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add video playlist Italy's former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison in a case involving his media empire. Berlusconi was found guilty o...
Italy's ex-prime min­is­ter con­vict­ed over leaks
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North Korea Youtube Video of Nu­cle­ar At­tack on US | Dreams Nu­cle­ar WAR 《은하 9》호를 타고
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Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Pres­i­dente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muer­to
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Syria De­tains 21 UN Peace­keep­ers In Golan Heights
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Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Pres­i­dente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muer­to
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Win­ter com­pounds hard­ship in Syr­i­an refugee camps
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'Sur­vival of N. Korea regime de­pends on nu­cle­ar weapons'
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies of can­cer
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For­mer Mal­dives Pres­i­dent Nasheed ar­rest­ed.
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China Sets 7.5% Eco­nom­ic Growth For 2013
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Unit­ed Na­tions Op­er­a­tion in So­ma­lia (UN­O­SOM) 1992
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'Sur­vival of N. Korea regime de­pends on nu­cle­ar weapons'
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Sen­tences hand­ed down in Kabul Bank case
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Was Sen. Menen­dez's Pros­ti­tute Scan­dal A Setup?
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China Focus - What Chi­nese Peo­ple Think About the Two Meet­ings
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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Italy's ex-prime min­is­ter con­vict­ed over leaks
Skynews 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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updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Feb 2013
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North Korea Youtube Video of Nu­cle­ar At­tack on US | Dreams Nu­cle­ar WAR 《은하 9》호를 타고
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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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
The Inquisitr 07 Mar 2013, Posted: March 7, 2013 Caracas, VenezuelaHugo 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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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Syria De­tains 21 UN Peace­keep­ers In Golan Heights
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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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
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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updated 02 Feb 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Win­ter com­pounds hard­ship in Syr­i­an refugee camps
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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updated 28 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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'Sur­vival of N. Korea regime de­pends on nu­cle­ar weapons'
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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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies of can­cer
Mareeg 05 Mar 2013, 05/03/2013 CARACAS, VenezuelaPresident 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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updated 05 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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For­mer Mal­dives Pres­i­dent Nasheed ar­rest­ed.
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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updated 05 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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China Sets 7.5% Eco­nom­ic Growth For 2013
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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updated 14 Jan 2013; published 20 Nov 2012
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Unit­ed Na­tions Op­er­a­tion in So­ma­lia (UN­O­SOM) 1992
News24 05 Mar 2013, New York - The human rights group Amnesty International warned the UN Security Council on Monday not to lift the 21-year-old arms embargo in place for Somalia as called for by a draft resolution, describing the idea as premature. The 15-nation council is considering lifting the UN arms embargo on Somalia's government for one year so it can beef up...
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updated 28 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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'Sur­vival of N. Korea regime de­pends on nu­cle­ar weapons'
Philadelphia Daily News 05 Mar 2013, FOSTER KLUG , The Associated Press Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 4:12 AM SEOUL, South Korea - The Cold War still rages in North Korea, and enemy No. 1 is the United States, which Pyongyang blames for making its much-condemned drive to develop nuclear weapons necessary. A rich vein of propaganda fueled by decades-old American threats holds that...
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updated 06 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Sen­tences hand­ed down in Kabul Bank case
The Associated Press 05 Mar 2013, KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan tribunal convicted two top executives from Kabul Bank and sentenced them to five-year prison terms on Tuesday for their role in a massive corruption scandal that led to the collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank and threatened the country's fragile economy. Judge Shams-ul-Rahman...
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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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Was Sen. Menen­dez's Pros­ti­tute Scan­dal A Setup?
The New York Times 05 Mar 2013, WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez, who has maintained all along that he never paid prostitutes for sex, said he is looking forward to whatever evidence emerges from courts in the Dominican Republic to vindicate him. A Dominican lawyer on Monday released an affidavit from a 23-year-old woman saying she fabricated a story about Menendez...
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Italy: Berlusconi Given 12 Month Prison Sentence
Full Article Skynews
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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  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


  Hugo Chavez Lies In State With Open Casket
Full Article The Inquisitr
07 Mar 2013

Posted: March 7, 2013 Caracas, VenezuelaHugo 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


