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After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married. The couple from Redlands, an inland California city halfway between Los Angeles...
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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...

Japan's newly-named Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe smiles as he waves at the media upon his arrival at the prime minister's official residence following his election at Parliament in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.
December 26, 2012 -- Updated 0855 GMT (1655 HKT) (CNN) -- The Japanese parliament elected Shinzo Abe as prime minister Wednesday, giving him a second chance at the same job five years after he resigned abruptly. Abe, 58, is the nation's seventh prime...
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Aviva is a 68 metres (223 ft) length motor yacht, currently the 80th longest motor yacht in the world.
Steve Jobs was controversial in life, and now his high-tech mega-yacht is associated with a controversy long after his death. The former Apple CEO's ship was impounded in Amsterdam in the middle of a financial battle over a disputed bill. Phillippe...
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen are seen during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Rasmussen is in Turkey for talk with Turkish leaders.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has given approval for Israel to participate in non-military NATO activities in 2013, withdrawing an earlier objection driven by an ongoing dispute between the former regional allies, a Turkish official said on Monday....
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Syrian citizens pass by a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, on Monday March 21, 2011.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012, 7:31 am Press Release: United Nations Syria: UN-Arab League Envoy Holds Talks on Crisis with President Bashar Al-Assad New York, Dec 24 2012 11:00AM The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of...
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Afghan and NATO forces secure the entrance of the police headquarters after a Taliban suicide attack killed the police chief of southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Khan Mohammad Mujahid and his two bodyguards, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday April 15, 2011
KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan woman wearing a police uniform shot dead on Monday a civilian contractor working for Western forces in the police chief's compound in Kabul, NATO said. The incident is likely to raise troubling questions about the...
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In this photo taken Sunday, April 15, 2012, what appears to be a new missile is carried during a mass military parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung.
North Korea's rocket...
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An Indian protester is chased by a police officer during a protest in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
Angry protests escalated into violence in India's capital on Sunday, after thousands of people gathered to demand justice for the victim of a recent gang rape in New Delhi and improved safety for women. Protesters flocked to the India Gate monument...
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updated 26 Dec 2012; published 26 Dec 2012
2:32
News Wrap: In Egypt, Draft Constitution Passes in Referendum
The Salt Lake Tribune 26 Dec 2012, Cairo • The official approval of Egypt’s disputed, Islamist-backed constitution Tuesday held out little hope of stabilizing the country after two years of turmoil and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi may now face a more immediate crisis with the economy falling deeper into distress. In a clear sign of anxiety over the economy, the turbulence of...

updated 24 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
1:14
Gulf summit: Middle East foreign ministers gather in Bahrain to discuss regional issues. News
Al Jazeera 26 Dec 2012, The six Gulf states have sharpened their tone against their neighbour Iran, demanding an immediate halt to its "interference" in their internal affairs while urging action to halt mass killings and violations of international law in Syria. Concluding a two-day summit in Manama, the Gulf Cooperation Council members voiced support for Bahrain while...

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
1:33
Benedict XVI: Peace and reconciliation in the Middle East.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 25 Dec 2012, ROME -- Speaking from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI called on Tuesday for religious freedom in China and peace for the "defenseless" in Syria in his annual Christmas message. "May peace spring up for the people of Syria, deeply wounded and divided by a conflict which does not spare even the defenseless and reaps...

updated 25 Dec 2012; published 25 Dec 2012
1:05
Myanmar Air Bagan plane crash-lands on Myanmar road Killing 2 Injuring 11
BBC News 25 Dec 2012, Two people, including a young child, have been killed and another 11 injured during an emergency landing in Burma, officials say. The Air Bagan plane was carrying more than 60 passengers, many of whom were foreign...

updated 26 Dec 2012; published 25 Dec 2012
1:07
Raw: Midnight Mass at the Vatican
Canberra Times 25 Dec 2012, DPA Pope Benedict XVI has prayed for peace in the Middle East and warned against religious fundamentalism as he celebrated a traditional Christmas Eve mass for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. Thousands of people flocked to the Vatican Basilica in St Peter's Square for the two-hour service which was also broadcast worldwide. Holding a golden...

updated 25 Dec 2012; published 22 Dec 2012
3:58
Delhi gang-rape: water cannons, lathicharge as protests intensify
Skynews 25 Dec 2012, An Indian policeman who was injured in clashes during a protest over a gang-rape in New Delhi has died. The 47-year-old police constable, Subash Tomar, was deployed at the India Gate monument on Sunday to control the protests....

updated 25 Dec 2012; published 25 Dec 2012
1:29
Tourists celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem with tatoos and music
Stuff 25 Dec 2012, Thousands of Christians from the world over have packed Manger Square in Bethlehem to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born. For their Palestinian hosts, this holiday season was an especially joyous one, with the hardships of the Israeli occupation that so often clouded previous Christmas Eve celebrations...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 17 Mar 2007
6:45
ABC television interview with Hugo Chavez
The Star 24 Dec 2012, CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has "improved slightly" after a cancer operation in Cuba, the information minister said on Monday, amid doubts over whether the former soldier is in good enough health to continue governing. A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a picture of him, as she...

updated 26 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
0:59
Afghan Policewoman Kills US Adviser in Kabul
my SA 24 Dec 2012, KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies, senior Afghan officials said. The woman, identified as Afghan police Sgt. Nargas, had entered a strategic compound in the...

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 24 Aug 2009
4:14
Liberation Theology
WorldNews.com 24 Dec 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. A deadly silence immediately followed after a bullet penetrated the calf's skull. Against my wishes, Vic had decided against either amputating its leg or contacting a veterinarian-something he reasoned would have been too expensive. The unfortunate calf had slid down into a ravine where its hind leg,...

updated 25 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
1:30
Egypt's Coptic Christians decry new constitution
The Siasat Daily 24 Dec 2012, Egypt, December 23: Egypt's main opposition bloc named " the National Salvation Front" said in a press conference Sunday that it would appeal the result of the constitutional referendum that initially showed approval of the draft constitution, claiming that it was based on fraud. The front's statement, read by communist politician Abdel- Ghaffar...

updated 25 Dec 2012; published 22 Dec 2012
3:58
Delhi gang-rape: water cannons, lathicharge as protests intensify
BBC News 24 Dec 2012, Indian PM Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm in the capital, Delhi, following violent protests over the gang rape of a woman. Mr Singh said his government would "make all possible efforts to ensure security and safety to all women". More than 100 people were hurt in clashes at the weekend - police say at least 70 officers were injured....

updated 26 Dec 2012; published 23 Dec 2012
3:41
18+ Syria - Assad MIG Mass Murder of Bakery Bread Line in Halfaya 12-23-12 - part1
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 26 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...