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North Korea rocket launch was 'missile test'
Full Article Al Jazeera
23 Dec 2012

North Korea's launching of a rocket into space last week amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-ton payload over 10,000km, the South Korean defence ministry says. "Based on our analysis and simulation, the missile is capable of flying more than 10,000km with a warhead of 500-600kg," a defence ministry official told...
In this released by the South Korean Defense Ministry on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, taken at unknown location in South Korea, an investigator examines a piece of debris from a rocket launched on Dec. 12, 2012, by North Korea, which was found by the South Korean navy in the Yellow Sea, off Gunsan, South Korea.
photo: AP

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 16 Nov 2012
2:50
North Korean working on missiles - North Korea tests rocket motors
updated 12 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
5:55
LONG RANGE ROCKET LAUNCH succesfully Places SATELLITE in ORBIT North KOREA BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST?
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 13 Apr 2012
3:57
Rocket Row: Failed North Korea launch triggers tough talk
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
4:35
SUCCESS North Korea Fires Rocket Launch Long-Range Missile Fired in Defiance | Armageddon ?
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 13 Apr 2012
3:22
North Korean Missile Launch Fails, Believed to Have Crashed Into Sea
updated 18 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
4:35
North Korea launches Missile,,Japan and South Korea on Alert!
Syria's chemical weapons safe for now: Russia
Full Article Newstrack India
23 Dec 2012

Tweet Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chemical weapons in Syria are under the control of the government, which has consolidated them in one or two locations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "As of right now, the (Syrian) government is doing all it can to safeguard those weapons," he said. "We are following all leads concerning...
In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during fighting with the Syrian Army in Azaz, Syria.
photo: AP / Virginie Nguyen Huang

updated 06 Dec 2012; published 05 Dec 2012
4:44
Syria has no plans to use chemical weapons -- Lavrov
updated 18 Dec 2012; published 21 Aug 2012
2:38
Obama Warns Syria's Assad Chemical Weapons A 'RED Line'
updated 22 Aug 2012; published 22 Aug 2012
3:48
West's chemical weapons talk just pretext for intervention - Syrian Deputy PM Jamil . . .
updated 22 Jul 2012; published 18 Jul 2012
1:22
Syrian regime is 'stockpiling' chemical weapons
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
6:59
SYRIAN GIRL: Turkey Syria BORDER Attack FALSE FLAG Planned in Advance by NATO!
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
1:24
News on Video: Syrian Jets pounding the Rebels
Muslim Brotherhood: Egyptians Approve New Constitution
Full Article Voa News
23 Dec 2012

Egypt's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood says voters have approved the country's new controversial constitution. The Brotherhood said about 64 percent of the voters cast a...
Egyptian election workers count ballots at the end of the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of president Mohammed Morsi at a polling station in Giza, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
8:01
Constitutional Vote Polarizes Egypt
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 16 Dec 2012
2:10
Egypt votes on draft constitution
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 16 Dec 2012
14:15
Divided Egypt votes in referendum on constitution - NewsX
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
10:02
Backed by US, Muslim Brotherhood Tries to Reproduce Mubarak Regime
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
0:25
MB constitution دستور مصر: إخواني إن شاء الله
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
2:10
Egypt prepares for referendum vote on draft constitution
India govt to probe gang-rape, enhance punishment
Full Article Khaleej Times
23 Dec 2012

A commission will be set up to probe the gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi and measures to ensure such crimes do not recur while laws will be amended to enhance punishment for rape, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said . He also appealed the thousands of protesters on the capital’s streets, demanding justice for the...
Indian police officers baton charge protesters near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 12 Nov 2009
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Die 5 Biologischen Naturgesetze - Die Dokumentation
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 30 Jun 2012
88:54
Trafficking of Children in the United States: Documentary Film
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 05 May 2012
64:10
State of the Union Address: Speech by President Clinton (1996)
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 27 Sep 2012
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The Great Gildersleeve: Gildy the Executive / Substitute Secretary / Gildy Tries to Fire Bessie
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 11 Sep 2012
74:55
Words at War: Ten Escape From Tojo / What To Do With Germany / Battles: Pearl Harbor To Coral Sea
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 02 Dec 2012
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Screen Guild Theater: The Lost Weekend / History Is Made at Night / Suspicion
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

