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Turkey protests spread as Istanbul sit-in turns violent
Full Article France24

01 Jun 2013

Anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in cities across Turkey after a sit-in at a park in Istanbul over plans for a construction project turned violent on Friday, with police using tear gas and water cannon to break up protesters. By Nicolas Baker (video) News Wires (text) Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon Friday...

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Riot police clash with demonstrators after they used tear gas and pressurized water in a dawn raid Friday to rout a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park, Turkey, Friday, May 31, 2013.

photo: AP

updated 01 Jun 2013; published 31 May 2013

2:51

Turkish police break up Istanbul park protest

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

3:59

Woman protester Gets a Headshot by Police Tear Gas Gun - Raw video 05/31/2013

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

2:51

Complete News - Turkish police break up Istanbul park protest

updated 01 Jun 2013; published 01 Jun 2013

1:42

"SPREADING PROTESTS" AGAINST DICTATORSHIP IN TURKEY!

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

3:59

Woman Protester Gets a Headshot by Police Tear Gas Gun Raw Footage

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

2:51

English News Today - Turkish police break up Istanbul park protest

NATO plans 2014 Afghan summit
Full Article Independent online (SA)

31 May 2013

WASHINGTON - NATO countries will hold a summit next year to discuss troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama said on Friday after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The United States and its 28 NATO allies have been working...

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen answers questions to the media during a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer, unseen, at the government's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic Friday, March 5, 2010

photo: AP / Petr David Josek

updated 28 May 2013; published 23 Apr 2013

3:57

NATO Secretary General with President of Afghanistan - Joint Press Point

updated 08 Nov 2012; published 18 Apr 2012

2:36

NATO Condemns New Photos of U.S. Troops Posing With Dead Afghan Insurgents

updated 11 Mar 2013; published 05 Dec 2012

2:59

NATO Secretary General - North Atlantic Council with non-NATO ISAF contributing nations

updated 11 Mar 2013; published 05 Dec 2012

4:57

NATO Secretary General - Closing press conference Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meetings, part 1/2

updated 02 May 2013; published 20 Nov 2010

0:43

NATO endorses 2014 Afghan security handover

updated 05 Jun 2012; published 18 Apr 2012

15:01

GGN: US Benefits From Afghan Taliban Attacks, NATO to Carve Out Eurabia?, Turkey May Invoke R2P

No rise in cancer rates after Fukushima disaster - UN
Full Article BBC News

31 May 2013

Cancer rates are not expected to rise as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, UN scientists say. The evacuation of thousands of people shortly after the accident in 2011 sharply lowered their exposure to radiation, a draft report...

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A group of workers wearing protective suits and masks stand next to the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture Wednesday, March 6, 2013, ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

photo: AP / Issei Kato

updated 03 Apr 2013; published 03 Apr 2013

8:35

News From The Meltdowns (TEPCO F##!-up during disaster, water decontamination, exclusion zone)

updated 02 Apr 2013; published 01 Apr 2013

1:52

World facing atomic disaster.

updated 06 May 2013; published 01 Apr 2013

4:21

Shut down all GE atomic reactors in the US.

updated 27 May 2013; published 16 Nov 2011

3:59

Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk

updated 14 May 2013; published 07 Oct 2012

29:25

US Death Rates Increase from Fukishima Fallout

updated 28 May 2013; published 21 May 2012

14:20

Scary Update! Fukushima Nuclear Radiation, Depopulation begins.

McCain advocates weapons for Syrian rebels; does he have Alzheimer's?
Full Article The Examiner

31 May 2013

Although the death toll in this war has reached into the tens of thousands and uncollaborated reports indicate the government forces have started using chemical weapons against rebel controlled territories, almost nothing will justify the United States aiding either side in this war. Even with Russia and China who have economic ties with President...

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A Lebanese man removes debris from his damaged house, hit by rockets fired by Syrian rebels according to villagers, in Hermel town, northeast of Lebanon, Wednesday May 29, 2013.

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

updated 29 May 2013; published 28 May 2013

4:49

Syria - War Hero John McCain Surprise Visit to Liberated Area 5-27-13 CNN

updated 28 May 2013; published 27 May 2013

2:54

U.S. Senator John McCain Secretly Visits 'Rebel' Leaders inside Syria. Any Pressure to Obama?

updated 29 May 2013; published 29 May 2013

1:40

McCain's Secret Trip to Syria

updated 27 May 2013; published 27 May 2013

2:09

US Senator Mccain Visits Syrian Rebels

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

3:05

Build upto WW3 - SYRIA says it has Advanced MISSILES from RUSSIA. ISRAEL says new WAR COMING

updated 25 May 2013; published 25 Apr 2013

1:58

HAGEL Syrian government used chemical weapons

Nigeria arrests trio over 'Hezbollah cell'
Full Article Al Jazeera

31 May 2013

Nigerian authorities have have arrested three Lebanese men in northern Nigeria on suspicion of being members of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah. Soldiers uncovered a hidden arms cache that authorities believe belonged to members of the Shia political party and armed group, the military and secret police said on Thursday....

