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  • UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'...2:22
  • The Long Walk...6:29
  • DR Congo M23 rebels enter Goma city....1:15
  • Outlook for Germany's Merkel in 2013...2:21
  • Shiite pilgrims killed in deadly Pakistan attack...0:37
  • Racist Blacks are targeting Asian women for hate crimes in New York...1:54
  • Obama says 'fiscal cliff' deal within reach...1:53
  • Japan's Shinzo Abe gets second chance as PM...1:52
  • Indian Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Victim Dies of Organ Failure...3:54
  • President Obama Statement on "Fiscal Cliff" (12/28/2012)...6:19
  • Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis...25:01
  • Afghanistan War - US Army - Intense Close Taliban Ambush - Helmet Cam...5:11
  • Deadly! SNOWSTORM ravage NORTHEAST US 17 Dead, Dectruction Dec.27,2012...1:30
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy, has warned that without political negotiation, Syria risks descending into "hell" and becoming a failed state. Chief correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the latest from Syria. You can follow Alex Thomson on Twitter here: twitter.com
UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of de­scend­ing into hell'
2:22
The Long Walk
6:29
DR Congo M23 rebels enter Goma city.
1:15
Out­look for Ger­many's Merkel in 2013
2:21
Shi­ite pil­grims killed in dead­ly Pak­istan at­tack
0:37
Racist Blacks are tar­get­ing Asian women for hate crimes in New York
1:54
Obama says 'fis­cal cliff' deal with­in reach
1:53
UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of de­scend­ing into hell'
2:22
Japan's Shin­zo Abe gets sec­ond chance as PM
1:52
In­di­an Rape Vic­tim Dies In Sin­ga­pore Hos­pi­tal - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Vic­tim Dies of Organ Fail­ure
3:54
Pres­i­dent Obama State­ment on "Fis­cal Cliff" (12/28/2012)
6:19
In­side Story - Cen­tral African Re­pub­lic's loom­ing cri­sis
25:01
Afghanistan War - US Army - In­tense Close Tal­iban Am­bush - Hel­met Cam
5:11
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




Syria starts 2013 with aerial strikes and clashes
Full Article The Star
01 Jan 2013

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrians woke on New Year's Day to countrywide aerial bombardment, while President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels fighting to topple him clashed on the outskirts of the capital. Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians search for bodies under rubble after an air strike by a fighter jet loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...
In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district in Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Abdullah Al-Yasin

A New Year's Resolution: An Apology Day?
Full Article WorldNews.com
01 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling For good reason Mark Charles, a member of the Navajo Nation, is deeply offended that buried on page 45 of the 2010 Defense Appropriation Act (after pages on the maintenance and operation of the United States Military) is an "official" apology to Native American People. Not only does such dismissive...
File - Ram Herder, 89, is shown on May 22, 2008 in his Sanders, Ariz. home that was provided by the federal government as part of a massive relocation project to move Navajos from land Congress said belonged to the Hopi Tribe.
photo: AP / Felicia Fonseca

UN slaps sanctions on DR Congo rebels
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Jan 2013

The United Nations Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on M23 rebels and their alleged Rwandan allies, the FDLR, amid a flare-up of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern region. The council committee tasked with monitoring sanctions on the Congo also imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on two key M23 figures: the group's...
File -  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) police officers arrive in the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma after the rebel group known as M23 withdrew from the city, 1 December, 2012.
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti

Merkel warns Germans of tough economic times ahead
Full Article BBC News
31 Dec 2012

Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the German economic climate in 2013 will be "even more difficult". In her new year message, she also cautioned that the eurozone debt crisis was far from over. However, she did say that reforms designed to address the roots of the problem were beginning to bear fruit. Her comments appeared to...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures while posing for photographs after recording her annual New Year's speech at the chancellery in Berlin Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / John MacDougall

Car bombing leaves at least 19 dead, 25 injured in Pakistan
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
30 Dec 2012

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 19 people were killed by a car bomb in Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a pattern of escalating attacks by militants in recent weeks. An explosives-laden car was detonated next to a convoy of three buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims from Pakistan’s western Baluchistan province to Iran. The blast also...
Security men gather at the site of a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / Arshad Butt

US woman charged with hate crime in subway death
Full Article Taipei Times
30 Dec 2012

