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add video playlist Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lashed out publicly at foreign countries for what he calls attempting to undermine the government in Afghanistan. Karzai ha...
Karzai ad­mitts peace ef­forts have failed in Afghanistan
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Land of Miss­ing Chil­dren - India
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USAF MQ-1 Preda­tor Drone En­gage In­sur­gents & In­sur­gent Ve­hi­cle. Afghanistan
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UN Peace­keep­er Hostages Re­leased by Syr­i­an Rebels
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Drone Strike Kills Anwar al-Awla­ki
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Afghanistan Bomb­ing Timed to Co­in­cide With Chuck Hagel Visit
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Nico­las Maduro is sworn in as in­ter­im pres­i­dent - Maduro, as­sum­iu a Presidência in­te­ri­na
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Fi­nan­cial Per­spec­tives and bud­get - Eco­nom­ic and mon­e­tary union - Eu­ro­pean ju­di­cial area
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Uhuru Keny­at­ta wins Kenyan pres­i­den­tial elec­tion
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Kim Yong Nam is going to visit Iran [Voice of Korea]
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Son-in-Law of Bin Laden Pleads Not Guilty in Civil­ian Court
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Hugo Chavez's Fu­ner­al in Venezuela /3/6/13
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North Korea to end armistice with South
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De­fense Min­is­ter re­jects Sulu Sul­tan's call for "uni­lat­er­al cease­fire"
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U.N. votes for more sanc­tions on North Korea
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updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Karzai ad­mitts peace ef­forts have failed in Afghanistan
BBC News 10 Mar 2013, President Hamid Karzai has issued a stinging rebuke to the US and the Taliban, saying they are both guilty of sowing fears for post-2014 Afghanistan. He said Taliban suicide attacks on Saturday were aimed at intimidation that would prolong the presence of international troops in Afghanistan. The troops are scheduled to end combat missions in 2014....
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updated 01 Mar 2013; published 29 Jan 2008
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Land of Miss­ing Chil­dren - India
Al Jazeera 10 Mar 2013, A staple storyline of popular Bollywood films over the years has been about siblings getting lost in a village fair or being forcibly separated by a hideous villain, only to be reunited years later. The happy endings normally spelled success: moviegoers went home happy while the filmmaker went laughing all the way to the bank. But reel life has...
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updated 03 Mar 2013; published 12 Oct 2011
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USAF MQ-1 Preda­tor Drone En­gage In­sur­gents & In­sur­gent Ve­hi­cle. Afghanistan
Baltimore Sun 10 Mar 2013, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With debate intensifying in the United States over the use of drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Sunday that it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power summaries. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Afghanistan war, said in a statement the data...
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updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
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UN Peace­keep­er Hostages Re­leased by Syr­i­an Rebels
The State 10 Mar 2013, BEIRUTRebels 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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updated 25 Feb 2013; published 01 Oct 2011
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Drone Strike Kills Anwar al-Awla­ki
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Afghanistan Bomb­ing Timed to Co­in­cide With Chuck Hagel Visit
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Nico­las Maduro is sworn in as in­ter­im pres­i­dent - Maduro, as­sum­iu a Presidência in­te­ri­na
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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updated 16 Nov 2012; published 16 Nov 2012
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Fi­nan­cial Per­spec­tives and bud­get - Eco­nom­ic and mon­e­tary union - Eu­ro­pean ju­di­cial area
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Uhuru Keny­at­ta wins Kenyan pres­i­den­tial elec­tion
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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updated 29 Aug 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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Kim Yong Nam is going to visit Iran [Voice of Korea]
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
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Son-in-Law of Bin Laden Pleads Not Guilty in Civil­ian Court
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Hugo Chavez's Fu­ner­al in Venezuela /3/6/13
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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North Korea to end armistice with South
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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updated 09 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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De­fense Min­is­ter re­jects Sulu Sul­tan's call for "uni­lat­er­al cease­fire"
The Star 07 Mar 2013, LAHAD DATU: Malaysia has given an ultimatum to the remnants of the Sulu armed group: “Lay down your arms or be eliminated.'' As elite security forces tightened the noose around the gunmen on the run in two villages, a determined Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak rejected an offer of a unilateral ceasefire offer by the self-styled Sulu...
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Hamid Karzai says US and Taliban sowing post-2014 fears
Full Article BBC News
10 Mar 2013

