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  • President Obama urges Congress to raise US debt limit...9:14
  • Maha Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad with piety, fervor...4:55
  • France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali...1:19
  • Free Syrian Army Attack A Tank Convoy...2:00
  • France escalates involvement in Mali...5:05
  • Paris, France, Pro-Gay Marriage, Equality Protest, French LGTB Groups, Place St. Michel, .MOV...0:26
  • Netanyahu, Merkel agree to disagree on Israeli settlements...6:26
  • Egypt court orders retrial for ex-president Mubarak...1:09
  • Global Warming 101...3:03
  • Haiti continues to suffer three years on...2:42
  • French hostage feared killed in Somalia...2:44
  • Family escape lethal wildfire...2:36
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Maha Kumbh Mela be­gins in Al­la­habad with piety, fer­vor
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France fight­er jets pound rebels in north­ern Mali
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Free Syr­i­an Army At­tack A Tank Con­voy
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Maha Kumbh Mela be­gins in Al­la­habad with piety, fer­vor
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Ne­tanyahu, Merkel agree to dis­agree on Is­raeli set­tle­ments
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Egypt court or­ders re­tri­al for ex-pres­i­dent Mubarak
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Haiti con­tin­ues to suf­fer three years on
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French hostage feared killed in So­ma­lia
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Obama On Debt Ceiling: 'We Are Not A Deadbeat Nation'
Full Article Huffington Post
14 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Republicans on Monday that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling or allow Republicans to use it as a bargaining chip....

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File - President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Jack Lew and Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office, Nov. 28, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Italy's Berlusconi fails to have sex trial suspended
Full Article The Star
14 Jan 2013

MILAN (Reuters) - Judges in Milan rejected a request by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday to halt his sex trial until after a national election next month, but allowed the key witness to avoid giving testimony in open court. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures before the taping of the talk show...

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In this Dec. 29, 2012 file photo Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at Milan's central train station.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno

Pilgrims Flock to India's Ganges for World's Biggest Festival
Full Article Jakarta Globe
14 Jan 2013

Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges on Monday at the start of the world's biggest religious festival. The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over the next 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters,...

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Indian Hindu holy men, or Naga Sadhus, run naked into the water at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the royal bath on Makar Sankranti at the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.
photo: AP / Kevin Frayer

France strikes Mali rebels
Full Article Independent online (SA)
14 Jan 2013

Bamako/Paris - French fighter jets pounded Islamist rebel strongholds deep in northern Mali on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital, Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al-Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country’s north. The attacks on Islamist positions near the ancient desert trading town of Timbuktu and Gao...

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This Sunday Jan.13, 2013 photo provided by the French Army Monday Jan.14, 2013 shows a French Rafale jetfighter landing after a mission to Mali in N'Djamena, Chad.
photo: AP / Adj Nicolas-Nelson Richard, ECPAD

Syria conflict causing 'staggering' humanitarian crisis
Full Article BBC News
14 Jan 2013

The Middle East faces a "staggering" humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict in Syria, an aid agency says. With more then 600,000 Syrians having fled the...

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Men help a wounded civilian after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Andoni Lubaki

India's Hindu Kumbh Mela festival begins in Allahabad
Full Article Joy Online
14 Jan 2013

Millions of Hindu pilgrims have arrived in the Indian city of Allahabad as the Kumbh Mela festival gets underway. On Monday thousands began bathing at the point where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers converge, with up to ten million more set to do so over the coming days. The event, which takes place once every 12 years, is billed as the biggest...

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Thousands of Hindu devotees gather at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river on Makar Sankranti, the first day of the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad, early Monday morning, Jan. 14, 2013.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup

French surprise intervention in Mali aims to stop terrorists, but will it trap Paris, too?
Full Article Fox News
14 Jan 2013

French President Francois Hollande, right, speaks with members of Malian associations in France during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nigeria agreed on Saturday to send soldiers, a day after France authorized air strikes, dispatching fighter jets from neighboring Chad and bombing...

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This picture released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers getting ready before boarding to Bamako, the capital from Mali, at Kossei camp in N'Djamena, Chad, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.
photo: AP / R.Nicolas-Nelson, Ecpad

Gay marriage opponents flood Paris
Full Article The Australian
13 Jan 2013

HUNDREDS of thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Paris in protest at government plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption. With the proposed legislation due to go before parliament at the end of this month, opponents travelled from all over France for a demonstration supported by leaders of the mainstream centre-right opposition,...

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Protestors wave flags during a demonstration in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Thibault Camus

Palestinians evicted from W Bank protest camp
Full Article Khaleej Times
13 Jan 2013

ZAIM - Israeli police evicted dozens of Palestinian activists early on Sunday from a first-of-its-kind protest camp they set up in a West Bank area slated for illegal Jewish settlement. Police and activists confirmed that hundreds of Israeli police entered the campsite in the controversial E1 area on the outskirts of Jerusalem at around 2.30am on...

