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  • Rebels advance in Central African Republic...1:38
  • 'West lacks invasion power': Iran holds war drills in Strait of Hormuz...5:07
  • Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012...1:30
  • Benazir Bhutto's death 5th anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN...18:27
  • President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff...7:10
  • Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution...3:05
  • Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister. 27/12/2012...2:18
  • Spokesman: George HW Bush in Intensive Care...1:25
  • News : Nelson Mandela hospitalised...1:04
  • "Protest In Egypt Libya Iraq And Lebanon And Morocco And Sudan And Tunisia And Iran And Bangladesh...9:35
  • Idlib | Christian officer defects and joins FSA...1:02
  • Shinzo Abe new Japanese PM...1:14
  • Egypt constitution draft passes...0:56
Embattled Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, urged the United States and France to help push back rebel forces who have advanced towards the capital Bangui. The rebel coalition - known as Seleka - accuse the government of not compensating them according to the terms of a 2007 peace deal. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
Rebels ad­vance in Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic
1:38
'West lacks in­va­sion power': Iran holds war drills in Strait of Hor­muz
5:07
Dead­ly! SNOW­STORM rav­age NORTH­EAST US 17 Dead, Dec­truc­tion Dec.27,2012
1:30
Be­nazir Bhut­to's death 5th an­niver­sary Pak­istan Peo­ple's Party JAPAN
18:27
Pres­i­dent Obama Makes a State­ment on the Fis­cal Cliff
7:10
Vox Pop­uli: Egyp­tians to vote on Morsi's con­sti­tu­tion
3:05
Iraq: Sun­nis Con­tin­ue Protests Against Prime Min­is­ter. 27/12/2012
2:18
Spokesman: George HW Bush in In­ten­sive Care
1:25
Rebels ad­vance in Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic
1:38
News : Nel­son Man­dela hos­pi­talised
1:04
"Protest In Egypt Libya Iraq And Lebanon And Mo­roc­co And Sudan And Tunisia And Iran And Bangladesh
9:35
Idlib | Chris­tian of­fi­cer de­fects and joins FSA
1:02
Shin­zo Abe new Japanese PM
1:14
Egypt con­sti­tu­tion draft pass­es
0:56
Gulf sum­mit: Mid­dle East for­eign min­is­ters gath­er in Bahrain to dis­cuss re­gion­al is­sues
1:14




CAR seeks foreign help against rebels
Full Article Al Jazeera
28 Dec 2012

The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed...
In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, in Obo, Central African Republic, where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

Imperial Lockstep
Full Article CounterPunch
27 Dec 2012

Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves. Fuelled by 9/11 and inspired by material avarice, the...
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 2012.
photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives

Six dead as winter snowstorms pound US
Full Article Zeenews
27 Dec 2012

Washington: Six people, including two young children, were left dead in weather-related accidents, as winter snowstorms complicated travel for many Americans in the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday. Snow totals in parts of Indiana ranged from 6 to 12 inches, CNN reported. About 350 snowploughs were clearing roads throughout the city....
Winter snowstorms pound US
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

Pakistan marks fifth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto murder
Full Article BBC News
27 Dec 2012

Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province. The...
Supporters of Pakistan's slain leader Benazir Bhutto, stand beside her portrait after lighting earth lamps at a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of her death
photo: AP / K.M.Chaudary

Washington stirs for ‘fiscal cliff’ talks as Obama heads home
Full Article Khaleej Times
27 Dec 2012

Efforts to prevent the US economy from going over a ‘fiscal cliff’ stirred back to life on Wednesday with less than a week to go before potentially disastrous tax hikes and spending cuts kick in at the New Year. In a sign that there may be a way through deadlock in Congress, Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged the...
File - President Barack Obama returns to the White House following the Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Morsi Admits ‘Mistakes’ in Drafting Egypt’s Constitution
Full Article The New York Times
27 Dec 2012

CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt took responsibility on Wednesday for “mistakes” during the run-up to ratification of the new Constitution and urged Egyptians to appreciate the fierce disagreements about it as a “healthy phenomenon” of their new democracy. Times Topic: Egypt NewsRevolution and Aftermath...
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters during a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo

Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister
Full Article The New York Times
27 Dec 2012

Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a demonstration on Wednesday against Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite. The size of the protests in the Sunni stronghold of Anbar Province was an escalation in protests that erupted last week after troops detained the bodyguards...
Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route
photo: AP / Karim Kadim

George Bush senior in intensive care unit
Full Article The Guardian
27 Dec 2012

Former US president admitted to Houston hospital with family members remaining by his side, doctors say Former US president George HW Bush was on liquid-only diet after a fever that kept him in the hospital over Christmas got worse. Photograph: Max Nash/AP...
Official portrait of George H. W. Bush, former President of the United States of America.
photo: US DoD

UN on alert as CAR rebels advance
Full Article Al Jazeera
27 Dec 2012

The United Nations is pulling its non-essential staff from the Central African Republic, as rebels advance towards the capital Bangui. The US has also urged its citizens to leave the country, the AFP news agency reported, as France deployed a protection force around its embassy after it was attacked on Wednesday. Angry protesters carrying clubs...
File - Margaret Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), briefs the Security Council on the situation in that country, 6 June, 2012.
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine

Nelson Mandela released from hospital for treatment at home
Full Article Irish Times
27 Dec 2012

Former South African president Nelson Mandela was released from hospital yesterday. The anti-apartheid icon has been in hospital since December 8th being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said....
Nelson Mandela released from hospital for treatment at home
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

Bangladesh reels from political bickering
Full Article Al Jazeera
26 Dec 2012

- After a month of strikes and sometimes deadly street protests, Bangladesh's government is staring at an irreconcilable political deadlock. The opposition, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), says it will not "return from the streets" until the government restores the country's caretaker system for holding national parliamentary...
A Bangladeshi security vehicle patrols during a half day strike called by Islamic political parties in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
photo: AP / A.M. Ahad

Syria military police chief defects to rebels
Full Article The Guardian
26 Dec 2012

News of defection comes as activists say 20 people, including eight children, have been killed by shelling in north of country Assad’s forces are hitting back at a string of rebel advances across the country. Photograph: Abdalghne Karoof/REUTERS...
Free Syrian Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern town of Ariha, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Sunday, June 10, 2012.
photo: AP

Japan parliament picks Shinzo Abe as prime minister
Full Article CNN
26 Dec 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 minister in six years. He started the revolving door of prime ministers by resigning in 2007, just...
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.
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi

Egypt constitution passes, economic crunch looms
Full Article 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...
FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 file photo, an elderly Egyptian man shows his inked finger after casting his vote on the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Fayoum, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Cairo , Egypt.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra, File

Nikkei surged almost 23% in 2012
Full Article Independent online (SA)
28 Dec 2012

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 finished higher Friday, sending the benchmark index surging nearly 23 percent this year as Japan's new government pledges to turn around the...
Passers-by are reflected on the electronic board of a securities firm flashing world stock prices in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 13, 2009
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi

'Bale is one of the best in the world,' says Tottenham team-mate Sandro
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

The Spurs winger recently bagged his first Premier League hat-trick during the 4-0 win over Aston Villa and says it is a shame the Welshman was not born in...
Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring against Queens Park Rangers during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane stadium, London, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011.
photo: AP / Tom Hevezi

Manchester United - West Brom Betting Preview: Hosts to dispatch the Baggies with ease
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

Steve Clarke's men could be in for a tough time against United and Jamie Dickenson thinks the Red Devils will enjoy an easier afternoon than they did against Newcastle By Jamie Dickenson More On : Man Utd., West Bromwich Albion...
 Jose Mourinho´s right-hand man Steve Clarke believes the best is yet to come from Chelsea.
photo: WN

Why the wonderkid who was Alexandre Pato failed to become a superstar
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

The Brazil forward had the world at his feet after arriving at San Siro in 2007 but the Rossoneri are now set to cut their losses on a player who has been ravaged by injuries By Mark Doyle More On : AC Milan, Corinthians, Alexandre Pato...
AC Milan Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato
photo: AP / /Emilio Andreoli

Iniesta: Barcelona's cycle of winning can go on for several years
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

