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  • North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test...0:48
  • Announcement of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation...2:23
  • News Wrap: French Troops Battle Remaining Islamists in Mali...3:04
  • Little boy steals show at medal ceremony...1:55
  • North Korean TV announces third nuclear test...0:39
  • Lightning strikes St Peter's Basilica as Pope resigns...0:34
  • EX LAPD Police Officer Wanted Irvine Double MURDER Christopher Dorner also Murdered Cops COP KILLER...4:50
  • Stampede Hindu Festival Allahabad railway station | 20 dead, stampede at Allahabad railway station...4:58
  • NATO in Afghanistan - Georgian ISAF Forces in Musa Qala (Helmand Province)...3:20
  • France facing Mali Islamist insurgency: second suicide bomb attack on French forces in Gao...2:23
  • Reaction & Analysis: Tunisian opposition leader killed...6:44
  • Kumbh Mela - India...4:58
  • Dreamliner cleared for test flights...0:21
  • Israel lobby attack-ad campaign targets Obama's Defense pick Hagel...3:36
add video playlist North Korea defiantly declared Monday that it successfully carried out its second underground nuclear test. (May 25)
North Korea Con­ducts Nu­cle­ar Test
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An­nounce­ment of Pope Bene­dict XVI's res­ig­na­tion
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News Wrap: French Troops Bat­tle Re­main­ing Is­lamists in Mali
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Lit­tle boy steals show at medal cer­e­mo­ny
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North Ko­re­an TV an­nounces third nu­cle­ar test
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Light­ning strikes St Peter's Basil­i­ca as Pope re­signs
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EX LAPD Po­lice Of­fi­cer Want­ed Irvine Dou­ble MUR­DER Christo­pher Dorner also Mur­dered Cops COP KILLER
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Stam­pede Hindu Fes­ti­val Al­la­habad rail­way sta­tion | 20 dead, stam­pede at Al­la­habad rail­way sta­tion
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NATO in Afghanistan - Geor­gian ISAF Forces in Musa Qala (Hel­mand Province)
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France fac­ing Mali Is­lamist in­sur­gen­cy: sec­ond sui­cide bomb at­tack on French forces in Gao
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Re­ac­tion & Anal­y­sis: Tunisian op­po­si­tion lead­er killed
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Kumbh Mela - India
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Dream­lin­er cleared for test flights
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Is­rael lobby at­tack-ad cam­paign tar­gets Obama's De­fense pick Hagel
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US north-east pre­pare for 'his­toric' snow­storm
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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


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


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


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


‘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


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


$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


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


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


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


Tide of Salafism threatens the Arab spring
Full Article Mail Guardian South Africa
10 Feb 2013

A protester holds a banner reading "Be careful Mr President Hollande, Tunisia is not Mali" at a demonstration in Tunis on February 9. (AP) More Coverage Late last year, largely unnoticed in the West, Tunisia's president, Moncef Marzouki, gave an interview to Chatham House's The World Today. Commenting on a recent attack by...

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File - Palestinian Salafis "al-Qaeda" burning U.S. and Israeli flags as they burn an image of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the U.S. that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on September 14, 2012.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb


India's Kumbh Mela readies for holiest day
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Feb 2013

Tens of millions of Hindus were expected to plunge into India's sacred river Ganges to wash away their sins on the most auspicious day of the world's largest religious festival. Organisers estimated about 30 million ash-smeared saints, devotees and visitors would take a dip in the swirling, freezing river at the festival in...

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Indian Hindu Sadhu at Gangasagar Island, some 150 kms south of Kolkata, on the occasion of Makarsankranti festival in Kolkata on Sunday, 13 January 2013. Some three hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Gangasagar Mela (Fair) to take a dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology, Eastern India
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick


Boeing 787 on test flight, 1st since grounding
Full Article Jakarta Post
10 Feb 2013

Boeing sent a 787 up on a test flight Saturday, the first since the new airliner was grounded three weeks ago because of a battery fire. The company said the...

