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Chuck Hagel, Republican Vietnam vet, to get top spot at Pentagon
Full Article Newsday
06 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his...

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Outgoing U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel talks to supporters Thursday Dec 18, 2008 during a farewell news conference in Omaha, Neb.
photo: AP / Dave Weaver

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 17 Mar 2011
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@fordschool - Chuck Hagel: International & domestic issues facing the US
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Ex-Senator Chuck Hagel 'To Get Defence Nod'
updated 02 Jan 2013; published 30 Dec 2012
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Gay Republicans Have A Problem With Chuck Hagel
updated 05 Jan 2013; published 21 Dec 2012
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Why Some Republicans are Hating on Chuck Hagel - A Potential Defense Sec. Nominee
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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Republicans Are Right. Chuck Hagel Should NOT be Sec. of Defense
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 28 Dec 2012
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Possible Sec. Of Defense Nominee Chuck Hagel Under Fire From All Sides
Pakistan accuses India of deadly cross-border raid
Full Article Herald Tribune
06 Jan 2013

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier. The military's public relations office said in a statement Sunday that another Pakistani soldier was critically wounded in the incident early Sunday....

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Indian Army soldiers patrol outside their army camp at Gurez, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Indian troops in Kashmir fought a deadly gunbattle with suspected rebels crossing the military Line of Control from Pakistani-controlled territory Saturday, the army said. One soldier and 11 suspected rebels were killed, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said, but only six suspected rebels' bodies were recovered. He said the other five bodies were lost when they fell into a river during the fighting in the disputed Himalayan region.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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LATEST NEWS : Indian troops cross border
updated 30 May 2012; published 24 May 2012
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Geo News Summary- Pak-India Secy Level Talks
updated 16 Sep 2012; published 06 Jul 2012
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Pak:Doctor Who Aided CIA Should Face Charges According To Law
updated 06 Apr 2012; published 31 Dec 2008
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Tanks ready along Israeli border
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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India, Pakistan in Kashmir Border Skirmish
updated 18 Aug 2012; published 27 Nov 2011
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Aftermath NATO attack on Pakistan Salala checkpost
Argentina's call for return of Falklands causes a stir
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
06 Jan 2013

LONDON -- They have barely 3,000 inhabitants and far more sheep than people. They are more than 8,700 miles from London. For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica. President Ronald Reagan, who tussled with Margaret Thatcher over them as he rarely did on any other issue that...

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File - Cristina Fernández, President of Argentina, is pictured during a meeting of the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization to consider the “Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)”, 14 June, 2012.
photo: UN / Evan Schneider

updated 05 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Argentina UK FALKLAND ISLANDS RUNNING DISPUTE BRIEFLY from '1592 to 1965' Kirchner
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 16 Nov 2009
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Movie 3 - More and more south - part 1 (subtitles)
updated 02 Jan 2013; published 11 Mar 2010
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Eddie Opara
updated 02 Feb 2012; published 01 Feb 2012
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World at 8 Wednesday 1 February 2012
updated 11 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
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Combat Experience in the Falklands War
updated 01 Jan 2013; published 30 Dec 2007
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Sudan and South Sudan Presidents agree again on buffer zone
Full Article Deutsche Welle
06 Jan 2013

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to establish a demilitarized zone along their disputed border. The deal opens the way for the two countries to resume oil exports. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir agreed to the deal Saturday,...

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President Salva Kiir, right, of South Sudan arrives at the National Palace with Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, left, of Ethiopia during talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday Jan. 4, 2013.
photo: AP

updated 07 Sep 2012; published 10 Oct 2011
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North and South Sudan Talks
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Sudanese, South Sudanese presidents hold face-to face talks in Ethiopia
updated 15 Jul 2012; published 15 Jul 2012
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Republic of South Sudan indepedent celebration Party in Mankato, Minnesota USA
updated 07 Sep 2012; published 11 Nov 2011
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Bomb blast in South Sudan's Unity state
updated 23 Dec 2012; published 24 Apr 2012
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Honoring the Pledge of Never Again: Sudan, South Sudan and the LRA: What More Can Be Done?
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 25 Oct 2012
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Ambassador Rice Delivers Remarks on Sudan and South Sudan
Syria fights off rebel advance on Damascus
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Jan 2013

