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North Korea nuclear test puts pressure on Obama
Full Article Irish Times
12 Feb 2013

JULIAN BORGER North Korea’s and Iran’s ambitions to become nuclear powers may make US plans to cut its own warheads difficult to pass. President Barack Obama is expected to address the threat posed by North Korea in tonight’s state of the union speech, after news of Pyongyang’s third underground nuclear test triggered some...

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File - President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, attend a church service at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

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North Korea plans to conduct nuclear test
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
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North Korea Threatens More Nuclear Tests, Warns US
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Obama on Opposing N Korea, Iran Nuclear Efforts
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 05 Apr 2009
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Obama's Prague speech on disarmament - Unedited, in English
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 13 Jul 2012
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The Economy, Afghanistan War, Iranian Nuclear Program, Sanctions and North Korea (2012)
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 21 Sep 2011
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President Obama to UN: I Seek "A World Without Nuclear Weapons"
Pope Benedict 'Will Not Interfere In Choosing New Pope'
Full Article Peace FM Online
12 Feb 2013

Pope Benedict XVI will not interfere in choosing his successor after his shock decision to resign at the end of the month, the pontiff's brother has said. Georg Ratzinger told the BBC the Pope would only "make himself available" if he were needed. Benedict said on Monday he would resign after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic Church...

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Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his weekly audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI to resign, first pontiff to quit since Middle Ages YouTube 1
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: Pope Benedict XVI to resign,MEMORABLE MOVEMENTS OF POPE .flv
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Breaking Now Pope Benedict XVI Has RESIGNED Steps Down This Month Find Successor
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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Elizabeth II - Wiki Article
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 23 Jan 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI wont interfere in choosing his successor
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Apr 2012
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Ceremony of Papal Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI [24.04.2005]
Wresting Islam from Islamists
Full Article Al Jazeera
12 Feb 2013

In a magnificent new essay, "Egypt's revolution: as it might have been; as it could be", published on the occasion of the second anniversary of the January 25, 2011, revolution, veteran journalist Hani Shukrallah muses over the course of the Egyptian revolution and in the rhetorical guise of a series of "what if's" he in fact charts the course of...

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File - Palestinians celebrate in the Gaza Strip, the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi (portrait) in the Egyptian elections on June 24, 2012.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 29 Dec 2012; published 06 Feb 2011
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Egypt Revolt, Democracy, Terrorism & Muslim Brotherhood: Where It will All Lead Next!
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 09 Nov 2010
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The afghan war lord's diary!
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 17 Sep 2012
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PAID TO PROTEST - Anti Islam Movie / Anti US Protesters CONFESS to being Paid to Protest in Egypt
updated 23 Dec 2012; published 23 Nov 2012
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Mr Morsi Playing Power Politics
updated 27 Dec 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Egyptian Islamists BLAME Mossad for DEADLY Sinai ATTACK
updated 29 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
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Preference: Ignorance
Vet gets Medal of Honor for Afghanistan war valor
Full Article Detroit news
12 Feb 2013

By Nedra Pickler Associated Press Comments Colin Romesha, son of Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, gets the somber ceremony off to a light start Monday at the White House. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) Washington — A veteran who helped "defend the indefensible" at a vulnerable Army outpost in Afghanistan received the nation's highest...

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File - Former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha, pictured here in Afghanistan in 2009, said being a scout was "right up his alley." Romesha was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor for actions retaking Combat Outpost Keating.
photo: US Army / 1st Lt. Brad Larson

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Clinton Romesha Presented the Medal of Honor
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Video Tribute to Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Clint Romesha Presented the Medal of Honor (Official White House Feed HD)
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Reflections from the Battle at COP Keating
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Obama bestows Medal of Honor upon army veteran for valor in Afghanistan
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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Clint Romesha Next Medal of Honor Recipient (Dept of Defense News Release Video)
‘North Korea conducts third nuclear test’
Full Article The Hindu
12 Feb 2013

A magnitude 5.1 “artificial earthquake” was reported near a nuclear test site in North Korea on Tuesday morning, with South Korean Defence Ministry officials telling local media that the seismic activity was the result of a third nuclear test conducted by the reclusive state. The “man-made earthquake” was also reported to...

