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  • Everything You Need to Know About the Fiscal Cliff...7:00
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  • Diplomatic handshakes as new political era starts in South Korea...1:31
  • Mullen: Benghazi Security 'Grossly Inadequate'...1:10
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  • UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging...1:53
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  • Obama backs assault weapons ban...2:02
  • Egyptians protest at referendum process...0:57
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led military force to help reconquer northern Mali from Islamist militants. Duration: 01:03.
UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil ap­proves Mali in­ter­ven­tion force
1:04
Ev­ery­thing You Need to Know About the Fis­cal Cliff
7:00
UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil ap­proves Mali in­ter­ven­tion force
1:04
Yemen de­fense min­is­ter es­capes as­sas­si­na­tion at­tack
2:36
Con­necti­cut shoot­ing: Obama's emo­tion­al pledge
4:25
Diplo­mat­ic hand­shakes as new po­lit­i­cal era starts in South Korea
1:31
Mullen: Beng­hazi Se­cu­ri­ty 'Gross­ly In­ad­e­quate'
1:10
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 in New­town at Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary: Par­ent In­ter­view
6:09
Egyp­tians protest at ref­er­en­dum pro­cess
0:57
Rwan­da army com­mit­ted war crimes, crimes against hu­man­i­ty, Geno­cide in Congo.
14:36




U.N. OKs offensive to oust extremists in Mali
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
21 Dec 2012

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists, but it demanded progress first on political reconciliation, elections and training African troops and police. A resolution adopted unanimously by the United Nations' most powerful body...
In this May 12, 2010 photo, Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with the U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali.
photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou

US House puts off ‘fiscal cliff’ vote
Full Article Khaleej Times
21 Dec 2012

Republicans in the House of Representatives, confronted with a revolt among the party’s rank and file, abandoned a vote Thursday night on politically-charged but symbolic legislation aimed at averting a fast-approaching 'fiscal cliff,' after failing to gather enough support for a measure meant to strengthen the party’s position ahead of final...
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, pauses during a news conference on fiscal cliff on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin

UN Security Council Approves Mali Intervention Force
Full Article Jakarta Globe
21 Dec 2012

The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led intervention force to help Mali’s army reconquer much of the country from Islamist militants. The 15-member council gave the force an initial one year mandate to use “all necessary measures” to help the Mali...
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics.
photo: Public Domain / Tm

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

Alvin Gentry changes Suns starting roster and gets big results (Photos)
Full Article The Examiner
22 Dec 2012

Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry seems to have gotten things figured out after a rough start to the 2012-13 NBA season. With the Suns starting out 7-8 and then losing seven straight games, the coaching staff began to wonder how they could turn their early season struggles around. There have been times where the Suns have struggled offensively,...
Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry, left, reacts to NBA official Ed Malloy in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Phoenix. (Rick Scuteri/AP Photos)
photo: AP / Rick Scuteri

Raptors' Valanciunas breaks finger
Full Article The Tribune San Luis Obispo
22 Dec 2012

Sonic boom from an F-22 caused rattling sensation Body found in San Miguel riverbed is identified Car crashes into San Luis Obispo liquor store Patient arrested after injuring employees at Atascadero State Hospital UPS delivering some holiday packages by bicycle in SLO Paso Robles laundromat killer sentenced to 56 years to life...
Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors - Jonas Valanciunas - Marshon Brooks
photo: Creative Commons / John Maynard

Cavaliers' Varejao (knee) sits out Friday against the Pacers
Full Article CBS News
22 Dec 2012

CBSSports.com wire reports Dec. 21, 2012 7:27 PM ET CLEVELAND -- As much as it hurts, the Cavaliers would rather be without starting center Anderson Varejao for a few games than risk losing him for many more. The NBA's leading rebounder missed his second straight game Friday night because of a bruised right knee that will likely sideline him...
Cleveland Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao (17), from Brazil, grimaces after hitting the floor in an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
photo: AP / Mark Duncan

