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Syria crisis: John Kerry in Ankara for US-Turkey talks
Full Article BBC News
01 Mar 2013

New US Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Turkey for talks expected to focus on the conflict in Syria. The two Nato allies both oppose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but differ on how best to support the opposition. On Thursday Mr Kerry promised direct aid to Syrian rebels in the form of food and...

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A boy inside Za’atri refugee camp, currently host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan, 7 December, 2012.
photo: UN / Mark Garten

updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Russian FM urges Syria opposition to talk with regime
updated 25 Feb 2013; published 25 Feb 2013
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John Kerry Pledges 'New Ideas' For Syria
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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US pledges more aid, not arms, to Syrian opposition
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 25 Feb 2013
1:57
Kerry Makes First Foreign Trip As Top US Diplomat
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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US makes first pledge to help Syrian rebels with non-lethal supplies
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
1:15
US to give Syrian rebels medical, food aid, not arms
US stares down start of steep 'automatic' budget cuts
Full Article The Times of India
01 Mar 2013

WASHINGTON: The US government hurtled on Friday toward making deep spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nation's economic recovery, after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on an alternative deficit-reduction plan. Locked in during a bout of deficit-reduction fever in 2011, the time-released "automatic" cuts can only be halted by...

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House Speaker John Boehner said tax rises or reforms were no longer an option
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin

updated 30 Jan 2013; published 05 Dec 2012
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Don't Worry, GOP! Social Security Will Be Cut says Corporatist Dem Leader
updated 01 Jan 2013; published 31 Dec 2012
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"fiscal cliff," House Republicans
updated 23 Feb 2013; published 30 Jan 2010
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President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Hoyer: We Need to Work Together to Avert the Sequester
updated 23 Feb 2013; published 06 Dec 2012
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Obama to GOP: I will not play that game...
updated 26 Feb 2013; published 05 Jan 2013
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Why Did Republicans Prevent Sandy Relief?
Benedict Departs Vatican, Pledges Obedience to Next Pope
Full Article Voa News
28 Feb 2013

Pope Benedict pledged his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor Thursday, then left the Vatican as the first Roman Catholic Church leader to resign in 600 years. Benedict flew from the Vatican by helicopter to the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo near Rome, several hours before his eight-year papacy was to end...

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A helicopter with Pope Benedict XVI onboard leaves the Vatican in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.
photo: AP / Michael Sohn

updated 01 Mar 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Benedict XVI DEPARTS the Vatican for Last Time as Pope | Pope Benedict XVI LEAVES Vatican City
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
2:55
Pope Benedict Resigns Vatican
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Pope Leaves Vatican, Arrives at Summer Residence
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
2:39
Pope Benedict XVI 'Thank You And Good Night' - Pope's Reign Ends After Emotional Farewell
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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Satanic Vatican(P-49)Pope Benedict Quits! Bible Prophecy being fulfilled?
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
2:04
Pope Benedict XVI Leaves Vatican For Last Time [28.02.2013]
Fresh violence threatens DR Congo peace deal
Full Article Al Jazeera
28 Feb 2013

Less than a week after the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring African nations signed a peace accord to hold off hostilties, a fresh wave of violence has erupted in the central African nation. Fighting erupted on Thursday between the Congolese troops and the rebel group Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) in...

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File - Members of the rebel group known as M23 withdraw, on board a truck, from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti

updated 21 Feb 2012; published 17 May 2011
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International Focus: Congo's Elusive Peace 11/23/2008
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 17 Sep 2010
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BMZ-GTZ: For Tomorrows Life. Development for Peace and Security. Country movie Congo
updated 12 Jun 2012; published 24 Jan 2008
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Hope after peace deal reached in Congo - 24 Jan 08
updated 29 Aug 2011; published 29 Aug 2011
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Congo Story: Francisca Vigaud-Walsh Interview, DRC: Securing Peace in the Midst of Tragedy
updated 21 Dec 2011; published 26 Aug 2011
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Congo Story: John Prendergast Interview, DRC: Securing Peace in the Midst of Tragedy
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
1:06
Benedict XVI: peace for the Democratic Republic of Congo
UK defeated as EU agrees to cap bankers' bonuses
Full Article The Independent
28 Feb 2013

European Union chiefs have agreed a package of financial laws that includes capping bankers' bonuses at a maximum of one year's basic salary. The bonuses will only be allowed to reach twice the annual fixed salary if a large majority of a bank's shareholders agrees, said Othmar Karas, the European Parliament's chief negotiator. "This overhaul...