President Hamid Karzai has issued a stinging rebuke to the US and the Taliban, saying they are both guilty of sowing fears for post-2014 Afghanistan. He said Taliban suicide attacks on Saturday were aimed at intimidation that would prolong the presence of international troops in Afghanistan. The troops are scheduled to end combat missions in 2014....

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File - Maj. Christopher Milstead, attached to Task Force Bayonet, watches as a 500-pound bomb lands on a Taliban position after a small fire fight during Operation Destined Strike in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan Aug. 22, 2006.
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India faces epidemic of missing children
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Mar 2013

A staple storyline of popular Bollywood films over the years has been about siblings getting lost in a village fair or being forcibly separated by a hideous villain, only to be reunited years later. The happy endings normally spelled success: moviegoers went home happy while the filmmaker went laughing all the way to the bank. But reel life has...

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File - Street children in a slum area in India.
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar


U.S. Air Force stops reporting data on Afghanistan drone strikes
Full Article Baltimore Sun
10 Mar 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With debate intensifying in the United States over the use of drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Sunday that it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power summaries. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Afghanistan war, said in a statement the data...

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File - A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper from the 62nd Expeditionary Reconassiance Squadron taxis for take off from Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, March 13, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.


Rebels free 21 UN captives in southern Syria
Full Article The State
10 Mar 2013

BEIRUTRebels 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


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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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
photo: US DoD / Chad J. McNeeley


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.
photo: AP / Fernando Llano


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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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


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.
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi


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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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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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.
photo: AP / Kim Jae-hwan


Lahad Datu: Malaysia turns down self-styled Sultan’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire
Full Article The Star
07 Mar 2013

LAHAD DATU: Malaysia has given an ultimatum to the remnants of the Sulu armed group: “Lay down your arms or be eliminated.'' As elite security forces tightened the noose around the gunmen on the run in two villages, a determined Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak rejected an offer of a unilateral ceasefire offer by the self-styled Sulu...

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Filipino Sultan Jamalul Kiram III arranges his glasses inside his residence in Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
photo: AP / Aaron Favila


Ronaldo scores 2 as Madrid beats Celta Vigo 2-1
Full Article Jakarta Post
10 Mar 2013

Cristiano Ronaldo ensured there was no letdown for Real Madrid after its win over Manchester United by scoring twice in a 2-1 victory at Celta Vigo on Sunday, lifting the team into second place in the Spanish league. Madrid slipped one point ahead of Atletico Madrid in the standings after high-flying Real Sociedad ruined Atletico's perfect home...

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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, gestures during his Spanish La Liga soccer match against Malaga CF at the Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Sergio Torres


Rafael Benitez says Alex Ferguson ignored pre-match handshake
Full Article BBC News
10 Mar 2013

Chelsea interim boss Rafael Benitez says Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ignored their handshake before Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final. The pair have had an increasingly fraught relationship since the Spaniard's time at Liverpool and the tension surfaced again at Old Trafford. The Spaniard said: "I was waiting for him at...

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Inter Milan manager Rafael Benitez speaks during a news conference at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane stadium, London, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Tottenham will face Inter Milan in a group A Champions League match in London, Tuesday.
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Gerrard puts dent in Spurs' Champions League's bid
Full Article Canberra Times
10 Mar 2013

English Premier League wrap Liverpool's Steven Gerrard celebrates scoring against Tottenham Hotspur. Photo: Reuters LONDON: Steven Gerrard put a dent in Tottenham's bid to qualify for the Champions League as the Liverpool captain's late penalty clinched a 3-2 win at Anfield on Sunday. Andre Villas-Boas's team were on course for a valuable three...

