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Italy: Berlusconi Given 12 Month Prison Sentence
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07 Mar 2013

Former Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to a year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in one of his newspapers. Mr Berlusconi, who faces two more verdicts this month for tax fraud and...
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Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi addresses journalists after meeting with the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. The Italian president resumed talks with political leaders Monday after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi last week sparked a government crisis and raised the possibility of an early vote just two years after the last general election. (js1)
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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Italy: Berlusconi Given 12 Month Prison Sentence
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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BREAKING NEWS - Berlusconi Given 12 Month Prison Sentence
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
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Former Italian PM SENTENCED to 4 Years in Jail for Tax Evasion Berlusconi
updated 26 Oct 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
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Berlusconi's jail sentence elicits cheers, sympathy
updated 11 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
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News: Silvio Berlusconi in Malindi
updated 23 Dec 2012; published 01 Oct 2012
2:55
Italians calling for reform of anti-defamation law
  North Korea Threatens Preemptive Nuclear Attack Against US
Full Article The Inquisitr
07 Mar 2013

Posted: March 7, 2013 North Korea threatened a preemptive nuclear attack against the United States ahead of an upcoming vote on additional UN sanctions against Pyongyang. The country also accused the United States of performing military drills in South Korea as a launching pad for nuclear war. North Korea adds that it plans to scrap the armistice...
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North Korean soldiers stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between April 12-16, at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea on Sunday April 8, 2012.
photo: AP / David Guttenfelder

updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
1:39
North Korea Leader Kim Jong Sun Threatens a Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike on U.S.
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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North Korea Threatens U.S. With Preemptive Nuclear Strike
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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North Korea military training bizarre, North Korea warns U.S. of preemptive nuclear strike
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 05 Feb 2013
3:32
Alert! Online Threat Posted From North Korea? Preemptive strike coming?
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Furious Over Sanctions, NKorea Vows to Nuke US
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
2:21
North Korea threatens US with nuclear attack
  Hugo Chavez Lies In State With Open Casket
Full Article The Inquisitr
07 Mar 2013

Posted: March 7, 2013 Caracas, Venezuela – Hugo Chavez is lying in state in an open casket at the military academy in Caracas as his family, close advisers, and other world leaders pay their respects. The Venezuelan president passed away on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer. He went to Cuba for his fourth cancer surgery in December,...
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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Diosdado Cabello, President of Venezuela's National Assembly stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
photo: AP / Miraflores Presidential Press Office

updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Hugo Chavez Body Lies In State In Venezuela
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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RIP Hugo Chavez: Tribute to Venezuelan President (1954-2013)
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 01 Dec 2010
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Indigenous Leaders Sharing the Sacred Pipe With President Hugo Chavez, Caracas, Venezuela
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 15 Oct 2010
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LIVE Exclusive: Hugo Chavez talks to RT
updated 20 Nov 2012; published 25 Apr 2009
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Obama's New Best Buddy Hugo Chavez
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Alex Jones Reports Hugo Chavez Is Dead!
Syrian Rebels Seize U.N. Peacekeepers
Full Article National Public Radio
07 Mar 2013

9:58 PM The U.N. is demanding the immediate release of 21 peacekeepers seized by members of the Syrian opposition in the disputed Golan Heights area between Syria and Israel. Here's a statement from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon: "The Secretary-General condemns the detention of 21 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)...
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UN officers, one using binoculars, look towards Syria as they stand along the border between Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, and Syria, as security is tightened ahead of Land Day,Friday, March 30, 2012.
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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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UN demands release of peacekeepers taken hostage by Syrian rebels
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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21 UN Peacekeepers Kidnapped in Syria _ Syrian Rebels Seize 21 UN Peacekeepers Golan Heights
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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SYRIA-Armed group detains 20 UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Churkin on UN Peacekeepers Taken Hostage by Rebels in Syria
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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20 UN Peacekeepers Taken Hostage by Syrian Rebels
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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EXCLUSIVE: Syria Opposition & U.N. Peacekeepers سوريا : معاذ الخطيب وامانبور
World mourns Chavez, US hopes for change
Full Article Zeenews
06 Mar 2013

