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Japan Election: Shinzo Abe Hails Landslide Win
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22 Jul 2013

The Japanese prime minister's ruling coalition has won a solid majority in the country's upper house elections, gaining control of both chambers of parliament. Shinzo Abe's decisive win is being seen as a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms - an endorsement for the Liberal Democratic Party's 'Abenomics' programme,...

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Japan's Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe arrives for a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, a day after the party's landslide victory over the ruling Democratic Party of Japan led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in parliamentary elections. Abe stressed Monday that the road ahead will not be easy as he tries to revive Japan's sputtering economy and bolster its national security amid deteriorating relations with China.
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updated 22 Jul 2013; published 22 Jul 2013
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Japan Election Shinzo Abe Hails Landslide Win
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
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Abe faces tough choices after Japanese election win
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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Japan election:Shinzo Abe wins upper house elections
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Wins Elections In Japan
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
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LDP Landslide Victory in Japan Election - 17.12.2012 - Dukascopy Press Review
updated 20 Dec 2012; published 20 Dec 2012
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Abe acts tough on China - Media Watch - December 19 - BONTV
Pope Francis's and Vatican's Genocidal Ghosts
Full Article WorldNews.com
22 Jul 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In 2008 and while several Argentine generals were being tried for their past crimes, Cecilia testified in court against her best friend, Silvina Parodi. Silvinia was a student during Argentina's military dictatorship that ruled from 1976-83. She was an outspoken opponent of the regime and accused of...

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Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 21, 2013.
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Pope description of the Armenian Genocide
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Kevin Annett: Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth arrest warrants; USA Bishop breaks with Vatican
updated 11 Apr 2013; published 11 Apr 2013
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Pope Linked to Missiles, Deaths
updated 23 May 2013; published 23 May 2013
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Vatican denies Pope Francis performed an exorcism
updated 02 Mar 2013; published 02 Mar 2013
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BREAKING_ Pope Benedict _ Vatican Found Guilty of Crimes
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
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Why the Pope Resigned - Arrest Warrant
Panel meets to amend Egypt Constitution
Full Article The Hindu
22 Jul 2013

A 10-member panel to amend Egypt’s Constitution met for the first time yesterday amid political turmoil over the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and rebuffed claims that it has devised ready-made amendments. Inaugural meeting of the panel, which includes six senior judges and four high-profile constitutional law professors, was...

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A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chants slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a demonstration outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 21, 2013.
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National Seminar on Violence against Women, Part: 16
updated 13 Jun 2013; published 13 Jun 2013
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National Seminar on Violence against Women, Part: 34
updated 13 Jun 2013; published 13 Jun 2013
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National Seminar on Violence against Women, Part: 4
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National Seminar on Violence against Women, Part: 37
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National Seminar on Violence against Women, Part: 11
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EU to rule on blacklisting Hezbollah
Full Article Al Jazeera
22 Jul 2013

European Union governments are due to make a ruling on whether or not to blacklist the military wing of Hezbollah after allegations that the group has stepped up its activities in Europe. Britain has sought to persuade its EU peers since May to put the Shia Muslim group's military wing on the bloc's terrorism list, citing evidence that it was...

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EU to rule on blacklisting Hezbollah
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updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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EU poised to place Hezbollah on terrorism blacklist: US and Israel have long pushed for blacklisting
updated 05 Feb 2013; published 05 Feb 2013
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Bulgaria : Hezbollah behind fatal bus bombing
updated 22 Jul 2013; published 22 Jul 2013
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Hezbollah On European Union Terror List?
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 22 Dec 2012
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"US engaged with EU in blacklisting Hezbollah"
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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EU terror listing for Islamists Hezbollah
updated 18 Jul 2013; published 18 Jul 2013
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New Burgas blast evidence points to Hezbollah as EU discusses blacklisting Lebanese group
Colombia President Santos vows military force after FARC kills soldiers
Full Article Deutsche Welle
22 Jul 2013

Colombia's president has vowed to launch a military offensive against the country's biggest rebel movement, FARC. The announcement comes after 19 soldiers were killed by the guerilla group over the weekend. President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday his military will launch an offensive against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...

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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos delivers a speech during a televised address to the nation at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.
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Colombia's President calls troops who killed FARC leader "National Heros"
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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FARC Kill Seven Soldiers
updated 07 Sep 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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Colombia rejects FARC ceasefire proposal
updated 26 Feb 2012; published 26 Feb 2012
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Colombia's FARC announces halt to kidnapping
updated 20 Sep 2010; published 20 Sep 2010
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Colombian Troops Kill 22 FARC Guerrillas in Jungle Operation
Portuguese President Says Coelho Government Will Stay in Office
Full Article Bloomberg
22 Jul 2013

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva said the government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho will stay in office until its term ends in 2015 and reaffirmed he doesn’t want to call early elections. “The government has the support of an unequivocal majority in parliament,” Cavaco Silva said in a speech in Lisbon last night. The government will...