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Liverpool's Steven Gerrard right, celebrates after he scores the third and winning goal of the game for his side from the penalty spot during their English Premier League soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield in Liverpool, England
photo: AP / Clint Hughes


Wayne Rooney returns against Chelsea with a reminder of his qualities
Full Article The Observer
10 Mar 2013

Wayne Rooney scores Manchester United's second goal in the FA Cup tie against Chelsea. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images If Manchester United and Chelsea emerged with their fates in this season's FA Cup undecided at Old Trafford, for the travelling caravan of Wayne Rooney revisionists, Rooney-apologists and the many associated elements attached...

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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney stands hands on hips after his team's 4-4 draw against Everton in their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, April 22, 2012.
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Ronaldo double fires Real to victory at Celta
Full Article The Guardian
10 Mar 2013

* Portuguese nets twice in 2-1 success * Real climb above Atletico into second (Recasts with Real Madrid result, adds byline) By Iain Rogers MADRID, March 10 (Reuters) - Real Madrid followed up Tuesday's Champions League success at Manchester United with a victory in La Liga when Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice in a laboured 2-1 win at...

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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal reacts during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Almeria at the Mediterraneo stadium in Almeria, Spain, on Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United were lucky to draw with Chelsea
Full Article The Independent
10 Mar 2013

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United are lucky to still be in the FA Cup. United swept into an early two-goal lead against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge today, only to crumble after the interval. Eden Hazard and Ramires pulled the visitors level and only a crucial late save from David de Gea kept United in the competition, even if they now...

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson walks from the pitch at half time during his team's English FA Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Chelsea at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England
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Player Ratings: Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid
Full Article Goal
10 Mar 2013

Goal.com rates the players on show as a Cristiano Ronaldo double secures Jose Mourinho's men their fifth consecutive Liga win against the stout Celestes By Tom Webber Comments Celta 2.92 0 0 3.00 Javi Varas The keeper made a number of outstanding saves during the first half to keep Madrid at bay. Benzema, Marcelo and Callejon were all thwarted by...

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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, second right, is greeted by teammates Karim Benzema from France, left, and Sergio Ramos after scoring second goal against Hercules during their Spanish League soccer match at the Rico Perez stadium in Alicante, on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010.
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Carlos Tevez vital to Man City's ambitions, says Roberto Mancini
Full Article South China Morning Post
10 Mar 2013

Roberto Mancini believes Carlos Tevez still has an important part to play in Manchester City's future, this season and beyond, after he helped the club into the FA Cup semi-finals. Tevez scored a hat-trick - the fifth of his City career - and had a hand in two other goals as his side beat Championship club Barnsley 5-0 to reach the Wembley...

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Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini reacts from the touchline during their English Premier League soccer match against Queens Park Rangers at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday May 13, 2012.
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Carrie Underwood admits that she's 'very immature' even though she's turning 30
Full Article The Examiner
10 Mar 2013

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 10, 2013 - Six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood co-hosted the weekly Country Countdown USA this weekend. Throughout the broadcast, the singer chatted with Lon Helton about turning 30, having kids, tourmate Hunter Hayes, "Gangnam Style" with Brad Paisley and her currently Country single "Two Black Cadillacs." On...

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Carrie Underwood, American Idol 4 winner performing at Sunfest in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 4, 2006. Underwood gained a recording contract with Arista Records and released her first single Inside Your Heaven on June 14, 2005.
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Indie pop place to shop for new talent: Adnan Sami
Full Article Newstrack India
10 Mar 2013

Tweet New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Singer-composer Adnan Sami feels that new independent singers and musicians should be encouraged and says Bollywood can find new talent in the Indie pop genre. "The face of today's Bollywood music is result of independent musicians who were allowed to come in. Composers, including me, are primarily those people who...