Syrian government forces have bombarded several rebel strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus to quell the fighters battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad from reaching the capital. Activists on Saturday said troops leveled their bombardment campaign on the districts of Hajar al-Aswad and Qaboun in southern Damascus while they continued to...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, Syrian firefighters check a gas station that was attacked by a car bomb killing several people, activists said, in Damascus, Syria.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 05 Jan 2013; published 26 Sep 2012
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TV reporter killed on air by Syrian rebel sniper in Damascus
updated 27 Dec 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
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KILLED ON AIR! PressTV reporter MURDERED by Syrian REBEL sniper in Damascus
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 02 Dec 2012
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WWIII Syria Conflict FSA Launches Damascus-Douma Offensive Syrian Army Counter Attacks Pocket Rebels
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 21 Jul 2012
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BREAKING NEWS CIVIL WAR SYRIA: HUGH explosion in Damascus and REBELS controling the BORDERS
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 26 Sep 2012
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MEDIA MURDER! PressTV Reporter KILLED on AIR in Damascus by REBEL SNIPER!
updated 27 Oct 2012; published 27 Oct 2012
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KILLED on AIR!: PressTV Reporter MURDERED in Damascus by REBEL SNIPER! [MEDIA MURDER!]
UN council calls on CAR rebels to withdraw
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Jan 2013

The UN Security Council has called on rebels in the Central African Republic to halt their military offensive and withdraw from towns and cities they have seized. The council said in a press statement late on Friday that these military activities "gravely undermine" the country's security and stability, "constitute a threat to the civilian...

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File - Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN and President of the Security Council for December, briefs the press on the situation in the Central African Republic, 28 December, 2012.
photo: UN / Mark Garten

updated 09 Dec 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
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DR congo shootings caught on camera combat with machine guns, GOMA WARNING +18
updated 12 Dec 2012; published 19 Apr 2012
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North Korean Nuclear Tests, Syrian Rebels, Brazil and US Monetary Policy (2012)
updated 11 Jun 2012; published 11 Jun 2012
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CHINA'S Amb. LI BAODONG: PRESIDENT UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
updated 09 Jun 2012; published 09 Jun 2012
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CHINA'S UNITED NATIONS Amb. LI BAODONG: HOULA, SYRIA, DPRK, MALI, SUDAN
updated 10 Jun 2012; published 10 Jun 2012
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CHINA'S UNITED NATIONS Amb. LI BAODONG: PRESIDENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL
updated 04 Jun 2012; published 04 Jun 2012
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WorldLeadersTV: CHINA's Amb. LI BAODONG @ UN: HOULA, SYRIA, DPRK,
Friend of Delhi gang-rape victim calls for protests to continue
Full Article Newstrack India
05 Jan 2013

Tweet New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): The male friend of the 23-year-old medical student, who was gang-raped and left unclothed and bleeding in the street and later died in hospital two weeks after she was attacked on December 16 on a private bus in New Delhi, has said that things would have gone differently if someone had stopped to help....

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Chatraparishad Supporters participate in a Candel Light to  protest  against Delhi gang rape case and for reviewing “ Women Protection Law “ in kolkata on Friday 28 December 2012
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
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TV9 News: Delhi Gang-Rape Victim on Ventilator, Next 24 Hours Critical for Victim
updated 29 Dec 2012; published 28 Dec 2012
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Delhi gang rape victim dies in Singapore hospital
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Hang Them Dad Whose Daughter Was Gang Raped NewsBreaker Ora TV
updated 02 Jan 2013; published 29 Dec 2012
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Indian rape victim dies in hospital..
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 23 Dec 2012
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A woman is Raped every 20 mins. India!!
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 13 Jul 2012
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SCHOOL GIRL RAPED @ BAR IN ASSAM
‘Hugo Chavez can hold office without taking oath’
Full Article Zeenews
05 Jan 2013

Zeenews Bureau Caracas: President Hugo Chavez can reportedly begin his fourth term after re-election even if he is unable to attend a swearing-in ceremony owing to his illness, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro said. After assuming the role of President, he could be sworn in later by the Supreme Court, Maduro added. Maduro made the statement after...

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 Hugo Chavez. President of Venezuela, addresses the 61st session of the U.N. General Assembly at UN headquarters, in this Sept. 20, 2006 file photo. Unlike in years past, Bush´s address to the General Assembly did not make waves. It was Iran´s
photo: AP File/Ed Betz

updated 01 Jan 2013; published 20 Dec 2012
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HUGO CHAVEZ; Venezuelan president may miss swearing in ceremony Due to ILL HEALTH [4th operation]
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 20 Dec 2012
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Venezuelan president may miss swearing in ceremony
updated 05 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Hugo Chavez could be sworn in later by the Supreme Court
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Hugo Chavez fighting lung infection.
updated 05 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Chavez inauguration 'could be delayed' due to illness
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Chavez swearing-in can be delayed- Venezuelan VP
Pakistani Girl Discharged from British Hospital
Full Article Chosunilbo
05 Jan 2013

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban last year, has been temporarily discharged from a British hospital. According to the hospital, Yousafzai will spend the next few weeks rehabilitating at her parent's temporary house elsewhere in England. In the meantime, she will be treated by the hospital as an...