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A Palestinian activist raises a Palestinian flag in the new 'outpost' of Bab al-Shams (Gate of the Sun) in an area known as E1, near Jerusalem, Friday, Jan 11, 2013.
photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed

Egypt court grants Mubarak appeal, orders retrial
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
13 Jan 2013

CAIRO (AP) — A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the...

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In this Saturday, June 2, 2012 file photo, Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP

Now no one can deny that the world is getting warmer
Full Article The Observer
13 Jan 2013

The draft version of the US National Climate Assessment, released on Friday, makes remarkable reading – not just for Americans but for all humanity. Put together by a special panel of more than 240 scientists, the federally commissioned report reveals that the US is already reeling under the impact of global warming. Heatwaves, droughts, floods,...

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File - Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jackie McBride hands a box to Electronics Technician 2nd Class Shawn Cutter as they attempt to clear a street in Staten Island, New York that was leveled during Hurricane Sandy, Nov. 9, 2012.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Gretchen Albrecht

Haiti quietly marks quake's 3rd anniversary
Full Article WPXI
12 Jan 2013

President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster's anniversary Saturday with a simple ceremony. Martelly also thanked other countries and international organizations for their help after the Jan. 12, 2010 disaster. "Haitian...

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A Haitian national flag flies at half-mast on the front lawn of the former National Palace, marking the 3rd anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Dieu Nalio Chery

File - Al-Shabaab fighters display weapons as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia,Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.
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Bushfires rage on in Australia 'helped' by climate change
Full Article BBC News
12 Jan 2013

Australian firefighters are continuing to tackle more than 100 bushfires, which have gutted houses and thousands of hectares of land. Officials say temperatures are lower than feared, but gusty winds are making it hard to contain the blazes in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania....

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In this Jan. 11, 2013 photo provided by NSW Rural Fire Service, an aircrane dumps water on a fire near Tallong, Australia.
photo: AP / NSW Rural Fire Service, Kerry Lawrence

Detroit Auto Show: Honda plans 'urban' sport-utility based on Fit
Full Article Chicago Tribune
14 Jan 2013

Honda Motor Co. showed off what it called an “urban SUV concept” vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday. It is a small crossover-style auto pegged below Honda's successful CR-V sport utility. The company plans to build the vehicle at a plant that’s under construction in Mexico and to put it on...

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2012 Honda CR-V
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Cristiano Ronaldo wants to see out contract at Real Madrid
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
14 Jan 2013

CRISTIANO Ronaldo says he wants to stay with Real Madrid until the end of his contract with the club. The 27-year-old Portuguese striker's contract with Real runs out in June 2015 but Spanish media have reported that he is unhappy at the club and may leave at the end of the season. The player has been linked to a move to Paris Saint-Germain or back...

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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal celebrates after scoring against Manchester City during a Champions League Group D soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, in Madrid, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa De Olza

Hockey India league: Delhi Waveriders pip Punjab Warriors 2-1
Full Article DNA India
14 Jan 2013

Delhi Waveriders started their campaign on a positive note defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors 2-1 in the opening match of the inaugural Hockey India league, at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday. Delhi rode on goals from Oscar Deecke and Gurvinder Singh...

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Gaurav Tokhi pulled the goalkeeper to the wrong side and sounded the boards from the last stroke to signal victory for Chandigarh Dynamos even as the huge crowd gave a standing ovation to the home team in the first semifinal of the Premier Hockey League at the Sector 42 Stadium here on Saturday. Chandigarh Dynamos defeated Hyderabad Sultans 5-3 after shoot-out. The teams were locked 0-0 after regulation time and 1-1 after extra-time in Western India
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

International Olympic Committee to hold talks with India
Full Article The Times of India
14 Jan 2013

BANGALORE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) took the first step towards resolving the impasse in the country, inviting the Union government and two officials of the Indian Olympic Association to Lausanne for talks. The sports ministry welcomed the move. "We were sure things would start moving in January. We are glad that the IOC is playing...

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The Olympics flag is handed from London Mayor, Boris Johnson, second from left, to the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, center, next to the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, right, during the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London.
photo: AP / Jeff J Mitchell, Pool

Tennis: Djokovic starts in style
Full Article NZ Herald
14 Jan 2013

Comfortable straight-sets victory takes winning streak to 15 as Serb begins bid for historic hat-trick of Opens. Novak Djokovic's bid for an unprecedented third straight Australian Open title started sweetly with a straight sets win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu at Melbourne Park yesterday. The world No 1, seeking to claim his fourth Open title...

