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UN chief decries escalating crisis in Syria
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Dec 2012

The conflict in Syria has now reached "new and appalling heights of brutality and violence", according to the UN secretary-general, while the world body's envoy to Syria has said the country is in danger of becoming "a failed state". The statements from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi came in New York on...
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File - A UN observer documents the damage done by heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, this weekend, in the Talbisah area of the city, 11 June, 2012.
photo: UN / David Manyua

updated 23 Sep 2012; published 16 Jul 2012
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Syria - Anti Assad Protesters Block Damascus Roads 7-15-12 International Road Cut
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 16 Sep 2012
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18+ Syria - Clashes at Airport in Idlib as Rebels Try to Stop Assad Air Attacks on Civilians 9-15-12
updated 17 Jul 2012; published 20 May 2012
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18+ Free Syria Army Defends Rastan from Assad Invaders 5-17-12 Heroes of Homs City Resist Dictator
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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18 Aleppo Clashes at Suleiman Al Halibi Airport between Dictator and Rebels 9 2 12
updated 03 Nov 2012; published 03 Nov 2012
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Syria Dictator Shells Harasta - Damascus Suburbs 2-Nov-12 Desperate Dictator Bombs Cities Nationwide
updated 15 Nov 2012; published 04 Nov 2012
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Syria Children Hide in Woods to Escape Dictator Assad Air Strikes 3-Nov-12 Maarat Al Numan
DR Congo police arrive in Goma as M23 rebels delay pull-out
Full Article BBC News
30 Nov 2012

A contingent of police has arrived by boat in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, which was captured by rebels last week. The UN says the estimated 450 officers have yet to deploy as the M23 rebels have not pulled out of the lakeside city - as agreed with regional leaders. There are reports of widespread looting in the city,...
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File - Troops of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) are show in Kibumba, North Kivu Province, along the road from Goma to Rutshuru, where MONUSCO and the national army (FARDC) have deployed to protect Goma from the M23 rebel group, 11 July, 2012.
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti

updated 24 Nov 2012; published 22 Nov 2012
2:39
News Wrap: Congolese Soldiers, Police Defect to Rebels Side
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
4:45
DR Congo troops surrender to rebels
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
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Thousands of soldiers, police surrender to M23 rebels
updated 21 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
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CONGO CRISIS HEATS UP
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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DR Congo army says it will re-deploy in Goma
updated 26 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
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Rebels reject deadline to leave Goma
Palestinian UN vote will hurt peace, says Israel's Regev
Full Article BBC News
30 Nov 2012

Israel has dismissed the UN vote to upgrade the status of the Palestinian territories as "negative political theatre" that will "hurt peace". Government spokesman Mark Regev said the move had taken Palestinians and Israelis out of a negotiating process. The General Assembly voted resoundingly to recognise the Palestinians as a...
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A school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), pictured in the background, suffered damage after Israeli bombardments in Gaza City this morning, 16 November, 2012.
photo: UN / Shareef Sarhan

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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Nov 29, 2012 Israel_Palestinians hope for statehood breakthrough at UN vote
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 29 Jan 2009
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Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace
updated 27 Oct 2012; published 20 Jan 2012
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Jordan's King Abdullah: Coming Weeks Critical for Syria, Assad, Arab League
updated 04 Jun 2012; published 21 Oct 2006
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Famous Fat Dave's Wedding Speech
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Vittorio Arrigoni - Wiki Article
updated 01 Mar 2012; published 23 Sep 2011
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Senate Session 2011-09-22 (09:30:15-10:40:48)
Archive sheds light on dark British past
Full Article Al Jazeera
30 Nov 2012

