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Brazil Nightclub Fire: More Than 230 Dead
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27 Jan 2013

Tweet Police say at least 232 people have died in a fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil. Around 117 others were injured after the blaze broke out while a band was performing at the Kiss club in the southern city of Santa Maria at about 2am (local time). Police earlier said more than 245 people had died in the fire. It is...

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Relatives of victims react near the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013.
photo: AP / Ronald Mendes-Agencia RBS

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Brazil Kiss Nightclub Fire Over 200 PEOPLE DEAD. Santa Maria, Brazil.
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Brazil nightclub fire kills 245 people - Santa Maria's Tragedy
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Brazil Nightclub Fire Over 180 people die at Nightclub Kiss in brazil Santa Maria Fire
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Biggest Tragedy in Brazil History as 245 people killed in nightclub fire
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Brazil Nightclub Fire Kills At Least 250 People
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Nightclub Fire Kills 245 in Brazil
Fears grow that lawless Libya is incubator for region's turmoil
Full Article Denver Post
27 Jan 2013

Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability. Fears are growing that post-Moammar Khadafy Libya is becoming an incubator of turmoil, with an overflow of weapons and Islamic jihadi militants operating freely, ready for battlefields at home or...

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File - A crowd of demonstrators protest the ongoing use of weapons by rebel militias inside of Tripoli and the accompanying atmosphere of lawlessness. Some wave banners demanding disarmament of the militias and the creation of a national army, 7 Dec, 2011.
photo: UN / Iason Foounten

updated 28 Dec 2012; published 13 Sep 2012
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Mosaic News - 09/12/12: US Ambassador to Libya Killed in Consulate Attack
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
1:35
French Fighter Jets Bombard Mali
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 29 Apr 2012
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MALI. WESTERN AFRICA. REBELS RELEASE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL WORKER BEATRICE STOCKLY A
updated 13 Jan 2013; published 19 Jun 2012
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euronews interview - António Guterres: "we're witnessing human suffering on an epic scale"
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Cairo clashes video Firebombs teargas as Egypt marks 2 yrs of turmoil
updated 01 May 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
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JORDAN Prime Minister Overthrown - Worldwide POLITICAL APOCALYPSE April 27, 2012. Prediction
Riots over death sentences kill 32 in Egypt
Full Article Khaleej Times
27 Jan 2013

At least 32 people were killed on Saturday when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Armoured vehicles and military police fanned through the streets of Port Said, where gunshots rang out and...

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Egyptian protesters walk around a burning school building during clashes between protesters and riot police, not seen, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
2:20
Deadly clashes in Egypt sparked by football (soccer) verdicts
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 05 Dec 2012
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Screen Guild Theater: Kiss of Death / Rebecca / 13 Rue Madeline / Pinocchio
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 24 Sep 2011
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Part 1 - Lord Jim Audiobook by Joseph Conrad (Chs 01-06)
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 24 May 2012
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Book 1, Chapter 06 - Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 23 Nov 2011
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Romeo and Juliet Audiobook by William Shakespeare
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 25 Sep 2011
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Part 1 - A Tale of Two Cities Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 01, Chs 01-06)
Chavez Undergoes New Medical Treatment in Cuba
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27 Jan 2013

A Venezuelan government spokesman says President Hugo Chavez has begun a new round of medical treatment in Cuba, after battling complications from cancer surgery performed more than a month ago. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, speaking...

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In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a cabinet meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Miraflores Presidential Press Office

updated 04 Jan 2013; published 31 Dec 2012
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Battling cancer suffers more complications
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez in a coma 'only kept alive by life support' after cancer surgery
updated 14 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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Venezuela's Chavez Complication During Cancer Surgery
updated 11 Dec 2012; published 09 Dec 2012
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez to have another surgery
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 14 Dec 2012
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Venezuela's Chavez improving after cancer surgery
updated 01 Jan 2013; published 26 Dec 2012
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Chavez 'walking' after cancer surgery
Former prime minister is elected president of Czech Republic
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27 Jan 2013

PRAGUE — Milos Zeman, a former leftist prime minister and economist known for his outspoken populism, was elected president of the Czech Republic on Saturday, becoming the country's first popularly elected president. The election of Zeman, 68, an avowed supporter of European integration, signals the end of the era of Vaclav Klaus, the president for...

