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  • Primary results of Egypt referendum announced...2:36
  • French envoy to UN discusses Mali conflict...6:41
  • US fiscal cliff...1:16
  • UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force...1:04
  • US guns & cash keep Yemen leaders silent as trade choke point at stake...4:21
  • President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement...36:25
  • South Korea elects first female president...2:32
  • Repercussions continue after Benghazi attack...0:59
  • Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview...6:09
  • UN says Syria conflict is 'overtly sectarian'...2:11
  • UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging...1:53
  • Obama Linked to Benghazi Attack...4:46
  • Obama 'Actively' Supports Assault Weapons Ban...2:04
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.
Pri­ma­ry re­sults of Egypt ref­er­en­dum an­nounced
2:36
French envoy to UN dis­cuss­es Mali con­flict
6:41
US fis­cal cliff
1:16
UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil ap­proves Mali in­ter­ven­tion force
1:04
US guns & cash keep Yemen lead­ers silent as trade choke point at stake
4:21
Pres­i­dent Obama De­liv­ers Gun Con­trol State­ment
36:25
South Korea elects first fe­male pres­i­dent
2:32
Reper­cus­sions con­tin­ue after Beng­hazi at­tack
0:59
Con­necti­cut Shoot­ing in New­town at Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary: Par­ent In­ter­view
6:09
UN says Syria con­flict is 'overt­ly sec­tar­i­an'
2:11
UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rig­ging
1:53
Obama Linked to Beng­hazi At­tack
4:46
Obama 'Ac­tive­ly' Sup­ports As­sault Weapons Ban
2:04
Con­necti­cut Shoot­ing in New­town at Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary: Par­ent In­ter­view
6:09
Vot­ing clos­es on Egypt's draft con­sti­tu­tion
2:35




Egypt’s constitution seen passing in referendum
Full Article Khaleej Times
22 Dec 2012

An Egyptian constitution drafted by Islamists is expected to be approved in a referendum on Saturday after the charter, which opponents say will create deeper turmoil, won approval in a first wave of voting a week ago. The opposition have already cried foul, saying a litany of abuses means last Saturday’s ballot, involving about half the...
A woman reacts as she stands before riot policemen separating opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clashing with Islamist supporters of the president in Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.
photo: AP

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

Will make rape law more stringent, says Shinde
Full Article Indian Express
22 Dec 2012

In the face of widespread protests against the gangrape of the 23-year-old in the city, the Centre on Saturday announced that an inquiry commission would be set up to “review responses to this shocking crime and to suggest measures to improve...
A new controversy over remarks by  Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on 'COALGATE'
photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India

Siddle shrugs off Aussie injuries
Full Article Al Jazeera
22 Dec 2012

Paceman Peter Siddle has backed Australia's attack to shrug off a glut of injuries that have hit the team's fast bowling stocks ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday. Australia, who have won just one of their past four Tests, have enjoyed precious little continuity in their pace attack due to injuries and fatigue, and are...
Australia's bowler Peter Siddle, right, reacts after dismissing South Africa's batsman Hashim Amla, unseen
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

Shubhkamna Champions Tournament: Daniel Chopra takes two shot lead
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
22 Dec 2012

Noida: Sweden's Daniel Chopra continued his fine form as he maintained his two-shot lead over local favourites Shiv Kapur and Gaganjeet Bhullar after the second round of the Shubhkamna Champions Tournament, an event hosted by Jeev Milkha Singh, here today. Following up his eight-under 64 from the first round, Chopra added a bogey-free four-under 68...
 Daniel Chopra , Golf , Sweden  (rks2)
photo: AP

76ers' Thaddeus Young finds his niche(s)
Full Article The News & Observer
22 Dec 2012

Email Print Order Reprint Share This Text tool name tool goes here By BOB COONEY - Philadelphia Daily News By BOB COONEY Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA -- Few things have been sure bets for the 76ers this season. Wednesday in Houston, where they incurred their fifth straight loss, coach Doug Collins trotted out his sixth different starting...
Thaddeus Young  Washington Wizards v/s Philadelphia 76ers November 23, 2010
photo: Creative Commons / Keith Allison

