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EU leaders close in on long-term budget deal
Full Article France24
08 Feb 2013

EU leaders in Brussels on Friday edged towards a 2014-2020 budget deal that would fix the bloc's ceiling for overall spending at €960 billion, with hours of hard bargaining still expected before a final agreement is signed today. By News Wires (text) EU leaders edged Friday towards a compromise on the bloc's budget for the rest of the...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks with European Parliament President Martin Schulz, center, and French President Francois Hollande, during the EU Budget summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.
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updated 06 Feb 2013; published 26 Nov 2012
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EU leaders fail to reach budget deal
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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European Commission - EU leaders close in on long-term budget deal
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 17 Dec 2010
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UK's Cameron initiates long-term budget freeze for EU
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 22 Nov 2012
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EU Budget 'Long Way To Go' Before Deal
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 18 Dec 2012
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Ireland unveils EU Presidency priorities
updated 23 Jan 2013; published 08 Nov 2012
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EU budget talks between Cameron & Merkel 'friendly'
Tunisia faces general strike as political crisis deepens
Full Article The Star
08 Feb 2013

TUNIS: Tunisia faces a general strike Friday, with tens of thousands expected to take to the streets after the murder this week of a leftist opposition leader that sparked violent clashes with police. The General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) called the strike to coincide with the funeral of Chokri Belaid, a lawyer and vocal critic of the ruling...
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A family flees tear gas during a demonstration in Tunis, Thursday, Feb.7, 2013.
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updated 25 Nov 2012; published 16 Feb 2012
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Post-Revolution Tunisia Attempts Painful Transition to Democracy
updated 23 Jan 2013; published 01 Jun 2012
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Arab Uprisings: One Year Later - Oslo Freedom Forum 2012
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Sep 2012
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How Republicans Are Using The Crisis of Poverty Against Obama
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 24 Jan 2011
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GGN- War on Terror/ Liberty/ Sovereignty News :: January 24, 2011 Part 1/3
updated 10 Nov 2012; published 15 Jul 2012
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Economic Recovery, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Investments in Education, Scientific Research (2012)
updated 20 Apr 2011; published 04 Mar 2011
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CIA nominee pressed on U.S. drone policy, waterboarding
Full Article Reuters
08 Feb 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, said on Thursday he did not try to stop waterboarding, an interrogation technique that some consider torture, as he faced tough congressional questioning on that issue, security leaks and the use of drones to kill U.S. terrorism suspects. Lawmakers pressed...
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CIA Director nominee John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee'.
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updated 08 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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John Brennan CIA- I'm not a Lawyer! -CIA director confirmation hearing.
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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CIA Director Nominee: Waterboarding Is 'Reprehensible,' 'Should Have Been Banned'
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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CIA Director: 'Waterboarding Should Be Banned'
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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WAVE of Protesters Interrupt New CIA Director Confirmation Hearings
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Politics News - Scott Brown, White House, Central Intelligence Agency
updated 17 Mar 2012; published 18 Oct 2011
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Blizzard threatens New England; 1 to 2 feet feared
Full Article The Tribune San Luis Obispo
07 Feb 2013

Juror in Texas case wishes he heard more evidence 12 minutes ago Blizzard threatens New England; 1 to 2 feet feared 17 minutes ago UN: US air raids kill hundreds of Afghan children 27 minutes ago Ohio Amish set for sentencing in beard attacks...
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Route 27 in Highland Park during the February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard. Upon entering Highland Park, Route 27 becomes two-lane Raritan Avenue, intersecting County Route 622 (River Road) and continuing through the downtown area of Highland Park.
photo: Creative Commons / Adam Moss

updated 08 Feb 2013; published 22 Dec 2010
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Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello (3FM Serious Request) [HD]
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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Blizzard threatens NYC, New England; 2 feet feared
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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Blizzard threatens NYC, New England; 2 feet feared
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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Blizzard Nor'easter Brutal Snowstorm Could be Worst of all time | Northeast Braces for Massive Storm
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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A Giant Blizzard 2013 First look
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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Northeast blizzard may break records
Panetta Testifies Before Senate Panel on Attack That Killed Americans in Libya
Full Article The New York Times
07 Feb 2013