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Presidential candidate Milos Zeman smiles while addressing the media after announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013.
photo: AP / Petr David Josek

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Zeman wins first round of Czech presidential vote
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
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Czech presidential elections: Zeman wins first round - will now face Karel Schwarzenberg
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 11 Jan 2013
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Czechs to elect president for the first time.
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Zeman becomes Czech president, Milos Zeman WITH OVER 55% In First Czech direct presidential election
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Milos Zeman is elected new Czech Republic president
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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Leftist former prime minister elected new Czech president
UK pledges further aid for Syrian refugees
Full Article The Independent
26 Jan 2013

The UK will provide £21 million for refugees from Syria's bloody civil war. The conflict between Bashar al-Assad's loyalists and anti-government fighters has claimed 60,000 lives and displaced an estimated 670,000 since it began in March 2011. International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced the gift at the Za'atri refugee camp, in...

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A view of life inside Za’atri refugee camp, hosting tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan, 7 Dec, 2012.
photo: UN / Mark Garten

updated 26 Oct 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Britain boosts aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 13 Dec 2012
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The Long Road - Aid Convoy to Syria
updated 18 May 2012; published 18 Apr 2012
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Muslim Aid - SYRIA CRISIS. Distribution of aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
updated 25 Feb 2012; published 16 Feb 2012
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Muslim Aid - EMERGENCY APPEAL. Syria Refugee Crisis, February 2012
updated 11 Nov 2012; published 04 Sep 2012
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UWT Visiting A Syrian Refugee Family In Az-Zarqaa, Jordan
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 08 Jan 2013
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TURKEY - SYRIA border, AID and refugees
Death sentences over Egypt football massacre
Full Article Al Jazeera
26 Jan 2013

An Egyptian court has handed down 21 death sentences in connection with the deadly riot last year at a football stadium in Port Said located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The defendants sentenced on Saturday are mostly members of the "Ultras," die-hard football fans who support Port Said's al-Masry squad. At least 74 people were...

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File - Egyptian defendants who face charges relating to the deaths after a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said Feb. 1, 2012, chant slogans inside a cage during their trial at a court house in Cairo Egypt, Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
photo: AP / Hossam Ali

updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
1:54
Egypt football massacre- Death sentences for 21 football fans
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Egypt football: Death sentences over Port Said stadium violence 2013
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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21 Sentenced to Death for Riot | Egypt Football Fans Demand Justice
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
3:17
21 Sentenced to Death in Egypt's football Riot
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Clashes erupt after Egypt court sentences 21 to death in football riot
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Judge sentences 21 people to death for roles in Egyptian football riot
Iraqi extremists try to harness opposition rage
Full Article Boston Herald
26 Jan 2013

BAGHDAD — Iraqi insurgents are trying to capitalize on the rage of anti-government protesters and the instability caused by rising civil unrest, complicating the government's efforts to stamp out a resurgent al-Qaida and other insurgent groups. Organizers of the protests attracting minority Iraqi Sunnis insist they have no links to...

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Staff Sgt. Kyle Henry, right, a section chief with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, conducts a dismounted force protection patrol near an Iraqi 1st Federal Police check point, 26 July, 2011, Iraq.
photo: US Army / Capt. Christopher Miles