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File - A view of London's financial district, with the river Thames in foreground.
photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska

updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Bankers' Bonuses EU Agrees Cap On Payments
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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EU agrees to cap bankers' bonuses
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Bankers' Bonuses: EU Agrees Cap On Payments 28th Feb 2013
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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EU acts to cap bankers' bonuses
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
1:29
EU moves to cap bankers bonuses
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
2:02
EU to Implement Banker Bonus Caps
As Castro Era Drifts to Close, a New Face Steps In at No. 2
Full Article The New York Times
28 Feb 2013

MEXICO CITY — He may have just taken on the toughest job in Cuba. Rivals at home will try to take him down. Enemies abroad will discredit him. Almost anyone with an interest in Cuba — including American spies and Cuban intelligence officers — will dig through his public and private lives, rummaging for secrets or clues about his...

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Cuba's new Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, and Cuba's President Raul Castro, talk during the closing session at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Ismael Francisco

updated 19 Aug 2010; published 19 Jul 2010
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Presentación de Cómplices El Musical en el Teatro Häagen-Dazs Calderón con Ariadna
updated 27 Aug 2010; published 19 Jul 2010
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Ariadna en los ensayos de Complices El Musical
updated 26 Jan 2011; published 08 Oct 2010
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"MARÍA" Cómplices El musical con Ariadna
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
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Mac Lucci - TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) Ft. Neoh & Castro
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 06 Jul 2012
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Mac Lucci - Dont Give a Fuck - Ft Carlos McSwain - Official Music Video
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 06 Jul 2012
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Mac Lucci Ft Carlos Mcswain - Dont Give a Fuck - Music Video
U.S. Offers Training and Other Aid to Syrian Rebels
Full Article The New York Times
28 Feb 2013

WASHINGTON — The United States is significantly stepping up its support for the Syrian opposition, senior administration officials said on Wednesday, helping to train rebels at a base in the region and for the first time offering armed groups nonlethal assistance and equipment that could help their military campaign. Related U.S. Officials...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with French President Francois Hollande after their meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin

updated 21 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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Syrian Left Opposition Groups Propose Plan to End an Endless War
updated 01 Dec 2012; published 10 Aug 2012
2:16
UK Government Pledges £5m Aid to Syrian Opposition
updated 29 Dec 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
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NYT 7-22 US quietly declares war on Syria, Lethal aid by Israel Qatar & Saudi Arabia,Libya Strategy
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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US Will Increase Assistance to Syrian Opposition White House
updated 04 Dec 2012; published 23 Jul 2012
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NYT JUL 22 US declares war on Syria equips rebels, Lethal aid by Israel Qatar & Saudi Arabia
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
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Israel Hits Syria, Iran Threatens Retaliation, Russia Mad
Pope recalls 'joy,' difficulties in final audience
Full Article The Guardian
27 Feb 2013

NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press= VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday to his flock on the eve of his retirement, recalling in his final speech as pontiff moments of "joy and light" during his papacy but also times of difficulty when "it seemed like the Lord was sleeping." An estimated 150,000 people flooded St....

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Pope Benedict XVI reads a message during his final general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI's presides over final general audience in St Peter's Square LIVE
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Watch LIVE : POPE Benedict XVI Final General Audience Farewell Speech St Peter's Square Vatican
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Thousands jam St. Peter's for pope's Final Vatican Audience - Pope Says Good Bye 2-27-13
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI's Last General Audience
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Pope Recalls Papal Difficulties, Joy in Last Address
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Pope Benedict's Final Address At Vatican Fills St. Peter's Square With Emotional Farewell
Italy election: Beppe Grillo snubs deal with Bersani
Full Article BBC News
27 Feb 2013

Italian comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, whose Five-Star Movement (M5S) defied expectations to come third in last weekend's elections, has ruled out a coalition with the centre-left. Pier Luigi Bersani's Democratic Party...

