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New Secretary of State Kerry speaks to Netanyahu, Abbas about peace
Full Article Reuters
03 Feb 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry stressed his commitment to promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace on Sunday in telephone calls to the leaders of both sides, the State Department said. In separate conversations, Kerry, who took over as the top U.S. diplomat from Hillary Clinton on Friday, spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., talks on a phone in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Washington.
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updated 24 Jan 2013; published 01 Dec 2012
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 20 May 2011
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5/20/11: White House Press Briefing
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 21 Sep 2010
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9/21/10: White House Press Briefing
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 15 Sep 2011
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9/15/11: White House Press Briefing
updated 03 Feb 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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Clinton hopes for peace after Israel election
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
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John Kerry nomination: Israeli leaders and Jewish groups enthusiastic about Obama pick
Paraguay Presidential Candidate Dies in Helicopter Crash
Full Article Voa News
03 Feb 2013

A conservative candidate in Paraguay&aposs; upcoming presidential election has died in a helicopter crash. Aviation officials say Lino Oviedo was returning...

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 Former Gen. Lino Oviedo flashes the "V" sign of victory Tuesday, April 28, 1998, as he arrives at an
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updated 24 Jan 2013; published 14 Apr 2010
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Latin America 2010 - Presidents Debate & Social Entrepreneurs Award
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 16 Apr 2010
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Latin America 2010 Closing Plenary
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 02 May 2011
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Silo Entrevistas Buenos Aires 2006
updated 01 Feb 2013; published 08 Sep 2012
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Words at War: The Ship / From the Land of the Silent People / Prisoner of the Japs
updated 03 Feb 2013; published 27 Aug 2006
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Bloc Party - Helicopter
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 26 Dec 2012
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Worst Helicopter Crash compilation
Dozens killed in Iraq police compound attack
Full Article France24
03 Feb 2013

At least 33 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber and two gunmen attacked a police headquarters in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, official sources said, the third major attack in the region in several weeks. By News Wires (text) A suicide bomber driving a car and gunmen disguised in police uniforms killed at least 33 people in the...

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File - U.S. Army Pfc. Donivan Dean, 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Brigade, 37th Armor Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, finds a spot to maintain a security overwatch as members of the Iraqi Army's 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Brigade, 12th Iraqi Army Division, conduct a Flash Traffic Control Point by the Schmit Bridge in Zaab, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2010.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Matthew D. Leistikow

updated 06 Aug 2012; published 31 Jul 2008
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Iraq Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens
updated 12 Aug 2012; published 27 May 2009
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Dozens dead after Lahore suicide attack - 27 May 09
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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35 killed in Iraq suicide bombing, police say
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 14 Jan 2012
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Iraq suicide attack on Shi'ite pilgrims kills dozens
updated 01 Feb 2013; published 08 Dec 2012
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Car bombing at Iraq army base kills dozens
updated 23 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Car bombs in Iraq kill 17, wound dozens. 22th.Jan.2013
Can David Cameron resist the siren call of military intervention in Mali?
Full Article The Independent
03 Feb 2013

The parallels are disturbing: a wild, ill-governed, majority Muslim country torn by ethnic conflicts, lumbered with all the ills that departing colonial powers can provide; Islamist militants occupying the space vacated by the failing state and tyrannising the local population. The former colonial power leaps into the breach and scatters the...

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File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum taking place in Davos, Switzerland, on 22-26 January.
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updated 01 Feb 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
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How UK supports Mali intervention
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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World News 2013 - How UK supports Mali intervention
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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UK to send troops to Mali for war
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 01 Feb 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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"War on Terror" in Africa
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 29 Jan 2013
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Mali crisis: 330 UK military personnel sent to West Africa
US Vice President Joe Biden, right, laughs as he talks to Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, during the International Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013.
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updated 05 Jan 2013; published 27 Dec 2012
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Jun 6, 2012 China_Russia-China relations impact strongly on world security -- Putin
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 04 Dec 2012
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President Obama Speaks at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium
updated 22 Jul 2012; published 28 Jul 2009
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Its weird: Vice President Joe Bidens statements on Russia making him sound like a Neo-con
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 14 Feb 2012
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State Department Lunch Honoring Vice President Xi Jinping of China
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 08 Dec 2010
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Japanese Jets Scramble to Deal With Russian Plane Incursion
updated 22 Jul 2012; published 05 Aug 2009
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A lot of people have left South Ossetia to Russia as shelling from Georgia continue
French President Hollande gets warm welcome in Bamako
Full Article Deutsche Welle
02 Feb 2013

French President Francois Hollande, speaking before a friendly crowd in the Malian capital, has said military operations in the country will be short. But he added France will stand by Mali during its rebuilding process. A cheering crowd met Hollande Saturday in Bamako. The French president was there to visit French troops fighting Islamist rebels...