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to France's Paul-Henri Mathieu at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia
photo: AP / Andrew Brownbill

Tennis: Erakovic headed in epic match
Full Article NZ Herald
14 Jan 2013

Marina Erakovic Kiwi No 1 Marina Erakovic had a heart-breaking defeat in the first round of the Australian Open in an epic contest yesterday against France's Alize Cornet. Former world No 11 Cornet won 7-5, 6-7(3), 10-8 with the match total of 43 games just five off the record set in 1996 between Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Chanda Rubin. Erakovic...

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New Zealand's Marina Erakovic
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth

World Cup Skier Works at Being 17
Full Article The New York Times
14 Jan 2013

Mikaela Shiffrin was taking a nap, not an uncommon midday choice for a busy 14-year-old. Except Shiffrin was atop a snowy mountain, sleeping alongside the start gate of the Eastern United States junior ski championships. Enlarge This Image Antonio Bat/European Pressphoto Agency Shiffrin became the first American to capture two World Cup races...

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Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, approaches the finish line to win an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013.
photo: AP / Darko Bandic

Tattooed Tipsarevic eliminates Hewitt in 1st round
Full Article The Miami Herald
14 Jan 2013

MELBOURNE, Australia -- His heavily tattoed arms include one in Japanese that says, "Beauty Will Save the World." No. 8-ranked Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia says his wife has barred him from getting more - and he listens to her because his rise through the rankings started when they married in 2010. "Honestly, I don't know why but from the moment I...

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Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) competes against Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) during the Singles Championship of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Delray Beach Florida USA - 2/27/2011
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India, Bangladesh to ease visa norms
Full Article Deccan Herald
14 Jan 2013

After Pakistan, India is set to sign a liberal visa agreement with Bangladesh when Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde flies to Dhaka on a three-day official trip on January 28. The tone of the scheduled trip has already been set by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who told mediapersons in Dhaka that there are no border disputes with...

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India People Gather on the Ocassion of Bongoan at Indo-Bangladesh Border in Benapol in Eastern India
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

Taylor Swift hints she’s taking a dating break, flashes angry face after loss (Video)
Full Article The Examiner
14 Jan 2013

Taylor Swift is hinting that she may just take a break from her serial dating in new interviews, according to Entertainmentwise today. Taylor showed for last night’s “Golden Globes” in L.A., where she was nominated for best original song for “Safe and Sound” from “The Hunger Games”. Swift lost out to Adele for her theme song “Skyfall” from the...

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Justin Timberlake releases single Suit & Tie on the New MySpace
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
14 Jan 2013

JUSTIN Timberlake is bringing sexy back again with his soulful slowburner Suit & Tie. Timberlake streamed the song, which features hip hop heavyweight Jay-Z, on the New MySpace - in which he has a financial interest...

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FILE - In this May 7, 2012, file photo, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada in New York.
photo: AP / Evan Agostini, File

Perry works out in disguise
Full Article Newstrack India
13 Jan 2013

Tweet Los Angeles, Jan 14 (IANS) Fitness freak singer Katy Perry, who finds it hard to work out while on tour, goes for cycling in disguise whenever she is in a new town. "Constantly travelling can make it hard to exercise, but my favourite workout to do on tour is to ride...

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Katy Perry performs during the Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida USA December 11, 2010
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Lady Gaga rips leather pants on stage at 'Born This Way Ball'
Full Article The Examiner
13 Jan 2013

Lady Gaga started the show off with a bang, or with a rip. The performance artist ripped her pants at a recent "Born This Way Ball" concert. The New York Daily News leaked the photo of the incident on Jan. 12. During the opening night, Gaga wore a black leather corset, black leather pants and...

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(left to right) Sting, Debbie Harry, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Shirley Bassey and Bruce Springsteen at Carnegie Hall, New York City, in 2010
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Britney Spears returns engagement ring
Full Article m&c;
12 Jan 2013

Britney Spears has returned her engagement ring to Jason Trawick. The 31-year-old popstar, who shares sons Sean Preston, seven, and Jayden James, six, from her previous marriage to Kevin Federline - reportedly ended her year-long engagement with her 41-year-old fiance of 13 months recently because...

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Britney Spears performs at KIIS-FMs Jingle Ball 2003 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2003.
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Adam Levine 'donates gambling winnings'
Full Article Music News
12 Jan 2013

Adam Levine won $10,000 in Las Vegas, then donated it to his assistant's sister. The Maroon 5 rocker decided it was time to have a blowout with his friends recently, so arranged for him and five pals to jet to the US party city...

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  Beyoncé Brings In Big Guns For New Album, Working With Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, And Pharrell
Full Article The Inquisitr
11 Jan 2013

Posted: January 11, 2013 Beyonce is taking no chances on her upcoming album. The singer has enlisted Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Dream to ensure her next release flies up the charts in 2013. Featured in a racy cover on the latest issue of GQ, the singer told the magazine: “I’ve been working with Pharrell and...

