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The false promises of the United States
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Apr 2013

It seems a long time since US President Barack Obama's first day in office, when he declared that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Some four years on, however, and the Pentagon has requested nearly $200m more for infrastructure upgrades - a clear sign, if any were needed, that the facility is here to stay. Meanwhile, prisoner anger...

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File - The guard tower at a recreation yard under construction in Camp 6 at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 17, 2012.
photo: US Navy / PO2 Kilho Park

updated 18 Mar 2013; published 18 Mar 2013
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'Obama turns deaf ear to rights violations at Guantanamo Bay prison'
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
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Ex-CIA Officer: Torture great way to get false confessions
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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CIA Censorship of Guantánamo Military Commissions?
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Fault Lines - Obama's Policy on Torture
updated 15 Mar 2013; published 15 Mar 2013
5:09
Gitmo inmate hunger strike protests indefinite 'torture' limbo
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
7:37
Over 100 Guantanamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike, Citing Threat of Return to "Darkest Days Under Bush"
Guatemalan president accused of involvement in civil war atrocities
Full Article The Guardian
05 Apr 2013

Former soldier tells trial that Otto Pérez Molina ordered soldiers to burn and pillage during 1980s war Guatemala's president, Otto Pérez Molina. Photograph: Johan Ordonez/AFP A former soldier has implicated the Guatemalan president, Otto Pérez Molina, in civil war atrocities during the trial of the former US-backed military strongman Efraín Ríos...

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Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina speaks to Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, unseen, during a meeting at the Moncloa Palace, in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki

updated 18 Jan 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
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Inside Story Americas - Guatemala: Struggling for justice
updated 26 Mar 2008; published 26 Mar 2008
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Ending the Silence - Guatemala
updated 20 Mar 2013; published 20 Mar 2013
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Bringing Rios Montt to Justice - Guatemala
updated 20 Mar 2013; published 20 Mar 2013
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Genocide trial of Guatemala ex leader opens
updated 04 Aug 2009; published 04 Aug 2009
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From Al Jazeera: Guatemala women targeted by violent street gangs
updated 30 Jan 2009; published 30 Jan 2009
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Guatemala Genocide Video
Fukushima nuclear plant's cooling system fails
Full Article my SA
05 Apr 2013

TOKYO (AP) — The cooling system for a storage pool for fuel at one of the reactors at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan failed on Friday for the second in a month, although there was no immediate danger from the breakdown. Nuclear Regulation Authority spokesman Takahiro Sakuma...

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A man in a protective suit and mask shows placards illustrating nuclear disaster in Fukushima during an anti-nuclear demonstration in Tokyo Sunday, March 10, 2013
photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa

updated 20 Mar 2013; published 20 Mar 2013
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Fukushima Rad News 3/20/13: Cooling Restored At All Fukushima Fuel Pools
updated 25 Mar 2013; published 25 Mar 2013
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Power Blackout At Fukushima Nuclear Plant Ruins March 2013
updated 21 Mar 2013; published 21 Mar 2013
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Fukushima Cooling Resumed to 4 Spent Fuel Pools UPDATE 3-19-2013
updated 19 Mar 2013; published 19 Mar 2013
2:05
Fukushima Blackout Update 3/19/13: Cooling restored at 2 Fukushima reactors
updated 19 Mar 2013; published 19 Mar 2013
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☢NO POWER☢ at Fukushima Spent Fuel Pools!!! 4 days to Figure out & Fix it! update 3/18/13
updated 01 Jul 2012; published 01 Jul 2012
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Protest Plant System Restart Tepco Cooling Pool Ooi Nuke Hours Fuel 200 Tokyo Reactor Suspended
China culls birds as bird flu death toll mounts
Full Article The Star
05 Apr 2013

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities were slaughtering birds at a poultry market in the financial hub Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six on Friday, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off on Hong Kong's share market. A farmer feeds chickens at a hennery in Ganyu county, Jiangsu province,...