updated 08 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
1:02
Egypt judges to boycott Mursi's constitution referendum
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
1:01
Mursi enhances military powers ahead of Egypt constitutional referendum
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
1:25
Egypt faces snap referendum as anti-Mursi protests continue
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
1:18
Mursi referendum: Egyptians overseas start voting
updated 07 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
1:02
Egypt judges to boycott Mursi's constitution referendum - IndepthAfrica
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 16 Dec 2012
14:15
Divided Egypt votes in referendum on constitution - NewsX
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

updated 25 May 2012; published 21 Oct 2009
5:25
Naxal Maoists launched biggest offensive in India
updated 09 Dec 2011; published 17 Nov 2008
3:29
Pakistan Cracks Down on Extremists
updated 19 Jan 2012; published 31 Oct 2011
3:45
Somalia Famine Refugees Joined by Others Fleeing Insecurity
updated 06 Apr 2012; published 30 Jun 2008
2:08
Pakistani offensive forces Taliban to flee Peshawar
updated 14 Nov 2012; published 20 Jul 2009
23:36
The Disease Spreads - Pakistan
updated 09 Sep 2012; published 30 May 2010
5:23
Pakistan Army - Honoring Martyrs of Operation Rah-e-Rast - Aye Rah-e-Haq Ke Shaheedo
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

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
2:41
'Plan B' Pulled, Boehner Rebuffed by Hhis Own Party in Fiscal Cliff Vote
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 16 Dec 2012
1:21
Boehner Proposes Millionaire Tax Hike to Avoid Fiscal Cliff
updated 18 Dec 2012; published 01 Dec 2012
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rep. john boehner Fiscal Cliff Lie Fail - Ed Show - November 30, 2012
updated 21 Dec 2012; published 18 Dec 2012
2:05
Boehner Pushes Ahead with GOP 'Plan B' on Fiscal Cliff
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 20 Dec 2012
1:03
Boehner- White House has 'done nothing' on fiscal cliff
updated 11 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
8:20
Barack Obama Talks Fiscal Cliff Slams "Right-to-Work" in Michigan
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

updated 26 Oct 2012; published 12 Oct 2012
2:41
UN to vote on Mali military intervention
updated 14 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
0:47
Thousands join Mali march calling for intervention
updated 21 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
6:41
French envoy to UN discusses Mali conflict
updated 25 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
2:03
UN resolution paves way for military intervention in Mali - IndepthAfrica
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
2:41
UN to vote on international military intervention in Mali
updated 21 Dec 2012; published 11 Nov 2012
3:16
Strategy Session To Help Mali Being Held In Nigeria
Yemen's president shakes up the army
Full Article Al Jazeera
20 Dec 2012

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

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

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

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
1:15
Biden To Lead White House's Gun-Control Effort
updated 21 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:50
Joe Biden Leads Gun Control Policy - Biden to head gun policies after Newtown Sandy Hook shooting
updated 23 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
36:25
President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
4:15
Obama Asks Biden to Lead Gun Proposal Effort
updated 14 Sep 2012; published 28 Jan 2011
19:46
Exclusive | Biden: Egypt's Mubarak an Ally, Not a Dictator, But People Have Right to Protest
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
0:58
Obama: Give Me Gun Proposals by January

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Linguistics professor Noam Chomsky has been America’s premier political dissident since the Vietnam War. As a vocal critic of US foreign policy, the self-described “libertarian...
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Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, has said he will release over a million more documents in the coming year that will affect "every country in the...
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Tucked away in thick forest, an exquisite site of Mayan ruins began hosting winter solstice ceremonies on Thursday as the region’s indigenous people marked the end of an era. Or...

