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  • French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Islamic Militants...3:04
  • Welcome To The World - Why Poverty?...58:33
  • Interview: Algeria gas worker recounts hostage drama...7:49
  • MALI CRISIS: Is there a way out? - Gilles Yabi...11:46
  • Syria and Iran in bank deal as UN condemns University attack...0:54
  • [Julia Timoschenko] President of Ukraine ordered murder, now he says it was Tymoshenko!...4:57
  • Algeria hostage siege comes to deadly end...2:20
  • Hugo chavez agoniza en cuba VIDEO HOSPITAL...6:16
  • Algeria Hostage Crisis: Troops Surround Gunmen...1:36
  • Deaths confirmed in Algeria hostage rescue bid...2:59
  • Lance Armstrong's Interview With Oprah Winfrey: Cyclist Admits Doping...2:59
  • French FIGHTER JETS BOMB Mali AL-QAEDA linked ISLAMIST rebels while African states ready TROOPS...1:12
  • Terror Strikes France & US Sergeant Robert Bales Kills in Afghanistan...1:32:18
French troops have offered aid to Mali in their fight against insurgency groups. Islamist rebels linked to al-Qaida launched a counteroffensive after four days of French air strikes on northern strongholds, promising to drag France into an Afghanistan-style war. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports.
French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Is­lam­ic Mil­i­tants
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Wel­come To The World - Why Pover­ty?
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In­ter­view: Al­ge­ria gas work­er re­counts hostage drama
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MALI CRI­SIS: Is there a way out? - Gilles Yabi
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Syria and Iran in bank deal as UN con­demns Uni­ver­si­ty at­tack
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[Julia Tim­o­schenko] Pres­i­dent of Ukraine or­dered mur­der, now he says it was Ty­moshenko!
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Al­ge­ria hostage siege comes to dead­ly end
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Hugo chavez ag­o­niza en cuba VIDEO HOS­PI­TAL
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Al­ge­ria Hostage Cri­sis: Troops Sur­round Gun­men
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Deaths con­firmed in Al­ge­ria hostage res­cue bid
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Lance Arm­strong's In­ter­view With Oprah Win­frey: Cy­clist Ad­mits Dop­ing
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French FIGHT­ER JETS BOMB Mali AL-QAE­DA linked IS­LAMIST rebels while African states ready TROOPS
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French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Is­lam­ic Mil­i­tants
3:04
Ter­ror Strikes France & US Sergeant Robert Bales Kills in Afghanistan
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Al­ge­ria hostage siege comes to dead­ly end
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Is Mali the next Afghanistan?
Full Article Stars and Stripes
20 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON -- The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, the French Foreign Legion and a coalition of al-Qaida affiliates who identify themselves with the Maghreb, the desert...

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File - Spc. Wickham, an infantryman and 240B gunner, and another soldier, assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull rear security while on a short halt during an Afghan National Security Forces-led mission in rural areas of Zormat district, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2012.
photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington

Oxfam says world's rich could end poverty
Full Article Al Jazeera
20 Jan 2013

The world's 100 richest people earned enough money last year to end world extreme poverty four times over, according to released by international rights group and charity Oxfam. The $240 billion net income of the world's 100 richest billionaires would have ended poverty four times over, according to the London-based group's report released on...

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File - A beggar woman shielding her children from the sun in Srinagar, India, on July 09 2012.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Algeria crisis: Obama blames 'terrorists' for deaths
Full Article BBC News
20 Jan 2013

US President Barack Obama has blamed "terrorists" for the death of 23 hostages at a besieged desert gas facility in Algeria. A four-day siege at the In Amenas site was ended on Saturday by an army raid. At least five Britons, five Norwegians and 10 Japanese are dead or missing, while Algeria said its troops had killed all 32...

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President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising reception in Baltimore, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Democrats and Republicans are wary of trying to exploit a new report about the sharp drop in household wealth over the past 20 years. The economic report was stunning. The Great Recession shrank Americans' wealth so much that, in 2010, median family net worth was no more than it had been in 1992 after adjusting for inflation. According to the Federal Reserve report, two decades of accumulated prosperity had vanished, mainly because of falling home prices. The smartest minds in the Obama and Romney campaigns seem to conclude that the guts of the report are too complex, too old and too tricky to exploit for political ends. So both Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have had little to say about it.
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky

W African leaders urge global support on Mali
Full Article Al Jazeera
19 Jan 2013

West African leaders meeting at an emergency summit in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan have urged more global involvement to help ward off rebels in Mali. Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast president, who is also current head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc, said on Saturday that it was high time others...

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Malian soldiers inspect vehicles and arms recovered from Islamist militants during fighting to retake the town of Konna, at the Malian military base in Sevare, central Mali, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.
photo: AP / Harouna Traore

UN rights chief urges Syria war crimes probe
Full Article Al Jazeera
19 Jan 2013

Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has cited the increasing casualty count in Syria as a basis for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes in the nearly two-year-long conflict. Speaking after a closed meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Pillay said there was little...

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File - Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks during a celebration of Human Rights 2012, on the theme, “My Voice Counts, in Geneva, Switzerland.
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferre

Ukraine Government Plans to Charge Ex-Premier With Murder
Full Article The New York Times
19 Jan 2013

MOSCOW — The government of President Viktor F. Yanukovich of Ukraine said Friday that it planned to bring murder charges against his political rival, the jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, in connection with the 1996 assassination of a member of Parliament. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international...

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Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.
photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov

Algeria siege: Hostage nations concerned over situation
Full Article BBC News
19 Jan 2013

Nations with hostages being held by militants at an Algerian gas plant have expressed concern at the ongoing siege. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the situation as "extremely difficult and dangerous". While state media says hundreds of hostages have been freed at the remote In Amenas desert gas facility, about 30...

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Roadblocks prevent the access of the Tigentourine gas plant where hostages have been kidnapped by islamic militants, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013.
photo: AP / Anis Belghoul

Chavez reportedly at exclusive Cuba hospital
Full Article The Guardian
19 Jan 2013

ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press= HAVANA (AP) — It's a blocky, blush-colored building surrounded by a lush canopy of trees near the rumored home of Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro....

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Cars wait to pass the security check at the CIMEQ hospital in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.
photo: AP / Franklin Reyes

Mokhtar Belmokhtar: Algeria's Link To Al Qaeda
Full Article Skynews
18 Jan 2013

He's known as Mr Marlboro because of his cigarette smuggling. The French intelligence service calls him "The Uncatchable". The truth is Mokhtar Belmokhtar and his fellow North African Jihadists are rapidly emerging as Europe's most potent strategic threat....

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This image from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar.
photo: AP / SITE Intel Group

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
photo: AP / Rogelio V. Solis

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

Italy needs radical reforms - Monti
Full Article Independent online (SA)
20 Jan 2013

Rome - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti launched his campaign for a second term on Sunday with a speech calling for deep-rooted reforms to kick start economic growth, four weeks ahead of a parliamentary election. “Italy needs radical reforms. Radical reforms for those who are outside protected interest groups, and for young people who...

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Italy's Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti meets the journalists at the Senate, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

Kovalev, Huberdeau bridge age gap for Panthers
Full Article Herald Tribune
20 Jan 2013

SUNRISE, Fla. - Alex Kovalev's first NHL appearance came before Jonathan Huberdeau was born. For that matter, it even predates the first game in Florida Panthers' history. He's a tad experienced, to put it mildly. At 39, with his name already etched on the Stanley Cup and with 429 goals - and counting - to his credit, there isn't much more for...

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Two-time world champ Patrick Chan skates to sixth straight national title
Full Article Canada Dot Com
20 Jan 2013

Patrick Chan performs his free program during the 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Mississauga, Ont., on Saturday, January 19, 2013. Photograph by: Nathan Denette , Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Patrick Chan captured his sixth consecutive national senior title at the...

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Patrick Chan of Canada competes to clinch the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy, Thursday, March 25, 2010.
photo: AP / Massimo Pinca

Novak Djokovic survives epic five-set clash with Stanislas Wawrinka to keep Australian Open defence alive
Full Article The Australian
20 Jan 2013

DEFENDING champion Novak Djokovic has survived a stunning Australian Open onslaught from Stanislas Wawrinka, fighting back from the brink to claim one of the best wins of his career. The most dominant player in the game was staring defeat in the face in what was an epic encounter before finding a way to overcome his Swiss opponent 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-7...

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a return to Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic during their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match at the O2 Arena in London
photo: AP / Sang Tan

Djokovic into quarters after instant classic
Full Article Stuff
20 Jan 2013

The task of beating the world number one is not achieved by matching excellence but by sustaining it. A Swiss player who was not Roger Federer found he could play Novak Djokovic, and for five hours he could stay with him. But after five sets, five hours and two minutes, and at 1.41am, Novak Djokovic finally prevailed over journeyman Stan Wawrinka...

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his fourth round win over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia
photo: AP / Rob Griffith

Almagro to meet Ferrer in Aussie quarters
Full Article Stuff
20 Jan 2013

Nicolas Almagro will meet fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the Australian Open quarter-finals after his fourth-round opponent Janko Tipsarevic retired hurt in their match today. The eighth seeded Serb Tipsarevic received treatment on a foot injury and pulled the pin when trailing 6-2 5-1 in the match at Hisense Arena. The 10th-seeded Almagro...

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Nicolas Almagro from Spain returns the ball during a semifinal match against Rafael Nadal from Spain at the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament in Madrid, on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

Tennis: Kerber upset as Russian strikes again
Full Article NZ Herald
20 Jan 2013

Makarova ready to go deep into Melbourne tournament after seeing off German star. Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber has been bundled out of the fourth round of the Australian Open tennis tournament by the woman who ousted Serena Williams at the same stage last year. Russian No19-seeded Ekaterina Makarova had a 7-5, 6-4 win in the opening match...

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Day 6 - Angelique Kerber (GER) v Olga Govortsova (BLR) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 1, 2012
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Tennis: Clinical, calm Radwanska into quarters
Full Article NZ Herald
20 Jan 2013

In-form Polish star dispatches crowd favourite Ivanovic in 70 minutes. Agnieszka Radwanska lists her favourite actress as Nicole Kidman. Judging by the way she plays her tennis, the Australian Open fourth seed's favourite Kidman movie is more likely to be "Dead Calm" than "Days of Thunder". There were few dazzling shots or big hits but even fewer...

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Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) competes against Maria Sharapova (RUS) during the Women's Final on Day 13 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA.
photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Taylor Swift 'tired of Styles' flirting'
Full Article Music News
20 Jan 2013

Taylor Swift apparently ended things with Harry Styles because he's a 'massive flirt'. The country singer and the One Direction star enjoyed a brief romance, even celebrating Taylor's birthday and Christmas together....

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Rihanna 'haunted by childhood'
Full Article Music News
20 Jan 2013

Rihanna is reportedly haunted by her relationship with her father, which is why she can't let Chris Brown go. The pop star has reportedly been dating rapper Chris again, even though he has still been meeting up with his ex Karrueche...

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Rihanna and Chis concert
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Jennifer Hudson wants another baby
Full Article Indian Express
20 Jan 2013

Singer Jennifer Hudson says her son David Jr wants to have a sister, and she wants to add to their family with a second child. The 31-year-old said that she wants to grant...

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Jennifer Hudson wants another baby
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Barbra Streisand to receive Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award
Full Article Baltimore Sun
18 Jan 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barbra Streisand will add the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award to her roster of honors, in recognition of her achievement as a director, writer, producer and film star, the group said on Friday. Streisand, who shot to fame in the 1960s on Broadway and as a major recording star, will receive the honor at the 40th...

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Amazon launches music store for iPhone, iPod touch
Full Article The Business Review
18 Jan 2013

Source: Apple The Amazon mobile store allows direct purchases with iPhones and iPod Touch devices for the first time ever. Web contributor- Silicon Valley Business Journal...

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Apple iPhone 3GS - Smartphone
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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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Jessica Biel is a perfectionist
Full Article m&c;
20 Jan 2013

Jessica Biel spent ages trying to look picture perfect in a photo booth. The 'Total Recall' actress - who married her boyfriend of four years Justin Timberlake in Italy last October - spent ages posing with a young fan until she...

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Johansson gave film lessons to Eddie Redmayne
Full Article The Times of India
20 Jan 2013

Actress Scarlett Johansson turned British actor Eddie Redmayne's film teacher and drew up a list of movies she felt he should see. She left Redmayne red-faced on the set of 2008...

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Scarlett Johansson arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, Calif., on Sunday, June 6, 2010.
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Kevin Bacon finds his high stakes TV role in 'The Following'
Full Article Chicago Tribune
20 Jan 2013

After more than 60 movies in a career spanning 35 years, Kevin Bacon wanted to up the dramatic ante with his first starring role in a primetime series on Fox's "The Following." "I'm the guy from 'Footloose.' The biggest issue was whether or not the town was going to be allowed to dance or not. You know, underground worms ['Tremors']. ... So I...

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100414-N-0696M-087Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff address audience members at the annual USO Gala at the Ritz Carlton in Crystal City, Va. on April 14, 2010.
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Bonham Carter hails critics' award
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
20 Jan 2013

Helena Bonham Carter said she hoped her lifetime achievement award from the Critics' Circle was not a hint to stop acting. Accepting the Dilys Powell Award for excellence in film at London's May Fair Hotel, the Oscar-winning actress joked that her recent string of accolades was like a disease. Bonham Carter...

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 British actress Helena Bonham Carter poses as part of the promotion of the new Harry Potter film "Ha
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Ryan Gosling knitting memes
Full Article The Examiner
20 Jan 2013

Tweet 0 Email Report Photo 1 of 7 Once word got out that Ryan Gosling likes to knit, Internet memes popped up everywhere. Once word got out that Ryan Gosling likes to knit, Internet memes popped up everywhere. Once word got out that Ryan Gosling likes to knit, Internet memes popped up everywhere. Once word got out that Ryan Gosling likes to knit,...

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Actor Ryan Gosling poses during a photo call for the film "Blue Valentine", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 18, 2010.
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Drew Barrymore Gets Emotional During Oprah Interview
Full Article Starpulse
20 Jan 2013

Drew Barrymore fought back tears in an emotional TV interview as she vowed to give her newborn daughter the stable childhood she never had during her own troubled upbringing. The Hollywood star opened the doors to her home in Montecito, California for talk show host Oprah Winfrey and...

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Actress Drew Barrymore looks on during the announcement of a commitment regarding the improvement of food and nutrition for schoolchildren in developing countries after the opening plenary at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, Thursday, Sept 25, 2008, in New York.
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Priyanka Chopra to attend Toronto awards show
Full Article Digital Spy
20 Jan 2013

Priyanka Chopra is to appear at an awards show in Toronto next month. The Bollywood star will take part in the event marking the 10th anniversary of Anokhi magazine at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Photo gallery - Priyanka Chopra in pictures: Priyanka Chopra in 7 Khoon Maaf 1 of 7 "My darlings, I will be interviewing Priyanka Chopra when she arrives for...

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Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra poses with the newly launched Nokia N8 mobile phone in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The phone is priced approximately at INR 26259, or USD 592.
photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool

Raima Sen is set to play hooker in a comic drama
Full Article The Times of India
20 Jan 2013

Raima Sen is one busy actor dexterously juggling projects both in Bollywood and Tollywood. Now, the actress has been roped in by director Anil Kumar Chaudhary for his film No Rules No Fools (tentatively titled) which also stars Vinay Pathak, Saurabh Shukla and Mugdha Godse in...

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INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-ACTRESS-RAIMA-SENIndia Bollywood Actress Raima Sen during the Nokia Mabile Phone Launch at Kolkata in Eastern India ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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Vigilance, caution will be our watchwords with Pakistan, says Manmohan
Full Article The Hindu
20 Jan 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said India was “continually assessing” its bilateral relations with Pakistan in the wake of the recent ceasefire violations and the killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers. “We have made it clear to Pakistan that this could have a negative impact on our ties.” Addressing party...

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing at the dedication function of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asia Regional Cooperation, Puducherry on June 29, 2012.The Governor of Puducherry, Dr. Iqbal Singh, the Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri N. Rangaswamy and the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister�s Office, Shri V. Narayanasamy are also seen.
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Pakistan minister Amin Fahim calls off India visit over LoC tension
Full Article The Siasat Daily
20 Jan 2013

Islamabad, January 20: Pakistan Commerce Minister Amin Fahim has called off his scheduled visit to India in the wake of prevailing tensions between the two countries over violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir region, Online news agency reported Sunday. Fahim was to attend a business meet to be held Jan 27-29 in Agra city at the...

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Pakistan's People's party leader Amin Fahim, center, who is likely to be a candidate for Pakistan's premiership, leaves after attending a political meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The winners of Pakistan's election were assembling their lawmakers Wednesday for the first time to press President Pervez Musharraf to convene what promises to be a hostile new Parliament.
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Congress a funny party, quips Rahul
Full Article Newstrack India
20 Jan 2013

Tweet Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Congress's newly appointed vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday termed his party funny as it functioned without any rules or regulations despite being the largest in the world. "It is a funny party. It is the largest political organization in the world...

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Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi looks down as he speaks to the media in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
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Former Secretary of State Rice joins CBS News
Full Article Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
20 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager and president David Rhodes say Rice "will use her insight and vast experience to explore issues facing America at home and abroad." Rice served as secretary of state during President George W. Bush's second term. She was the...

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
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Israel polls: right wing now means ultra right
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20 Jan 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was once seen as a right-wing figure. Now he's widely considered a moderate. But it's not Mr Netanyahu who has changed; Israel has. His governing coalition will certainly win the largest number of seats in the Knesset (Parliament) again in the election tomorrow, but his new government will contain lots of...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a session at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem,
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The politics of good economics
Full Article The Hindu
20 Jan 2013

The government’s decision to allow oil companies to increase pump prices of diesel in small increments will help it kill many birds with one stone. Ministers and bureaucrats may not want to call it deregulation given the political implications but the fact is it is indeed that, for oil companies can now charge market prices to bulk consumers...

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Air NZ is wary of Emirates' intentions
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20 Jan 2013

Air New Zealand is wary of more competition emerging across the Pacific from the alliance between Emirates and Qantas. Emirates said this month it wants to extend its alliance with Qantas across the Pacific, allowing passengers to fly around the world on Airbus A380s. Air New Zealand chief executive...

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As Frontier cuts back, Springs airport casts its net elsewhere
Full Article Colorado Springs Gazette
20 Jan 2013

Frontier Airlines short-lived “focus city” experiment in Colorado Springs failed because the Denver-based carrier underestimated how willing local passengers are to drive to Denver for a wide selection of inexpensive flights, the experiment’s architect says. The carrier unveiled ambitious plans nearly a year ago to launch nonstop...

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Frontier Airlines Airbus A319 aircraft with their signature wildlife tails. As seen at Denver Int'l Airport.
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French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Islamic Militants
French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Islamic Militants
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French troops have offered aid to Mali in their fight against insurgency groups. Islamist rebels linked to al-Qaida launched a counteroffensive after four days of French air strikes on northern strongholds, promising to drag France into an Afghanistan-style war. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports.
  • published: 15 Jan 2013
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Welcome To The World - Why Poverty?
Welcome To The World - Why Poverty?
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD: Is it worse to be born poor than to die poor? 130 million babies are born each year, and not one of them decides where they'll be born or how they'll live. In Cambodia, you're likely to be born to a family living on less than $1/day. In Sierra Leone chances of surviving the first year are half those of the worldwide average. Brian Hill takes a worldwide trip to meet the newest generation - In the US Starr's new baby could well be one more of 1.6 million homeless children now living in the streets. Director Brian Hill Producer Rachel Tierney Produced by Century Films Why Poverty? www.whypoverty.net Video URL: youtu.be
  • published: 12 Jan 2013
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  • author: WhyPoverty
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Interview: Algeria gas worker recounts hostage drama
Interview: Algeria gas worker recounts hostage drama
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Rebels fighters were holding a number of foreigners hostage at a gas plant deep in the Algerian desert on Saturday, nearly 48 hours after a failed rescue attempt killed at least 12 of them, a security source said. The hostage takers said after Thursday's rescue raid they still held seven foreigners - three Belgians, two Americans, one Japanese and a Briton - inside the sprawling Sahara complex in northeast Algeria near the border with Libya. Al Jazeera's Elizabeth Puranam spoke to Ruben Andrada, one of the freed hostages, from a hospital in Algiers.
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MALI CRISIS: Is there a way out? - Gilles Yabi
MALI CRISIS: Is there a way out? - Gilles Yabi
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Armen Georgian meets Gilles Yabi, the West Africa Project director of the International Crisis Group, to discuss about the deteriorating situation in Mali. The Islamists have chased the Tuareg out of key towns, imposed sharia law, and last week destroyed ancient Muslim shrines they deemed un-Islamic in the UN world heritage-listed desert city of Timbuktu. THE INTERVIEW - An interview with a French or international personality from the world of economics, politics, culture or diplomacy. All shows: www.france24.com FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com
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Syria and Iran in bank deal as UN condemns University attack
Syria and Iran in bank deal as UN condemns University attack
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www.euronews.com UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has condemned an attack at Aleppo University and warned that the deliberate targeting of civilians is a war crime. At least 87 people were killed by two large explosions on Tuesday. The Syrian government and the opposition blamed each other for the attack. On Wednesday state TV announced that Syria and Iran have agreed a credit facility between Commercial Bank of Syria and Export Development bank of Iran, worth a billion US dollars (750 million euros). It also said the two countries had reached agreements on energy transmission and electricity equipment. As news of the deal came out amateur footage uploaded on social networking sites purported to show heavy aerial bombardment across the country. In one clip, said to have been filmed in the Daraya district of Damascus, a plane can be heard flying overhead shortly before a bombed building is shown and thick plumes of smoke fill the air. Two more videos said to have been filmed in the Al Houla area of Homs purported to show the aftermath of heavy shelling. The UN estimates that more than 60000 people have been killed in the 22-month-old conflict. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 17 Jan 2013
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[Julia Timoschenko] President of Ukraine ordered murder, now he says it was Tymoshenko!
[Julia Timoschenko] President of Ukraine ordered murder, now he says it was Tymoshenko!
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NEW www.youtube.com Tymoshenko process: Presidential Advisor English is also still no end in criminal cases against Tymoshenko The Adviser of the President of the Ukraine, Anna German .( It is lying) , thinks that still no conclusion was set in the case of the ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
  • published: 12 Oct 2011
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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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Hugo chavez agoniza en cuba VIDEO HOSPITAL
Hugo chavez agoniza en cuba VIDEO HOSPITAL
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Chavez agoniza en el cimeq, chavez tiene sus dias contados, chavez esta entubado con ventilacion mecanica producto de su problema pulmonar ocasionado por el Cancer que padece y el que finalmente lo lleva a la tumba, al cementerio. COMA INDUCIDO, Cuestion de autorizar la desconexion de los aparatos que lo mantienen con vida artificial y chaolin pin guin. Recordemos la ultima cirugia a la cual fue sometido chavez y la que finalmente desencadeno la situacion en la que se encuentra, fue llevada a cabo el día 11 de Diciembre de 2012 para extirparle cuatro cultivos cancerígenos de pelvis e intestino, al presidente venezolano le fueron extraídos 43,4 centímetros de intestino delgado. Una biopsia llevada a cabo durante la cirugía también detectó células cancerígenas en las paredes internas del intestino y en la vejiga. La operación realizada por un equipo médico llegado expresamente de Rusia, con asistencia de médicos cubanos, también comprobó que la metástasis en hueso y médula espinal seguía progresando a paso constante. ""HASTA NUNCA CHAVEZ DEJASTE INMENSA HUELLA NEGRA EN ESTE MUNDO!! CADA QUIEN LABRA SU PROPIO DESTINO. !DIVINA PROVIDENCIA POR FAVOR ILUMINA A VENEZUELA, ESTE PUEBLO NO MERECE MAS TIRANIA POR PARTE DE LOS SUBALTERNOS CHAVISTAS, PROTEGELA! PATRIA, SOCIALISMO O MUERTE? ADIVINA CUAL GANO
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Algeria Hostage Crisis: Troops Surround Gunmen
Algeria Hostage Crisis: Troops Surround Gunmen
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Troops Surround Hostage BP Plant A terrorist dubbed "The Uncatchable" is believed to be behind the hostage attack on an oil facility in Algeria. William Hague has condemned the killing of a Briton in the Algerian gas field hostage crisis as "cold-blooded murder" as forces surround the Islamist gunmen. One Briton and an Algerian were killed when an al Qaeda-backed group stormed the In Amenas facility, which is part owned by BP, and seized 41 westerners. Another six were wounded in the attack, which the group claims is retaliation for the French military intervention against al Qaeda-backed rebels in neighbouring Mali. The raid is believed to have been planned by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and one-eyed Islamist known as Mr Marlboro and The Uncatchable. His group goes under various names including Khaled Abul Abbas Brigade, the Masked Ones and The Blood Battalion and is said to be linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Mr Hague said he was sceptical the raid was carried out retaliation for the offensive in Mali. Algeria and its neighbours The attack took place close to the border with Libya Speaking during a visit to Australia, the Foreign Secretary said: "That is a convenient excuse, but usually operations like this take longer to plan. "Whatever excuse is being used by terrorists and murderers, there is no excuse. This is the cold-blooded murder of people going about their business." Algerian Interior Minister Dahou Ould Kablia, speaking on national television, said Algiers ...
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Deaths confirmed in Algeria hostage rescue bid
Deaths confirmed in Algeria hostage rescue bid
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An Algerian military raid to free hostages at a desert gas plant is over, according to state media. Multiple fatalities have been reported, but it's still unclear exactly how many people were killed. Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan 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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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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French FIGHTER JETS BOMB Mali AL-QAEDA linked ISLAMIST rebels while African states ready TROOPS
French FIGHTER JETS BOMB Mali AL-QAEDA linked ISLAMIST rebels while African states ready TROOPS
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French fighter jets have bombed Islamist rebels in central Mali for a third day on Sunday after claims the insurgents were just days away from seizing the capital Bamako. The continuous air-strikes were being carried out around three towns. Forces also recaptured Konna, a strategically located central town, a day after it was seized by Islamist rebels. Interior Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told French radio: "There are raids happening at the moment, there will be more this afternoon and tomorrow. The determination of the French President is absolute: we must eradicate this terrorism that could threaten the security of Mali, the security of our country (France) and of Europe." Last April, al Qaeda-linked militants snatched control of the north of the country and have recently pushed south. Paris deployed more than 500 troops to help prevent rebels advancing further. Meanwhile hundreds of people have come forward to give blood to help injured Malian solders, after a request from the president. At one centre in Bamako alone, medical staff collected more than 1000 pouches in one day. Mali's West African neighbours are expected to deploy troops to support government and French forces over the next few days.
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French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Islamic Militants
French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Islamic Militants
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French troops have offered aid to Mali in their fight against insurgency groups. Islamist rebels linked to al-Qaida launched a counteroffensive after four days of French air strikes on northern strongholds, promising to drag France into an Afghanistan-style war. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports.
  • published: 15 Jan 2013
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Terror Strikes France & US Sergeant Robert Bales Kills in Afghanistan
Terror Strikes France & US Sergeant Robert Bales Kills in Afghanistan
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In today's show, Christopher discusses the recent media spin on the killing of innocent civilians by both Mohammed Merah in France and US Staff Sergeant Robert Bales in Afghanistan. www.greenewave.com twitter.com To Donate: www.paypal.com
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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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President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Sunday Jan. 10, 2013. Next to Obama are first lady Michelle Obama, holding the Robinson Family Bible, and daughters Malia and Sasha. Charles Barkley tees off on the eighth hole during the 20th annual Lake Tahoe Celebrity Golf Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club in Stateline, Nev., Thursday, July 16, 2009. The celebrity golf championship is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Indonesian firefighters help people transport on a rubber boat through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. 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) Day 14 - The Men's Singles Semifinal match of Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs David Ferrer (ESP) US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 9, 2012 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. Uruguay's Alvaro Pereira gestures during a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match against Argentina in Santa Fe, Argentina, Saturday, July 16, 2011. In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Trader Albert Young, left, studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to the press upon his arrival to a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela

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

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Is Mali the next Afghanistan?
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WASHINGTON -- The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, the French Foreign Legion and a coalition of al-Qaida affiliates who identify themselves with the Maghreb, the desert...

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File - Spc. Wickham, an infantryman and 240B gunner, and another soldier, assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull rear security while on a short halt during an Afghan National Security Forces-led mission in rural areas of Zormat district, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2012.
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updated 15 Jan 2013; published 01 Jan 2013
3:07
Al Qaeda Tak­ing Over North­ern Mali
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
0:45
Is­lamists threat­en ter­ror at­tacks in France: Mali war rais­es fears over home­grown ter­ror plots
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Hol­lande vows to 'de­stroy' Mali ter­ror­ists: France goes to war in order to crush Is­lamist threat
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 19 Aug 2012
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Mali's war­lord de­clares war on the West
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Is­lam­ic Mil­i­tants
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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Al-Qai­da-linked mil­i­tants seize BP com­plex in Al­ge­ria, take hostages over Mali in­ter­ven­tion

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Bunkers and residential houses are seen by 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. Last week a Pakistan solider was killed across the Line of Control (LOC), a military line that divides Indian-administered Kashmir from the Pakistan-administered Kashmir at this village. People living along the LoC have continually been at risk due to hostility between the armies of the two rival nations. Last year, in November, three people, including a pregnant woman, had died after a shell fired from Pakistan landed on one of the houses in the village. Tension between Pakistan and India has escalated after a fresh skimirish along the border. Both countries have summoned each other's envoy to protest against unacceptable and unprovoked' attacks.
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday the situation on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir was "terrible" and the escalation of tension should be totally unacceptable to both the governments. "I don't know about it...
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Print this page Tweet After more than a week of hype, Lance Armstrong finally came clean Thursday night about not playing clean. The cycling legend confessed to Oprah Winfrey in the first of two OWN network interviews that he relied on a litany of...
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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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CAIRO: Thousands of supporters of Al-Ahly club demonstrated in Cairo on Friday to demand severe punishments for 75 people on trial for dozens of deaths in Egypt's worst football disaster. More than 70 people were...
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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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Algerian forces launched a brazen air attack on suspected Islamist militants holding scores of foreign employees of a natural gas complex Thursday, killing kidnappers and hostages alike in what appeared to be a forceful message from Algeria that it...
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Stars and Stripes 20 Jan 2013, WASHINGTON -- The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, the French Foreign Legion and a coalition of al-Qaida affiliates who identify themselves with the Maghreb, the desert...

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Al Jazeera 20 Jan 2013, The world's 100 richest people earned enough money last year to end world extreme poverty four times over, according to released by international rights group and charity Oxfam. The $240 billion net income of the world's 100 richest billionaires would have ended poverty four times over, according to the London-based group's report released on...

updated 19 Jan 2013; published 19 Jan 2013
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BBC News 20 Jan 2013, US President Barack Obama has blamed "terrorists" for the death of 23 hostages at a besieged desert gas facility in Algeria. A four-day siege at the In Amenas site was ended on Saturday by an army raid. At least five Britons, five Norwegians and 10 Japanese are dead or missing, while Algeria said its troops had killed all 32...

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Al Jazeera 19 Jan 2013, West African leaders meeting at an emergency summit in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan have urged more global involvement to help ward off rebels in Mali. Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast president, who is also current head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc, said on Saturday that it was high time others...

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Al Jazeera 19 Jan 2013, Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has cited the increasing casualty count in Syria as a basis for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes in the nearly two-year-long conflict. Speaking after a closed meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Pillay said there was little...

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The New York Times 19 Jan 2013, MOSCOW — The government of President Viktor F. Yanukovich of Ukraine said Friday that it planned to bring murder charges against his political rival, the jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, in connection with the 1996 assassination of a member of Parliament. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international...

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BBC News 19 Jan 2013, Nations with hostages being held by militants at an Algerian gas plant have expressed concern at the ongoing siege. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the situation as "extremely difficult and dangerous". While state media says hundreds of hostages have been freed at the remote In Amenas desert gas facility, about 30...

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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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2:59
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 15 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
1:12
French FIGHT­ER JETS BOMB Mali AL-QAE­DA linked IS­LAMIST rebels while African states ready TROOPS
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 15 Jan 2013
3:04
French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Is­lam­ic Mil­i­tants
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...

updated 14 Oct 2012; published 23 Mar 2012
92:18
Ter­ror Strikes France & US Sergeant Robert Bales Kills in Afghanistan
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...