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A Boeing 777-367 (ER) Cathay Pacific jet is guided to a parking spot by a marshaller at Paine Field Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, in Everett, Wash.
photo: AP / Elaine Thompson


Liberal in domestic issues, Obama a hawk on war
Full Article Dayton Daily News
09 Feb 2013

For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama is a hawk when it comes to the war on terror. From deadly drones to secret interrogations to withholding evidence in terror lawsuits, Obama's Democratic White House has followed the path of his predecessor, Republican President George W. Bush. The...

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President Barack Obama signs an accompanying letter to Congressional leaders after signing H.R. 152, which provides fiscal year 2013 supplemental appropriations to respond to and recover from the severe damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Jan. 29, 2013.
photo: White House / Pete Souza


Laporta dismisses City links
Full Article Orange News
12 Feb 2013

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta has denied that he is acting as an agent for Manchester City after dining with Txiki Begiristain and Neymar's father in London. Santos star Neymar is wanted by many of Europe's top clubs and the Spanish media...

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Barcelona soccer club's President Joan Laporta
photo: AP / Manu Fernandez


Laura Robson  U.S. Open Juniors Monday, Sept. 6, 2010
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Day 7 - Andy Roddick (USA) v Fabio Fognini (ITA) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - September 2, 2012
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Nadal slams ATP over player health
Full Article The Daily Telegraph Australia
12 Feb 2013

THE ATP was not doing enough to protect players' health and prevent long-term injuries, Rafael Nadal said. The increase in hard-court events will lead to long-term injuries that will affect players long after they retire, the tennis star said yesterday. "The ATP worries too little about the players," said Nadal, who was in Brazil to...

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Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Argentina's Horacio Zeballos during the final of the VTR Open in Vina del Mar, Chile
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IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics
Full Article Austin American Statesman
12 Feb 2013

IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC executive board decided Tuesday to retain modern pentathlon — the event considered most at risk — and remove wrestling instead from its list of core sports. The decision, announced by the IOC, was first...

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Georgia's Manuchar Kvirkelia wearing blue wrestles with China's Chang Yongxiang during their gold medal match in the 74-kilogram greco-roman wrestling competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.
photo: AP / Ed Wray


Federer calls for more drug tests
Full Article Sporting Life
12 Feb 2013

Federer is concerned that he has not undergone a drug test recently, a claim that backs up those made by world number one Novak Djokovic. Both players have said...

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Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in two sets 6-1, 6-4, in the final of the ABN AMRO tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
photo: AP / Peter Dejong


Lady Gaga unable to walk, postpones 4 shows
Full Article Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
12 Feb 2013

NEW YORK (AP) Lady Gaga says she's "heartsick" to postpone four shows after sustaining an injury that's left her unable to walk. A Tuesday news release says performances set for Feb. 13-14 in Chicago, Feb. 16 in Detroit and Feb. 17 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have been postponed. Gaga took to Twitter to explain, saying she injured herself during...

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Lady Gaga poses for a portrait in her hotel suite prior to an event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012.
photo: AP / Charles Krupa


LeAnn Rimes gets bangs; says it's 'time for a change'
Full Article The Examiner
12 Feb 2013

LeAnn Rimes changed up her look recently. The country singer complemented her face with bangs. TV Guide caught up with LeAnn on Feb. 11. She debuted her new bangs on Twitter. LeAnn released a photo of her sitting in a stylist's chair. She showed off her new hairstyle to her fans. The bangs seem to complement her face well. Her blonde hair was...

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LeAnn Rimes and her guitarist perform in Hangar 3 for military members while visiting Ramstein Air Base, Germany, September 23, 2004.  The concert was part of a promotion by 435th Services Squadron as a Project CHEER event. US Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Pomeroy (Released)
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Paramore unveil new single 'Now' music video - watch
Full Article Digital Spy
12 Feb 2013

Paramore have premiered their new music video. The band will release 'Now' on February 25 as the lead single from their upcoming self-titled album. The accompanying music clip sees the band in the middle of a battlefield, while singer Hayley Williams performs the track among the chaos. Williams recently admitted that their new material might sound...

