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  • Algeria hostage siege comes to deadly end...2:20
  • Lance Armstrong's Interview With Oprah Winfrey: Cyclist Admits Doping...2:59
  • France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali...1:19
  • 'Mali a potential Afghanistan for France'...7:24
  • Sgt. Robert Bales, Accused of Afghanistan Massacre...3:10
  • Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview...6:09
  • Inside Syria - Making heads or tails of Bashar al-Assad...24:22
  • Iraq's Shias brave attacks to visit Karbala...2:15
  • Somalia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'...1:26
  • ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2013: PM Netanyahu widely expected to retain his post...1:13
  • JAKARTA BANJIR! Floods in Jakarta, Jl. Imam Bonjol Jakarta Pusat 17 Januari 2013...1:31
  • Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir...2:47
  • Israel : Obama snubs Netanyahu rejects meeting with Israeli Prime Minister (Sept 11, 2012)...3:42
At least 30 hostages and 11 members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group were killed when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant to free the captives, Reuters news agency has quoted an Algerian security source as saying. Eight Algerians and seven foreigners, including two British, two Japanese and a French national, were among the dead, the source said. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.
Al­ge­ria hostage siege comes to dead­ly end
2:20
Lance Arm­strong's In­ter­view With Oprah Win­frey: Cy­clist Ad­mits Dop­ing
2:59
France fight­er jets pound rebels in north­ern Mali
1:19
'Mali a po­ten­tial Afghanistan for France'
7:24
Sgt. Robert Bales, Ac­cused of Afghanistan Mas­sacre
3:10
Al­ge­ria hostage siege comes to dead­ly end
2:20
Con­necti­cut Shoot­ing in New­town at Sandy Hook El­e­men­tary: Par­ent In­ter­view
6:09
In­side Syria - Mak­ing heads or tails of Bashar al-As­sad
24:22
Iraq's Shias brave at­tacks to visit Kar­bala
2:15
So­ma­lia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'
1:26
IS­RAELI KNES­SET ELEC­TIONS 2013: PM Ne­tanyahu wide­ly ex­pect­ed to re­tain his post
1:13
JAKAR­TA BAN­JIR! Floods in Jakar­ta, Jl. Imam Bon­jol Jakar­ta Pusat 17 Jan­uari 2013
1:31
Pak­istan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kash­mir
2:47
Is­rael : Obama snubs Ne­tanyahu re­jects meet­ing with Is­raeli Prime Min­is­ter (Sept 11, 2012)
3:42
Video: Evac­u­a­tion of Boe­ing 787 Dream­lin­er after emer­gen­cy land­ing in Japan
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Siege awakens ghosts of Algeria's 'dirty war'
Full Article BBC News
18 Jan 2013

The twin crises unfolding either side of the Sahara Desert in Mali and Algeria are closely interlinked - the Islamist groups in Mali have their roots in Algeria, while the kidnappers who have just struck in Algeria say they are acting in revenge for France's intervention against their allies to the south. While some analysts have said it would...

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In this undated image released Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013, by BP petroleum company, showing the Amenas natural gas field in the eastern central region of Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013.
photo: AP / BP

Armstrong admits doping in "toxic" tale
Full Article Daily Press
18 Jan 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong ended years of vehement denial on Thursday by finally coming clean and admitting he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles with systematic use of banned, performance-enhancing drugs. Confessing his "toxic" tale to chat show host Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong described himself as a "flawed...

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Armstrong admits doping in "toxic" tale
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Hostage crisis fails to stop French move in Mali
Full Article Business Day
18 Jan 2013

BAMAKO — A hostage crisis in Algeria on Thursday did not stop French forces in Mali as a ground assault intensified, European Union (EU) foreign ministers pledged support for Mali and the first African forces from Nigeria were expected in Bamako. EU foreign ministers agreed at an emergency meeting in Brussels, attended by Mali’s Foreign Minister,...

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French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech at the beginning of a social conference with unions and employers, at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France (CESE) headquarters in Paris, Monday July 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Thibault Camus

Al-Qaeda in the Heart of Africa
Full Article Antiwar
18 Jan 2013

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” is Newton’s third law of physics. Its counterpart in geopolitics is “blowback,” when military action in one sphere produces an unintended and undesirable consequence in another. September 11, 2001, was blowback. George H.W. Bush had sent an army of half a...