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French President Francois Hollande, center left, walks with Malian President Dioncounda Traore, center right, as they arrive in Bamako, Mali, after visiting Timbuktu, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013.
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updated 28 Jan 2013; published 11 Jan 2013
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French troops backing Mali offensive: Hollande
updated 14 Jan 2013; published 26 Sep 2012
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France- President Francois Hollande urges military intervention in Mali
updated 12 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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France's President Hollande sends troops into Mali, to do battle with Islamist Ansar Dina.
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 11 Jan 2013
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Hollande says French to intervene in Mali
updated 01 Feb 2013; published 11 Jan 2013
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France says will send troops to Mali if needed
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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Hollande vows to 'destroy the terrorists' in Mali intervention
As Self-Immolations Approach 100, Some Tibetans Are Asking if It Is Worth It
Full Article The New York Times
02 Feb 2013

NEW DELHI — A crowd of Tibetans came here to India’s capital last week, bearing flags and political banners and a bittersweet admixture of hope and despair. A grim countdown was under way: The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet had reached 99, one short of an anguished milestone. Enlarge...

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ALTERNATE CROP OF DEL108 - A Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, India, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the country Monday, March 26, 2012. The Tibetan activist lit himself on fire at the gathering and was rushed to hospital with unknown injuries, reports said.
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updated 31 Jan 2013; published 20 Jun 2012
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Tibetans Self-immolate inside Tibet to Protest Against China ! June, 20, 2012
updated 27 Dec 2012; published 13 Dec 2012
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Beyond the Numbers: A Human Perspective on Tibet's Self-immolation 1/2
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 08 Nov 2012
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4 Tibetans Self-Immolations Ahead of Party Congress
updated 19 Dec 2012; published 13 Dec 2012
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Beyond the Numbers: A Human Perspective on Tibet's Self-immolation 2/2
updated 07 Sep 2012; published 20 Jun 2012
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Two Tibetan Men Self-immolate in Yushu calling for Tibet's Independence - 21-06-2012
updated 11 Jan 2013; published 13 Dec 2012
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Beyond the Numbers: a Human Perspective on Tibet's Self-immolations 2/2
UN alarmed at Mali army abuse claim
Full Article The Times of India
02 Feb 2013

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations expressed alarm Friday over reported mob lynchings and other reprisal killings of Tuaregs and Arabs as the Malian army retakes control of the north of the country. Adama Dieng, a special adviser to UN leader Ban Ki-moon on the prevention of genocide, said there have been "serious allegations" of summary executions...

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A man suspected of being a Jihadist, arrested by Malian forces in Lere, sits at the police station where he is being held in Timbuktu, Mali, Friday Feb. 1, 2013.
photo: AP / Harouna Traore

updated 28 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2013
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Troops ring Timbuktu, concern over prized manuscripts
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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FRENCH MALI TRAINING DILEMMA; Trouble over Malian armed forces training as troops already deployed
updated 01 Jan 2013; published 11 Dec 2012
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MALI; Malian troops arrest Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra [military coup]
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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French and Malian armies plan push into Diabaly
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2013
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War in Mali: French and Malian forces seize Timbuktu airport
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2013
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War in Mali : French and Malian troops reach Timbuktu
Clinton formally steps down as U.S. secretary of state
Full Article Xinhua
02 Feb 2013

> • Hillary Clinton on Friday formally stepped down as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State. • Since taking office in Jan. of 2009, Clinton has visited 112 countries, covered over 950,000 miles. • But her legacy has also been marred by Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves to the State...

