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  • Yemen defense minister escapes assassination attack...2:36
  • Connecticut shooting: Obama's emotional pledge...4:25
  • South Korea elects first female president...2:32
  • 'Three senior US officials resign' over Benghazi attack...2:00
  • Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview...6:09
  • Al Arabiya wins UN Gold news award for Syria coverage...1:01
  • UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging...1:53
  • Benghazi attack report slams US State Department...2:04
  • Obama backs assault weapons ban...2:02
  • Connecticut Shooting: Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Kaitlin Roig Protected Her Students...4:10
  • Protesters shot at by South Sudanese army...1:33
  • Russia Sends Military Aid to Syria...6:39
Chaos has once again struck the Yemeni capital after a car packed with heavy explosives targeted Yemen's defense minister Mohamed Nasser Ahmed. Yousef Mawry, Press TV, Sana'a
Yemen de­fense min­is­ter es­capes as­sas­si­na­tion at­tack
2:36
Con­necti­cut shoot­ing: Obama's emo­tion­al pledge
4:25
South Korea elects first fe­male pres­i­dent
2:32
'Three se­nior US of­fi­cials re­sign' over Beng­hazi at­tack
2:00
Con­necti­cut Shoot­ing in New­town at Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary: Par­ent In­ter­view
6:09
Al Ara­biya wins UN Gold news award for Syria cov­er­age
1:01
UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rig­ging
1:53
Beng­hazi at­tack re­port slams US State De­part­ment
2:04
Obama backs as­sault weapons ban
2:02
Con­necti­cut Shoot­ing: Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary Teach­er Kaitlin Roig Pro­tect­ed Her Stu­dents
4:10
Protesters shot at by South Su­danese army
1:33
Rwan­da army com­mit­ted war crimes, crimes against hu­man­i­ty, Geno­cide in Congo.
14:36
Con­necti­cut Shoot­ing in New­town at Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary: Par­ent In­ter­view
6:09
Rus­sia Sends Mil­i­tary Aid to Syria
6:39
Di­vid­ed Egypt votes in ref­er­en­dum on con­sti­tu­tion - NewsX
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Egypt opposition demonstrate against constitution; Justice Ministry probes vote irregularities
Full Article 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...
Egyptian Army tanks deploy outside the presidential palace during a protest against President Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar

File - Former leader of the National Integrationist Front, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, puts on his headset at the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
photo: AP / Michael Kooren

US school killings spark gun control debate
Full Article 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...
A victim's name is spelled out in wooden letters at a memorial to shooting victims, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children.
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow

Fuel shortage blocks aid support in Syria, UN warns
Full Article 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...
A Syrian family warm themselves at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

Praful Patel re-elected AIFF president
Full Article The Times of India
20 Dec 2012

NEW DELHI: Praful Patel was unanimously re-elected president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) at its Annual General Body meeting on Thursday. Patel, a union minister, said the AIFF followed its constitution and the spirit of the government's sports code while conducting the elections. "We haven't violated any rules. We have gone by the...
The Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Shri Praful Patel .
photo: PIB of India

Clarke in uphill battle to be fit for Boxing Day
Full Article Canberra Times
20 Dec 2012

Michael Clarke of Australia leaves the field retired hurt during day four of the First Test match against Sri Lanka. Photo: Getty Images AUSTRALIAN captain Michael Clarke faces a tougher battle than he has publicly let on to recover from a hamstring injury in time to play in the Boxing Day Test. Clarke is believed to be no more than a 50-50 chance...
Australia' Michael Clarke is bowled by India's Umesh Yadav during their One Day International series cricket match in Adelaide, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / David Mariuz

Australian athlete John Steffensen believed to be considering a switch to boxing
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
20 Dec 2012

OLYMPIC runner John Steffensen is believed to be considering a switch to boxing after his claims of being racially vilified were rejected by Athletics Australia. Steffensen is now being investigated for bringing the sport into disrepute for calling AA chief executive Dallas O'Brien a liar, with a hearing next month. Steffensen, rumoured to be...
Australia's John Steffensen, the gold medal winner, during the Men's 400 meters medal ceremony at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia Thursday March 23, 2006.
photo: AP / Alastair Grant