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File - Senegalese and Malian soldiers train with U.S. special forces in Mali during a military training engagement, May 11, 2010 in Bamako, Mali as part of Exercise Flintlock 10.
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Michael R. Noggle

Lawyer of Afghan massacre suspect claims PTSD
Full Article Al Jazeera
18 Jan 2013

A US soldier charged with capital murder in the slayings of 16 civilians near his military post in Afghanistan was diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury prior to the killings, his lawyer has claimed. The disclosure that Robert Bales was diagnosed with PTSD followed a hearing on...

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File - Soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Brigade, lean against a mud wall during a break from combat operations in Kandahar province's southern Spin Boldak district, Afghanistan, 9 January, 2012.
photo: US Army

Report: 30 hostages killed in Algeria gas plant crisis
Full Article Fox31 Denver
18 Jan 2013

(CNN) — Nearly two days after Islamist militants abducted an undetermined number of hostages — including Westerners — at a gas plant in a remote section of Algeria, “ongoing activity at various locations” was continuing, a British official said Friday. It was not clear whether that activity represented “mopping...

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Algerian men look at national newspapers headlining the terrorist attack and kidnapping in Amenas at a news stand in Algiers, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013.
photo: AP / Ouahab Hebbat

Will Solving City Violence Take Care of Gun Violence?
Full Article WorldNews.com
17 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "A city, indeed," wrote John Viterbo, "is said to be the liberty of its citizens or the defense of its inhabitants. One resides there without oppression, because the governor of the city will protect men of more humble station so that they do not suffer injury at the hands of more powerful...

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File - Police arrive at Sandy Hook Elementary, after the shooting on December 14, 2012.
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Syrian activists: More than 100 killed in village
Full Article The Associated Press
17 Jan 2013

BEIRUT (AP) -- Forces loyal to President Bashar Assad swept through a small farming village in central Syria this week, torching houses and shooting and stabbing residents in an attack that killed up to 106 people, including women and children, activists said Thursday. The assault on Haswiyeh outside the city of Homs took place on Tuesday, but was...

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File - Fire damage on a dwelling in Mazraat al-Qubeir, Syria.
photo: UN / David Manyua

Bombings in Iraq kill Shia pilgrims
Full Article BBC News
17 Jan 2013

A series of bomb attacks across Iraq has killed at least 12 people, most of them Shia pilgrims, officials say. The worst incident was north of the capital, Baghdad, where two bombs, minutes apart, claimed...

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People evacuate an injured man after a bomb attack that struck the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.
photo: AP / Emad Matti

French agent 'executed' by al-Shabab
Full Article Al Jazeera
17 Jan 2013

Al-Shebab, the Somalian armed Islamist group, say they have executed a French intelligence agent who they had held captive since 2009. The al-Qaeda linked group said they killed Denis Allex on Wednesday. French officials dispute the claim, saying they believe Allex was killed soon after a failed...

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A French soldier saluts as he patrols with his fellows infront of the Eiffel tower, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Michel Euler

Polls Give Hard-Line Bloc Edge in Israel Elections
Full Article The New York Times
17 Jan 2013

JERUSALEM (AP) — Polls give hawkish and religious parties led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a comfortable edge over their center-left rivals ahead of next week's parliamentary elections. Surveys published Wednesday night and on Thursday have Netanyahu's Likud Beiteinu list winning 32 to 37 of parliament's 120 seats, making it...

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A woman walks past election campaign posters of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the southern city of Sderot, Israel, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.
photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov

Floods paralyze Indonesian capital; at least 4 die
Full Article Herald Tribune
17 Jan 2013

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Seasonal rains triggered massive flooding in Indonesia's capital on Thursday, killing at least four people, triggering the evacuation of at least 20,000 and paralyzing much of the city. Floods regularly hit parts of Jakarta in the rainy season, but the inundation following an intense rain storm was especially widespread. Few...

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Indonesian firefighters help people transport on a rubber boat through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013.
photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana

India-Pakistan truce takes hold in Kashmir
Full Article Khaleej Times
17 Jan 2013

A ceasefire took hold on Thursday in disputed Kashmir after the Indian and Pakistani armies agreed to halt deadly cross-border firing that had threatened to unravel a fragile peace process. As the foreign minister of Pakistan appealed for talks with her Indian counterpart to help defuse tensions, senior officers reported that calm had returned to...

