in a Psychic Purge
Full Article WorldNews.com
12 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Having observed numerous struggles for political, economic, and cultural emancipation, Frantz Fannon wrote, "decolonization is always a violent and totally consuming process whereby one species of men, the colonizers, is completely replaced by an absolutely different species-the colonized."...
South African President Jacob Zuma, right, reacts during a press conference with Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, left, in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.
photo: AP

Mali names new prime minister in abrupt change of leadership
Full Article CNN
12 Dec 2012

December 12, 2012 -- Updated 1106 GMT (1906 HKT) A man holding a banner that reads 'No negotiation with rebels' joins thousands of others in Bamako on December 8, 2012. (CNN) -- Mali's president has named Diango Cissoko as the country's new interim prime minister, according to state media reports, hours after the abrupt resignation of the former...
Malians protest in favor of an international military intervention to regain control of the country's Islamist-controlled north, in Bamako, Mali, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Harouna Traore

Vladimir Putin warns against foreign meddling
Full Article The Times of India
12 Dec 2012

MOSCOW: Russia President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday denounced opponents who receive financial assistance from abroad and vowed that the country would not allow democracy to be imposed from the outside. Putin said in his first annual state-of-the-nation address since he returned to the Kremlin for a third term that it should be illegal for anyone...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 12 December, 2012.
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

Alawite 'civilians killed' in Syria village
Full Article BBC News
12 Dec 2012

A large number of civilians from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect are reported to have been killed or hurt in a village in Hama province. Some opposition activists said as many as 300 people may have died in Aqrab. They said pro-government militiamen besieged by rebels had blown up a building in the village where they had been...
In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras

Defiant North Korea launches long-range rocket
Full Article The Hindu
12 Dec 2012

North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Pyongyang’s state media quickly claimed that the country had successfully put a peaceful...
South Korean man uses his smartphone to take a television screen reporting a news about North Korea's rocket launch at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

US recognises Syria opposition coalition: Obama
Full Article Zeenews
12 Dec 2012

Washington: US President Barack Obama has said his country has formally recognised Syria's opposition rebel coalition as the "legitimate representative" of the Syrians, BBC reported. Obama said the emerging coalition had earned the right to represent...
Free Syrian Army fighters look at a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

Bangladesh opposition in violent protests over attacks
Full Article BBC News
11 Dec 2012

Violence has flared in many parts of Bangladesh as schools and most businesses were shut after opposition groups enforced a dawn-to-dusk strike. They called the strike to protest against attacks on their supporters during a road blockade on Sunday. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies have been demanding a caretaker government be...
Police officials wield bamboo sticks to stop main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist during a protest in Kachpur, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.
photo: AP / A.M. Ahad

Benitez & Chelsea battle boos to find themselves on cusp of history
Full Article Goal
13 Dec 2012

The Blues enjoyed a comfortable win over the Mexican champions on Thursday, raising the distinct possibility that, in spite of everything, more silverware could be imminent More On : Chelsea...
Rafael Benitez
photo: GFDL / Aaron carass

Vilanova: Villa reminded me of the player from before his injury
Full Article Goal
13 Dec 2012

The Blaugrana trainer was pleased with the attacker's performance against Cordoba, and also offered words of encouragement for Thiago Alcantara By Stefan...
FC Barcelona's coach Tito Vilanova attends a press conference at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in San Joan Despi, Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. FC Barcelona will play against Benfica in a group G Champions League soccer match on Wednesday.
photo: AP / Manu Fernandez

Juventus set to pull out of race to sign striker Drogba
Full Article Goal
13 Dec 2012

The powerful attacker has been regularly linked with a return to Europe, but a move to the Serie A champions seems very unlikely More On : Juventus,...
Shanghai Shenhua's Didier Drogba, second from right, passes the ball to former Chelsea teammate Nicolas Anelka, right, during their soccer match against Hangzhou Greentown at Hongkou Football Stadium Saturday Aug. 4, 2012 in Shanghai, China.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Mourinho: It is not always the coach who is responsible
Full Article Goal
13 Dec 2012