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.
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit


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


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


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


Venezuelan Leader Hugo Chávez Dies
Full Article Mareeg
05 Mar 2013

05/03/2013 CARACAS, VenezuelaPresident 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


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.
photo: AP / Sinan Hussain


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.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan


Don't lift Somalia arms embargo, UN told
Full Article News24
05 Mar 2013

New York - The human rights group Amnesty International warned the UN Security Council on Monday not to lift the 21-year-old arms embargo in place for Somalia as called for by a draft resolution, describing the idea as premature. The 15-nation council is considering lifting the UN arms embargo on Somalia's government for one year so it can beef up...

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SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 09 November, a young Somali woman looks on as a Ugandan police officer serving as part of a Formed Police Unit (FPU) with the African Union Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks past during a foot patrol in the Kaa'ran district in the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM's FPUs are working with their counterparts in the Somali Police Force (SPF) in helping to provide security in Mogadishu in addition to training and mentoring the SPF on policing techniques and practises. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
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NKorea: Cold War history with US justifies nukes
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
05 Mar 2013

FOSTER KLUG , The Associated Press Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 4:12 AM SEOUL, South Korea - The Cold War still rages in North Korea, and enemy No. 1 is the United States, which Pyongyang blames for making its much-condemned drive to develop nuclear weapons necessary. A rich vein of propaganda fueled by decades-old American threats holds that...

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File - U.S. Army Soldiers aboard an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment prepare to fire its .50-caliber heavy machine gun during live-fire exercises at Rodriguez Range Complex, South Korea, as part of exercise Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration / Foal Eagle 2007 March 22, 2007.
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Daniel N. Woods


Afghan court slaps prison time on Kabul Bank execs
Full Article The Associated Press
05 Mar 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan tribunal convicted two top executives from Kabul Bank and sentenced them to five-year prison terms on Tuesday for their role in a massive corruption scandal that led to the collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank and threatened the country's fragile economy. Judge Shams-ul-Rahman...

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Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq


Menendez Says He Looks Forward to Vindication
Full Article The New York Times
05 Mar 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez, who has maintained all along that he never paid prostitutes for sex, said he is looking forward to whatever evidence emerges from courts in the Dominican Republic to vindicate him. A Dominican lawyer on Monday released an affidavit from a 23-year-old woman saying she fabricated a story about Menendez...

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In this Friday, March 1, 2013 photograph, Reps. Bill Pascrell, left, and Donald Payne, right, listen to Sen. Robert Menendez during a news conference Friday, March 1, 2013, at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.
photo: AP / Mel Evans


Man U fans issue death threats to ‘erring’ referee over Nani’s red card
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
07 Mar 2013

London: Livid Manchester United fans have threatened to kill the referee who had given a red card to United mid-fielder Nani during the club''s controversial Champions League exit after defeat by...

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Manchester United's Nani reacts after missing a chance against Queens Park Rangers during their Premier League soccer match at Loftus Road ground in London, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Manchester United won the match 2-0.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis


Atoms for Peace and the battle between man and machine
Full Article Buffalo News
07 Mar 2013

When Radiohead first emerged in the early 1990s, the British group presented itself as an interesting blend of alt-rock and post-grunge. A cool band, based on its debut, “Pablo Honey,” but not a particularly earth-shattering or genre-busting one. That changed pretty quickly. By the time Radiohead released its second album, “The...

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man and machine - man in front of computer
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Mushing is no road to riches
Full Article Detroit news
07 Mar 2013

By Rachel D'Oro Associated Press Comments Anchorage, Alaska — No one who races sled dogs is going to get filthy rich anytime soon, even if they win Alaska's 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The prize for winning the sport's premier race is only $50,400 and a new 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck. That doesn't even cover the annual dog food...

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Sled dog racing
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Juve 2 Celtic 0; agg 5-0: match report
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
06 Mar 2013

Read a full match report of the Champions League last-16 second leg between Juventus and Celtic at Juventus Stadium on Wednesday march 6 2013, kick-off 19:45 GMT. Cock-a-hoop: goalscorer Fabio Quagliarella (right) celebrates with team-mate Arturo Vidal after scoring Juve's second Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Roddy Forsyth, in Turin 9:43PM GMT 06 Mar...

