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Rebels free 21 UN captives in southern Syria
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10 Mar 2013

BEIRUT — Rebels in southern Syria freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, driving them to the border with Jordan after accusations from Western officials that the little-known group had tarnished the image of those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The abduction and the tortured negotiations...
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Some of the 21 Filipino United Nations (UN) peacekeepers at the press conference upon their arrival at Jordanian Army Headquarters in Amman Jordan Saturday March, 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Raad Adayleh

updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
1:04
Sectarian Syria: FSA rebels and Kurds agree to fight Assad together in rare show of unity
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
0:37
Syrian rebels hold UN soldiers hostage: Israeli troops in Golan border area on high alert
updated 24 Sep 2012; published 19 Sep 2012
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Syria Assad Bombs Damascus Southern Districts 7 19 12 Dictator Targets Hajar Al Aswad
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
0:48
Syria - Excitement As Assad Warplane Reportedly Shot Down Over Idlib Countryside 7-March-13
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
0:56
UN troops flee Syrian border: eight peacekeepers leave their posts in Syria and enter Israel
updated 26 Jul 2012; published 26 Jul 2012
0:31
Aleppo Under Attack 7-26-12 Assad Army Shells Houses in Saladin Neighborhood 7-26-12 Syria
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America’s Cross Hairs
Full Article The New York Times
09 Mar 2013

WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen, and were soon hovering over a group of trucks clustered in a desert patch of Jawf Province, a region of the impoverished country...
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File - In this image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites.
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updated 02 Mar 2013; published 30 Sep 2011
15:06
Glenn Greenwald: With al-Awlaki, US Launches New Era of Killing US Citizens Without Charge
updated 27 Jan 2013; published 04 Oct 2011
3:43
Judge Napolitano: Killing US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki is Unconstitutional & Against American Values
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 04 Oct 2011
5:04
Judge Napolitano: Obama Murders US Citizens! Anwar al-Awlaki Murdered by Obama! WILL YOU BE NEXT?
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 23 Oct 2012
3:26
Obama's Top Adviser Robert Gibbs Justifies Murder of 16 Year Old American Citizen
updated 07 Nov 2012; published 12 Jul 2012
2:41
This American Citizen Was Assassinated by Obama for "Terrorism": Anwar Al-awlaki
updated 02 Mar 2013; published 04 Dec 2011
8:37
Ron Paul: Obama Targets and Assassinates a 16 Year-old from Colorado
Hagel optimistic on Afghan commando agreement
Full Article Philadelphia Daily News
09 Mar 2013

Gallery: Hagel optimistic on Afghan commando agreement LOLITA C. BALDOR , The Associated Press Posted: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 11:14 AM JALALABAD, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he believes U.S. officials will be able to work things out with Afghan leaders who have ordered special operations forces out of Wardak province,...
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Hagel optimistic on Afghan commando agreement
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updated 03 Feb 2013; published 23 Jan 2013
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Congressman Mike Turner Addresses Air Force Leadership During Armed Services Hearing
updated 13 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
3:08
US Troops to Hand Over Lead Fighting Role to Afghans
updated 16 Nov 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Afghanistan - Photos From The Field - Feb. 27, 2012
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
3:39
U.N. to Investigate U.S. Drone Strikes
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 02 Apr 2012
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Dog Goes Crazy When He His Daddy Comes Home After 8 Months In Afghanistan!
updated 29 Aug 2010; published 29 Aug 2010
0:42
Australian Forces on patrol with ANA in Deh Rawood
Nicolas Maduro sworn in as acting Venezuelan President
Full Article DNA India
09 Mar 2013

Nicolas Maduro. Wikimedia Commons Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolas Maduro was sworn-in as acting president on Friday despite the Opposition saying such a move was in violation of the country’s constitution. Late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez named Maduro as his successor before...
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Nicolas Maduro raises his fist after he was sworn in as Venezuela's acting president by the President of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, right, at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013.
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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
0:44
Chavez successor sworn in: Nicolas Maduro becomes acting Venezuelan head of state
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
1:03
Maduro swearing-in is fraud: Venezuela's Capriles
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
8:53
Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Maduro Sworn In As Venezuela's President
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Maduro sworn in as Venezuela's acting president
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president
A global 'New Deal' needed
Full Article China Daily
09 Mar 2013

