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Syria: U.N. chief wants urgent probe of chemical weapons claim
Full Article CNN
23 Aug 2013

August 23, 2013 -- Updated 0845 GMT (1645 HKT) Damascus (CNN) -- United Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Friday that allegations the Syrian regime used chemical weapons should be investigated immediately, saying such a "crime against humanity should result in serious consequences for the perpetrator." Ban, speaking in South Korea, said he had...
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This image provided by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show several bodies being buried in a suburb of Damascus, Syria during a funeral on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network

updated 20 Jun 2013; published 25 Apr 2013
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SYRIA: Videos Bolster Claims of Chemical Weapon Use
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Syria 'chemical' attack kills thousands
updated 04 Jul 2013; published 28 Apr 2013
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Syria Chemical Weapons 'May Have Been Used' A Grim History-world news today
updated 15 Jun 2013; published 14 Jun 2013
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Syria: No Chemical Weaponsa Were Used
updated 03 Jul 2013; published 02 Jun 2013
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WORLD at WAR: Syria Recieves S-300 MISSILES From Russia Claims Assad! [WW3 in ACTION]
updated 03 Aug 2013; published 10 Jul 2013
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CHEMICAL WEAPONS used by Syrian REBELS in Aleppo SARIN ATTACK not Assad FORCES - UN Ambassador
UN says Syrian child refugees tops one million mark
Full Article South China Morning Post
23 Aug 2013

The number of registered child refugees fleeing Syria’s violence has topped the one million mark in another grim milestone of the deepening conflict, two UN agencies said Friday. Roughly half of all the nearly two million registered refugees from Syria are children, and some 740,000 of those...
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A Syrian refugee boy, right, sits outside his tent next to his family at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria, Lebanon, Monday, May 20, 2013. Oxfam an international aid organization is appealing for more funds to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, saying warmer weather will increase health risks due to lack of shelter, water and basic sanitation. Oxfam says it needs $53 million dollars to improve access to water and proper sanitation for Syrian refugees. So far the aid group has received $10.6 million dollars.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

updated 04 Feb 2013; published 04 Feb 2013
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Syrian refugee children speak out
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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UN Says Syrian Child Refugees Tops 1 Million Mark
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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THE LATEST NEWS : Syria's child victims
updated 07 Jan 2013; published 07 Jan 2013
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THE LATEST NEWS : Syrian refugees dig in for the winter
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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'One million' Syrian child refugees
updated 09 Jan 2013; published 09 Jan 2013
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LATEST NEWS : UNICEF struggles to help Syrian refugees
China makes big show of Bo trial, but it's still just theatre
Full Article The Times of India
23 Aug 2013

BEIJING: With detailed online transcripts carried by China's version of Twitter, Beijing is making an unprecedented effort to show its people that the trial of ousted politician Bo Xilai is fair and above board, but the court case is little more than theatre. Never before has the stability and unity-obsessed ruling Communist Party allowed the...
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File - In this March 11, 2012 photo, Bo Xilai, former Chongqing party secretary wipes his glasses during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
photo: AP / Andy Wong

updated 08 Oct 2012; published 08 Oct 2012
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Political Upheaval in Chinese Regime's Rule
updated 27 Sep 2012; published 27 Sep 2012
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Jiang's Faction Falling Apart
updated 09 Jun 2012; published 09 Jun 2012
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Folk Singer And Public Power
updated 20 Jul 2013; published 20 Jul 2013
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CRH Scandal Goes on: CCP Top-Level Infighting Grows
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Bo Xilai denies corruption charges
updated 10 Jan 2013; published 10 Jan 2013
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China News - Bo Xilai Moves Towards Trial: China News Broadcast, January 9, 2013
UN presses Syria to allow gas attack inspection
Full Article Otago Daily Times
23 Aug 2013

The United Nations has demanded Syria give its chemical weapons experts immediate access to rebel-held Damascus suburbs where poison gas appears to have killed hundreds just a few miles from the UN team's hotel. There was no sign, however, that scientists would soon be taking samples at the scene of horrors that have drawn comparison with the...
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This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian girl receiving treatment at a makeshift hospital in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Local Committee of Arbeen

updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Syria: Hundreds Killed in 'Toxic Gas Attack' Near Damascus
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Syria war: a very large scale attack with alleged chemical weapons
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Syrian Activists Claim At Least 213 Killed in Nerve Gas Attack
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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'Syria chemical gas attack' Hundreds said to be killed in Damascus suburbs
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Syrian Rebels: '1,300 Killed in Gas Attack' | 'Chemical Weapons Attack' in Syria
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Syrian Rebels '1,300 Killed In Gas Attack'
Obama's thick red line on Syria
Full Article BBC News
22 Aug 2013

