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Rebels, CAR peace talks delayed
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08 Jan 2013

Bangui - Talks between Central African Republic's government and the rebels who now control much of the country's north are being delayed until Friday, the president of Republic of Congo announced late on Monday. Delegations were expected to travel to Gabon in time to begin talks on Tuesday, though a plane carrying the government delegation along...

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Government security forces in a pickup truck drive past a demonstration held by several hundred merchants calling for peace as negotiators prepare for talks with rebels from the north, in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 22 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
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Havana to host Colombia-FARC peace talks
updated 19 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
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FARC peace talks to be hosted in Havana
updated 17 Oct 2012; published 17 Oct 2012
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Colombia, FARC rebels to start peace talks
updated 05 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Congo peace talks: Late travels delay resumption of talks.
updated 14 Mar 2012; published 02 Oct 2010
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Riz Khan - Sudan's push for peace
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 09 Jan 2013
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Central African Republic preps for peace talks as regional troops arrive.
Wildfires rage across Australia amid searing heat
Full Article Herald Tribune
08 Jan 2013

SYDNEY - Firefighters battled scores of wildfires raging across southeast Australia on Tuesday with officials evacuating national parks and warning that blistering temperatures and high winds had led to "catastrophic" fire conditions in some areas. Enlarge A charred vehicle sits near the remains of a destroyed home following a wildfire near...

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In this photo provided by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, plumes of smoke rise from a fire near Cooma, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.
photo: AP / New South Wales Rural Fire Service

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Australia battles wildfires amidst record heatwave
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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Australian Bushfires 'Catastrophic' Conditions
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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Weather Map Scale Changed Amid Australia Heat
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 09 Jan 2013
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Australia wildfires rage as temperatures reach 'catastrophic' level.
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Australia in fear as strong winds and high temperatures cause more wildfires
Assad won’t stop Syria’s ‘terrible suffering’: Ban
Full Article Khaleej Times
08 Jan 2013

UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday that President Bashar Al Assad’s speech setting out his terms for peace would not help end ‘the terrible suffering’ of the Syrian people. ‘The secretary-general was disappointed that the speech by President Bashar Al Assad on January 6 does not contribute to a solution that could end the terrible suffering of...

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File - In his end-of-year press conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left)reflects on a “tumultuous” 2012, which saw tensions from Syria to the Sahel and from Eastern Congo to the Korean peninsula.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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Fighting unabated in Syria after Assad
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 16 Dec 2011
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No War for Israel in Syria and Iran !
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 25 Sep 2012
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President Obama's Complete UN Address (2012)
updated 17 Oct 2012; published 21 Oct 2011
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Colonel Gaddafi dead Video of former Libya leader's bloodied body emerges as Sirte falls
updated 08 Dec 2012; published 31 May 2012
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Ausama Monajed (أسامة المنجد) - Oslo Freedom Forum 2012
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 25 Sep 2012
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Watch President Obama Address the UN General Assembly
Obama nominates U.S. defense, CIA chiefs
Full Article CNTV
08 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced that he will nominate former Republican senator Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary, and his counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). At a formal announcement event at the White House, Obama called Hagel "the leader our...

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CIA Director-nominee Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, second from left, shakes hands with the president's choice for Defense Secretary, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, second from right, as the president, center, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, where he made to announcement. At left is Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, at right is current Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Analyst comments on Obama's nominations
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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President Obama Nominates Chuck Hagel Secretary Defense John Brennan CIA Director
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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NEW NEWS : Obama nominates Hagel for Defense, Brennan for CIA
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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President Barack Obama picks Hagel for defense, Brennan for CIA
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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LATEST NEWS : Obama nominates Hagel for Defense, Brennan for CIA
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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News: Obama nominates Hagel for Defense, Brennan for CIA
Our Galaxy May Host Billions of Earth-Size Planets – Study
Full Article Novosti
08 Jan 2013

MOSCOW, January 8 (RIA Novosti) – At least 17 billion Earth-size planets may inhabit the Milky Way galaxy, SPACE.com reported citing a new study by US astronomers. A US research team has conducted an analysis of data collected by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope,...