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Singer Beyonce Knowles performs on the NBC "Today" television program, in New York's Rockefeller Center, Monday Dec. 4, 2006. Her new movie "Dreamgirls" premieres in New York later Monday.
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Shilpa Shetty: 'Women cannot be looked at just as sex objects'
Full Article Digital Spy
14 Jan 2013

Shilpa Shetty has launched a new self-defence campaign for women. Titled 'Enough Is Enough', the initiative aims to encourage women to recognise their own physical and mental strength and build confidence. Speaking to IANS at the official launch of the campaign, Shetty said: "It is high time that we women understand our worth and that it is very...

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Indian actress Shilpa Shetty poses on a boat as a model of the Taj Mahal floats past in London, Tuesday July 17, 2007. The event launched India Now, a three month series of events and exhibitions dedicated to Indian art, film, theatre, music, fashion, food and business.
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Hugh Jackman takes out best actor at 2013 Golden Globes
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
14 Jan 2013

HUGH Jackman has won the best actor in a musical or comedy Golden Globe for his role in Les Miserables. The win is a major boost to Jackman's Oscar hopes, confirming him as the second favourite for the Academy Award behind frontrunner Daniel Day-Lewis, who won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama for Lincoln. Jackman says wife was right about...

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Actor Hugh Jackman poses with the award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture - comedy or musical for "Les Miserables" backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Foster Reveals She's Gay, Suggests She's Retiring
Full Article The New York Times
14 Jan 2013

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Jodie Foster came out without really coming out, and suggested she was retiring from acting without exactly saying so, in a long, breathless and rambling speech at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @NYTNational for breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors...

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  Chad Lowe Gets Golden Globes Shoutout From Lena Dunham
Full Article The Inquisitr
14 Jan 2013

Posted: January 14, 2013 Chad Lowe is a small-time actor best known for being the brother of fellow actor Rob Lowe, but at Sunday’s Golden Globes he was the talk of Hollywood for at least a minute. During her acceptance speech after winning the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV comedy series or musical, Lena Dunham gave a shoutout to Chad...

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 Director Chad Lowe points to photographers as he arrives for the premiere of "Beautiful Ohio," Friday night, Nov. 10, 2006, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. The film stars William Hurt, Rita Wilson, Michelle Trachtenberg. (AP Photo/Mark J.
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Affleck wins best-director Golden Globe
Full Article The Dallas Morning News
14 Jan 2013

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Ben Affleck won the best-director Golden Globe on Sunday for his Iran hostage thriller "Argo," a prize that normally bodes well for an Academy Award win — except he missed out on an Oscar nomination this time. Affleck's now in an unusual position during Hollywood's long awards season, taking home the top filmmaking...

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Ben Affleck at the premiere for He's Just Not That Into You, 2 February 2009
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Sofia Vergara terrified of wardrobe malfunction
Full Article m&c;
13 Jan 2013

Sofia Vergara is terrified of suffering another wardrobe malfunction. The 'Modern Family' star - whose breasts were recently exposed in a nightclub, just months after her dress ripped revealing her underwear at the Emmys last September - has admitted that walking...

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Arnold is back in 'The Last Stand'
Full Article Fresno Bee
12 Jan 2013

LOS ANGELES -- The last time Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a feature film was a decade ago when he played his iconic robot in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." Acting...

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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listens during a meeting of the 7th Annual CEO Business Climate Summit in Menlo Park, Calif., Monday, April 19, 2010.
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Obama warns of crisis unless debt ceiling is raised
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
14 Jan 2013

PRESIDENT Barack Obama warned Monday that unless Republican lawmakers agree to raise the US sovereign debt ceiling the country could face a new economic crisis and global markets could go "haywire." "To even entertain the idea of this happening, of the United States of America not paying its bills, it is irresponsible, it is...

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President Barack Obama talks about the economy, Friday, June 8, 2012, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

UPS abandons $6.9 billion deal for TNT Express
Full Article my SA
14 Jan 2013

UPS scrapped plans to grow in Europe through the acquisition of Dutch delivery company TNT Express because European regulators were getting ready to reject the $6.9 billion deal. It would have been the largest acquisition in UPS history. UPS had offered in March to buy TNT, Europe's second-largest delivery company, to better compete with Europe's...

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A UPS cargo jet sits at the terminal at Dulles International Airport on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 in Chantilly, Va.
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President Pranab Mukherjee calls for balancing economic growth, environment
Full Article Headlines India
14 Jan 2013

New Delhi, Jan 14: Economic growth is undoubtedly the prime driver of a country's overall development but the natural ecosystem and the people who make up the society are also vital for nation building, President Pranab Mukherjee said today. Speaking at the presentation of the CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2012, Mukherjee said: "We need...