The flamboyant coach was not impressed with his side's performance, but singled out Raphael Varane as a positive exception By Stefan Coerts More On : ...
Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal gestures as he steps on the field 40 minutes before the kick off to hear the reaction of the fans at a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Atletico de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

Chelsea - Monterrey Betting Preview: Expect the reinvigorated Blues to have too much for their ...
Full Article Goal
13 Dec 2012

The European champions have traveled east in search of worldwide recognition, and Al Hain-Cole expects them to get off to a flying start in Japan By Al Hain-Cole More On : Chelsea FC, Monterrey Comments...
Rafael Benitez
photo: Creative Commons / Sillyfolkboy

Ind vs Eng: England 61/2 at lunch on Day 1 of 4th Test
Full Article The Times of India
13 Dec 2012

NEW DELHI: England made a good comeback with an unbeaten 45-run third wicket stand between Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott on the first day of the fourth and final Test at VCA Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur. Scorecard Both Pietersen and Trott were unbeaten on 28 as they took England 61/2 in 33 overs at lunch. The duo led England recovery after losing...
Indian Batsman Celebration after dismiss the England  Wicket on 2 Day 3rd Test Match against England at Eden Garden in Kolkata on Thursday 06 December 2012
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Messi adds to legend as Barca win in Copa del Rey
Full Article Newstrack India
13 Dec 2012

Tweet Madrid, Dec 13 (IANS) Lionel Messi was again the star of the show as FC Barcelona all but assured their place in the last 16 of the Spanish Copa del Rey knockout competition. The Argentinean's two goals Wednesday night were his 87th and 88th goal of the year and end any doubt whether or not he is the player who has scored most goals in a...
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina waves after the Joan Gamper trophy against Napoli at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.
photo: AP / Manu Fernandez

Britney Spears named top earning female singer of 2012
Full Article Newstrack India
13 Dec 2012

Tweet Washington, Dec 13 (ANI): Britney Spears narrowly beat Taylor Swift by earning more money than any other female singer this year, according to Forbes' latest list of music's top-earning women. The 31-year-old pop star hauled in 58 million dollars over the past year thanks to her latest album, 'Femme Fatale,' and...
Britney Spears attends "The X Factor" season two premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Los Angeles.
photo: AP / Jordan Strauss/Invision

Music royalty rocks NYC in Sandy benefit concert
Full Article The Washington Times
13 Dec 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - New Jersey shore hero Bruce Springsteen opened a benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Wednesday by making a plea that what made his boyhood home special not be forgotten when it is rebuilt. Music royalty from the Rolling Stones to Kanye West, including several artists with direct ties to the New York metropolitan area,...
Bruce Springsteen performs during the 54th annual Grammy Awards pre-show on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

Ricky Martin wishes he could come out again
Full Article Newstrack India
12 Dec 2012

Tweet Washington, Dec. 12 (ANI): Latin superstar Ricky Martin said in a UN conference on homophobia that he wishes he could come out of the closet again so he could tell people struggling with their identities that "it's just beautiful - you find love."...
A high-level event on the role of “Leadership in the Fight Against Homophobia” is held today at UN Headquarters to coincide with the commemoration of this year’s Human Rights Day.  Puerto Rican pop singer and actor Ricky Martin (second from right) speaks at the event. Next to Mr. Martin is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies
Full Article US News
12 Dec 2012

By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade...
Indian musician and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, greets audience before performing during a concert in Bangalore, India, Monday, Feb. 7, 2012.
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi

Rihanna, Flo Rida top US radio's list of most played songs of 2012
Full Article Digital Spy
12 Dec 2012

Rihanna's pop song 'We Found Love' was the most played song on US airwaves in the past year, it has been revealed. The Billboard Top 100 track - featuring Calvin Harris - was the lead single from Rihanna's 2011 album Talk That Talk. Rihanna also appeared in the list at number 19 with her song 'Where Have You Been'. Flo Rida finished up in second...
Flo Rida perfoms during the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball at the Bank Atlantic Center Sunrise, Florida - December 10, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Spice Girls launch stage musical Viva Forever!
Full Article BBC News
12 Dec 2012