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Juventus' Fabio Quagliarella celebrates after he scored during a Champions League soccer match between Juventus and Nordsjaelland, at the Turin Juventus stadium, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
photo: AP / Massimo Pinca


Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Valencia (Agg 3-2): Lavezzi ensures nervous hosts edge into next round
Full Article Goal
06 Mar 2013

Les Parisiens were uninspiring, but they ultimately had enough to see off the challenge of Los Che By Robin Bairner More On : Paris Saint-Germain, Valencia CF, Paris Saint-Germain vs Valencia CF Comments Paris SG v Valencia (Jonas celebrates after scoring) Champions League Paris Saint-Germain were made to work hard for a 1-1 draw against...

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Paris Saint Germain's Ezequiel Lavezzi , left, kicks the ball to score a goal as Valencia's Vicente Guaita tries to stop him during their round of sixteen second leg Champions League soccer match, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
photo: AP / Christophe Ena


Foley on Tiger's short game: 'Better understanding'
Full Article Golf Channel
06 Mar 2013

DORAL, Fla. – When Tiger Woods began the season in Abu Dhabi one of the things he said he focused on during the off-season was his short game, the byproduct of not having to spend as much time refining his full...

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0976-TigerWalk.jpg: Tiger Woods, seen here during the 2007 AT&T National, will make taking care of military Families one of his top priorities during the 2009 AT&T National, scheduled for June 28 through July 5 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The Tiger Woods Foundation donated 30,000 tickets for the PGA Tour event to active duty and retired Servicemembers, DoD Civilians and their Families.Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs
photo: US DoD / Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs


Old boy Ronaldo knocks out distraught Utd
Full Article The Himalayan
06 Mar 2013

Added At: 2013-03-06 9:41 PM Last Updated At: 2013-03-06 9:41 PM The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) To View your saved article(s)please Click Here » Close MANCHESTER: Cristiano Ronaldo dealt his former club Manchester United a cruel blow by scoring...

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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal runs with the ball during the Champions League round of 16 soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Real won the match 2-1 to beat Manchester United 3-2 on aggregate.
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President, PM salute maestro Ravi Shankar's contribution
Full Article Newstrack India
07 Mar 2013

Tweet New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's legacy lives on and would continue to illuminate the world of music, President Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday. He was speaking at a ceremony here at which the first Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony was posthumously conferred on Ravi Shankar, who passed away in December 2012. The...

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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the first-ever Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony to late Pandit Ravi Shankar (received by his wife Smt. Sukanya), at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 07, 2013.	The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh is also seen.
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Anoushka Shankar to feature in UN 'One Women' song
Full Article Deccan Herald
07 Mar 2013

Sitar player Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar, is among the 25 artists from 20 countries, to feature in "One Woman" song of the United Nations to celebrate women worldwide. A musical celebration of women worldwide, the song is to be released tomorrow on the occasion of the International Women's Day. The song calls for...

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Internationally Acclaimed Musical Prodigy Anoushka Shankar and Dancer Mamata Shankar during the grand Launch of
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Bonnie Tyler to represent UK in Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Full Article The Independent
07 Mar 2013

Total Eclipse of the Heart” singer Bonnie Tyler will represent Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The Welsh singer, 61, will perform the song “Believe in Me” in front of around 120 million viewers. This year’s contest takes place on 18 May in Malmo, Sweden. Click here or on "View...

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Bonnie Tyler with Matt Prior.
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Record bosses warn Justin Bieber
Full Article The Times of India
07 Mar 2013

Singer Justin Bieber has reportedly been warned by record label Universal's bosses to make fans his priority and keep a check on his party habits. Bieber faced bad publicity when he turned up...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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I was shocked by my second pregnancy: Jessica Simpson
Full Article Indian Express
07 Mar 2013

Singer-designer Jeessica Simpson says she and her fiance Eric Johnson were extremely shocked to learn that she was pregnant again. The...

