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Global warming to cause starvation of millions in Asia, Africa
Full Article Zeenews
14 Apr 2013

London: Millions of people might face starvation by 2050 as a result of extreme temperature globally. A report has warned that people in Africa and Asia could also become destitute as staple more than double in price by 2050 as a result of...
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File - A young boy collects rice in a paddy field, Burdawan, Eastern India.
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updated 17 Oct 2012; published 17 Oct 2012
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Help to Africa !
updated 06 Dec 2012; published 06 Dec 2012
1:44
poor india doles out aid while its people starve
updated 24 Jul 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
4:15
The politics of hunger!
updated 14 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
0:56
10 Million People Close to Starvation
updated 25 Oct 2011; published 25 Oct 2011
24:45
"Enough: Why World's Poorest Starve in Age of Plenty" by R. Thurow & S. Kilman-Epilogue-10-24-2011
updated 29 May 2012; published 29 May 2012
4:46
15 million people on the verge of starvation in Africa
Venezuela's Choice: Chavez Heir or Fresh Start
Full Article The New York Times
14 Apr 2013

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voters who kept Hugo Chavez in office for 14 years decide Sunday whether to elect the devoted lieutenant he chose to carry on the revolution that endeared him to the poor but that many Venezuelans believe is ruining the nation. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and...
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Supporters attend the closing rally of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday April 11, 2013.
photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos

updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
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Venezuela NEW ELECTION 2013: Who will replace Chavez? Maduro VS Capriles Radonski
updated 12 Apr 2013; published 12 Apr 2013
2:05
Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez's chosen successor
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
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Capriles said Nicolas Maduro lied
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:31
ELECCIONES VENEZUELA 2013: CAMAPAÑA MADURO CON MARADONA
updated 03 Apr 2013; published 03 Apr 2013
1:35
Venezuela: Maduro kicks-off campaign in Chavez's hometown
updated 28 Mar 2013; published 28 Mar 2013
1:21
Venezuela's Capriles sees 'epic crusade' for presidency
Guantanamo Bay prisoners clash with guards amid hunger strike
Full Article Deutsche Welle
14 Apr 2013

Guards at Guantanamo Bay prison have clashed with inmates after they tried to relocate them to individual cells. The prisoners have been on hunger strike for three months over their indefinite detention and conditions. Violence broke out Monday during a raid on prisoner cells at the US base in Cuba, also known as GTMO, when troops tried to relocate...
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File - A Sailor assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion stands watch over a cell block in Camp 6 at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo while detainees look through magazines and books.
photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas/Released

updated 16 Mar 2013; published 16 Mar 2013
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Detainees on hunger strike in Guantanamo
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
1:36
Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Go On Hunger Strike Amid Claims Of Abuse By Guards (RT)
updated 12 Sep 2012; published 12 Sep 2012
4:42
GUANTANAMO: Another DEATH at SCANDAL ridden PRISON [DEATH is the ONLY ESCAPE]
updated 06 Apr 2013; published 06 Apr 2013
3:44
'Gitmo guards brutally hurt prisoners'
updated 27 Mar 2013; published 27 Mar 2013
1:45
Guantanamo Hunger Strike Inmates 'Denied Water'
updated 12 Mar 2013; published 12 Mar 2013
3:55
Gitmo inmates on hunger strike over seizure of Korans, personal belongings.
Coup leader elected president in Central African Republic
Full Article The Star
13 Apr 2013

BANGUI (Reuters) - The rebel leader who seized power in Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, was elected president on Saturday by an acting parliament. Djotodia led thousands of rebel fighters from the Seleka coalition into the riverside capital of the mineral-rich country on March 24, toppling President...
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updated 06 Apr 2013; published 06 Apr 2013
4:17
Michel Djotodia - Wiki Article
updated 12 Jan 2013; published 12 Jan 2013
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Central African Republic signs peace deal with rebels. Jan 12, 2013
updated 24 Mar 2013; published 24 Mar 2013
2:09
Seleka rebels Seize "Bangui" Capital of Central African Republic
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
3:05
Latest World News - Rebels take presidential palace in Central African Republic
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
2:29
UN council demands CAR rebels end offensive
updated 26 Mar 2013; published 26 Mar 2013
1:52
CAR rebel leader Djotodia 'suspends constitution'
U.S., China agree on North Korea denuclearization push
Full Article The Star
13 Apr 2013