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing at the CII-ITC Sustainability Awards for 2012 presentation ceremony, in New Delhi on January 14, 2013.
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Gold Prices Climb as Fed's Evans Backs Easing Efforts
Full Article The Street
14 Jan 2013

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gold prices were jumping Monday morning after Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said that further monetary easing would be necessary for now. Gold prices fell 1% on Friday. Gold for February delivery was rising $11.80 to $1,672.40 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchnage. The gold price traded as...

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MetLife gets out of banking business, sells deposits to GE Capital
Full Article Chicago Tribune
14 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON -- Snoopy is getting out of the banking business. Insurance giant MetLife Inc., which uses Peanuts characters as its corporate mascots, on Monday closed a deal to sell its banking assets. GE Capital Retail Bank, a subsidiary of General Electric Co., acquired MetLife Bank's $6.4 billion in deposits and its online banking operation,...

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The MetLife Building as seen from the Empire State Building.
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Market advance falters ahead of Bernanke comments
Full Article my SA
14 Jan 2013

LONDON (AP) — The new year rally in global markets showed few signs of abating Monday though investors reined in last week's enthusiasm ahead of comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. A number of stock indexes around the world have hit multi-year highs as a key measure of volatility, the so-called VIX index, has fallen to a five-year...

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke  smiles prior to taking part in a meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Airlines to shift facilities to new terminal in Kolkata from Feb 1
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14 Jan 2013

After a prolonged wait, aviation companies are bullish about starting commercial operations from the renovated terminal of the NSC Bose International Airport in the city in March. The terminal will be formally inaugurated on January 20. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) last week announced that the new integrated terminal would be inaugurated...