The midfielder has warned that the Blaugrana will not become a diminished force any time soon, and commented on the shock news on Tito Vilanova and his Ballon d'Or chances By Joe Wright More On : FC Barcelona, Andrés Iniesta Luján...
Barcelona's Andres Iniesta celebrates after scoring a goal against Levante during their la liga soccer match at the Ciutat Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.
photo: AP / Alberto Saiz

QPR - Liverpool Preview: Harry Redknapp looks for second league win as visitors aim for Europe
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

The Reds travel to Loftus Road aiming to add some much-needed consistency to recent results, while the hosts are in desperate need of points to take them off bottom spot By Alex Hess More On : Liverpool, QPR, QPR vs Liverpool...
Tottenham's manager Harry Redknapp celebrates after his team's 4-1 win over Bolton in their English Premier League soccer match at The Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England, Wednesday, May 2, 2012.
photo: AP / Jon Super

Vidic knee injury forces Manchester United to take safety-first approach
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

The club captain complained of soreness after he made his first start since September against Swansea last week and missed the dramatic Boxing Day win over Newcastle...
Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic celebrates scoring against Benfica during their Group F Champions League soccer match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Wednesday Dec. 6, 2006
photo: AP / Steven Governo

AC Milan prepare Balotelli bid as Pato & Robinho near San Siro exit
Full Article Goal
28 Dec 2012

The Manchester City striker has indicated to his representatives that he is ready to leave the Etihad Stadium, with the Italian giants finalising their plan to recruit the...
City's Mario Balotelli reacts during the Champions League Group D soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Dortmund defeated Manchester with 1-0.
photo: AP / Martin Meissner

Shakira gives birth to baby boy
Full Article Newstrack India
28 Dec 2012

Tweet Washington, December 28 (ANI): Shakira and her boyfriend Gerard Pique, who met on the set of the video for the South Africa World Cup theme song 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)', welcomed a baby boy just two days after Christmas. The 25-year-old Spanish footballer announced the happy news in a tweet to his 4.7 million...
Shakira performing at Y100's Jingle Ball 2009 at the Bank Atlantic Center Sunrise, Florida - 12.12.09
photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert

Miley Cyrus fuels wedding rumours
Full Article Stuff
27 Dec 2012

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have sparked rumours they wed over the Christmas holidays. The couple got engaged in June after meeting on the set of romantic movie The Last Song in 2009. Over the holidays, the former Hannah Montana star used photo sharing site Instagram to post a picture of her and Hemsworth posing in front...
Miley Cyrus at 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards, 29th June.
photo: Creative Commons / Jeff Denberg

Jessica Simpson Weight Watchers 360 holiday weight loss
Full Article The Examiner
27 Dec 2012

Bombshell blonde “Dukes of Hazzard” starlet and song artist, Jessica Simpson announced baby number two on the nest, but in the meantime while she is taking care of baby number one she is telling women of American how she lost the baby weight post-pregnancy. Jessica Simpson...
Jessica Simpson 8
photo: Creative Commons / John VanderHaagen

Britney Spears reportedly fired from 'X Factor'
Full Article The Examiner
27 Dec 2012

Apparently Britney Spears didn't offer the "X Factor" enough mama drama to be asked to come back as a high profile celebrity judge for next season's "X-Factor", according to a Thursday report in US Magazine. Britney reportedly lacked the enthusiasm the "X Factor" producers were looking for. Along with star power, the producers...
U.S. pop star Britney Spears performs during the final night of the "Festival di Sanremo", in San Remo, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2002. Britney Spears is one of the international guest stars attending the San Remo's Italian songs contest
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini

Kevin Federlin's brother claims to have fathered Britney's oldest son
Full Article Indian Express
27 Dec 2012

Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline's brother Christopher has reportedly said in court papers that he is the biological father of the singer's eldest son. Christopher filed for a temporary restraining order against...
Entertainer Britney Spears' son Sean Preston(ss2)
photo: (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) / AP

Blake Shelton Was Glad He Got One More Christmas With His Dad
Full Article Starpulse
26 Dec 2012

