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  • Shinzo Abe new Japanese PM...1:14
  • LIVE Delhi Gang Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital-TV9...12:00
  • President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff...7:10
  • Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis...25:01
  • New Cold War? 'Reset dead, US never truly cooperated'...7:47
  • 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
  • Vox Populi: Egyptians to vote on Morsi's constitution...3:05
  • News Wrap: In Iraq, Sunni Demonstrators Protest Government...2:18
  • George HW Bush remains in intensive care...2:41
  • 'Nelson Mandela is back home'...1:26
  • "Protest In Egypt Libya Iraq And Lebanon And Morocco And Sudan And Tunisia And Iran And Bangladesh...9:35
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
Shin­zo Abe new Japanese PM
1:14
LIVE Delhi Gang Rape Vic­tim Dies in Sin­ga­pore Hos­pi­tal-TV9
12:00
Pres­i­dent Obama Makes a State­ment on the Fis­cal Cliff
7:10
In­side Story - Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic's loom­ing cri­sis
25:01
New Cold War? 'Reset dead, US never truly co­op­er­at­ed'
7:47
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
News Wrap: In Iraq, Sunni Demon­stra­tors Protest Gov­ern­ment
2:18
George HW Bush re­mains in in­ten­sive care
2:41
In­side Story - Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic's loom­ing cri­sis
25:01
'Nel­son Man­dela is back home'
1:26
"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




Japan: The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same
Full Article WorldNews.com
29 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling A millennium before the English statesmen Edmund Burke, regarded as the father of Western Conservatism and who wrote, "good order is the foundation of all things," Japan's Seventeen-Article Constitution began with this conservative principle: "Harmony is to be cherished, and opposition for opposition's...
Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employees at the emergency operation center in the building used as crisis management headquarters at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye

India appeal for calm after Delhi gang-rape victim dies
Full Article BBC News
29 Dec 2012

Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for...
Indian anti-riot personnel stand guard at a check point after security was beefed up following the death of a young woman who was recently gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri

Fiscal cliff: Obama 'optimistic' on Senate-led deal
Full Article BBC News
28 Dec 2012

US President Barack Obama says he is "modestly optimistic" that a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" is possible, after a last-ditch White House...
File - President Barack Obama greets the children of U.S. embassy staff at a meet and greet reception at the Chulalongkorn University Sports Center in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

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

Ferguson: 'Expect no signings in January'
Full Article Al Jazeera
29 Dec 2012

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson does not expect to make any major signings during the January transfer window after expressing his satisfaction with the strength of the current squad. The Premier League leaders have been linked in the media with Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder among other while a recently leaky...
Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson smiles during their Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Saturday Nov. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Clint Hughes

Hernandez vital to United - Fergie
Full Article Independent online (SA)
29 Dec 2012

LondonAlex Ferguson has warned Manchester United's title rivals that revitalised Mexico striker Javier Hernandez will play a significant role in the battle for the Premier League. While Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney hog most of the headlines and attention from opposition defenders, Hernandez has quietly gone about his business in...
Manchester United's Javier Hernandez celebrates after he scores the first goal of the game for his side during their Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Saturday Nov. 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Clint Hughes

Mancini was joking over referee comments, say Manchester City
Full Article DNA India
29 Dec 2012

Manchester City will stress that -Roberto Mancini was joking when he made comments about referee Kevin Friend that have led to the Football Association to ask for his written observations about the incident. Mancini was angered by the official not awarding a free-kick for a challenge on Pablo Zabaleta in the build-up to Adam Johnson's goal in...
Inter of Milan's coach Roberto Mancini looks on prior to the start of the Italian Serie A top league soccer match between Lazio and Inter of Milan, in Rome's Olympic stadium, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini

Mohun Bagan thrown out of I-League, banned for next two editions
Full Article Newstrack India
29 Dec 2012

Tweet New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India's oldest soccer club, Mohun Bagan, was Saturday kicked out of the I-League and banned from the next two editions by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for abandoning a match against East Bengal mid-way Dec 9 after crowd trouble. The I-League core committee met here and endorsed the report submitted by the...
Mohun Bagan Footballer Celebration after one Goal against Police during the football match at Kalayani Football Ground
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Sneijder would be perfect for EPL
Full Article Independent online (SA)
29 Dec 2012