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 ag2 The band Paramore during the Buzz Bake Sale at  Sound Advice Amphitheater, December 1, 2007
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Taylor Swift: 'I write heartbreak songs to feel better'
Full Article Digital Spy
12 Feb 2013

Taylor Swift has said that she writes about her personal relationships to feel better. The singer-songwriter has penned songs like 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble', thought to be about her famous ex-boyfriends, who have included Harry Styles, Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor...

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Singer Taylor Swift performs at Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 presented by Aeropostale at Madison Square Garden on Friday Dec. 7, 2012 in New York.
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The Smiths' Johnny Marr named 'NME's 'Godlike Genius'
Full Article Digital Spy
12 Feb 2013

Johnny Marr has been named as the recipient of the 'Godlike Genius' prize at the 2013 NME Awards. The Smiths' guitarist said he was "honoured" to be handed the accolade, which has previously been won by Paul Weller and The Clash among others. Johnny Marr at the 2012 NME Awards Johnny Marr with former Smiths bandmate Morrissey "It is a very nice...

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Gomez refuses to reconcile with Bieber
Full Article Newstrack India
12 Feb 2013

Tweet Los Angeles, Feb 12 (IANS) Singer-actress Selena Gomez doesn't want any contact with ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber. "Justin is just trying to make her jealous, and even though he is everywhere, she doesn't care or buy it. She doesn't want to see him," hollywoodlife.com quoted a...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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BET Honors 2013: Chaka Khan honored for her musical contributions (Photos)
Full Article The Examiner
12 Feb 2013

Chaka Khan was one of six individuals who were acknowledged on Monday night during the 2013 BET Honors. To some Khan might be just another music diva, but the entertainer was honored by fans for her extraordinary contributions to the musical world. Sharing the delight of the evening with the fans the special moment was part of an amazing...

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 AG2 Chaka Khan performs during the B.B. King "2007 Blues Festival".  The tour began tonight at Seminole Hard Rock, Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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Selena Gomez refuses Justin Bieber reconciliation
Full Article m&c;
12 Feb 2013

Selena Gomez doesn't want any contact with Justin Bieber. The 'Love You Like A Young Song' hitmaker left Justin devastated when she called time on their on/off relationship and despite his...

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Selena Gomez performs during her 'We Own The Night' tour at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton Florida, USA - July 28, 2011
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Actor Tom Hanks poses in front of St. Peter's Basilica during the photo call for the World Premiere of the movie "Angels & Demons", in Rome, Sunday, May 3, 2009.
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Priyanka Chopra: 'I'm not singing for Bollywood films'
Full Article Digital Spy
12 Feb 2013

Priyanka Chopra has said that she is not going to sing in any upcoming Bollywood films. The actor is currently promoting her song featuring will.i.am, 'In My City'. She told the Hindustan Times: "Of course, I would like to sing for my films, but until my entire album comes out, I am going to refrain from doing so as my contract doesn't allow me to....

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Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra arrives on the "green carpet" for the Jaypee International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards held on Saturday June 9, 2012 in Singapore.
photo: AP / Wong Maye-E


Akshay Kumar: 'I still prefer commercial acclaim'
Full Article Digital Spy
12 Feb 2013

Akshay Kumar has admitted that he is not used to critics praising him on his acting. The actor can currently be seen in the psychological thriller Special Chabbis. He told The Times of India: "I'm accustomed to commercial success but not critical acclaim - I am used to rewards and not awards. I am getting recognition, and that too from critics who...

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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar
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'Single Life Is Amazing:' Mila Kunis Makes Strange Declaration As She Refuses To Talk Ashton Kutcher
Full Article Entertainment Wise
12 Feb 2013

Mila Kunis claimed the “we're just friends” line about boyfriend Ashton Kutcher right up until the couple were spotted kissing last summer and despite taking their love public with a string of loved up dates, it looks like the 'Ted' actress is being just as cagey about her love life after refusing to speak about her beau in a new...

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Mila Kunis speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
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I spend money on diamonds: Sonam Kapoor
Full Article Indian Express
12 Feb 2013

They say diamonds are a girl's best friend and the adage holds true for Bollywood actress and fashionista Sonam Kapoor who spends a huge amount of her income on real jewellery. Sonam, 27, who...

