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  • Sunni extremist group claims Quetta bombing...2:06
  • Protesters demand Pakistan government resign...2:59
  • Mali: UN says 150000 Malian refugees and 230000 displaced inside country...1:39
  • News Wrap: Military Suicides Exceed Combat Deaths in 2012...3:20
  • In Debt Ceiling Fight, President Obama Issues Warning to Republicans...52:56
  • Berlusconi sex trial to rule before the election...0:56
  • 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 fighting Mali Islamists while supporting extremists in Syria'...4:21
  • BBC News - Thousands on Paris anti-gay marriage march 2013...1:27
  • Venezuela's Chavez 'is not in coma'...3:12
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni Muslim extremist group, has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting Shia Muslims in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta. More than 100 people were killed and scores of others wounded in a series of multiple attacks across Pakistan, including at least 81 in the bombing in Quetta. Bomb explosions and violent deaths rocked Quetta, the Swat Valley in the northwest, and the port city of Karachi on Thursday. Al Jazeera's Will Jordan reports.
Sunni ex­trem­ist group claims Quet­ta bomb­ing
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Protesters de­mand Pak­istan gov­ern­ment re­sign
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Mali: UN says 150000 Malian refugees and 230000 dis­placed in­side coun­try
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News Wrap: Mil­i­tary Sui­cides Ex­ceed Com­bat Deaths in 2012
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Lance Arm­strong! Fake Ass Cheater! [Philosia]
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In Debt Ceil­ing Fight, Pres­i­dent Obama Is­sues Warn­ing to Re­pub­li­cans
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Berlus­coni sex trial to rule be­fore the elec­tion
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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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'France fight­ing Mali Is­lamists while sup­port­ing ex­trem­ists in Syria'
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BBC News - Thou­sands on Paris an­ti-gay mar­riage march 2013
1:27
Venezuela's Chavez 'is not in coma'
3:12
Ne­tanyahu, Merkel agree to dis­agree on Is­raeli set­tle­ments
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Pakistan's Deathly Nonviolent Protest
Full Article WorldNews.com
15 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Desperate times call for desperate measures. In the case regarding Pakistani Shias, a minority population in Pakistan, some are refusing to bury their dead until the government deepens its commitment to protect them and the army provides better security. This comes on the heels of another suicide...

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Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit next to the bodies of their relatives awaiting burial, who were killed in Thursday's deadly bombings, during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Arshad Butt

Clashes in Islamabad as Pak cleric seeks to bring down govt
Full Article Zeenews
15 Jan 2013

Zeenews Bureau Islamabad: Followers of influential cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who has given the Pakistan government hours to quit and to dissolve the National and Provincial Assemblies, clashed with security forces in the heart of the capital Islamabad on Tuesday. As per reports, Qadri - who heads the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran - marched into Jinnah Avenue...

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Supporters of Pakistan Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri walk with a vehicle carrying their leader at an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.
photo: AP / Anjum Naveed

UN's Ban hopes French intervention halts latest offensive in Mali
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
15 Jan 2013

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the French-led military intervention in Mali at the request of the government there and voiced the hope that it would halt an assault launched by Islamist militants. "The secretary-general welcomes that bilateral partners are responding, at the request and with the...

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This Sunday Jan.13, 2013 photo provided by the French Army Monday Jan.14, 2013 shows French Rafale jetfighters being prepared before heading to Mali from the Saint Dizier airbase, eastern France.
photo: AP / Laure-Anne Maucorps, ECPAD

2012 military suicides hit a record high of 349
Full Article Ohio
15 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON: Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will grow worse this year. The Pentagon has struggled to deal with the suicides, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have called an epidemic. The problem...

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US military in side hummer on the Ramadia road and an the duty in Ramadia present
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Armstrong Admits Doping, and Says He Will Testify
Full Article The New York Times
15 Jan 2013

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that is scheduled to air on her network on Thursday, Lance Armstrong confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career, according to two people briefed on the interview, which was recorded on Monday in Austin, Tex. Enlarge This Image Joel Saget/Agence France-PresseGetty Images Lance...

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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks at the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland.
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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.
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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.
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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

Hugo (Quixote) Chavez: Until the End Victory Always!
Full Article WorldNews.com
13 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Several years ago when President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela unsheathed the spirit of Michael de Cervantes' Spanish classic, "Don Quixote of La Mancha," mainly by giving out free copies of the book and entreating Venezuelans: "Don't be left without your Quixote! We are all going to read Quixote to feed...

