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Blasts, clashes kill at least 25 in central Baghdad
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14 Mar 2013

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Coordinated blasts killed at least 25 people in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, police and medics said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosions, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine...

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Black smoke from a car bomb attack is seen in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 14, 2013.
photo: AP / Karim Kadim

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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BOMBINGS in BAGHDAD: Back to back BLASTS across MAJOR citys in IRAQ [MURDER & MAYHEM]
updated 22 Dec 2011; published 22 Dec 2011
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Wave of Bomb Attacks Kill at Least 60 in Baghdad Following Withdrawal of US Troops
updated 22 Dec 2011; published 22 Dec 2011
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Dozens killed in Baghdad blasts
updated 04 Apr 2010; published 04 Apr 2010
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Baghdad hit by triple blasts
updated 26 Oct 2009; published 26 Oct 2009
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Baghdad blasts prompt Iraqi anger - 26 Oct 09
updated 22 Dec 2011; published 22 Dec 2011
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Fatal Blasts In Baghdad Amid Political Crisis
General Warns Karzai's Comments May Trigger Insider Attacks on U.S. Troops
Full Article ABC News
14 Mar 2013

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is warning U.S. and other NATO troops to watch their backs because recent inflammatory comments by Afghan President Hamid Karzai may prompt Afghans to "lash out" against foreign troops. The warning, known as a direct threat advisory, was issued by Gen. Joseph Dunford on Wednesday. A part of the advisory...

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File - Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2011.
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

updated 19 Apr 2012; published 19 Apr 2012
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150 Afghan girls poisoned
updated 13 May 2009; published 13 May 2009
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U.S. Drone Attacks in Pakistan 'Backfiring'
updated 19 Oct 2009; published 19 Oct 2009
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Pakistan Offensive
updated 19 May 2008; published 19 May 2008
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Karzai Attack Kabul - 27 Apr 08
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
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Afghanistan- Attack On Presedent Hamid Karzai In Kabul
updated 27 Apr 2008; published 27 Apr 2008
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Karzai Escapes Unharmed After Taliban Attack
Francis's challenging papacy begins
Full Article BBC News
14 Mar 2013

Pope Francis is beginning his first day at the helm of the Catholic Church, attempting to set out his vision for his papacy amid a testing schedule. He will lead cardinals in his first Mass, begin appointing senior Vatican staff and may visit his predecessor, Benedict, Pope Emeritus. The first Latin American and Jesuit pope has received a flood of...

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
1:38
Two African Cardinals in the Running to Be Pope
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Of Buenos Aires NEW POPE
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
4:00
How Do They Choose the Pope?
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 20 Feb 2013
1:31
Last Pope Breaking! New Prophecy Saint Malachy - End of the World 2013 Apocalypse - March
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
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Papal Conclave 2013: Cardinals Take Oath of Secrecy - ABC Digital Report
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
8:26
Pope Francis' Background as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio: Conclave 2013 Election
‘God Particle’ is no ‘super-Higgs’, CERN scientists say
Full Article Zeenews
14 Mar 2013

Zeenews Bureau Geneva: Physicists have announced on Wednesday that the subatomic particle discovered at CERN last year looked like a basic Higgs boson rather than any "super-Higgs". Physicist Brian Petersen of Atlas, one of two research teams working in parallel...

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This undated image made available by CERN shows a typical candidate event including two high-energy photons whose energy (depicted by red towers) is measured in the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter.
photo: AP / CERN

updated 04 Jul 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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The Moment: CERN Scientist Announces Higgs Boson 'God Particle' Discovery
updated 07 Jul 2011; published 07 Jul 2011
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What is a Higgs Boson?
updated 13 Dec 2011; published 13 Dec 2011
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Scientists May Have Observed Elusive Higgs Boson "God Particle"
updated 04 Jul 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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Higgs Boson Particle may have been found!! 2012, says CERN scientists.
updated 16 Nov 2012; published 16 Nov 2012
3:15
NONET Pseudo-Goldstone Boson Higgs Mechanism Particle Mass Formula ALEPH CERN WOW
updated 13 Dec 2011; published 13 Dec 2011
2:01
Cern scientists find 'tantalising' hints of Higgs boson
China names Xi Jinping president, capping his rise
Full Article Newsday
14 Mar 2013

Photos BEIJING - (AP) -- China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise to the top Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need more time and cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public that is increasingly clamoring for change. The elevation of Xi to the presidency by the...

