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African leaders to sign DR Congo peace deal
Full Article Al Jazeera
24 Feb 2013

Presidents from Africa's Great Lakes regional nations are set to sign a new peace deal aimed at bringing stability to the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, who will witness the signing on Sunday at the African Union's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has invited...

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File - Children in Bunyampuli, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, seek refuge near a camp of the UN mission in the country, MONUSCO, after heavy fighting between Government FARDC forces and the Mai-Mai Cheka militia group, 22 May, 2012.
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti

updated 25 Feb 2013; published 25 Feb 2013
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African leaders sign DR Congo peace deal
updated 19 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Assistant Secretary Carson Delivers Remarks on the Democratic Republic of Congo
updated 05 Jan 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
2:48
Congo peace talks: Late travels delay resumption of talks.
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 19 May 2007
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A look at the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (6)
updated 24 Feb 2013; published 24 Feb 2013
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11 regional leaders sign peace accord.
updated 24 Feb 2013; published 24 Feb 2013
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DR Congo- African leaders sign peace deal.
Italy to vote in General Elections crucial for eurozone
Full Article Zeenews
24 Feb 2013

Zeenews Bureau Rome: Italians will march out of their homes on Sunday to vote in general elections that would decide the course of country’s economy which has suffered a decade of rough patch. The polls that are crucial for eurozone would see centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani pitted against ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of centre-right...

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Italian comic-turned-political agitator Beppe Grillo, leader of the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement, delivers his speech during a final rally in view of the upcoming general elections, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini

updated 21 Feb 2013; published 21 Feb 2013
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Italian firms struggle to stay afloat as election looms
updated 21 Feb 2013; published 21 Feb 2013
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BBC News Italian firms struggle to stay afloat as election looms
updated 24 Nov 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
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Matina Stevis on Human and Capital Flight into and out of Europe!
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2010
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Davos Annual Meeting 2010 - Rethinking the Eurozone
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 14 May 2010
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Europe 2010 - The Future Evolution of the Eurozone
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
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OECD lauds Monti's Italian job
France's military operation in Mali in 'final phase'
Full Article BBC News
24 Feb 2013

French President Francois Hollande has said his country's forces are engaged in the "final phase" of the fight against militants in northern Mali. He said there had been heavy fighting in the Ifoghas mountains, where members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) were thought to be hiding. Mr Hollande also praised Chadian troops...

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French President Francois Hollande looks on as he attends a news conference, during the 50th International Agriculture Fair, in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013.
photo: AP / Thibault Camus, Pool

updated 06 Feb 2013; published 03 Dec 2011
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Book 12 - The Ambassadors Audiobook by Henry James (Chs 01-05)
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Mali insurgency threat: French forces braced for new phase in the conflict against Islamists
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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French Troops in Mali - Mali Unrest
updated 01 Feb 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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MILITARY INTERVENTION in Mali! French FORCES may go on OFFENSIVE against the ISLAMIST MILITANTS.
updated 09 Feb 2013; published 15 Jan 2013
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Hollande vows to 'destroy the terrorists' in Mali intervention
updated 23 Feb 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Regional impact of war in Mali
I Saw Marx and Marxism at McDonalds Today
Full Article WorldNews.com
23 Feb 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "No one who works full-time should have to live in poverty." -President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, 2013 As of late, I have grown very fond and reflective of the workers at McDonalds. Since I do not have the internet in my apartment, I usually go there every Sunday where I drink coffee...

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File - McDonald's Restaurant with prominent kids' playland, Panorama City, CA
photo: Public Domain

updated 09 Nov 2012; published 01 May 2010
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RIchard Marx -- Voice of McDonald's -- Right Here Waiting for You
updated 03 Mar 2012; published 30 Mar 2010
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BIG MARX! The New Soviet McDonald´s Combo
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 19 Feb 2009
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The Insanity of Ronald McDonald 44
updated 29 Jun 2012; published 29 Jun 2012
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Erin Sue-Yin Marx's Birthday @ McD's Jalan Pahang - 1/30
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 24 Oct 2007
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Alienation in the work place, McDonald's
updated 29 Jun 2012; published 29 Jun 2012
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Erin Sue-Yin Marx's Birthday @ McD's Jalan Pahang - 2/30
Vatican denies scandal ahead of pope's exit
Full Article Al Jazeera
23 Feb 2013

The Vatican has condemned Italian media reports of intrigue, corruption and blackmail among senior prelates, saying these could be a form of pressure to sway voting in next month's conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI's successor. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, on Saturday dismissed as "gossip, disinformation and sometimes calumny" the...