A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform because she has hated Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the US and thought he was one was charged on Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said. Erika Menendez was charged in the death of Sunando Sen, who was crushed by a 7 train in Queens, New York,...
In this image provided by the New York City Police Department, a composite sketch showing the woman believed to have pushed a man to his death in front of a subway train on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 is shown.
photo: AP / New York City Police Department

Obama Accuses Republicans of Blocking Tax Compromise
Full Article The New York Times
30 Dec 2012

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Sunday implored Congress to act within the next 48 hours to avert the sharpest tax increases and benefit cuts scheduled to take effect on Tuesday. Enlarge This Image Luke Sharrett for The New York Times If a deal is reached, votes in the Senate could begin Sunday. Multimedia Graphic Fiscal Cliff: Changes Set to...
President Barack Obama waves to reporters as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, as he returns early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak

Syria risks becoming ‘new Somalia’: UN envoy
Full Article Zeenews
30 Dec 2012

London: UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’. Following talks in Moscow with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei...
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings from heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network

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

Arsenal plotting £10 million January purchase of Everton star Leighton Baines
Full Article The Examiner
01 Jan 2013

Manchester United had appeared to be the long standing interested club in Everton star English international leftback Leighton Baines. However, interest from Chelsea and most recently reported interest from Arsenal on Dec. 31, 2012 has the player now looking set for a...
Leighton Baines
photo: Creative Commons / Nick

Serena breezes into Brisbane quarters
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Jan 2013

Serena Williams has carried her relentless winning form into 2013, reaching the Brisbane International quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Alize Cornet on New Year's Day. After the unexpected exits of No. 2 Maria Sharapova, who pulled out with an injured right collarbone, and 2011 champion Petra Kvitova on Tuesday afternoon, third-ranked...
Serena Williams of the US returns a shot to Maria Sharapova of Russia during their final tennis match of the WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey
photo: AP

Neymar voted South America's best player
Full Article Newstrack India
01 Jan 2013

Tweet Sao Paulo, Jan 1 (IANS) Santos and Brazil superstar Neymar have been voted South America's best player for the second successive year by Uruguayan newspaper El Pais. The 20-year-old beat Corinthians striker Paolo Guerrero, who scored the winning goal in the World Club Cup final against Chelsea, and compatriot Lucas Moura to the prize, reports...
Brazil's Santos' Neymar celebrates after scoring against Chile's Universidad de Chile during the Recopa Sudamericana final soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Andre Penner

Injured Sharapova quits Brisbane International
Full Article Newstrack India
01 Jan 2013

Tweet Brisbane, Jan 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tennis World No.2 player Maria Sharapova Tuesday pulled out of the Brisbane International with a collarbone injury, depriving her of valuable competition time ahead of the Australian Open. Sharapova, who was due to play Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova in the second round, said the inflammation had left her...
Tennis star Maria Sharapova, as Goodwill Ambassador to UNDP
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

Murray relaxed, unburdened ahead of new season
Full Article The Washington Times
01 Jan 2013

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (AP) - People have been treating Andy Murray differently since he won his first major, ending that long, long drought for British men at tennis’ Grand Slam tournaments. He’s been given some free rides, lots of accolades and _ just for something new at the start of the season in Australia _ he didn’t have to...
Andy Murray of Britain looks at the scoreboard during his men's singles quarterfinal match against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday Oct. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

Relaxed Murray heads into new season
Full Article The Times of India
01 Jan 2013

BRISBANE: Andy Murray says he is heading into the new tennis season more relaxed than ever after breaking through for his first Grand Slam title at last year's US Open. Murray, the top seed for this week's Brisbane International, ended one of sport's longest droughts when he became the first British man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred...
Day 6 - Andy Murray (GBR) v Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 1, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

PCB might not release Pak players for BPL
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
01 Jan 2013

Karachi: Furious after Bangladesh refused to tour Pakistan citing security fears, the PCB has hinted that it will not release its players for the Twenty20 Premier League there. In a statement issued last night, the Pakistan Cricket Board indicated that Bangladesh`s refusal to send its team to Pakistan has affected relations between the two Boards....
Pakistan Cricket Players arrive at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Monday 31 December 2012
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Relive the Paralympics' Most Inspiring Moment of the Year
Full Article Mashable
31 Dec 2012