All set for India, England ODI at Kochi
Full Article The Times of India
22 Dec 2012

KOCHI: All arrangements are falling into place for staging the second ODI match between India and England on January 15, 2013 at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here, according to a Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) official. Three...
India England Cricket Players Practice
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Nadal puts fitness before results
Full Article Sporting Life
22 Dec 2012

The 26-year-old Spaniard won the French Open this year but missed the last six months of the season after playing at Wimbledon when he knew he was not fully fit. Now he is ready to return at an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi next week, although he admits his knee is still not 100% and his...
Rafael Nadal of Spain during a match against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus

Bulls coach Thibodeau likes way Hinrich's game shaping up
Full Article The Miami Herald
22 Dec 2012

NEW YORK - Kirk Hinrich's best game of the season provided coach Tom Thibodeau the platform to preach. "The guy has been playing well all season," Thibodeau said. "He has our second-highest plus-minus. You guys keep talking about what he's not doing. All I see is a guy playing well. If you look at how he has shot over the last 10 games before this...
Kirk Hinrich of the Chicago Bulls in a game against the Washington Wizards - February 2009
photo: Creative Commons / Keith Allison

Bucks outlast the Celtics in OT, 99-94
Full Article The Miami Herald
22 Dec 2012

BOSTON -- When Paul Pierce drained a tying three-pointer with 2.5 seconds left in regulation, the Milwaukee Bucks had squandered a seven-point lead in less than 31 seconds. Surely there was no coming back from this in overtime, right? But the Bucks refused to wilt at TD Garden and struck back for a 99-94 overtime victory against the Boston Celtics...
Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings (3) drives to the basket against the Boston Celtics second half of a basketball game in Boston, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The Bucks beat the Celtics 99-88. From left are Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger, Jennings and Jason Terry. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
photo: AP / Charles Krupa

Ronnie Wood marries with Rod Stewart as best man
Full Article Music News
22 Dec 2012

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has married his 34-year old girlfriend Sally Humphreys with Rod Stewart as his best man....
Faces at a reunion concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, October 2009. Pictured are Ronnie Wood, Mick Hucknall, Bill Wyman, Andy Fairweather-Low, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones on drums.
photo: Creative Commons / Egghead06

The Son Also Rises: Julian Lennon, Thriving Survivor
Full Article The Examiner
22 Dec 2012

“Who’s gonna be a little rocker like his daddy?” Legend has it; these are the first words John Lennon spoke to his newborn son, Julian, in April 1963. Twenty-two years later, Julian kept up his end of the legacy bargain when “Valotte,” his debut album, became a worldwide hit. But the pressures of being the son of arguably the most beloved musician...
Julian Lennon, son of late Beatles legend John Lennon, is shown during an interview at the media preview for his photography exhibit, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 in Miami. The exhibition called "Timeless" features about 30 of Lennon's hand-signed portrait and landscape photographs and will run Dec. 1-5 at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
photo: AP / Wilfredo Lee

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

Lindsay Lohan Refused To Kiss 'Scary Movie 5' Co-Star Charlie Sheen
Full Article Starpulse
22 Dec 2012

Apparently, even Lindsay Lohan has standards - the actress wouldn't kiss her "Scary Movie 5" co-star Charlie Sheen. Even though both stars signed releases ensuring neither of them had cold sores...
Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at Star magazine's Young Hollywood party in Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

Sonakshi’s success trail
Full Article The Hindu
22 Dec 2012

Sonakshi Sinha’s face is doing all the talking. She’s glowing, she’s animated and she has a ready sense of humour. Clearly playing to the gallery of media persons surrounding her, ‘ShotgunShatrughan Sinha’s daughter says, “Losing weight is the story of my life”, to an oft-repeated question. Sonakshi...
Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha looks on during a promotional event of her upcoming Hindi film "Dabangg," or Fearless, in Bangalore, India, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Dabangg is a story of a fearless police officer and is scheduled to released on Sept. 10, 2010.
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi

Showbitz: Cheers for Anurag
Full Article The Hindu
22 Dec 2012

Cheers for Anurag Anurag Kashyap seems to be having a great end to his year with the news that his Gangs of Wasseypur will be screened in the Spotlight section of the Sundance Film Festival 2013 where he has been chosen as a Jury member of the World Cinema Dramatic section. The film has also bagged top honours at the Asia Pacific Film Festival and...
Indian director Anurag Kashyap talks about his film "Black Friday",
photo: AP / Keystone/Martial Trezzini

Salman Khan's 'Dabangg 2' takes biggest non-holiday opening
Full Article IMDb
22 Dec 2012

Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 has broken the record for the biggest non-holiday opener. The film took 21.10 crore in India on its opening...
Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Sri Lankan born Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, left, interact with the media as they arrive for a fashion show as part of the three-day long International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 3, 2010. Some of India's top movie stars converged in Sri Lanka on Thursday for Bollywood's annual roadshow despite calls to boycott the event because of the alleged killing of Tamil civilians during the final stages of the country's decades-long civil war.
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

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

Japan’s incoming PM promises to mend China ties
Full Article Taipei Times
22 Dec 2012

Japan’s incoming prime minister yesterday pledged to seek a thaw in ties with China after a report said he would send a special envoy on a fence-mending mission to Beijing. Ties between Japan and China have become increasingly strained over a disputed island chain also claimed by Taiwan — the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台列嶼), controlled by Tokyo, which...
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe smiles during a question and answer during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, a day after the party's landslide victory over the ruling Democratic Party of Japan led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in parliamentary elections. Abe stressed Monday that the road ahead will not be easy as he tries to revive Japan's sputtering economy and bolster its national security amid deteriorating relations with China.
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara

Delta Air Lines gets 22,000 applications for flight attendant jobs
Full Article Tulsa World
22 Dec 2012

Delta Air Lines Inc. received 22,000 applications for about 300 flight attendant jobs in the first week after posting the positions outside the company. The applications arrived at a rate of two per minute, CEO Richard Anderson told workers Friday in a weekly recorded message. Applicants will be interviewed in January, and those hired will begin...
An Alaska Airlines plane takes off above a Delta Air Lines 747-400 airplane, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren

Demand from IT and manufacturing sector employees to drive Pune real estate in 2013: JLL India
Full Article The Times of India
22 Dec 2012

MUMBAI: Pune's residential real estate segment will see stronger demand in 2013 from IT/ITeS and manufacturing sector employees, Mumbai-based investors and NRIs looking to invest in...
Buildings-newly constructed buildings-property-real estate-India.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

Obama Urges Congress to Craft a Minimal 'Cliff' Deal
Full Article STL Today
22 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON”• President Barack Obama, calling himself a “hopeless optimist,” said Friday that he still believes that Congress can pass a deal to avert the approaching “fiscal cliff,” and he urged both parties to craft at least a minimal package that he can sign into law before Jan. 1. Appearing in the White House briefing room after a day of...
President Barack Obama calls a Member of Congress to discuss health care reform in the Oval Office, March 19, 2010. 
photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC

Let your fingers do the last-minute Christmas shopping through the classified ads
Full Article Tampabay.com
22 Dec 2012

Patti EwaldTampa Bay Times In Print: Saturday, December 22, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters...
Christmas bazaar and shopping expo programs and presentation
photo: WN / James

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 /

Primary results of Egypt referendum announced
Primary results of Egypt referendum announced
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  • Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Egyptians have cast their ballots in the first round of a referendum on their country's new constitution. This as preliminary results show that a majority of the voters are in favor of the draft charter. Press TV's Karim Gamal el-Deen reports from Cairo. Follow our Facebook on: www.facebook.com Follow our Twitter on: twitter.com Follow our Tumblr on: presstvchannel.tumblr.com
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French envoy to UN discusses Mali conflict
French envoy to UN discusses Mali conflict
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  • Updated: 21 Dec 2012
The UN Security Council has unanimously approved plans for an African-led military intervention in Mali aimed at reunifying the embattled North African state. The resolution, approved in New York on Thursday afternoon, calls for political reconciliation, elections and the training of the country's security forces before any operation is launched to reclaim Mali's northern areas. Geraud Araud, the French Ambassador to the United Nations, talks to Al Jazeera about the conflict in Mali.
http://wn.com/French_envoy_to_UN_discusses_Mali_conflict