updated 17 Sep 2012; published 14 Nov 2011
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LIBYA Crimes Against Humanity By Protesters & Rebels Ignored By Media, Extremist & Al-Qaeda 3/3
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 10 Feb 2011
8:58
Egypt Protesters Vs. Al Qaeda
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 22 Feb 2012
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USA working with al-Qaeda against the Syrian government
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 18 Sep 2012
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LIBYA Analysis: Salafi Extremists Hijack Protests For Reform , Bring Violence, Steal Weapons
updated 12 Jan 2013; published 21 Mar 2011
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US Backs Libyan Al-Qaeda While Hyping Terror Attacks Inside America - Alex Jones Tv 1/6
updated 25 Jul 2012; published 21 Mar 2011
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US Backs Libyan Al-Qaeda While Hyping Terror Attacks Inside America - Alex Jones Tv 2/6
Egyptian protesters pull barbed wires during a protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013.
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updated 25 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
3:38
Egypt protests Violence Flares In Tahrir Square Second Anniversary Uprising 100 injuries in Clash
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Egyptian army deployed in Suez after anniversary unrest
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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VIOLENT CLASHES as RAGE RIOTS erupt in Egypt to mark 2years of REVOLUTION [TEARGAS & FIRE BOMBS]
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Egyptian army deployed in Suez after anniversary unrest
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
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Egyptian army deployed in Suez as Morsi urges calm
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
1:51
Egyptian Army on the streets in Suez after protests
Mali: More territory taken from rebels
Full Article BBC News
26 Jan 2013

French-backed forces in Mali have taken more territory from Islamist rebels and are now about 150 kilometres from one of the two key cities still held by the...

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Mali: More territory taken from rebels
photo: AP Photo / Jerome Delay

updated 13 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
2:37
Mali British Military Plane 'Leaving Today'
updated 23 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
0:46
France begins ground operations in north Mali
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
2:12
Mali- More territory taken from rebels
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 19 Jan 2013
1:25
African Troops Join France's Fight Against Mali Rebels
updated 01 Jan 2013; published 12 Dec 2012
24:45
UN And US Stalling over the Mali crisis; External Politics Leave Mali To Fend For Its Self
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
3:30
Malian Troops Advance Into Islamist Territory

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A crowd stands outside the Kiss nightclub during a fire inside the club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013.
Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil, killing more than 230 people, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade....
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The website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), warning on the dangers of Internet Fraud as seen on this November 19, 2009 photo.
WASHINGTON -- The hacker-activist group Anonymous said it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed...
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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus holds the trophy during the awarding ceremony after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
Melbourne, AustraliaVictoria Azarenka had the bulk of the crowd against her. The fireworks were fizzling out, and when she looked over the net she saw Li Na crashing to the court and almost knocking herself out. Considering the cascading criticism...
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Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class Mike Galloway from Livermore, Calif., fires a 9mm handgun during small arms qualifications.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of marchers rallied in Washington in favor of gun control on Saturday, including residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where a mass elementary school shooting reignited the U.S. gun violence debate. Speakers - including...
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Statement to mark Holocaust Commemoration Day
Sunday, 27 January 2013, 12:25 pm Press Release: OHCHR Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, to mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust GENEVA (27 January 2013) –...
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Time to open up to trade, EU tells Argentina, Brazil
SANTIAGO: EU leaders told Argentina and Brazil on Saturday to open up their markets and push ahead on a free-trade deal that would be a major prize for Europe as it tries to emerge from three years of economic crisis. Treading carefully in a region...
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Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, left, poses with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013.
Europe and Latin America have met in Chile to press for closer trade ties. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dubbed "Europe's boss" by the Chilean press. Sixty-one countries have signed on for the two-day summit. Key participants include...
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updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
2:04
Brazil nightclub fire kills 245 people - Santa Maria's Tragedy
Orange News 27 Jan 2013, Tweet Police say at least 232 people have died in a fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil. Around 117 others were injured after the blaze broke out while a band was performing at the Kiss club in the southern city of Santa Maria at about 2am (local time). Police earlier said more than 245 people had died in the fire. It is...