Fresh global pact targeting growth required after IMF admits it underestimated the damage austerity would cause in EU The International Monetary Fund's belated admission that it significantly underestimated the damage that austerity would cause to European Union growth rates highlights the self-defeating character of "orthodox" recipes to address...
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A global 'New Deal' needed
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updated 12 Feb 2013; published 29 Jan 2012
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Davos 2012 - CNN Debate - Can Emerging Markets Deliver Global Growth
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
13:55
UN Warns of Slowing Global Growth
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 23 Aug 2012
4:50
'Austerity = poverty, adjustment = exploitation, growth = private profit'
updated 05 Mar 2013; published 30 Nov 2012
4:15
So-Called Austerity and Growth in Europe (Veronique de Rugy)
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 20 Sep 2012
61:41
Tianjin 2012 - Asia Economic Outlook
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
3:02
Disturbing rise in global unemployment, says ILO
Kenyatta wins Kenya's presidential race, figures show
Full Article Chicago Tribune
09 Mar 2013

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding president, won the presidential election with a slim margin of 50.03 percent of votes cast, just enough to avoid a run-off, provisional figures by the election commission showed on Saturday. Kenyatta, who faces international charges of crimes against...
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Kenyan Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta speaks to the media after casting his vote, at the Mutomo primary school near Gatundu, north of Nairobi, in Kenya Monday, March 4, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 06 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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Kenya Election Ballots Count
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Kenya early vote count gives Kenyatta victory
updated 17 Jan 2013; published 10 Dec 2012
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Kenya: Kenyatta and Ruto sign an agreement for the presidential election
updated 05 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Kenya Votes Count
updated 02 Mar 2013; published 02 Mar 2013
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Kenya's Presidential Candidate Uhuru Kenyatta, Indicted By The ICC, In Final Campaign Rally
updated 04 Mar 2013; published 02 Mar 2013
1:17
Kenya elections haunted by the past
Iran-North Korea Pact Draws Concern
Full Article Wall Street Journal
09 Mar 2013

By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON—Obama administration officials are raising alarms about a scientific-cooperation pact between North Korea and Iran that officials said could advance the nuclear and missile programs of both countries. The agreement, reached in September, bears a close resemblance to one North Korea signed with Syria in 2002, U.S. and...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, shakes hands with the president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam, during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.
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updated 10 Mar 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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9 March 2013 Breaking news Iran nuclear chief Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi at North Korea Nuclear test
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
4:55
BREAKING! North Korea Threatens Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike Against U.S. 3-7-2013
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
1:38
U.S. to Impose Additional Sanctions on North Korea 미, 다각적인 대북 별도 제재 추진
updated 25 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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For Netanyahu, North Korea Nuclear Test Offers Lesson On Iran
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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North Korean Nuclear Test Turns Spotlight on Iran.
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
1:59
Iran Nuclear Talks Unsuccessful
Bin Laden Son-in-Law Pleads Not Guilty to Terror Charge
Full Article Novosti
08 Mar 2013

WASHINGTON, March 8 (RIA Novosti) - Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, a man prosecutors say worked alongside the 9/11 mastermind in a “campaign of terror,” pleaded not guilty in a New York City federal courtroom on Friday, only blocks from the site of the 9/11 terror attack, to a charge of conspiracy to kill Americans. Sulaiman Abu...
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In this courtroom drawing, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, leans forward as he is handcuffed in U.S. federal court in Manhattan, after a hearing where he pleaded not guilty Friday, March 8, 2013, to plotting against Americans in his role as al-Qaida's top spokesman.
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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
2:30
Bin Laden Son-in-Law Pleads Not Guilty
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty to terror
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Bin Laden's son-in-law faces charges in US
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
5:04
Osama Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Pleads NOT Guilty To Terrorism Charges In New York Court
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
1:53
Osama Bin Laden's Son-in-Law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith to Appear in NYC Court
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
1:51
NY Terror Trial Draws Controversy
Venezuela Prepares for Chávez Funeral
Full Article Wall Street Journal
08 Mar 2013