US fiscal cliff
US fiscal cliff
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  • Updated: 21 Dec 2012
US President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner dueled over the fiscal cliff, and despite narrowing differences remained stubbornly at odds over how to avoid looming tax hikes and spending cuts, known as the "fiscal cliff" .VIDEOGRAPHIC
  • published: 20 Dec 2012
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  • author: AFP
http://wn.com/US_fiscal_cliff

UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
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  • Updated: 22 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
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  • author: AFP
http://wn.com/UN_Security_Council_approves_Mali_intervention_force

US guns & cash keep Yemen leaders silent as trade choke point at stake
US guns & cash keep Yemen leaders silent as trade choke point at stake
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  • Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Yemen's US-backed president has assumed control of the country's ballistic missile arsenal, after purging the military of rivals to his leadership. It was feared that the army would refuse to go along with the move, ushering in more turmoil in a country caught between uprisings, drone strikes, and al-Qaeda. Gayane Chichakyan now on what's at stake in Yemen. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 21 Dec 2012
  • views: 3213
  • author: RussiaToday
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President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement
President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement
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  • Updated: 22 Dec 2012
In the aftermath of a deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Conn., President Obama addresses the nation on gun control and also talks about ongoing fiscal negotiations. Please visit nyti.ms in order to embed this video Watch more videos at nytimes.com Follow on Twitter: twitter.com
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South Korea elects first female president
South Korea elects first female president
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  • Updated: 22 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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Repercussions continue after Benghazi attack
Repercussions continue after Benghazi attack
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  • Updated: 20 Dec 2012
www.euronews.com The political repercussions are continuing after the deadly assault on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi last September. A senior US security official has now quit and three others have been suspended after a report criticised how the crisis was handled. Certain state department offices were highlighted for their lack of co-operation. Admiral Mike Mullen worked on the report. He told reporters: "We did conclude that certain State Department bureau level senior officials in critical positions of authority in Washington demonstrated a lack of leadership and management ability appropriate for senior ranks in their responses to security concerns posed by the special missions." The report blamed "grossly inadequate" security for the attack, which led to the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stephens along with three other US officials. Initially attributed to an anti-Islamic film, intelligence later linked the attack to al-Qaeda affiliates. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 20 Dec 2012
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  • author: Euronews
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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: 23 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: 1220216
  • author: ABCNews
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UN says Syria conflict is 'overtly sectarian'
UN says Syria conflict is 'overtly sectarian'
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  • Updated: 22 Dec 2012
The Syrian crisis may have begun simply as a battle to push President Assad out - but the two sides are increasingly split along sectarian lines. That is the assessment from UN investigators, who say fighters from around the world are arriving in Syria to take up arms for both sides. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports.
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UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging
UBS fined $1.5b for Libor rigging
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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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Obama Linked to Benghazi Attack
Obama Linked to Benghazi Attack
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Obama 'Actively' Supports Assault Weapons Ban
Obama 'Actively' Supports Assault Weapons Ban
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The White House says President Barack Obama is "actively supportive" of efforts on Capitol Hill to reinstate an assault weapons ban. Obama has long backed the ban, but has failed to push for it throughout his first term. (Dec. 18)
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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: 22 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: 1218305
  • author: ABCNews
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Voting closes on Egypt's draft constitution
Voting closes on Egypt's draft constitution
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Results are beginning to trickle in for Egypt's controversial referendum, and early signs are that the "yes" vote will win. That would mean the draft constitution, which has caused weeks of violent protest, will be become law. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Giza.
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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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U.N. OKs offensive to oust extremists in Mali
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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.
photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou

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