Country star Blake Shelton will have a heavy heart as he celebrates Christmas this year - because it will be his first without his beloved father Dick, who died in January. The Honey Bee singer...
Blake Shelton performs during the H2O Tour 2 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL September 10, 2011
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Taylor Swift 'most charitable star of 2012'
Full Article Newstrack India
26 Dec 2012

Tweet Washington, Dec. 26 (ANI): Taylor Swift beat Miley Cyrus to become the most charitable star of 2012. Moving all the way up from last year's 20th spot, the 23-year-old singer was recognized by DoSomething.org for her 4-million-dollar donation to the Country Hall of...
Singer Taylor Swift performs at Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 presented by Aeropostale at Madison Square Garden on Friday Dec. 7, 2012 in New York.
photo: AP / Evan Agostini/Invision

Sarah Geronimo as judge on 'It's Showtime'
Full Article The Examiner
25 Dec 2012

It would be a great experience not only for the "Concert Queen" Sarah Geronimo but for her worldwide fans as well. A few months ago, the official Twitter account of It's Showtime encouraged its followers in the micro-blogging site to re-tweet its invitation to Sarah Geronimo. Actually, it was...
Sarah Geronimo
photo: WN

Marion Cotillard to be nominated for “Best Actress” for her performance in “Rust and Bone”
Full Article IMDb
27 Dec 2012

Our friend and one of our favorite actress, Marion Cotillard, is on her way to be nominated for “Best Actress” for her performance in “Rust and Bone.”...
Marion Cotillard
photo: AP /

DiCaprio regrets not working more after Titanic
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
27 Dec 2012

Leonardo DiCaprio regrets taking a break from acting after the success of Titanic. The 38-year-old Oscar winner began starring in commercials as a child and by the mid-Nineties was the toast of...
Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the British Academy Film Awards in London, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005.
photo: AP / John D McHugh

David Hasselhoff just wants to perform for us
Full Article Kansas City Star
27 Dec 2012

David Hasselhoff still feels a connection with the younger generation, even though his popular TV seriesBaywatch” has been off the air for more than a decade. “When Justin Bieber comes up and goes, ‘Hoff!’ and then Selena Gomez says, ‘It’s so weird he loves you,’ it’s great. It just...
David Hasselhoff
photo: Creative Commons / Flickr upload bot

Third time's the charm? Kate Winslet marries Ned Rocknroll in private ceremony
Full Article Syracuse
27 Dec 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — Kate Winslet has tied the knot again. The Oscar-winning actress wed Ned Rocknroll in New York earlier this...
Kate Winslet Palm Film Festival 2
photo: Creative Commons / Maggie

Grey's Anatomy actor Dempsey wants to buy Tully's
Full Article Business Journal
27 Dec 2012

Patrick Dempsey, the actor who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd in the TV show "Grey's Anatomy," wants to buy struggling Seattle coffee chain Tully's Coffee Corp. The Seattle Times reports Dempsey is leading a group of investors that wants to buy Tully's, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. Dempsey's bid would compete with other...
Patrick Dempsey
photo: GNU /

Katrina most ideal wife for Salman: Survey
Full Article Newstrack India
25 Dec 2012

Tweet New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Actress Katrina Kaif has topped the list of perfect matches for Bollywood's famous bachelor, and her former beau, Salman Khan, according to a survey by a matrimonial site. The survey by shaadi.com covered 21,000 respondents, and 69.84 percent believed that Katrina, 28, would make an ideal wife for Salman, 47....
Indian Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif
photo: AP / Ajit Solanki

Haven’t given up films, but I’m in no hurry: Karisma
Full Article The Times of India
25 Dec 2012

Karisma Kapur lived in Delhi after her wedding to the capital's Sunjay Kapur, but is now based in Mumbai. Rumours of trouble in the marriage had been circulating for many years, even before the couple had...
 Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor, left, and her husband Sunjay Kapur look on during a polo match in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005. Kapoor and Kapur have patched up their problems, and have moved back to Sunjay Kapurs home in New Delhi. (AP Phot
photo: AP photo

Actor Jack Klugman dead at 90
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
25 Dec 2012