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Pakistani Singer Adnan Sami
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) attempts one of the dance moves made famous by Psy (right), singer from the Republic of Korea, during their meeting.
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Taylor Swift on growing older: 'I try to age gracefully'
Full Article The Examiner
09 Mar 2013

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9, 2013 - Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is most known of her sharp (and rather poignant) songwriting, and the singer recently revealed her approach to her art and how it has changed over the years. Behind-the-scenes of her Diet Coke shoot -- for which she is this year's spokesperson -- Swift also revealed how she feels...

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Rihanna and Brown in 'constant contact'
Full Article NZ Herald
09 Mar 2013

Rihanna is preparing for her 'Diamonds' world tour with the help of her mother and boyfriend Chris Brown. Chris has been in constant contact with the 25-year-old 'We Found Love' singer while Rihanna...

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Rihanna, left, and Chris Brown are seen at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday June 1, 2008 in Los Angeles.
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Taylor Swift Makes More Money Than Tom Brady and Adele Combined, and Other Surprising Salary Revelations
Full Article Vanity Fair
09 Mar 2013

To give Americans an idea of how small their paychecks are compared to those of their favorite movie, television, sports, and music stars, Parade has published its annual salary report. (Unlike Forbes, which has cornered the market on salary rankings, Parade presents a random smattering of the higher-paid and better-known stars for...

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Justin Bieber Concert At O2 Arena Will Go On Despite Singer's Fainting Spell The Day Before
Full Article Huffington Post
08 Mar 2013

LONDON -- Justin Bieber says he is "getting better," after fainting backstage at a concert in London, and the venue says Friday's show is scheduled to go ahead as planned. A spokesman for the O2 Arena said the 19-year-old pop star was treated backstage during Thursday's concert after becoming short of breath, but recovered and finished his set. "As...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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Bieber suffers lung pain on stage
Full Article Newstrack India
08 Mar 2013

Tweet London, March 8 (IANS) Singer Justin Bieber suffered lung pain in the middle of his performance at the O2 Arena here. The singer, 19, was performing on the song "Beauty and a beat" when he suddenly stopped and said: "My lungs...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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Vidya Balan re-elected as Brand Ambassador of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
10 Mar 2013

Vidya Balan is all set to serve as the Brand Ambassador of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne for the second time in a row. Owing to her great popularity and charisma the 35-year-old actress was re-elected for the post at an...

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INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-ACTRESS-VIDYABALANIndia Bollywood actress Vidya Balan for the promotion of a Nihar Natural hair oil product with Kolkata's renowned bengali band Chandra Bindu at Park Hotel in Kolkata in Eastern India ------ WN/BHASKAR MALLICK
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Katrina Kaif: 'I was a Mumbai struggler for three-and-a-half years'
Full Article Digital Spy
10 Mar 2013

Katrina Kaif has revealed that she struggled for three-and-a-half years when she first arrived in Mumbai. The part-British actress said that she would spend many hours travelling around the city with her portfolio to attend castings. "There were three-and-a-half years where I worked every single day, sometimes for 16 hours straight. I took taxis...

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Indian Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif
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Sonam Kapoor says she is not in a hurry to be on the top
Full Article Indian Express
10 Mar 2013

With her last few films tanking at the box office, Sonam Kapoor says she has learnt her lesson and would select only those projects that satisfy her as a performer. The 27-year-old actress says she is not in a hurry to be on the...

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Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor looks on during the 55th National Film Awards, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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Demi Moore seeks financial support
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
10 Mar 2013

Actress Demi Moore is seeking alimony from estranged husband Ashton Kutcher, according to divorce documents filed in a Los Angeles court on Thursday. Kutcher, the star of CBS television comedy "Two and a Half Men," filed for...

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Demi Moore, actress and Co-founder of the Demi and Ashton Foundation (DNA)
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Neighbors Accuse James Franco of Running Production Company Out of Home
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
10 Mar 2013

share James Franco “Crowds of people constantly stream in and out of the house” complain a couple living next door to the actor. Being neighbors with a movie star can have its downsides.our editor recommends Stephen Colbert Grills James Franco on Whether He's a 'Fraud' (Video) James Franco Promises 'SNL' Doc 'Will Come Out' Via Focus Features Deal...