London - Inter Milan coach Andrea Stramaccioni is still holding out hope that Wesley Sneijder will play for the club again but a move to the Premier League looks the most obvious choice for the talented Dutch playmaker. Sneijder, inspirational as Inter won the Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup in 2010 under Jose Mourinho, has been dropped...
Netherlands' Wesley Sneijder celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Uruguay and the Netherlands at the Green Point stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, July 6, 2010
photo: AP / Michael Sohn

Mourinho: I fear Juventus in the Champions League
Full Article Goal
29 Dec 2012

The Blancos boss compared the structure of the Italian champions' side to that of his triumphant 2004 Porto team, and revealed he has been contemplating his own future By Joe Wright More On : Juventus, Real Madrid CF, José Mourinho...
Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal reacts before a Champions League Group D soccer match against Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, in Madrid, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa De Olza

The Sweeper: Manchester City & United monitor Ronaldo's situation at Real Madrid
Full Article Goal
29 Dec 2012

Amid speculation suggesting the forward is unhappy in Spain, the two Premier League giants are considering the possibility of luring the Portugal international back to England More On : Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea FC, Man Utd., Manchester City FC, Real Madrid CF, Daniel Sturridge, Roberto Mancini, Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo,...
Real Madrid's Kaka from Brazil, left, celebrates his goal against APOEL Nicosia with teammate Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal during a second leg Champions League quarterfinal soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid, Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Guardiola will return next year, says Laporta
Full Article Goal
29 Dec 2012

The former president believes that the coach will be back in the hot seat somewhere in 2013, but he cast doubt over the possibility of Paris Saint-Germain By Miles Chambers More On : Paris Saint-Germain, Pep Guardiola...
From left, Jaume Ferrer, Marc Ingla, Sandro Rosell and Agusti Benedito, the four candidates to replace Joan Laporta as the chairman of Spanish and European champions Barcelona, pose during a television debate in San Joan Despi, Spain, Friday, June 11, 2010.
photo: AP / Manu Fernandez

Yoko Ono Talks About Other Beatles’ Resentment Of Becoming ‘Paul’s Band’
Full Article Yahoo Music
28 Dec 2012

Was the Beatles’ breakup partly due to the fact that the semi-democratic band was on the verge of turning into “Paul McCartney and the Beatles”? “John, in fact, was not the first one who wanted to leave the Beatles,” says Yoko Ono in a newly released interview. “Ringo one night with Maureen (Starkey, his first wife) came to John and me and said,...
 Yoko Ono stands next to some of her work at the start of her exhibition in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 12, 1998. The exhibition, which surveys her work from the Sixties to the present, reveals the complexity of her work across a period of t
photo: AP Photo

Did Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth secretly get married?
Full Article MuchMusic
28 Dec 2012

Miley Cyrus has sparked rumours she has married Liam Hemsworth. Speculation is mounting that the couple, who got engaged last summer, tied the knot in recent days after they posted festive photographs of themselves on Instagram in which they are both wearing what appear to be wedding bands. According to gossip website TMZ.com, 22-year-old Hemsworth...
Actor Liam Hemsworth, left, an honoree at the Australians in Film 8th Annual Breakthrough Awards, poses with his fiance Miley Cyrus on the red carpet on Wednesday June 27, 2012, in Los Angeles.
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

Nicole Scherzinger unveils new single 'Boomerang' artwork
Full Article Digital Spy
28 Dec 2012

Nicole Scherzinger has unveiled the artwork for her new single 'Boomerang'. The X Factor judge will release the track, the first from her second solo studio album, on January 7. Scherzinger filmed the music video for 'Boomerang' last month, inviting her X Factor contestants James Arthur and Jahmene Douglas along to the shoot. Arthur went on to win...
Nicole Scherzinger performs during the iHeartRadio music festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

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

Cast of The Avengers at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International featuring Robert Downey Jr., Clark Gregg, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige 24 July 2010
photo: Creative Commons / rwoan

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
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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 /

Ben Affleck says he won’t run for Senate
Full Article Entertainment Weekly
25 Dec 2012