The Spice Girls have reunited in London for the world premiere of a West End show based on their hits. All five attended the launch of the "jukebox musical" Viva Forever! which features hits such as Wannabe and Stop. Written by Jennifer Saunders, it tells the story of a girl band who pursue stardom on a reality TV series. After the show,...
Spice Girls (6 janv) 56
photo: Creative Commons / Kura.kun

Familia Beckham, or Russian Nesting Dolls?
Full Article New York Magazine
11 Dec 2012

Earlier today, we wondered why it took Victoria Beckham so long to pose with her former Spice cohorts at the premiere of Viva Forever. Now we have our answer: she had her posing buddies lined up...
Victoria Beckham, the wife of English soccer player David Beckham, and their son Brooklyn, right, attend the friendly soccer match between AC Milan and Hamburg SV in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
photo: AP / Nousha Salimi

Samsung Galaxy Muse is like an iPod Shuffle that Syncs with Your Phone
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
11 Dec 2012

In perhaps the most awkwardly titled tech press release ever, Samsung Mobile announced the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy Muse, a device which appears to have nothing to do with "CORRECTING and REPLACING and ADDING MULTIMEDIA" but everything to do with being a music player crossed with a smartphone accessory. Say goodbye to iTunes? While most...
Samsung mobile shoppe - mobile phone - cell phone company in India
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar

Arbaaz enjoys film direction most
Full Article Newstrack India
13 Dec 2012

Tweet Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) An actor, producer and now also a director - Arbaaz Khan has enjoyed all three roles over the years, but going behind the camera for "Dabangg 2" is what he says he has loved the most. "I have done more than 40 films as an actor I have worked for 16 years as an actor, then I turned...
Shri Arbaaz Khan-Bollywood actor-Director .
photo: PIB of India

Apatow: I like to work close to home
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
13 Dec 2012

Judd Apatow gets "sad" when he works far from home. The Academy Award-nominated comedic director-and-screenwriter and his wife actress Leslie Mann are parents to two...
Judd Apatow
photo: Creative Commons /

Shia LaBeouf to make Broadway debut
Full Article Newstrack India
13 Dec 2012

Tweet London, Dec 13 (IANS) Actor Shia LaBeouf will make his Broadway debut opposite Alec Baldwin in forthcoming stage play "Orphans". The "Transformers" actress is to take to the stage in New York opposite Baldwin, who is returning to the prestigious theatre...
Shia LaBeouf
photo: Creative Commons / Fourthords

Kerry Washington on Working with Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained, Scandal, and Her First Celebrity Crush
Full Article Vanity Fair
13 Dec 2012

This Christmas, Scandal star Kerry Washington will appear in her first Quentin Tarantino film—the auteur’s take on the spaghetti Western, Django Unchained. In the movie, set in the deep South, Washington plays Broomhilda, a slave held captive on a plantation run by Leonardo DiCaprio’s villainous Calvin Candie, while her husband (Jamie Foxx) set...
Kerry Washington - TIFF 09
photo: Creative Commons / Mark Dunne

'Pacific Rim' trailer: Guillermo del Toro directs monster blockbuster
Full Article Digital Spy
13 Dec 2012

Pacific Rim has premiered its first trailer online. Guillermo del Toro steps behind the camera for the first time since 2008's Hellboy 2: The Golden Army to direct a monster movie about aliens called Kaiju that invade Earth. Mankind fights back by sending soldiers in giant fighting robots dubbed 'Jaegers'. Charlie Hunnam leads the cast of the film,...
Guillermo del Toro
photo: GFDL / Thierry Caro

Priyanka Chopra's 'In My City' nominated at World Music Awards
Full Article Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012

Priyanka Chopra has been nominated in several categories at the World Music Awards. The actress-turned singer's debut single 'In My City' has been nominated for 'Best Debut', 'Best Song' and 'Best Video' at the WMAs, Business of Cinema reports. A source said: "Her music has been liked a lot in the west. She has been nominated under three categories...
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, seen, during the National Film awards, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 19, 2010. Chopra received the best actress award.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup

Kristen Stewart: 'On the Road nudity isn't brave'
Full Article Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012