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Indian soldiers patrol through about five feet snow in Churunda village on January 13, 2013, northwest of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashshmir, India. The village with a population of a little over 12,000 people has been bearing the brunt of cross-fire between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Obama, Netanyahu seem headed for US-Israel clash
Full Article The Guardian
17 Jan 2013

AMY TEIBEL Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's premier on Wednesday dismissed President Barack Obama's reported displeasure with his hard-line policies toward the Palestinians, a sisgn that the two could be headed for a showdown....

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prior to his departure from the White House, July 6, 2010.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Soldado gunning for Real Madrid revenge
Full Article Goal
18 Jan 2013

The Che skipper believes controversial refereeing decisions in their loss to the reigning Liga champions have only served to strengthen his side's resolve By Frank Tigani More On : Real Madrid CF, Valencia CF, Roberto Soldado...

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Valencia's Roberto Soldado celebrates after scoring against Genk during their group E Champions League soccer match at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
photo: AP / Alberto Saiz

Ibrahimovic to wear No.10. after Nene departure
Full Article Goal
18 Jan 2013

The Sweden striker will wear his preferred number of choice at Parc des Princes during Ligue 1 games, but will not be allowed to change his jersey for the...

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PSG President Nasser al-Khelaifi, left, AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, of Sweden, holding his jersey, and sporting director Leonardo, of Brazil, attend a press conference at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 after signing an agreement with the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) club. Ibrahimovic will be the Ligue 1 club's third major signing of the summer.
photo: AP / Jacques Brinon

Valencia coach Valverde hit with two-match ban
Full Article The Guardian
18 Jan 2013

MADRID, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Valencia coach Ernesto Valverde will miss the King's Cup quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid after being given a two-match ban in the competition by the Spanish football federation (RFEF) on Friday....

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Olympiakos's coach Ernesto Valverde, left, shakes hands with Borussia Dortmund's coach Jurgen Klopp after their Champions League Group F soccer match in the port of Piraeus, near Athens, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Olympiakos won 3-1.
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis

Walcott agrees Arsenal extension
Full Article Irish Times
18 Jan 2013

SoccerArsenal have confirmed Theo Walcott has signed a contract extension that places the 23-year-old among the highest paid players at the club. The deal is understood to be a three-and-half-year contract worth close to £100,000-a-week (€120,000) and boosted by a lucrative signing on fee. The England forward would have...

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Theo Walcott of Arsenal FC.
photo: Creative Commons / Wonker

In this Sunday Jan. 27 2008 file photo, Manchester City's manager Sven Goran Eriksson is seen, before their English FA Cup fourth round soccer match against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane Stadium, Sheffield, England. Sven-Goran Eriksson's drawn-out departure from Manchester City was finally sealed Monday, June 2, 2008, after just one season in charge. Club owner Thaksin Shinawatra's decision came as little surprise for the Swede, who has suggested for more than a month that the club would seek a new manager due to Thaksin's dissatisfaction with City's performance in the second half of the past Premier League season
photo: AP / Paul Thomas, File

Tottenham midfielder Sandro out for season after knee surgery
Full Article BBC News
18 Jan 2013

Tottenham midfielder Sandro has been ruled out for the season after undergoing knee surgery. The 23-year-old Brazil international was substituted in Saturday's 0-0 draw at QPR at Loftus Road, having gone down clutching his right knee. Sandro used Twitter to post two photos of himself in hospital, and said: "My surgery went...

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AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, of Sweden, left, challenges for the ball with Tottenham Hotspur Brazilian midfielder Sandro during a Champions League, round of 16 first leg soccer match between AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur at the San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno

Pressure will always be there on Dhoni: Eoin Morgan
Full Article The Times of India
18 Jan 2013

RANCHI: England batsman Eoin Morgan on Friday said that "pressure will always be there" on India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he has to shoulder the burden of expectations of a billion people. "I think he (Dhoni) is always going to be under pressure. He is the captain of India. He has 1.2 billion people on his shoulders. He is a captain of a...