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States and China agreed on Saturday to make a joint effort to push for the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, following weeks of bellicose rhetoric from North Korea and rising tensions in northeast Asia. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to U.S. embassy staff at a "Meet and...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on April 13, 2013.
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updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:03
China Urges Calm While Building Up Military on North Korean Border
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
2:17
China Serious About Stopping N. Korean Nuclear Test: Official [Arirang News]
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
5:33
VOA News for 13 April 2013 - 20130413
updated 14 Apr 2013; published 14 Apr 2013
2:21
US Secretary of State John Kerry Was Meeting With Chinese Leadership on Saturday in Beijing
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:35
Kerry sees opportunities in new leadership in China
updated 14 Apr 2013; published 14 Apr 2013
0:49
Kerry arrives in Japan
Judge recuses himself in Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak retrial
Full Article Zeenews
13 Apr 2013

Cairo: Judge Mostafa Hassan Abdallah on Saturday recused himself from presiding over the new trial of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak in a chaotic hearing that lasted just seconds. Abdallah sent the case to the Court of Appeal, which will then refer the trial to a new circuit, as civil society lawyers attending the trial shouted: "The people...
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to attend his trial in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 13, 2013
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:03
Judge walks out of Mubarak's retrial
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:43
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak retrial judge withdraws from case - 4/13/2013
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:21
Mubarak Retrial Judge Withdraws From Case
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
0:51
Judge withdraws from Mubarak retrial
updated 13 Jan 2013; published 13 Jan 2013
0:51
Egyptian court orders Mubarak retrial after appeal.
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:07
Court clashes erupt after judge in Mubarak retrial withdraws
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak retrial set to begin
Full Article BBC News
13 Apr 2013

The retrial of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on corruption and conspiracy charges is due to open in the capital, Cairo. Mubarak was convicted last June of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 revolt that ended his rule. But a retrial was ordered in January after a...
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File - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Mohammed al-Law

updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:21
Mubarak Retrial Judge Withdraws From Case
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:45
Mubarak retrial judge withdraws from case
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:24
Egypt judge withdraws from Mubarak trial
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:04
Mubarak retrial judge withdraws from case
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
0:11
Mubarak retrial judge withdraws from case
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
1:32
Egyptian court orders Mubarak retrial after appeal - EGYPT - FRANCE 24 [1-15-2013]
Kerry looks to press China on N. Korea
Full Article Khaleej Times
13 Apr 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Beijing on Saturday seeking China’s help to rein in a belligerent North Korea and provide a foundation for Seoul to lower soaring tensions with Pyongyang. Kerry was due to fly to the Chinese capital from South Korea where he held talks Friday with President Park Geun-Hye and offered public US support to her...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Xie Feng, China's Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for North America, upon his arrival in Beijing, China, on April 13, 2013.
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updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:19
Kerry seeks Chinese influence as North Korean sabre-rattling continues
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
2:30
North Korea - US Secretary of State John Kerry Urges China To Help End Crisis
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
1:53
North Korea: US Urges China To Help End Crisis
updated 12 Apr 2013; published 12 Apr 2013
1:22
US Secretary of State John Kerry Meets South Korean President
updated 15 Mar 2013; published 15 Mar 2013
2:04
Kerry to Visit Seoul in Mid-April 케리 미 국무, 다음달 한국 방문
updated 03 Apr 2013; published 03 Apr 2013
2:03
South Korea Warns Military Action An 'Option'
Sudan's President Bashir meets South Sudan's Kiir
Full Article BBC News
12 Apr 2013

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan is visiting South Sudan for the first time since it became independent in 2011. Mr Bashir and his southern counterpart, Salva Kiir, will discuss territorial disputes and border demarcation. Also on the agenda is a recent deal on how much the South should...
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File - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir addresses his country’s national assembly, known as August House, urging it to halt all oil production in South Sudan, 23 January, 2012.
photo: UN / Isaac Billy

updated 12 Apr 2013; published 12 Apr 2013
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Sudan's Bashir visits South Sudan
updated 23 Apr 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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Sudanese President Al-Bashir Vows to Liberate South Sudan from "The Poisonous Vermin"
updated 25 Apr 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
1:42
Message To President Of Sudan
updated 08 May 2012; published 08 May 2012
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Sudan president donkey al-Bashir islamist fighters captured by South Sudan people's army
updated 09 Apr 2013; published 09 Apr 2013
3:13
WILL SUDAN PRESIDENT OMAR AL BASHIR COME TO KENYA
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
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Daily English News - Sudan's Bashir visits South Sudan
Afghanistan's fractured future
Full Article Asia Times
12 Apr 2013