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I was shocked by my second pregnancy: Jessica Simpson
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Halle Berry revives Storm for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
Full Article MuchMusic
06 Mar 2013

Director Bryan Singer announced via Twitter last night that Halle Berry will reprise her role as the weather-controlling mutant, Storm, in next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. This announcement is just the latest by the film’s director, who has been using his Twitter account to make official announcements. Although this is a sequel to [...]...

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Halle Berry accepts the award for outstanding actress in a motion picture for her role in "Frankie & Alice" at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, March 4, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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  Justin Bieber: Video Games Were The Reason Singer Was So Late For London Show Say Sources
Full Article The Inquisitr
06 Mar 2013

Posted: March 6, 2013 Justin Bieber’s stated reason for his two hours late appearance at London’s o2 Arena on Monday night was put down to “technical issues.” However, the real reason for the delay was his insistence on playing video games, say sources. Speaking to Heat magazine, the insiders said the 19-year old also...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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The Travelling Band, The Duchess, York, March 9
Full Article York Press
06 Mar 2013

THE Travelling Band are living up to their name by playing 24 dates across Britain on their Hands Up tour – if their transport behaves itself. “We’re really packing them in and testing the reliability of...

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Musical Band
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Is Jennifer Lawrence Perfect? Actress Seems To Get Away With Everything While Others ... Not ...
Full Article Huffington Post
06 Mar 2013

Jennifer Lawrence is undoubtedly having a moment. With shelves chock-full of awards, the 22-year-old actress has flocks of adoring fans and is even the object of Jack Nickolson's affection. But is this mass adoration skewed? Does Jennifer Lawrence simply get away with the same things that make other celebrities sweat? Let's test this theory: The...

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Jennifer Lawrence on the red carpet at the 83rd Academy Awards Date 	27 February 2011
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Johnny Depp slated to star in two new movies: 'Black Mass' and 'Transcendence'
Full Article The Examiner
06 Mar 2013

Our favorite character actor is staying busy (as always) starring in two new movies which will begin filming shortly. Last week Johnny was even spotted in western Washington, but who knows which movie this is for. Last week, the Internet was abuzz with news of movie star Johnny Depp (Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series)...

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U.S actor Johnny Depp poses with fans as he arrives for the European Premiere of The Rum Diary, at a London cinema, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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Anushka, Salman most wanted celebs online
Full Article The Siasat Daily
06 Mar 2013

March 06: Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma have emerged as the most wanted celebrities online in India, according to a recent study. The vivacious Anushka was the most liked and wanted female celebrity online in the months of December 2012 and January 2013, while Salman topped the survey in the male category in a study, conducted by...

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Bolywood Actress Anushka Sharma enjoy cart ride at Grand Palace Banks of Dal Lake  in Srinagar, India, on 06, September 2012.
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Shruti Haasan pledges support to Earth Hour
Full Article The Times of India
06 Mar 2013

Tollywood actress Shruti Hassan has joined hands with WWF-India to pledge her support to the Earth Hour - WWF's global campaign to raise awareness and inspire individual action...

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Christina Hendricks Joins A Book Of Common Prayer Adaptation
Full Article IMDb
06 Mar 2013

Though there.s no sign that Mad Men will be leaving the airwaves anytime soon, actress Christina Hendricks has been laying the...

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Kate Hudson: 'I Don't Keep Any Secrets!'
Full Article IMDb
06 Mar 2013

Kate Hudson admits that despite her celebrity status, and all that comes with it, she's still a trusting individual. "I...

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Amy Poehler reacts to Taylor Swift's harsh comments, agrees she will go to hell
Full Article Celebrity Café
06 Mar 2013

The funny-woman spins Swift's latest comments to poke fun at herself and address the controversy While Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's recent hosting of the 2013 Golden Globes received rave reviews from viewers, Taylor Swift was most definitely not amused by the...

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Greek unemployment drops slightly in December to 26.4 percent
Full Article The Guardian
07 Mar 2013

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate dropped in December to 26.4 percent from a revised 26.6 percent the previous month, the country's statistics service ELSTAT said on Thursday. It was the highest unemployment rate in the...