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This artist rendering released Monday Jan. 7,2013 by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft.
photo: AP / Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

updated 10 Dec 2012; published 28 Mar 2012
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Super Earth Planets Number in Billions, Many May Be Habitable
updated 14 Jul 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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NASA Now Minute: Earth and Space Science: 100 Billion Planets
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 09 Jan 2010
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The Search For Earth-Like Planets
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 17 Nov 2012
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Space Fan News #82: Rogue Planet Found; Measuring Deceleration of the Universe; Most Distant Galaxy
updated 20 Nov 2012; published 12 Jan 2012
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Space Fan News #49: There Are More Planets than Stars in Our Galaxy
updated 23 Oct 2012; published 17 Nov 2010
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War and Any 'Vanity' Necessary
Full Article WorldNews.com
07 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Congress granted President Lyndon B. Johnson absolute powers to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression," Congress could have also included "all necessary vanities." The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which...

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File - U.S. Army Pfc. Caesar Pimentel, an infantryman attached to 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the security forces element for Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktiya, keeps a watchful eye on his surroundings in the Sayed Karem District market, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Christopher Bonebrake

updated 30 Dec 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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FAILURE IN VANITY - "War On Liberty" (2012)
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 21 Sep 2011
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Cast of War Horse for Vanity Fair by Jason Bell
updated 12 Nov 2012; published 29 Dec 2009
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iNDiGO VANiTY GIVES SNEAK PEEK AT HER NEW SONG "ITS WAR" (UNCHAiNED)
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 01 Dec 2012
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Gears of War 3: Fake Clan Gamertag's (Full 5) vs. 2 sTp's w/Pink Vanity
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 20 Aug 2011
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Cast of War Horse Vanity Fair Shoot
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 05 Jun 2009
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1UP Specials: Cliff Bleszinski Vanity Fair Q&A;
Ghana inaugurates John Mahama as president
Full Article The Guardian
07 Jan 2013

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in as Ghana's next president following his narrow win in elections last month. The opposition is disputing the result....

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President John Dramani Mahama, foreground speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Accra, Ghana, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.
photo: AP / Gabriela Barnuevo

updated 27 Dec 2012; published 25 Jul 2012
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John Mahama Is New Ghana President
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 13 Jul 2012
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Vice President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama in NYC
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 24 Jul 2012
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John Dramani Mahama sworn in as 4th President of 4th Republic of Ghana
updated 29 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
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Ghana Election 2012: Incumbent John Mahama declared President-elect
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
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John Mahama Wins Ghana's Presidential Elections 2012
updated 31 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
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President Elect John Mahama Victory Song (Ghana Elections 2012)
Australia PM Gillard visits fire-hit Tasmania
Full Article BBC News
07 Jan 2013

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is visiting wildfire-hit regions in Tasmania, as crews continued to battle blazes in the state. No deaths have been reported in the fires, which broke out on Thursday on the south coast amid a heat wave. But more than 100 buildings have been destroyed and communities in some areas remain cut off. Speaking in...

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This aerial photo shows homes destroyed by a wildfire near Boomer Bay, in southern Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013.
photo: AP / Chris Kidd

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Highway opens as Tas bushfires downgraded
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Prime minister Julia Gillard visits fire hit Tasmania
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Fuck News: Tasmania Bushfires Leave 100 Missing
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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NEW NEWS : Bushfires rage across Australia
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Bushfires in Australia leave path of destruction
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Australia hit by series of wildfires.
Father 'did not want India rape victim named'
Full Article Al Jazeera
07 Jan 2013

The father of Indian woman who died after being gang raped and tortured has said he had not allowed his daughter to be identified after the British Daily Mirror Sunday paper edition revealed her name, Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times reported on Monday. "I have only said we won't have any objection if the government...