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Workers unload chickens from a container at a wholesale market on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Shanghai, China. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1.
photo: AP

updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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China culls birds as bird flu death toll mounts
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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China kills birds as new flu strain death toll hits 6
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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5 Deaths - New Strain Of Bird Flu Spreading
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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China culls birds as flu deaths mount
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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Fifth bird flu death as China sounds high alert
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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More bird flu deaths in China
North Korea moves missile to coast
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
05 Apr 2013

SEOUL, South Korea -- After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday. But he emphasized that the missile was not capable of reaching the United States, and that there are no signs that the North is preparing for a full-scale...

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North Korea moves missile to coast
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
4:14
Build upto WW3 - North Korea Military Officially Authorized to WAGE a NUCLEAR ATTACK Against U.S.
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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North Korea's missile launchers on the move, indicating possible new provocation
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
1:32
North Korea Moves Two Missiles To East
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
4:14
Build upto WW3 - North Korea Military Mobilized to WAGE a NUCLEAR ATTACK Against U.S.
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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WW3 in ACTION: North Korea MILITARY is officially authorized to wage NUCLEAR ATTACK against US [WAR]
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
2:44
BBC News - North Korea moves mid-range missile
Long-lost video of Martin Luther King killer James Earl Ray unearthed
Full Article BBC News
05 Apr 2013

Long-lost video showing Martin Luther King's killer in police custody has been posted online, 45 years after the civil rights leader's murder. Officials in Tennessee unearthed the tapes of James Earl Ray in 2011 but had no way to view the old technology. Ray is seen in 1968 on a plane after extradition from Britain and as he is searched...

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 Dr. Martin Luther King speaks March 25, 1967 at the Chicago peace march. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity) (hg3)
photo: AP Photo/Chick Harrity

updated 11 Dec 2012; published 11 Dec 2012
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King Ray Feat. Algee - Whassup Alabama
updated 11 Apr 2011; published 11 Apr 2011
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Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan — In Session 2010 1983
updated 25 Sep 2007; published 25 Sep 2007
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Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, BB King
updated 21 Nov 2011; published 21 Nov 2011
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KING @KINGOF334MOBB - Ray Charles (Viral Video)
updated 29 Nov 2007; published 29 Nov 2007
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BB King, Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan- The Sky is Crying
updated 16 Dec 2011; published 16 Dec 2011
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X-Ray Dog - Return Of The King (Extended)
Connecticut governor signs tough gun law
Full Article Al Jazeera
05 Apr 2013

Connecticut's governor has signed tough new gun ownership rules into law, four months after a gunman opened fire on an elementary school in the US state, killing 20 children and six adults. Governor Dannel Malloy put his signature to the bill on Thursday, noting that the state's ability to reach a bipartisan accord on the issue at a time of bitter...

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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, police officers are on the scene outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where authorities say a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
photo: AP / Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks

updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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Connecticut governor signs tough new gun laws
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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Latest World News -Connecticut governor signs tough new gun laws
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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Daily English News - Connecticut governor signs tough new gun laws
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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World News 2013 - Connecticut governor signs tough new gun laws
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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Online News Update - Connecticut governor signs tough new gun laws
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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Connecticut governor signs tough gun control law
Lessons from Korea's and U.S.' Long Ago War
Full Article WorldNews.com
04 Apr 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Just a few years after U.S. warships forced Japan to open its borders, another conflict arose in the Pacific region between the United States and Korea. While a New York newspaper called it "The Little War with the Heathens," Koreans referred to it as the "Barbarian Incursion of 1871." Not only was...