By Shahab Jafry Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. if you are interested in contributing. Despite the longevity of America's Afghan campaign, including the spillover into Pakistan's tribal area, few in the international press really understand the true nature of the Taliban threat,...
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An Afghan Local Police officer fires a machine gun during live-fire training conducted by Afghan National Police officers in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 26, 2013.
photo: USMC / Sgt. Pete Thibodeau

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
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Why Pakistan's Proxy Taliban Won't Be Able To Retake Afghanistan?
updated 11 Oct 2012; published 11 Oct 2012
2:31
Life of Afghan girls after Taliban
updated 04 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
11:01
Future Of Afghanistan - Afghan Ex-Spy Chief Amrullah Saleh
updated 26 Oct 2011; published 26 Oct 2011
9:19
The Gun Markets of Pakistan
updated 19 Dec 2011; published 19 Dec 2011
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Afghanistan Belongs To Pakistan Says ISI
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Afġānistān: Wilāyat-e Helmand Stories

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Is Mike D'Antoni responsible for Kobe Bryant's Achilles injury?
CBS Sports
El SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Lakers were in recovery mode Saturday as they braced for the unthinkable task of finishing this playoff push without Kobe Bryant. It looked like a normal...
President Assad's army is starting to call the shots in Syria
The Independent
Old Mohamed Said al-Sauda from Deraa, in his tawny gown and kuffiah headscarf, sat at the end of a conclave of tribal elders, all newly arrived in Damascus for an audience with no...
Gold Falling Too Far Too Fast?
CNBC
Investors all over Wall Street are baffled by the sharp move lower in gold. The spot price ended the session with its biggest one-day fall in more than a year. Gold for June...

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At least 16 killed in Somalia violence
Somali soldiers carry a wounded civilian from the entrance of Mogadishu’s court complex after being injured during a siege by militants, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, April 14, 2013.
The Irish Times
At least 16 people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside the law courts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building , before a gunbattle erupted with security forces besieging the compound, witnesses said. A large blast hit...
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10 militants killed in Afghan raids
10 militants killed in Afghan raids
Newstrack India
Tweet Kabul, April 14 (IANS) Ten Taliban militants have been killed in military operations across Afghanistan Since Saturday, the interior ministry...
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Fort Drum, former Griffiss Air Force Base eyed as possible home for missile defense site
Fort Drum, former Griffiss Air Force Base eyed as possible home for missile defense site
Syracuse
Washington -- Central or Northern New York could become the site of a sprawling, $3.6 billion development that would bring the region hundreds of new jobs for well-paid engineers and technicians. But there's one big catch: The community would have to...
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Ahmadinejad to visit uranium-rich Niger
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In his statements to the rally, Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have direct talks with United States if the West stops pressuring his country.
Al Jazeera
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, is beginning a visit to West Africa that will take him to Benin, Ghana and Niger, the world's fourth-largest uranium producer, Iranian media have reported. The Fars news agency said Ahmadinejad's trip would...
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China: Reports of bird flu in humans reach 51
China: Reports of bird flu in humans reach 51
CNN
April 14, 2013 -- Updated 0512 GMT (1312 HKT) Officials in Hong Kong test poultry at the border with mainland China on April 11 as authorities step up measures against the spread of the deadly H7N9 bird flu. Empty cages are seen at a closed bird...
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Dozens killed in northern Peru bus crash
Peruvian policemen stand around the body of a victim of a bus that crashed in Arequipa, Peru, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. According to police, 26 people died and nearly 100 are injured because of two crashes in southern Peru, one involving two buses smashing into a truck. Two Spaniards and one Italian are among those reported injured.
Al Jazeera
At least 34 people were killed and many others wounded after a bus plunged 200 metres down a ravine in northern Peru, police have said. The bus veered off a mountain road near the town of Otuzco almost 570km north of the capital of Lima,...
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Quake Strikes Off Papua New Guinea, No Damage Reported
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) will operate in Papua New Guinea to perform humanitarian civic assistance missions as part of Pacific Partnership 2008.
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A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck 74 kilometers west of Bougainville island in Papua New Guinea on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of...
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