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A South Korean man watches a TV news showing a file footage of North Korea's nuclear test at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

updated 11 Feb 2013; published 09 Feb 2013
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Stakes High for Third North Korean Nuclear Test
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 13 Jun 2009
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What if North Korea's Third Nuclear Test Leaks?
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 09 Apr 2012
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North Korea preparing for third nuclear test: Report
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
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N. Korea Plans to Proceed with Third Nuclear Test 북, 핵실험 감행할 것 [Arirang News]
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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North Korea 'plans third nuclear test'
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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US Warns of Significant Action if N. Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Test [Arirang News]
Pope Benedict XVI announces he will resign because of 'ill health'
Full Article The Independent
11 Feb 2013

Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign the papacy because of ill health, according to the Italian news agency ANSA. The decision will send shockwaves through the global Catholic community. It is extremely rare for a Pope to give up the papacy and is unheard of in modern...

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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI reads a document in Latin where he announces his resignation, during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.
photo: AP / L'Osservatore Romano

updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI has decided to resign from his post due to ill health
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI resigns & to Retire on Feb 28 2013 | Vatican City Confirms The Resignation
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI is to step down because of ill health.
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI Steps Down; First Resignation in 600 Years
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI resigns & to Retire on Feb 28 2013 | Vatican City Confirms The Resignation
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict resignation speech: German Pope to step down due to old age and ill health
$1 million reward offered on information on ex-cop Christopher Dorner
Full Article Denver Post
11 Feb 2013

A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy searches a home for Christopher Dorner, a former police officer, on Sunday in Big Bear Lake, Calif. (Jae C. Hong, The Associated Press) LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles on Sunday announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and capture of Christopher Jordan Dorner, a...

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This undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles officer.
photo: AP / Los Angeles Police Department

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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$1 Million Reward in Manhunt for Chris Dorner, Former LAPD
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Christopher Dorner Manhunt $1 Million Reward Offered in Search for Fugitive Ex Cop
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 10 Feb 2013
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Christopher Dorner Manhunt: $1 Million Reward Offered For Capture of Fugitive Ex-Cop
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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$1 million reward offered for infomation on Christopher Dorner's
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 10 Feb 2013
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$1 Million Reward Offered For Cop Killer_ Christopher Dorner Has Become The Million Dollar Man
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Million Dollar Reward Offered For Information Leading To Christopher Dorner
India stampede kills 36 at world's largest religious festival
Full Article Daily Press
11 Feb 2013

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river. Twenty-seven of the dead were women, mostly elderly and poor. An...

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An Indian woman weeps as she and other family members mourn next to the body of a relative who was killed in a stampede on a railway platform at the main railway station in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013.
photo: AP / Kevin Frayer

updated 11 Feb 2013; published 10 Feb 2013
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At least 18 dead in stampede in India | 18 dead at massive Indian Hindu festival
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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At least 36 dead in stampede in India
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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India stampede toll rises to 36: deadly crush happened at world's biggest religious festival
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Hindu Festival Stampede Leaves 31 Dead In India
updated 17 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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Kumbh Mela Festival On Ganges Starts In India - In Pictures
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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36 dead in stampede at Hindu festival in India
Outgoing US commander in Afghanistan says alliance forces ‘on road to winning war’ in country
Full Article The Siasat Daily
11 Feb 2013

February 10: Outgoing commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has said the alliance is on ‘the road to winning the war. General Allen, who handed over to General Joseph Dunford on Sunday, said troops had gone ‘a long way’ towards winning counter-insurgency. According to the BBC, General Allen is set to be nominated as the...