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a facial gesture as she is introduced before delivering her farewell remarks to State Department employees at the State Department lobby in Washington, before departing the State Department for the final time as Secretary of State, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013.
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updated 02 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Hillary Clinton Resigns Says Goodbye Resignation From Secretary Of State Clinton Farewell Speech
updated 18 Oct 2011; published 08 Feb 2009
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AFTER SWEARING IN HILLARY CLINTON FORMALLY ACCEPTS HER POSITION AS SECRETARY OF STATE
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Clinton Farewell Speech to State Department | Hillary Clinton say's Goodbye to State Department
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Hillary Clinton's farewell speech to US State Department
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Secretary Clinton Says Farewell(Speech) to State Department Employees
updated 25 Aug 2010; published 08 Feb 2009
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HILLARY CLINTON FORMALLY SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF STATE BY VP JOE BIDEN
Harvard: Dozens disciplined over exam cheating
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
02 Feb 2013

BOSTON: Harvard University said Friday it issued academic sanctions against about 60 students who were forced to withdraw from school for a period of time in a cheating scandal that involved the final exam in a class on Congress, drawing criticism from a high-profile alumnus. The school implicated as many as 125 students in the scandal when...

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Pedestrians walk through a gate on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
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updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Dozens of students disciplined in Harvard cheating scandal
updated 03 Feb 2013; published 03 Feb 2013
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At least 60 Harvard Students Forced to Withdraw for Cheating
updated 03 Dec 2012; published 14 Mar 2011
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@fordschool - Roland Fryer: Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap?
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 17 Oct 2012
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Study Drugs: Performance Enhancing Drugs in Schools | Brain Food Daily | TakePart TV
updated 21 Aug 2012; published 27 Oct 2011
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Midwest High School SIG Conference: Welcome and Opening Remarks
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 12 Jan 2011
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Authors@Google: Tim Ferriss

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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools." William Shakespeare, "King Lear." Burdened with more than a...
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The taut drama of the World Cup can be enjoyed only by teams that emerge from the more rugged slog of regional qualifying, and though the United States is a tournament regular now,...
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An official game ball for the NFL football Super Bowl XLVII at Wilson Sporting Goods Co. in Ada, Ohio, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
I’ve always prided myself as a Clark Kent-type of reporter. Mild-mannered, strait-laced, tending to avoid risk. But that’s all out the window when you go to Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas. It’s my third day here, having just...
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President Barack Obama, right standing, points at Andre Wupperman, far left, during an unschedule stop at Gator's Dockside, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. When Obama was told that Andrew was born in Hawaii, he jokingly ask for his birth certificate.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions facing proposals to end long-held exclusions....
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Pakistani men hold pictures of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a candlelight vigil in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.
British doctors treating a Pakistani teenager who was gravely wounded by the Taliban last year say she has has undergone two successful operations and is making good progress in her...
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Israel's President Shimon Peres, right, sits with Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the President's residence in Jerusalem Friday, Feb.20, 2009. Netanyahu of the hawkish Likud Party has received formal permission from Israel's ceremonial president to put together the country's next government. At a ceremony at President Shimon Peres' residence, Netanyahu urged Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of the governing Kadima Party and Defense Minister Ehud Barak of the Labor Party to join his governmen
JERUSALEM, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres tasked incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening with the task of forming a new government, amid the results of the Jan. 22 national elections. The two met at the...
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South Africa fans react as their team is knocked out of the African Cup of Nations tournament after losing to Mali on penalties in their quarterfinal soccer match, at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013.
Mali beat Bafana 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday night. The African nations were locked at 1-1 after extra-time. By Ignat Manjoo More On : Mali, South Africa, South Africa vs Mali...
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Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, March 2, 2012.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoydenied allegations of tax evasion and fraud after documents published in El Pais newspaper detailing a secret web of unofficial payments involving top party officers, including Rajoy, unleashed a political storm in...
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Front line of PASTT at Gay Pride at Paris in France, June 2005. In the 1980s there was a major cultural shift in the Stonewall Riot commemorations. The previous loosely organized, grassroots marches and parades were taken over by more organized and less radical elements of the gay community.
PARIS (AP) — France's National Assembly has approved a key article of a controversial bill that would legalize gay marriage. The measure, approved by a 249-to-97 vote Saturday, would drop the legal requirement that a marriage in France must be...
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