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Govt air strike on Syria bakery kills 'more than 60'
Full Article Zeenews
24 Dec 2012

Zeenews Bureau Moscow: A deadly air strike by Syrian government on a bakery in Halfaya of Syria’s Hama on Monday killed more than 60, even as international envoy Lakhdar Barhimi is in the country to negotiate the solutions to the ongoing civil war. "Dozens of people were killed in an air strike on Halfaya," Lebanon's Naharnet said citing the...
In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, an elderly Syrian man smokes a cigarette while standing next to a residential building destroyed in a government airstrike, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen

updated 24 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
1:57
Activists: At least 90 killed in air strike on Syria bakery
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
2:19
Syria Airstrike: Deadly Air Strike On Civilian Bakery. Many Killed Injured. SEE THE BODIES. Doc, 23
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
1:06
DEAD CIVILIANS as REGIME AIR-STRIKE hits bakery in Syria [WW3 in ACTION]
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
1:57
Syrian Airstrike: At least 90 killed in air strike on Syria bakery.
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
11:27
Syria pt5 MIG MASS MURDER of Bakery Breadline in Halfaya 12-23-12
updated 23 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
1:57
Syria violence- At least 90 dead in air strike on Hama province bakery
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 22 Dec 2012; published 13 Apr 2012
3:22
North Korean Missile Launch Fails, Believed to Have Crashed Into Sea
updated 22 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 15 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
1:24
News on Video: Syrian Jets pounding the Rebels
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
4:32
'UN ridiculous, cover for US hypocrisy as force for democracy'
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 04 Dec 2012
0:25
MB constitution دستور مصر: إخواني إن شاء الله
updated 23 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
10:02
Backed by US, Muslim Brotherhood Tries to Reproduce Mubarak Regime
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 23 Dec 2012; published 12 Nov 2009
251:20
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
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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 22 Dec 2012; published 07 Oct 2012
99:57
Diplomats, Historians, College Administrators, Politicians, Defense Attorneys (1950s Interviews)
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 23 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
12:23
rep. john boehner Fiscal Cliff Lie Fail - Ed Show - November 30, 2012
updated 23 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 22 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 24 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
15:38
UN Approves Intervention in Mali
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

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An unwavering National Rifle Association said Sunday that new gun regulations would not make children safer and that a White House task force on gun violence may try to undermine the Second Amendment. The organization blasted "a media machine" that...
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updated 24 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
1:57
Activists: At least 90 killed in air strike on Syria bakery
Zeenews 24 Dec 2012, Zeenews Bureau Moscow: A deadly air strike by Syrian government on a bakery in Halfaya of Syria’s Hama on Monday killed more than 60, even as international envoy Lakhdar Barhimi is in the country to negotiate the solutions to the ongoing civil war. "Dozens of people were killed in an air strike on Halfaya," Lebanon's Naharnet said citing the...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
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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 23 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
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Inside Syria - How real is Syria's chemical weapons threat?
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updated 18 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
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Primary results of Egypt referendum announced
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updated 23 Dec 2012; published 22 Dec 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
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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
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President Obama Delivers Gun Control Statement
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updated 23 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
2:20
BREAKING: Park Geun-hye Becomes First Female President of South Korea
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updated 21 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
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Benghazi attack report slams US State Department
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updated 24 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
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