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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, right, and Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva arrive for a swearing in ceremony of new members of the Portuguese government at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon
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updated 03 Jul 2013; published 03 Jul 2013
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Feeling the pinch in austerity-hit Portugal
updated 04 Jul 2013; published 04 Jul 2013
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OneTwoTrade Daily Trading Report | 4 july 2013 | One Two Trade
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10 july- Aaj Ka Raaz (आज का राज़ 10 जुलाई)
updated 02 Jul 2013; published 02 Jul 2013
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Russia offers pardon to thousands jailed for business fraud
updated 19 Jul 2013; published 19 Jul 2013
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The Prime Minister should RESIGN NOW!!!
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The New World Order
Japan PM wins big in upper house vote, priorities in focus
Full Article Swissinfo
21 Jul 2013

Reuters July 21, 2013 - 15:26 By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a decisive election victory on Sunday, cementing his grip on power but raising the possibility he could lose interest in difficult economic reform and shift focus to his nationalist agenda instead. The win in the election for...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles as he places a red rosette on the name of his Liberal Democratic Party's winning candidate during ballot counting for the upper house elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, July 21, 2013.
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Japanese Election Campaign Begins
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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Japan PM wins big in upper house vote
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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Japan election:Shinzo Abe wins upper house elections
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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Japan's Abe has chance to show true colours after
updated 22 Jul 2013; published 22 Jul 2013
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Japan Election Shinzo Abe Hails Landslide Win
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Wave of bombings kills 65 in Baghdad
Full Article South China Morning Post
20 Jul 2013

A wave of bombings killed 65 people in Baghdad province on Saturday night, officials said, as Iraq struggles to contain its worst violence since 2008, in which over 520 have died this month. Twelve car bombs and a roadside bomb hit the city of Baghdad, while another bomb exploded in Madain to the south of the capital, a police colonel and a medical...

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Iraqi army soldiers inspect the damage inside the Abu Bakr Mosque in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 19, 2013.
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Iraq Bombs Kill Scores As Violence Spreads
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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Wave of Baghdad car bombs kills 65
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
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At Least 20 People Killed In Waves Of Iraq Bomb Attacks
updated 27 May 2013; published 27 May 2013
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More than 70 killed in wave of Baghdad bombings
updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013
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Wave Of Baghdad Car Bombs Kills And Maims Dozens
updated 27 May 2013; published 27 May 2013
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Baghdad Breaking News: Dozens Dead as Car Bombs Rip Baghdad
Across US, people rally for 'Justice for Trayvon'
Full Article Houston Chronicle
20 Jul 2013

ATLANTA (AP) — One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people began to gather for nationwide rallies to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader. The Florida case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national debates over...

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Alvin Duplessis, 10, left, and Thomas McGriff, 5, foreground, hold signs with others from the Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries Church of New Orleans, at a rally held in reaction to the recent George Zimmerman acquittal in New Orleans, Saturday, July 20, 2013.
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Rallies urge justice for Trayvon Martin
updated 17 Jul 2013; published 17 Jul 2013
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Justice for Trayvon Martin Rally in Atlanta, GA Pt.1
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'Justice for Trayvon Martin' rallies across US with Beyonce and Jay-Z showing up to support
updated 20 Jul 2013; published 20 Jul 2013
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Jay Z & Beyonce Attend Trayvon Martin Rally In New York! (ORIGINAL VIDEO)
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Rally for Trayvon Martin Held in Los Angeles
updated 15 Jul 2013; published 15 Jul 2013
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Police Break up Trayvon Martin Protest in Los Angeles California - Part 1
G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion
Full Article BBC News
20 Jul 2013

Finance ministers from the G20 group of leading nations have formally backed plans to tackle international...

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Participants in the Joint G20 Finance and Labour Ministers Meeting, 19 July 2013, Moscow, Russia.
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BBC News G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion
updated 21 Jul 2013; published 21 Jul 2013
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G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion
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Inside Story - Tax avoidance: Legality vs morality
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Tax Havens - Investigating International Finance - Episode 1
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition has won a solid majority in upper house elections. The bloc now has control of both chambers, handing Abe a strong...
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Two years ago, Barack Obama announced that Syrian President Bashar Assad must “get out of the way.” “The time has come,” he declared on August 18, 2011, “for President Assad to...
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WASHINGTON — Hints that President Barack Obama may skip a September bilateral summit in Moscow suggest that Washington is ready to accept a limited relationship with Russian leader...

Japanese Prime Minister and the Liberal Democratic Party leader, Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, July 22, 2013.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide election victory at the weekend was anything but a ringing endorsement from voters. The vast majority never voted for his coalition. Abe's mandate is much smaller than his ruling bloc's...
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British Foreign Secretary William Hague, right, talks with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn during the EU foreign ministers meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 22, 2013.
(European Union governments could decide to blacklist the military wing of Hizbullah today, in a major policy reversal fuelled by concerns over the Lebanese militant movement’s activities in Europe. Britain has sought to persuade its EU peers since...
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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi carry posters of Morsi as they march past Egyptian army soldiers during a demonstration in front of the National Council for Human Right building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 21, 2013.
A growing backlash against Egypt’s political Islamists looked set to intensify over the coming weeks as the nation’s revolutionary forces outlined demands to ban religious parties and outlaw political campaigning from mosques. Fuelled by a climate of...
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Tour de France 2013
Chris Froome has won the 100th Tour de France title, finishing more than four minutes ahead of his closest rival in the overall standings. The 28-year-old, who learned to ride on dirt tracks in Kenya, crossed the finish line in Paris arm-in-arm with...
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 José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, receives Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal. ula1
LISBON -- Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday said the coalition government will stay in power until the end of their term in 2015, rejecting calls for snap elections to resolve a political crisis eroding Lisbon's credibility with...
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Colombian soldiers stand in formation at the Military Fort in La Macarena, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Colombia's military killed Jorge Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, the field marshal and No. 2 commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in bombing raids and combat targeting a major encampment at the edge of the country's eastern plains, in the hills near La Macarena.
TAME, COLOMBIA: Nineteen Colombian soldiers were killed in clashes blamed on the country's Marxist FARC guerrillas, defense ministry sources said on Sunday, the heaviest casualties the armed forces have suffered since the government began peace talks...
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Customs losing propaganda battle as $4.6m message falls on deaf ears in Afghanistan
THE federal government has spent $4.6 million on a "black ops"-style program to convince Hazaras in Afghanistan not to make the perilous boat journey to Australia -- but it has failed to win the propaganda battle on the streets of Kabul and...
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