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This photo made available by Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England shows Malala Yousufzai saying goodbye as she is discharged from the hospital to continue her rehabilitation at her family’s temporary home in the area, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013.
photo: AP / Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Malala Yousafzai discharged from UK hospital
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Malala Yousafzai discharged from UK hospital
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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LATEST NEWS : Malala discharged from UK hospital
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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THE LATEST NEWS : Malala discharged from UK hospital
updated 05 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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THE NEWS : Malala discharged from UK hospital
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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NEW NEWS : Malala discharged from UK hospital
Congress passes $9.7 billion in Sandy aid, with some House GOP dissent
Full Article The Washington Post
04 Jan 2013

Congress has approved $9.7 billion in new aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, with a face-saving quick move by the House taken three days after Speaker John A. Boehner earned scathing criticism from New York and New Jersey Republicans for canceling a late-night vote on the funds. The bill, which will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to...

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio waits to meet new members of the House shortly after he survived a roll call vote in the newly convened 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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NJ Gov. Christie Responds to Sandy Aid: It's my Party's Responsibility (Jan, 2, 2013)
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Rep Peter King Explodes At GOP For Delaying Sandy Aid Vote
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Full Video Chris Christie News Conference | NJ Governor BLASTS US HOUSE Congress and John Boehner
updated 02 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Peter King ANGRY With GOP For Killing Hurricane Sandy Aid Package
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Chris Christie on Sandy Aid: House Republicans 'Disappointing & Disgusting' - 1/2/13
updated 04 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Congress passes $9.7 billion in Sandy aid, with some House GOP dissent

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WASHINGTON — As dean of Yale Law School, Harold Hongju Koh was among the fiercest critics of President George W. Bush's "war on terror," arguing that his...
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The "fiscal cliff" battle may be over, but Washington's fiscal wars have only just begun: a series of budget battles between Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled House of...
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The December in Newtown was a national tragedy in which we all share. After such horrid events, it is natural to want do something, anything, to assert a sense of control over the...

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, sounding defiant, confident, and, to critics, out of touch with the magnitude of his people’s grievances, proposed on Sunday what he called a peace plan to resolve the country’s 21-month uprising with a new...
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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during his first press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.
ISE, Mie Pref. — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has renewed his pressure on the Bank of Japan to play a more assertive role in the economy's recovery, raising the adoption of his proposed 2 percent inflation target by the central bank yet again. "As...
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Google-Geschaeftsfuehrer Eric Schmidt (rechts) und Google-Mitbegruender Larry Page sitzen bei einem Pressetermin in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, nebeneinander (Foto vom 08.07.10).
WASHINGTON — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama...
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Crew members aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) observe the Russian-flagged tanker Renda as it follows Healy?s trail through the ice in the Bering Sea Jan. 8, 2012. The 420-foot, Seattle-based cutter was escorting and assisting Renda on its mission to deliver more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel to Nome, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Benjamin Nocerini/Released)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas of southeast Alaska and British Columbia after an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday. The quake occurred...
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In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March 2013.
GENEVA: The world’s largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a two-year hibernation in March, as engineers carry out a revamp to help it reach maximum energy levels that could lead to more stunning discoveries following the detection of...
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Jose "Pepe" Mujica, 74, presidential candidate of Uruguay's Frente Amplio ruling party, looks up during a rally with supporters after the country's general elections in Montevideo, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Some world leaders live in palaces. Some enjoy perks like having a discreet butler, a fleet of yachts or a wine cellar with vintage Champagnes. Then there is José Mujica, the former guerrilla who is Uruguay’s...
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Reverse of a 1990 one dollar coin commemorating the sesquicentenary of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The employment situation was relatively unchanged (155K jobs vs. 155K expected and prior 148K), while the unemployment rate inched higher (7.8% vs. 7.8% expected and prior 7.7%) The underemployment data showed conditions still at 63.6% or 14.4%, that...
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updated 06 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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REPORT: Obama expected to pick Chuck Hagel for Pentagon...
Newsday 06 Jan 2013, WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his...

updated 21 Dec 2012; published 09 Jun 2009
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Hoodbhoy: Kashmir Conflict -1/5
Herald Tribune 06 Jan 2013, ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier. The military's public relations office said in a statement Sunday that another Pakistani soldier was critically wounded in the incident early Sunday....