Sixers' Holiday returns
Full Article The Tribune San Luis Obispo
22 Dec 2012

Sonic boom from an F-22 caused rattling sensation Body found in San Miguel riverbed is identified Car crashes into San Luis Obispo liquor store Patient arrested after injuring employees at Atascadero State Hospital UPS delivering some holiday packages by bicycle in SLO Paso Robles laundromat killer sentenced to 56 years to life...
Philadelphia 76ers' Thaddeus Young (21) drives against Houston Rockets' Jeremy Lin (7) during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Houston. The Rockets won 125-103. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)
photo: AP / Dave Einsel

Sixers' Bynum cleared to increase activity
Full Article The Tribune San Luis Obispo
21 Dec 2012

Sonic boom from an F-22 caused rattling sensation Body found in San Miguel riverbed is identified Car crashes into San Luis Obispo liquor store Patient arrested after injuring employees at Atascadero State Hospital UPS delivering some holiday packages by bicycle in SLO Paso Robles laundromat killer sentenced to 56 years to life...
Philadelphia 76ers players Andrew Bynum, left, and Jason Richardson, second from right, pose with their new jerseys, team owner Joshua Harris, second from left, and team president Rod Thorn, right, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Philadelphia. Bynum was traded to the 76ers from the Los Angeles Lakers and Richardson from the Orlando Magic. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
photo: AP / Brynn Anderson

Jazz notes: Ray Allen anchors Heat’s perimeter game
Full Article The Salt Lake Tribune
21 Dec 2012

Miami • The reaction of many when Ray Allen signed with the Heat was shared by Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin. "Wow," he said Friday. "Wow." Join the Discussion Allen, 37, signed a 3-year contract with the Heat in the offseason after Miami dispatched Allen’s Boston Celtics in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals, giving the already potent champs...
Boston Celtics' Jason Terry (4) and Miami Heat's Ray Allen (34) battle for the ball during the second half of a NBA basketball game in MIami, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The Heat won 120-107. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
photo: AP / J Pat Carter

How to Guard Kevin Durant
Full Article The New York Times
21 Dec 2012

Kevin Durant is a basketball player of unique physical dimensions and capabilities. No one that tall has been so quick and skilled. He sheds the players tall enough to bother his jump shot with his whip of a crossover and has become strong enough to shuck the smaller defenders who grab and hold in a desperate attempt to deny him breathing room. At...
Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant (35) manages to get off a shot despite a defensive effort by Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Thursday, March 1, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. Oklahoma City won 105-102. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
photo: AP / /John Raoux

Utah Jazz are feeling the Heat in Miami
Full Article The Salt Lake Tribune
21 Dec 2012

MiamiThe Heat were in Dallas, but Tyrone Corbin was in his Miami hotel room, watching on television as a very frightening scene unfolded. Led by a deferential Dwyane Wade and a dominant LeBron James, the Heat torched the Mavericks in an eventual 105-90 win in which the superstars didn’t even play the final quarter. Photos...
EnergySolutions Arena, formerly known as the Delta Center, has been the home of the Utah Jazz since 1991.
photo: Creative Commons / UtahStizzle

Google Launches 'Scan and Match' Music Service
Full Article Newsfactor
21 Dec 2012

Google is turning on a "scan and match" service for Google Music users to store copies of their songs online, offering for free what Apple charges $25 a year for. The service, which launched Tuesday, cuts uploading time for those who want to save their music libraries online. It scans a user's computer and gives them online access to the songs it...
Google - Laptop
photo: WN / Yolanda

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

Jennifer Aniston Pole Dancing: Actress Is 'Amazing,' Says Co-Star Emma Roberts
Full Article Huffington Post
21 Dec 2012

Jennifer Aniston is an "amazing" pole dancer, says her "We're the Millers" costar Emma Roberts. Here, Aniston appears in a bra on set in August. (Splash News)...
Jennifer Aniston arrives at the premiere of "Love Happens" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

Kristen Stewart Confirms 'Snow White' Sequel
Full Article IMDb
21 Dec 2012

After one of the biggest celebrity scandals of 2012 involving Kristen Stewart and her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, many speculated...
Kristen Stewart speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