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INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-ACTRESS-SONAM-KAPOORIndia Bollywood Actress Sonam Kapoor during the new Film Promotion
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'Grand Masti' crazier, wilder than 'Masti': Aftab
Full Article Newstrack India
12 Feb 2013

Tweet Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) After the success of sex comedy "Masti", its second part is coming out soon and actor Aftab Shivdasani insists the franchise is "a bundle of entertainment" and there is nothing "common" between the two. "The only thing which is common is the filmmaker and the three actors. The rest of the story, setting and...

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Kolkata, April 22nd 2012: Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani  & bolywood actress Nisha Kothari during the product launch of URO group at Kolkata India.
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Anupam Kher makes short film on Robert De Niro
Full Article IMDb
12 Feb 2013

Anupam Kher is on a roll and how! While on one hand, he is busy collecting laurels and awards for his Hollywood flick Silver Linings...

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Bollywood actor and ousted chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification Anupam Kher talks at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004. The federal government appointed former Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore as chairperson on Oct. 13, according to media reports.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson links Democrats to Marxists
Full Article Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
12 Feb 2013

Days before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson offered some about Democrats over the weekend. Speaking to Jefferson County Republicans at an annual Lincoln Day Dinner , Johnson tied Democrats to socialists and Marxists, according to the Jefferson County Daily Union. "Let me describe what we're up...

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Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.
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Dow edges toward highest level since 2007
Full Article Newsday
12 Feb 2013

Stocks moved higher on Tuesday, with the Dow edging closer to a record, following strong earnings from and . In early afternoon on , the industrial average was up 58.5 points at 14,029.8, down from the 63-point gain that pushed it to its highest level since October, 2007. The index is now 130 points shy of its record close set in October 2007. The...

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Trader Gregory Rowe, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, July 16, 2009
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NASDAQ discussed going private: source
Full Article Taipei Times
12 Feb 2013

NASDAQ OMX Group Inc held preliminary talks with Carlyle Group LP about going private before the discussions broke down on price, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The talks were initiated by Carlyle chief financial officer Adena Friedman, who left NASDAQ...

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Government has made 'serious efforts' to revive growth: PM
Full Article Headlines India
12 Feb 2013

New Delhi, Feb 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said his government has made "concerted" and "serious efforts" in recent months to revive growth and investment, and the Indian economy would recover in the second half of this year. "Our economy has slowed down considerably in the last two years. Growth in this fiscal year will be much...

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing at the presentation ceremony of the Prime Minister�s Trophy for the best integrated steel plant in India, in New Delhi on August 27, 2012.
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ADB chief tipped for helm of Bank of Japan
Full Article Canberra Times
12 Feb 2013

Will Haruhiko Kuroda head the Bank of Japan? Photo: Andrew Quilty MY FAVOURITE Haruhiko Kuroda moment was on a Tokyo-bound flight on March 13, 2011, two days after a gigantic earthquake struck north-east Japan. I was in the Philippines when the quake precipitated a nuclear crisis. On the first available flight back, the president of the...

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Asia Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a seminar on global financial turmoil and its impact on Asia in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.
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Activate investments to get back to high growth: Rangarajan
Full Article Indian Express
12 Feb 2013

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman C Rangarajan today said there was a need to stimulate investments to get back to high growth path. Rangarajan's observation comes at a time when the industrial output contracted to 0.6...

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The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM, Dr. C. Rangarajan addressing a press conference on Review of Economy 2011-12, in New Delhi on February 22, 2012.
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Nokia protests against Indian tax probe
Full Article Baltimore Sun
12 Feb 2013

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday it was protesting against a tax investigation in India, a crucial market, in the latest dispute involving a foreign company's tax. Nokia said it has not yet received any information on potential claims resulting from the investigation that...

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Gold importers retreat as rupee weakens
Full Article The Times of India
12 Feb 2013

MUMBAI: Gold importers in India, the world's biggest consumer of the metal, retreated as a weaker rupee limited the downside in prices, despite weak overseas markets. After a...