Kristen Stewart has laughed off suggestions that her nude scenes in On the Road were "brave". Speaking to The Huffington Post, the Twilight star pointed out that the moments make sense in the context of the movie. "Actresses love to stand up and say, after they've shown their tits in a movie, that it was done tastefully and that it was, you know,...
Kristen Stewart speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

Dilip Kumar turns 90
Full Article Deccan Herald
11 Dec 2012

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, whose career spans over six decades with memorable films like "Mughal-e-Azam", "Ganga Jamuna", "Devdas" and "Madhumati", turned 90 today. Kumar chose not to celebrate this year as a mark of respect to prominent personalities from the film fraternity and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, who passed away in recent months....
Veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar                 (bb2)
photo: AP / Gautam Singh

Sunflower brings beauty, profit to a small town in central Thailand
Full Article Xinhua
13 Dec 2012

BANGKOK, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- At this time of the year, Chong Sarika, a small town in Lopburi province, some 150 kilometers north of this capital city, comes alive as the golden hue of sunflowers that are in bloom covers the entire town. The small town in central Thailand is now dubbed as the " sunflower capital" of the country as tens of thousands...
A yellow sunflower flourishes inside the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.
photo: WN / RTayco

Nationwide Mobile Number Portability by Feb: Sibal
Full Article Indian Express
13 Dec 2012

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out by February next year, which will allow users to retain their numbers even if they move from one state to...
Nationwide Mobile Number Portability by Feb: Sibal
photo: WN / Geeta

Bernanke says "fiscal cliffh hurts the economy
Full Article The Examiner
13 Dec 2012

Throwing his two cents into the “fiscal cliff” debate, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said it was already hurting the economy. While known by most economists, worry over the “fiscal cliff” damages the economy by creating uncertainty in markets. When S&P downgraded U.S. debt Aug. 5, 2011, Wall Street went into a tailspin, with...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke puts his speech away into his jacket pocket after offering the keynote speech at the Operation HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Atlanta. Bernanke said Thursday that banks' overly tight lending standards may be holding back the U.S. economy by preventing creditworthy borrowers from buying homes.
photo: AP / David Goldman

Stocks lukewarm after Fed rally fizzles
Full Article Newsday
12 Dec 2012

Stocks ended little changed Wednesday after a rally prompted by the 's latest economic stimulus program fizzled out. The industrial average closed down 2.99 points at 13,245.45. It had risen as much as 81 points after the Fed said earlier in the day that it would extend a bond-buying plan and keep interest rates extremely low. The 500 index...
In this photo taken July 8, 2010, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
photo: AP / Richard Drew

Stocks edge higher as Fed ends two-day meeting
Full Article Chicago Sun-Times
12 Dec 2012

Updated: December 12, 2012 12:48PM NEW YORK — Stocks edged higher, extending a winning streak, as investors awaited news on whether the Federal Reserve will announce more bond purchases to stimulate the U.S. economy. Wall Street also watched for developments from budget talks in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 10 points at...
In this July 28, 2010 file photo specialist Donald Civitanova, left, and trader Maier Tarlow work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
photo: AP / Richard Drew

The future of television has arrived: it's called the iPad
Full Article The Verge
12 Dec 2012

The future of the television is the iPad. That was the overwhelming message at the TV of Tomorrow conference in New York, which saw executives and decision makers from across the television industry gather for a lively day of discussion and debate about the state and direction of their business. And almost all of that discussion revolved around the...
Apple Phil Schiller talks about the new iPad during an Apple announcement in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
photo: AP / Paul Sakuma

U.S. markets rise on hope for Fed stimulus
Full Article Newsday
12 Dec 2012

Stocks edged higher Wednesday, as investors awaited news on whether the will announce more bond purchases to stimulate the U.S. economy. also watched for developments from budget talks in Washington. Around noon on Wall Street, the industrial average was up 10 points at 13,260. The 500 index was up 2.7 points at 1,430.5. The Nasdaq composite was...
Trader Daniel Ryan uses a phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 7, 2010
photo: AP / Richard Drew

