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Guatemalans hail historic genocide verdict
Full Article Al Jazeera
11 May 2013

- For the first time in history, a former head of state has been found guilty of genocide for crimes committed in the country itself, marking the biggest successful prosecution in Latin America. When Efrain Rios Montt seized control of the country in a March 1982 coup, it gave way to the bloodiest period of Guatemala's 36-year-civil war....

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Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt speaks during his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Thursday, May 9, 2013.
photo: AP / Moises Castillo

updated 09 May 2013; published 09 May 2013
4:51
Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial
updated 27 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
11:31
Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Ríos Montt Suspended After Intervention by Guatemalan President
updated 21 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
1:48
Genocide Trial of Guatemala's Rios Montt
updated 19 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
10:37
Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Ríos Montt Suspended After Intervention by Guatemalan President
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
1:08
Guatemala court finds former dictator guilty of genocide
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
4:20
Efrain Rios Montt, Former Guatemalan Dictator, Convicted Of Genocide
Pakistanis vote in landmark, unpredictable election
Full Article Fox News
11 May 2013

May 10, 2013: Pakistani election staff carry ballot boxes for tomorrow;s elections in Islamabad, Pakistan.AP ISLAMABAD – Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan was holding historic elections Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister once exiled by the army and an incumbent blamed for...

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Pakistani women clad in traditional burqa, or veil, cast their votes in Peshawar, Pakistan,
photo: AP / Mohammad Zuabair

updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
1:32
Pakistan elections: 85 million people to vote
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
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Pakistan : Pak goes to Vote
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
9:26
Pakistan's Elections More Unpredictable than Ever
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
1:23
Pakistan's game-changing election
updated 07 May 2013; published 07 May 2013
2:28
Complete News - Young voters could sway Pakistan elections
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
1:29
Pakistani vote in landmark elections
Carbon dioxide level passes feared milestone
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
11 May 2013

The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported Friday, reaching a concentration not seen on the Earth for millions of years. Scientific monitors reported that the gas had reached an average daily level that surpassed 400 parts per million -- a sobering...

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File -  A chemical factory in Medico City polluting the air, 1972. Pollution of the environment has become so widespread that all forms of life are threatened.
photo: UN / F Botts

updated 31 May 2012; published 31 May 2012
1:51
Warming Gas Levels Hit 'Troubling Milestone'
updated 05 May 2013; published 05 May 2013
28:38
Economy and Prepper Strategy plus general ranting
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
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Carbon dioxide levels pass symbolic mark...
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
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News Wrap: Carbon Dioxide Level Hits Grim Milestone
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
5:09
How Is the Garment Industry Working to Improve Conditions?
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:57
Bangladeshi Seamstress Rescued From Factory Rubble
Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
Full Article Daily Press
11 May 2013

MEXICO CITY -- Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre and displacement of ethnic Mayan people. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison. The landmark ruling by a...

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Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt, left, smiles as he attends his hearing in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.
photo: AP / Moises Castillo

updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
2:20
Former Guatemala leader convicted of genocide
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
1:08
Guatemala court finds former dictator guilty of genocide
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
1:41
Rios Montt pleads no guilty to charges of genocide
updated 27 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
11:31
Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Ríos Montt Suspended After Intervention by Guatemalan President
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
0:39
Rios Montt guilty of genocide
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
4:20
Efrain Rios Montt, Former Guatemalan Dictator, Convicted Of Genocide
Beware of Turning Away Immigrant Einsteins
Full Article WorldNews.com
10 May 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Perhaps a backlash against newly arrived non-indigenous immigrants is justifiable, especially in reference to the recent Boston Marathon Bombing. And maybe there are a few non-native immigrants that take advantage of social uplift programs, or that commit crimes. But generally speaking, the United...

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Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer in a posed photograph at the Institute for Advanced Study. The two did not in reality have much in common and did not get along.
photo: US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

updated 05 Aug 2012; published 05 Aug 2012
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Dr. West at Einstein's Alley Smart Immigration Conference FV2
updated 12 Apr 2013; published 12 Apr 2013
9:36
Top 5 ways anti-immigrant hate makes its way into media and policy
updated 15 Jun 2011; published 15 Jun 2011
1:26
Bloomberg: U.S. Immigration System Causing 'National Suicide'
updated 27 Aug 2012; published 27 Aug 2012
1:57
Could Immigration Policy Deport the Next Albert Einstein?
updated 01 Jun 2012; published 01 Jun 2012
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Schloss Einstein Folge 502
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
10:39
2013 H-1B Immigrant Visa Quota
Global Network of Hackers Steal $45 Million From ATMs
Full Article CNBC
10 May 2013

The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours sent ripples through the security world, not merely for the size of the operation and ease with which it was carried out, but also for the threat that more such thefts may be in store. Seven people were arrested...

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A Bank of America ATM corner in Washington, DC, USA as seen in this June 8, 2011 photo.
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
0:59
Global cyber gang rob millions
updated 01 May 2013; published 01 May 2013
8:44
Michael Chertoff on Cybersecurity panel at Milken Global Conf in L.A. (Pt 1 of 2) (9061)
updated 30 Oct 2011; published 30 Oct 2011
19:59
DEFCON 19: Hacking the Global Economy with GPUs or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bitcoin
updated 20 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
1:22
FREE & CHEAP INTERNATIONAL CALLS WITH WORLD GMN ISIM
updated 24 Apr 2011; published 24 Apr 2011
2:22
"Batman The Dark Knight Rises"better than"Im fighting PlayStation Network hacker"
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
1:05
Holy Sh1t 2 - CS GO - Edit
Dhaka building collapse: Woman pulled alive from rubble
Full Article BBC News
10 May 2013

A woman has been pulled alive from the ruins of a building that collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's...