Former Test wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist urges selectors to be patient with under-fire gloveman Matt Wade
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
20 Dec 2012

AUSTRALIAN gloveman Matt Wade is facing calls to be dumped from the Test side for his predecessor Brad Haddin following his second stumping gaffe in three Tests. But wicketkeeping legend Adam Gilchrist yesterday offered Wade his support, saying the rising gloveman has the attitude and work ethic to become a long-term proposition in the baggy green....
Adam Gilchrist of Kings XI Punjab acknowledges his century during an Indian Premier League cricket match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, May 17, 2011.
photo: AP / Ashwini Bhatia

Australian Test batting coach Stuart Law tells batting hopefuls to develop ruthless streak
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
20 Dec 2012

AUSTRALIA'S batting coach Stuart Law has given the nation's batting hopefuls a blunt message to lift their standards and find the ruthless streak of bygone eras. Law, a hard-nut toughened by one of the Sheffield Shield's most competitive eras, says the nation's batsmen must turn back time to when a generation of state stars churned out...
Derbyshire's Stuart Law uses the new Mongoose cricket bat in the nets at Lord's cricket ground, London, Wednesday May 22, 2009. The Mongoose cricket bat which is 33 per cent smaller than the standard and designed to meet the new distilled demands of Twenty20 cricket was unveiled at Lord's today.
photo: AP / Tom Hevezi

Sri Lankan Test batsman Thilan Samaraweera contemplating retirement
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
20 Dec 2012

SRI Lankan cricket faces a mammoth rebuilding task with star batsman Thilan Samaraweera the latest veteran to reveal he is weighing up his future in the Test arena. Just a week after Mahela Jayawardene announced he would resign as captain after the Australian series, Samaraweera heads into the Boxing Day Test admitting he is contemplating...
Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera takes off his batting gloves after being dismissed by India's Irfan Pathan during the seventh one-day international cricket match in Baroda, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005.
photo: AP / Aman Sharma

Nabi voted AIFF Player of the Year
Full Article Newstrack India
20 Dec 2012

Tweet New Delhi (IANS) Syed Rahim Nabi has been voted the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year. The announcement was made by AIFF president Praful Patel during the Annual General Meeting conduced at Football House, the AIFF headquarters, here Thursday. Nabi was chosen the winner after being voted by I-League Club coaches. The...
(L) Mr.Kalyan Chaubey (Head of Youth Development at Mohun Bagan and Former Indian International Player ) Aakash Dave and Adarsh Tamang last year Allianz Junoir Football Player and Syed Rahim Nabi ( Mohun Bagan Football Player ) during the Bajaj Allianz Launched Junior Football Camp Season III at Kolkata on Thursday 14 June 2012
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Future of Indian bowling is bleak: Wasim Akram
Full Article The Times of India
20 Dec 2012

NEW DELHI: As Indian pacers failed to make an impression against England, former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram says the future of Indian bowling looks "bleak" and it's time that the new faces get a chance in the team. Apart from Pragyan Ojha (20 wickets) and Ravichandran Ashwin...
INDIA-KOLKATA-KNIGHT-RIDER-BOWLING-COACH-WASIM-AKRAMIndia Kolkata Knight Rider Bowling Coach Wasin Akram during the Practice Session at Eden Garden in Kolkata in Eastern India City ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Gospel star to perform in Miami Gardens on Sunday
Full Article The Miami Herald
20 Dec 2012

Fans of the popular BET series Sunday Best, a gospel music competition much like American Idol, will surely recognize the name Le'Andria Johnson, who won Sunday Best's season three. Even if you don't recognize the name, you won't want to miss her when she heads the holiday concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Universal Truth Center for Better Living,...
A cappella gospel group at Pike Place Market. Jump blues musician PK Dwyer is credited with forming the first-ever street band to busk at the Market.
photo: Creative Commons / MarmadukePercy