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Kashmiri Sikh students shout slogans and hold placards as they take part in a protest in Srinagar on December 27, 2012, following the rape of a student in the Indian capital on December 16. An Indian student who was left fighting for her life after being brutally gang raped on a bus in New Delhi arrived December 27 in Singapore for treatment at a leading hospital. The attack sparked a wave of protests across India in which a policeman died and more than 100 police and protestors were injured.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Delhi rape victim case- 5 ACCUSED REACH COURT
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 03 Jan 2013
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Shaving My Head..A tribute to Delhi rape victim, RIP Jyoti Pandey..
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Father Releases Name of New Delhi Gang Rape Victim
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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130107 Jyoti Singh Pandey- The real victim. (Father Badri Singh releases her name)
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 24 Apr 2011
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Islam in Bangladesh: Islam kills 14 year old kid for being rape victim !
updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Indian gang rape victim's name revealed
Assad Outlines His View of Syria Solution
Full Article Voa News
07 Jan 2013

CAIRO — Looking tired, but sounding confident, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a crowd of supporters at the Damascus opera house Sunday that he is prepared to hold a dialogue with the opposition, if it observes a cease-fire first. Opposition leaders dismissed the offer, saying it was devoid of substance. Assad's supporters gave him...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Syrian President Assad Gives Live TV Address
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 20 May 2012
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Siege of Homs, Bashar al-Assad, Libya, Corporate Tax Reform, Gas Prices (2012)
updated 25 Sep 2012; published 16 Feb 2012
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After Turning Libya Into Land Of Death & Torture NATO Prepares Same For Syria
updated 24 Feb 2012; published 14 Feb 2012
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NATO & Co Forcing Hijacked UNGA To Become Ally Of Al Qaeda In United Front Against Syria
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 16 Feb 2012
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NATO Crimes In Libya - Fleeing Government Elite Burned Alive Or Tortured To Death
updated 03 Aug 2012; published 03 Aug 2012
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Kofi Annan resigns as envoy to Syria

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Members of the public are being asked to help identify dust features on the surface of Mars. Volunteers can go to the Planetfour website to see millions of images taken by the Mars...
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America has become one of the most heavily legislated nations on the planet. In what has become the Nanny State Americans are now told how to drive, eat, drink, sleep and even have...
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NEW YORK – In the shadow of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy’s long-term problems. But, while we focus on immediate concerns,...

Indian para-military soldier stand alert during a indefinite curfew in Srinagar on November 29, 2012. The curfew comes following clashes between groups of Shia and Sunni Muslims in the restive Himalayan State of Jammu and Kashmir.
ISLAMBAD, PakistanIndian and Pakistani soldiers traded gunfire in the disputed territory of Kashmir for the second time in three days on Tuesday, this time leading to Indian claims that the Pakistanis had killed two Indian soldiers. Connect...
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2005/04/20 Band of Rubble - This artist´s animation illustrates a massive asteroid belt in orbit  around a star the same age and size as our Sun. Evidence for this possible  belt was discovered by NASA´s Spitzer Space Telescope when it spotted
Asteroid 99942 Apophis will come with 9.2 million miles of the Earth at 7:09am MST. Normally this would not be an observation of note, but astronomers will be paying close attention. Apophis has the potential of hitting the Earth. On April 13, 2029...
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Gabrielle Giffords with military officer
PHOENIX (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched an initiative aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and...
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, and Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, disembark from an airport transfer bus after arriving at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrives at Pyongyang International Airport. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP...
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Stakeout by Ms. Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator following Security Consultation on the situation in Syria
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British army Lance Cpl. Benjamin Woodhouse, of Antitank Platoon, 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment, participates in a civil affairs patrol with the 4th Operational Mentor Liaison Team (OMLT) in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2009.
A British soldier has been shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The soldier from 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment, was killed in the southern Helmand province on Monday...
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North Korea's Jong Tae Se reacts during the World Cup group G soccer match between North Korea and Ivory Coast at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa, Friday, June 25, 2010.
INCHEON, South KoreaNorth Korea striker Jong Tae Se hopes his signing with a South Korean club will improve ties between the rival Koreas. The 27-year-old arrived Tuesday in South Korea to sign with the Suwon...
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updated 01 Jan 2013; published 27 Dec 2012
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AFRICAN CAR REBELS SEIZE MORE TERRITORY, demand talks with government, CEASEFIRE AND FINANCE
News24 08 Jan 2013, Bangui - Talks between Central African Republic's government and the rebels who now control much of the country's north are being delayed until Friday, the president of Republic of Congo announced late on Monday. Delegations were expected to travel to Gabon in time to begin talks on Tuesday, though a plane carrying the government delegation along...