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Interview with Oscar nominee James Franco.
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SXSW: Olivia Wilde Kicks Off Panels on Hollywood and Technology Partnerships
Full Article The Hollywood Reporter
10 Mar 2013

share Michael Buckner / Getty Images Entertainment Olivia Wilde The actress spoke about promoting her new film "Drinking Buddies" on Twitter, while Warner Bros. Television digital execs gave tips to technology companies on pitching products to Hollywood. Two panel discussions on Saturday morning addressed the convergence of the tech world and...

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Actress Olivia Wilde on the Tron: Legacy panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California.
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Movie Review: The Lincoln Movie is Propaganda
Full Article The Examiner
10 Mar 2013

Rating for Lincoln 1 With only a limited theatrical release last week, Steven Spielberg’s latest work of imaginative fiction is scheduled for wide release today. I know Hollywood plays fast and loose with history, but when they go out of their way to get the wallpaper in Lincoln’s office exactly right, and use a recording of his actual watch as the...

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Russell Crowe stars in 'Noah' in 2014
Full Article The Examiner
09 Mar 2013

When God becomes saddened at the wickedness of mankind, he sends a great flood to destroy life on Earth. God sees Noah as a man that is righteous in his generation and asks him to build an ark made of wood. God wants Noah to save representatives of all animals and his family from the enormous apocalyptic flood waters about to strike the Earth....

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Australian actor Russell Crowe poses for photographers as he arrives at the world premiere of the film State of Play at a cinema in London, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
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Qatar discovers new natural gas field
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Mar 2013

Qatar says it has discovered as much as 2.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in an offshore field. Energy Minister Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sadah told reporters on Sunday the discovery was made at the field known as Block 4 North, off the shore of the Gulf state. The field is operated by Qatar Petroleum along with its partners...

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Modern Structures in Qatar's oil rich capital Doha.
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Malta election returning Labor party to power
Full Article Houston Chronicle
10 Mar 2013

| March 10, 2013 | Updated: March 10, 2013 1:45pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — An election victory is returning Malta's Labor party to power after 15 years in the opposition. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of the Nationalist Party conceded defeat on Sunday as ballots were still being counted in the island nation...

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Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi talks during a press conference with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, not seen, at the end of their meeting at Rome's Villa Madama, Thursday, July 8, 2010.
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"Retirement from electoral politics on mind, not PM's post" : Sharad Pawar
Full Article The Times of India
10 Mar 2013

MUMBAI: Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar denied rumours about NCP planning to contest 145 assembly seats in 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections or that there were any serious differences between his party and the Congress on election strategy. Asked about whether 2014 parliament...

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The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing a Press Conference, in New Delhi on July 03, 2012.The Additional Director General (M&C), PIB, Shri Manoj Pandey is also seen.
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Jeb Bush says he is not thinking about presidential bid - yet
Full Article Reuters
10 Mar 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush appeared on five morning talk shows on Sunday to plug his new book on immigration, but said his heightened visibility does not mean he is re-entering politics or planning a White House run - not yet, anyway. The talk-show marathon capped a busy week of public appearances for Bush, one of...

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Florida Gov. Jeb Bush waits to make his entrance at the inauguration ceremony for Gov.-elect Charlie Crist Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, in Tallahassee, Fla. Crist was sworn in as Florida's 44th governor Tuesday.
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Narendra Modi's Gujarat model can never become a national model: Prakash Karat
Full Article The Times of India
10 Mar 2013

PATNA: Attacking NarendraModi, projected by a section of BJP as a possible Prime Ministerial candidate, CPI-M leader Prakash Karat today said Modi's Gujarat model of development cannot be replicated at the national level. "Modi's Gujarat model can never become a national model for development," he said, while addressing a CPI-M 'Aam Sabha' here....