Live music calendar
Full Article Richmond Times Dispatch
20 Dec 2012

RICHMOND AREA ASHLAND COFFEE & TEA, 100 N. Railroad Ave., Ashland, 798-1702. Honky Tonk Holiday show with Bill Kirchen, 8 p.m. Thursday, $25. BiG WiDE GRiN, 8 p.m. Friday, $15-$20. Eclectic Jazz Ensemble (jazz fusion), 8 p.m. Saturday, $8. Collin Pastore, 7 p.m. Dec. 27, $5. BALLICEAUX, 203 N. Lombardy St., 355-3008. No BS! Brass Band, 10 p.m....
Chief Musician Yolanda C. Pelzer of the U.S. Navy Band Commodores jazz ensemble sings I'll Take Romance during an evening concert at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference.
photo: US Navy / Chief Musician Stephen Hassay

Sarah Brightman announces fall 2013 North American tour dates (Video)
Full Article The Examiner
20 Dec 2012

On Dec. 17 Sarah Brightman announced that her early 2013 North American tour is being pushed back to the fall due to a conflict with her international album release plan. New tour dates were announced and Brightman's 2013 North American headlining tour will now begin on Sept. 13 in Hamilton, Ontaro and end on Nov. 2 in Anaheim, Calif.. Sarah...
La soprano Sarah Brightman cantando en el Live Heart en la torre TV en China
photo: Creative Commons / Jiazi

Adele voted AP Entertainer of the Year
Full Article Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
19 Dec 2012

NEW YORK (AP) Though Adele didn't have a new album or a worldwide tour in 2012, she's still rolling. After a year of Grammy glory and James Bond soundtracking, Adele has been voted The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year. In 132 ballots submitted by members and subscribers of the AP, Adele easily outpaced other vote-getters like Taylor Swift,...
Adele Singer
photo: Creative Commons / CHRISTOPHER MACSURAK

Dee Snider promises a very twisted nightclub act
Full Article US News
19 Dec 2012

By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some classic Broadway show tunes will soon be getting the headbanging treatment. Dee Snider, lead singer of the '80s heavy metal band Twisted Sister, will be headlining the nightclub 54 Below this week, taking on such standards as "Mack the Knife" and "Cabaret." The appearance Thursday and...
The rock band Twisted Sisters front man, Dee Snider, receives a video request from Seaman Kellie Price, of Akron, Ohio, during a visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
photo: US Navy / Photographers Mate Airman Roland Franklin

Stevie Wonder donates $100k to girl's cancer fund - video
Full Article Digital Spy
18 Dec 2012

Stevie Wonder has contributed to a young girl's cancer charity fund. The legendary singer donated $100,000 (£61,500) to Jasmine Faulk during a live show at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday (December 15). Wonder invited the 10-year-old and her father on stage before presenting her with a giant cheque, reports TMZ. Unfortunately your...
UN Day Concert 2012: A Message of Peace - Stevie Wonder and Friends
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine

Alicia Keys sued for copyright infringement after blogger points out similarities between 'Girl on Fire' and 'Hey There Lonely Girl'
Full Article Celebrity Café
18 Dec 2012

Alicia Keys is being slapped with a copyright-infringement lawsuit stating that the vocal powerhouse took a portion of Eddie Holman’s 1970 hit, “Hey There Lonely Girl,” and didn’t credit properly. E! News reports that Keys’ most recent hit, “Girl on Fire,” came under fire after a blogger...
Alicia Keys no Pavilhão Atlantico 02
photo: Creative Commons / José Goulão

Carrie Underwood says 'Real Housewives' could be coming to Nashville
Full Article The Examiner
18 Dec 2012

Country superstar Carrie Underwood has experienced a tremendous year that is highlighted by her award-winning and platinum-selling album Blown Away. The No. 1 album bowed atop the Billboard 200 back in May and has since spurred two No. 1 singles ("Good Girl," "Blown Away") with another on the way up the charts. Her "Two Black Cadillacs" currently...
Carrie Underwood, American Idol 4 winner performing at Sunfest in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 4, 2006. Underwood gained a recording contract with Arista Records and released her first single Inside Your Heaven on June 14, 2005.
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Brothers Grimm: How They Went From Poverty To A Google Doodle
Full Article Cinema Blend
20 Dec 2012