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This photo released by the Nigerian Army claims to show soldiers and civilians inspecting a displayed arms cache recovered from a house in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, May 30, 2013.

photo: AP / Nigerian Army

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

0:58

'Hezbollah cell' uncovered in Nigeria

updated 30 May 2013; published 30 May 2013

3:14

Nigeria Stops Hezbollah Cell Planning To Attack Israeli Targets

updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013

1:50

LATEST NEWS : Bulgaria links Hezbollah to bus blast

updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013

0:30

Nigerian security service uncovers plot to target Israelis

updated 06 May 2011; published 06 May 2011

3:46

Hezbollah Sets Up Headquarters In Mexico Near U.S. Border

updated 21 Apr 2012; published 15 Aug 2006

3:03

Hezbollah Rally 2 Washington DC 081206

Alarm grows as Iraqi forces fail to stem violence
Full Article The Guardian

31 May 2013

ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials in Iraq are growing increasingly concerned over an unabated spike in violence that claimed at least another 33 lives on Thursday and is reviving fears of a return to widespread sectarian fighting. Authorities announced plans to impose a sweeping ban on many cars across the Iraqi capital...

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Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the commercial area of Karradah in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 30, 2013.

photo: AP / Hadi Mizban

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013

2:17

Tide of Iraq's Sunni-Shia violence

updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013

5:23

News Wrap: Baghdad Car Bombings Kill 33 in Iraq

updated 25 Aug 2009; published 25 Aug 2009

24:14

Inside Story - Iraq's new wave of violence - 24 August 09

updated 06 May 2013; published 06 May 2013

3:49

Ride Pain Away Iraqi youth race to escape violence and chaos...

updated 29 May 2013; published 26 Feb 2013

2:09

Iraq's Turkmen demand their own defence force

updated 25 Apr 2013; published 25 Apr 2013

1:16

Security forces kill dozens of Iraqi protesters...

Bhutan readies for first stage of key elections
Full Article BBC News

31 May 2013

Voters in Bhutan are taking part in elections on Friday to determine which two out of four parties will go on to participate in the second and decisive stage of the vote on 13 July. The winner of the July vote will form the government and the runner-up will become the opposition. The election is the second to be held in Bhutan since the country...

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File - A Royal Bhutan Army soldier stands vigil as Bhutanese in traditional costume stand in queues to cast their votes for the nation's second parliamentary election outside a polling station at Rikhey, Bhutan, Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

photo: AP / Anupam Nath

updated 06 Aug 2009; published 06 Aug 2009

2:23

Stage set for the poll-06.08.2009-ITN News Sri Lanka

updated 23 Apr 2011; published 23 Apr 2011

13:04

Daewon S&D; 1 Class 1-10 (2008): speech 2 - 강재윤 도원빈 심시현 Bhutan election

updated 16 Sep 2012; published 14 Jun 2011

6:29

OBCA 2nd National Convention-Gurung Dance from Nebraska

updated 07 Nov 2012; published 07 Nov 2012

1:37

Presidential elections social media reactions

updated 10 Jan 2013; published 10 Jan 2013

3:37

FERNANDO ALVARADO ACUDE AL CNE A TRATAR TEMAS DE CAMPAÑA ELECTORAL

updated 24 Feb 2013; published 24 Feb 2013

3:41

Political enemies unite in prayer

Iraqi officials say 16 dead in wave of bomb blasts
Full Article The Guardian

30 May 2013

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens in the latest eruption of violence rattling the country, officials said. Iraq is facing its most relentless wave of bloodshed since the 2011 U.S. military...

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Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in the commercial area of Karradah in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 30, 2013.

photo: AP / Karim Kadim

updated 30 May 2013; published 16 Apr 2013

2:14

Deadly Wave Of Bombings Across Iraq Ahead Of Elections

updated 20 May 2013; published 20 May 2013

0:50

Iraq Car Bombs And Police Attacks Kill Dozens

updated 29 Dec 2012; published 29 Nov 2012

1:16

BOMBINGS in BAGHDAD: Back to back BLASTS across MAJOR citys in IRAQ [MURDER & MAYHEM]

updated 30 May 2013; published 30 May 2013

0:26

Iraqi officials say 13 dead in wave of bomb blasts [Slide Show]

updated 30 May 2013; published 02 May 2013

2:51

Iraq Gripped By Deadly Sectarian Violence

updated 19 Mar 2013; published 19 Mar 2013

0:40

Iraq Rocked By Wave Of Bombings On Invasion Anniversary

Afghan women in fight over rights law
Full Article Al Jazeera

30 May 2013

- Fawzi Koofi, an Afghan MP, was left out to die under the sun the day she was born, according to a story she recounts in her autobiography. She is now set to run in Afghanistan's presidential elections next year. Among Westerners, she is regarded as a champion for Afghan women. In Afghanistan, her record is more mixed. Her recent...