Back in July, we covered how social media would be critical to the success of the 2012 Paralympic Games. The Paralympics ended in September, but the International Paralympic Committee is still using the web to shine a light on unheralded athletes and tell stories of remarkable inspiration. SEE ALSO: This Incredible Paralympics Ad Could Make You Cry...
Fireworks explode over the Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics games, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in London.
photo: AP / Alastair Grant

Justin Bieber Brings 'Believe' Hits To 'New Year's Rockin' Eve': Watch
Full Article Billboard
01 Jan 2013

Justin Bieber capped off a huge 2012 by performing a trio of "Believe" singles on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" on Monday night (Dec. 31) and, at one point, showing off his 18-year-old chiseled abs by momentarily lifting his shirt.  ...
Singer Justin Bieber performs during his My World Tour concert at the National Stadium in Lima, Peru, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Enrique Castro Mendivil, Pool)
photo: AP / Enrique Castro Mendivil, Pool

New Year Tweets: 13 Celebs Wish You a Happy 2013
Full Article Billboard
01 Jan 2013

2013 came in with a flurry on Twitter from musicians including Katy Perry and Carrie Underwood, Rick Ross, No Doubt and PSY all finding their own ways -- in 140 characters or less -- to say Happy New Year. Admonishments to party hard, group pictures with MC Hammer and Carly Rae Jepsen in Times Square, blessings to fans, family and friends,...
Katy Perry performs during the Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida USA December 11, 2010
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Anoushka , Norah to represent Ravi Shankar at Grammy Awards
Full Article The Times of India
31 Dec 2012

After the death of Pandit Ravi Shankar, on December 11, 2012, step sisters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones will collect their father's posthumous Grammy award at the ceremony to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013. "Norah (Jones) and I are planning to receive the award on his behalf together," said Anoushka over an...
Internationally Acclaimed Musical Prodigy Anoushka Shankar and Dancer Mamata Shankar during the grand Launch of
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Lady Gaga Bringing Teen Counseling Service on the Road
Full Article Rollingstone
30 Dec 2012

Lady Gaga is taking another big step in her effort to help troubled teens. The pop star announced Saturday she will be offering free counseling before shows on her Born This Way Ball tour in 2013....
A picture I took of Lady Gaga at The Monster Ball in Toronto on March 3rd 2011
photo: Creative Commons / RetroDanceFreak2011

Bruno Mars proud of old tracks
Full Article Music News
30 Dec 2012

Bruno Mars has vowed to sing his older songs until the day he dies. The Hawaiian-born star enjoyed worldwide success with his 2010 album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which boasted hit singles including Just the Way You Are and The Lazy Song....
Bruno Mars performs during the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund at Carnegie Hall, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow

Nicole Scherzinger: I'm a loner
Full Article Music News
30 Dec 2012

Nicole Scherzinger has always been "a loner". The singer and X Factor judge prefers her own company to spending time with others....
Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, in Las Vegas.
photo: AP / Matt Sayles

'Gangnam Style' to Obamamania: 12 reasons to be cheerful about 2012
Full Article The Independent
30 Dec 2012

No. 1 Psy of the times By John Walsh Essentially, it's a comic dance in which the participants ride an invisible horse and twirl an invisible lasso. The music is the worst kind of electro-synth pop. The singer is a chubby little geezer in 1950s sunglasses. The hook-line is meaningless to anyone outside Korea. The collective dancing it encourages is...
Supporters wave flags during President Barack Obama's election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
photo: AP / M. Spencer Green

Azealia Banks to quit "tacky", "unladylike" rapping?
Full Article Digital Spy
29 Dec 2012

Azealia Banks has suggested that she may give up rapping to conentrate on other types of music. Banks burst onto the scene with well-received mixtapes in 2011 before releasing the single '212', which made it to number 12 in the UK charts. Speaking to HypeTrak TV, Banks claimed she is looking to move her sound into different areas, saying: "I'd...
Rapper Azealia Banks performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Indio, Calif.
photo: AP / Chris Pizzello

Anne Hathaway
photo: AP / Evan Agostini

Umesh Kulkarni organises filmmaking workshop
Full Article The Times of India
01 Jan 2013