One hundred and fifty years or so after Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm died, the brothers have become literary legends in the same way as William Shakespeare. Even those who haven’t read their actual texts have no doubt been exposed to the stories and ideas they collected in the form of bedtime stories, Disney adaptations and modern reimaginings. Cutting...
Google Inc. is an American multinational corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies.
photo: WN / Priya Dashini

Google Celebrates Grimm's Fairy Tales' 200th Anniversary With A Doodle
Full Article Cinema Blend
20 Dec 2012

Great stories are a part of mankind's history, and there are many that have stood the test of time, being passed from generation to generation for centuries. Among them are the fairy tales shared by the Brothers Grimm. Today, Google...
Golden Fleece Room, Château du Rivau. The 12 gardens of Rivau are designated a Jardin Remarquable (by a French organisation that recognises remarkable gardens). They are inspired by fairy tales and legends and take the visitors on a beautiful and fantastical journey.
photo: Creative Commons / Manfred Heyde

Deepa Mehta: 'There's nothing controversial about Midnight's Children'
Full Article Digital Spy
20 Dec 2012

Deepa Mehta has said that she does not want Midnight's Children to cause any controversy. The director has just screened the adaptation of the Salman Rushdie novel at the Film Festival of Kerala. Photo gallery - the BFI Midnight's Children premiere: Midnight's...
Deepa Mehta, director of the Oscar-nominated best foreign language film "Water" from Canada, poses outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. The 79th Academy Awards will be presented Sunday, Feb. 25
photo: AP / Amy Sancetta

Ranbir Kapoor is hard to please
Full Article The Times of India
20 Dec 2012

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. But if it is Ranbir Kapoor, ladies, you may have a long way ahead of you. TOI has learnt that the star, who swears by his mum Neetu Kapoor's cooking, has been a rather fussy eater since his childhood. "He has always been fussy, picky,"...
Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor
photo: AP / Gurinder Osan

Jackie Chan in 'Expendables 3'
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
20 Dec 2012

'Rush Hour' star Jackie Chan will be joining Sylvester Stallone's 'Expendables 3' for a substantial role. The Hong Kong star has confirmed that his appearance...
 Popular Kung Fu action star Jackie Chan waves to his fans from the sunroof of his SUV upon arrival at a posh hotel at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila Friday Aug. 4, 2006 to launchthe local franchise of his coffee shop business, the &
photo: AP/Bullit Marquez

Capitol screening of 'Lincoln' draws director Steven Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis
Full Article Star Tribune
20 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON - Today's lawmakers might be excused for thinking they've seen this movie: A recently re-elected president spars with a quarrelsome Congress over an...
Steven Spielberg
photo: AP / Francois Mori

Tom Cruise at the 'Jack Reacher' premiere in Madrid
Full Article The Examiner
20 Dec 2012

Tweet 0 Email Report Photo 1 of 8 Actor Tom Cruise attends the 'Jack Reacher' premiere at the Callao cinema in Madrid, Spain. Credit: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Actor Tom Cruise attends the 'Jack Reacher' premiere at the Callao cinema in Madrid, Spain.Actor Tom Cruise attends the 'Jack Reacher'...
Actor Tom Cruise poses during the photo-call to present his movie "Valkyrie" in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. In "Valkyrie," Cruise plays Col.
photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino

Michael Douglas watches NY appeals fight over son
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
19 Dec 2012

The Associated Press Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 3:04 PM NEW YORK - Michael Douglas has been watching from a New York courtroom audience as federal appeals judges consider the validity of his son's nearly 10-year prison sentence for drug crimes....
Michael Douglas arrives at Manhattan federal court for the sentencing of his son Cameron Douglas
photo: AP / Louis Lanzano

Waiting on fiscal cliff compromise, stocks inch up
Full Article STL Today
20 Dec 2012

The stock market ended higher Thursday after flipping between small gains and losses throughout the morning. Uncertainty about the "fiscal cliff," just days away, was top of mind for many traders. The Republican-controlled House pushed ahead with a bill aimed at averting the "fiscal cliff," but President Barack Obama has threatened to veto it and...
Specialist Philip Finale, right, directs trading at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, April 19, 2010
photo: AP / Richard Drew