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File - An Afghan National Army commando from the 6th Kandak hands schoolbags to women and children during a humanitarian assistance mission March 25, 2009, at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan.

photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Russell Klika

updated 30 May 2013; published 30 May 2013

8:23

Afghani Women Fighting For Their Rights

updated 29 May 2013; published 20 May 2013

2:48

Afghanistan Blocks Law on Women's Rights

updated 23 Feb 2013; published 23 Feb 2013

14:38

Afghan Journalist Zabiullah Rashidi

updated 18 May 2013; published 18 May 2013

3:09

Rights For Women In Afghanistan Aborted Or Delayed?

updated 18 Feb 2012; published 18 Feb 2012

6:51

NA Tajik MP Against Taliban Peace Talks & US Withdrawal From AFG!!

updated 15 Jul 2009; published 15 Jul 2009

1:21

Law to Let Afghan Husbands Starve Wives Who Withhold Sex

John McCain confident US can identify and arm 'right' Syria rebels
Full Article RTE

30 May 2013

US Senator John McCain has said he is confident the United States can send weapons to fighters in Syria without the risk they will fall into the wrong hands. "We can identify who these people are. We can help the right people," McCain said on CNN's programme Anderson Cooper 360. Mr McCain, a Republican, is an outspoken advocate for US...

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Republican Sen. John McCain during a TV interview, at the World Economic Forum, held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention center, in Southern Shuneh, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 25, 2013.

photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon

updated 08 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012

23:57

US supplying weapons to al-Qaeda in Syria

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013

1:40

John McCain Makes Secret Syria Trip, Crosses Borders to Speak With Rebels

updated 29 May 2013; published 27 May 2013

1:35

John McCain Visits Syria, Meets With Rebel Leaders

updated 31 May 2013; published 28 May 2013

10:01

BREAKING: McCain Daring Trip Into Syria Met With Rebels

updated 30 May 2013; published 28 May 2013

1:21

Headline: Sen. John McCain makes unannounced visit to Syrian rebel leaders

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013

5:57

General Paul E. Vallely On Sen. McCain Secretly Meeting With Syrian Rebels

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Wall Street’s Invisible Men

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Being a Wall Street "letterhead hire" — one of many high-profile former politicians who are offered lucrative advisory roles at leading banks and private equity firms,...

Honorable and Dishonorable Medals and Dialogues

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President Barack Obama's May 23rd speech at the National Defense University has been cited primarily for its assertion that the war against Al Qaeda has largely been won and that...

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More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in May: U.N.

Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in east Baghdad's neighborhood of Kamaliya, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people were killed in attacks in Iraq during May in the worst spike in violence since the country's sectarian civil war five...

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Istanbul protests: Turkey braces for second day of unrest

Riot police clash with demonstrators after they used tear gas and pressurized water in a dawn raid on Friday to rout a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park, Turkey, Friday, May 31, 2013.

Turkey is braced for a second day of protests after clashes between police and demonstrators left dozens of people injured in Istanbul on Friday. Police have been drafted in from other provinces, parts of Istanbul are cordoned off and traffic is...

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Death toll in Manila explosion rises to 6

A police officer examines the surroundings after a powerful explosion suspected to have been caused by a faulty appliance ripped through a residential building in an upscale district of the Philippine capital on Friday night May 31, 2013 at suburban Taguig city east of Manila

New Straits/Business Times

MANILA, Philippines : The death toll from a powerful explosion that ripped through an upscale apartment complex in the Philippine capital has risen to six, including the crew of a passing delivery van that was hit by debris, authorities said...

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Tough Times Still Ahead for Euro Zone

Protesters demonstrate against the country's near 25 percent unemployment rate and stinging austerity measures introduced by the government, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 21, 2012.

Wall Street Journal

By ILONA BILLINGTON And BRIAN BLACKTONE Enlarge Image Close The euro-zone economy showed further signs of deterioration as unemployment hit a fresh record and retail spending fell in the bloc's largest economies, offering little hope the region's...

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Monaco finalise Falcao deal

President of AS Monaco Dmitry Rybolovlev announces the transfer of the Columbia striker Radamel Falcao

Independent online (SA)

Monaco – Monaco's billionaire Russian owner Dmitry Rybolovlev announced on Friday the signature of Colombia forward Radamel Falcao from Atletico Madrid in a deal believed to be worth around 60 million euros ($77 million). “I would like to...

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Cuba Condemns Continued Inclusion On U.S. State Sponsors Of Terror List

Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks during celebrations marking Cuba’s Revolution Day in Guantanamo, Cuba, Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Huffington Post

HAVANA -- Havana is forcefully condemning a U.S. government decision to keep Cuba on its annual list of state sponsors of terrorism. A statement from the Foreign Ministry calls it an "arbitrary and unilateral" ruling that cynically aims to justify...

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Obama: NATO To Hold Afghanistan Summit Next Year

President Barack Obama walks down the steps of Air Force One during his arrival, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo.

Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he and the secretary general of NATO have agreed to focus the organization's 2014 summit on Afghanistan. Most of the international troops in Afghanistan are scheduled to leave by the end of next year. But...

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