An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Thursday Sept. 27, 2012 in Shanghai, China.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economies of China and the U.S. have become "interdependent and inseparable," a top Chinese official said Wednesday after high-level trade talks which were being watched for signs of how the two powers will cooperate after their...
photo: AP
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi swears in newly-appointed vice president, a former senior judge, Mahmoud Mekki, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012.
CAIRO - Egypt's state TV says Vice President Mahmoud Mekki has resigned. Mekki's Saturday resignation was announced with more than five hours to go of voting in the second and final phase of a referendum on a disputed, Islamist-backed constitution....
photo: AP / Egyptian Presidency
This picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L' Osservatore Romano, shows the Vatican courtroom where Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele is scheduled to appear, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2012.
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Red Bull driver Mark Webber, left, of Australia and his teammate Sebastian Vettel, right, of Germany perform with South Korean rapper PSY, centre, and his " Gangnam Style" dance before the Korean Formula One Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012.
Los Angeles. South Korean rapper Psy’s infectious viral hit song, “Gangnam Style,” made history on Friday as the first ever video on YouTube to reach 1 billion views, adding yet another record to the song’s juggernaut journey into mainstream...
photo: AP / Dita Alangkara
The Russia-EU Summit meeting.
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,...
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office
British Prime Minister David Cameron with troops during a visit to Forward Operating Base Price in Helmand Province, Afghanistan Thursday Dec. 20, 2012.
LONDON:Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday paid a pre-Christmas visit to British troops serving in Afghanistan, insisting that the "high price" paid by servicemen had been worthwhile, his office said....
photo: AP / Stefan Wermuth
A Peruvian shaman perform a ritual against the alleged 2012 apocalyptic Mayan prediction in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
This could be one of the last things you ever read if the ancient Mayan prediction that the world will come to an abrupt end turns out to be true. But rather than getting down in the dumps about Doomsday, revellers are being offered the chance to...
photo: AP / Martin Mejia
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
3:47
North Korea's rocket launches
Al Jazeera 23 Dec 2012, North Korea's launching of a rocket into space last week amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-ton payload over 10,000km, the South Korean defence ministry says. "Based on our analysis and simulation, the missile is capable of flying more than 10,000km with a warhead of 500-600kg," a defence ministry official told...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
24:56
Inside Syria - How real is Syria's chemical weapons threat?
Newstrack India 23 Dec 2012, Tweet Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chemical weapons in Syria are under the control of the government, which has consolidated them in one or two locations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "As of right now, the (Syrian) government is doing all it can to safeguard those weapons," he said. "We are following all leads concerning...

updated 18 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
2:36
Primary results of Egypt referendum announced
Voa News 23 Dec 2012, Egypt's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood says voters have approved the country's new controversial constitution. The Brotherhood said about 64 percent of the voters cast a...

updated 23 Dec 2012; published 18 Dec 2012
2:21
Delhi bus gang rape : protests and vigils across India
Khaleej Times 23 Dec 2012, A commission will be set up to probe the gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi and measures to ensure such crimes do not recur while laws will be amended to enhance punishment for rape, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said . He also appealed the thousands of protesters on the capital’s streets, demanding justice for the...

updated 18 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
2:36
Primary results of Egypt referendum announced
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...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
6:41
French envoy to UN discusses Mali conflict
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...

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 20 Dec 2012
1:16
US fiscal cliff
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...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
1:04
UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
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...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
4:21
US guns & cash keep Yemen leaders silent as trade choke point at stake
Al Jazeera 20 Dec 2012, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has announced the restructuring of the army and defence ministry, in a bid to remove allies of former head of state Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's state television reported. Hadi took a series of drastic decisions on Wednesday, including one scrapping the elite Republican Guard which was under the command...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
36:25
President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement
Sowetan Live 20 Dec 2012, Obama held a White House news conference on Wednesday to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an interagency effort to craft new gun policies. The group is expected to offer its proposals in January. “We know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply held passions and political divides,” Obama said. “But the fact that this problem is...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:32
South Korea elects first female president
The Wichita Eagle 20 Dec 2012, SEOUL, South KoreaPark Geun-hye's election as South Korea's first female president could mean a new drive to start talks with bitter rival North Korea, though it's unclear how much further she will go than the hard-line incumbent, a member of her own conservative party. After five years of high tension under unpopular President Lee...

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:04
Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
Reuters 20 Dec 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senior U.S. State Department officials were asked to resign after an official inquiry harshly criticized their offices for failing to provide adequate security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, before it came under attack in September, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of...

updated 23 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
6:09
Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
Detroit news 19 Dec 2012, By David Klepper and Katie Zezima Associated Press Comments Newtown, Conn. — For a third straight day Wednesday, funeral professions rolled through a grieving Connecticut town trying to make sense of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults in an elementary school less than two weeks before Christmas. Dr. Joseph Young, an optometrist,...

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 20 Dec 2012
2:11
UN says Syria conflict is 'overtly sectarian'
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...