- For historians, it represents a treasure trove of boundless rewards and an opportunity to revisit some of the most enduring myths about Britain's colonial past. But for some of those still living with the physical and psychological scars, the release of thousands of previously secret government-held documents offers fresh hope of finally gaining...
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File - Kenyan Paulo Nzili, right, with Wambugu Wa Nyingi, left, stand outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London, Thursday, April 7, 2011, as four elderly Kenyans who claim that they were severely beaten and tortured by British officers during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s are taking their case to court in London.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

updated 05 Oct 2012; published 05 Oct 2012
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Mau Mau veterans win right to sue British government
updated 03 Nov 2012; published 02 May 2012
24:06
Should Britain be paying for its crimes of empire?-Africa Today-05-01-2012
updated 16 Aug 2012; published 19 Apr 2012
1:47
Classified British Colonial papers made public
updated 10 Nov 2012; published 10 Nov 2012
24:14
Bren Light Machine Gun - Wiki Article
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Cheryl - Call My Name
updated 17 Nov 2012; published 17 Nov 2012
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History of The Royal Air Force - Wiki Article
The Other 'Black' Friday
Full Article WorldNews.com
30 Nov 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Staring at the quote on the small granite monument which read: "They said to one another, behold here comes the dreamer...Let us slay him...And we shall see what will become of his dreams," I tried to understand that fateful moment when a shot shattered heaven and earth. I attempted to imagine what it...
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Dr. Martin Luther King giving his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963.
photo: US NARA

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 04 Apr 2008
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Dr. King Said It: I'm Black and I'm Proud!
updated 14 Nov 2012; published 10 Oct 2011
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Ron Paul is like Martin Luther King. Black voters support Ron Paul!
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 08 Dec 2008
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The MLK that's never quoted
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 03 Feb 2007
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Dr. Cornel West @ Brown University Feb. 2nd 2007
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 07 May 2011
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Debate
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 23 Oct 2009
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Cointelpro Documentary, Part 1 of 6 (Black officer mysteriously pulled from securing Dr. King...)
Egypt power struggle: Assembly adopts new constitution
Full Article BBC News
30 Nov 2012

Egypt's Islamist-run assembly has backed a draft constitution, including a measure keeping sharia, or Islamic law, as...
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Members of the constitutional assembly attend a session to vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zaid

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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Egypt: Constituent Assembly Approves New Draft Constitution
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Mr Morsi Playing Power Politics
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
3:18
"Final Draft"
updated 26 Nov 2012; published 22 Nov 2012
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Morsi gives himself far-reaching powers
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
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Egypt on EDGE of civil WAR! Teargas, CHAOS & Death as ANTI-Morsi Riots RAGE on
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
4:07
DEADLY PROTESTS as Morsi POWER GRAB sparks RIOTS: Egypt in NEW Turmoil
UN votes to upgrade Palestinians' status
Full Article Newsday
30 Nov 2012

UNITED NATIONS -- The UN voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the UN was approved in the 193-member world body by a vote of 138-9, with...
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Assembly Grants Palestine Non-member Observer State Status The General Assembly adopted a resolution granting to Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations. The vote was 138 for, 9 against, with 41 abstentions.
photo: UN

updated 01 Dec 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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VIDEO: UN General Assembly Votes to Recognize the State of Palestine
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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BREAKING: UN Gives Palestine Non-Member Observer Status; Vote Count 138 to 9
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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Inside Story - Palestine: The meaning of a status upgrade
updated 13 Aug 2012; published 05 Aug 2012
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Renewal of bid to upgrade Palestine´s Status at the United Nations as independent State
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
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Prophetic Move! - UN UPGRADES PALESTINE STATUS - Full Raw Live Footage!
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
4:04
UN Votes for Palestinian Statehood | 'Palestine' wins historic upgrade at the United Nations
Wave of bombings in major cities in Iraq kills at least 43 people, Iraqi officials say
Full Article The Washington Post
30 Nov 2012

BAGHDAD — Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials said. The attacks in Hillah began with a roadside bombing near tents set up for Shiites commemorating the 7th century death of the Prophet...
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People inspect the scene of an explosion in a busy commercial area in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Karim Kadim

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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BOMBINGS in BAGHDAD: Back to back BLASTS across MAJOR citys in IRAQ [MURDER & MAYHEM]
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 26 Apr 2011
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WKJO: Who Killed John O'Neill?
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 26 Nov 2011
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Zeitgeist: The Movie (2007)
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 24 Oct 2012
132:03
Thrive HD (Multi-Subtitles)
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 08 Jan 2012
126:26
Esoteric Agenda 480p (Subtitles in eng, ger, spa, est, heb, lav, pol, fre, por, hrv, cze, rum, srp)
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 02 Oct 2012
99:58
Authors, Lawyers, Politicians, Statesmen, US Representatives from Congress (1950s Interviews)
Fate of women still tied to arranged marriages in post-Taliban Afghanistan
Full Article The Independent
29 Nov 2012

Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Farima, 17, had resisted her engagement to Zabiullah since it was ordained by her...
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File - In Herat, Afghanistan, women line up to collect bags of split chick pea, wheat, and cooking oil being distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein

updated 23 Nov 2012; published 01 Mar 2011
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Moroccan Marriage - arranged marriage
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
124:59
Michelle Obama Speeches: Military Families, Women's Day, Bullying Prevention, West Point (2011)
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 16 Apr 2009
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Al Manar TV Presents: Shia Homosexuals Featuring Men from Iraq in Mutah Via Khomenies Ruling
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 24 May 2009
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Iran the Land of Fire Worshippers and Transexuals LOL
updated 08 Nov 2012; published 02 Dec 2011
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Chapter 06-1 - Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
updated 06 Oct 2012; published 07 Jan 2011
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Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari
'Red Shirt' trial delayed in Thailand
Full Article Al Jazeera
29 Nov 2012

A Thai court has postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 "Red Shirt" protest leaders by one month. Thursday's delay comes in reaction to the illness of one of the defendants in the case, which followed 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok that drew up to 100,000 protesters. "The court will only allow this one postponement," the judge said, as...
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File - Thai riot police officers stand in line at the criminal court building in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Hundreds of "Red Shirt" supporters gathered outside a Bangkok court to learn whether their leaders will return to prison.
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

updated 04 May 2012; published 15 Feb 2012
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Labour activist Somyot's son's hunger strike moves into third day
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
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Thai Red Shirt leaders go on trial for terrorism
updated 09 Aug 2012; published 09 Aug 2012
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Thai 'Red Shirt' terrorism trial postponed
updated 18 Jul 2012; published 03 Jun 2010
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Dutch lawyer to help exiled Thai leader
updated 09 May 2012; published 20 Feb 2008
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'Greatest Southron Heroes: Varina Davis'
updated 10 Nov 2012; published 05 Dec 2008
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Andreas Baader - 100 Images

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Watergate scandal: secret files released
more The Guardian
Previously undisclosed discussions involving John J Sirica, the Watergate judge, are revealed in 850 pages made public...
The war ahead in Gaza
more Asia Times
By Ramzy Baroud In life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. How did Gaza manage to fight back with such...
A new world of American energy independence
more Star Tribune
The United States is soon to be awash in oil and natural gas, positively brimming with the stuff whose scarcity and unreliability of supply has plagued us since the end of World...