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North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
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North Korea defiantly declared Monday that it successfully carried out its second underground nuclear test. (May 25)
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Announcement of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation
Announcement of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation
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  • Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of ...
  • published: 11 Feb 2013
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News Wrap: French Troops Battle Remaining Islamists in Mali
News Wrap: French Troops Battle Remaining Islamists in Mali
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In other news Tuesday, French ground forces have retaken key cities in Mali after battling Islamic rebels, though insurgents remain in the countryside. Also, heavy fighting broke out in Damascas as the Syrian civil war raged on.
  • published: 07 Feb 2013
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Little boy steals show at medal ceremony
Little boy steals show at medal ceremony
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Former Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha is awarded the Medal of Honor but it's his son Colin who stole the show. For more CNN videos, visit our site at www.cnn.com
  • published: 12 Feb 2013
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  • author: CNN
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North Korean TV announces third nuclear test
North Korean TV announces third nuclear test
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Korea Central Television in Pyongyang, February 12, 2013, via satellite
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Lightning strikes St Peter's Basilica as Pope resigns
Lightning strikes St Peter's Basilica as Pope resigns
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Pope Benedict has shocked a billion Roman Catholics around the world, and his closest advisers, by announcing that he will resign at the end of this month. Within hours of Pope Benedict announcing his resignation, lightning struck St Peter's Basilica. The Pope, who is 85 years old, has been the head of the Church since 2005.
  • published: 12 Feb 2013
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EX LAPD Police Officer Wanted Irvine Double MURDER Christopher Dorner also Murdered Cops COP KILLER
EX LAPD Police Officer Wanted Irvine Double MURDER Christopher Dorner also Murdered Cops COP KILLER
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EX Cop Christopher Dorner Wanted in Murder of basketball coach, fiance IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- Eyewitness News has learned a former LAPD officer has been named a suspect in the double-murder of a Cal State Fullerton basketball coach and her USC security guard fiancé in Irvine. Keith Lawrence, 27, and Monica Quan, 28, were found fatally shot in Lawrence's car in the parking lot of their apartment complex in Irvine Sunday. In a news conference Wednesday night, Irvine Police identified the suspect as Christopher Jordan Dorner, a former LAPD officer and Navy reservist. Dorner's whereabouts were unknown. His last known address was on Sharon Drive in La Palma. He is believed to be driving a blue Nissan Titan pickup truck, California license plate 7X03191. He is considered armed and dangerous. Dorner, 33, is described as an African-American man standing 6 feet tall, weighing 270 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. If seen, call 911. Police said Dorner wrote a multi-page manifesto in which he implicated himself. Authorities said Dorner appears to have murdered Quan in an act of revenge against her father, Randy Quan, a former LAPD officer who retired and became an attorney. Court documents obtained by Eyewitness News show that in August 2007, Dorner made a complaint against his field training officer accusing her of kicking a suspect. However, the LAPD Board of Rights found Dorner's complaint to be false and terminated his employment for making a false statement. The ...
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Stampede Hindu Festival Allahabad railway station | 20 dead, stampede at Allahabad railway station
Stampede Hindu Festival Allahabad railway station | 20 dead, stampede at Allahabad railway station
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20 dead, many injured in stampede at Allahabad railway station Twenty people have died in a stampede at the Allahabad Railway station this evening. The stampede happened at around 7 pm on a footbridge between platform number 5 and 6 at the railway station. There were lakhs of people at the station, many on their way back from Allahabad after a holy dip in the Ganga at the Maha Kumbh Mela; today was 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day of bathing during the 12-yearly Kumbh congregation. At least 20 persons were killed and scores of others injured on Sunday night in a stampede at Allahabad railway station teeming with thousands of pilgrims returning after a holy dip at the 'Maha Kumbh' in Allahabad. A senior police officer and highly placed sources said 20 people died in related stories Maha Kumbh: 2 killed in stampede; over 3 cr devotees take holy dip PM condoles loss of lives in Allahabad stampede UP govt orders inquiry into Allahabad stampede Rumours send officials into tizzy at Maha Kumbh the stampede that occurred at 7 PM when Platforms No 5 and 6 were packed with thousands of passengers. Eyewitnesses said the stampede at Platform No 6 was triggered near a foot overbridge when hundreds of passengers rushed to board a train whose arrival was being announced in a public address system. Platform No 6 was later sealed by authorities. The bodies of some of the victims shrouded in white cloth were kept at the platform for several hours. Several eyewitnesses ...
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NATO in Afghanistan - Georgian ISAF Forces in Musa Qala (Helmand Province)
NATO in Afghanistan - Georgian ISAF Forces in Musa Qala (Helmand Province)
