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Yemen's president shakes up the army
Full Article Al Jazeera
20 Dec 2012

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has announced the restructuring of the army and defence ministry, in a bid to remove allies of former head of state Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's state television reported. Hadi took a series of drastic decisions on Wednesday, including one scrapping the elite Republican Guard which was under the command...
Yemeni soldiers stand guard in front of Yemen's President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi's house as protestors demonstrate to denounce terror attacks and hail the decisions by Hadi to replace security officials in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

updated 15 Dec 2012; published 21 Mar 2011
1:50
Top army commanders defect in Yemen
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 23 Mar 2011
24:55
Yemen conflict - civil war or Saleh out?
updated 03 Nov 2012; published 04 Oct 2011
2:02
Anwar al-Awlaki Praying In Mosque With Yemen President Saleh
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 03 Oct 2011
4:12
Public Execution of Anti-Saleh Fighter- Yemen
updated 01 Feb 2012; published 29 May 2011
4:00
Yemen generals accuse leader‎; Saleh's "AQ" exposed - MAY 29 "Statement Number One" in English
updated 07 Sep 2012; published 21 Mar 2011
2:20
Army commanders defect in Yemen
Obama promises gun control early next year
Full Article Sowetan Live
20 Dec 2012

Obama held a White House news conference on Wednesday to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an interagency effort to craft new gun policies. The group is expected to offer its proposals in January. “We know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply held passions and political divides,” Obama said. “But the fact that this problem is...
FILE - In this June 26, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Atlanta. The presidential race enters the sultry summer _ a final lull before a sprint to Election Day _ with President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney neck and neck and no sign that either can break away. Both sides have money concerns _ for all the flood of cash _ as well as political worries.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
36:25
President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:50
Joe Biden Leads Gun Control Policy - Biden to head gun policies after Newtown Sandy Hook shooting
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 28 Jan 2011
19:46
Exclusive | Biden: Egypt's Mubarak an Ally, Not a Dictator, But People Have Right to Protest
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:04
Obama Announces Gun Control Task Force - Headed up by Vice President Biden
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:15
Biden To Lead White House's Gun-Control Effort
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
4:15
Obama Backs Push For New Gun Laws
South Korea's first woman leader vows new North Korea effort
Full Article The Wichita Eagle
20 Dec 2012

SEOUL, South KoreaPark Geun-hye's election as South Korea's first female president could mean a new drive to start talks with bitter rival North Korea, though it's unclear how much further she will go than the hard-line incumbent, a member of her own conservative party. After five years of high tension under unpopular President Lee...
South Korea's president-elected Park Geun-hye speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of Saenuri Party in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

updated 06 Aug 2012; published 19 Aug 2009
2:26
South Korea Mourns Former President
updated 11 Oct 2012; published 20 Dec 2011
7:18
KIM JONG IL DEAD!! - WEEPING HYSTERICALLY [LINKS] (NORTH KOREAN LEADER) [2011]
updated 18 Dec 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
129:46
Silmido (2003) Korean Movie Eng Sub worldneedhiphop.blogspot.com
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
4:57
Dec,19 Dictator's Daughter Set To Become South Korea President
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2009
0:50
Hyundai Holds Talks with N. Korean Leadership
updated 17 Oct 2012; published 25 May 2010
1:12
North Korea warns of military action against South Korea
U.S. State Dept officials resign under pressure over Benghazi killings
Full Article Reuters
20 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senior U.S. State Department officials were asked to resign after an official inquiry harshly criticized their offices for failing to provide adequate security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, before it came under attack in September, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of...
This still image included in a video obtained by the Associated Press from Fahd al-Bakoush, a freelance videographer and activist, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the body of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens being moved by Libyan civilians trying to rescue him after gunmen and protesters rampaged through the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The group of Libyans had stumbled across Stevens' seemingly lifeless form inside a dark room and didn't know who he was, only that he was a foreigner, al-Bakoush and two other witnesses told the AP.
photo: AP / Fahd al-Bakoush

updated 18 Nov 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
1:58
Benghazi: Peter King Calls For Susan Rice's Resignation
updated 03 Dec 2012; published 25 Oct 2012
7:18
Benghazi-Gate 'Source': "Obama Refused Clinton State Dept Request For Security in Benghazi"
updated 09 Nov 2012; published 09 Nov 2012
6:39
David Petraeus Resigns from CIA Over Affair
updated 16 Nov 2012; published 16 Nov 2012
0:31
Ex-CIA chief Petraeus testifies Benghazi attack was al Qaeda-linked terrorism
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
75:41
Dr. Scott Johnson 11/18/12 - (2/2) Israel, Petraeus, Succession, Obama's Army, Voter Fraud, etc.
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 09 Nov 2012
2:59
CIA chief Petraeus resigns over affair
Shattered Newtown tries to make sense of tragedy
Full Article Detroit news
19 Dec 2012