World tourist numbers hit 1 billion this week
Full Article Reuters
12 Dec 2012

MADRID (Reuters) - The number of annual tourists crossing international borders will reach 1 billion this week, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation said on Wednesday, with Chinese travellers the biggest growth driver. Tourism grew between 3.5 percent and 4 percent in 2012, the secretary general of the UNWTO said, with the billionth...
Young girl showing her ass on the feast of the goddess of the sea Iemanjá held on the Ramírez beach in Montevideo, Uruguay on 02th Fabruary 2009
photo: WN / Sebastián Castillos

'Ground being prepared for Syria intervention' - ex-US Chief of Staff
'Ground being prepared for Syria intervention' - ex-US Chief of Staff
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  • Updated: 13 Dec 2012
The Netherlands is mobilizing two Patriot missile batteries to send to Turkey, joining German and American units. They're to guard against a possible attack from Syria, one that Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says will never come. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 08 Dec 2012
  • views: 39709
  • author: RussiaToday
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Render unto Caesar...not: UK corporations 'avoid taxes legally'
Render unto Caesar...not: UK corporations 'avoid taxes legally'
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  • Updated: 12 Dec 2012
While ordinary people endure life in the austerity-racked EU, it seems some corporate giants will stop at nothing to get out of paying their share. Tax evasion and avoidance costs the debt-stricken bloc 1.3 trillion dollars a year, a figure that's no longer being tolerated - as Sara Firth reports. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 11 Dec 2012
  • views: 3194
  • author: RussiaToday
http://wn.com/Render_unto_Caesarnot_UK_corporations_'avoid_taxes_legally'

European Parliament supports ECB bank supervision power
European Parliament supports ECB bank supervision power
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  • Updated: 30 Nov 2012
www.euronews.com A group of MEPs have backed plans to give the ECB the task of supervising banks in the European Union. The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee said the bank should get new powers, including the right to grant licences. "The end of the road is hopefully that we get a strong european banking supervisor which help us to get out of the eurocrisis which is under a strong democratic responsability and at the same time safegard the useful diversity in the common market" said Sven Giegold, MEP, Greens. But all EU states must agree and French MEP Jean-Paul Gauzès fears the UK will block the changes to protect the City of London. "Every country has a right of veto, so we fear that the UK, where euroscepticism is rife, could use its veto to block this proposal, or demand that legislation is watered down in exchange, which Great Britain deems excessive." Europe's finance ministers meet next Tuesday to discuss the proposed law. EU leaders have set an end-of-year deadline to agree on ECB supervision. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 29 Nov 2012
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  • author: Euronews
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North Korea postpones rocket launch
North Korea postpones rocket launch
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  • Updated: 13 Dec 2012
North Korea says it will extend the launch window for its controversial rocket until December 29. An official statement cites technical difficulties for the delay but Pyongyang has been under a lot of international pressure to abandon the launch. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett has more from South Korea's capital Seoul.
http://wn.com/North_Korea_postpones_rocket_launch

US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'
US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'
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  • Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Human Rights Watch has reported that the Syrian government has been using incendiary scud missiles against the opposition in the north of the country. The missiles contain highly flammable materials designed to cause severe burns. Speaking to Al Jazeera from Washington, Mark Perry, military and foreign affairs analyst, says the reports are "credible", but the use of the unmanned missiles is a "very desperate measure" by the forces of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president. Perry, author of "Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies", tells Al Jazeera's Tony Harris that the use of the missiles may be a sign that the Assad forces "are up against a wall" and running out of pilots or helicopters with which to fire back at the armed opposition. "If we want Assad overthrown, and we do, we're going to have to make the difficult choice of just saying 'let's do it'," he told Al Jazeera.
http://wn.com/US_analyst_Syria_scud_missiles_'a_profound_escalation'