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Manning testifies at pretrial hearing more
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, after attending a pretrial hearing.
MSNBC
Army private Bradley Manning, charged in the largest leak of classified material in American history, spoke at length on Thursday about his treatment in military custody, saying he grew distressed and considered suicide. In a clear voice and often...
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
Crime   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Bradley Manning
China's Taking The Gloves Off In The South China Sea By Boarding Ships Any Place It Likes more
Capt. James J. Ware, left, commanding officer of the medical treatment facility aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), speaks with a group of Chinese medical observers aboard Comfort.
Business Insider
The Hainan province in reference to the disputed territories of the South China SeaStarting January 1 police in the southern Chinese Island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter what China considers its territory in the South...
photo: US Navy / U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Stratton
China   Hainan   Photos   Ships   South China Sea   Wikipedia: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
2.5% of HIV positive in Jharkhand, children more
A boy holds a banner as he walks in an anti-AIDS rally observing World AIDS Day in Calcutta, India, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. Indian health authorities are trying to curb the spread of HIV in India, where nearly 5.2 million people are infected, giving it the world's highest number of HIV and AIDS cases, said India's Health Minister Anbumani Ram
The Siasat Daily
November 29: Out of the 23,600 HIV positive people in Jharkhand, 2.5 per cent are children, a UNICEF release said here today. Quoting a report by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), the UNICEF said 91% of the HIV positive people are aged...
photo: AP / Bikas Das
Children   HIV   OutBreak   Photos   Unicef   Wikipedia: HIV/AIDS in India
Stake in Keystone Pipeline Is Potential Conflict for Susan Rice more
FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice responds to questions during a news interview in New York. The United Nations has cut back sharply on investigations into corruption and fraud within its ranks and on its ability to conduct those probes, shelving cases involving the possible theft or misuse of millions of dollars. Ambassador Rice told the AP the loss of a special anti-corruption unit, the Procurement Task Force, in 2006, "remains a source of concern to the United States," as does the lack of a permanent investigations director. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
The New York Times
Should Susan E. Rice, the United Nations ambassador, be nominated for Secretary of State, one issue likely to arise during confirmation hearings, aside from the lethal attack on the American Mission in Benghazi, Libya, is her large stock holdings in...
photo: AP / Frank Franklin II, File
Ambassador   Keystone Pipeline   Libya   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Susan Rice   Wikipedia: Keystone Pipeline
Internet down nationwide in Syria more
In this image posted on the Internet by Shaam News Network, showing what they purport to be a military tank on the streets of the city of Hama, Syria, on the "third day of Ramadan", Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011.
The Washington Times
BEIRUT — The Syrian government shut down the Internet across the country and cut cellphone services in select areas Thursday, as rebels and government troops waged fierce battles near the capital’s airport, wounding two Austrian...
photo: AP / SHAMSNN
Beirut   Civil Unrest   Internet   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the Syrian civil war (from September 2012)
Kosovo Celebrates War Crimes Acquittal of Former PM, Serbia Angry more
Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Kosovo's former prime minister, acquitted of killing Serbs by a United Nations war crimes tribunal called upon ethnic Albanians Tuesday to make a "proper offer" for the Serb minority to overcome their objections to Kosovo's independence. Haradinaj urged governments around the world Tuesday to help peace in the Balkans by recognizing Kosovo's independence. "We call upon other countries to recognize us as an independent state," Haradinaj told the Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. "It would be the right input to normalization and peace in the region".
Voa News
Kosovars are celebrating a U.N. court's acquittal of former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj and two of his associates of war crimes, while Serbia has expressed outrage at the verdict. The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
photo: AP / Visar Kryeziu
Kosovo   Photos   Ramush Haradinaj   Serbia   United Nations   War Crimes   Wikipedia: Ramush Haradinaj   Wikipedia: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
George H.W. Bush Hospitalized With Bronchitis: Report more
George HW Bush
Huffington Post
Former President George H.W. Bush is being held at Houston's Methodist Hospital on Thursday after undergoing treatment for bronchitis, CNN and the Houston Chronicle report....
photo: Public Domain / Happyme22
George H. W. Bush   Hospital   Houston   Photos   President   Wikipedia: George H. W. Bush
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
20:38
Inside Syria's War
UN chief decries escalating crisis in Syria
Al Jazeera 01 Dec 2012, The conflict in Syria has now reached "new and appalling heights of brutality and violence", according to the UN secretary-general, while the world body's envoy to Syria has said the country is in danger of becoming "a failed state". The statements from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Joint UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi came in New York on...

updated 26 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
10:42
Leaders tell DR Congo rebels to 'stop war'
DR Congo police arrive in Goma as M23 rebels delay pull-out
BBC News 30 Nov 2012, A contingent of police has arrived by boat in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, which was captured by rebels last week. The UN says the estimated 450 officers have yet to deploy as the M23 rebels have not pulled out of the lakeside city - as agreed with regional leaders. There are reports of widespread looting in the city,...

updated 01 Dec 2012; published 30 Nov 2012
4:01
New State Solution: UN triumph for Palestine, diplomatic defeat for Israel
Palestinian UN vote will hurt peace, says Israel's Regev
BBC News 30 Nov 2012, Israel has dismissed the UN vote to upgrade the status of the Palestinian territories as "negative political theatre" that will "hurt peace". Government spokesman Mark Regev said the move had taken Palestinians and Israelis out of a negotiating process. The General Assembly voted resoundingly to recognise the Palestinians as a...