By David Klepper and Katie Zezima Associated Press Comments Newtown, Conn. — For a third straight day Wednesday, funeral professions rolled through a grieving Connecticut town trying to make sense of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults in an elementary school less than two weeks before Christmas. Dr. Joseph Young, an optometrist,...
A coffin bearing the body of Victoria Soto is carried out of Lordship Community Church after her funeral service, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Stratford, Conn.
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow

updated 19 Dec 2012; published 16 Dec 2012
1:35
Connecticut School Shooting: Making Sense of the Newtown Massacre
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
6:44
Newtown Shooter and Batman Shooter Have Connection to Libor
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 15 Dec 2012
4:34
Connecticut Shooting Suspect Identified as Ryan Lanza Sandy Hook Elementary Teachers Son
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
8:11
Connecticut school shooting suspect now identified as Adam Lanza Ryan
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
8:11
Connecticut school shooting suspect identified as Adam Lanza 20 not Ryan Lanza 24
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 15 Dec 2012
9:37
UNIMAGINABLE - 27 Dead, Including 20 Children, At Sandy Hook School Shooting In Newtown
U.N. seeks $1.5 billion to address Syria crisis
Full Article The Star
19 Dec 2012

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $1.5 billion (920.1 million pounds) to provide life-saving aid to Syrians suffering from a "dramatically deteriorating" humanitarian situation. The twin...
In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, a man runs between debris after a mortar shell hit a street killing several people in the Bustan Al-Qasr district of Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras

updated 19 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:22
UN appeals for $1.5 billion to provide aid to people affected by Syrian crisis
updated 23 Sep 2012; published 21 Sep 2012
1:59
UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos on humanitarian concerns and the General Assembly
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
15:01
GGN: US Armed Israel for Iran Attack, No-Fly Zone Coming to Syria, A. Jolie Sells War Doctrine
updated 24 Jun 2012; published 31 Jan 2012
15:01
GGN: Olympic False Flag w/ Missles/Warships/Drones/Troops,Syrian Rebels Armed by West, Robot Army
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 28 Jul 2012
51:44
Automobile Sales, Syria, Israel, Status of Jerusalem, US Credit Rating Downgrade (2012)
updated 08 Sep 2012; published 01 Aug 2012
49:25
Buffett Rule, Tax Reform Law, Greek Debt Crisis, Health Care Plan, Cap and Trade, Dodd-Frank (2012)
UBS: How big will the Libor bill be?
Full Article BBC News
19 Dec 2012

Even by the standards of recent revelations of wrongdoing at the world's biggest banks, the disclosures of how UBS tried to systematically manipulate the important Libor interest rate benchmarks will be seen as pretty hair-raising. UBS has been punished by regulators in the US, UK and its home country of Switzerland. The Financial Services...
In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo people pass a in front of a branch of the UBS Bank in Zurich, Switzerland.
photo: AP / Keystone, Walter Bieri

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
1:02
UBS close to agreeing £290m LIBOR settlement
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:03
UBS Agrees to $1.5bn Fine over Rates Rigging
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
0:51
Swiss bank UBS fined for libor rate fraud
updated 16 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
1:19
Libor Fixing Scandal: 7 Banks Subpoenaed by US Officials
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:34
Swiss bank UBS hit with $1.5 billion fine after admitting fraud, paying bribes
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
0:51
UBS Libor case uncovers tangled web of bank-broker relations
Clinton accepts Benghazi findings
Full Article Al Jazeera
19 Dec 2012

