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“The union is like having herpes. It doesn’t kill you, but it’s unpleasant and inconvenient, and it stops a lot of people from becoming your lover.” John Mackey,...
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The United States Capitol building which is reported as reputedly "Haunted" as of 2012, is the meeting place of the U.S. Congress and located atop "Capitol Hill" in the predominant...
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None of New York’s great buildings embody the spirit of the city more than the New York Public Library, the cherished century-old Beaux-Arts landmark in the heart of Midtown...

Bollywood actor Salman Khan speaks to the media at an event for the music release of his forthcoming Hindi language film "Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa" in Bombay, India, late Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004. Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa is a love story.
An Indian court has ruled that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will be charged with culpable homicide for a hit-and-run incident 10 years ago. If convicted of the charge, the actor could face up to 10 years in prison. In September 2002, Khan...
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the US President, Mr. Barack Obama, at a Bilateral Meeting, on the sidelines of the 9th ASEAN-India Summit and the 6th East Asia Summit, in Bali, Indonesia on November 18, 2011.
January 31: Barack Obama is looking to further strengthen Indo-American ties in his second term as the President of US, the White House said on Thursday. "India is an incredibly important country in the world, not just the region. And the (US)...
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A soldier stands guard outside the Pemex headquarters after an explosion in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.
MEXICO CITY -- An explosion ripped through the high-rise headquarters of Mexico’s state oil company Friday, killing at least 14 people, according to a government minister, and injuring more than 100. The explosion shook the iconic 54-story...
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An anti-government protester waves an Egyptian flag as stands on a pole in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011.
World Briefs Egypt talks Cairo, Jan. 31 (Reuters): Egypt’s feuding politicians renounced violence today after being summoned by the country’s influential Muslim scholar to talks to end the unrest since President Mohamed Mursi took...
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina on Thursday rejected an invitation from Britain to a meeting that would include representatives of the government of the Falkland Islands, further hardening the diplomatic stalemate over the South Atlantic...
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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, center, addresses the nation on live television flanked by Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, left, and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Maduro said that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will face a "complex and hard" process after undergoing his fourth cancer-related operation in Cuba on Tuesday. Over the weekend, Chavez named Maduro as his chosen political heir.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The president of Venezuela's National Assembly traveled to Cuba on Thursday to visit President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering on the island more than seven weeks after undergoing cancer surgery. Connect With Us on...
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Printer Belinda Affat poses for photographs with a copy of the Wall Street Journal
Hackers from China have infiltrated the computer systems of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), in the second such attack on a major US news outlet. The Journal says the hackers were trying to monitor its China coverage. The New York Times reported...
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updated 01 Feb 2013; published 11 Dec 2012
1:31
CCTV - Explosion on Refinery in Mexico! Like an Action Movie Scene! - Occurred on 9/19/12
Chicago Sun-Times 01 Feb 2013, MEXICO CITY — Rescuers searched the rubble for survivors and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 25 people and injured 101 at the headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos. The cause of the basement explosion in an administrative building next to the iconic, 51-story Pemex...

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
2:31
Iran 'steps up Syria support', Hillary Clinton warns
Al Jazeera 01 Feb 2013, Hillary Clinton, the outgoing US secretary of state, has warned that Iran is stepping up its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while Russia is continuing to send money and arms to the regime. Clinton on Thursday accused Tehran of sending into Syria "more personnel" to support and advise military security forces in their fight against the...

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
5:44
'9/11 trial totally fabricated, suspects tortured again & again' - Sara Flounders on RT
Daily Press 01 Feb 2013, GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A U.S. military judge on Thursday ordered the government to dismantle a monitoring system that let outside censors halt the public broadcast of hearings for Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks. The closed-circuit broadcast feed was cut for a few minutes during a pretrial...

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
1:44
BBC News - Focus on jobless rate after US GDP fall
The New York Times 01 Feb 2013, The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless. Tags: Language and Languages, Philosophy, Propaganda, United States Economy Plato had a famously dim view of democracy. He regarded politics as a craft, and thought that understanding the essence of a craft is to have expertise. Plato argues that we cannot hope...