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President Obama urges Congress to raise US debt limit
President Obama urges Congress to raise US debt limit
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President Barack Obama has urged Congress to raise the US debt limit during the final news conference of his first term. Report by Lauren Hood. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com . Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com
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SILVIO BERLUSCONI TRIAL PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY SEX SCANDAL BREAKING NEWS
SILVIO BERLUSCONI TRIAL PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY SEX SCANDAL BREAKING NEWS
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Maha Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad with piety, fervor
Maha Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad with piety, fervor
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Maha Kumbh Mela-described as the World's biggest religious gathering- has begun at Allahabad with the Makar Sankranti festival. Coming after 12 years, Lakhs of people have gathered to take a ritual bath in the Ganges , believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings. For more log on to www.newsx.com
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France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali
France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali
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French warplanes have bombed Islamist rebel strongholds in northern Mali, as UN-approved west African troops prepare to join the operation. Fighter jets have pounded Timbuktu and Gao in Northern Mali, the region that was captured by al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremists in April 2012. France became directly involved in the conflict after saying that the spread of the al-Qaeda-linked groups in northern Mali posed a security threat to Europe. As well as its fighter jets based in France and Chad, some 550 French troops are currently in the towns of Bamako and Mopti. France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius has insisted that without direct intervention the Islamist could have advanced as far as the capital Bamako, and that the military would only be operating in the country for "a matter of weeks". So far more than 100 militant had been killed, and since the start of the French intervention on Friday, at least 11 Malian soldiers and a French helicopter pilot have died. African nations Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin are all sending in troops in a bid to win back the north. The UK is providing two C17 transport planes towards the French effort. Written and presented by Alfred Joyner
  • published: 14 Jan 2013
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Free Syrian Army Attack A Tank Convoy
Free Syrian Army Attack A Tank Convoy
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Syria, Azaz Aleppo - Free Syrian Army Attack a convoy of government tanks on a highway today the 10/07/2012
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Maha Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad with piety, fervor
Maha Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad with piety, fervor
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Maha Kumbh Mela-described as the World's biggest religious gathering- has begun at Allahabad with the Makar Sankranti festival. Coming after 12 years, Lakhs of people have gathered to take a ritual bath in the Ganges , believed to cleanse sins and bestow blessings. For more log on to www.newsx.com
  • published: 14 Jan 2013
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France escalates involvement in Mali
France escalates involvement in Mali
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Al Jazeera has spoken to a spokesperson for Ansar Dine, who denies that his group is linked to al-Qaeda, and says most of those killed in the attack on Konna were innocent civilians. Also on the situation in Mali, Darren Jordan interviews Sylvain Touati, a political analyst and associate fellow at the French Institute of International Relations.
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Paris, France, Pro-Gay Marriage, Equality Protest, French LGTB Groups, Place St. Michel, .MOV
Paris, France, Pro-Gay Marriage, Equality Protest, French LGTB Groups, Place St. Michel, .MOV
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Paris, France, Pro-Gay Marriage, Equality Protest, by French LGTB Groups, Place St. Michel, 18/11/2012 A large demonstration, organized on Facebook, and attended by 1000 participants, to protest the recent homophobic attacks against the government's project to open marriage, adoption and artificial insemination for LGBT couples
  • published: 18 Nov 2012
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  • author: Tom Craig
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Netanyahu, Merkel agree to disagree on Israeli settlements
Netanyahu, Merkel agree to disagree on Israeli settlements
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Germany and Israel have disagreed over the issue of Jewish settlements on Palestinian land. But Chancellor Merkel stopped short of condemning Israeli actions - actions which have left her European partners furious. Israel is facing increasing isolation on the continent after it announced plans to build 3000 homes on occupied Palestinian territory. Germany criticised the move but didn't join other EU states who called in Israeli ambassadors to condemn it. Relations between the two have been especially tense after Germany abstained from a UN vote which upgraded Palestine's status in the organization. For more RT talks to German journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 06 Dec 2012
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Egypt court orders retrial for ex-president Mubarak
Egypt court orders retrial for ex-president Mubarak
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An Egyptian court on Sunday ordered a retrial for former president Hosni Mubarak after accepting an appeal against the life sentence handed him for his involvement in the deaths of protesters in 2011. Duration: 01:08
  • published: 13 Jan 2013
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  • author: AFP
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Global Warming 101
Global Warming 101
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Global warming could do more than just melt polar ice. It could change our maps, and displace people from cities and tropical islands. See all National Geographic videos: video.nationalgeographic.com
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Haiti continues to suffer three years on
Haiti continues to suffer three years on
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Haiti continues to suffer three years on - YouTube ► 2:42► 2:42 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvuz3n_Cous 2 dias atrás - Vídeo enviado por AlJazeeraEnglish It's three years since a magnitude-7 earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Haiti and left much of ... World News 2013 - Haiti continues to suffer three years on - YouTube ► 2:42► 2:42 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKD0Yr-ZfYk 2 dias atrás - Vídeo enviado por WorldNews2013 www.youtube.com World News 2013 It's three years since a magnitude-7 earthquake ... Mais vídeos para Haiti continues to suffer three years on » Video: Haiti Continues To Suffer Exactly Three Years After Massive ... therightnewz.com/?p=17707 - Traduzir esta página Video: Haiti Continues To Suffer Exactly Three Years After Massive Earthquake. | January 13, 2013. ca6. 350K still living in tent camps three years later even ... Three years after quake, Haitians continue to suffer in camps www.digitaljournal.com/article/341147 - Traduzir esta página 2 days ago -- Three years after Haiti was hit by a disastrous earthquake, over 358000 people continue to live in makeshift camps spread around ... Haiti continues to suffer three years on « BGTV MEDIA ONLINE bgtvmediaonline.com/.../haiti-continues-to-suffer... - Traduzir esta página 1 day ago -- This entry was posted on 2013/01/13 at 12:32 pm and is filed under Haiti. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Haiti continues to suffer three years on - YouTube - Link - Hashonomy ...
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French hostage feared killed in Somalia
French hostage feared killed in Somalia
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A French hostage has reportedly been killed during a failed rescue attempt in Somalia. One French commando was killed and another is missing. Intelligence agent Denis Allex was captured by al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu in 2009. But there's some confusion, as al-Shabab insists the hostage and missing commando are alive and in their custody. Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports.
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Family escape lethal wildfire
Family escape lethal wildfire
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Footage courtesy of: ABC Current Affairs Show '730', with thanks. Grandfather Tim Holmes and his wife save their five grandchildren by hiding beneath a boat jetty in the sea as a wildfire destroyed their home. A British grandfather saved his family by huddling under a jetty for three hours while their hometown in Tasmania was destroyed by wildfires. The island state has suffered the worst damage from a mass outbreak of wildfires across the country. As cooler weather helped thousands of fire fighters battle more than 130 wildfires, survivors have recounted enduring blazes in Tasmania which destroyed more than 100 properties. Bonnie Walker, a mother of five, whose parents were looking after her children, said that she was "bracing myself to lose my children and my parents," as she described her experience of being cut off from her children and parents in the town of Dunalley after they took shelter in the water beneath a wooden jetty. At 3.30pm last Saturday, Ms Walker, who was out of town to attend a funeral, received a message saying that her parents and children "were surrounded by fire". She was later shown a photo of her family under the local jetty. "It's still quite upsetting to see the image, it's all of my, our, five children underneath the jetty huddled up to neck deep sea water which is cold," she told ABC News. "So I knew that that would be a challenge, to keep three non-swimmers above water. And with only my mum and dad and our eldest daughter." Eventually, Ms ...
  • published: 09 Jan 2013
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Anti-government protests persist in Iraq
Anti-government protests persist in Iraq
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Iraq has seen three weeks of mass protests against the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. The Shia dominated government is accused of using anti-terrorism laws to target the country's Sunni minority. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest in numerous cities, including ramadi, Samara and Mosul. Omar Al Saleh reports from Baghdad.
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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier and local residents gather at the site of bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Somdev Devvarman Investors look at the stock price monitor at a private security company Friday April 18, 2008, in Shanghai, China. Chinese stocks sank to their lowest level in more than a year on Friday, as both retail and institutional investors unloaded shares in the absence of any market-boosting news. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 4 percent, or 128.07 points, to 3,094.66. It was its lowest close since it ended at 3,074.29 on March 23, 2007. Kindergarten teachers play with children during an outdoor activity at the Ritan Park in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. A government think tank says China should start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015. It remains unclear whether Chinese leaders are ready to take that step.