Zeenews Bureau London: Along with the Latin Americans, the world on Wednesday mourned Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who died of cancer at the age of 58. And many leaders from around the world sent their condolences. After Chavez’s demise, according to leading news agencies, the United States of America is now focused on hopes of new ties with...
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cry outside the military hospital where President Hugo Chavez, aged 58, died on Tuesday in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos

updated 07 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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RIP Hugo Chavez: Tribute to Venezuelan President (1954-2013)
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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Battle for Latin America ahead? 'US to demonize Chavez post-mortem'
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dead at 58 After Battling Cancer
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Hugo Chavez's Death Announced by Venezuelan VP
updated 05 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Has Died
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Vice President accuses Venezuela's "enemies" of attacking Hugo Chavez
One million refugees have fled Syria: U.N.
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
06 Mar 2013

BEIRUT (Reuters) - One million people have fled Syria's civil war, piling pressure on the country's neighbors who are struggling to support them, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday. Around half the refugees are children, most of them aged under 11, and the numbers leaving are mounting every week, UNHCR added. "With a million people...
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Syrians Take Refuge in Southern Turkey
photo: UN / Mark Garten

updated 06 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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One million flee Syria war: UN
updated 13 Aug 2012; published 11 Aug 2012
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Syrian refugees flee to Lebanon
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 16 Nov 2012
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Seeking Shelter - Syrian refugees eye asylum in Germany | People & Politics
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
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5,000 Syria refugees flee every day
updated 03 Mar 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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UNICEF Spotlight: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
updated 27 Sep 2012; published 05 Aug 2012
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Syrian refugees flee to Iraq and now feel trapped
N Korea threatens to nullify 1953 armistice
Full Article Al Jazeera
06 Mar 2013

North Korea has threatened to cancel the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War, citing a US-led push for punishing UN sanctions over its recent nuclear test and ongoing US-South Korean joint military drills. The threat came on Tuesday as the United States, with Chinese backing, introduced a draft UN resolution to punish North Korea for its...
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File - A North Korean soldier observes the South at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul.
photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson

updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Interpreting Pyongyang's Threat to End Armistice
updated 26 Jan 2013; published 27 May 2009
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North Korea Threatens Military Strike On The South
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 28 May 2009
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S. Korea and US Raise Alert Level !
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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North Korea threatens to cancel 1953 Korean War cease-fire
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
2:03
North Korea threatens to cancel 1953 Korean War cease fire
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 29 May 2009
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North Korea Likely to Face UN Sanctions
Venezuelan Leader Hugo Chávez Dies
Full Article Mareeg
05 Mar 2013

05/03/2013 CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer, the government announced, leaving behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a political crisis that grew more acute as he languished for weeks, silent and out of sight in hospitals in Havana and Caracas....
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez listens during a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas
photo: AP / Howard Yanes

updated 07 Mar 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Presidente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muerto
updated 03 Mar 2013; published 06 Jan 2013
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Hugo Chavez- Concerns grow over the Venezuelan president's health
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 02 Jan 2013
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Hugo Chavez Dead Rumors: Venezuela Denies President Died In Cuba
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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RIP Hugo Chavez: Tribute to Venezuelan President (1954-2013)
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela after Cuba cancer care
updated 06 Mar 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Hugo Chavez Dies Venezuelan President Dies Cancer Kills President
Police arrest former Maldives president
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Mar 2013

Police in the Maldives have arrested former president Mohamed Nasheed, 10 days after he left the Indian High Commission where he had taken refuge to avoid detention. A court had ordered police to arrest Nasheed after he missed a February 10 court appearance in a case relating to accusations that he illegally detained a judge during the last days of...
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President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed speaks during a press briefing at the President’s office in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.
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updated 05 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Former Maldives President Nasheed arrested.
updated 23 Feb 2013; published 23 Feb 2013
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Maldives: Nasheed steps out of Indian High Commission
updated 22 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
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Maldives ex-President Nasheed faces arrest -NewsX
updated 05 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed arrested
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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Maldives Police Use Force To Break Pro-Nasheed Demonstrations
updated 04 May 2012; published 07 Feb 2012
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Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed Resigns - (with ENGLISH Translation)
China's Wen Jiabao signs off with growth warning
Full Article The Guardian
05 Mar 2013