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

EU, Russia remain at odds over energy policy
Full Article Deutsche Welle
21 Dec 2012

The latest talks between Russia and the European Union have failed to produce progress towards resolving a number of bones of contention. However, there was little disappointment, as no progress had been expected. The European Union and Russia, represented by President Vladimir Putin, failed to bridge their differences on Syria or visa...
The Russia-EU Summit meeting.
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

Cambodian PM asks $57 mn loan from India
Full Article Newstrack India
21 Dec 2012

Tweet Phnom Penh, Dec 22 (IANS) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen asked for $57 million concessional loan from India for two development projects and urged India to consider direct flights to Cambodia. The prime minister's suggestion was made during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi Wednesday...
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Mr. Hun Sen being welcomed by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, 2012, in New Delhi on December 20, 2012.
photo: PIB of India /

Dollar rises against euro, pound, yen as budget talks stall in Washington
Full Article The Washington Post
21 Dec 2012

NEW YORKThe dollar is rising against most major currencies as talks for a budget deal in Washington stall. House Republicans called off a vote on tax rates. If lawmakers don’t reach a deal on reducing the budget deficit, steep tax increases and government spending cuts kick in at the beginning of next year. Loading... Comments Weigh...
US dollar - Currency
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba

Italian Appeals Court Aqcuits 3 Google Executives in Privacy Case
Full Article The New York Times
21 Dec 2012

PARIS — An appeals court in Milan on Friday overturned the conviction of three Google executives on charges of violating Italian privacy laws, in a decision that the company hailed as a victory for Internet freedom. Add to Portfolio Google Inc Go to your Portfolio » The ruling, by a panel of three judges, nullified a 2010 decision in...
Google+ or Google Plus Screenshot
photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub

BlackBerry stock plunges 10 per cent
Full Article NZ Herald
21 Dec 2012

Smartphone maker's share price drops after company says it will change the way it splits revenue with carriers BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion, which is already struggling with plunging sales, yesterday said it lost subscribers for the first time in the latest quarter, as the global number of BlackBerry users dipped to 79 million and the stock...
Blackberry - Technology
photo: WN / Sweet Radoc

Putin: Russia no defender of Syrian president
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
21 Dec 2012

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV , The Associated Press Posted: Friday, December 21, 2012, 10:17 AM BRUSSELS - President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia isn't a defender of Syrian President Bashar Assad and wants to see a democratically elected government, but held his ground on his stance that peace in Syria can only be achieved through talks....
News conference of Vladimir Putin.
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

Metro rail planned for Nagpur
Full Article Headlines India
21 Dec 2012

Nagpur, Dec 21: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today announced plans for a metro rail for the state's second capital, Nagpur, known as Orange City for its luscious varieties of oranges, besides other major projects to boost development in the region....
Prithviraj Chavan - Chief Minister of Maharashtra- India- Politics
photo: PIB of India

Sen. Johnson: Fiscal cliff may be unavoidable
Full Article Business Journal
21 Dec 2012

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) said he doesn't hold out much hope that Congress or the White House will reach an agreement that would avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. Read More at Oshkosh Northwestern Related links: Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Economic Snapshot...
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
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  • Updated: 21 Dec 2012
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led military force to help reconquer northern Mali from Islamist militants. Duration: 01:03.
  • published: 21 Dec 2012
  • views: 8
  • author: AFP
http://wn.com/UN_Security_Council_approves_Mali_intervention_force

Everything You Need to Know About the Fiscal Cliff
Everything You Need to Know About the Fiscal Cliff
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Last August, President Obama and Congress put the US economy on course to go over a "fiscal cliff." With the 2012 presidential election decided, WSJ's David Wessel tells you everything you need to know about the "cliff" but were afraid to ask.
http://wn.com/Everything_You_Need_to_Know_About_the_Fiscal_Cliff

UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
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  • Duration: 1:04
  • Updated: 21 Dec 2012
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led military force to help reconquer northern Mali from Islamist militants. Duration: 01:03.
  • published: 21 Dec 2012
  • views: 8
  • author: AFP
http://wn.com/UN_Security_Council_approves_Mali_intervention_force