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a painting of him during a symbolic inauguration rally for Chavez outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Bosnian national soccer team player Edin Dzeko is seen during a training session in Sarajevo, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks at an anniversary event for Military College in La Paz, Monday, April 20, 2009. In this frame grab taken from Venezolana de Television, VTV, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a televised speech aired from Cuba, Thursday, June 30, 2011.

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa reacts after listening favorable reports about a referendum he proposed as he is interviewed during a TV broadcast at GamaTV station in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, May 7, 2011. Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed Bin Hammam, left, speaks as Chung Mong-joon, an outgoing FIFA vice president and an honorary chairman of the Korea Football Association, looks on during their press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Chung expressed support for Hammam, who has announced his candidacy for the FIFA presidency. AirTran Airways Boeing 737 Forest on the mountain - environment - nature

Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia since 2010 Day 7 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Laura Robson (GBR) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 2, 2012 Shoppers test the iPhone 5 at an Apple store in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Rose bay, circa 1900 HMAS Tingira, named after an Aboriginal word for 'open sea' was moored in Rose Bay from 1912 to 1927. It was used to train over 3,000 Australian sailors, many for service in World War 1.
Obama On Debt Ceiling: 'We Are Not A Deadbeat Nation'
Full Article Huffington Post
14 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Republicans on Monday that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling or allow Republicans to use it as a bargaining chip....

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File - President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Jack Lew and Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office, Nov. 28, 2012.
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Last week Monsanto announced staggering profits from 2012 to celebratory shareholders while American farmers filed into Washington, DC to challenge the Biotech giant’s right...
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Mali is in the grip of an unprecedented political crisis, one of the most serious since the landlocked West African country gained independence from France in 1960. France has...
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Karzai: US troop immunity up to Afghan elders
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan president said Monday that a meeting of the nation's elders should convene to decide whether U.S. troops staying in the country after 2014 would be immune from prosecution under Afghan law. President Hamid Karzai's...
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UN Security Council to meet on Mali, France to use Algeria's airspace for operation
UNITED NATIONS/PARIS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will hold a meeting Monday at France's request to discuss the situation in Mali, while Paris got authorization to use Algeria's airspace for its operation in the western African...
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Chinese women cycle through smog and pollution over Beijing's Tiananmen Square Thursday, May 1, 2008.
BEIJING - Mask-wearing Beijing residents endured a third day of pollution at hazardous levels on Sunday, as authorities warned that a thick cloud of smog may not lift from the Chinese capital until midweek. As the dense smog shrouded large swathes of...
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A sign and emblem for Jaguar automobiles appears in front of a dealership, in Norwood, Mass., Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Ford Motor Co. is selling its storied Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to India's Tata Motors Ltd. in a deal that will net the U.S. automaker $1.7 billion, roughly a third of the price it paid for the two luxury brands
Jaguar Land Rover is set to give the British carmaking industry a much-needed boosted by creating 800 new jobs at its factory in Solihull. Just two days after Honda sent shockwaves through the UK car industry by announcing hundreds of job cuts in...
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2012's Biggest Lie, 2013's Biggest Risk
EU Crisis Reminder: Why It Isn't Getting Better, Implications for Stocks, Gold, the EURUSD and Other Currency Pairs and Asset Classes, and What To Do While doing research for our recent 4 part summary of 2013 market forecasts, I noticed that few...
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and French President Francois Hollande hold a news conference after their bilateral meeting at 10 Downing Street in London Tuesday July 10, 2012.
Britain will provide transport planes to assist the French military operation in Mali, Downing Street has confirmed. David Cameron spoke with Francois Hollande on Saturday evening as France attempted to contain al-Qaeda linked rebels in the north of...
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Presidential candidate Milos Zeman talks to media after casting his vote in presidential elections at a polling station in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Former leftist Prime Minister Milos Zeman narrowly won the first round of the Czech Republic's presidential election on Saturday but will face a strong challenge from the country's aristocratic foreign minister in a run-off round....
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Pres­i­dent Obama urges Congress to raise US debt limit
Huffington Post 14 Jan 2013, WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Republicans on Monday that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling or allow Republicans to use it as a bargaining chip....