Telenor warns Europe falling behind U.S. in telecoms
Full Article Reuters
20 Dec 2012

OSLO (Reuters) - Europe has fallen behind the United States in mobile telephone network development because its regulatory framework is fragmented and does not provide incentives for investment, the head of Norwegian telecoms group Telenor told Reuters. European fourth-generation (4G) network frequencies are too expensive, the investment cost is...
Telenor Mobile - Telecom
photo: Public Domain / Mroach (Talk | contribs)

Ratan Tata apologises to PM, says comments misrepresented
Full Article DNA India
20 Dec 2012

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has dubbed as "completely untrue" critical comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attributed to him in an interview and apologised for "any embarrassment" that the "misrepresentation" may have caused to him or the government. "I have always been one of your greatest admirers...
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meets the Tata Group Chairman, Shri Ratan Tata during the US-India Business Council, in Washington on November 23, 2009.
photo: PIB of India

Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann to Step Down
Full Article CNBC
20 Dec 2012

Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Rene Obermann is stepping down at the end of next year and will be replaced by his finance chief Timotheus Hoettges. "This is the right time to prepare to pass the baton and ensure a smooth...
Der Vorstandvorsitzende der Deutschen Telekom, Rene Obermann, gibt am Donnerstag, 6. Nov. 2008, in Bonn die Bilanzzahlen fuer das dritte Quartal des Telekommunikationsunternehmens bekannt. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
photo: AP / Frank Augstein)

Singapore PM discusses business tie-ups with India inc
Full Article Newstrack India
20 Dec 2012

Tweet New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Thursday met leading industrialists in Gurgaon and discussed investment and business tie-ups with them. India's ongoing urbanization process and infrastructure needs hold great opportunities for Singaporean firms. According to Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng...
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, second from left, chats with Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor, second from right, as Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Bharti Mittal, right, and Lee's wife Ho Ching, left, listen during a visit to the Bharti Airtel headquarters in Gurgaon, near New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Lee is in New Delhi to participate in the ASEAN India Special Commemorative Summit beginning Thursday.
photo: AP / Tsering Topgyal

Moscow court cuts Khodorkovsky's prison sentence
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
20 Dec 2012

The Associated Press Posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 7:20 AM MOSCOW - The Moscow City Court has reduced the prison sentences of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner by two years, which means they will be released in 2014....
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, right, reacts after being sentenced as he seen from behind bars at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sentenced to six more years in prison Thursday following a trial seen as payback for his defiance of Vladimir Putin's power. Judge Viktor Danilkin sentenced Khodorkovsky to fourteen years after convicting him of stealing oil from his own company and laundering the proceeds, but the judge said the new sentence is counted from his 2003 arrest and includes his previous term in jail. Khodorkovsky is in the final year of an eight-year prison sentence.
photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

Joe Lieberman introduces bill on statehood for D.C.
Full Article Business Journal
20 Dec 2012

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., on Wednesday introduced a bill with three colleagues to grant statehood to the District, The Washington Post reported. The bill would authorize D.C. residents to vote on the statehood question. With voters’ approval, the District would become the state of New Columbia, with the exception of a small federal enclave...
In this still image from Senate TV, retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Ct., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Lieberman used his final Senate floor speech to urge Congress to put partisan rancor aside to break Washington's gridlock.
photo: AP / Senate TV

Asia stocks stall as US budget talks sour
Full Article Dayton Daily News
20 Dec 2012

Asian stock markets met resistance Thursday after talks turned sour among U.S. political leaders trying to reach an agreement over how to avert an economically disastrous "fiscal cliff" before the end of the year. A downturn in U.S. housing starts also hurt sentiment. Negotiations between President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress descended...
Nissan Juke at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show
photo: Creative Commons / El monty

Yemen defense minister escapes assassination attack
Yemen defense minister escapes assassination attack
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Chaos has once again struck the Yemeni capital after a car packed with heavy explosives targeted Yemen's defense minister Mohamed Nasser Ahmed. Yousef Mawry, Press TV, Sana'a
http://wn.com/Yemen_defense_minister_escapes_assassination_attack