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The Georgian Army has almost a thousand troops deployed in Afghanistan. Some of the soldiers are helping to secure the district of Musa Qala in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watch more videos like this at www.natochannel.tv
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France facing Mali Islamist insurgency: second suicide bomb attack on French forces in Gao
France facing Mali Islamist insurgency: second suicide bomb attack on French forces in Gao
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A suicide bomber struck an army checkpoint in Mali late Saturday in the second Jihadist attack against French-led forces in three days. A suspected Islamist carried out the attack outside the northern Malian city Gao and the force of the blast was so powerful that it was heard 10 kilometres away. Many in Paris now fear that France will face a full-scale insurgency in Mali, featuring all the guerrilla trademarks such as roadside bombs and suicide attacks which have gained such notoriety from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Reaction & Analysis: Tunisian opposition leader killed
Reaction & Analysis: Tunisian opposition leader killed
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A leading Tunisian opposition figure, Shokri Belaid, leader of the left-leaning opposition Democratic Patriots party, has been shot as he was leaving his home. He was transported to a hospital in the suburbs of Tunis on Wednesday, where he died of his wounds, his bother confirmed.
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Kumbh Mela - India
Kumbh Mela - India
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May 1998 For the last time this century the Indian city of Haridwar in the foothills of the Himalayas was the setting for the mother of all festivals. Haridwar is one of the seven most important sites in the world for devout Hindus. Here the River Ganges enters the plains of India. For this year's Kumbh Mela bathing festival a staggering 7 million Hindus have arrived. After three months of dancing, the characterful Bath of the Saddhus, the reclusive Hindu holy men, takes Place. According to Hindu mythology, the waters of the Ganges turn into the nectar of immortal life during this auspicious time. To bathe is to gain immortality, and millions do. The atmosphere of the scene is like a rave, whistles blowing, crowds everywhere. But with their thick dreadlocks and ash-covered bodyguards (nargas), the Saddhus steal the show. This year's festivities took Place without violence - proving India's Holy men can show more restraint than its politicians. Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
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Dreamliner cleared for test flights
Dreamliner cleared for test flights
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www.euronews.com The troubled Boeing 787 has begun test flights to get data on potentially faulty batteries. The FAA asked for information on how the batteries were approved which could delay deliveries of the aircraft. The grounding of the 787 in January has already costs airlines tens of millions of euros. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 08 Feb 2013
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Israel lobby attack-ad campaign targets Obama's Defense pick Hagel
Israel lobby attack-ad campaign targets Obama's Defense pick Hagel
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The US Senate is expected to grill one of president Obama's most controversial choices for a key job in his team. Chuck Hagel is likely to be quizzed on everything from relations with Israel and the Arab world to his view of women in the military, during his confirmation hearing to be the new Defense Secretary. RT's Gayane Chichyakyan explains why certain political groups are so against his nomination... RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 31 Jan 2013
  • views: 15669
  • author: RussiaToday
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US north-east prepare for 'historic' snowstorm
US north-east prepare for 'historic' snowstorm
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www.euronews.com There's no escape from New York for weary travellers as over 3000 flights have been cancelled in airports across the north-eastern United States. Transport chaos continues on the roads as a driving ban has come into effect in Massachusetts. Americans are preparing for what meteorologists claim is a potentially historic snowstorm. With 2-3 feet of snow expected in Boston overnight, residents rushed to stock up on the essentials. Though in the big Apple, panic buying wasn't on everyone's minds. New York resident Linda Calvet said: "I'm planning to go out to Central Park tomorrow and look at the beautiful snow, take pictures, do photography. I love snow." With blizzard warnings in effect, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has urged residents to stay home, though this hasn't stopped fitness fanatics from getting in a last jog before the worst hits. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com
  • published: 09 Feb 2013
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Senator Charles T. Hagel answers a question at a confirmation hearing in the Senate Armed Service Committee at the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington D.C., Jan. 31, 2013. Hagel, if confirmed, will become the 24th Secretary of Defense. Minnesota Timberwolves' J.J. Barea, left, and Denver Nuggets' Kenneth Faried in an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Cockatoos in birdcage - birds - animals - pets Dinosaur eggs at Fossil exhibit in the Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology (昆明动物博物馆), Kunming, Yunnan, China.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pose for a photo with Aung San Suu Kyi and her staff at her residence in Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 19, 2012. Ekaterina Makarova of Russia competes against Jelena Dokic of Australia during the Day 2 of qualifying rounds of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 20, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA. Industry - factory - Chimney of a factory - factory output Banana trees in the farm in the state of Kerala - India - agriculture