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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  • Duration: 4:25
  • Updated: 21 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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Diplomatic handshakes as new political era starts in South Korea
Diplomatic handshakes as new political era starts in South Korea
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www.euronews.com It was a day for diplomacy and promises as South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-hye met with the ambassadors of China, Japan, the United States, and Russia. The first woman believed to have ruled in the peninsula since the ninth century has promised to strengthen the alliance with the United States and wants to boost economic ties with China, a traditional ally of North Korea. Park has also promised to build relations with Pyongyang. "North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket has shown how serious the reality is. I think people are calling on me to overcome this crisis wisely. I will keep my promise to the people, that I will open the Korean peninsula's new era through strong security and diplomacy, based on trust," she said. Relations remain strained between Seoul and Tokyo, and with increased worries about Japanese nationalism, it is believed Park may enhance ties with other countries as Chi Won-bin, political science and diplomacy professor at Sungkyunkwan University pointed out. "While the Lee Myung-bak administration has over-emphasised alliance with the United States, it has neglected relationship with China and North Korea, I think President-elect Park Geun-hye will adopt more positive policies on diplomacy and security issues toward China and North Korea." Park, a leading member of the ruling conservative party will follow in her late father's footsteps who was considered a dictator and whose grave she visited before turning her attention to ...
  • published: 20 Dec 2012
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  • author: Euronews
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Mullen: Benghazi Security 'Grossly Inadequate'
Mullen: Benghazi Security 'Grossly Inadequate'
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An independent panel charged with investigating the attack in Libya that killed a US ambassador and three other Americans concluded that the Benghazi mission's security posture was "grossly" inadequate. (Dec. 19)
http://wn.com/Mullen_Benghazi_Security_'Grossly_Inadequate'

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: 21 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: 1205862
  • author: ABCNews
http://wn.com/Connecticut_Shooting_in_Newtown_at_Sandy_Hook_Elementary_Parent_Interview

Al Arabiya wins UN Gold news award for Syria coverage
Al Arabiya wins UN Gold news award for Syria coverage
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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: 375
  • author: AlArabiya
http://wn.com/Al_Arabiya_wins_UN_Gold_news_award_for_Syria_coverage

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.
http://wn.com/UBS_fined_15b_for_Libor_rigging

Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
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  • Updated: 21 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.
http://wn.com/Benghazi_attack_report_slams_US_State_Department

Obama backs assault weapons ban
Obama backs assault weapons ban
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  • Updated: 21 Dec 2012
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.
http://wn.com/Obama_backs_assault_weapons_ban

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: 21 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: 1205862
  • author: ABCNews
http://wn.com/Connecticut_Shooting_in_Newtown_at_Sandy_Hook_Elementary_Parent_Interview

Egyptians protest at referendum process
Egyptians protest at referendum process
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www.euronews.com Egyptians gather to march on the Presidential Palace and Tahrir Square in Cairo.They are angry at how the vote for the Islamist-backed national constitution is being handled. Crowds began to form after the Justice Ministry ordered a probe into allegations of corruption during the first round of a referendum last weekend. "Egypt is for Egyptians," one man said, "whether they are Muslim or Christian. The rule of the Muslim Brotherhood is shameful and a betrayal to the nation. Mohammed Morsi is vain, the upper and lower houses of parliament are vain." 57 percent of Egyptians voted yes in the first round last weekend. If the constitution passes next weekend, national elections will take place early next year. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 19 Dec 2012
  • views: 291
  • author: Euronews
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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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21 Dec 2012

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists, but it demanded progress first on political reconciliation, elections and training African troops and police. A resolution adopted unanimously by the United Nations' most powerful body...
In this May 12, 2010 photo, Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with the U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali.
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Iraq In­sur­gents Kill at Least 100 after Declar­ing New Of­fen­sive
updated 07 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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Syria Dic­ta­tor Cuts In­ter­net and Phone Lines and Bombs Cities Na­tion­wide in New Of­fen­sive 11-29-12
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Rus­sian BANNED: The In­no­cence of Mus­lims con­tain EX­TREM­IST
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