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Hollande's Mali dilemma: Paris voices support deployment of UN peacekeeping force in Mali
The Washington Post 01 Feb 2013, UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council will consider plans to deploy a new U.N. peacekeeping force to Mali to help pacify the northern part of the West African country following France’s ejection of hard-line Islamists from the cities there, a senior diplomat said Thursday. The Security Council last month passed a resolution...

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
3:02
Mexico Explosion Pemex reports 14 people dead, 80 injured after explosion at Mexico City
CNN 31 Jan 2013, January 31, 2013 -- Updated 2347 GMT (0747 HKT) Mexico City (CNN) -- Workers were injured in an explosion at the administrative offices of Mexico's state-run Pemex oil company in the country's capital Thursday, state media reported. At least 30 people were trapped in the building after the blast, CNN affiliate Foro TV reported. Citing local...

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
2:06
Hagel grilled by senate for Pentagon post
The Guardian 31 Jan 2013, ROBERT BURNS Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issues ranging from Israel and Iran to his support for a group that advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons. But with most Democrats in his corner, an unflustered Hagel seemed headed for approval as...

updated 01 Feb 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
2:58
Caleb Moore Dies After Winter X Games Crash
BBC News 31 Jan 2013, A freestyle snowmobile rider hurt in a crash at last week's Winter X Games in Colorado has died at the age of 25. Caleb Moore was attempting a backflip when his snowmobile caught the edge of a landing area, sending him over the handlebars. The 450-lb (204-kg)...

updated 30 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
1:41
Peace dialogue between Colombian Government and FARC-EP continue
BBC News 31 Jan 2013, Colombia's Farc rebels have stepped up their attacks, as the latest round of peace talks with the government gets under way in Cuba. Four soldiers are said to have died and two were injured in a clash with the left-wing group in southern Colombia. Meanwhile, the Farc's chief negotiator, Ivan Marquez, said he had no knowledge of the...

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
1:36
Bangladesh Strike Over War Crimes Trials Sparks Clashes
The Guardian 31 Jan 2013, FARID HOSSAIN Associated Press= DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Supporters of an Islamic party exploded home-made bombs and clashed with police during a general strike Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and dozens injured, police and news reports said....

updated 08 Jan 2013; published 30 Oct 2011
2:27
Bangladesh war crimes trial is delayed
BBC News 31 Jan 2013, Police in Bangladesh have fired tear gas and rubber bullets as Islamist activists sought to enforce a national strike. Clashes took place in the capital Dhaka - where protesters torched vehicles - and other towns and cities. The strike has been called...

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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ISRAEL BOMBS SYRIA January 30 2013
Zeenews 31 Jan 2013, Zeenews Bureau Damascus: The Syrian Army has confirmed that Israeli Air Force fighter planes carried out strikes in its territory, but denied reports of a convoy carrying weapons to Lebanon was bombed. The Syrian Army statement says that the IAF jet fighters’ target was a military research centre near the border with Lebanon. Two people have been...

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
1:10
French soldiers reportedly take Kidal in Mali
Ohio 31 Jan 2013, SEVARE, MALI: French forces met no resistance Wednesday in Kidal, the Islamists’ last major town, as the two-week-old mission scored another success in its effort to dislodge the al-Qaida-linked militants from northern Mali. The capture of Kidal came just days after French and Malian forces retook two other provincial capitals — Gao and...

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
2:18
UN calls for aid in continuing Syrian refugee crisis
San Francisco Chronicle 30 Jan 2013, KUWAIT CITY (AP) — The U.N. chief appealed Wednesday for a major boost in international relief aid for Syria and called for the fighting to end "in the name of humanity" even as more refugees poured into neighboring Jordan and its leader warned resources were strained to the limit. The U.N.'s call for up to $1.5 billion in humanitarian assistance...