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with Syrian President Bashar Assad, not seen, at the Syrian presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday Oct. 21, 2010. Chavez is on an official visit to Damascus aimed at boosting ties with Syria. Real Madrid's new soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, center, looks at fellow team members during his first training session with the team in Madrid, Friday, July 10, 2009 In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Trader Albert Young, left, studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Press Conference: by H.E. Mr. Pablo Solon, Permanent Representative of the Plurinational States of Bolivia, on the Bolivian proposal of amendments to article 49 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, with respect to coca leaf chewing.

In this citizen photograph taken Sunday, June 28, 2009, former powerful president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafzanjani's daughter, Faezeh, centre left, who is supporter of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, and others attend during a gathering at Ghoba Mosque in Tehran, Iran. Several thousand protesters who had gathered near north Tehran's Ghoba Mosque clashed with riot police in Tehran on Sunday in the country's first major post-election unrest in four days. This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show Syrian soldiers dancing to Usher's hit song "Yeah!" Vice President Joe Biden, Chair of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families, will host a panel of leading scholars to discuss the unique challenges facing America's middle class in the 21st century economy. Egyptian relatives of Mohammed el-Gindy, a 28-year-old activist, who died early Monday of wounds sustained during clashes last Friday near the presidential palace, display his picture as they shout anti-president Morsi slogans during his funeral procession in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013.

Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Pena Nieto says he'll mount a "real fight" against production and trafficking of marijuana, despite its legalization in two U.S. states. In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, Tiger Woods from the U.S. smiles during a press conference before the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston Heath Golf Club, in Melbourne, Australia Joint press conference by Andris Piebalgs and Kristalina Georgieva  - 11-01-2011 Huge soft corals serve as refuge to small fishes in the area.

View from U.S. Highway 87 northwest of San Angelo in Tom Green County Day 5 - Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Pauline Parmentier (FRA) - US Open 2012 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA - August 31, 2012 Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly. A Direct North General View of Sydney Cove, painted by convict and artist Thomas Watling in 1794. In 1770, British sea Captain Lieutenant James Cook landed in Botany Bay on the Kurnell Peninsula.
North Korea nuclear test puts pressure on Obama
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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.
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North Korea plans to con­duct nu­cle­ar test
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North Korea Threat­ens More Nu­cle­ar Tests, Warns US
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Obama on Op­pos­ing N Korea, Iran Nu­cle­ar Ef­forts
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Obama's Prague speech on dis­ar­ma­ment - Unedit­ed, in En­glish
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The Econ­o­my, Afghanistan War, Ira­ni­an Nu­cle­ar Pro­gram, Sanc­tions and North Korea (2012)
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Pres­i­dent Obama to UN: I Seek "A World With­out Nu­cle­ar Weapons"

New York Magazine
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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Coca-Cola soft drinks - Soda - Beverage
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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