LOS ANGELES: Jack Klugman, the television star who portrayed a slovenly sportswriter on "The Odd Couple" and a tough medical examiner on "Quincy, ME," has died. He was 90. Klugman's attorney Larry Larson said the actor died peacefully at his home in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles with Peggy, his wife of nearly five years, at his...
Actor Jack Klugman presents the legend award on stage at the TV Land Awards on Sunday June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif.
photo: AP / Kevork Djansezian

SeaWorld plans IPO but offers few details
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
27 Dec 2012

There is something fishy about this IPO. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. and its killer whales are going public, filing for an initial public offering that could raise $100 million. The theme park company, famous for using the orca Shamu as a performer, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it hopes to trade under the ticker...
orca at SeaWorld.
photo: other photo / neuro

Prosecco sales double in a year as financial squeeze takes fizz out of champagne sales
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
27 Dec 2012

Britain’s recession hit drinkers have been forced to turn to the Italian sparkling wine Prosecco to put the fizz back into Christmas as sales of champagne fell flat. Prosecco was the original wine used in the Bellini cocktail, sparkling wine and peach purée Photo: ALAMY By Richard Alleyne...
Prosecco -Alcohol
photo: GFDL / Wildfeuer

Give flexibility to states in implementation of schemes: Hooda
Full Article Zeenews
27 Dec 2012

New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday urged the Centre to allow flexibility to states in implementation of centrally-sponsored schemes. Speaking at the National Development Council meeting here today, Hooda asked the Planning Commission to drop the "arbitrary" distinction of expenditure as Plan and Non-Plan and instead...
Bhupinder Singh Hooda - India- politics
photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.

Samsung could be fined billions over Apple ban
Full Article Taipei Times
27 Dec 2012

Samsung Electronics Co could face fines running to billions of US dollars from the European Commission (EC) over its attempts to use its “standard-essential” patents (SEPs) on 3G to ban sales of Apple Inc’s iPhone and iPad in Europe. The Google-owned smartphone company Motorola Mobility may face similar penalties over its attempts to ban sales of...
Samsung Electronics store
photo: WN / RTayco

India to approve IKEA bid to set up shop: official
Full Article Taipei Times
27 Dec 2012

India is on track to approve a bid by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open its trademark blue-and-yellow stores in the country as it seeks big new markets for its flat-pack products, a minister said. Last month the Foreign Investment Promotion Board rejected 15 of IKEA’s 30 product lines,...
Ikea
photo: Creative Commons / sun dazed

Cold New Year forecast for North-West
Full Article The Hindu
27 Dec 2012

Nights are forecast to get progressively colder for North-West India in the run-up to the dawn of the New Year, 2013. This will happen as rains heralded by an intervening western disturbance dry up and cold Arctic air blows into the region. DENSE FOG Meanwhile, dense to very dense fog hung over parts of east and North-West regions until morning on...
BLabourers attend a ceremony After re-opened Zojila Pass, 108 kilometers (68 miles) north of Srinagar, on May  02, 2011. The Srinagar-Leh National Highway connecting Ladakh to the Kashmir Valley was re-opened to traffic after a six-month winter closure. The highway passes through the 3,510 meter-high Zojila pass which lies on the lower depressions of the Himalayan range.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Pawar for greater private sector role in farming
Full Article The Hindu
27 Dec 2012

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has called for a greater role for private sector in agriculture during the 12th Plan (2012-17) period to sustain the high growth in foodgrain production. “The public-private partnership (PPP) model in agriculture should be explored on a wider and larger scale”, Pawar told the National Development...
The Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar - Politics- India
photo: PIB of India /

Why Is Warren Buffett Buying Back Berkshire Hathaway Stock?
Full Article Daily Finance
27 Dec 2012

Earlier this month, famed billionaire and Berkshire Hathaway (nyse:BRK-A) (BRK-B) chairman Warren Buffett dropped a bombshell. Breaking with past practice, and changing the financial rules he himself laid down, Berkshire is buying back its own stock -- and plans to keep buying back its stock at any price up to and including 1.2 times "book value."...
In this May 2, 2009 file photo, Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, right, waves to shareholders prior to the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, USA
photo: AP / Nati Harnik