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she accepts the findings of an independent panel that faulted the State Department over the deadly September attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. An inquiry into the attack on the US mission, which saw the US ambassador and three other US citizens killed, found that the State...
A Libyan military guard stands in front of one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings during the visit of President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate last Tuesday September 11, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
1:48
Secretary Hillary Clinton Takes All Responsibility for Benghazi Attack
updated 17 Oct 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
0:39
HILARY CLINTON Takes Responsibility for US LIBYA DEATHS, Security Failure In BENZAGHI
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
0:55
Hillary Clinton takes blame for US deaths in Libya
updated 16 Oct 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
0:39
HILARY-CLINTON-On-DEFENCE--Takes-Responsibility-for-SECURITY-at-the-US-Consulate-in-LIBYA
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:07
Report on Benghazi attack cites 'systemic failures'
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 16 Oct 2012
0:55
Clinton takes Libya deaths blame
Obama backs bill to ban assault weapons
Full Article The Star
19 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama backs a new bill to revive an assault weapons ban and other new gun laws, the White House said Tuesday, fleshing out his nascent response to a shocking school massacre. Obama also called an ardently pro-gun senator who has shifted his position on firearms laws since Friday's carnage in Connecticut and has begun...
President Barack Obama gestures while speaking during the his visit to the Disaster Operation Center of the Red Cross National Headquarter to discuss superstorm Sandy
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:02
Obama backs assault weapons ban
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
6:17
ASSAULT WEAPONS! You cant have POLICE STATE with an ARMED population! Obama backs BAN
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
3:10
Obama 'Backs Assault Weapons Ban'
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 18 Dec 2012
0:31
Obama backs bill to ban assault weapons
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 18 Dec 2012
0:45
'US President Barack Obama backs bid to reinstate assault-weapons ban'
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 09 Nov 2012
22:00
Proof: Obama Is Coming for Your Guns
Gunspicuous Consumption and Bio-Cultures of Violence
Full Article WorldNews.com
18 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Most people reason dramatically, not quantitatively." -Oliver Wendell Holmes On the same day that a 20-year-old, described as brilliant but remote, walked into an elementary school in Connecticut and massacred 26 children and adults, the school where I teach went on "lock-down." Four students with a...
Police officers cross the road after searching a strip mall near an elementary school, which was in a lockdown, in Ridgefield, Conn., Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, after a suspicious person was seen near a train station close by.
photo: AP / Charles Krupa

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 18 Dec 2012
114:39
Bowling for Columbine - 2002 (LEGENDADO PT)
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 17 Oct 2011
5:32
[Orignal full version] 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (By. J. handy)
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 18 Dec 2012
24:56
Mike Harris: The Zionist-controlled Western media fueling culture of violence
updated 18 Dec 2012; published 04 Mar 2011
6:23
Investigation: US ATF Secretly Arming Mexican Drug Cartels (Mar 3, 2011 - CBS)
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 05 Jul 2012
25:46
Keiser Report: Bankers Go Ultra-Violent (E310)
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 17 Nov 2011
1:14
Violent clashes between Occupy Wall Street protesters and police in New York

more WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling A Syrian Cuban-like Missile Crisis, a Syrian Korean-like War, and a Syrian U.S./Iraq-like debacle over alleged weapons of mass...
more WorldNews.com
Afghanistan's Minister of Education Farooq Wardak was on hand Wednesday, Dec. 12, to help Central Asia Institute and residents of Maidan Shahr celebrate the opening of the new Awal...
more Gizmodo
Andrew Liszewski - If you were financially fortunate enough to be able to gift someone an actual house this year for Christmas, you’ll want to do more than just hang a...

Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, addresses the public during an open air morning prayer to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City on August 19, 2012. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim calendar's ninth and holiest month during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
Despite all the predictions of Mayan apocalypse, the world will probably not end by Saturday morning. How will the believers cope when life carries on? The clock strikes midnight, the hallowed date arrives and, once again, the apocalypse fails to...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
French luxury goods group LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, right, and LVMH managing director Antonio Belloni talk during the presentation of the group's 2009 earns, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Paris.
Belgian politicians have denied reports Bernard Arnault, France's richest man, has had his attempt to obtain Belgian nationality derailed on the grounds he has not lived there for three years. Bernard Arnault - France's richest man Photo: Getty...
photo: AP / Jacques Brinon
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Sprecher, left, and NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer prepare for an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
WASHINGTON, December 20 (RIA Novosti) - The symbol of American capitalism for more than two centuries, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is being sold to the rival IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) for $8.2 billion, ICE announced Thursday. "Our...
photo: AP / Richard Drew
Miss USA, Olivia Culpo, left, adjusts her tiara after being crowned the new Miss Universe as Miss Universe 2011, Leila Lopes, of Angola, right, looks on, during the Miss Universe competition, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Las Vegas.
So excited was Olivia Culpo, Miss USA, to be crowned Miss Universe 2012 on Wednesday night, she almost took off on her victory walk without that beautiful crown on her head. Fortunately, a reassuring touch from Miss Universe 2011, Leila Lopes, was...
photo: AP / Julie Jacobson
In his end-of-year press conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reflects on a “tumultuous” 2012, which saw tensions from Syria to the Sahel and from Eastern Congo to the Korean peninsula.
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep concern at the "increased militarisation of the conflict and the potential for sectarian atrocities" in Syria, Xinhua reported. "Syria began the year in conflict, and ends the year in...
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a ceremony to register his candidacy for the presidency at the headquarters of National Elections Council in Caracas, Venezuela
Venezuela’s vice president said on Wednesday that the government is still aiming for President Hugo Chavez to be sworn in for a new term as scheduled next month, saying his condition has been improving after his cancer surgery in Cuba. Vice President...
photo: AP / Fernando Llano
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers his State of the City address
NEW YORK: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has long been a persistent advocate for tighter gun laws, but in the wake of the Newtown school massacre, his voice has become one of the most recognizable in the United States. ...
photo: AP / Mary Altaffer
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 12 Sep 2012
2:36
Yemen defense minister escapes assassination attack
Al Jazeera 20 Dec 2012, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has announced the restructuring of the army and defence ministry, in a bid to remove allies of former head of state Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's state television reported. Hadi took a series of drastic decisions on Wednesday, including one scrapping the elite Republican Guard which was under the command...

