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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...

A passenger takes a photograph of the screen showing canceled flights on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, during a 24-hour general strike at the Athens International Airport. Air, rail and ferry traffic, ground to a halt in Greece
ATHENS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- One out of two Greeks of working age seek job abroad due to the debt crisis which has hit Greece hard over the past three years, according to a survey on employment trends which was released in Athens this week. Some 49...
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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a lecture on European economic situation during a seminar in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
ROME — After weeks of speculation, Italy’s caretaker prime minister, Mario Monti, said Sunday that he would not run as a candidate in national elections that are expected in February but was open to leading the government if parties that...
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 file photo, Syrians walk past damaged homes during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria.
More than 60 people were killed in a regime air strike on a bakery in a rebel-held town on Sunday, monitors said, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi launched a new bid to resolve Syria’s brutal 21-month conflict. In one of the deadliest incidents of the...
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India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup cricket match against Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 16, 2012.
NEW DELHI: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who was struggling with his poor form, on Sunday decided to...
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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...
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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....
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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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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 22 Dec 2012
6:29
Delhi gang-rape: Protests spread 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 23 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
1:02
Mali's Islamist backlash over UN military approval
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 22 Dec 2012; published 09 Nov 2012
7:00
Everything You Need to Know About the 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 22 Dec 2012; published 20 Oct 2012
41:02
Know The TRUTH ~ Step By Step ~ Bret Baier's ~ 'Death and Deceit in Benghazi'
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 19 Dec 2012
1:01
UN requests 1.1 billion euros aid for Syria refugees
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...