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India Political Party CPI(M) Leader Prakash Karat  during the 23rd State Convocation Meeting at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Sunday 19 February 2012
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India new economic icon of emerging powers: Salman Khurshid
Full Article The Times of India
10 Mar 2013

NEW DELHI: India with its robust legal structure, banking system and skilled manpower is the new economic icon of emerging powers and is sure to be on track again for 7 per cent growth, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said today. "India with its good legal structure, corporate governance, banking system, financial system and skilled man...

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The Union Minister for Law and Justice and Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid addressing the
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Blunt NC political memo gives GOP an opening
Full Article The Charlotte Observer
10 Mar 2013

RALEIGH, N.C. To politicos, the most intriguing document coming out of Raleigh this year hasn't been Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's first State of the State address or a tax reform proposal some in the GOP-led General Assembly like. Rather, it was a document written for liberal-leaning groups brainstorming how to fight back against McCrory and...

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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his wife Ann greet the public after McCrory took the oath of office during the inaugural ceremonies at the state Capitol in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. McCrory and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest already took the oaths of office several days ago, but both got sworn in a second time.
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Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lashed out publicly at foreign countries for what he calls attempting to undermine the government in Afghanistan. Karzai ha...
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Land of Missing Children - India
Land of Missing Children - India
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September 2005 The Indian town of Siliguri is the hub of the international sex trade. Every year, tens of thousands of young girls are abducted and sold into...
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USAF MQ-1 Predator Drone Engage Insurgents & Insurgent Vehicle. Afghanistan
USAF MQ-1 Predator Drone Engage Insurgents & Insurgent Vehicle. Afghanistan
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USAF MQ-1 Predator Drone Engage Insurgents & Insurgent Vehicle - Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force Predator Drone observation and engagement of insurgent fighters ...
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UN Peacekeeper Hostages Released by Syrian Rebels
UN Peacekeeper Hostages Released by Syrian Rebels
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03/09/2013 Syrian rebels have freed 21 UN peacekeepers and have handed them over to Jordanian authorities, an international peace envoy to Syria says. Mokhta...
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Drone Strike Kills Anwar al-Awlaki
Drone Strike Kills Anwar al-Awlaki
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Terrorist suspect Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike. Some are questioning if he should have been killed with no trial and unclear evidence. T...
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Afghanistan Bombing Timed to Coincide With Chuck Hagel Visit
Afghanistan Bombing Timed to Coincide With Chuck Hagel Visit
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Muhammad Lila reports on the suicide bombing in war-torn country's capitol.
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Nicolas Maduro is sworn in as interim president - Maduro, assumiu a Presidência interina
Nicolas Maduro is sworn in as interim president - Maduro, assumiu a Presidência interina
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Nicolas Maduro is sworn in as interim president Maduro, assumiu a Presidência interina da Venezuela Courtesy: http://www.vtv.gob.ve/ Vice President Nicolas M...
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Financial Perspectives and budget - Economic and monetary union - European judicial area
Financial Perspectives and budget - Economic and monetary union - European judicial area
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The parliament will travel to Strasbourg next week for its plenary session. The key debate will focus on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework. Parliament...
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Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenyan presidential election
Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenyan presidential election
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Uhuru Kenyatta is named Kenya's new president after securing 50.07 per cent of the presidential vote. Read the full story here: http://www.channel4.com/news/...
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Kim Yong Nam is going to visit Iran [Voice of Korea]
Kim Yong Nam is going to visit Iran [Voice of Korea]
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North Korea (DPRK - Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) Nordkorea (DVRK - Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea) Corea del Nord - Repubblica Democratica Popol...
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Son-in-Law of Bin Laden Pleads Not Guilty in Civilian Court
Son-in-Law of Bin Laden Pleads Not Guilty in Civilian Court
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Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, former al-Qaida spokesman and Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiring to kill Americans in a New Y...
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Hugo Chavez's Funeral in Venezuela /3/6/13
Hugo Chavez's Funeral in Venezuela /3/6/13
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hugo chavez funeral in venezuela.
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North Korea to end armistice with South
North Korea to end armistice with South
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South Korea says it will deal strongly with any provocation from the North. Pyongyang cancelled a non-aggression pact with Seoul after the United Nations app...
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Defense Minister rejects Sulu Sultan's call for
Defense Minister rejects Sulu Sultan's call for "unilateral ceasefire"
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Sultan Jamalul Kiram III called for a "unilateral ceasefire" this afternoon following United Nations' urge for a peaceful resolution to the invasion. However...
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U.N. votes for more sanctions on North Korea
U.N. votes for more sanctions on North Korea
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The U.N. Security Council votes to ban yacht and race car sales to North Korea. CNN's Richard Roth reports.
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Detail from the entrance to the Palazzo della Borsa di Milano (Milan Stock Exchange palace), in Piazza degli Affari square, at Milan, Italy 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. HOG FARM HOUSE Surface of Antarctic Plateau, at 150E, 77S