Connecticut shooting: Obama's emotional pledge
Connecticut shooting: Obama's emotional pledge
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  • Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Speaking at a vigil for the 26 victims of the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school, US President Barack Obama says the US must do more to protect children. While refraining from promises of specific policy responses, Mr Obama used a speech in Connecticut to urge the US to make the killing of 27 people in Newtown on Friday the last in a string of mass shootings during his presidency. "These tragedies must end," he told an interfaith vigil. "And to end them we must change." As the president delivered his remarks to a secondary school hall filled with relatives and friends of the 20 young children and seven women who died, sobbing could be heard from the audience. Conceding that "no single law -- no set of laws -- can eliminate evil from the world", Mr Obama insisted that this nonetheless must "not be an excuse for inaction", asking: "Surely we can do better than this?" Emboldened by his re-election last month, he pledged to use "whatever power this office holds" to prevent further slaughter, hinting that he would weigh into a policy debate frozen over the past decade by reluctance in Washington to alienate the pro-gun lobby. Yet the president's remarks seemed likely to disappoint those from his Democratic party urging swift and decisive action on new gun control measures, promising only to "engage" with voters and communities "in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this". Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk Get the latest headlines www.telegraph.co.uk ...
  • published: 17 Dec 2012
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  • author: telegraphtv
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South Korea elects first female president
South Korea elects first female president
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
The daughter of South Korea's former military ruler has won the country's presidential election, promising in a speech to her supporters to heal a "divided society". The win over her liberal rival Moon Jae-in on Wednesday makes Park Geun-hye the country's first female head of state. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Seoul.
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'Three senior US officials resign' over Benghazi attack
'Three senior US officials resign' over Benghazi attack
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Three senior US State Department officials have resigned after a scathing report on the September 11th attack on the US consulate in Bengazi, Libya. Four Americans died including the US Ambassador. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports from Washington.
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Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Diane Sawyer talks to the mother of one of the children who made it out of Sandy Hook Elementary.
  • published: 14 Dec 2012
  • views: 1168142
  • author: ABCNews
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Al Arabiya wins UN Gold news award for Syria coverage
Al Arabiya wins UN Gold news award for Syria coverage
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Al Arabiya News Channel has been awarded this week its third global medal for its United Nations coverage. Reporter and UN-New York bureau chief, Talal Al-Haj won his record third UN Correspondents Association, UNCA, award for his 2011-2012 coverage of the Syrian crisis. Every year journalists from around the world submit their coverage of UN-related issues ranging from Climate Change to war in Syria, to be evaluated by independent judges that decide the winners of the Gold, Silver or Bronze medals based on the quality of their work. In 2007, Talal Al-Haj, Al-Arabiya NY Bureau Chief was awarded a gold medal for his documentary work on the UN and the Middle East. In 2010, Al-Haj again won a gold medal for his 18-day around the world documentary on climate change, and his reporting on the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. This year, Talal Al-Haj has been awarded gold medal for the third time for his coverage of the UN and failures of its Security Council and the UN body in helping put an end to the Syrian crisis and save thousands of civilian lives. The awards were given in the name of journalists who lost their lives covering stories from around the world, The Elizabeth Memorial Prize for written media and the Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for Broadcast journalism. The ceremony was attended by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, US ambassador Susan Rice and many high-level ambassadors and diplomats, as well as goodwill ambassador ...
  • published: 20 Dec 2012
  • views: 53
  • author: AlArabiya
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UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging
UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Swiss bank UBS is set to pay a fine of $1.5b becoming the second bank after Barclays to be charged with misconduct in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor. Libor is the rate at which banks lend to each other. It is used to price more than three hundred and fifty trillion dollars in contracts around the world. Potential losers include pension funds, insurance companies and individuals. More than a dozen banks have been caught up in the international inquiry, and there are more cases to come. Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports.
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Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
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  • Updated: 19 Dec 2012
A government appointed panel has accused the US State Department of not doing enough to protect its diplomats in Libya. The panel investigated a series of attacks on the US mission in Benghazi in September, including one that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three members of his staff. But firing someone was not on the panel's list of 29 recommendations. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington.
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Obama backs assault weapons ban
Obama backs assault weapons ban