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress on Thursday that it would take two to three years to add the 35 new Marine security guard detachments that the United States plans to deploy to improve the security of American diplomatic compounds abroad. Enlarge This Image Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Defense Secretary Leon...
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the Pentagon's role in responding to the attack last year on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where the ambassador and three other Americans were killed.
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updated 08 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Udall Questions Sec. Panetta, Gen. Dempsey on Benghazi Attack
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Senator Blunt Questions Secretary Panetta, General Dempsey About Benghazi Attacks 2/7/13
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Rand Paul's Reaction To Defense Secretary Panetta's Benghazi Testimony - Fox News 2/7/2013
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Panetta Benghazi attack | Not enough time to respond to Benghazi attack
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Graham Questions Military Leaders on Response to Benghazi Attack
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Panetta Benghazi attack | Not enough time to respond to Benghazi attack
EU leaders brace for tough fight at budget summit
Full Article RoadRunner
07 Feb 2013

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders drew hard lines Thursday ahead of a bracing fight over EU spending for the next seven years that reflects deep divisions over the role of their union. On one side, newer — and generally poorer — members see Europe as a club that is only as strong as its weakest member. Led by Poland, they...
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EU leaders brace for tough fight at budget summit
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updated 21 Feb 2012; published 17 Jul 2011
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Daniel Hannan, MEP, UK - The International Leaders Summit - Opatija, Croatia
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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EU Budget Summit : Leaders pessimistic that a budget deal will be reached
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 01 Mar 2012
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EU leaders' summit focus on economic growth
updated 07 Nov 2012; published 24 Oct 2012
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EU budgets / Summit / ECB
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 05 Feb 2013
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EU officials go on strike ahead of EU budget summit
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 24 Nov 2012
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Failed summit as leaders reach no deal on EU budget
Iran: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Rejects Direct Talks With U.S.
Full Article Huffington Post
07 Feb 2013

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, strongly rejected proposals for direct talks with U.S....
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said talks with the US would solve nothing
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updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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Iran rejects direct US nuclear talks: Ayatollah Khamenei brands bilateral dialogue 'pointless'
updated 20 Mar 2012; published 25 May 2007
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IRAN-US Negotiation Part01
updated 02 Jun 2012; published 08 Aug 2009
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Iran militia members exposed by Amir Farshad Ebrahimi - CNN
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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United States News - Department of Labor, Ali Khamenei, Central Intelligence Agency
updated 23 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2011
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Iranian protesters storm UK embassy in Tehran
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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United States News - Vladimir Putin, T-Mobile, Ali Khameini
Rights Groups Demand Release of Azerbaijan Opposition Leaders
Full Article Bloomberg
07 Feb 2013

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch demanded the release of two leading opposition politicians in Azerbaijan, saying their arrests were politically motivated. Ilgar Mammadov, leader of the Republican Alternative movement who plans to run for president in elections slated for October, and Tofiq Yaqubli, deputy head of the main opposition...
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Azerbaijani police officers detain a demonstrator in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013.
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updated 17 Jan 2013; published 13 Jun 2012
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Mehman Huseynov, a Human Rights Activist and Blogger, is Arrested in Azerbaijan
updated 23 Oct 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
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Bakhtiyar Hajiyev -- From Harvard to Prison (Complete Story)
updated 19 May 2012; published 26 Aug 2008
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violation of human rights in Iran
updated 30 Dec 2012; published 30 Dec 2012
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OBJECTIVE TV REVIEW OF 2012
updated 27 Dec 2012; published 19 Dec 2012
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PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS ISSUE CRITICAL REPORT ON AZERBAIJAN
updated 17 Nov 2011; published 17 Nov 2011
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ADDS 17 AZERBAIJANIS TO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE LIST
Activists renew Blair trial appeal
Full Article Orange News
07 Feb 2013