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Outgoing US commander in Afghanistan says alliance forces ‘on road to winning war’ in country
photo: US DoD / D. Myles Cullen

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Those Areas Belong To The Taliban...
updated 10 Feb 2013; published 10 Feb 2013
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Gen John Allen: Isaf 'on road to winning in Afghanistan'
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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US Gen Joseph Dunford assumes Nato command in Afghanistan
updated 25 Jun 2012; published 04 Jun 2012
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NATO forces rescue four hostages during a raid in Afghanistan 4/6/12
updated 10 Feb 2013; published 10 Feb 2013
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BBC News - Gen John Allen Isaf on road to winning in Afghanistan
updated 04 Apr 2012; published 15 Oct 2009
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NATO Documentary - Afghanistan: The Road to Stability 1/4 (with subtitles)
Militants Battle Malian and French Troops in Liberated Town
Full Article The New York Times
10 Feb 2013

DAKAR, Senegal — Gunfire rang out in the streets of the strategic city of Gao in northern Mali on Sunday, two weeks after French troops appeared to have chased radical Islamists out of the city, which is at the edge of the desert and is the largest population center in the north. Multimedia Interactive Feature Turmoil in the Sahara Related...

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A Malian soldier takes cover behind a truck during exchanges of fire with jihadists in Gao, northern Mali, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
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French joined Malian to BEAT BACK Islamist militants-French pilot has been KILLED
updated 14 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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French-joined-Malian-to-BEAT-BACK-Islamist-militants-French-pilot-has-been-KILLED
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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French troops expand attack against Mali Islamists
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Mali war escalates as French battle Islamist militants
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Algeria ARMY TROOPS surround ISLAMIST MILITANT hostage-takers at OCCUPIED GAS Facility
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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FRANCE FIGHTING MALI ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS While SUPPORTING SYRIAN ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS; TONGUE TWISTER

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It took about all of two minutes after Pope Benedict XVI announced his impending resignation today for the speculation about his successor to begin, and so far, overseas bookmakers...
The Examiner
When "old man winter" comes knocking at your door with three feet of snow, what are you supposed to do in order to survive? Sadly, most people do not know the answer to this...
The New York Times
SELINSGROVE, Pa. — The fat columns and thick canopy are a neon Stonehenge, beckoning travelers to gather in pagan adulation. Out-of-staters passing by on Route 15 may be...

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday called North Korea's latest nuclear test a "highly provocative act" that threatens U.S. security and international peace. "The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants...
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Drinking large quantities of Coca-Cola was a "substantial factor" in the death of 30-year-old woman in New Zealand, a coroner has said. Natasha Harris, who died three years ago after a cardiac arrest, drank up to 10 litres of the fizzy...
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In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels listen to their trainer on how to use a rocket propelled grenade in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria.
Syrian activists say rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have captured a military air base in northern Syria, a day after seizing control of the country&aposs; largest hydro-electric dam. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
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A South Korean official explains seismic waves of North Korea's nuclear test which were measured in South Korea, at the Korea Meteorological Administration in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.
NORTH Korea sparked worldwide condemnation today after defying the UN and detonating a miniaturised nuclear device last night. The hermit communist nation confirmed it had successfully conducted its THIRD nuclear test - which caused a 4.9-strength...
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A sign of Barclays Bank is seen at a branch in the City of London, Friday, April 30, 2010.
Barclays has announced 3,700 job cuts amid plans to cut £1.7bn in costs and improve standards. Of these job losses, 1,800 will be in its corporate and investment bank and 1,900 will be in European retail and business banking....
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message at the end of a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.
VATICAN CITY — In a move that took the world by surprise, Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday (Feb. 11) that he will become the first pope in 600 years to resign, with plans to step down on Feb. 28. “After having repeatedly examined my...
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Gen. Joseph Dunford takes command in Afghanistan
Last in a long line Gen, Joseph Dunford took command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Sunday, replacing Gen. John Allen and becoming the 15th general to lead the international coalition (NYT, Reuters, AP, McClatchy, AJE, LAT, CNN). Gen....
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