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Bangladesh's workers toil in a collapsed garment factory in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 10, 2013.
photo: AP / Ismail Ferdous

updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:22
Woman survivor pulled alive from Dhaka rubble
updated 24 Apr 2013; published 24 Apr 2013
0:56
Dhaka Factory Collapse Death Toll Reaches 1000: Woman pulled alive from rubble after 17 Days!
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
1:26
Dhaka building collapse - Woman pulled alive from rubble
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:14
BBC News Dhaka building collapse: Woman pulled alive from rubble
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
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Dhaka building collapse Woman pulled alive from rubble after 17 days
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:31
Survivor found in Bangladesh building collapse rubble
Explosions hit two police stations in Libya's Benghazi
Full Article The Star
10 May 2013

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in the early hours of Friday,...

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A Libyan rebel fighter fires his machine gun toward loyalist positions down town Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011.
photo: AP / Manu Brado

updated 23 Apr 2013; published 23 Apr 2013
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LIVE VIDEO: French embassy in Tripoli hit by car bomb
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 04 Nov 2012
0:47
Car bomb explodes at Benghazi police station .. More »
updated 04 Nov 2012; published 04 Nov 2012
2:30
Libya's Supreme Security Committee HQ is under Grenade ATTACK
updated 17 Feb 2011; published 17 Feb 2011
1:56
Libyan protesters defy crackdown
updated 21 Apr 2011; published 21 Apr 2011
1:18
Police Seeking Colo. Mall 'person of Interest'
updated 13 Feb 2012; published 13 Feb 2012
4:50
Libya Feb. 2012: Gaddafi loyalists driving through Libyan City
Prosecutor to seek murder charges against accused Ohio kidnapper
Full Article The Irish Times
10 May 2013

An Ohio prosecutor has said he will seek aggravated murder charges, which could carry the death penalty, against a former Cleveland school bus driver accused of kidnapping and raping three women during a decade of captivity in his house. The charges would stem from the forced miscarriages that police say were suffered by one of the women at the...

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Ariel Castro appears in Cleveland Municipal court Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
photo: AP / /Tony Dejak

updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:14
Ohio kidnap suspect may face murder charges
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:14
Complete News - Ohio kidnap suspect may face murder charges
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
6:53
Ohio prosecutor to seek murder charges, possible death penalty for Ariel Castro
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:14
Latest World News - Ohio kidnap suspect may face murder charges
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
1:31
Prosecutors may seek death penalty for Ohio kidnapper
updated 10 May 2013; published 10 May 2013
2:14
English News Today - Ohio kidnap suspect may face murder charges
Bangladesh garment factory collapse death toll hits 1,021
Full Article The Times of India
10 May 2013

DHAKA: The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,021 bodies have been recovered from...

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Rescuers carry a body retrieved from the rubble of the eight-story Rana Plaza building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Thursday, May 9, 2013
photo: AP / Ismail Ferdous

updated 09 May 2013; published 09 May 2013
11:59
8 Killed in Bangladesh Factory Fire; Toll From Building Collapse Nears 900
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 25 Nov 2012
1:14
Bangladesh factory fire kills at least nine near Dhaka
updated 07 May 2013; published 07 May 2013
2:38
Death toll tops 620 in Bangladesh garment-factory-building collapse
updated 09 May 2013; published 09 May 2013
0:21
Another Fire as Bangladesh Toll Tops 900
updated 01 May 2013; published 01 May 2013
17:24
As Bangladesh Toll Hits 400, Calls Grow to Grant Workers the Same Protections as Labels They Make
updated 25 Nov 2012; published 25 Nov 2012
1:07
Scores dead in Bangladesh factory fire .. More »

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Rock Hill Guard unit finishes in Afghanistan, readies for return
The 161 soldiers of Rock Hill’s Army National Guard 178th Combat Engineers who have spent the past nine months in Afghanistan have finished their mission and are soon heading home, Army officials confirmed. The unit has the dangerous job of...
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US seeks permanent occupation of Afghanistan: Taliban
May 10: The Taliban militant group has said that the United States seeks permanent occupation of Afghanistan following its announcement to keep nine military bases in the war-torn country. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed said in an e-mailed...
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In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter keeps an eye over an enemy position as he moves through the frontline, in the southeast area of Aleppo, Syria.
This week the leader of Hezbollah - the Shia movement in southern Lebanon - made it clear that he saw weapons transfers from Syria as a "strategic response" to the Israeli air strikes that hit the outskirts of Damascus last Sunday. Hassan...
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Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or Moment for Justice party attend an election campaign rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013.
Pakistan's elections on 11 May will be the cleanest in the country's history, officials say, following the implementation of new measures to avoid a repeat of widespread rigging in previous votes. They say that electoral rolls have been...
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Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt stands in the courtroom before the the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013.
SONIA PEREZ Associated Press= GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday, sentencing him to 80 years in prison, the first such sentence ever handed...
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Pentagon’s View on Sex Abuse in the Military
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Internally displaced people from Pakistan's troubled Swat valley read newspapers carrying story about the death of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, as they arrive at a bus terminal to leave for their homeland in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. About 1,400 internally displaced persons (IDP), who fled
LAHORE: All was quiet on the streets of Lahore on Friday as people geared up for the elections. The provincial government announced a holiday across Punjab around noon on Thursday, shutting down local businesses and giving people one extra day to get...
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