Ben Affleck may make political movies, but that doesn’t mean he’s making a play for the real political stage. The actor, who had been the center of rumors last week about possibly running for U.S. Senate, shut down the speculation on his Facebook page Monday. He posted: I love Massachusetts and our political process, but I am not...
Ben Affleck speaking at a rally for Feed America in 2009.
photo: Creative Commons / Erin

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

China's emerging luxury brands look to recover traditions lost in communist revolution
Full Article The Times of India
28 Dec 2012

Chinese are quick to boast about their 5,000-year legacy of culture and learning. Yet history is often the missing element for would-be Chinese luxury brands now seeking a piece of their own market. Long tradition has been a mainstay for internationally recognized luxury products, and the Chinese market is no exception. About 40% of wealthy Chinese...
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春節 (Pinyin: Chūnjié), since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the first solar term in a Chinese calendar year.
photo: Creative Commons / Joe Mabel

Obama eyes $108B annual Asia prize vying with China trade
Full Article Stars and Stripes
28 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON — More than a century and a half after Millard Fillmore dispatched an emissary to Asia to transform commerce across the Pacific, a U.S. president again sees an historic opportunity to strengthen America's role in the region. Barack Obama sent his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, to Asia for a record 86 days in his first term,...
President Barrack Obama speaks at the dignified transfer ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Sept. 14, 2012. DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released)
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

Housing recovery and better jobs market may help push S&P 500 back toward record highs
Full Article The Washington Post
28 Dec 2012

NEW YORK — It may be a big if, but assuming Washington lawmakers can get past the “fiscal cliff,” many analysts say that the outlook for stocks next year is good, as a recovering housing market and an improving jobs outlook helps the economy maintain a slow, but steady recovery. Reasonable returns in 2013 would send the S&P...
Perth,Australia - Single-Storey Home - Real-Estate - Housing Market.
photo: WN / patricia

Energy Department says US crude oil supplies shrank last week, gasoline inventories grew
Full Article Star Tribune
28 Dec 2012

NEW YORK - The nation's crude oil supplies fell last week, the government said Friday. Crude supplies declined by 600,000 barrels, or 0.2 percent, to 371.1 million barrels, which is 13.3 percent above year-ago levels,...
Caltex Gasoline Station at Sumpong, Malaybalay City, Philippines
photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub

MFN status: We are waiting to hear from Pak, says Khurshid
Full Article The Hindu
28 Dec 2012

If Pakistan does not grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, it will “obviously” be “disappointing,” External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday. In an informal interaction with...
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid addressing at the second India Corporate Week, organized by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, in New Delhi on December 14, 2010.
photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of I & B Govt. of India

China moves to improve workers’ employment rights
Full Article Taipei Times
28 Dec 2012

China amended its labor law yesterday to ensure that workers hired through contracting agents are offered the same conditions as full employees, a move meant to tighten a loophole used by many employers to maintain flexible staffing. Contracting agencies have taken off since China implemented the Labor Contract Law in 2008,...
Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.
photo: AP / Pete Muller

Fuel price hike must to contain fiscal deficit, says Montek
Full Article The Times of India
28 Dec 2012

NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for phased increase in energy prices, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said failure to do so would push up fiscal deficit which is too high. "Any government particularly in democracy would want to...
The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia delivering the  inaugural address at a workshop to discuss strategy for the 12th plan with Planning Chiefs of the States, in New Delhi on July 06, 2012.
photo: PIB of India

Sensex up 93 points on buying oil & gas, PSU stocks
Full Article The Hindu
28 Dec 2012

The domestic stock indices were trading nearly 0.5 per cent higher on Friday on fresh buying amid a firming trend in the Asian region.. The BSE benchmark Sensex rose 93.32 points or 0.48% per cent...
Maruti Suzuki's Wagon R car displayed at an auto expo in India-automobile 1 Sep 2012.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

Shinzo Abe new Japanese PM
Shinzo Abe new Japanese PM
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  • Updated: 28 Dec 2012
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: 1360
  • author: Euronews
http://wn.com/Shinzo_Abe_new_Japanese_PM

LIVE Delhi Gang Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital-TV9
LIVE Delhi Gang Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital-TV9
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  • Duration: 12:00
  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
SINGAPORE: The 23-year-old girl, who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus in New Delhi died early Saturday at a Singapore hospital, after her horrific ordeal galvanized Indians to demand greater protection from sexual violence that impacts thousands of women every day.
http://wn.com/LIVE_Delhi_Gang_Rape_Victim_Dies_in_Singapore_Hospital-TV9

