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Posted: December 12, 2012 Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has been fined and banned for one Italian Serie A match after he attempted to deceive the referee into giving his side...
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If you were Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, how worried would you be about President Obama's threats regarding a U.S. response to any use of Syrian's chemical weapons? A series of...
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The price in today's money of past sinning by the UK's biggest international banks is becoming bigger and bigger. HSBC is paying $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in fines and forfeitures...

Titan's north polar hydrocarbon seas and lakes as seen in a false-color Cassini synthetic aperture radar mosaic.
Tweet Washington, December 13 (ANI): Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature version of the Nile River on Saturn's largest moon, Titan....
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In this image released by Guatemala's National Police on Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, software company founder John McAfee sits after being arrested for entering the country illegally Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012 in Guatemala City.
Internet entrepreneur John McAfee – wanted for questioning by Belizean officials in the slaying of an American expatriate – told reporters in Miami Wednesday night that he will speak with police in Belize if they come to the U.S....
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Sir Jimmy Savile Leading the pipe band through Fort William to the Lochaber Highland Games in his capacity as Honorary Chieftain of the games.
LATE BBC presenter Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes, including 31 allegations of rape, police say, adding that the scale of his alleged crimes is "unprecedented" in Britain. Ten weeks after Scotland Yard began investigating claims...
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Little kid entering to the water near the shore on the feast of the goddess of the sea Iemanjá held on the Ramírez beach in Montevideo, Uruguay on 02th Fabruary 2009
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 travelers the biggest growth driver. Tourism grew between...
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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech upon his arrival to Simon Bolivar international airport in Maiquetia near Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, May 11, 2012.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's cancer operation in Cuba on Tuesday was a success, his vice president said, adding that the complex surgery had lasted more than six hours and he would be recuperating for several days. The 58-year-old socialist...
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Gateway Mall (Springfield, Oregon)
A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas shopping season, killing at least one person before the shooter was ``neutralized,'' police said. The shooting at the crowded mall in the...
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File - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden greets Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the Outer Oval Office, Nov. 16, 2012.
The US has formally recognised Syria's opposition rebel coalition as the "legitimate representative" of the Syrian people, says President Obama. Speaking to ABC News in the US, Mr Obama said the coalition was now...
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updated 13 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
8:37
'Ground being prepared for Syria intervention' - ex-US Chief of Staff
Novosti 13 Dec 2012, MOSCOW, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Syrian rebels behind the kidnapping of Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva have released a video threatening more attacks on Russians and Ukrainians, as a deadline for her execution approaches on Thursday. Kochneva, a 40-year-old Ukrainian citizen, was abducted in October by Syrian...

updated 12 Dec 2012; published 11 Dec 2012
4:05
Render unto Caesar...not: UK corporations 'avoid taxes legally'
Belfast Telegraph 13 Dec 2012, The head of the internet giant Google has defiantly defended his company’s tax avoidance strategy claiming he was “proud” of the steps it had taken to cut its tax bill which were just “capitalism”. In an interview in New York Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, confirmed the company had no intention of paying more...

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

updated 13 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
2:02
North Korea postpones rocket launch
Newstrack India 13 Dec 2012, Tweet Pyongyang, Dec. 13 (Xinhua-ANI): The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the rocket launch announced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling the move "a clear violation" of relevant council resolutions. The condemnation was contained in a statement read to the press by Mohammed Loulichki, Morocco's permanent...

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

updated 13 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
5:54
FMR THAI PM ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD NEWS
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...

updated 23 Nov 2012; published 22 Jul 2012
2:36
Rohingya: the world's most forgotten people
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...

updated 10 Dec 2012; published 26 Feb 2008
9:49
Colonialism in 10 Minutes: The Scramble For Africa
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."...

updated 12 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
2:18
Mali's president names new prime minister
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...

updated 12 Dec 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
47:34
Empire - Putin's Russia
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...

updated 13 Dec 2012; published 13 Dec 2012
4:29
US analyst: Syria scud missiles 'a profound escalation'
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...

updated 13 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
2:02
North Korea postpones rocket launch
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...

updated 12 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
1:33
Obama says US recognises Syrian Opposition Coalition
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...

updated 10 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
1:36
Bangladesh protesters call for early elections
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...