updated 25 Nov 2012; published 23 Jun 2009
2:42
Kenyan Mau Maus seek UK damages for torture - 23 Jun 09
Archive sheds light on dark British past
Al Jazeera 30 Nov 2012, - For historians, it represents a treasure trove of boundless rewards and an opportunity to revisit some of the most enduring myths about Britain's colonial past. But for some of those still living with the physical and psychological scars, the release of thousands of previously secret government-held documents offers fresh hope of finally gaining...

updated 17 Apr 2011; published 24 Mar 2011
15:58
Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton - Who Really Assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King?
The Other 'Black' Friday
WorldNews.com 30 Nov 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Staring at the quote on the small granite monument which read: "They said to one another, behold here comes the dreamer...Let us slay him...And we shall see what will become of his dreams," I tried to understand that fateful moment when a shot shattered heaven and earth. I attempted to imagine what it...

updated 23 Oct 2012; published 23 Oct 2012
3:01
First draft of Egyptian constitution raises mixed reactions
Egypt power struggle: Assembly adopts new constitution
BBC News 30 Nov 2012, Egypt's Islamist-run assembly has backed a draft constitution, including a measure keeping sharia, or Islamic law, as...

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
2:32
Palestine UN statehood bid will pass 'resoundingly'
UN votes to upgrade Palestinians' status
Newsday 30 Nov 2012, UNITED NATIONS -- The UN voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the UN was approved in the 193-member world body by a vote of 138-9, with...

updated 30 Nov 2012; published 04 Dec 2011
5:49
Explosion form car bomb (about 1min in) Iraq.
Wave of bombings in major cities in Iraq kills at least 43 people, Iraqi officials say
The Washington Post 30 Nov 2012, BAGHDAD — Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials said. The attacks in Hillah began with a roadside bombing near tents set up for Shiites commemorating the 7th century death of the Prophet...

updated 19 Nov 2012; published 14 Oct 2009
3:30
Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Fate of women still tied to arranged marriages in post-Taliban Afghanistan
The Independent 29 Nov 2012, Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Farima, 17, had resisted her engagement to Zabiullah since it was ordained by her...

updated 23 Sep 2012; published 29 Apr 2010
1:57
Soldier dies as red shirts and Thai military clash
'Red Shirt' trial delayed in Thailand
Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2012, A Thai court has postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 "Red Shirt" protest leaders by one month. Thursday's delay comes in reaction to the illness of one of the defendants in the case, which followed 2010 demonstrations in Bangkok that drew up to 100,000 protesters. "The court will only allow this one postponement," the judge said, as...

updated 27 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
4:05
Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid explains what is behind the Egyptian protests
Egypt crisis: Assembly rushes to finish constitution
BBC News 29 Nov 2012, The assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution says it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday. The news came as the constitutional court indicated it would rule on Sunday whether to dissolve the assembly. Egypt's judiciary is in a stand-off with President Mohammed Mursi and his Islamist supporters, after Mr Mursi last week issued a...

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 03 May 2012
15:55
AFRICOM and the Conflict in Mali
Al-Qaeda urges Mali to reject foreign troops
Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2012, A top al-Qaeda commander in North Africa has urged the people of Mali to reject foreign intervention as a way of solving the country's conflict. "To the great and proud Muslim people of Mali we say, the problem in your country is an issue between Muslims," said Abu Mosaab Abdulwadood in a videotaped message obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera. "It...

updated 26 Nov 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
10:42
Leaders tell DR Congo rebels to 'stop war'
Congo rebels begin pullout from Goma
Canberra Times 29 Nov 2012, An M23 fighter stands guard as the rebels prepare to withdraw. Photo: GORAN TOMASEVIC GOMA: Congolese rebels say they are starting to pull out from the eastern city of Goma as the United Nations issued a new call for an end to foreign support for the fighters to prevent the conflict spreading across the volatile region. The UN Security Council call...

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 30 Jun 2012
1:26
Zamalka - Syria: car bomb in a funeral procession 30/06/2012
Twin car bombs reportedly kill 34, wound dozens in Syria
Fox News 28 Nov 2012, Nov. 28, 2012: A Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs in a suburb of Damascus, Syria.AP BEIRUT – Twin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials. The state...