Rebels advance in Central African Republic
Rebels advance in Central African Republic
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  • Updated: 27 Dec 2012
Embattled Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, urged the United States and France to help push back rebel forces who have advanced towards the capital Bangui. The rebel coalition - known as Seleka - accuse the government of not compensating them according to the terms of a 2007 peace deal. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
http://wn.com/Rebels_advance_in_Central_African_Republic

'West lacks invasion power': Iran holds war drills in Strait of Hormuz
'West lacks invasion power': Iran holds war drills in Strait of Hormuz
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  • Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Iran is holding a fresh round of naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz - one of the world's busiest oil and gas shipping routes. The week of War games involve warships, submarines, jet fighters, and aim to show Tehran is well-equipped to defend its borders. The drills come as the West systematically builds up pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme. For more on this RT talks to Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi from the University of Tehran. 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: 28 Dec 2012
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  • author: RussiaToday
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Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012
Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012
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- - SUBSCRIBE FOR PREDICTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT YOU - - Dec.27,2012 Very Detructive Snowstorm strike Northeast USA UPDATES - 12 Dead - Thousands of flights cancelled - Many Buildings Destroyed - Many Trees Uprooted - Many Traffic Accidents - Heaviest in Norther New York - Jet Skidded Runway - 700 Car Crashes in Virginia - 200000 without power PREDICTION: www.youtube.com (embedded date) REVELATION Nov. 26, 2012 A very destructive snow storm is seen coming to the Northeast USA, with a lot of wind. The wind picks up materials off the Ground. There is what appears to be sand blowing. The appearance of desolation thereafter is evident. SOME PAST FULFILLLED PREDICTIONS # 10.16.12 New Zealand Strong 5.7 Earthquake fulfilled in 24 hrs www.youtube.com # 9.26.12 Scientists Discovery Confirm Weird Mega-quake www.youtube.com # 9.7.12 China Apocalyptic Earthquake 500000 Bldgs damaged www.youtube.com # 9.7.12 Clock Time of China Apocalyptic Earthquake www.youtube.com # 8.29.12 Louisiana US Hurricane Katrina Revisit by Isaac www.youtube.com # 8.12.12 London Massive Olympic Fire; Worst in 7 years www.youtube.com # 7.13.12 Christian Camp Attack; Rapes, Pillage: Predicted 5 dys before www.youtube.com # 3.11.11 Japan 9.0 Mega-quake: Predicted 12 days bfr www.youtube.com # 3.20.12 Earthquake Magnitude of 7.8 Predicted 2 days bfr: www.youtube.com # 4.11.12 Mega-quake 8.6 Magnitude & death toll: Predicted 2 wks bfr: www.youtube.com # 5.29.12 Italy Deadly Earthquake Date Depicted: 6 dys bfr www ...
  • published: 27 Dec 2012
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  • author: HarvestArmy
http://wn.com/Deadly!_SNOWSTORM_ravage_NORTHEAST_US_17_Dead,_Dectruction_Dec27,2012

Benazir Bhutto's death 5th anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN
Benazir Bhutto's death 5th anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN
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Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary Pakistan People's Party JAPAN 5th anniversary of Bhutto murder
  • published: 28 Dec 2012
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  • author: Nomi Shah
http://wn.com/Benazir_Bhutto's_death_5th_anniversary_Pakistan_People's_Party_JAPAN