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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.
photo: AP / Fernando Llano

Andrew Romanoff indicates he might challenge Mike Coffman in Congress
Full Article Denver Post
16 Jan 2013

It's been a little more than two months since he retained his seat in the 6th Congressional District and Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman is already beginning to hear mumbles about potential challengers in the 2014 mid-term election. Former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff told Politico Tuesday that he wants to get back into public office...

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Andrew Romanoff  Candidate for US Senate in Colorado 2010.
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TENNIS: More moans than cheers for Murray
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
16 Jan 2013

CHANGE: Aussies now cool to Brit after his grand slam success AUSTRALIA'S traditional love of the underdog and admiration for sporting battlers garnered plenty of support for Briton Andy Murray during his long wait for grand slam success. However, the Scot's US Open triumph last September has snuffed out some of the good will at Melbourne Park this...

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Britain's Andy Murray reacts after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the championship match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in New York.
photo: AP / Kathy Willens

Envoy slams Aleppo attackers
Full Article Independent online (SA)
15 Jan 2013

New York - Syria's United Nations Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari described as “a cowardly terrorist act” an attack on Tuesday that killed scores of students sitting for exams at Aleppo University in Syria's biggest city. “This act killed 82 students and wounded 162 other students,” he told the UN Security Council during a debate...

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Representative of Syria Addresses General Assembly on Financial Crisis Bashar Ja'afari, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses a United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development.
photo: UN / Ryan Brown

Nene joins Qatar's Al-Gharafa from PSG
Full Article The Guardian
15 Jan 2013

PARIS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Brazilian forward Nene has joined Qatar's Al-Gharafa from Paris St Germain, the French Ligue 1 club and the player said on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Nene, the league's joint top-scorer last season with 21 goals to help PSG finish second, has signed for two year and a half years with his new club, he said on his official...

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Paris Saint Germain's Nene, shoots to score the opening goal with a penalty against Nice during the French League one soccer Match Paris Saint Germain against Nice at Parc des Prince stadium in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011.
photo: AP / Michel Euler

Sidney Crosby finally back at full strength for Penguins
Full Article The Washington Times
15 Jan 2013

Facebook Follow @washtimes Should the government be able to take guns away from the American people? View results PITTSBURGH — The headaches are gone. Finally. So are the doubts, the ones Sidney Crosby couldn’t outrun as he rehabilitated from concussion-like symptoms that robbed hockey’s best player from two years in the middle of...

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McGinley named Europe's Ryder Cup captain
Full Article Al Jazeera
15 Jan 2013

Ireland's Paul McGinley has been appointed captain of Europe's Ryder Cup team for the biennial match against the United States next year, the Players' Committee said on Tuesday. The 46-year-old, who holed the winning putt in the 2002 match at The Belfry, edged former skipper Colin Montgomerie in a vote taken by the 15-man...

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Ireland's Paul McGinley tees off on the 17th hole during the 2nd round of the Irish Open Golf Tournament, Baltray, Ireland, Friday, May, 15, 2009.
photo: AP / Peter Morrison

Spartak's coach Michael Laudrup seen during their Russian league soccer match against CSKA in Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.
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Britain’s Beijing Olympic champion Cooke quits cycling
Full Article Taipei Times
15 Jan 2013

Beijing Olympic Games road race gold medalist Nicole Cooke announced on Monday she was retiring from cycling with immediate effect. The 29-year-old Welshwoman, who also won the world...

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Britain's Nicole Cooke celebrates on the podium after winning the Women's event, at the road World cycling Championships, in Varese, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.
photo: AP / Antonio Calanni

n this photo provided by "Live from Lincoln Center," Broadway star Audra McDonald poses for a portrait in front of the Lincoln Center in New York. PBS said Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, that the singer-actress is the new host of "Live from Lincoln Center." McDonald will emcee seven broadcasts from December through spring 2013, starting Dec. 13 with "The Richard Tucker Opera Gala."
photo: AP / Live from Lincoln Center," Chase Newhart

Singer Babul Supriyo shoots for his debut Hindi film
Full Article The Times of India
15 Jan 2013

Singer Babul Supriyo has started shooting for his debut Hindi film, Joe B Carvalho, in Bangalore from Monday. The film, directed by Sameer Tiwari, also stars Arshad Warsi, Soha Ali Khan and Jaaved Jaffrey. Says Babul, "It's a slapstick comedy. I play a...