Award winning Marathi filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni will be conducting a workshop on filmmaking in Pune in the first week of January. The main idea behind the workshop will be making short films. Passionate about short films as an independent form of storytelling,...
Shri Umesh Kulkarni .
photo: PIB of India

Kevin Sorbo: Hercules actor and author's brush with deadly aneurysms
Full Article The Washington Times
30 Dec 2012

David Eugene Andrews Ask me a question. Follow @David_E_Andrews LOS ANGELES, December 30, 2012Kevin Sorbo, the immortal Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, reveals his brush with mortality in his book ‘True Strength’. In the late 1990s, Hercules had surpassed Baywatch as the most viewed television show in...
Kevin Sorbo
photo: Creative Commons / ricardo-pereira

Playing Bijlee was mentally draining: Anushka Sharma
Full Article Headlines India
30 Dec 2012

Mumbai, Dec 30: For Anushka Sharma, playing the role of Bijlee in "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" was far too complex than the roles she has done till now, and even left her mentally drained. "So far the characters which I have played have been very strong girls so I cannot play them in a relaxed way. I played them the way they...
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma arrives to promote her upcoming movie " Band Baaja Baaraat" in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The film is scheduled to be released on Dec.10.
photo: AP / Ajit Solanki

Movie review: Jack Reacher
Full Article NZ Herald
29 Dec 2012

Tom Cruise joins forces with Valkyrie and The Usual Suspects screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who takes on directing duties for this adaptation of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novel One Shot. Reacher is an ex-army military police major turned drifter, and the casting of Cruise as the imposing 114kg, 1.96m character of the page was a controversial...
Tom Cruise on MTV Live in December 2008
photo: Creative Commons / MTV Live at http://www.mtv.ca/live

McCartney, 'God particle' scientist get honors
Full Article Denver Post
29 Dec 2012

LONDONStella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain's record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the so-called "God particle," are among the hundreds being honored by Queen Elizabeth II this New Year. The list is particularly heavy with Britain's Olympic heroes, but it also includes...
The Stella McCartney (Beatle star Paul McCartney's daughter) range at H&M. The women went crazy when it was launched days ago.
photo: Creative Commons / jaimelondonboy

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
photo: AP /

Airlines hope weak yen will boost travel
Full Article Taipei Times
01 Jan 2013

Taipei-based carriers are optimistic about a surge in travel by Taiwanese to Japan due to the depreciation of the Japanese yen, despite fallout from the sagging domestic economy. China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空), the nation’s largest carrier, on Monday said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policy of driving down the value of the yen is...
Japanese Yen - Currency
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba

Liberals in Sydney airport dogfight
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
01 Jan 2013

HIS shadow treasurer wants one but Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has "no plans whatsoever" for an airport at Badgerys Creek - and may not even back a second Sydney airport at another site. The issue is causing a split in Coalition ranks and yesterday a second senior frontbencher joined the call. It comes a day after The Daily Telegraph...
Opposition Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Labor Party now would need an additional three seats to form a minority government, as would the conservative coalition, but Labor controls the caretaker administration in the meantime under Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
photo: AP / Mark Graham

NI's leaders issue New Year messages
Full Article BBC News
01 Jan 2013

Northern Ireland's main political leaders have issued New Year messages. PETER ROBINSON, FIRST MINISTER In his New Year message, First Minister Peter Robinson said 2012 was "a year filled with enormous pride" for the Queen and the United Kingdom. "This was the first time a royal visit was pre-announced. Such events would have...
** FILE ** Democratic Unionist party leader Peter Robinson, right, and Ian Paisley Jr., left, speak to the media during a press conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, Nov. 20, 2006.
photo: AP / Peter Morrison

New Year 2013: Car companies to continue with discounts
Full Article The Times of India
01 Jan 2013

NEW DELHI: If you are looking to buy a car in the new year, be sure of pampering by companies as continuing slowdown woes and poor sentiment will make discounts and freebies a norm at showrooms. Senior car industry executives say that 2013 will again be a tough year for companies as buyer sentiment remains shaky on account of a variety of...
Maruti Suzuki's Ritz car displayed at an auto expo-automobile.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

US for fresh duties on Indian shrimp
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
01 Jan 2013

Kochi: Shrimp exports to the US, of the order of over Rs 4,000-crore, is faced with a threat of fresh duties. The US-based Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries has sought imposition of duties for ‘unfair subsidies’ against India as also...
Shrimp - Seafood
photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag

India Shares End Flat; Sensex Up 25.7% in 2012
Full Article Wall Street Journal
31 Dec 2012

By GURDEV SINGH VIRK MUMBAI--Indian shares closed flat on the last trading day of 2012, but were among the world's top gainers this year thanks to persistent buying interest from foreign funds, attractive valuations, and the government opening the economy to more overseas investment. The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-stock Sensitive Index ended down...
Maruti Suzuki's Zen Estilo car at Auto expo-Automobile-Automaker-India.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

Asia stocks wilt hours before US fiscal cliff hits
Full Article Boston Herald
31 Dec 2012

BANGKOK — With just hours left before the U.S. hits the "fiscal cliff," stocks on the other side of the world wilted Monday as investors sold off riskier assets to lock in profits just in case budget negotiations fail in Washington. American political leaders face a Monday night deadline to reach an agreement before steep tax...
 KLps1 - singapore dollars - sing dollars - SGD - currency. (ps1)
photo: WN/Pat Seng

Don't expect high returns from gold in 2013
Full Article The Times of India
31 Dec 2012

Gold prices rose in 2012, but at 9.5% the returns were not as spectacular as in the past few years. Most experts feel that while gold will rise in 2013, the pace will come down. According to the Bloomberg consensus estimates, gold prices could crash 10% in 2015. The government and the RBI took steps in 2012 to...
A bride wore gold jewellery-India.
photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'
UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'
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  • Updated: 31 Dec 2012
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy, has warned that without political negotiation, Syria risks descending into "hell" and becoming a failed state. Chief correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the latest from Syria. You can follow Alex Thomson on Twitter here: twitter.com
http://wn.com/UN_envoy_'Syria_at_risk_of_descending_into_hell'

The Long Walk
The Long Walk
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  • Updated: 12 Dec 2012
The Navajo's Long Walk to Bosque Redondo.
  • published: 06 Dec 2007
  • views: 19789
  • author: nanebah
http://wn.com/The_Long_Walk

DR Congo M23 rebels enter Goma city.
DR Congo M23 rebels enter Goma city.
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  • Updated: 25 Nov 2012
http://wn.com/DR_Congo_M23_rebels_enter_Goma_city

Outlook for Germany's Merkel in 2013
Outlook for Germany's Merkel in 2013
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  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is the woman at the centre of the European financial storm. She has managed to steer both her country and the European Union toward relative calm. But that may change in the year ahead. Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Berlin.
http://wn.com/Outlook_for_Germany's_Merkel_in_2013

Shiite pilgrims killed in deadly Pakistan attack
Shiite pilgrims killed in deadly Pakistan attack
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  • Updated: 31 Dec 2012
A car bomb killed at least 19 Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southwest Pakistan December 30, 2012 as security forces searched for the killers of 21 kidnapped troops in the troubled northwest, officials said. Duration: 00:36
  • published: 30 Dec 2012
  • views: 217
  • author: AFP
http://wn.com/Shiite_pilgrims_killed_in_deadly_Pakistan_attack

Racist Blacks are targeting Asian women for hate crimes in New York
Racist Blacks are targeting Asian women for hate crimes in New York
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  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
At least five Asian women have been the victims of assaults in what the New York City Police Department is calling a hate crime spree. All of the victims were attacked in lower Manhattan in and around the Baruch Houses. Surveillance video shows five teens entering the scene of one attack that happened on March 31 at the Gompers Houses at 90 Pitt Street. Two of the teens are female; three are male. In the most recent incident, a 68-year-old woman was assaulted on Tuesday in front of 247 East Broadway at about 11 pm Police say all of the victims have been Asian and between 50-71 years old. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is looking for the attackers. Robbery does not appear to be a motive in the assaults. If you have any information on the attackers, you are urged to contact police:
http://wn.com/Racist_Blacks_are_targeting_Asian_women_for_hate_crimes_in_New_York

Obama says 'fiscal cliff' deal within reach
Obama says 'fiscal cliff' deal within reach
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  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
US President Barack Obama said that a deal to avert the fiscal cliff budget crisis due to hit within hours was in sight but was not yet done. Obama said the fallback deal being negotiated in Congress ahead of a January 1 deadline would start to solve America's budget and deficit problems in several steps rather than in a big, comprehensive deal that he had hoped for.
http://wn.com/Obama_says_'fiscal_cliff'_deal_within_reach

UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'
UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of descending into hell'
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  • Updated: 31 Dec 2012
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy, has warned that without political negotiation, Syria risks descending into "hell" and becoming a failed state. Chief correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the latest from Syria. You can follow Alex Thomson on Twitter here: twitter.com
http://wn.com/UN_envoy_'Syria_at_risk_of_descending_into_hell'

Japan's Shinzo Abe gets second chance as PM
Japan's Shinzo Abe gets second chance as PM
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  • Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Japan's parliament has formally appointed Shinzo Abe as the new prime minister. He had previously served in the same job from 2006 to 2007. His administration will have to win over a public weary of revolving door politics and will need to convince his people that the best of times are still ahead. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
http://wn.com/Japan's_Shinzo_Abe_gets_second_chance_as_PM

Indian Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Victim Dies of Organ Failure
Indian Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital - Delhi Bus Gang Rape Victim Dies of Organ Failure
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crazyThe 23-year-old paramedical student, who was allegedly gangraped and brutally assaulted by six men inside a private bus in Delhi on December 16, has died. The student, who was airlifted from New Delhi to Singapore on December 26 as her condition showed no signs of improvement even after 10 days of treatment at Safdarjung Hospital, breathed her last on Saturday (December 29, 2012) due to severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain.
http://wn.com/Indian_Rape_Victim_Dies_In_Singapore_Hospital__Delhi_Bus_Gang_Rape_Victim_Dies_of_Organ_Failure

President Obama Statement on
President Obama Statement on "Fiscal Cliff" (12/28/2012)
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  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
From C-SPAN Coverage: President Obama gave a statement on the "fiscal cliff" following a meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House. More information can be found here: www.c-span.org
  • published: 28 Dec 2012
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  • author: CSPAN
http://wn.com/President_Obama_Statement_on_Fiscal_Cliff_12/28/2012

Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis
Inside Story - Central African Republic's looming crisis
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  • Updated: 31 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

Afghanistan War - US Army - Intense Close Taliban Ambush - Helmet Cam
Afghanistan War - US Army - Intense Close Taliban Ambush - Helmet Cam
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  • Updated: 31 Dec 2012
Read info: Alpha 1-87 IN 10th MTN get ambushed by Taliban in Afghanistan.
http://wn.com/Afghanistan_War__US_Army__Intense_Close_Taliban_Ambush__Helmet_Cam

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
  • views: 535
  • 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
  • views: 131
  • author: Nomi Shah
http://wn.com/Benazir_Bhutto's_death_5th_anniversary_Pakistan_People's_Party_JAPAN


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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. Serena Williams speak during a news conference with her sister Venus, not visible, after leading a workshop at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in Soweto, South Africa 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
Syria starts 2013 with aerial strikes and clashes
Full Article The Star
01 Jan 2013

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrians woke on New Year's Day to countrywide aerial bombardment, while President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels fighting to topple him clashed on the outskirts of the capital. Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians search for bodies under rubble after an air strike by a fighter jet loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...
In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district in Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Abdullah Al-Yasin

updated 26 Dec 2012; published 07 Oct 2012
12:51
Syria - FSA Clash With As­sads Army (Oc­to­ber_2012)
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 22 Nov 2012
14:58
18+ Syria Rebels Clash with Assad Regime at Al Miyadeen Ar­tillery Base 11-22-12 Deir Ez Zor
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 26 Nov 2012
0:36
18+ Syria Free­dom Fight­ers Clash With Regime Forces in Al Aqaba 11-26-12 Alep­po
updated 29 Dec 2012; published 10 Sep 2012
2:12
18+ Syria - Hanano Mil­i­tary Bar­racks Clash­es Con­tin­ue Be­tween Free Syria Army and Regime 9-9-12
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
8:00
18+ Syria #2 Dark­oush - Regime and Rebels Clash for Con­trol of Town 10-14-12 Idlib
updated 27 Dec 2012; published 22 Nov 2012
0:47
18+ Syria Rebels Clash with Regime Shabi­ha at Mil­i­tary School in Alep­po 11-22-12

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UN envoy: 'Syria at risk of de­scend­ing into hell'
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