Outgoing premier says second largest economy faces mounting social problems and should prioritise citizens' wellbeing Wen Jiabao told parliament China's overall growth target would remain at 7.5%. Photograph: Liu Jiansheng/ Liu Jiansheng/Xinhua Press/Corbis China's outgoing premier Wen Jiabao has warned that the world's second largest economy faced...
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers the work report at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
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updated 06 Feb 2013; published 07 Oct 2010
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China's Wen Jiabao: 'Dont pressure us to raise RMB rates'
updated 09 Feb 2013; published 12 Jul 2012
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Wen Jiabao Talks to Implement the "New 36"
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 15 Mar 2012
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Wen Jiabao Announces Plans for Currency Reform
updated 26 Jul 2012; published 25 Jul 2012
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Rising Housing Prices Test Wen Jiabao's Promise
updated 05 Aug 2012; published 07 Mar 2011
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People's Congress Turns to Billionaire Club
updated 24 Oct 2012; published 24 Oct 2012
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Chinese Premier Wen predicts China's future

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The Battle Still Rages Over What Vietnam Means
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“The experience we have of our lives from within, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves in order to account for what we are doing, is thus a lie — the truth lies...
The battle to define Hugo Chavez's legacy
Al Jazeera
Two days ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died at the age of 58. It's clear that Chavez had the support of millions of Venezuelans and other people around the world during his...
Gorbachev denounces 'attack on Russia citizens' rights'
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has denounced new laws passed in Russia as an "attack on citizens' rights". In an interview with the BBC, he called on...

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North Korea Sanctions: UN Approves New Measures
Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting that unanimously condemned the claim by the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it had conducted a nuc
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UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, a move that sparked a furious Pyongyang to threaten a nuclear strike against the United States. The vote...
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Vice president wants Kenya vote count stopped
Kalonzo Musyoka, center, Kenya's current Vice President and running mate of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, gestures as he leaves after speaking at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, March 7, 2013.
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Nairobi - The running mate of one of the two front-runners in Kenya's presidential vote said on Thursday the ballot count lacked integrity and should stop, comments that could inflame what has so far been a largely peaceful election. The remarks by...
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Malaysia says 31 Filipinos fatally shot in Borneo
Filipino Muslims are joined by other protesters as they shout slogans during a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, March 6, 2013, to protest the military assault by Malaysian forces on nearly 200 Filipinos occupying a Borneo coastal village.
The Guardian
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian security forces gunned down 31 Filipino intruders in Borneo on Thursday, the highest number of casualties in a single day since nearly 200 members of a Philippine...
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Kenya election: Raila Odinga camp says vote 'doctored'
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma, left, Benin President Boni Yayi, center, and Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga talk outside a hotel after a meeting with opposition leader Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.
BBC News
The ballot count in Kenya's presidential elections has been rigged, says Kalonzo Musyoka, the running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga. "We have evidence the results we have...
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Amano wins second IAEA term, this time easily
File - Yukiya Amano, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), holds a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on the situation in Japan where a nuclear power plant, Fukushima Daiichi, has been in crisis since being struck by a severe tsunami on 11 March
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It is a testament to Yukiya Amano’s success as head of the UN atomic agency that unlike his appointment in 2009, securing a second term was a formality. Succeeding Nobel prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, the Japanese career diplomat had big shoes to...
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A Leader’s Cry in Venezuela: ‘I Am Chávez’
Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, center, bumps fists with a supporter as he walks along the coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez as it is taken from the hospital where Chavez died on Tuesday to a military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
The New York Times
CARACAS, Venezuela — In the weeks leading up to his mentor’s death, Vice President Nicolás Maduro’s imitations of President Hugo Chávez became ever more apparent. Multimedia Hugo Chávez, 1954-2013 Hugo Chávez,...
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At Shooting Site, Giffords Urges Lawmakers to Act on Gun Safety
Former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, and her husband Mark Kelly leave after the sentencing of Jared Loughner, in back of U.S. District Court Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns sentenced Jared Lee Loughner, 24, to life in prison, for the January 2011 attack that left six people dead and Giffords and others wounded. Loughner pleaded guilty to federal charges under an agreement that guarantees he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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TUCSON – “Fight, fight, fight” were the first words by Gabrielle Giffords during a news conference on Wednesday from the same supermarket parking lot where a gunman opened fire on Jan. 8, 2011, wounding her and 12 others and taking six lives. Ms....
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