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Protesters waves Greek flags outside the Greek parliament during a protest at the 24-hour nationwide general strike in Athens, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012.
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Adidas results hit by Reebok writedown
Full Article The Times of India
07 Mar 2013

BERLIN: Adidas, the world's second largest sports apparel firm, reported an unexpected loss in the fourth quarter due to writedowns linked to the weak performance of its struggling Reebok brand in the United States and Latin America. Reebok has struggled to recover from an ill-fated push into shoes designed to improve muscle tone as...

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Yours Food forays into Rs 10,000 cr Indian biscuit market
Full Article The Times of India
07 Mar 2013

KOLKATA: The Rs 3,000 crore Yours Food Pvt Ltd on Wednesday announced their foray into the Rs.10,000 crore Indian biscuit market. The company will focus on the medium and the premium biscuit segment to begin with. The company sells its products under the brand name Yours. Initially the Yours range will include Marie, Butter, Milk, Cheese Bit, Choco...

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AirAsia, Tata Sons airline closer to launch in India after FIPB gives nod
Full Article Indian Express
07 Mar 2013

Malaysia-based AirAsia and Tata Sons' proposed airline has moved closer to the licence to fly. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the proposal on Wednesday. Senior government officials confirmed the development to say the proposal satisfies the 49...

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Nikkei rises above 12,000, exporters lead gains
Full Article Reuters
07 Mar 2013

* Exporters lead gains as dollar hits 1 week high vs yen * Sharp gives up some of previous day's sharp gains * Near-term correction may be possible - analyst By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, March 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose above 12,000 on Thursday for the first time in 4-1/2 years, as exporters gained on risk appetite boosted by a...

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In this Jan. 13, 2010 photo, a TV cameraman films an electric stock board indicating the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 144.11 points, or 1.3 percent, to 10,735.03 while passersby check the share prices in Tokyo, Japan. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, that China and other developing Asian economies are leading a global recovery that is faster and stronger than expected, but warned that money rushing into emerging markets could lead to asset bubbles. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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US Ex-Im Bank Extends $1.1b Lion Air Loan
Full Article Jakarta Globe
07 Mar 2013

Muhamad Al Azhari Lion Air and its subsidiaries have secured $1.1 billion in export financing help from the US Export-Import Bank for its purchase of a fleet of Boeing 737-900ER aircraft, the US lender said in a statement on Wednesday. “We’re proud that Lion Air has put its faith in the 737-900ER by being the launch customer and largest operator of...

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How the Dow Jones average fared Wednesday
Full Article Houston Chronicle
06 Mar 2013

| March 6, 2013 | Updated: March 6, 2013 4:11pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 NEW YORK (AP) — After barreling through a record the day before, the Dow Jones industrial average meandered higher on Wednesday. An encouraging job-market report helped nudge the stock market up and pushed bond prices lower. The Dow edged up 42.47 points, or...

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Citizens in Europe are rejecting austerity policies as deeply misguided
Full Article The Guardian
06 Mar 2013

The eurozone needs reform, but devaluation, lower output and rising debt across the continent are nothing but a toxic brew A man in Athens scrapes a living collecting discarded items not long after Greece's 2012 May Day austerity protests. Photograph: Robert Geiss/DPA/Corbis The outcome of the Italian elections should send a clear message to...