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The White House has said that President Barack Obama is "actively supportive" of efforts in the US Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban. White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Tuesday that Obama would also support legislation to close the gun show "loophole", which allows people to buy guns from private dealers without background checks. The president has pledged to address gun violence in the coming weeks following Friday's deadly shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 26 people, including 20 children and six adults. Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports.
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Connecticut Shooting: Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Kaitlin Roig Protected Her Students
Connecticut Shooting: Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Kaitlin Roig Protected Her Students
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Teacher rushed 15 small children into the bathroom as shots rang out.
  • published: 15 Dec 2012
  • views: 653183
  • author: ABCNews
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Protesters shot at by South Sudanese army
Protesters shot at by South Sudanese army
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  • Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Al Jazeera has received new pictures of what appears to be South Sudanese soldiers firing on a crowd of unarmed demonstrators in the northwest of the country. At least nine people were reportedly killed in the town of Wau, where crowds had gathered to protest against the relocation of a local council building. The deadly incident occurred last weekend, but an anonymous source came to us with this amateur video. Al Jazeera's Anna Cavell reports from Juba. Al Jazeera has asked the government of South Sudan to comment on the incident. We are still waiting for an official response.
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Rwanda army committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, Genocide in Congo.
Rwanda army committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, Genocide in Congo.
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  • Updated: 17 Dec 2012
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Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Diane Sawyer talks to the mother of one of the children who made it out of Sandy Hook Elementary.
  • published: 14 Dec 2012
  • views: 1168142
  • author: ABCNews
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Russia Sends Military Aid to Syria
Russia Sends Military Aid to Syria
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The Obama administration says Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and is warning about a dramatic escalation in the Arab country's 15-month conflict. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the delivery represents the "latest information." She says the US is concerned as the helicopters "will escalate the conflict quite dramatically." www.infowars.com foxnews www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv twitter.com www.facebook.com [Check out Alex's New Social Network-'Planet Infowars' planet.infowars.com
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Divided Egypt votes in referendum on constitution - NewsX
Divided Egypt votes in referendum on constitution - NewsX
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Egyptians, weary of a prolonged political turmoil, on Saturday began voting on a referendum over a divisive constitution that has brought Islamist President Mohammed Mursi on a confrontation with a secular opposition which accused the Muslim Brotherhood of "vote-rigging". The two-phased polling began amidst tight security. A little more than half of Egypt's electorate of 51 million are eligible to vote in the first round while rest would be able to vote in the next phase on December 22. President Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood have campaigned heavily in favour of the draft document, which may define Egypt for years to come. Opponents say it is poorly drafted and overly favours Islamists. For more log on to www.newsx.com
  • published: 16 Dec 2012
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  • author: newsxlive
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Press Briefing - Rio +20 Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ministro de Relações Exteriores do Brasil entrevistado por Mônica Villela Grayley, chefe da Rádio ONU em Português FC Barcelona's coach Tito Vilanova attends a news conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. FC Barcelona will play against Real Madrid Wednesday in the return leg of the Spanish Super Cup soccer match. Authentic Brand New Apple Iphone 4g Hd 32gb(jailbroken & unlocked)$300 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.

HIV/AIDS Afflicts Migrants Living in Wealthy Countries Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed Bin Hammam, left, speaks as Chung Mong-joon, an outgoing FIFA vice president and an honorary chairman of the Korea Football Association, looks on during their press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Chung expressed support for Hammam, who has announced his candidacy for the FIFA presidency. 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.

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Obama promises gun control early next year
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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.
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Pres­i­dent Obama De­liv­ers Gun Con­trol State­ment
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Joe Biden Leads Gun Con­trol Pol­i­cy - Biden to head gun poli­cies after New­town Sandy Hook shoot­ing
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Ex­clu­sive | Biden: Egypt's Mubarak an Ally, Not a Dic­ta­tor, But Peo­ple Have Right to Protest
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
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Obama An­nounces Gun Con­trol Task Force - Head­ed up by Vice Pres­i­dent Biden
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers his State of the City address
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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...

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updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
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