President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff
President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff
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  • Duration: 7:10
  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
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
  • views: 29701
  • author: whitehouse
http://wn.com/President_Obama_Makes_a_Statement_on_the_Fiscal_Cliff

Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis
Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis
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  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Will a rebel coup looking to unseat the government place the country in yet another humanitarian disaster? Inside Story, with presenter Adrian Finighan, speaks to guests: Louis Keumayou, the president of the Pan-African Press Association; Magloire Kolisso, a former press attache to the president; and Emmanuel Dupuy, the president of the Institute for Prospective and Security Studies in Europe.
http://wn.com/Inside_Story__Central_African_Republic's_looming_crisis

New Cold War? 'Reset dead, US never truly cooperated'
New Cold War? 'Reset dead, US never truly cooperated'
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  • Duration: 7:47
  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Tit-for-tat moves between Russia and the US are plunging the two nations into a new Cold War, says Russia expert Stephen Cohen. Washington's longtime policy towards Moscow is to blame for the growing tensions. READ MORE: on.rt.com 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: 29 Dec 2012
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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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  • Updated: 28 Dec 2012
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
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President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff
President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff
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  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
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
  • views: 29701
  • 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: 4550
  • author: RussiaToday
http://wn.com/Vox_Populi_Egyptians_to_vote_on_Morsi's_constitution

News Wrap: In Iraq, Sunni Demonstrators Protest Government
News Wrap: In Iraq, Sunni Demonstrators Protest Government
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  • Updated: 27 Dec 2012
In other news Wednesday, thousands of Sunni demonstrators in western Iraq staged a mass protest against the Shiite-dominated government. Also, Toyota Motor Company agreed to pay more than $1 billion and settle claims of sudden acceleration.
  • published: 27 Dec 2012
  • views: 1283
  • author: PBSNewsHour
http://wn.com/News_Wrap_In_Iraq,_Sunni_Demonstrators_Protest_Government

George HW Bush remains in intensive care
George HW Bush remains in intensive care
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  • Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Former President George HW Bush remains in an intensive care unit at a Houston hospital. Sanjay Gupta reports. Check out more videos from CNN at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
  • published: 27 Dec 2012
  • views: 1876
  • author: CNN
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Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis
Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis
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  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Will a rebel coup looking to unseat the government place the country in yet another humanitarian disaster? Inside Story, with presenter Adrian Finighan, speaks to guests: Louis Keumayou, the president of the Pan-African Press Association; Magloire Kolisso, a former press attache to the president; and Emmanuel Dupuy, the president of the Institute for Prospective and Security Studies in Europe.
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'Nelson Mandela is back home'
'Nelson Mandela is back home'
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  • Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has been released from hospital, and is receiving medical care at his home in Johannesburg, the South African government has disclosed. A spokesman for President Jacob Zuma confirmed that Mr Mandela was transported to his home in Johannesburg's Houghton neighbourhood, where he will continue to recover under the close watch of his personal doctors. "He will undergo home-based high care at his Houghton home until he recovers fully," Mac Maharaj, the presidential spokesman said. "We request a continuation of the privacy consideration in order to allow for the best possible conditions for full recovery." Mr Mandela, who is 94, was flown on December 8 from his rural residence in Qunu village to the capital Pretoria, where he spent 19 days in hospital receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection. Doctors also discovered that he had developed gallstones and he had surgery to have them removed. It was his longest hospital stay since coming out of prison in 1990 after 27 years in detention. Get the latest headlines www.telegraph.co.uk Subscribe to The Telegraph www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
  • published: 27 Dec 2012
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  • author: telegraphtv
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"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?
http://wn.com/Idlib_|_Christian_officer_defects_and_joins_FSA


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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. 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.

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Japan: The More Things Change, The More They Remain the Same
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29 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling A millennium before the English statesmen Edmund Burke, regarded as the father of Western Conservatism and who wrote, "good order is the foundation of all things," Japan's Seventeen-Article Constitution began with this conservative principle: "Harmony is to be cherished, and opposition for opposition's...
Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employees at the emergency operation center in the building used as crisis management headquarters at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye

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