A year ago President Barack Obama gave a speech saying that if the Assad regime used chemical weapons, that would cross a red line and change his calculations. Has that red line now been crossed? The simple answer is that we don't yet know. And one opportunity to find out more will now pass us by. The president's main military adviser has...
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File - President Barack Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room of the White House, April 25, 2011.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

updated 20 May 2012; published 20 May 2012
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In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues - President Obama Welcomes Guests (2012)
updated 15 Oct 2012; published 15 Oct 2012
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President Obama(Song) 2012-Written By Red Carpet** I'M still Nowhere-Offical Vid!!!
updated 24 Sep 2009; published 24 Sep 2009
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Chinese Flag Raising By The White House - Red China Flag Over Washington - Legacy of President Obama
updated 31 Jul 2013; published 31 Jul 2013
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Obama Protesters Were Out in Force
updated 14 Jun 2013; published 14 Jun 2013
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Russia will greet US arming of Syria rebels 'with horror'
updated 26 Apr 2012; published 26 Apr 2012
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How Cool is President Obama? -- "Red Eye" -- 4-26-12
Robert Mugabe Sworn In For New Term As Zimbabwe's President
Full Article Huffington Post
22 Aug 2013

HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, 89, was sworn in Thursday for another five-year term after disputed elections in which the opposition alleged widespread vote-rigging. Mugabe dismissed charges of voting fraud, criticized Western powers, vowed to press ahead with black ownership of white and foreign-owned companies and...
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers a speech following his inauguration in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe sworn in for another five years as president
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe prepares to start another five years in power
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe sworn-in as president
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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TANZANIA FORMER PRESIDENTS MWINYI AND MKAPA IN HARARE FOR MUGABE SWEARING
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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PRESIDENT KIKWETE ACCORDED A ROUSING WELCOME IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE, AUGUST 21, 2013
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Robert Mugabe Sworn In For Seventh Term
A 'Liberated' Democracy to Die For
Full Article WorldNews.com
22 Aug 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Even democracies need liberated, that is, to be truly set free from traditional constraints and socially engineered mindsets steeped in years of political and economic bondage. Unlike many of today's passive and irresponsible democracies barely existing-those which every few years permit their...
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Egyptian protesters argue with military police during a rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt, Friday, March 18, 2011, as demonstrators call for a "no" vote in Saturday's referendum on constitutional amendments. A package of key constitutional amendments sponsored by Egypt's ruling military will be put to a nationwide vote Saturday.
photo: AP / Grace Kassab

updated 03 Jun 2013; published 03 Jun 2013
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Muslim Brotherhood - Wiki Article
updated 25 Jan 2012; published 25 Jan 2012
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The Muslim Brotherhood - Egypt, October 2005
updated 28 May 2012; published 28 May 2012
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Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi- Muslim Brotherhood Presidential Candidate Will Liberate Jerusalem.
updated 16 Feb 2011; published 16 Feb 2011
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CNN: Muslim Brotherhood, What's next?
updated 10 Jul 2011; published 10 Jul 2011
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In Memory of Robert F. Kennedy assassinated by PLO!! The Muslim Brotherhood is not our Friend!!
updated 14 Apr 2011; published 14 Apr 2011
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Robert Spencer discusses the Muslim Brotherhood, Glenn Beck Show, Fox News, April 14, 2011
Syria: Call For 'Force' If Chemicals Proven
Full Article Skynews
22 Aug 2013

France is seeking a reaction with "force" if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, its foreign minister has said. "If it is proven, France's position is that there must be a reaction, a reaction that could take the form of a reaction with force," Laurent Fabius told BFM-TV. "There are possibilities for...
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In this citizen journalism photo provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man and woman mourn over the dead bodies of Syrian men after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Local Committee of Arbeen

updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Syria: Force Threat Over Syria's 'Chemical Massacre' | Call For 'Force' If Chemicals Proven
updated 14 Jun 2013; published 14 Jun 2013
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CONFIRMED: Chemical Weapons Used In Syria
updated 11 Jun 2012; published 11 Jun 2012
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Syria Responds to Chemical Weapon Threat Through Escalation of Force
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Syria Call For 'Force' If Chemicals Proven
updated 26 Apr 2013; published 26 Apr 2013
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USA Suggests the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syria
updated 08 Dec 2012; published 08 Dec 2012
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FOX NEWS: What chemical weapons could Syria use
President Robert Mugabe to be sworn in as Zimbabwe leader today
Full Article The Independent
22 Aug 2013

