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UK to consider boosting French Mali operation support
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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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updated 21 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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UK help to French forces in Mali
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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Mali conflict: UK and Canada offer France logistical support in battle against Islamist terror
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
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How UK supports Mali intervention
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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World News 2013 - How UK supports Mali intervention
updated 13 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
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BBC News French air strike against Mali Amateur video 2013 YouTube 2
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Britain Sends Planes To Help French Fight In Mali
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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updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Israel's Extremist Right Set For Cabinet Posts
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Israel's Right Wing Set For Cabinet Posts. - Elections
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Israeli Voters Look To The Right
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum
updated 13 Nov 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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Inauguration Day: President Obama is sworn in for a second term
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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.
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updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Inauguration 2013: President Obama Takes Oath of Office
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Official Oath of Office 2013: President Obama Inauguration
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Inauguration 2013: President Obama Official Oath of Office
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Inauguration: Barack Obama Sworn in As 44th President
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Inauguration Day 2013: Vice President Joe Biden Sworn In to Second Term
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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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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updated 11 Jan 2013; published 08 Nov 2012
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Patriot Games: Turkey seeks NATO missiles on Syrian border - report
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 15 Dec 2012
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updated 30 Nov 2012; published 21 Nov 2012
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Turkey approaches NATO to use Patriot missiles to defend border
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 15 Dec 2012
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German parliament approves Patriot missiles for Turkey
updated 10 Jan 2013; published 19 Dec 2012
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NATO sends its soldiers to install Patriot missiles in Turkey
updated 19 Jan 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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WW3 PREPARATION: NATO deploying Patriot MISSILES & TROOPS to Turkey-Syria BORDER! ['Defensive-only']
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

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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French and Malian troops enter Diabaly
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Mali: French troops liberate Diabaly
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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Mali conflict: French forces engaged in Diabaly
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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French forces bomb rebel-held Mali town - Africa
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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French and Malian troops enter Diabaly
updated 19 Jan 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
1:07
French army retakes Diabaly: first Islamist-held town falls to Hollande's intervention forces
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.
photo: US Army / Tech Sergeant Brenda Nipper

updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
1:45
Police and Taliban killed in hours-long Kabul attack
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 22 Jun 2012
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Taliban Attack at Resort Hotel Near Kabul Kills 20
updated 16 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Taliban Attacks Kabul
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Taliban Attack Kabul Police Facility Three Killed 10 Injured In Kabul Attack
updated 16 Sep 2012; published 15 Sep 2011
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Death toll in Taliban attack on Kabul reaches 27 including children 14.09.11
updated 23 Jun 2012; published 22 Jun 2012
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Afghan Taliban gunmen take hostages in Kabul hotel attack
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.
photo: AP / Echorouk Elyaoumi

updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Death toll climbs in Algerian hostage crisis
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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More dead hostages found in Algeria
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Algeria crisis: Hostage death toll 'rises to 48'
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Algeria hostage taking 'well planned'
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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HOSTAGE CRISIS - Deadly end to Algeria hostage crisis
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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HOSTAGE CRISIS - Algerian military raid ends
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

updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Fighting continues following Kabul blasts
updated 25 Oct 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Afghan Taliban bombs diplomats NATO HQ in revenge to US (PHOTOS, VIDEO) — RT.flv
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Taliban fighters battling security forces Afghan capital 21/1/2013
updated 21 Dec 2012; published 15 Apr 2012
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Gunman attack embassies in Afghanistan
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Taliban Attack Kabul Police Facility Three Killed 10 Injured In Kabul Attack
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Taliban attack Kabul Afghanistan 21 January 2013
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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updated 21 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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President Barack Obama sworn in for second term in White House ceremony
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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President Obama Has Quiet Swearing-In Ceremony At White House
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Obama Oath Of Office President Barack Obama Sworn In For Second Term In Private Ceremony
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Obama Inauguration 2013 Swearing-In Ceremony At White House
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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Obama sworn in: US President Barack Obama takes oath at White House ceremony
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Obama sworn in for second term as president in White House ceremony
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.
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updated 15 Jan 2013; published 01 Jan 2013
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Al Qaeda Taking Over Northern Mali
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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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 21 Jan 2013; published 19 Aug 2012
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Mali's warlord declares war on the West
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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Mali: the west's addiction to war is spreading terrorism, not reducing it
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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French Troops Aid Mali in Push Back of Islamic Militants

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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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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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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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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.
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In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 photo made available on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, Britain's Prince Harry examines the cockpit of an Apache attack helicopter with an unidentified member of his squadron, at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he starts his tour of duty as a co-pilot gunner.
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updated 22 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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Mali Mess: France drags US & UK into intervention quagmire
UK to consider boosting French Mali operation support
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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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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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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German Patriot missile troops arrive in Turkey
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
French troops take town in central Mali as rebels slip away
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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Afghan Spy Agency HQ in Kabul attacked by Paki-punjabi ISI
Taliban attack Kabul police facility for hours
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
Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in Algeria
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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Heavy fighting in Kabul after suicide blasts
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
Obama sworn in at low-key White House ceremony
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?
Is Mali the next Afghanistan?
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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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
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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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