CARACAS, Venezuela—With leaders from five continents on hand, Venezuela prepared for a day of distinctly different ceremonies—first the formal state funeral of Hugo Chávez, then the controversial swearing in of his anointed interim successor, who the opposition charges has no constitutional right to the job. Friday's funeral promises to be a final...
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People gather around a portrait of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar outside the military academy during the funeral ceremony for Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013.
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updated 10 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
1:13
Video: Venezuela farewells 'El Comandante' Hugo Chavez
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Millions of Venezuelans flock to Chavez funeral
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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FUNERAL CHAVEZ: Capilla ardiente de Hugo Chávez El féretro fue abierto
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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Muy triste - traslado del Ataud cuerpo de Hugo Chávez - Funeral Cadaver Presidente Venezuela
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 06 Mar 2013
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Hugo Chavez's body carried through Caracas
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 05 Mar 2013
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Hugo Chávez Dead: President of Venezuela Loses Battle With Cancer - 2013
N Korea ends peace pacts with South
Full Article Joy Online
08 Mar 2013

North Korea says it is scrapping all non-aggression pacts with South Korea, closing its hotline with Seoul and shutting their shared border point. The announcement follows a fresh round of UN sanctions punishing Pyongyang for its nuclear test last month. Earlier, Pyongyang said it reserved the right to a pre-emptive nuclear strike against its...
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A North Korean soldier takes picture of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
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updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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North Korea threatens South
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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WORLD WAR III: North Korea Ends Non-Aggression Pacts With South - Cuts Hotline!
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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South Koreans react to North Korea UN sanctions
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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N. Korea threatens 'aggressors' with preemptive strike, UNSC backs new sanctions
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
1:51
Troops pile into water for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Kim Jong-Un on 'frontline' as North Korea threatens nuclear strike

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The solution to Africa's woes lies with Africans, not the west
The Guardian
Bob Geldof should understand that political gestures and NGO activism are not the way to beat poverty in Africa The famine that catapulted Bob Geldof's Band Aid to prominence had...
The Drone Question Obama Hasn’t Answered
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THE Senate confirmed John O. Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday after a nearly 13-hour filibuster by the libertarian senator Rand Paul, who before...
The strategy in Syria has failed
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By Sean Fenley Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. if you are interested in contributing. While Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...

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Venezuela sets first post-Chavez election for April 14
Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cheer after polling stations closed and before any results were made available in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.
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CARACAS: Venezuela announced on Saturday that it will hold a presidential election to succeed late leader Hugo Chavez on April 14 after his political heir took office in a move the opposition rejects. The national electoral council set the...
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Egypt football riot sentences spark deadly unrest
Egyptian fans rush into the field following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
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CAIRO: A court verdict over deadly football violence sparked fresh unrest in Egypt on Saturday, with two people killed and buildings torched in Cairo, as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi faces growing civil unrest. A Port Said court, sitting...
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Radical Muslim Abu Qatada sent to UK prison
Abu Qatada is driven away after being refused bail at a hearing at London's Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which handles deportation and security cases, in London, Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
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A British judge ruled Saturday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada must remain in custody following his arrest for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. The cleric, who has been described as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe, was arrested in...
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I am tabling a nine-word amendment to take the wrong out of human rights
I am tabling a nine-word amendment to take the wrong out of human rights
The Daily Telegraph
Jailed foreign criminals should only be able to avoid deportation if they risk being killed or tortured on their return The European Court of Justice for human rights in Strasbourg. The European Court has torn up the rules agreed by the architects of...
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Pentagon chief Hagel makes 1st trip to Afghanistan
Pentagon chief Hagel makes 1st trip to Afghanistan
Boston Herald
KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead as NATO hands over the country's security to the Afghans. "We are...
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Afghan bombers strike during US official's visit
Afghan bombers strike during US official's visit
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry on Saturday, one of two attacks that killed at least 18 people as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the nation, officials said. Nine people were...
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No 'silver bullet' for car makers
No 'silver bullet' for car makers
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Geneva - Car makers are going back to the drawing board in the hunt for fuel-saving technologies as hopes that electric vehicles will be the silver bullet for CO2 emissions look increasingly forlorn. There is a growing awareness that conventional...
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