updated 06 Jan 2013; published 30 Oct 2012
17:42
Benghazi-Gate: Connection between CIA and al-Qaeda in Libya and Syria, with Turkey's Help
Denver Post 27 Jan 2013, Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability. Fears are growing that post-Moammar Khadafy Libya is becoming an incubator of turmoil, with an overflow of weapons and Islamic jihadi militants operating freely, ready for battlefields at home or...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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The Case of Itaewon Homicide - 2009 - (Eng Sub)
Khaleej Times 27 Jan 2013, At least 32 people were killed on Saturday when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Armoured vehicles and military police fanned through the streets of Port Said, where gunshots rang out and...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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HUGO CHAVEZ Y SUS DISCURSOS
Voa News 27 Jan 2013, A Venezuelan government spokesman says President Hugo Chavez has begun a new round of medical treatment in Cuba, after battling complications from cancer surgery performed more than a month ago. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, speaking...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
1:22
Czech election Milos Zeman wins presidential
my SA 27 Jan 2013, PRAGUE — Milos Zeman, a former leftist prime minister and economist known for his outspoken populism, was elected president of the Czech Republic on Saturday, becoming the country's first popularly elected president. The election of Zeman, 68, an avowed supporter of European integration, signals the end of the era of Vaclav Klaus, the president for...

updated 25 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
2:25
Winter compounds hardship in Syrian refugee camps
The Independent 26 Jan 2013, The UK will provide £21 million for refugees from Syria's bloody civil war. The conflict between Bashar al-Assad's loyalists and anti-government fighters has claimed 60,000 lives and displaced an estimated 670,000 since it began in March 2011. International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced the gift at the Za'atri refugee camp, in...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 26 Jan 2013
1:54
Death sentences over Egypt football massacre
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2013, An Egyptian court has handed down 21 death sentences in connection with the deadly riot last year at a football stadium in Port Said located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The defendants sentenced on Saturday are mostly members of the "Ultras," die-hard football fans who support Port Said's al-Masry squad. At least 74 people were...

updated 23 Jan 2013; published 23 Jan 2013
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THE LATEST NEWS : New round of Iraq violence kills 22 people
Boston Herald 26 Jan 2013, BAGHDAD — Iraqi insurgents are trying to capitalize on the rage of anti-government protesters and the instability caused by rising civil unrest, complicating the government's efforts to stamp out a resurgent al-Qaida and other insurgent groups. Organizers of the protests attracting minority Iraqi Sunnis insist they have no links to...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
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Violent clashes on anniversary of Egypt uprising
Ha'aretz 26 Jan 2013, related articles Thousands protest across Egypt to mark 2 years since uprising, dozens wounded By The Associated Press and DPA...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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French troops pour into Mali
BBC News 26 Jan 2013, French-backed forces in Mali have taken more territory from Islamist rebels and are now about 150 kilometres from one of the two key cities still held by the...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
1:54
UN to expand DR Congo peacekeeping mission
Al Jazeera 25 Jan 2013, The United Nations is set to expand its peace mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, creating a new special force to work alongside existing peacekeeping troops, diplomats have told Al Jazeera. DR Congo has been in crisis since M23 rebels took control of large parts of the country's east. The proposed plan, currently being finalised, will...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
1:51
Egypt's Port Said hit by renewed deadly clash
The New York Times 25 Jan 2013, Thousands of protesters remained in Cairo’s Tahrir Square late Friday despite thick clouds of tear gas, after a day of nationwide demonstrations on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. BBC anchor says journo in Tahrir couldnt go on tv cos of tear gas. Switch to Nile TV, and their journalist freaking...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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Target US: N.Korea warns of new nuclear missile launch
CNN 25 Jan 2013, By Charles Armstrong, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Charles Armstrong is the director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. The views expressed are his own. Anyone who has followed North Korean affairs for the last several years (or the last two decades) could have predicted North Korea’s defiant response to the U.N. Security...

updated 27 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
13:27
Global Conversation: Exclusive interview with Christine Lagarde
France24 25 Jan 2013, IMF chief Christine Lagarde denied on Thursday any wrongdoing in the settling of a 2008 fraud case after police stepped up their investigation into the affair, searching the home of her former chief of staff, France Telecom CEO Stéphane Richard. By Sophie PILGRIM (text) Christine Lagarde denied any wrongdoing Thursday for approving a 400...