updated 07 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Police fear deaths in Australia wildfires
Herald Tribune 08 Jan 2013, SYDNEY - Firefighters battled scores of wildfires raging across southeast Australia on Tuesday with officials evacuating national parks and warning that blistering temperatures and high winds had led to "catastrophic" fire conditions in some areas. Enlarge A charred vehicle sits near the remains of a destroyed home following a wildfire near...

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Syria death toll 60000 - UN
Khaleej Times 08 Jan 2013, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday that President Bashar Al Assad’s speech setting out his terms for peace would not help end ‘the terrible suffering’ of the Syrian people. ‘The secretary-general was disappointed that the speech by President Bashar Al Assad on January 6 does not contribute to a solution that could end the terrible suffering of...

updated 09 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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President Obama Press Conference: Chuck Hagel and John Brennan Nominated
CNTV 08 Jan 2013, WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced that he will nominate former Republican senator Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary, and his counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). At a formal announcement event at the White House, Obama called Hagel "the leader our...

updated 27 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2006
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Milky Way Galaxy Best Planet Profile
Novosti 08 Jan 2013, MOSCOW, January 8 (RIA Novosti) – At least 17 billion Earth-size planets may inhabit the Milky Way galaxy, SPACE.com reported citing a new study by US astronomers. A US research team has conducted an analysis of data collected by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope,...

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Obama's Cheney? "Assassination Czar" John Brennan Brings Legacy of Drone War and Torture to CIA Nod
WorldNews.com 07 Jan 2013, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Congress granted President Lyndon B. Johnson absolute powers to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression," Congress could have also included "all necessary vanities." The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which...

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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Ghana's opposition boycotts presidential swearing in
The Guardian 07 Jan 2013, ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in as Ghana's next president following his narrow win in elections last month. The opposition is disputing the result....

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Australia battles wildfires amidst record heatwave
BBC News 07 Jan 2013, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is visiting wildfire-hit regions in Tasmania, as crews continued to battle blazes in the state. No deaths have been reported in the fires, which broke out on Thursday on the south coast amid a heat wave. But more than 100 buildings have been destroyed and communities in some areas remain cut off. Speaking in...

updated 09 Jan 2013; published 19 Dec 2012
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Delhi rape victim's parents want the accused to be hanged: Krishna Tirath
Al Jazeera 07 Jan 2013, The father of Indian woman who died after being gang raped and tortured has said he had not allowed his daughter to be identified after the British Daily Mirror Sunday paper edition revealed her name, Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times reported on Monday. "I have only said we won't have any objection if the government...

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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China calling for a peacefull solution to Syria unrest
Voa News 07 Jan 2013, CAIRO — Looking tired, but sounding confident, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a crowd of supporters at the Damascus opera house Sunday that he is prepared to hold a dialogue with the opposition, if it observes a cease-fire first. Opposition leaders dismissed the offer, saying it was devoid of substance. Assad's supporters gave him...

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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Obama names Hagel to lead 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 04 Jan 2013; published 03 Jan 2013
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De Kirchner letter calls for return of Falklands
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,...