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England's Eoin Morgan leaves the field at the end of the innings against Pakistan during the fifth one day international cricket match at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, England, Wednesday Sept. 22, 2010.
photo: AP / Tom Hevezi

Djokovic: 17 matches unbeaten at Aussie Open
Full Article Al Jazeera
18 Jan 2013

Novak Djokovic absorbed plenty of pressure from Radek Stepanek before advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open, then unleashed some stinging shots at Lance Armstrong after the doping-tainted cyclist's long-expected confession. Djokovic broke the 34-year-old, 34th-ranked Stepanek late in each set of a 6 -4, 6-3, 7-5...

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a return to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their singles tennis match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth

President Obama's inauguration playlists include Stevie Wonder, Beyonce
Full Article Newstrack India
18 Jan 2013

Tweet London, Jan 18 (ANI): President Obama has released the official playlist for his inauguration in an effort to hype up expectations for the star performers. The list, released via his Inauguration-focused Twitter account, include well-known group of Obama favorites like Beyonce, Stevie Wonder and Katy Perry, all of whom have attended multiple...

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United Nations Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder.
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

Our high streets will be virtually empty if we keep shopping online
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
18 Jan 2013

Let's face it, for many products, the last place you'd do your shopping is a shop. For CDs, DVDs, and books in particular, the idea of making your selections from the limited choice on offer in a physical location became absurd. And that's before we consider downloads, e-books and so virtually forth. The news about HMV appointing an administrator...

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Computer - internet - online shopping
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West doesn't want kids to rap
Full Article Newstrack India
17 Jan 2013

Tweet Los Angeles, Jan 18 (IANS) Rapper Kanye West doesn't want his children to follow his footsteps as far as their career was concerned. He says he would prefer if they study seriously and launch a business career thereafter. West, 35, is to become a father for the first time with his partner Kim Kardashian....

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Singer Kanye West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian.
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Beyonce added as performer for The Brit Awards
Full Article MuchMusic
17 Jan 2013

Beyonce is setting herself up for a very big 2013, which includes the premiere of her HBO documentary, a Super Bowl performance, the first Destiny’s Child album in eight years, a new solo album and just announced today, a performance at the 2013 Brit Awards. Beyonce will be joining the already impressive line up of [...] Tags: beyonce, brit...

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Beyonce Knowles in Barcelona, 2007.
photo: Creative Commons / Pex Cornel

Thom Yorke of Radiohead
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Javed Akhtar turns 68, Bollywood wishes happy b'day
Full Article The Times of India
17 Jan 2013

Javed Akhtar, who is an esteemed screenwriter and lyricist, is celebrating his 68th birthday today. Akhtar, who was born in Gwalior to Jan Nisar...

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Shri Javed Akhtar.
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Carrie Underwood joins 2013 Grammy Awards performers
Full Article Digital Spy
17 Jan 2013

Carrie Underwood has been added to the list of performers for the 2013 Grammy Awards. The country singer and former American Idol winner confirmed her appearance via Twitter on Wednesday night (January 16). "I am so excited to be performing on @TheGRAMMYs on Feb 10, on @CBSTweet ! #TheWorldIsListening," wrote Underwood. She joins...

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 ag2  Carrie Underwood performing at Jamboree in the Hills in Ohio on July 19-22, 2006.  She signed to 19 Recordings/Arista Records and released the single "Inside Your Heaven", which debuted as the best selling song in the nation with sales of
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Chris Hardwick speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
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Angelina Jolie likes being sexy
Full Article m&c;
18 Jan 2013

Angelina Jolie likes being a sex symbol. The Oscar-winning actress is regarded as one of the world's most beautiful women and she enjoys being told she looks...

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Actress Angelina Jolie on the Salt panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
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Toni Collette Returning To TV
Full Article IMDb
18 Jan 2013

Toni Collette is returning to TV with a role in the CBS drama pilot "Hostages." According to EW, Collette will play a successful surgeon from Washington,...

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Franco to lead Beautiful People
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
18 Jan 2013

James Franco is set to star in and direct Beautiful People. The Oscar-nominated actor-director is in talks to play playboy and celebrity hair stylist Jay Sebring...

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James Franco arrives at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 in Los Angeles.
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Eva Longoria 'ready for love'
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
18 Jan 2013

Eva Longoria will always open her heart to love. The 37-year-old actress broke up with her athlete ex-boyfriend Mark Sanchez last October and has two failed marriages in her past....

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Eva Longoria
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Liz Hurley attacks reporter: "I feel you should f**k off" - video
Full Article Digital Spy
18 Jan 2013

Liz Hurley stunned an Australian journalist by ordering her to "f**k off" - before walking away grinning - when she confronted the actress and fiancé Shane Warne at an airport. The Gossip Girl star snapped at Channel Ten sports reporter Caty Price after growing tired of her questions and repeatedly tripping over her as the couple arrived in Perth....

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Liz Hurley, Harrods, London Oct 19th 2010
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Chinese vice premier urges efforts to combat copyright infringement
Full Article CNTV
18 Jan 2013

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Friday called for more efforts to continuously fight copyright infringement and counterfeit products. Wang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stressed that the crackdown on intellectual copyright...

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Wang Qishan, vice premier of China, attends an annual U.S. China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meeting at the Richard Nixon Library & Museum in Yorba Linda Tuesday, Sept 16,
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New York Congresswoman Seeks Inquiry on Costs of Foreclosure Reviews
Full Article The New York Times
18 Jan 2013

The high cost of reviewing foreclosures at big banks has ignited an inquiry by one member of Congress. Enlarge This Image Luke Sharrett/The New York Times Rep. Carolyn Maloney, shown in 2010, has asked regulators overseeing foreclosure reviews to provide details about the independent contractors who examined borrowers’ cases. Carolyn Maloney, a New...

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FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Pakistan should mend its ways for friendship with India: Manmohan Singh, PM
Full Article The Times of India
18 Jan 2013

JAIPUR: Amid a demand for a toughly-worded resolution at the AICC meeting on Sunday against Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today signaled to Islamabad that it should mend its ways if it wanted friendship with India. "We want friendship and good relationship with all including Pakistan but how is it possible if it resorts to such actions"?...

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, on the sidelines of the XVI Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, in Tehran, Iran on August 30, 2012.	The Union Minister for External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna is also seen.
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Diesel price hike to have benign impact on inflation: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Full Article The Times of India
18 Jan 2013

NEW DELHI: Dismissing the contention that diesel price hike will push inflation, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said it will have a benign impact on prices as consumers will be left with less money to buy other goods. "When you have a...

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The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia - India- Politics
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Snapdeal.com ties up with Mahindra to sell two-wheelers
Full Article Indian Express
18 Jan 2013

Shopping portal Snapdeal.com on Friday said it has tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra for selling its two-wheelers to customers on the site. “This will be for the first time that a vehicle is being sold online in India and...

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A bike by Mahindra 2 wheeler displayed at an auto expo-Automobile.
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IMF's Lagarde sees improved world economic outlook
Full Article The Oklahoman
18 Jan 2013

By DESMOND BUTLER | email WASHINGTON — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday that the threat of financial collapse in the global economy appears to have eased. But she warned that developed economies still need to follow through on financial reforms and debt reduction....

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New International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures during her first news conference at the IMF in Washington, Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
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Karl Rove touts Gov. Jindal a serious presidential candidate
Full Article The Examiner
18 Jan 2013

Former senior adviser for George W. Bush and political strategist Karl Rove told Louisiana business people this week in Baton Rouge that Gov. Bobby Jindal could be a serious candidate for higher office, president, if he chooses to run. Rove was the keynote speaker at the the annual meeting of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry...

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Governor Bobby Jindal speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.
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Rio Tinto leads shares higher
Full Article Canberra Times
18 Jan 2013

The Australian sharemarket is higher as news of Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese’s resignation drives up mining stocks. In morning trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,722.1 and the broader All Ordinaries index had added 17.2 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 4,795.9. IG Markets market strategist Evan...

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Mining group Rio Tinto's CEO Tom Albanese, left, and Chairman Paul Skinner.
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Algeria hostage siege comes to deadly end
Algeria hostage siege comes to deadly end
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  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
At least 30 hostages and 11 members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group were killed when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant to free the captives, Reuters news agency has quoted an Algerian security source as saying. Eight Algerians and seven foreigners, including two British, two Japanese and a French national, were among the dead, the source said. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.
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Lance Armstrong's Interview With Oprah Winfrey: Cyclist Admits Doping
Lance Armstrong's Interview With Oprah Winfrey: Cyclist Admits Doping
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  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
Cyclist discusses the use of performance-enhancing drugs with famed talk show host.
  • published: 16 Jan 2013
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  • author: ABCNews
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France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali
France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali
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  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
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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  • author: IBTimesUK
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'Mali a potential Afghanistan for France'
'Mali a potential Afghanistan for France'
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  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
Al-Qaeda plans to use North Africa as a stepping stone to Europe and France may witness an Afghanistan-like backlash with the US entering another war, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof told RT. READ MORE: on.rt.com 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: 17 Jan 2013
  • views: 4877
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Sgt. Robert Bales, Accused of Afghanistan Massacre
Sgt. Robert Bales, Accused of Afghanistan Massacre
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Sgt. Robert Bales, Accused of Afghanistan Massacre On the eve of the most important court hearing US Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will ever attend, the wife of the man accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers maintains her husband's innocence. "My husband did not do this. Did not do this," said Kari Bales in an exclusive interview with ABC News. "I truly believe from the bottom of my heart that my husband is not involved." Kari Bales said it is simply "incomprehensible" to her that her husband and best friend, "Bob," faces 16 charges of premeditated murder. Staff Sgt. Bales is accused of sneaking out of his combat outpost and single-handedly conducting a cold-blooded massacre of men, women and children in two remote villages outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan on the night of March 11, nearly 8 months ago. "It doesn't seem possible. Especially that there were women and children. My heart goes out to those families that lost loved ones, parents and grandparents. I am a mom; I can't imagine losing my child, especially to something like that."
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Algeria hostage siege comes to deadly end
Algeria hostage siege comes to deadly end
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At least 30 hostages and 11 members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group were killed when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant to free the captives, Reuters news agency has quoted an Algerian security source as saying. Eight Algerians and seven foreigners, including two British, two Japanese and a French national, were among the dead, the source said. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.
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Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
Connecticut Shooting in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary: Parent Interview
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  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
Diane Sawyer talks to the mother of one of the children who made it out of Sandy Hook Elementary.
  • published: 14 Dec 2012
  • views: 1282924
  • author: ABCNews
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Inside Syria - Making heads or tails of Bashar al-Assad
Inside Syria - Making heads or tails of Bashar al-Assad
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  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
Diplomatic wrangling and ground battles continue amid international efforts to oust embattled Syrian leader. Inside Syria with presenter Hazem Sika discusses with guests Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre and professor of International Relations at London School of Economics; James Jatras, a former US diplomat and a senior fellow at the American University in Moscow; and Shashank Joshi, an associate fellow at Royal United Services.
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Iraq's Shias brave attacks to visit Karbala
Iraq's Shias brave attacks to visit Karbala
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  • Updated: 02 Jan 2013
Millions of Shia Muslims are converging on the Iraqi city of Karbala for an annual pilgrimage, despite a spate of recent bombings that have targeted their community. Two years ago, more than 50 Shia pilgrims were killed on their journey, most of them women and children. Refusing to be deterred, just hours after the bombing, the pilgrimage continued, as it has done every year since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003. Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf reports from Baghdad.
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Somalia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'
Somalia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'
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  • Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Somalia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed' France has said one of its soldiers and an intelligence agent have been killed in a failed hostage rescue attempt in Somalia. The agent, who is code-named Denis Allex and was captured by militants in 2009, died in the fighting with Islamists overnight, the French government said. However, the Al Shabaab militia is reported to have said he is still alive. Another special forces soldier is missing following the fighting, France's defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. He said 17 Somali Islamists had been killed and that the operation was not linked to a separate military operation in Mali aimed at quashing a push by Islamist fighters. Al Shabaab has reportedly said Mr Allex remained in their captivity and was being held far from the base where French helicopters attacked in the early hours of Saturday. The al Qaeda-linked insurgents also said they were holding an injured French soldier. Both sides described a fierce firefight during the raid on the Horn of Africa country that French said was carried out by the intelligence agency that Mr Allex worked for. Sky's Middle East Correspondent Sam Kiley said questions remained about whether the raid was planned because France feared repercussions from its operation in Mali. He said: "It seems a long way away but ideologically - and, according to some intelligence agencies, physically - the Shabaab have been linked into a network of radical Islamist groups (in countries including Mali ...
  • published: 12 Jan 2013
  • views: 1486
  • author: acworldnews
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ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2013: PM Netanyahu widely expected to retain his post
ISRAELI KNESSET ELECTIONS 2013: PM Netanyahu widely expected to retain his post
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Israeli volunteers are busy preparing ballot boxes and voting slips to be distributed all over the country ahead of this year's legislative election on January 22.
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JAKARTA BANJIR! Floods in Jakarta, Jl. Imam Bonjol Jakarta Pusat 17 Januari 2013
JAKARTA BANJIR! Floods in Jakarta, Jl. Imam Bonjol Jakarta Pusat 17 Januari 2013
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check it out, floods in jakarta, imam bonjol rd towards mh thamrin rd (Bundaran HI)
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Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir
Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir
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Pakistan high commissioner Salman Bashir said that it is very important to respect the ceasefire. He said that we have ordered Pak army to strictly follow the ceasefire. He also spoke about the proposal of Pak foreign Minister for Foreign Minister level talk between both countries. For more info log on to: www.youtube.com/abpnewsTV
  • published: 18 Jan 2013
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  • author: abpnewstv
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Israel : Obama snubs Netanyahu rejects meeting with Israeli Prime Minister (Sept 11, 2012)
Israel : Obama snubs Netanyahu rejects meeting with Israeli Prime Minister (Sept 11, 2012)
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SOURCE: video.foxnews.com News Articles: In unusual snub, Obama to avoid meeting with Netanyahu www.reuters.com White House Rejects Meeting With Netanyahu www.israelnationalnews.com Obama rejects Netanyahu meeting request after PM says US has no 'moral right' to stop Israeli attack on Iran news.nationalpost.com FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 USC section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law.
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Video: Evacuation of Boeing 787 Dreamliner after emergency landing in Japan
Video: Evacuation of Boeing 787 Dreamliner after emergency landing in Japan
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Video courtesy: TBS / NHK All Nippon Airways (ANA) has grounded 17 of its Boeing 787s for emergency inspections after a battery malfunction forced an ANA Dreamliner to make an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan. A reporter for the Japanese television network TBS was on board the plane and filmed the emergency evacuation of the passengers and crew members - READ MORE on.rt.com 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: 16 Jan 2013
  • views: 53595
  • author: RussiaToday
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New Orleans' Mayor Ray Nagin speaks during a press conference with The Associated Press at the Melia Cohiba hotel in Havana, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Paris Saint Germain (PSG) new coach Carlo Ancelotti, left, of Italy, followed by sports director Leonardo, of Brazil,arrive at a press conference at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Ancelotti led Milan to the Champions League title in 2003 and 2007, and guided Chelsea to the Premier League and FA Cup double two seasons ago. Deutsche Bundesbank, aufgenommen am 29. Juli 1993. Gray Seal

In this photo taken, Nov. 2, 2010, a veteran member of the Taliban smokes a cigarette as he speaks to The Associated Press in Afghanistan, Nov 2, 2010. The longtime member said scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar have surfaced in mosques all over Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun heartland, threatening death to anyone who takes up a government offer to negotiate for peace. Trying to quash rumors of a break in their ranks, the Taliban have also vehemently denied reports _ including one by The Associated Press _ that representatives of the militant group were involved in negotiations with the Afghan government. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Former Chief Minister of Jammu and kashmir  Mufti Mohammad Sayeed along with his daughter and PDP President Mehooba Mufti and other party leaders leave after boycotting the session of legislative Assembly in Srinagar on 30, Sep 2010. People wait to cross a street in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, April 2, 2012. 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. Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after defeating Spain's David Ferrer at the Italian Open tennis tournament semifinals, in Rome Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks at an anniversary event for Military College in La Paz, Monday, April 20, 2009. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to the press upon his arrival to a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela

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. File - A resident of Homs, Syria, shows UN observers a building heavily damaged in the renewed rounds of shelling which rained down on the city this weekend, 11 June, 2012. In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 photo, Iranian Kazem Shavori, 40, left, who is suffering from hemophilia, talks about his knee problems, as he sits next to Moslem Kolivand, 33, who is also a hemophiliac, at Iran's Hemophilia Association center, in Tehran, Iran. While medicine and humanitarian supplies are not blocked by the economic embargoes on Iran over its nuclear program, the pressures are clearly evident in nearly every level of Iranian health care. It’s a sign of the domino effect of sanctions on everyday life. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates holds a meeting with with Iraqi President Talabani during a recent trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Apr. 7, 2011. Secretary Gates also met with troops and held discussions while taking photos and giving out coins to deployed members there. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison(RELEASED)

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 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v Anna Tatishvili (GEO) - 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.
Armstrong admits doping in "toxic" tale
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong ended years of vehement denial on Thursday by finally coming clean and admitting he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles with systematic use of banned, performance-enhancing drugs. Confessing his "toxic" tale to chat show host Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong described himself as a "flawed...

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The Great Gilder­sleeve: Leroy's Paper Route / Mar­jorie's Girl­friend Vis­its / Hic­cups
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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Lance Arm­strong Oprah In­ter­view Con­fes­sion: For­mer Friends Turn on Star
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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Lance Arm­strong Con­fess­es in Oprah In­ter­view: Dop­ing May Bring Fed­er­al Law­suit
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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Lance Arm­strong's In­ter­view With Oprah Win­frey: Cy­clist Ad­mits Dop­ing
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Look­ing Back at Lance Arm­strong's Many De­nials

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, walks from number 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
LONDON — With more than 60 hostages still missing and many feared dead, Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament on Friday that the Qaeda-linked attack on a remote Algerian gas installation demonstrated the need for Britain and its western...
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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika speaks at the Supreme Court in Algiers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Algeria's president, 72, who led his oil-rich and gas-rich North African nation out of a bloody Islamic insurgency, started clearing the way Wednesday to give himself a third term in office, announcing plans to abolish limits that would have prevented his re-election.
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The Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado where the 2012 Aurora shooting took place, photographed the day after the shooting.
DENVER (Reuters) - The Aurora, Colorado, movie theater where 12 people were killed in a shooting rampage at a Batman film last July was set to reopen on Thursday evening with a private "night of remembrance" for survivors and others connected to the...
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Four decades after Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, many opponents of the decision are in a celebratory mood while those backing abortion rights are glum, feeling that momentum is turning decisively against...
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In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 photo, Seif al-Islam is seen after his capture in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Zintan, Libya.
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2:20
Al­ge­ria hostage siege comes to dead­ly end
BBC News 18 Jan 2013, The twin crises unfolding either side of the Sahara Desert in Mali and Algeria are closely interlinked - the Islamist groups in Mali have their roots in Algeria, while the kidnappers who have just struck in Algeria say they are acting in revenge for France's intervention against their allies to the south. While some analysts have said it would...

updated 18 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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Lance Arm­strong's In­ter­view With Oprah Win­frey: Cy­clist Ad­mits Dop­ing
Daily Press 18 Jan 2013, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong ended years of vehement denial on Thursday by finally coming clean and admitting he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles with systematic use of banned, performance-enhancing drugs. Confessing his "toxic" tale to chat show host Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong described himself as a "flawed...

updated 18 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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France fight­er jets pound rebels in north­ern Mali
Business Day 18 Jan 2013, BAMAKO — A hostage crisis in Algeria on Thursday did not stop French forces in Mali as a ground assault intensified, European Union (EU) foreign ministers pledged support for Mali and the first African forces from Nigeria were expected in Bamako. EU foreign ministers agreed at an emergency meeting in Brussels, attended by Mali’s Foreign Minister,...

updated 18 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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'Mali a po­ten­tial Afghanistan for France'
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updated 24 Dec 2012; published 05 Nov 2012
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updated 18 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Al­ge­ria hostage siege comes to dead­ly end
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updated 18 Jan 2013; published 14 Dec 2012
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updated 18 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
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In­side Syria - Mak­ing heads or tails of Bashar al-As­sad
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updated 02 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2012
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Iraq's Shias brave at­tacks to visit Kar­bala
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updated 17 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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So­ma­lia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'
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updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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IS­RAELI KNES­SET ELEC­TIONS 2013: PM Ne­tanyahu wide­ly ex­pect­ed to re­tain his post
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updated 18 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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JAKAR­TA BAN­JIR! Floods in Jakar­ta, Jl. Imam Bon­jol Jakar­ta Pusat 17 Jan­uari 2013
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updated 18 Jan 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
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