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 03 Jan 2013
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Falklands letter is 'another Kirchner trick'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 06 Jan 2013, LONDON -- They have barely 3,000 inhabitants and far more sheep than people. They are more than 8,700 miles from London. For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica. President Ronald Reagan, who tussled with Margaret Thatcher over them as he rarely did on any other issue that...

updated 25 Sep 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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UN urges accord at Sudan summit
Deutsche Welle 06 Jan 2013, The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to establish a demilitarized zone along their disputed border. The deal opens the way for the two countries to resume oil exports. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir agreed to the deal Saturday,...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Full Speech of Dr. Bashar al-Assad President of the Syrian Arab Repubblic, Damascus 06/01/2012
Al Jazeera 05 Jan 2013, Syrian government forces have bombarded several rebel strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus to quell the fighters battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad from reaching the capital. Activists on Saturday said troops leveled their bombardment campaign on the districts of Hajar al-Aswad and Qaboun in southern Damascus while they continued to...

updated 30 Dec 2012; published 27 Dec 2012
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CAR appeals for aid to fight rebels, France refuses
Al Jazeera 05 Jan 2013, The UN Security Council has called on rebels in the Central African Republic to halt their military offensive and withdraw from towns and cities they have seized. The council said in a press statement late on Friday that these military activities "gravely undermine" the country's security and stability, "constitute a threat to the civilian...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 22 Dec 2012
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Delhi gang-rape: water cannons, lathicharge as protests intensify
Newstrack India 05 Jan 2013, Tweet New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): The male friend of the 23-year-old medical student, who was gang-raped and left unclothed and bleeding in the street and later died in hospital two weeks after she was attacked on December 16 on a private bus in New Delhi, has said that things would have gone differently if someone had stopped to help....

updated 05 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Venezuela: Chávez 'can miss oath' and still be president
Zeenews 05 Jan 2013, Zeenews Bureau Caracas: President Hugo Chavez can reportedly begin his fourth term after re-election even if he is unable to attend a swearing-in ceremony owing to his illness, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro said. After assuming the role of President, he could be sworn in later by the Supreme Court, Maduro added. Maduro made the statement after...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
0:47
Malala Yousafzai leaves Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Chosunilbo 05 Jan 2013, Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban last year, has been temporarily discharged from a British hospital. According to the hospital, Yousafzai will spend the next few weeks rehabilitating at her parent's temporary house elsewhere in England. In the meantime, she will be treated by the hospital as an...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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LATEST NEWS : Sandy aid package 'too little, too late'
The Washington Post 04 Jan 2013, Congress has approved $9.7 billion in new aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, with a face-saving quick move by the House taken three days after Speaker John A. Boehner earned scathing criticism from New York and New Jersey Republicans for canceling a late-night vote on the funds. The bill, which will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
1:01
Burma air strike targets Kachin rebels Burma air strike targets Kachin rebels
The New York Times 04 Jan 2013, LAIZA, Myanmar (AP) — Ethnic Kachins living in makeshift camps in Myanmar described their terror at the army's use of air power during fighting with Kachin rebels seeking more autonomy as the government said Friday that it has exercised maximum restraint. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 03 Jan 2013
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Falklands letter is 'another Kirchner trick'
Al Jazeera 04 Jan 2013, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has released a public letter urging the United Kingdom to relinquish its control over the disputed Falkland Islands. She accused Britain of taking part in an act of "blatant colonialism" in claiming the archipelago and called on UK Prime Minister David Cameron to honour UN resolutions...

updated 05 Jan 2013; published 03 Jan 2013
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THE NEWS : Boehner re elected as House Speaker on first ballot
CNN 04 Jan 2013, Posted by CNN's Deirdre Walsh and Kevin Liptak Washington (CNN) – Rep. John Boehner was re-elected Speaker of the House Thursday. But after roughly a dozen of his own colleagues voted for someone else or withheld their vote to protest his leadership, the Ohio Republican begins his second term tasked with leading a conference that isn't shy...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 12 Dec 2012
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Hugo Chavez's health mystery
The Washington Times 03 Jan 2013, Follow Us On Facebook Follow @washtimes Question of the Day Are you happy with Congress' fiscal cliff deal? View results CARACAS, VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez is due to be sworn in for a new term in less than a week, and his closest allies still aren’t saying what they plan to do if the ailing leader is unable to return from a...