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Italy's ex-prime minister convicted over leaks
Italy's ex-prime minister convicted over leaks
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Italy's former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison in a case involving his media empire. Berlusconi was found guilty o...
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North Korea Youtube Video of Nuclear Attack on US | Dreams Nuclear WAR 《은하 9》호를 타고
North Korea Youtube Video of Nuclear Attack on US | Dreams Nuclear WAR 《은하 9》호를 타고
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North Korea Youtube Video of Nuclear Attack on US City 《은하 9》호를 타고 | North Korea Dreams Nuclear Bombing North Korea Youtube Video of Nuclear Attack on US Cit...
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Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Presidente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muerto
Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Presidente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muerto
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Hugo Chávez dead muerte muerto rip | President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer, the government announced, lea...
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Syria Detains 21 UN Peacekeepers In Golan Heights
Syria Detains 21 UN Peacekeepers In Golan Heights
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Middle East is breaking into a world war as Muslim brotherhood rebels http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com also http://www.cnn.com.
  • published: 07 Mar 2013
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Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Presidente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muerto
Hugo Chavez Dead RIP MARCH 5 2013 Presidente De Venezuela Hugo Chavez - Muerte Muerto
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Hugo Chávez dead muerte muerto rip | President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer, the government announced, lea...
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Winter compounds hardship in Syrian refugee camps
Winter compounds hardship in Syrian refugee camps
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The worst storms in a decade may have passed, but for many Syrian refugees living in camps along the borders, the weather remains bitterly cold. In Turkey, t...
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'Survival of N. Korea regime depends on nuclear weapons'
'Survival of N. Korea regime depends on nuclear weapons'
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The UN Security Council has issued a stern rebuke to North Korea over its third nuclear test - as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test, which...
  • published: 13 Feb 2013
  • views: 19637
  • author: RussiaToday
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies of cancer
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies of cancer
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader's 14-year rule of the South American country, Vice...
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Former Maldives President Nasheed arrested.
Former Maldives President Nasheed arrested.
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Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was on Tuesday (March 5) arrested by police after a warrant was issued by a Maldivian court in connection with his...
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China Sets 7.5% Economic Growth For 2013
China Sets 7.5% Economic Growth For 2013
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China will boost spending in 2013 in a bid to deliver economic growth of 7.5 percent for the year, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday at the opening of the c...
  • published: 05 Mar 2013
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United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) 1992
United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) 1992
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SomaliArchive | SUBSCRIBE for Daily High-Definition Videos from Somalia Hosted by http://www.keydmedia.net - United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I...
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'Survival of N. Korea regime depends on nuclear weapons'
'Survival of N. Korea regime depends on nuclear weapons'
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  • Updated: 28 Feb 2013
The UN Security Council has issued a stern rebuke to North Korea over its third nuclear test - as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test, which...
  • published: 13 Feb 2013
  • views: 19637
  • author: RussiaToday
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Sentences handed down in Kabul Bank case
Sentences handed down in Kabul Bank case
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Two former heads of Afghanistan's largest savings and loan bank given five-year sentences for fraud and embezzlement. Shamsul Rahman Shams, the judge, said t...
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Was Sen. Menendez's Prostitute Scandal A Setup?
Was Sen. Menendez's Prostitute Scandal A Setup?
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"Sen. Robert Menendez slammed accusations that he had paid a Dominican woman for sex and expressed hope Tuesday that those behind the claims would be exposed...
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China Focus - What Chinese People Think About the Two Meetings
China Focus - What Chinese People Think About the Two Meetings
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This week marks the beginning of the annual lianghui, or "two meetings" in Beijing: the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consult...
  • published: 07 Mar 2013
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  • author: NTDonChina
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British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives at his official residence in London to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, shortly after he announced at the House of Commons that all Iranian diplomatic staff were ordered to leave the UK, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. AC Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini jumps for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Chievo Verona at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. Press conference by Olli Rehn A new Microsoft Corp. logo, left, is seen on an exterior wall of a new Microsoft store inside the Prudential Center mall, in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a pair of pistols that he says belonged to Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar during a ceremony marking 229th anniversary of Bolivar's birth at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Bolivar is the namesake of Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution movement, and his government is putting the finishing touches on a new mausoleum to house Bolivar's remains. Real Madrid's manager Jose Mourinho answers questions during a press conference at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester 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 A woman walks past a wall plastered with election campaign posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013.

In this Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, George Sabra, the new head of the Syrian National Council, signs an agreement with the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces during a meeting in Doha, Qatar. A Free Syrian Army fighter, Abu al-Yaman, left, a commander of Knights of the North brigade, cheers as he leaves with other rebels one of their caves to reconnaissance a Syrian army forces base of al-Karmid, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 photo, people shop in a market in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis are again segregating themselves along sectarian lines, prompted by a political crisis pulling at the explosive Sunni-Shiite divide just weeks after the American withdrawal left Iraq to chart its own future. The numbers so far are small and not easy to track with precision, but anecdotal accounts and a rise in business at real estate agencies in Sunni neighborhoods reveal a Sunni community contemplating the worse-case scenario and acting before it's too late. 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.

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Italy: Berlusconi Given 12 Month Prison Sentence
Full Article Skynews
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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 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
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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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
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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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.
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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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.
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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