updated 10 Jan 2013; published 10 Jan 2013
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SIL­VIO BERLUS­CONI TRIAL PRIME MIN­IS­TER OF ITALY SEX SCAN­DAL BREAK­ING NEWS
The Star 14 Jan 2013, MILAN (Reuters) - Judges in Milan rejected a request by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday to halt his sex trial until after a national election next month, but allowed the key witness to avoid giving testimony in open court. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures before the taping of the talk show...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
4:55
Maha Kumbh Mela be­gins in Al­la­habad with piety, fer­vor
Jakarta Globe 14 Jan 2013, Allahabad. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash-covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges on Monday at the start of the world's biggest religious festival. The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million worshippers gather over the next 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters,...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
1:19
France fight­er jets pound rebels in north­ern Mali
Independent online (SA) 14 Jan 2013, Bamako/Paris - French fighter jets pounded Islamist rebel strongholds deep in northern Mali on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital, Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al-Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country’s north. The attacks on Islamist positions near the ancient desert trading town of Timbuktu and Gao...

updated 13 Jan 2013; published 11 Jul 2012
2:00
Free Syr­i­an Army At­tack A Tank Con­voy
BBC News 14 Jan 2013, The Middle East faces a "staggering" humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict in Syria, an aid agency says. With more then 600,000 Syrians having fled the...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
4:55
Maha Kumbh Mela be­gins in Al­la­habad with piety, fer­vor
Joy Online 14 Jan 2013, Millions of Hindu pilgrims have arrived in the Indian city of Allahabad as the Kumbh Mela festival gets underway. On Monday thousands began bathing at the point where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers converge, with up to ten million more set to do so over the coming days. The event, which takes place once every 12 years, is billed as the biggest...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
5:05
France es­ca­lates in­volve­ment in Mali
Fox News 14 Jan 2013, French President Francois Hollande, right, speaks with members of Malian associations in France during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nigeria agreed on Saturday to send soldiers, a day after France authorized air strikes, dispatching fighter jets from neighboring Chad and bombing...

updated 18 Nov 2012; published 18 Nov 2012
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Paris, France, Pro-Gay Mar­riage, Equal­i­ty Protest, French LGTB Groups, Place St. Michel, .MOV
The Australian 13 Jan 2013, HUNDREDS of thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Paris in protest at government plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption. With the proposed legislation due to go before parliament at the end of this month, opponents travelled from all over France for a demonstration supported by leaders of the mainstream centre-right opposition,...

updated 12 Jan 2013; published 06 Dec 2012
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Ne­tanyahu, Merkel agree to dis­agree on Is­raeli set­tle­ments
Khaleej Times 13 Jan 2013, ZAIM - Israeli police evicted dozens of Palestinian activists early on Sunday from a first-of-its-kind protest camp they set up in a West Bank area slated for illegal Jewish settlement. Police and activists confirmed that hundreds of Israeli police entered the campsite in the controversial E1 area on the outskirts of Jerusalem at around 2.30am on...

updated 13 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
1:09
Egypt court or­ders re­tri­al for ex-pres­i­dent Mubarak
San Francisco Chronicle 13 Jan 2013, CAIRO (AP) — A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 18 May 2007
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Glob­al Warm­ing 101
The Observer 13 Jan 2013, The draft version of the US National Climate Assessment, released on Friday, makes remarkable reading – not just for Americans but for all humanity. Put together by a special panel of more than 240 scientists, the federally commissioned report reveals that the US is already reeling under the impact of global warming. Heatwaves, droughts, floods,...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
2:42
Haiti con­tin­ues to suf­fer three years on
WPXI 12 Jan 2013, President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster's anniversary Saturday with a simple ceremony. Martelly also thanked other countries and international organizations for their help after the Jan. 12, 2010 disaster. "Haitian...

updated 14 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
2:44
French hostage feared killed in So­ma­lia
The Guardian 12 Jan 2013, Helicopter raid fails to rescue agent 'Denis Allex' from Islamist group al-Shabaab, as French combat pilot killed in Mali French secret service hostage 'Denis Allex' pictured in Somalia in October 2012. Photograph: SITE Monitoring Service/AFP/Getty Images...

updated 10 Jan 2013; published 09 Jan 2013
2:36
Fam­i­ly es­cape lethal wild­fire
BBC News 12 Jan 2013, Australian firefighters are continuing to tackle more than 100 bushfires, which have gutted houses and thousands of hectares of land. Officials say temperatures are lower than feared, but gusty winds are making it hard to contain the blazes in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania....