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  • Axis to Grind: 'Power shift' in France-Germany ties...5:33
  • Deadly end to Algeria hostage crisis...4:45
  • Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into intervention quagmire...4:59
  • انتخابات اسراییل: پيامدها براي ایران...59:48
  • Anger in Turkey over NATO missiles deployment near Syria border...3:18
  • Afghan Spy Agency HQ in Kabul attacked by Paki-punjabi ISI...1:20
  • TOLOnews 18 September 2012 KABUL SUICIDE ATTACK...1:10
  • Official Oath of Office 2013: President Obama Inauguration...1:02
  • Is al Qaeda close to calling Mali home?...2:20
  • Welcome To The World - Why Poverty?...58:33
  • Algerian army tries to free hostages...2:19
Paris and Berlin are marking 50 years since the signing of the Elysee treaty. But the hugs and handshakes may mask an alternative reality. The two are yet to agree on how to cure the Eurozone debt contagion, or overcome deep foreign policy divisions. RT's Peter Oliver assesses whether there's more 'lows' than 'highs' in Franco-German relations right now. And Max Otte, business professor and an independent investment fund manager, discusses the legacy, and the prospects of future relations between Berlin and Paris. 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.
Axis to Grind: 'Power shift' in France-Ger­many ties
5:33
Dead­ly end to Al­ge­ria hostage cri­sis
4:45
Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into in­ter­ven­tion quag­mire
4:59
انتخابات اسراییل: پيامدها براي ایران
59:48
After In­au­gu­ra­tion 2013 Best of the Cer­e­mo­ny, In­au­gu­ral Balls
11:35
Anger in Turkey over NATO mis­siles de­ploy­ment near Syria bor­der
3:18
Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into in­ter­ven­tion quag­mire
4:59
Afghan Spy Agen­cy HQ in Kabul at­tacked by Pa­ki-pun­jabi ISI
1:20
Death toll climbs in Al­ge­ria hostage cri­sis
2:22
TOLOnews 18 Septem­ber 2012 KABUL SUI­CIDE AT­TACK
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Of­fi­cial Oath of Of­fice 2013: Pres­i­dent Obama In­au­gu­ra­tion
1:02
Is al Qaeda close to call­ing Mali home?
2:20
Wel­come To The World - Why Pover­ty?
58:33
Al­ge­ri­an army tries to free hostages
2:19
MALI CRI­SIS: Is there a way out? - Gilles Yabi
11:46




France and Germany commemorate Elysee treaty
Full Article Al Jazeera
22 Jan 2013

France and Germany have marked 50 years since a landmark treaty sealed their post-war reconciliation with a day of pomp, symbolism and celebration while papering over their differences. French President Francois Hollande has travelled to the snowy German capital to join Chancellor Angela Merkel to fete the Elysee Treaty, inked in 1963, which...

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President of France Francois Hollande, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, hug each others after Merkel's speech as part of a reception of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Steffi Loos

Algeria-BP Is One of Many Reasons Why Al-Qaeda Won
Full Article WorldNews.com
22 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When then-Vice President Dick Cheney stated: "If there's a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It's not about our analysis...it's about our response,"(1) it was clearly evident that the...

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Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing a person killed during the gas facility hostage situation at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Algeria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Anis Belghoul

UK to consider boosting French Mali operation support
Full Article BBC News
22 Jan 2013

The UK government is to discuss offering more help to French forces fighting Islamist rebels in Mali. David Cameron has said there could be further assistance with transport and surveillance. Two military aircraft have already been loaned to the French. The Ministry of Defence says there are no plans for a ground combat role. Following British...

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Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali.
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Israel's Extremist Right Set For Cabinet Posts
Full Article Orange News
22 Jan 2013

Tweet Israelis go to the voting booths in an election that could have a devastating impact on hopes for a future peace deal with the Palestinians. While prime inister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to win the most seats, opinion polls have suggested support for his Likud Beitenu party has been steadily eroded by a surge in the popularity of...

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Israelis wait for transportation under election campaign billboards of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Israel's Labor party candidate Shelly Yachimovichin, in the central Israeli city of Ramat gan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
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Inauguration Day: President Obama is sworn in for a second term
Full Article The Examiner
21 Jan 2013

The list: Inauguration Day: President Obama is sworn in for a second term For only the second time in history, the presidential oath of office has been administered to someone for the fourth time. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol in front of a crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands, Barack Obama, surrounded by his two daughters, rested his...

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President Barack Obama gestures as he gives his inauguration address during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington.
photo: AP / Win McNamee, Pool

German Patriot missile troops arrive in Turkey
Full Article Deutsche Welle
21 Jan 2013

Germany has sent 240 soldiers to southern Turkey as part of a NATO mission using Patriot missiles to deter cross-border airstrikes from war-torn Syria. Units are also being provided by the Netherlands and the US. The main German contingent flew out of Berlin Sunday, headed for Kahramanmaras, 100 kilometers (62 miles) inside Turkey's border with...

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German military trucks carrying NATO's Patriot Missile Defense System to protect Turkey in case neighboring Syria launches an attack leave the port after the parts of system were unloaded in the Mediterranean city of Iskenderun, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
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French troops take town in central Mali as rebels slip away
Full Article Reuters
21 Jan 2013

DIABALY, Mali (Reuters) - French and Malian armored columns rolled into the central Mali town of Diabaly on Monday after the al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels who seized it a week ago melted into the bush to avoid air strikes. Diabaly, 350 km (220 miles) north of Mali's dusty riverside capital Bamako, had harbored the main cluster of insurgents south...

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French troops inspect the charred remains of military vehicles used by radical Islamists on the outskirt of Diabaly, Mali, some 460kms (320 miles) north of the capital Bamako Monday Jan. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

Taliban attack Kabul police facility for hours
Full Article Denver Post
21 Jan 2013

Click photo to enlarge An Afghan security officer looks at smoke rising from a rocket fired by militants which landed near the Kabul traffic police headquarters during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Taliban insurgents wearing suicide vests attacked the Kabul traffic police headquarters before dawn Monday, police said, and...

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File - KABUL, Afghanistan--Members of the Camp Eggars Force Protection team assess the damage of an explosion near the gate on Jan 17, 2009.
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Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in Algeria
Full Article Richmond Times Dispatch
21 Jan 2013

Algerian security forces on Sunday made grisly discoveries of dozens of bodies at a sprawling natural gas facility, a day after a violent showdown put an end to an international hostage crisis. But as Algeria tallied up the losses, a debate was emerging about whether the militant group linked to al-Qaida that seized the plant had been intent on a...

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In this undated photo, a man stands next to the body of an unidentified person near Ain Amenas, Algeria. Algerian bomb squads scouring a gas plant where Islamist militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage found "numerous" new bodies on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 as they searched for explosive traps left behind by the attackers, a security official said, a day after a bloody raid ended the four-day siege of the remote desert refinery.
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Heavy fighting in Kabul after suicide blasts
Full Article Al Jazeera
21 Jan 2013

Afghan police said gunmen and suicide bombers have attacked one of their compounds in western Kabul, and a gunbattle is ongoing between security forces and heavily armed assailants. Police officer Mirzal Mohammad said at least one attacker blew himself up at the entrance to traffic police headquarters on Monday and a number of others wearing...

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Kabul traffic police headquarters during insurgents' attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq

Obama sworn in at low-key White House ceremony
Full Article The Star
20 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took the official oath for his second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony that set a more subdued tone compared to the historic start of his presidency four years ago. U.S. President Barack Obama takes the official oath of office from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John...

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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. 20, 2013.
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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.
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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.
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I was calm when runs didn't come: Virat Kohli
Full Article The Times of India
22 Jan 2013

MOHALI: Slowly but surely, Virat Kohli is getting back in form. He was India's most consistent batsman in the ODIs over a period of 16 months till the recent slump. But his unbeaten innings of 77 in the third one-dayer in Ranchi augurs well for him and the team. The day after he was pulled up by the BCCI for giving a full-length interview to a...

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Indian batsman Virat Kohli leaps in the air to celebrate his century as he took his team to victory over Sri Lanka in their one day international cricket match in Hobart, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Chris Crerar

Matthaus denies 1860 Munich link
Full Article Goal
22 Jan 2013

The Bayern Munich legend has had no interaction with the city's second club about joining their backroom staff, after Sven-Goran Eriksson turned down a similar role last week By Tom Maston More On : TSV 1860, Lothar Matthäus...

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Bulgarian soccer team coach Lothar Matthaus from Germany,centre, speaks to his players during team's practice session at the town of Pravetz, some 60 km (38 ml) east from capital Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Bulgaria will face England in a EURO 2012 Group G qualifying match at Vassil Levski stadium on September 2.
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Falcao denies meeting with Florentino Perez
Full Article Goal
22 Jan 2013

The Colombia forward has refuted claims that he and his agent met with the Real Madrid president, while Miguel Angel Gil Marin has denied having any interest...

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Atletico de Madrid's Radamel Falcao of Colombia, reacts during his team's Spanish La Liga soccer match against Valencia at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.
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Everton captain Phil Neville welcomes Mirallas' return from injury
Full Article Goal
22 Jan 2013

The veteran has believes the Belgian, who has been out for nearly two months with a hamstring injury, can boost the Toffees chances of qualifying for the Champions...

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Phil Neville
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Ronaldinho & Dante named in Brazil squad for England friendly
Full Article Goal
22 Jan 2013

The 32-year-old makes his return to the international fold for the first time in 12 months, while Julio Cesar, David Luiz, Ramires and Oscar are also included in the...

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Brazil's Ronaldinho celebrates after scoring a during a friendly soccer game against Mexico in Torreon, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
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Djokovic getting the hang of winning in Australia
Full Article U~T San Diego
22 Jan 2013

MELBOURNE, AustraliaNovak Djokovic is really starting to get the hang of how to handle himself at the Australian Open. An expression often used Down Under - "Keep your shirt on" - is designed to discourage anyone from becoming unnecessarily overexcited. Djokovic took it literally after his 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win Tuesday night over...

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his win over Andy Murray of Britain at the end of their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match at the O2 Arena in London
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Justin Rose will look to go one better in Qatar after runner-up finish in Abu Dhabi
Full Article Sky Sports
22 Jan 2013

Justin Rose insists he will tee it up in this week's Qatar Masters in confident rather than frustrated mood after his runner-up finish in Abu Dhabi. The Englishman looked on course for a wire-to-wire victory last week only to be pipped to the title in Abu Dhabi by Jamie Donaldson who recorded a one-shot triumph. "It was disappointing not to win,...

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Justin Rose of England reacts after driving from the sixth hole during the second round of the British Open Golf championship, at the Royal Birkdale golf course, Southport, England, Friday, July 18, 2008.
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Taylor Swift takes 'I Knew You Were Trouble.' to #1 on pop radio
Full Article The Examiner
22 Jan 2013

Taylor Swift continues her streak of smash hits with her latest dubstep-infused entry, "I Knew You Were Trouble." The track, off her triple-platinum-selling album Red, hits the top spot on Mainstream Top 40, adding to the singer's long list of impressive chart-toppers. This is her second leader on this chart, following 2009's "Love Story." On the...

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Taylor Swift performing in Philadelphia
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World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka’s shrieks set to music
Full Article Taipei Times
22 Jan 2013

Music fans will soon get to hear the symphonic-like shrieking that Victoria Azarenka brings to her tennis. The world No. 1 and reigning Australian Open champion is known as one of the more vocal players on the women’s tour, accompanying almost every whack of the ball with a high-pitched shriek. In a silent stadium, the sound can linger in...

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Day 14 - The Women's Singles Final match of Serena Williams (USA) against Victoria Azarenka (BLR) US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 9, 2012
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Sheryl Crow to be a mentor on 'The Voice'
Full Article Digital Spy
22 Jan 2013

Sheryl Crow is to be a special guest mentor on The Voice. The 'Soak Up the Sun' singer has revealed that she will be working with coach Blake Shelton to help find the new music superstar. "I've been friends with Blake for a few years now and am honoured he invited me to be an adviser on The Voice this season," Crow commented to ET Online. Shelton...

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What was the last album you bought on CD, cassette, or vinyl?
Full Article The Guardian
22 Jan 2013

Open thread: With downloads taking over, we'd like to know about the last album you bought in a physical format Vinyl frontier… A man looks at stacks of records at Rough Trade in London. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian...

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Simon Richards performing songs from his debut album Kaleidoscope Worlds at The Stage Miami, Florida - June 6, 2012
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Celebs attend Adnan Sami's album launch
Full Article The Times of India
22 Jan 2013

The launch of Adnan Sami's new album Press Play saw several notable members from music and film industry, who turned up to...

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Channel [V] Head Honcho Amar K. Deb, pop singer Adnan Sami and television personality Gaurav Kapoor
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Audra McDonald returns to Los Angeles to sing after 'Private Practice'
Full Article The Examiner
22 Jan 2013

Last year Audra McDonald conspicuously left the cast of ABC's "Private Practice" to return to the Broadway stage in a revival of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess." In the role of Bess, McDonald won a Tony Award for Best Actress, her fifth Tony Award. This year, she turns her attention to touring, recording a new album, hosting...

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Audra McDonald accepts the Tony award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "A Raisin in the Sun" during the 58th Annual Tony Awards Sunday, June 6, 2004, at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
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Mick Jagger rules out Stones at Coachella
Full Article Music News
22 Jan 2013

A series of statements and pictures put out by both the Rolling Stones and the people running the Coachella Festival recently had people speculating that the group would be one of this year's headliners....

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Mick Jagger in red
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Simon Cowell has carrots flown in from Singapore
Full Article m&c;
22 Jan 2013

Simon Cowell has his favourite carrots flown into the UK for him from Singapore. The 53-year-old music mogul loves the variety of vegetable so much he keeps a bowl of them in his 'Britain's Got Talent' dressing room and gets the...

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'Crouching Tiger' Actress Demands Journalist Reveal Sources Behind Prostitution Story
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
22 Jan 2013

share The lawyers fighting Zhang Ziyi's defamation lawsuit as an impingement of free speech, are objecting to the unmasking of "politically vulnerable" Chinese sources. Francois Durand/Getty Images This Friday, a California federal court plays host to an important hearing in actress Zhang Ziyi's defamation lawsuit against U.S.-based China Free...

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Report: Schwarzenegger says he still loves Shriver
Full Article US News
22 Jan 2013

BERLIN (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted in an interview in Germany's top-selling newspaper saying he's still in love with his estranged wife, Maria Shriver. The actor and former California governor is quoted in Tuesday's Bild newspaper as saying that despite their separation, he spent Christmas with Shriver and their children....

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Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
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What it takes being a Khan? SRK pours his heart out
Full Article Newstrack India
22 Jan 2013

Tweet New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan bares it all on what it means to be a Muslim in the Post-9/11 world and how he became an "inadvertent object of political leaders" in first person account for Outlook Turning Points magazine, published in association with The New York Times newspaper. He also features on the cover of the...

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Indian Bollywood film actor Shah Rukh Khan Before  a press conference in Srinagar on September 6, 2012. Shah Rukh, who completed his nine-day shooting schedule in the Valley for Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra's untitled project, is confident that people from South Asia and South East Asia will visit the valley when they watch the movie, which has been extensively shot in Kashmir.
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actress Juhi Chawla during  the IPL Twenty20 champion's trophy
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Olive is my big 'crush': Drew Barrymore
Full Article Sowetan Live
22 Jan 2013

It's like having the worst crush of your life! I drive home with heart palpitations, like, I can't wait to get to her. I think, 'You know, is she gonna call The 'Going The Distance' actress is besotted with her four-month-old baby and feels like a nervous schoolgirl whenever she thinks about...

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Drew Barrymore, a cast member in "Everybody's Fine," poses for photographers at the premiere of the film at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.
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Emraan describes 'Ghanchakkar' as different level of comedy
Full Article Newstrack India
22 Jan 2013

Tweet Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Ready to tickle viewers' funny bones with "Ghanchakkar", Bollywood's serial kisser Emraan Hashmi says that comedy in his forthcoming U/A film is more situational and different from usual comedies. "The comedy where actors are trying too hard to make the audience laugh, I don't find that funny. I think, this is more...

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Marriage won't affect my work: Vidya Balan
Full Article The Siasat Daily
22 Jan 2013

Mumbai, January 22: Newly wed Vidya Balan, who stars opposite Emraan Hashmi in upcoming comedy 'Ghanchakkar', says that her marriage won't have a bearing on her career in Bollywood. 'Ishqiya' and 'The Dirty Picture' showed Vidya at her boldest and helped her win a lot of awards. When asked if she would be ok doing bold roles or kissing scenes post...

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INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-ACTRESS-VIDYABALANIndia Bollywood actress Vidya Balan for the promotion of a Nihar Natural hair oil product with Kolkata's renowned bengali band Chandra Bindu at Park Hotel in Kolkata in Eastern India ------ WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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Kiwi climbs on Japan stimulus news
Full Article Stuff
22 Jan 2013

The New Zealand dollar crept back to the US84c mark overnight after Japan announced its aggressive monetary easing plan yesterday afternoon. The kiwi recently traded at US84.00c, little changed from US83.90c at 6pm yesterday. On the Trade Weighted Index of...

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New Zealand Dollar - NZ Currency - Money - Forex.
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UN chief Ban urges innovation to resolve worldwide crises in 2013
Full Article The Examiner
22 Jan 2013

In an address to the United Nations General assembly on Tuesday in New York City, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed numerous global crises requiring resolution in 2013, stating, “We will have to think and act innovatively and differently … to throw off another brake on our common progress: the tyranny of the status quo.” According to Ban’s...

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Security Council Debates Peacekeeping Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Security Council open debate on the theme, “United Nations Peacekeeping: a multidimensional approach”.
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ECB's Draghi says darkest clouds over eurozone have passed
Full Article Reuters
22 Jan 2013

FRANKFURT Jan 22 (Reuters) - The euro zone can begin 2013 with more confidence than last year but it is up to governments to carry the bloc forward with reforms while the European Central Bank delivers stable prices, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Tuesday. Draghi's pledge in July last year to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro and his...

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ARCHIV: Der Praesident der Europaeischen Zentralbank (EZB), Mario Draghi, gibt in Frankfurt am Main eine Pressekonferenz nach der turnusmaessigen EZB-Ratssitzung (Foto vom 08.03.12). Draghi hat die umstrittenen Staatsanleihekaeufe seiner Institution mit "Angst und Irrationalitaet an Kapitalmaerkten" gerechtfertigt. Ausserdem spricht er sich fuer institutionelle Reformen in der Eurozone aus. Es sei "wichtig zu verstehen, dass die Treue zu unserem Mandat es gelegentlich verlangt, ueber die ueblichen geldpolitischen Massnahmen hinauszugehen", schrieb Draghi am Mittwoch (29.08.12) in einem vorab veroeffentlichten Beitrag in der "Zeit".
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Nebraska Governor Approves Keystone XL Route
Full Article The New York Times
22 Jan 2013

Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska on Tuesday approved a revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska, brushing aside vocal opposition from some citizen groups and putting final approval of the pipeline project squarely in the hands of the Obama administration. The decision came a day after President Obama made an assertive pledge in his...

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FILE- This file photo from Nov. 20, 2009, shows Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman signing into law in La Vista, Neb., the budget adjustments approved by lawmakers during the special session. The top state story in 2009 as voted by members of The Associated Press was how Gov. Dave Heineman and the Legislature handled a projected $334 million revenue shortfall over the state's current budget year and next.
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India is in transition in changing world: PM
Full Article The Hindu
22 Jan 2013

Observing that India is in transition in a changing world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country was engaging with the world with an objective of creating environment for its development and ensuring security. He said foreign policy...

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing after presenting the S.K. Singh Award for recognising excellence in the Indian Foreign Service, to Shri Tanmaya Lal, at a function, in New Delhi on January 22, 2013.
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India to explore oil and gas in Niger
Full Article Headlines India
22 Jan 2013

New Delhi, Jan 22: India will soon send oil and gas experts to Niger to explore hydrocarbon resources in the West African nation. India's Minister of State for Petroleum P. Lakshmi told the visiting Minister of Energy and...

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The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi addressing at the Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight 2013, in New Delhi on January 16, 2013.
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Ukraine airline grounds most flights, readies for bankruptcy
Full Article Reuters
22 Jan 2013

KIEV (Reuters) - AeroSvit, Ukraine's largest airline, will seek protection from its creditors in court this week after grounding most of its flights and leaving hundreds of people stranded across the globe due to financial problems. AeroSvit, which operates 28 planes and serviced 2.8 million passengers in 2011, had debt of 4.27 billion hryvnias as...

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Aerosvit is the largest carrier operating at Boryspil
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EU grouping gets OK for financial transaction tax
Full Article The News & Observer
22 Jan 2013

Virginia Mayo - AP Photo European Commissioner for Internal Market Michel Barnier, left, speaks with Dutch Finance Minister and newly appointed chief of the eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem during a meeting of EU finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Eleven eurozone countries seeking to unilaterally...

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European Commissioner for Internal Market Michel Barnier, left, speaks with Dutch Finance Minister and newly appointed chief of the eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem during a meeting of EU finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Eleven eurozone countries seeking to unilaterally implement a financial transaction tax are expected Tuesday to receive the blessing of other European Union countries, bringing the once-controversial project one step closer to reality. At center is Thomas Weber, and member of the EU delegation.
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Axis to Grind: 'Power shift' in France-Germany ties
Axis to Grind: 'Power shift' in France-Germany ties
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Paris and Berlin are marking 50 years since the signing of the Elysee treaty. But the hugs and handshakes may mask an alternative reality. The two are yet to agree on how to cure the Eurozone debt contagion, or overcome deep foreign policy divisions. RT's Peter Oliver assesses whether there's more 'lows' than 'highs' in Franco-German relations right now. And Max Otte, business professor and an independent investment fund manager, discusses the legacy, and the prospects of future relations between Berlin and Paris. 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.
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Deadly end to Algeria hostage crisis
Deadly end to Algeria hostage crisis
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The Algerian government says 32 fighters and 23 captives have been killed during a three-day military operation to end the hostage crisis at a natural gas plant in the Sahara. The provisional death toll was issued by the Algerian interior ministry on Saturday after a special forces operation crushed the last holdout of the fighters at the In Amenas plant, resulting in 11 captors killed along with seven hostages. Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports.
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Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into intervention quagmire
Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into intervention quagmire
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Britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to Mali to back the French-led military campaign against Islamist rebels there. London says that more help is to follow, with Washington also pledging its assistance. The French military has been involved in combat action in the west African nation since Friday - in trouble which some see as blowback from the allies' recent interventions in the region. 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: 14 Jan 2013
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انتخابات اسراییل: پيامدها براي ایران
انتخابات اسراییل: پيامدها براي ایران
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www.Facebook.com برنامه افق صدای آمریکا درباره اولویت رای دهندگان اسرائیلی، نقش ایران در انتخابات، افزایش نرخ مشارکت، مشکلات اقتصادی، تندرو شدن جامعه اسرائیل. با منشه امیر، مئیر جاودانفر، فرهمند علیپور و سعید قاسمی نژاد.
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After Inauguration 2013 Best of the Ceremony, Inaugural Balls
After Inauguration 2013 Best of the Ceremony, Inaugural Balls
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Anger in Turkey over NATO missiles deployment near Syria border
Anger in Turkey over NATO missiles deployment near Syria border
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www.youtube.com/SupperNewsTv Two NATO Patriot missile batteries have arrived at Turkey's port city of Iskunduran. The missiles-which came from Germany, are expected to be joined shortly by four other NATO missile batteries coming from the US and the Netherlands. Turkish people are angry at what they see as NATO's interference in their country. Demonstrations were held as the German ships arrived. Protestors burned the American flag and chanted slogans against what they called American Imperialism; they also called for the Yankees to go home. Follow our Facebook on: www.facebook.com Follow our Twitter on: twitter.com
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Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into intervention quagmire
Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into intervention quagmire
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Britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to Mali to back the French-led military campaign against Islamist rebels there. London says that more help is to follow, with Washington also pledging its assistance. The French military has been involved in combat action in the west African nation since Friday - in trouble which some see as blowback from the allies' recent interventions in the region. 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: 14 Jan 2013
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Afghan Spy Agency HQ in Kabul attacked by Paki-punjabi ISI
Afghan Spy Agency HQ in Kabul attacked by Paki-punjabi ISI
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Six suicide bombers launched what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack on Afghanistan's spy agency in Kabul on Wednesday ... (January 16) killing at least two and wounding 22 others, officials said. The attack happened around noon local time (0730 GMT), when the first assailant detonated a large car bomb near the entrance of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), said a statement from the office of the Kabul police chief. Five more men, strapped with explosives and driving a minivan, were
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Death toll climbs in Algeria hostage crisis
Death toll climbs in Algeria hostage crisis
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TOLOnews 18 September 2012 KABUL SUICIDE ATTACK
TOLOnews 18 September 2012 KABUL SUICIDE ATTACK
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Up to 11 civilians including nine foreigners were killed in a suicide attack on a minivan near Kabul international airport on Tuesday morning. The attack happened around 6:45AM local time when a suicide bomber crashed a car with explosives into the minivan carrying the foreigners on the main road leading to the airport, Kabul police chief Gen. Ayub Salangi told TOLOnews. Nine foreigners, who all appear to be employees of a private airline company, and two other Afghan civilians near the blast were killed, Kabul deputy police chief Daoud Amin told TOLOnews.
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Official Oath of Office 2013: President Obama Inauguration
Official Oath of Office 2013: President Obama Inauguration
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President Barack Obama is sworn in to his second term by Chief Justice John Roberts.
  • published: 20 Jan 2013
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Is al Qaeda close to calling Mali home?
Is al Qaeda close to calling Mali home?
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CNN's Jim Clancy reports on why Africa, Europe and the US are worried al Qaeda could soon control Mali completely.
  • published: 17 Jan 2013
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  • author: CNN
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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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Algerian army tries to free hostages
Algerian army tries to free hostages
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Algeria's military has surrounded a gas facility in the east after dozens of foreign workers were taken hostage. Two people have been killed after citizens from Norway, the UK, the United States and Japan were taken in the early morning raid. Tne armed group that says it carried out the attack says it's in revenge for French intervention in neighbouring Mali.Rosiland Jordan has more.
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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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Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers, Spain Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras arrives for a meeting with Horst Reichenbach, head of Task Force for Greece of the European Commission in Athens, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Greece's economy will have contracted by 25 percent by the time the recession ends, the finance minister said Tuesday, as the government remained locked in talks with rescue lenders for its next major austerity program. Vaccine, Flu Shots

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. New Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni, right, is accompanied by vice president of public relations John Black as they leave after an NBA basketball news conference in El Segundo, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Although D'Antoni is still on crutches after his recent knee surgery, he is already at work with the Lakers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Indonesian firefighters help people transport on a rubber boat through a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. 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.

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. A wide view of the Security Council as it unanimously adopts resolution 1928 (2010), extending until 12 June 2011 the mandate of the Panel of Experts dealing with sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Cars wait to pass the security check at the CIMEQ hospital in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal celebrates after scoring against Valencia during their La Liga soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. 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

Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia since 2010 Sloane Stephens (USA) competes against  Sara Errani (ITA) during the Day 4 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 22, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA. Mining group Rio Tinto's CEO Tom Albanese, left, and Chairman Paul Skinner. 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.
France and Germany commemorate Elysee treaty
Full Article Al Jazeera
22 Jan 2013

France and Germany have marked 50 years since a landmark treaty sealed their post-war reconciliation with a day of pomp, symbolism and celebration while papering over their differences. French President Francois Hollande has travelled to the snowy German capital to join Chancellor Angela Merkel to fete the Elysee Treaty, inked in 1963, which...

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President of France Francois Hollande, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, hug each others after Merkel's speech as part of a reception of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.
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updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Ger­many and France mark El­y­see Treaty: 50th an­niver­sary of post-war wa­ter­shed agree­ment
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 11 Jan 2013
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Talk: Is Fran­co-Ger­man Friend­ship Cool­ing? | Quadri­ga
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 03 Jun 2009
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Dis­cours de Charles de Gaulle en alle­mand (Bonn, 4 septem­bre 1962)
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Ger­many and France mark 50 years of peace
updated 19 Jan 2013; published 22 Apr 2009
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Ger­many and France A never end­ing Friend­ship
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Eu­rope News - West Bank, David Cameron, BERLIN, Justin Rose - Jan 22, 12:28

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Divide et impera (divide and conquer), a maxim made famous by Julius Caesar, has served as an effective strategy of tyrants and dictators for all of time. Whether utilized in the...
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SAN JOSE, January 21, 2013 – It seems a bit amazing that President Obama’s inaugural celebrations and the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day occur on the same...
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No matter what your position on the rights or wrongs of abortion, the Roe vs. Wade decision, made 40 years ago today, was one of the most momentous in American history. It has had...

Transaction tax could be levied from 2014-EU's tax chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany, France and nine other euro zone countries could levy a tax on financial transactions from January next year if governments quickly agree its design, the EU's tax chief said on Tuesday. "If there is a political will among...
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5,300 soldiers to be made redundant
Up to 5,300 soldiers are to be made redundant from the Army in the summer as part of the latest round of cuts to the armed forces, the Government has announced. Redundancy notices will be issued on June 18. Any personnel preparing for, serving on, or...
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Australian troops injured in militants attack in Afghanistan
At least three Australian soldiers have been wounded while on a Special Operations Task Group missing to disrupt insurgent networks in Afghanistan. The soldiers from...
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Bintan Agro Beach Resort,Sumatra, Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake has rocked parts of western Indonesia, reportedly killing a young girl. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit Aceh province around dawn on Tuesday. Local media said it was felt...
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the closing ceremony of the Festival of China in India and the 60th anniversary of the established diplomatic relations between the two countries, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.
Doha has never been hospitable for contentious North-South dialogue. The negotiations on climate change that signed off in the Qatari capital in December 2012 have proved that again. And, of course, it is difficult to forget that the negotiations on...
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President Barack Obama receives the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts as first lady Michelle Obama watches during the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
Following are excerpts from President Obama’s Inaugural Address as provided by the White House. Multimedia Interactive Feature President Obama’s Inaugural Address Slide Show President Obama’s Second Inauguration Related Obama Sketches a Firmly...
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Syrians inspect burned cars at the site of a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus Thursday June 28, 2012.
DAMASCUS: A suicide car bombing in central Syria killed at least 30 people on Monday, a watchdog said, also reporting a powerful blast in Damascus, as the Arab League said UN efforts to end the conflict had failed to bring even a "glimmer" of hope....
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Axis to Grind: 'Power shift' in France-Ger­many ties
Al Jazeera 22 Jan 2013, France and Germany have marked 50 years since a landmark treaty sealed their post-war reconciliation with a day of pomp, symbolism and celebration while papering over their differences. French President Francois Hollande has travelled to the snowy German capital to join Chancellor Angela Merkel to fete the Elysee Treaty, inked in 1963, which...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Dead­ly end to Al­ge­ria hostage cri­sis
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2013, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When then-Vice President Dick Cheney stated: "If there's a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It's not about our analysis...it's about our response,"(1) it was clearly evident that the...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into in­ter­ven­tion quag­mire
BBC News 22 Jan 2013, The UK government is to discuss offering more help to French forces fighting Islamist rebels in Mali. David Cameron has said there could be further assistance with transport and surveillance. Two military aircraft have already been loaned to the French. The Ministry of Defence says there are no plans for a ground combat role. Following British...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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انتخابات اسراییل: پيامدها براي ایران
Orange News 22 Jan 2013, Tweet Israelis go to the voting booths in an election that could have a devastating impact on hopes for a future peace deal with the Palestinians. While prime inister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to win the most seats, opinion polls have suggested support for his Likud Beitenu party has been steadily eroded by a surge in the popularity of...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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After In­au­gu­ra­tion 2013 Best of the Cer­e­mo­ny, In­au­gu­ral Balls
The Examiner 21 Jan 2013, The list: Inauguration Day: President Obama is sworn in for a second term For only the second time in history, the presidential oath of office has been administered to someone for the fourth time. On the steps of the U.S. Capitol in front of a crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands, Barack Obama, surrounded by his two daughters, rested his...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Anger in Turkey over NATO mis­siles de­ploy­ment near Syria bor­der
Deutsche Welle 21 Jan 2013, Germany has sent 240 soldiers to southern Turkey as part of a NATO mission using Patriot missiles to deter cross-border airstrikes from war-torn Syria. Units are also being provided by the Netherlands and the US. The main German contingent flew out of Berlin Sunday, headed for Kahramanmaras, 100 kilometers (62 miles) inside Turkey's border with...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into in­ter­ven­tion quag­mire
Reuters 21 Jan 2013, DIABALY, Mali (Reuters) - French and Malian armored columns rolled into the central Mali town of Diabaly on Monday after the al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels who seized it a week ago melted into the bush to avoid air strikes. Diabaly, 350 km (220 miles) north of Mali's dusty riverside capital Bamako, had harbored the main cluster of insurgents south...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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Afghan Spy Agen­cy HQ in Kabul at­tacked by Pa­ki-pun­jabi ISI
Denver Post 21 Jan 2013, Click photo to enlarge An Afghan security officer looks at smoke rising from a rocket fired by militants which landed near the Kabul traffic police headquarters during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Taliban insurgents wearing suicide vests attacked the Kabul traffic police headquarters before dawn Monday, police said, and...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Death toll climbs in Al­ge­ria hostage cri­sis
Richmond Times Dispatch 21 Jan 2013, Algerian security forces on Sunday made grisly discoveries of dozens of bodies at a sprawling natural gas facility, a day after a violent showdown put an end to an international hostage crisis. But as Algeria tallied up the losses, a debate was emerging about whether the militant group linked to al-Qaida that seized the plant had been intent on a...

updated 03 Oct 2012; published 18 Sep 2012
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TOLOnews 18 Septem­ber 2012 KABUL SUI­CIDE AT­TACK
Al Jazeera 21 Jan 2013, Afghan police said gunmen and suicide bombers have attacked one of their compounds in western Kabul, and a gunbattle is ongoing between security forces and heavily armed assailants. Police officer Mirzal Mohammad said at least one attacker blew himself up at the entrance to traffic police headquarters on Monday and a number of others wearing...

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Of­fi­cial Oath of Of­fice 2013: Pres­i­dent Obama In­au­gu­ra­tion
The Star 20 Jan 2013, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took the official oath for his second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony that set a more subdued tone compared to the historic start of his presidency four years ago. U.S. President Barack Obama takes the official oath of office from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John...

updated 21 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Is al Qaeda close to call­ing Mali home?
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...

updated 21 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Wel­come To The World - Why Pover­ty?
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 22 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Al­ge­ri­an army tries to free hostages
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...