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In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and to the World) speech from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Benedict XVI called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in his Christmas message Sunday, an appeal for peace that was challenged by deadly attacks on two Nigerian churches. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
photo: AP / L'Osservatore Romano

updated 14 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict Resigns Pope Benedict XVI to Retire on Feb 28
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Pope resigns- Next pope could come from outside Europe
updated 25 Oct 2012; published 29 May 2012
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Pope's Butler to Cooperate in Vatican Scandal Inquiry
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict To Resign on Feb 28 2013 Catholic Head POPE BENEDICT
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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Pope greeted by Huge crowd ahead of resignation
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
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BBC News Pope Benedict in shock resignation 2013
Scores killed as Chadian soldiers, rebels clash in Mali
Full Article France24
23 Feb 2013

At least 13 Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist rebels were killed in clashes in northern Mali on Friday, the heaviest loss by African troops since the launch of a French-led military campaign there against militants six weeks ago. By News Wires (text) Chad suffered the heaviest losses so far in the French-led campaign to drive Islamists from...

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Malian soldiers walk through clouds of dust as they work with French forces to battle radical Islamic rebels, in Gao, Mali, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.
photo: AP

updated 21 Feb 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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France fighter jets pound rebels in northern Mali
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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French army in Mali: UN-backed intervention underway as French troops arrive from Chad
updated 13 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
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Mali British Military Plane 'Leaving Today'
updated 21 Jan 2013; published 21 Jan 2013
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INITIAL 2500 FRENCH TROOPS IN MALI MAY NOT BE ENOUGH; Soldiers from african nations join the fight
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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French Troops in Mali Push On to Timbuktu
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 27 Jan 2013
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French army scores strategic success: French-led forces retake key northern Malian city Gao
Russia claims US showing double standards on Syria
Full Article Khaleej Times
22 Feb 2013

MOSCOW ' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Friday of having double standards on Syria, saying it had blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning a car bomb attack in Damascus. Washington denied it had blocked the statement and said it had only asked for balance. The disagreement was likely to sour the...

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In this photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security agents carry a body following a huge explosion that shook central Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 17 Feb 2013; published 13 Sep 2012
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Assault On US Consulate Is Payback For Western Support Of Terrorism & Aggressive Foreign Policy
updated 27 Dec 2012; published 06 Dec 2012
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Daily Press Briefing: December 6, 2012
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Daily Press Briefing: February 6, 2013
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 19 Oct 2009
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10/19/09: White House Press Briefing
updated 21 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2012
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"DEFINING PEACE" - Full Lecture | by Peter Joseph | Feb. 6th '12 | The Zeitgeist Movement
updated 17 Jan 2013; published 01 Mar 2012
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The Zeitgeist Movement - "Defining Peace" lecture
Hyderabad bomb investigators examine links with Islamist militant group
Full Article The Guardian
22 Feb 2013

Indian Mujahideen group reported to have ties to Pakistan and may be behind dual bomb attack that killed 15 Officials look for evidence in the debris of one of the two bomb blast sites in Hyderabad, India. Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP Indian police investigating a dual bomb attack that killed 15 people outside a cinema and a bus station in the...