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Outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, poses with his successor Xi Jinping after Xi was elected at a plenary session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, March 14, 2013.
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updated 03 Nov 2012; published 03 Nov 2012
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China's Rise Comments by China Vice President Xi Jinping
updated 15 Nov 2012; published 15 Nov 2012
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China's new leadership : who is Xi Jinping, the new country's president ?
updated 18 Nov 2012; published 18 Nov 2012
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The rise of China's Xi Jinping
updated 07 Nov 2012; published 07 Nov 2012
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China's New leaders: Just who is Xi Jinping?
updated 15 Nov 2012; published 15 Nov 2012
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Xi Jinping new President of China Communist Party after 18th CPC national Congress
updated 17 Nov 2012; published 17 Nov 2012
5:25
China's Princeling President a 'More Decisive Leader' (LinkAsia: 11/16/12)
Argentina’s Bergoglio elected first Latin American pope
Full Article Khaleej Times
14 Mar 2013

Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis on Wednesday, becoming the first Latin American pontiff in an astonishing decision that raises hopes of greater openness for the troubled Catholic Church. The 76-year-old railway worker’s son emerged smiling onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cries of ‘Long live...

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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, center in white, talks to the crowd, flanked by cardinals including Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, right, Giovanni Battista Re, second from right, and Agostino Vallini, second from left, from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
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updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Argentine Jorge Bergoglio Elected Pope Francis
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio chooses name Pope Francis I
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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Pope Francis I takes over.
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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In Los Angeles, Pope Francis Source of Pride
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis I
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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Who is Pope Francis?
Dead pigs in China river spotlight heedless industry
Full Article Reuters
13 Mar 2013

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The rotting bodies of about 6,000 pigs in a river that supplies tap water to Shanghai has drawn attention to an ugly truth - China's pig farms are often riddled with disease and one way or another, sick animals often end up in the food chain. Authorities have found traces of a common pig virus in some of the animals...

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A dead pig floats on the river Monday, March 11, 2013 on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.
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updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
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DEAD PIGS in CHINA RIVER UP 6000 (Swine Flu Soup?)
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Debt Behind China's Railway Restructuring - NTD China News, March 11, 2013
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Over 1000 Dead Pigs Fished From Shanghai River(1)
updated 10 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
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Animal cruelty violent murder on Pig farm 'P-u-r-a-t-o-n-e', Winnipeg,Canada. MFA
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
2:04
China's Railway Reform Hides Massive Debt
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Sandstorms Sweep Through Chinese Cities
White Smoke We Have A New Pope
Full Article The Examiner
13 Mar 2013

White smoke came from the Sistine chapel on Wednesday, after 155 cardinals elected the latest pope in the 224th conclave election. The Pope's name has not yet been released but he is expected to greet the world today sometime before 8pm. It now remains to be seen who will be the Pope. The candidates were: Francis Arinze (Nigeria):If chosen he would...

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White billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
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updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
1:03
Exclusive - Pope Francisco I appears in the Basilica of St. Peter giving his first public blessing
updated 11 Feb 2013; published 11 Feb 2013
5:06
Is Petrus Romanus The Next Pope? "Peter the Roman"
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Conclave Date set for March 12 Cardinals Set March 12 Date for Conclave to Choose New Pope
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Pope Steps Down in Fulfillment of Malachy Prophecy {MIRRORED}
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
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Choosing a New Pope: Requirements for the Job
updated 21 Feb 2013; published 21 Feb 2013
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Catholic Scholars Discuss Pope Benedict XVI Resignation
Pope Francis elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff
Full Article The Guardian
13 Mar 2013

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio takes name of Francis after accepting his election as 266th head of Roman Catholic churchLive reaction to Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is now Pope Francis. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images The Roman Catholic church has a new pope: Cardinal Jorge...

