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Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington. Biden is leading a task force that will look at ways of reducing gun violence.
Lawmaker   Photos   Violence   Weapons   Wikipedia: Gun control  
 Detroit news 
Biden promises quick action to reduce U.S. gun violence
By Roger Runningen and Lisa Lerer Bloomberg News Comments | Vice President Joe Biden, center, speaks on gun violence with National Association of Police Organizations President Thomas Nee, left, Phila... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
In this May 12, 2010 photo, Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with the U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali.
Africa   Mali   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 Northern Mali conflict  
 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
U.N. OKs offensive to oust extremists in Mali
| UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists, but it demanded progress first on political ... (photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou)
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a press conference at the university of Tlemcen, Algeria, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Hollande arrived Wednesday on a state visit to Algeria, hoping for a clean start in relations after a half-century of tensions with this North Africa nation, once the French empire's most prized colony.  Jakarta Globe 
French President Recognizes ‘Brutal’ Rule of Algeria
French President Francois Hollande acknowledged on Thursday France’s “brutal” colonial rule over the Algerian people, without apologizing for it, as he sought to launch a new era in ties on a tw... (photo: AP / Nadli)
Algeria   France   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Franois Hollande  
Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, addresses the public during an open air morning prayer to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City on August 19, 2012. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim calendar's ninth and holiest month during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN  BBC News 
Mayan prophecies: Life after the (non) end of the world
Despite all the predictions of Mayan apocalypse, the world will probably not end by Saturday morning. How will the believers cope when life carries on? | The clock strikes midnight, the hallowed date ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Apocalypse   Life   Photos   Predictions   Wikipedia : Maya end of the world   World  
Top Stories
Syrian women stand amid the ruins of their farm, destroyed by Syrian Army jets, in Al-Hafriyeh village, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. WorldNews.com
Turkey's 'No Problems' or 'Many Problems' Policy?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | A Syrian Cuban-like Missile Crisis, a Syrian Korean-like War, and a Syrian U.S./Iraq-like debacle over alleged weapons of... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Mideast   Photos   Politics   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Afghanistan Minister of Education Farooq Wardak cuts the ribbon on the new 24-room Awal Baba Higher Secondary Girls School, assisted by Wardak Province Gov. Abdul Majeed Khogianiwal, right, 12 December, 2012. WorldNews.com
CAI school opens in Maidan Shahr
Afghanistan's Minister of Education Farooq Wardak was on hand Wednesday, Dec. 12, to help Central Asia Institute and residents of Maidan Shahr celebrate the opening of th... (photo: CAI / Wakil Karimi)
Afghanistan   Aid   Education   Photos   Wikipedia: Women's rights in Afghanistan  
Pakistani journalists protest against a killing of a Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The Siasat Daily
2012 worst year for journalists in Pakistan, Syria, Somalia
| Washington, December 20: | The year 2012 has been one of the worst years for the media in recent memory as 67 journalists were killed in the line of duty during the yea... (photo: AP / Pervez Masih)
Human Rights   Journalists   Pakistan   Photos   Somalia   Syria   Wikipedia: Committee to Protect Journalists  
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi- Politics - India The Siasat Daily
It hurts that Gujaratis can't see truth': Shweta Bhatt
| Ahmedabad,, December 20: | Congress candidate Shweta Bhatt, who lost to Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Maninagar assembly constituency, on Thursday vowed to contin... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Ahmedabad   Congress   Gujarat   Photos   Wikipedia: Gujarat legislative assembly election, 2012  
Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Adha celebrations The Examiner
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): The Master of Tolerance (Photos)
| The Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was not an exception. God the Almighty bestowed on him the best of characters, one of which was his exceptional tolerance which is mani... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Life   Muslim   Photos   Religion   Wikipedia: Muhammad  
In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah takes cover as he aims at an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria. The Star
Syrian rebels fight for strategic town in Hama province
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels thrust into a strategic town in Syria's central Hama province on Thursday, activists said, pursuing a string of territorial gains to help cut ... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras)
Military   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets with members of the so-called Valdai Club of foreign political scholars in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Al Jazeera
Putin: Assad fate not main concern
| Russia's main concern in Syria is the fate of the country and not that of President Bashar al-Assad, President Vladimir Putin has said. | Speaking at his annual press b... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
Peace   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin  
Defence War
- Authorities arrest 10 guards for Iraqi minister
- Iraqi Sunnis accuse Maliki of crackdown, tensions flare
- UPDATE 2-Iraqi Sunnis accuse Maliki of crackdown, tensions f
- Iraqi Sunnis accuse Maliki of crackdown, tensions flare
Vito Roberto Palazzolo, left, a fugitive Italian banker, arrives for an extradition trial at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Dec, 20, 2012. Palazzolo, 64, who was implicated in the drug and money laundering trial, was detained at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok on March 30 while about to board a flight to South Africa. He is wanted in Italy where he faces a nine-year prison sentence for links with the Mafia
Thai court orders extradition of Italian mafia boss
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- China ramps up islands dispute with Japan
- Australians rush to join war in Syria
- Open access pitch for life science elite
- East Asia's Defining Moment
Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Washington. Biden is leading a task force that will look at ways of reducing gun violence.
Biden promises quick action to reduce U.S. gun violence
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Terrorism Al Qaeda
- China's creative disillusionment in
- Will senators' slam on 'Zero Dark Thirty' hurt i
- Children the losers in deadly stand-off
- UK High Court block action over US drone attacks in Pakistan
British Prime Minister David Cameron with troops during a visit to Forward Operating Base Price in Helmand Province, Afghanistan Thursday Dec. 20, 2012.
Britain's Cameron visits troops in Afghanistan
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- An all-American nightmare
- 'Homeland' should balance its exquisite tension for
- 'Homeland' should balance its exquisite tension for
- 'Homeland' should balance its exquisite tension for
In this May 12, 2010 photo, Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with the U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali.
U.N. OKs offensive to oust extremists in Mali
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Bioterrorism Nuclear Terrorism
- Colorado lags in outbreak/bioterror readiness, report says
- Raxibacumab Approved for Inhalational Anthrax
- FDA Approves Glaxo's Raxibacumab as Inhalational Anthrax
- US Intelligence Sees Asia's Global Power Rising by 2030
A U.S. flag is seen on an embassy car outside China's Ministry of Defense while U.S. Department of Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met inside, in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Top U.S. and Chinese military officials said Wednesday the countries will work together to avoid confrontations at sea that have sparked worries of a crisis in overall relations. The issue was at the center of their first high-level military talks in 18 months after a series of recent naval encounters - including a collision of a Chinese submarine and a U.S. sonar device - that have raised concerns about poor communication between the two sides.
US spooks see Asia’s power rising
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- Indian Point Nuclear Threat Needs Senate Review, Engineers C
- Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
- Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
- Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
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