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An official of India's National Investigation Agency looks for evidence in the debris at one of the two bomb blast sites, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi

updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
4:24
Bicycle Bomb in Hyperabad India Kills 20 People Injuring More
updated 19 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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PAKISTAN Sectarian Violence: Suicide Bombing On Quetta Market Targets Shia, 84 Dead 173 Wounded
updated 13 Jul 2012; published 20 Dec 2008
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Truth about Mumbai Attacks
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 08 Sep 2012
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Words at War: The Ship / From the Land of the Silent People / Prisoner of the Japs
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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TV9 Exclusive: Hyderabad Blast: Bomb Disposal Team Called To Inspect "Suspicious Device"
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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TV9 Live: 'Reporting' from Dilsukhnagar Bomb Blast Spot
Pistorius ’knows jail almost guaranteed’
Full Article Canberra Times
22 Feb 2013

Oscar Pistorius appears at the Magistrate Court in Pretoria on day four of his bail hearing. Photo: AFP The lead lawyer prosecuting Oscar Pistorius on murder charges has told a Pretoria bail hearing the sprinter knows a long spell in jail is ‘‘almost guaranteed’’ and is a flight risk. ‘‘He hasn’t said so,...

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Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius , in court Friday Feb. 22, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa, for his bail hearing charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
photo: AP

updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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Oscar Pistorius bail decision
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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Bail decision expected for Oscar Pistorius
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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VOA News for 15 Feb 2013 - 20130215
updated 06 Nov 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Why do we hold separate Paralympic and Olympic events? (UCL)
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Double Amputee Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Shoots His Girlfriend
updated 16 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius arrested after he accidentally shot dead his girlfriend
UN 'will not pay' for Haiti cholera
Full Article Irish Times
22 Feb 2013

The United Nations has said it will not pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation claimed by cholera victims in impoverished Haiti, where an epidemic has killed thousands of people and been blamed on UN peacekeepers. Cholera - an infection causing severe diarrhoea that can lead to dehydration and death - has killed some 7,750 Haitians and...

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File - Children read a cholera prevention poster in Cite L'Eternel a poor neighborhood of Port au Prince, Haiti, where the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working to contain the cholera outbreak, 16 November, 20110.
photo: UN / UNICEF, Marco Domino

updated 09 May 2012; published 14 Dec 2010
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Haiti's Cholera Outbreak Puts Pressure on Capital
updated 15 Jan 2013; published 16 Nov 2010
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Cholera Hits Haiti - Please Help
updated 14 May 2012; published 08 Nov 2011
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5000 Haitian Cholera Victims Sue UN After Deadly Epidemic Kills 6000, Sickens 450000
updated 10 Sep 2012; published 18 Nov 2010
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Haitians Barricading Streets With Coffins as Protests Against the UN Continue Over Cholera Outbreak
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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UN says it will not pay compensation to Haiti cholera victims
updated 26 May 2012; published 12 Nov 2010
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Haiti: UN launches major new effort to stem cholera outbreak

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Park Geun-hye, head of the ruling Saenuri Party's interim governing body, speaks during a press conference on the outcome of Wednesday's parliamentary elections at the party's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 12, 2012.
Park Geun-hye has been sworn in as South Korea's president, making her the first woman to lead the nation. Ms Park, who defeated liberal...
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Sarpanch shot dead by suspected militant in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, February 24: Suspected militants on Sunday night gunned down a sarpanch affiliated to ruling National Conference in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Javed Ahmed Wani was shot at and critically injured by the...
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Democrats push sequester, refuse alternative cuts
With just a few more days before March 1, it appears that across-the-board spending cuts once called "devastating" by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta are going to be a reality. I am disappointed but not entirely surprised by this outcome. This is...
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	Afghan security forces kill would-be suicide bomber in Kabul
KABUL, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces shot dead two would-be suicide bombers on Sunday morning, thus foiling a terror attack in Shirpoor area, a diplomatic enclave in capital Kabul, police said. "Two militants were killed inside an...
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Outgoing Premier Mario Monti casts his ballot in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.
VICTOR L. SIMPSON Associated Press= ROME (AP) — Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a watershed parliamentary election Sunday and...
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Free trade with Europe may be a tough fight
Trade has been a constant source of friction between the U.S. and Europe, with fights over everything from hormone-laden beef to subsidized airplanes. Now, leaders on both sides of the Atlantic want to put the contentiousness aside and negotiate a...
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File - Warning sign at entry to Hanford Nuclear Reservation Site, Washington.
Six underground storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation along the Columbia River in the US state of Washington have been found to be leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to human health, state and...
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