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The Sears Tower, second from left, leads the way by dimming the tower lights during the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour event in Chicago, Saturday, March 29, 2008. The environmental group WWF urged governments, businesses and households to turn back to candle power for at least 60 minutes Saturday starting at 8 p.m. wherever they were.
Climate   Earth   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Earth Hour  
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In pictures: Earth Hour around the world
Landmarks and city skylines around the world have been plunged into darkness for an hour to mark Earth Hour, the annual switch-off to raise awareness about climate change. Here before and after pictur... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district in Aleppo, Syria.
Photos   Syria   War   Weapons   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
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Momentum weakened for Assad's ouster in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation within their ranks, foreign meddling and new finger-pointing over chemical weapons as the regime more firmly e... (photo: AP / Abdullah Al-Yasin)
People march near the Kiss nightclub honoring the victims of early Sunday's fatal fire inside the club in Santa Maria, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.  Al Jazeera 
Charges over Brazil nightclub blaze
Brazilian authorities are seeking criminal charges against 16 people in connection with the nightclub fire that killed about 241 people in the southern city of Santa Maria earlier this year, police ha... (photo: AP / Felipe Dana)
Brazil   Nightclub Fire   Photos   Santa Maria   Wikipedia: Kiss nightclub fire  
Greek Piraeus Bank to acquire Cypriot banks' branches in Greece  CNTV 
Greek Piraeus Bank to acquire Cypriot banks' branches in Greece
ATHENS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Greek Piraeus Bank is set to acquire Cypriot banks' branches operating in Greece under a bilateral agreement struck on Friday to ease the burden on Nicosia's ailing bankin... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Cypriot   Greek   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Greece  
Top Stories
Kosovo Organ Trafficking Defendants Face New Charges The Inquisitr
Kosovo Organ Trafficking Defendants Face New Charges
Posted: March 22, 2013 | Nine people already on trial in Kosovo for organ trafficking face new charges that were filed by the prosecutor earlier today. According to the e... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Kosovo   Photos   Serbia   Trial   Wikipedia: Kosovo  
Noam Chomsky WSF - 2003 The Guardian
Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone'
Noam Chomsky is one of the world's most controversial thinkers. Now 84, he reflects on his life's work, on current events in Syria and Israel, and on the love of his life... (photo: Creative Commons / Agncia Brasil (ABr))
Human Rights   Mideast   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Noam Chomsky  
Arsenal's goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny trains during a training session at their training centre at London Colney, north London, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Arsenal is to play Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League group F soccer match on Wednesday at Emirates Stadium in London. Boston Herald
Szczesny sorry for father's comments on Arsenal
LONDON — Wojciech Szczesny has criticized his father for making disparaging comments about Arsene Wenger following the Arsenal manager's decision to drop the go... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Arsenal   Football   Photos   Sportstars   Wikipedia: Wojciech Szczsny  
Employees of Laiki Bank hold a banner during an anti-bailout protest outside the Cypriot parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013. News24
Cyprus launches banking overhaul
Nicosia - Cyprus is scrambling to overhaul its banking sector to avoid financial meltdown, after the European Central Bank threatened to pull the plug on emergency fundin... (photo: AP / Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus   Economy   Europe   Photos   Wikipedia: 20122013 Cypriot financial crisis  
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Chinese vice president Xi Jinping before their talks in Moscow, Russia, March 23, 2010 Al Jazeera
New China president to meet Russia's Putin
China's newly elected President Xi Jinping has chosen to visit key ally Russia for his first foreign trip, with both leaders expected to be alert to economic opportu... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
China   Photos   Russia   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: Sino-Russian relations since 1991   Xi Jinping  
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, Monday March 18, 2013. Al Jazeera
The case for restraint: Syria and the International Criminal Court
March 2013 will be notable in the history of the Syrian conflict for several reasons, two of which include the second anniversary of that conflict and the number of refug... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video)
Photos   Syria   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Business Politics
- Cyprus Seeks 11th-Hour Deal to Avert Collapse
- Cyprus seeks 11th-hour deal to avert financial collapse
- WRAPUP 1-Cyprus seeks 11th-hour deal to avert financial coll
- Cyprus bailout talks 'at very delicate stage'
Employees of Laiki Bank hold a banner during an anti-bailout protest outside the Cypriot parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Cyprus launches banking overhaul
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- Pervez Musharraf set to return to Pakistan
- East Coast fireball lights up the night
- Suicide bomber kills six Pakistan soldiers
- Between a rock and a hard place: what will happen when De Be
In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district in Aleppo, Syria.
Momentum weakened for Assad's ouster in Syria
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health Education
- EU prosecutor adds charges in Kosovo organs case
- Easter around the world
- East Coast fireball lights up the night
- Somalia: Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security Talks
File - U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi's Emergency Service Unit, conduct a cordon and search in Amushabi,  Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 19, 2008.
Iraq: War's legacy of cancer
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- Film student in UK at heart of Greek neo-Nazi storm
- Film student in UK at heart of Greek neo-Nazi storm
- Film student in UK at heart of Greek neo-Nazi storm
- Marines' return: Kerala politics had say in Delhi’
French President Francois Hollande speaks during the opening session of the Francophonie Summit, in Congo, Kinshasa, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Hollande is taking part in a summit of French-speaking countries, after months of controversy surrounding his visit to the vast Central African nation. He initially threatened not to attend but ultimately confirmed his participation in July, saying he wants to break away from the traditional paternalistic ways of France toward Africa.
French students in city to celebrate International Day of the Francophonie
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Technology Trade
- Cyprus warned "only hard choices left"
- Book review: Jim Wilhelmsen, Beyond Science Fiction!
- Boys basketball state finals: Gary Bowman makes history whil
- Autos: Geneva puts on the ritz
Oracle Headquarters Redwood Shores.
Weak Oracle sales, Cyprus fears weigh on US shares
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- Prior Week's Lessons Part 2: EU - What Changed, What Di
- Prior Week's Lessons Part 1: 'Cyprosis', Othe
- Europe's Economic Contraction Steepens
- IMF blocks Cyprus bailout agreement, insists on bank merger
Specialist Michael Sollitto, right, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wall Street rebounds amid Cyprus uncertainties
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