President Robert Mugabe is due to be sworn in today for a seventh term as Zimbabwe's leader. Thursday has been declared a public bank holiday to allow his supporters to attend the ceremony. Mr Mugabe won the election with a landslide 61 per cent of the total votes against...
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe , delivers his speech at the launch of his party's election campaign in Harare, Friday, July, 5, 2013.
photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe sworn in for another five years as president
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Sworn In As President
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe prepares to start another five years in power
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe Sworn In As President - Today's News
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe sworn in for new five-year term - video
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe sworn-in as president
House arrest for ex-leader Mubarak
Full Article London Evening Standard
22 Aug 2013

The announcement came hours after a court ordered Mubarak be released for the first time since he was first detained in April 2011, a move threatening to further stoke tension in a deeply divided Egypt. Many feared Mubarak's release would amplify Islamist allegations that last month's military coup was a step toward restoring the old regime. Prime...
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In this Saturday, June 2, 2012 file photo, Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP

updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Report Mubarak taken from prison to house arrest
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Egypt Hosni Mubarak Released From Prison
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Hosni Mubarak released from prison and flown to Cairo military hospital
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Egypt s Hosni Mubarak faces house arrest following release
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Egypt s Mubarak flown from prison to hospital
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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Egypt court orders release of former president Hosni Mubarak

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Massacre was an act of cowardice - soldier
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Tacoma, Washington - A decorated US soldier who gunned down 16 unarmed Afghan civilians in a nighttime rampage last year apologised on Thursday at a sentencing hearing to determine...
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Anita Powell JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been sworn in after another election that critics and observers say was marred. Mugabe was unapologetic as he...
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Israel hits Lebanon after rocket attack
FILE -- In this May 28, 2006, file photo, Palestinian guerillas from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command flash victory signs while standing at the damaged entrance of the tunnel leading to their base after Israeli warplanes attacked it, near the Mediterranean coastal town of Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon. Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday Aug. 23, 2013,
Middle East Online
JERUSALEM - The Israeli air force struck a Palestinian group in Lebanon on Friday, officials said, hours after a different organisation said it fired four rockets at the Jewish state from Lebanon. Israeli aircraft "targeted a terror site located...
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Ban Ki-moon pushes Syria to allow for chemical attack probe
Secretary-General Addresses Denver Forum Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing The Denver Forum, speaks on “The United Nations in Today’s World”.
The Times of India
BEIRUT/SEOUL: UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Friday renewed his push for Syria to allow UN inspectors immediate access to investigate allegations that the government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus. "I...
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Pakistani Taliban commander welcomes talks offer
In this Thursday Aug. 15, 2013 photo, Asmatullah Muawiya, head of the Taliban’s faction of fighters from central Punjab province, listens to reporters at an undisclosed place in Pakistani tribal region of Waziristan.
The Times of India
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A senior Pakistani Taliban commander welcomed the government's recent offer to hold peace talks, raising the possibility the militant group has changed its stance after shunning negotiations earlier this year. Asmatullah...
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Staff Sgt. Bales apologizes for Afghan massacre
Television trucks are parked Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, near the barricaded road outside the building housing a military courtroom on Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, where a preliminary hearing began Monday for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
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The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians during pre-dawn raids last year apologized for the first time for his "act of cowardice," but could not explain the atrocities to a military jury considering whether he should one day have a shot at...
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Insurgent attacks across Iraq kill at least 24
Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013.
Chicago Sun-Times
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgent attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bombing targeting a Shiite wedding party, killed at least 24 people Thursday, authorities said. Attacks have been on the rise in Iraq since a deadly security crackdown in April on a...
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Striking a Conciliatory Note, Mugabe Takes Oath of Office
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives for the burial of a prominent member of his party, Misheck Chando, in Harare, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009.
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JOHANNESBURG — Robert G. Mugabe was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Thursday in a pomp-filled ceremony in the capital, Harare, that extends by five years his 33-year rule. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international...
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Google has marked the 151st anniversary of the birth of French composer Claude Debussy with a musical doodle. The works of Achille-Claude Debussy were considered a seminal force in the classical music of the 20th Century. His highly influential and...
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