updated 19 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
4:25
Connecticut shooting: Obama's emotional pledge
Sowetan Live 20 Dec 2012, Obama held a White House news conference on Wednesday to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an interagency effort to craft new gun policies. The group is expected to offer its proposals in January. “We know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply held passions and political divides,” Obama said. “But the fact that this problem is...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:32
South Korea elects first female president
The Wichita Eagle 20 Dec 2012, SEOUL, South KoreaPark Geun-hye's election as South Korea's first female president could mean a new drive to start talks with bitter rival North Korea, though it's unclear how much further she will go than the hard-line incumbent, a member of her own conservative party. After five years of high tension under unpopular President Lee...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:00
'Three senior US officials resign' over Benghazi attack
Reuters 20 Dec 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senior U.S. State Department officials were asked to resign after an official inquiry harshly criticized their offices for failing to provide adequate security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, before it came under attack in September, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
6:09
Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
Detroit news 19 Dec 2012, By David Klepper and Katie Zezima Associated Press Comments Newtown, Conn. — For a third straight day Wednesday, funeral professions rolled through a grieving Connecticut town trying to make sense of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults in an elementary school less than two weeks before Christmas. Dr. Joseph Young, an optometrist,...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 20 Dec 2012
1:01
Al Arabiya wins UN Gold news award for Syria coverage
The Star 19 Dec 2012, GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $1.5 billion (920.1 million pounds) to provide life-saving aid to Syrians suffering from a "dramatically deteriorating" humanitarian situation. The twin...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:53
UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging
BBC News 19 Dec 2012, Even by the standards of recent revelations of wrongdoing at the world's biggest banks, the disclosures of how UBS tried to systematically manipulate the important Libor interest rate benchmarks will be seen as pretty hair-raising. UBS has been punished by regulators in the US, UK and its home country of Switzerland. The Financial Services...

updated 19 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:04
Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
Al Jazeera 19 Dec 2012, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she accepts the findings of an independent panel that faulted the State Department over the deadly September attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. An inquiry into the attack on the US mission, which saw the US ambassador and three other US citizens killed, found that the State...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:02
Obama backs assault weapons ban
The Star 19 Dec 2012, WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama backs a new bill to revive an assault weapons ban and other new gun laws, the White House said Tuesday, fleshing out his nascent response to a shocking school massacre. Obama also called an ardently pro-gun senator who has shifted his position on firearms laws since Friday's carnage in Connecticut and has begun...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 15 Dec 2012
4:10
Connecticut Shooting: Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Kaitlin Roig Protected Her Students
WorldNews.com 18 Dec 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Most people reason dramatically, not quantitatively." -Oliver Wendell Holmes On the same day that a 20-year-old, described as brilliant but remote, walked into an elementary school in Connecticut and massacred 26 children and adults, the school where I teach went on "lock-down." Four students with a...

updated 19 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
1:33
Protesters shot at by South Sudanese army
Yahoo Daily News 18 Dec 2012, CAIRO - Egypt's opposition alliance was staging rallies across the country on Tuesday to protest a contentious Islamist-backed draft constitution, after the country's Ministry of Justice ordered a probe into allegations of widespread voting irregularities during Saturday's first round of voting on the document. Since the country's current political...

updated 17 Dec 2012; published 05 Jan 2012
14:36
Rwanda army committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, Genocide in Congo.
BBC News 18 Dec 2012, Former Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has been acquitted by the International Criminal Court of...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
6:09
Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
Al Jazeera 18 Dec 2012, An increasing number of US congressmen have called for a national dialogue about measures to curb gun violence following the shooting last week at a primary school in Connecticut that killed 26 people, including 20 children and six adults. White House officials have said that President Barack Obama would make preventing gun-related violence a...

updated 15 Dec 2012; published 13 Jun 2012
6:39
Russia Sends Military Aid to Syria
BBC News 18 Dec 2012, The UN's humanitarian chief has called on Syria to urgently allow fuel imports for aid deliveries and give access to 10 more aid agencies. Valerie Amos met government officials in the capital, Damascus, to discuss the growing humanitarian crisis. UN workers also needed to freely move into opposition-controlled areas to step up their aid...