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File - Beppe Grillo at Pistoia during his Tsunami Tour for the Italian Political Election, 21 January, 2013.
photo: Creative Commons / Roberto Beragnoli

updated 01 Mar 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Italy election Beppe Grillo snubs deal with Bersani
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Italy's Grillo says no to vote for centre-left government
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Italy election: Beppe Grillo snubs deal with Bersani
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Italy's Grillo says no to vote for centre-left government 27th Feb 2013
updated 24 Feb 2013; published 24 Feb 2013
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Beppe Grillo Italy Poll: No Clear Front Runner ; Bersani, Bersconi, Monti
updated 25 Feb 2013; published 25 Feb 2013
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Italy News - NEW YORK, Silvio Berlusconi, Beppe Grillo
Putin calls for upgrade of Russian army
Full Article Jakarta Post
27 Feb 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the country's top brass on Wednesday to drastically upgrade the armed forces in the next few years as part of response to attempts by the United States and NATO to "tip the strategic balance" in the world. In his address to Russia's defense ministry and top military officials, Putin said Russia is witnessing...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin taking part in an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board that reviewed the ministry's work in 2012 and examined plans for the Armed Forces' continued development, 27 February, 2013.
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

updated 20 Dec 2012; published 01 Mar 2010
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Putin: Russia to build new strategic bomber after PAK FA T-50 fighter jet
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 17 Oct 2007
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Putin denounces military threats against Iran
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 08 May 2009
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Putin the singer
updated 23 Feb 2013; published 05 Jan 2008
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Armenian Russian Alliance
updated 09 Dec 2012; published 06 Nov 2012
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Putin dismisses Russian defense minister
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Sep 2012
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Russian President Oversees Military Drills in N. Caucasus : 2012 Strategic Command & Staff Exercises

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The rise of Mr. Grillo and the Five Star movement is part of a trend across the developed world, as electorates become disenchanted with established parties and vote for a protest...
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Activists of Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami attack a security vehicle during a strike called by the party in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.
At least 42 have died in rioting sparked by a death sentence given to an Islamic political party leader convicted of crimes linked to Bangladesh's 1971 independence war, police said Friday. Top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee was...
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An F-35C Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft returns from a flutter envelope expansion flight.
The Pentagon has said it will resume flights on its F-35 fighter jets, after the whole fleet was grounded last week. Tests showed that a cracked turbine blade found on a plane prompted the suspension, was a "unique" problem and not a design...
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All Nippon Airways' Chief Executive Officier and President Shinichiro Ito speaks during a press conference at the company's office in Tokyo Friday, March 1, 2013.
ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer= TOKYO (AP) — The president of All Nippon Airlines, Boeing's biggest single customer for its troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Friday that he believes the U.S. manufacturer has made progress in resolving problems with...
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People evacuate a victim at the scene of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Three parked car bombs exploded Tuesday morning simultaneously in the city of Kirkuk, home to a combustible mix of Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Turkomen who all claim rights to the city, killing and wounding scores of people, police said.
Baghdad: A series of bombings struck Baghdad and towns south of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 22 and wounding dozens in areas that are home to mostly Muslim Shi'ites, the latest evidence of rising sectarian discord in Iraq. The...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.
Curious about how gigantic weirdo Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea is going? It's going great! Today, Rodman took in an exhibition basketball game with North Korean dictator...
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Ivory Coast incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo looks up during his swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.
Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo has told the International Criminal Court that he has always "fought for democracy". The tribunal in The Hague is to decide whether he should face charges over post-poll violence two years ago....
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Momcilo Perisic, the former chief of staff of the Yugoslav army, left, waits in the court room of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, to hear the verdict of the court Tuesday Sept 6, 2011.
In a stunning reversal, UN appeals judges have acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel Serbs, including the Srebrenica massacre, by providing them with military aid during the Balkan wars....
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