President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff
President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff
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President Obama makes a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations and the need to extend the middle-class tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of the year. December 21, 2012.
  • published: 21 Dec 2012
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  • author: whitehouse
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Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution
Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution
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  • Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi has announced the referendum on the new constitution will be held on December the 15th. That's as the country is gripped by unrelenting protests, with thousands coming out both for and against Morsi. Middle East expert, Doctor Omar Ashour, says Morsi is not doing enough to pacify his opponents 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: 02 Dec 2012
  • views: 4546
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Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister. 27/12/2012
Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister. 27/12/2012
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News for Iraq Sunni Yahoo! News (blog) Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister New York Times ‎- 3 hours ago Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq's main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a demonstration on Wednesday ... Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in new protest Aljazeera.com‎ - 13 hours ago Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in protest against PM Maliki Yahoo! News (blog)‎ - 14 hours ago News Wrap: In Iraq, Sunni Demonstrators Protest Shiite-Led ... - PBS www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july.../newswrap_12-26.htm...2 hours ago -- In other news Wednesday, thousands of Sunni demonstrators in western Iraq staged a mass protest against the Shiite-dominated government. Iraq Sunnis protest against government Wednesday in Iraq's ... www.deseretnews.com/.../Iraq-Sunnis-protest-against-governm...24 minutes ago -- RAMADI, Iraq — Large, noisy demonstrations against Iraq's government flared for the third time in less than a week Wednesday in Iraq's. Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in protest against PM Maliki | Reuters www.reuters.com/.../us-iraq-politics-idUSBRE8BP09P201212...12 hours ago -- ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq's main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a fourth day of ... Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in new protest - Middle East - Al ... ► 1:29► 1:29 www.aljazeera.com/.../2012122611182506333.... 16 hours ago Tens of thousands of protesters gather in Anbar province to denounce ...
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Spokesman: George HW Bush in Intensive Care
Spokesman: George HW Bush in Intensive Care
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  • Updated: 27 Dec 2012
Former President George HW Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital 'following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever,' but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday. (Dec. 26)
http://wn.com/Spokesman_George_HW_Bush_in_Intensive_Care

Rebels advance in Central African Republic
Rebels advance in Central African Republic
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Embattled Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, urged the United States and France to help push back rebel forces who have advanced towards the capital Bangui. The rebel coalition - known as Seleka - accuse the government of not compensating them according to the terms of a 2007 peace deal. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
http://wn.com/Rebels_advance_in_Central_African_Republic

News : Nelson Mandela hospitalised
News : Nelson Mandela hospitalised
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Watch KTN Streaming LIVE from Kenya 24/7 on www.ktnkenya.tv Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a Pretoria hospital reportedly for routine check up. According to the office of the president, Mandela is undergoing tests consistent with old age and is doing well
http://wn.com/News__Nelson_Mandela_hospitalised

"Protest In Egypt Libya Iraq And Lebanon And Morocco And Sudan And Tunisia And Iran And Bangladesh
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  • Updated: 22 Dec 2012
September 13, 2012 MSNBC News MOXNews.com
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Idlib | Christian officer defects and joins FSA
Idlib | Christian officer defects and joins FSA
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www.facebook.com twitter.com Syrian victims are screaming for your help. Will you answer?
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Shinzo Abe new Japanese PM
Shinzo Abe new Japanese PM
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www.euronews.com Japan's lower house of Parliament has approved Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister, the second time the hawkish lawmaker has been in the top job. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party surges back to power three years after a crushing defeat which came after more than 50-years of non-stop rule. Now that the 58-year-old has taken the reins once more he must try to steer his country out of deflation and confront a rising China. The grandson of a former prime minister has promised aggressive monetary easing by the Bank of Japan and big fiscal spending to slay deflation and weaken the yen making Japanese exports more competitive. Abe resigned as Prime Minister five years ago after a one year term that was troubled by scandals in his cabinet as well as public outrage over lost pension records. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 26 Dec 2012
  • views: 1331
  • author: Euronews
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Egypt constitution draft passes
Egypt constitution draft passes
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Egypt's assembly approves new constitution amid street protests, CNN's Ian Lee has the latest details from Cairo. For more videos, visit CNN International's website edition.cnn.com Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com & twitter.com
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Gulf summit: Middle East foreign ministers gather in Bahrain to discuss regional issues
Gulf summit: Middle East foreign ministers gather in Bahrain to discuss regional issues
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Gulf foreign ministers met in Bahrain to draw up plans ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council summit. Delegates are expected to discuss collective security, military affairs, a customs union and a common trade market, as well as talk about the increasingly desperate situation in Syria.
http://wn.com/Gulf_summit_Middle_East_foreign_ministers_gather_in_Bahrain_to_discuss_regional_issues


South African President Jacob Zuma seen before a meeting held at Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. South Africa's polygamist president has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) Boston Celtics Rajon Rondo eliminates three defenders At the Russia-EU Summit meeting. Children enjoying

Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011.  Pakistan´s Rehan Butt , Hockey  (rks2) 2008-present Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution photographed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 2005, Mitsubishi introduced a concept version of the next-gen Evolution at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show named the Concept-X,[12] designed by Omar Halilhodžić at the company's European design center. cow milk bags - healthy food

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. South African fans cheer at the Denmark vs. Cameroon World Cup match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 19, 2010. Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina is seen in one of the capital's presidential palaces in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday March 17, 2009 In this photo provided by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and taken on Friday, June 17, 2011, former South African President Nelson Mandela reads an advance copy of his latest book titled "Nelson Mandela By Himself" , at this home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a luncheon in Sydney. Gillard has denied Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 she personally benefited from a union fund she helped set up for a legal client and her then-boyfriend in 1995. Day 7 - David Ferrer (ESP) v Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 2, 2012 Shoppers test the iPhone 5 at an Apple store in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from jet planes flying over it

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This video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011 as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.
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Al Jazeera 28 Dec 2012, The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed...

updated 28 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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'West lacks in­va­sion power': Iran holds war drills in Strait of Hor­muz
CounterPunch 27 Dec 2012, Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves. Fuelled by 9/11 and inspired by material avarice, the...

updated 28 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
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Dead­ly! SNOW­STORM rav­age NORTH­EAST US 17 Dead, Dec­truc­tion Dec.27,2012
Zeenews 27 Dec 2012, Washington: Six people, including two young children, were left dead in weather-related accidents, as winter snowstorms complicated travel for many Americans in the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday. Snow totals in parts of Indiana ranged from 6 to 12 inches, CNN reported. About 350 snowploughs were clearing roads throughout the city....

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BBC News 27 Dec 2012, Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province. The...

updated 28 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
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Pres­i­dent Obama Makes a State­ment on the Fis­cal Cliff
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updated 23 Dec 2012; published 02 Dec 2012
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Vox Pop­uli: Egyp­tians to vote on Morsi's con­sti­tu­tion
The New York Times 27 Dec 2012, CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt took responsibility on Wednesday for “mistakes” during the run-up to ratification of the new Constitution and urged Egyptians to appreciate the fierce disagreements about it as a “healthy phenomenon” of their new democracy. Times Topic: Egypt NewsRevolution and Aftermath...

updated 27 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
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Iraq: Sun­nis Con­tin­ue Protests Against Prime Min­is­ter. 27/12/2012
The New York Times 27 Dec 2012, Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a demonstration on Wednesday against Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite. The size of the protests in the Sunni stronghold of Anbar Province was an escalation in protests that erupted last week after troops detained the bodyguards...

updated 27 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
1:25
Spokesman: George HW Bush in In­ten­sive Care
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updated 27 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
1:38
Rebels ad­vance in Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic
Al Jazeera 27 Dec 2012, The United Nations is pulling its non-essential staff from the Central African Republic, as rebels advance towards the capital Bangui. The US has also urged its citizens to leave the country, the AFP news agency reported, as France deployed a protection force around its embassy after it was attacked on Wednesday. Angry protesters carrying clubs...

updated 19 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
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News : Nel­son Man­dela hos­pi­talised
Irish Times 27 Dec 2012, Former South African president Nelson Mandela was released from hospital yesterday. The anti-apartheid icon has been in hospital since December 8th being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said....

updated 22 Dec 2012; published 14 Sep 2012
9:35
"Protest In Egypt Libya Iraq And Lebanon And Mo­roc­co And Sudan And Tunisia And Iran And Bangladesh
Al Jazeera 26 Dec 2012, - After a month of strikes and sometimes deadly street protests, Bangladesh's government is staring at an irreconcilable political deadlock. The opposition, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), says it will not "return from the streets" until the government restores the country's caretaker system for holding national parliamentary...

updated 10 Nov 2012; published 13 Mar 2012
1:02
Idlib | Chris­tian of­fi­cer de­fects and joins FSA
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updated 28 Dec 2012; published 26 Dec 2012
1:14
Shin­zo Abe new Japanese PM
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