7 February 2013, 10:03 Activists renew Blair trial appeal Tweet Activists have marked the 10th anniversary of the huge protests against war in Iraq by renewing their call for Tony Blair to be put on trial over the UK's involvement in the conflict. More than a million people took to the streets on February 15 2003, in a massive show of anti-war...
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International Mideast envoy Tony Blair looks on during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Blair said Monday that a change in Egypt's leadership is inevitable after the week of anti-government protests that have gripped the country.
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updated 22 Jan 2013; published 21 Nov 2008
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23. Black Reconstruction in the South: The Freedpeople and the Economics of Land and Labor
updated 14 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2011
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Courage in Corsets: Winning the Vote in Washington State
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 07 May 2011
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(AHF) Nicola Sacco an Bartolomeo Vanzetti
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 02 Dec 2012
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Screen Guild Theater: Let's Face It / The North Star / I Love You Again
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 22 Nov 2011
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Bush, Blair found guilty of war crimes in Malaysia tribunal
updated 03 Jan 2013; published 01 Jun 2012
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Tony Blair Gets Owned At Leveson Inquiry by Heroic Activist
Tunisia on edge as PM calls for new elections
Full Article France24
07 Feb 2013

Tunisia's Islamist Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced that the country’s government would be dissolved and a national unity cabinet formed amid fierce protests following the assassination of a prominent secular opposition leader. By FRANCE 24 (text) Tunisia's prime minister has pledged to form a government of technocrats and to...
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A man crosses the street as Tunisians demonstrate the killing of Chokri Belaid in Tunis, Wednesday, Feb.6, 2013.
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updated 06 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
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Tunisian Opposition Leader Chokri Belaid Killed
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
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Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid killed outside his home
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
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Chokri Belaid, Tunisian Opposition Leader, Shot And Killed In Tunis By Gunmen On Motorcycles
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
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Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was found dead outside his home
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
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Tunisia- demonstrators accuse government of Belaid assassination
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
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Tunisia: Poltician Shot Dead Outside His Home

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Dozens missing as Bangladesh ferry capsizes more
Bangladeshis watch a rescue operation after a ferry capsized, on the banks of the Meghna River at Munshiganj, 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
CNN
February 8, 2013 -- Updated 1015 GMT (1815 HKT) Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Dozens of people are missing after a ferry capsized on the river Meghna near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, following a collision with a ship carrying sand, police said...
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Angry crowds rally in Tunisia for funeral of shot opposition leader more
A man kisses the Tunisian flag during a demonstration in Tunis, Tunisia, against high prices and unemployment, Saturday Jan. 8, 2011.
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February 8, 2013 -- Updated 1231 GMT (2031 HKT) Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) -- Chanting loudly and waving flags, several thousand people gathered Friday for the funeral of Tunisian opposition leader Belaid Chokri, whose assassination has sparked political...
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President Barack Obama receives information from John Brennan, assistant to the President for Homeland Security, about the plane crash in Austin, Tex., Feb. 18, 2010.
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The timing couldn't have been coincidental. Just as a previously to Congress from the US Department of Justice's Office of Legal Council was released by NBC News and picked up by every major media outlet, the process of rebranding President Obama's...
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31 people die in Iraq car bombings more
Plumes of smoke rise from the scene of a car bomb attack near the Sacred Heart Church in the Karrada Neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sep. 30, 2012. A rapid-fire series of explosions in Baghdad while Iraqis were going to work on Sunday morning, killed and wounded scores of people, police said.
Belfast Telegraph
Four car bombs have struck two outdoor markets in predominantly Shiite areas of Iraq, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens....
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Protesters head to Tahrir Square ahead of rallies more
An anti-government protester chants slogans during a demonstration in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011
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Demonstrators made their way to Cairo’s Tahrir Square after opposition groups called for 'Friday of dignity' rallies to protest religious edicts sanctioning the death of opposition figures. Protests against Islamist President Mohamed Mursi have also...
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Zambia bus crash kills 53 more
Military personnel search for bodies after a Zambia Postal Service bus collided with a truck near the town of Chifamba about 100 Kilometers (60 Miles) north of Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.
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I can confirm that 53 people have died in the accident The bus carrying 73 passengers hurtled into an oncoming truck, leaving bloodied bodies and wreckage on a main road north of Lusaka. "I can confirm that 53 people have died in the...
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meet with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith and Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr during the Australia/U.S. ministerial in Perth, Australia, Nov 14, 2012.
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The US defence secretary has acknowledged for the first time that he supports arming Syrian rebels. In testimony to Congress, Leon Panetta said he still supported the supply of weapons to rebels fighting forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar...
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