First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Kids' Inaugural: Our Children. Our Future." event in Washington Athletic Bilbao's Fernando Llorente, centre, walks from the pitch with teammates after their team's 3-2 win over Manchester United in their Europa League Round of 16 League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Rand Paul speaking at LPAC 2011 in Reno, Nevada. food expo

In front of China made with a portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetans offering their sincere prayers, eastern Tibet. The Beijing Olympic bronze medal winner, boxer Vijender Singh Residential building - property - real estate A huge tree for keeping environment clean - nature

Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles waves during a ceremony to register his candidacy for the presidency in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Capriles will face Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in the presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 7. Chelsea's Oscar celebrates his second goal against Juventus during their Champions League group E soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff, waves goodbye, as French Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg, right, watches after their meeting at the Mouvement des Entreprises de France, (MEDEF) headquarters in Paris Wednesday Dec 12, 2012. in Paris, France. Roussef is on a two-day visit in France. 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. Syrians Take Refuge in Southern Turkey 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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The Hindu
It is well known that of all military operations, retreat is the most difficult and complicated. A victorious march that takes a wrong turn can end in a stalemate, but a retreat...
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Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will being electing a new pope on 12 March. The new pontiff will have a host of issues to deal with, among them the decline in active worship...
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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...

Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamat-i-Islami listen to their leaders during a rally to condemn U.S. drone attacks on alleged militants and Talibans hideouts in Pakistani border areas along Afghanistan, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, April 24, 2009.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Two people suspected of being militants were killed Sunday morning in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region by what Pakistani and Taliban officials said was a drone strike. If confirmed, the attack could be the first...
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A man reads a local newspapers with the headline 'We've killed 7 foreign hostages' on a street in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday, March. 10, 2013. The United Kingdom's military says its warplanes recently spotted in Nigeria's capital city were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali, not to rescue kidnapped foreign hostages. The Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the planes had ferried Nigerian troops and equipment to Bamako, Mali. An Islamic extremist group in Nigeria called Ansa
RADICAL Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats have said, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria's police, military, domestic spy...
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Studies tie stress from storms, war to heart risks
(MYFOXAL) — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with PTSD, New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and Greeks struggling through that...
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An Egyptian protester runs with a teargas canister during clashes with riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013.
CAIRO - Egypt's Interior Minister pleaded on Sunday for an end to "rumours" of police abuse, saying his forces had never fired a single shot at protesters since the start of the 2011 uprising. Mohammed Ibrahim, who is facing an unprecedented strike...
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Kenya's President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta waves to supporters after leaving the National Election Center where final election results were announced declaring he would be the country's next president, in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 9, 2013.
"Uhuru [Kenyatta] has won the presidency. It's done. Let's move on." The son of Kenya's first independence leader may not have secured Francis Odera's vote but, like so many other Kenyans, this middle-aged Nairobi...
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Hamid Karzai in 2006
RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is accusing the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will...
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi looks at a photo during the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition entitled "Aung San Suu Kyi, The Burmese Way to Democracy" at Institute of French in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 17, 2012.
Burma's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) has re-elected Aung San Suu Kyi as its leader, at the end of its first ever congress. She had earlier appealed for unity, addressing party delegates in Rangoon. After the party won elections...
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