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Justin Timberlake announces comeback album in open letter to fans
Full Article Newstrack India
15 Jan 2013

Tweet London, January 15 (ANI): Justin Timberlake, who has been teasing his fans over the past week over the unveiling of his first new music in six years with single 'Shirt and Tie', penned an open letter as well as a bunch of new songs to explain his 'long awaited' comeback. The new single, which is complete with a special guest appearance from...

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Justin Timberlake.
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L.L. Cool J Turns 45 -- See More '90s Musicians Then & Now!
Full Article IMDb
15 Jan 2013

L.L. Cool J turns 45 years old today!It's hard to believe that the "NCIS: Los Angeles" star was once a radio regular -- who can...

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LL Cool J at MyCokeFest at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia  April 2007
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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
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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.
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Megan Fox has Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
15 Jan 2013

INSTEAD of chasing fame, Megan Fox says she is running from it. The Transformers actress tells Esquire magazine she wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe and even has a tattoo of the late actress on her arm, but has now begun the process of having it...

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Keira Knightley: 'My body ... was breaking'
Full Article New York Post Online
15 Jan 2013

Keira Knightley is skipping awards season this year, and not just because she doesn’t have any nominations. The actress has revealed that she is on the mend after a life-threatening bout with stress and pleurisy left her struggling to breathe. “I was rehearsing for this play and then I found in rehearsals it got so bad that I...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Talks Newtown, Movie Violence: "It's Entertainment, People Know the Difference"
Full Article E! Online
15 Jan 2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger was appalled like everyone else by last month's Newtown school shooting and the senseless deaths of 20 schoolchildren, even more so because he has kids of his own. But that doesn't mean the Hollywood action hero sees a connection between movie violence and the real thing....

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Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
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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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Ron Paul's Republican legacy growing in states like Iowa
Full Article The Dallas Morning News
16 Jan 2013

DES MOINES, IowaRon Paul is exiting the political stage, but his legions of followers insist they are only getting started. Libertarian-leaning loyalists of the two-time Republican presidential candidate have quietly taken over key-state GOP organizations, ensuring future fights with the GOP's establishment and laying the groundwork for a future...

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Ron Paul speaking at his "We Are the Future" rally in Tampa, Florida.
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Maduro stands in for Venezuela's ailing Chavez in key speech
Full Article The Star
16 Jan 2013

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address on Tuesday in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro delivers the state of nation address to national assembly...

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Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, front center, and members of his cabinet pose for photographers after attending the state-of-the-nation address in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Maduro submitted the report in writing from ailing President Hugo Chavez, who is receiving treatment in Cuba after undergoing his fourth cancer surgery. Opposition politicians had argued that lawmakers should have postponed the annual speech because Chavez was supposed to deliver it.
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Ex-SC Gov. Sanford to announce run for Congress
Full Article The Guardian
15 Jan 2013

BRUCE SMITH Associated Press= CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford plans to announce Wednesday he is running for his old congressional seat....

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Gov. Mark Sanford talks about the actions of the Ethics Commission during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C.
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Subsistence farmers must raise themselves: Pranab
Full Article The Hindu
15 Jan 2013

Advising farmers to scale up their agricultural activity from subsistence level to that of a commercial venture, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the sector needs to be given priority access to power, credit, water and fertilizers. Awarding the “Krishi Karman” awards to 18 States for excellence in production of foodgrains, the...

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Krishi Karman Awards 2011-12 presentation ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on January 15, 2013.  The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar and the Minister of State for Agriculture & Food Processing Industries, Shri Tariq Anwar are also seen.
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Hero MotoCorp eyes rural India to beat competition from Honda Motor Co
Full Article The Times of India
15 Jan 2013

MUMBAI: Hero MotoCorp, the country's biggest motorcycle maker, is wooing rural buyers with promotions such as free health checkups after competition from former partner Honda Motor Co. prompted the first drop in sales in almost a decade. The New Delhi-based company, which gets over 45 per cent of its revenue from sales in non-urban areas in the...