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File - U.S. and Republic of Korea Navy ships sail in formation during exercise Foal Eagle 2013.
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Declan Barnes

updated 05 Sep 2012; published 05 Sep 2012
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You are My Pet - Romantic Comedy Korean 2011 Full Movie with english vietnamese subtitles
updated 02 Jul 2012; published 02 Jul 2012
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What It's Like to be a Korean-American Living in Korea
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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Chinese Citizens React to North Korea's Nuclear Test
updated 12 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
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North Korea Sends Missile Into Space. ICBM Aimed at USA or Sattalite ?
updated 11 May 2012; published 11 May 2012
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Dating Koreans (are Korean men dating foreign women?)
updated 02 Oct 2011; published 02 Oct 2011
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Voice of America' s North Korean Propaganda Video
Iran, 6 Powers Meet Thursday for Nuclear Talks
Full Article The New York Times
04 Apr 2013

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Iran and six world powers trying to curb Tehran's nuclear progress are meeting Thursday with the window shrinking on diplomacy. Tehran is moving closer to the ability to make atomic arms, posing a risk of Mideast conflict. Israel says the Islamic Republic is only a few months away from the threshold of having...

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Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili listens to a question during a final news conference in Almaty
photo: AP / Pavel Mikheyev

updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Iran Nuclear Talks: World Powers Agree To Hold Follow-Up Talks With Tehran
updated 21 Mar 2013; published 21 Mar 2013
1:19
Supreme Leader Khamenei amid Obama visit: Iran will destroy Israeli cities if attacked
updated 30 Aug 2012; published 30 Aug 2012
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UN LEADER in IRAN peace talk about SYRIA and NUCLEAR PROGRAM
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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Iran News - Reuters, Barack Obamavisits Israel, Ali Khamenei, United Nations
updated 28 Oct 2012; published 28 Oct 2012
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Defence Minister Vahidi: Hezbollah Drone is NOTHING compared to Iran's POWER
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 04 Nov 2012
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UK on standby to send WARPLANES to GULF as Iranian tensions rise: WW3 in ACTION?!
New Bird Flu Strain Causes Fourth Death in China
Full Article The New York Times
04 Apr 2013

BEIJING (AP) — A strain of bird flu not known to infect humans until recently has caused a fourth death in China, with 11 people now confirmed as having contracted the virus. The Shanghai city government said Thursday that a 48-year-old man is the latest to die from the virus, known as H7N9. The man was described as having transported...

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A dove rests on a tree near a Chinese flag fluttering at a park on Monday, April 1, 2013 in Shanghai, China.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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PLAGUES & PESTILENCES: H7N9 Virus - New Bird Flu Strain Causes Fourth Death In China?!
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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China Bird Flu ,Deadly bird flu virus claims fourth victim as Chinese authorities st
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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Novel bird flu kills two in China
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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China Bird Flu,Deadly bird flu virus claims fourth victim as Chinese authorities study new
updated 10 Jan 2013; published 10 Jan 2013
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Panademic kills 18 people!!!
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
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China Bird Flu,Deadly bird flu virus claims fourth victim as Chinese authorities study new s

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Malala Yousafzai, the brave Pakistani girl who stood up for women’s education in her country, has had a grant set up in her honor. She said that the 40 Pakistani girls will be the first recipients of the grant. According to CNN, Yousafzai, 15, made...
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A chicken is seen as its owner waits for officers from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to collect at a backyard of the villager in a Hong Kong border village near mainland China, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. In a precaution against bird flu, a ban against raising poultry at home took effect in Hong Kong Monday. The territory has seen a series of avian flu cases in birds lately.
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A vender waits for the customers at a poultry market in Shanghai, China on Friday, April 5, 2013.
China has begun a mass slaughter of poultry at a market in Shanghai, after a new bird flu virus was detected there. The H7N9 virus, a form of avian flu not before seen in humans, was discovered in pigeons...
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko
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Moscow: Syria is turning into a "centre of gravity" for international terrorists as the ongoing civil war between rebels and government forces continues, a top Russian...
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There is exactly one year to go before Afghans are asked to go to the polls to elect a new president, and just months later Nato combat troops will finish their withdrawal from Afghanistan. Last weekend, Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Qatar to...
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