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
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updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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New Pope Francis I SPEECH _ First Appearance (13.03.2013)
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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POPE SPECCH: Pope Francis elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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New Pope Francis I Elected as White Smoke Rises Over Vatican
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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First Ever Latino Pope Is Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis I) from Argentina
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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nuevo papa 2013 NEW POPE Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
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Entrenched Troubles at Vatican Await a New Pope Pope Francis
President Obama upbraids China over cyber attacks
Full Article BBC News
13 Mar 2013

President Barack Obama has said in a TV interview that the US is engaging in "tough talk" with China about its alleged cyber attacks on America. Mr Obama told ABC News some, but not all,...

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File - President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House with Chief of Staff Jack Lew and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Jan. 10, 2013.
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updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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US accuses China of cyber security breaches
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 20 Feb 2013
1:33
Chinese Hacking Allegations Country Allegedly Tied to Cyber Attacks on US.
updated 04 Feb 2013; published 04 Feb 2013
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Broad Powers for Obama to Respond to Cyber Attack on America
updated 02 Jun 2012; published 02 Jun 2012
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President Obama orders more cyber attacks on Iran
updated 19 Feb 2013; published 19 Feb 2013
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Mandiant: Chinese Military Unit Behind Sustained Cyber Attacks
updated 12 Nov 2008; published 12 Nov 2008
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Chinese Cyber Attacks Target White House, Presidential Candidates

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| March 13, 2013 | Updated: March 13, 2013 2:32pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 VATICAN CITYThe College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the...
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War is hell, right? Soldiers do whatever they can to win and survive. Officers do whatever they can to shape engagements so that superior numbers and firepower are rained down on...
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The longest shadow in Afghan politics is cast by a traffic post that used to stand in Ariana Square outside the presidential palace: the Taliban hanged...

US warns Afghan leader's comments threaten troops
KIMBERLY DOZIER , The Associated Press Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 8:03 AM KABUL, Afghanistan - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph Dunford, is warning his troops to be ready for increased violence because of a series of...
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File - U.S. Marines prepare to step off on a patrol through the city of Fallujah, Iraq, to clear the city of insurgent activity and weapons caches as part of Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Nov. 26, 2004.
The official reason the Bush administration gave for invading Iraq was to capture Saddam Hussein's arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Because such weapons were never found, the war is considered a blunder rare in American history. That is narrow...
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Grand Sheik Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi of al-Azhar
CAIRO - Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, Al-Azhar, said on Thursday that it wants "better relations" with the Vatican under Pope Francis. "We are hoping for better...
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Syrian children, who fled their home with their families in Hama due to government airstrikes, stand next to their tent at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.
BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. official says the number of registered Syrian refugees has jumped by more than 10 percent in just one week as part of an escalating exodus. Last week,...
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Indian police officers carry the coffins of fallen comrades, who were killed March 13 in an ambush, following a ceremony in Srinagar on March 14, 2013. Pakistan has strongly rejected an accusation from India that militants who killed five paramilitary police in Indian Kashmir came from across the de facto border. The militants, disguised as cricketers, killed five paramilitary police in an ambush March 13 in the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A curfew has been imposed in most of Indian-controlled Kashmir after a militant attack left five paramilitary troops dead and a civilian was killed by...
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In this Sunday April 22, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel aims his gun at Khalidiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria.
France and the UK would consider arming the Syrian opposition even if it meant breaking an EU ban, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said. Speaking on France Info radio, he said the two countries shared "identical views" over...
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	Insurers Boost Europe Stocks
By MICHELE MAATOUK European stocks rose Thursday, boosted by strength in the insurance sector following well-received earnings from Italy's Assicurazioni Generali, as investors look ahead to a European Union summit and U.S. data. Generali posted a...
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