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Renault to Reduce French Labor Force by 7,500
Full Article The New York Times
15 Jan 2013

PARISFrance’s ailing industrial sector took another body blow on Tuesday, as Renault said it planned to cut 7,500 domestic jobs by 2016, or about 17 percent of its French labor force, as it adjusted production capacity to the crushing downturn in the European car market. The plan, which the company said would save €400 million,...

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Concept Car Renault Koleos is displayed during the press day at the 77th Geneva International Motor Show, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Motor Show will open its gates to public from March 8 to 18. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo)hg3
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Lance Armstrong May Return Some Money To The Postal Service: Report
Full Article Huffington Post
15 Jan 2013

The bad news is that Lance Armstrong isn't as cool as we once thought he was. But the good news is that the U.S. Postal Service may have found a new stream of revenue as a result of his downfall....

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Alberto Contador of Spain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, right, looks at American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, as they climb Grand-Saint-Bernard pass during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 159 kilometers (98.8 miles) with start in Martigny, Switzerland and finish in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Alps region, France, Tuesday July 21, 2009
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Sunni extremist group claims Quetta bombing
Sunni extremist group claims Quetta bombing
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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni Muslim extremist group, has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting Shia Muslims in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta. More than 100 people were killed and scores of others wounded in a series of multiple attacks across Pakistan, including at least 81 in the bombing in Quetta. Bomb explosions and violent deaths rocked Quetta, the Swat Valley in the northwest, and the port city of Karachi on Thursday. Al Jazeera's Will Jordan reports.
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Protesters demand Pakistan government resign
Protesters demand Pakistan government resign
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Scuffles have occurred between police and a crowd of tens of thousands of protesters who converged on the Pakistani parliament as part of a "long march" overnight The protesters are followers of Canadian-Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul Qadri, who led a two-day protest march into the capital Islamabad overnight to demand a peaceful "revolution" and the dissolution of parliament. It was not clear who fired the gunshots. An AFP reporter saw police fire tear gas shells at the crowd. Protesters were brandishing sticks and had pelted stones at police around 500 metres from parliament. The AFP reporter said protesters smashed vehicle windows. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports from Islamabad.
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Mali: UN says 150000 Malian refugees and 230000 displaced inside country
Mali: UN says 150000 Malian refugees and 230000 displaced inside country
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People displaced in the country. Flood of Malians trying to leave the country. As the offensive in the divided African country entered its fifth day, UN says there are 150000 Malian refugees and 230000 displaced inside country. France's military intervention in Mali will build up to 2500 French soldiers, defence ministry sources said Tuesday, as the offensive in the divided African country entered its fifth day. President François Hollande, on a state visit to the United Arab Emirates, said earlier on Tuesday that French troop presence had already been boosted to 750 soldiers and would continue to rise. Citing sources close to French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, the AFP news agency said that France's fighting force in the troubled African country would "progressively reach" the new figure. LATEST NEWS - Watch the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, international, business, entertainment, politics, and more. With our correspondents all over the world in the field. FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com
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News Wrap: Military Suicides Exceed Combat Deaths in 2012
News Wrap: Military Suicides Exceed Combat Deaths in 2012
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In other news Monday, the Associated Press reported US military suicides hit a record in 2012, with 349 deaths. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the rash of military suicides an epidemic. Also, government officials in Beijing admitted for the first time that the city was suffering from extreme smog.
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Lance Armstrong! Fake Ass Cheater! [Philosia]
Lance Armstrong! Fake Ass Cheater! [Philosia]
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In Debt Ceiling Fight, President Obama Issues Warning to Republicans
In Debt Ceiling Fight, President Obama Issues Warning to Republicans
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President Obama addresses the need to increase the debt limit and other issues during a news conference Monday at the White House. Related article: nyti.ms Please visit nyti.ms in order to embed this video Watch more videos at nytimes.com Follow on Twitter: twitter.com
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Berlusconi sex trial to rule before the election
Berlusconi sex trial to rule before the election
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www.euronews.com Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to put his sex trial on hold until after the general election. Three Milan judges dismissed his lawyers' argument that the media magnate would not have time to attend the trial due to the vote, which is set for February 24 and 25. Berlusconi, who's 76, denies all charges in this latest court case which include paying for sex with a minor. The nightclub dancer at the centre of the scandal made a brief appearance in court. 20-year-old Morroccan Karima El Mahroug - who's stage name is "Ruby the Heartstealer" - was under 18 when the alleged affair took place. Berlusconi, pictured here with his new 27-year-old girlfriend, is leading his centre-right party into the election. He's still not confirmed whether he will run for prime minister while facing a possible 15 year prison sentence. Polls show his party is still trailing far behind the centre-left alliance, which is expected to win. Berlusconi stepped down as prime minister in 2011 amid several legal cases and as the Italian economy faced bankruptcy. He was replaced by technocrat Mario Monti. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 14 Jan 2013
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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 fighting Mali Islamists while supporting extremists in Syria'
'France fighting Mali Islamists while supporting extremists in Syria'
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A French pilot has been killed in fighting in Mali, as the European nation continues to launch air strikes against Islamist militants. It comes after Mali's government troops chased rebels out of the key central town of Konna - aided by the French military. The UN Security Council called for a 'speedy deployment' of international forces to battle the rebels - who'd seized the north of the country last April, and since made significant advances. President Hollande announced on Friday that the intervention in Mali 'would last as long as necessary'. France-based independent journalist Robert Harneis believes that French foreign policy contradicts itself. 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: 12 Jan 2013
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BBC News - Thousands on Paris anti-gay marriage march 2013
BBC News - Thousands on Paris anti-gay marriage march 2013
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Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Paris over plans to give gay couples in France the right to marry and adopt children. Three big marches were converging on the Champs de Mars, next to the Eiffel Tower. France's Socialist government is planning to change the law this year. But the demonstrators, backed by the Catholic Church and the right-wing opposition, argue it would undermine an essential building block of society. The organisers put the number of marchers at 800000, with demonstrators pouring into Paris by train and bus, carrying placards that read, "We don't want your law, Francois" and "Don't touch my civil code". Police had earlier told French media the figure was 120000 and one government minister said the turnout was lower than the organisers had predicted. A similar march in November attracted around 100000 people. The "Demo for all" event was being led by a charismatic comedian known as Frigide Barjot, who tweeted that the "crowd is immense" and told French TV that gay marriage "makes no sense" because a child should be born to a man and woman. 'Test for president' Although France allows civil unions between same-sex couples, Francois Hollande made a pledge to extend their rights part of his presidential campaign. Four topless feminist activists staged a protest in St Peter's Square in favour of gay rights Centre-right UMP President Jean-Francois Cope said the rally would be a "test" for the president because there were "clearly ...
  • published: 13 Jan 2013
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Venezuela's Chavez 'is not in coma'
Venezuela's Chavez 'is not in coma'
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not in a coma and is responding well to cancer treatment in Cuba, his brother says. Meanwhile, opposition groups in Venezuela are demanding proof that Chavez is still alive. They have also gathered to denounce a delay in his inauguration, which was due to have been held last Thursday. They say the postponement violates the constitution. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Havana in Cuba, where Chavez is being treated, and Lucia Newman reports from an opposition rally in Caracas.
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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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Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee. Robin van Persie of the Netherlands greets supporters as he leaves the Dutch hotel to return home after the Netherlands were eliminated at the Euro 2012 soccer championship in Krakow, Poland, Monday, June 18, 2012 Maj. Tammy Duckworth, who was recently nominated by President Barack Obama as the assistant secretary of public and intergovernmental affairs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, listens as Gen. Craig McKinley, chief, National Guard Bureau, introduces her as the keynote speaker during the National Guard Bureau's "Women Taking the Lead" event held in recognition of Women's History Month in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Duckworth, a helicopter pilot with the Illinois Army National Guard, lost both legs while deployed to Iraq in 2004 when the helicopter she was piloting came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire. She spoke of her experiences in Iraq and those she served with. climate change - global warming

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier and local residents gather at the site of bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. 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 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.

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Pakistan's Deathly Nonviolent Protest
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Desperate times call for desperate measures. In the case regarding Pakistani Shias, a minority population in Pakistan, some are refusing to bury their dead until the government deepens its commitment to protect them and the army provides better security. This comes on the heels of another suicide...

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Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit next to the bodies of their relatives awaiting burial, who were killed in Thursday's deadly bombings, during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.
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Pak­istan La­hour, where are the women? 10TH MUHARAM TAAZI­AYH
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