FMR THAI PM ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD NEWS
FMR THAI PM ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD NEWS
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  • Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Thai politics in the last few years have been dominated by evidence of some bitter divisions. You might recall the rival demonstrations between the red shirts - largely supporters of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra -- and the yellow shirts - broadly seen as royalists and supporters of the former government. Now, criminal charges are being laid over these scenes in May 2010 - the red shirts had occupied parts of Bangkok for two months when armed government troops went in. 90 people were killed over the course of the protest. The then PM Abhisit and his deputy are the first officials to face charges. They'll face an investigative hearing in Bangkok on Thursday, and will be charged over the shooting death of a taxi driver. Mr Abhisit joined Mishal Husain for an exclusive interview. He began explaining what he was likely to tell the hearing on Thursday.
  • published: 10 Dec 2012
  • views: 83900
  • author: mangstarrr
http://wn.com/FMR_THAI_PM_ABHISIT_VEJJAJIVA_INTERVIEW_ON_BBC_WORLD_NEWS

Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
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  • Updated: 23 Nov 2012
This is what the Bangladeshi authorities don't want you to see: 300000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in makeshift camps alone the Bangladesh border. Officially, Bangladeshi authorities do not recognise their existence, but in reality Rohingyas are tolerated and are known as unregistered refugees. Al Jazeera's Nicolas Hague reports
http://wn.com/Rohingya_the_world's_most_forgotten_people

Colonialism in 10 Minutes: The Scramble For Africa
Colonialism in 10 Minutes: The Scramble For Africa
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  • Duration: 9:49
  • Updated: 10 Dec 2012
An excerpt from the film Uganda Rising showing in a (very!) brief overview the utter decimation of Africa that took place via colonialism and the so-called "Scramble For Africa." Despite the film's focus on Uganda, I think this excerpt sheds light on just how much of the violence that we see today actually has a colonial/European precedent rooted in exploitation and racism. It's also an instructive lead in, I think, to Darfur in 10 Minutes: An Overview of the Conflict in Sudan. Uganda Rising was produced by Alison Lawton. It was directed by Jesse James Miller and Pete McCormack (me). Jesse also edited the film, and I wrote it. For more about the film, visit www.ugandarising.com.
http://wn.com/Colonialism_in_10_Minutes_The_Scramble_For_Africa

Mali's president names new prime minister
Mali's president names new prime minister
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  • Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traore, has named a new prime minister after the former quit, under alleged pressure from coup leaders. Cheick Modibo Diarra resigned - along with his government - after he was arrested by soldiers early on Tuesday. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports.
http://wn.com/Mali's_president_names_new_prime_minister

Empire - Putin's Russia
Empire - Putin's Russia
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  • Updated: 12 Dec 2012
As Vladimir Putin begins his third term as Russian president, we ask if Russia can become a superpower once again.
http://wn.com/Empire__Putin's_Russia

US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'
US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'
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  • Duration: 4:29
  • Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Human Rights Watch has reported that the Syrian government has been using incendiary scud missiles against the opposition in the north of the country. The missiles contain highly flammable materials designed to cause severe burns. Speaking to Al Jazeera from Washington, Mark Perry, military and foreign affairs analyst, says the reports are "credible", but the use of the unmanned missiles is a "very desperate measure" by the forces of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president. Perry, author of "Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies", tells Al Jazeera's Tony Harris that the use of the missiles may be a sign that the Assad forces "are up against a wall" and running out of pilots or helicopters with which to fire back at the armed opposition. "If we want Assad overthrown, and we do, we're going to have to make the difficult choice of just saying 'let's do it'," he told Al Jazeera.
http://wn.com/US_analyst_Syria_scud_missiles_'a_profound_escalation'

North Korea postpones rocket launch
North Korea postpones rocket launch
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  • Updated: 13 Dec 2012
North Korea says it will extend the launch window for its controversial rocket until December 29. An official statement cites technical difficulties for the delay but Pyongyang has been under a lot of international pressure to abandon the launch. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett has more from South Korea's capital Seoul.
http://wn.com/North_Korea_postpones_rocket_launch

Obama says US recognises Syrian Opposition Coalition
Obama says US recognises Syrian Opposition Coalition
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  • Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Barack Obama said during a TV interview on The Barbara Walters Show on US television that the US and UN recognises that the Syrian Opposition Coalition is the legitimate representative of all of the Syrian people in opposition to the Assad regime, offering a new legitimacy to the Syrian rebel group. He also added that he hopes this will also include women's and minority group's rights. The statement comes after the friends of Syria conference being hosted in Marrakesh to discuss the 20 month Syrian crisis. The US secretary of State Hilary Clinton was due to attend, but was replaced by Deputy Bill Burns through illness. The head of the Syrian Council speaking here said he hopes that this UN recognition will enable Assad to be tried for crimes against the Syrian people in due course. He said, "I personally wish to see him in front of a Syrian court trying him according to Syrian law, as for us Syrians, we want to see him and all his regime remnants leave power because they have shed Syrian blood and they have ruined Syria's history, culture and people and they must be stopped from committing such criminal acts." I am Ann Salter thanks for watching. For more news on this story go to our website at ibtimes.co.uk Written and presented by Ann Salter
  • published: 12 Dec 2012
  • views: 53
  • author: IBTimesUK
http://wn.com/Obama_says_US_recognises_Syrian_Opposition_Coalition

Bangladesh protesters call for early elections
Bangladesh protesters call for early elections
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Dhaka, Dec 10 (ANI): Protesters took to the streets of Dhaka and other cities as part of an opposition campaign for early elections under an independent caretaker administration. Police and witnesses said that supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, and its allies set ablaze about 30 buses, trucks and cars in the capital Dhaka and other parts of the country. At least 100 people were injured and a similar number had been detained by police across the country. The BNP called for the blockade to force Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina to restore a system of holding parliamentary elections under a non-party caretaker administration, instead of it being supervised by the party in power.
http://wn.com/Bangladesh_protesters_call_for_early_elections

Raped Afghan woman forced to marry attacker
Raped Afghan woman forced to marry attacker
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  • Updated: 21 Nov 2012
Gulnaz was tied up and raped by her cousin's husband -- leaving her traumatized and pregnant. Instead of being protected, she was thrown in jail for adultery. Now the only safe way out is to marry her attacker. Mandy Clark reports on the treatment women receive in Afghanistan.
  • published: 06 Dec 2011
  • views: 3082
  • author: CBS
http://wn.com/Raped_Afghan_woman_forced_to_marry_attacker


Pedestrians walk past the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in New York, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Egypt's players Zamalek during their Egyptian League football match against rival club Red t-shirts Al-Ahly in Cairo on June 29, 2011.( A man looks at a stock price board in Tokyo Monday, March 14, 2011 as the Tokyo stock market plunged on its first business day after an earthquake and tsunami of epic proportions laid waste to cities along Japan's northeast coast. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average slid 633.94 points, or 6.2 percent, to 9,620.49, extending losses from Friday. Chicken in the poultry - hen - bird

HIV/AIDS Afflicts Migrants Living in Wealthy Countries England Cricket Captain Alastair Cook play with ball during  visit to a home for Street Childrens at Kolkata on Saturday 01 December 2012 Lt. Col. David G. Rabel, the Logistics Readiness Squadron Commander, with the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, directs a semi-truck at Yeager Airbase in Charleston, West Virginia. The 130th Airlift Wing is the staging ground for transporting supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of relief efforts from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. The West Virginia National Guard has over 200 members aiding in recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy.  The storm blanketed the state with heavy snow and rains and also had severe winds that left homes and properties damaged. Guardsmen are involved in numerous aspects of the operations from search and rescue missions to debris removal. (U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Bryan G. Stevens) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses the conference’s High-Level Ministerial Roundtable, flanked by Christiana Figueres (left), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (left), Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar and President of COP 18/CMP 8, 5 December, 2012.

In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, Britain's Prince William stand next to his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge as she leaves the King Edward VII hospital in central London. Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child, and the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to hospital suffering from a severe form of morning sickness in the early stages of her pregnancy. King Edward VII hospital says a nurse involved in a prank telephone call to elicit information about the Duchess of Cambridge has died. Day 7 - David Ferrer (ESP) v Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 2, 2012 US Dollar - Currency The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from jet planes flying over it
Syria Rebels Holding Reporter Threaten Attacks on Russians
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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...
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

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Syria: rebel fight­ers filmed on the at­tack in Idlib
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updated 13 Dec 2012; published 11 Dec 2012
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Syr­i­an rebels take key mil­i­tary base Free syr­i­an army at­tack chec poinT HUGE FIGHT­ING
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