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Iraq's Kurds focus on autonomy
Full Article BBC News
21 Sep 2013

Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region is holding parliamentary elections on Saturday at a critical moment in the history of the Kurds - not only in Iraq but also in the whole Middle East. When it comes to security and safety, Kurdistan is a world apart from the rest of Iraq. Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, is growing and...

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File - Masud Barzani President of Kurdistan and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party  (KDP) delivers a speech.
photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny

updated 30 Jul 2013; published 30 Jul 2013
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Latest News Bulletin - Kurdistan oil blocks autonomy hopes
updated 19 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
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Iraq's Kurdish Region Sees Economic Boom
updated 19 Nov 2012; published 19 Nov 2012
3:04
Tension mounts between Kurdistan Region, Iraq
updated 28 Nov 2012; published 28 Nov 2012
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Kurdistan oil blocks autonomy hopes
updated 10 Jan 2013; published 10 Jan 2013
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Kurdistan welcomes Syrian Kurd refugees. January 10, 2013
updated 06 May 2013; published 06 May 2013
1:56
Iraq's Kurdish region hosts Syrian refugees
North Korea postpones reunions of war divided families
Full Article The Times of India
21 Sep 2013

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea has indefinitely postponed reunions of families separated by the Korean War that had been set to start...

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South Korean Yoon Ki-dal, right, cries with his unidentified North Korean son and daughters during the reunion meeting, on the Diamond Mountain in North Korea, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
photo: AP / Korea Pool

updated 18 Aug 2013; published 18 Aug 2013
1:14
North and South Korea to hold first reunion for divided families in three years
updated 30 Sep 2009; published 30 Sep 2009
1:49
Family Reunions Held in North Korea
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
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N. Korea takes S. Korea's offer to discuss family reunions at Panmunjom 이산가족상봉
updated 31 Oct 2010; published 31 Oct 2010
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Separated family reunion meeting in North Korea - no comment
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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North and South Korea hold talks on family reunions
updated 23 Aug 2013; published 23 Aug 2013
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South Korean Delegation Departs for Family Reunion Talks with North Korea
Hague watchdog probes Syria chemical weapons data
Full Article BBC News
21 Sep 2013

The international chemical weapons watchdog has said that it is studying details submitted by Syria about its arsenal of poison gas and nerve agents. But a spokesman for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it was expecting more details from Damascus ahead of deadline for submissions by the end of Saturday. Syria has...

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File - In this Thursday March 28, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian Free Army fighters in Deal less than 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the Jordanian border in Daraa province, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video

updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syrian Government Informs Watchdog Over chemical weapons
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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OPCW receives Syria chemical weapons declaration
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Hague watchdog probes Syria chemical weapons data
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Syria gives chemical weapons details
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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BBC News Syria 'submits chemical weapons data' to Hague watchdog
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syria Sends OPCW Chemical Weapons Inventory
Atom Bomb Almost Exploded Over North Carolina In 1961, The Guardian Reports
Full Article Huffington Post
21 Sep 2013

Getty Japan, Chugoku Region, Hiroshima, Atomic explosion on 6th August, 1945 LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. atom bomb nearly exploded in 1961 over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima, according to a declassified document published in a British newspaper on Friday. The Guardian...

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Internal nuclear components of the American B61 nuclear bomb
photo: Creative Commons / Georgewilliamherbert

updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
0:39
Atomic bomb nearly exploded over North Carolina in 1961, report says
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: Hydrogen Bomb Nearly Detonated in North Carolina!!!
updated 03 Feb 2011; published 03 Feb 2011
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I get the cabin fever when the North wind blows. Burrr :/
updated 22 Nov 2011; published 22 Nov 2011
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Climate Change Update (22 November 2011) Tokyo "Seasonal cycle of plants is broken"
updated 28 Jun 2013; published 28 Jun 2013
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BBC News Four killed in Libya car bomb blast in Benghazi
updated 12 Sep 2012; published 12 Sep 2012
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Dream: Dallas nuked, internet shutdown, and earthquake
The Chemical Weapons Deal Is A Huge Gift To Assad, Russia, And Iran
Full Article Houston Chronicle
20 Sep 2013

In the short term, the White House's decision to strike a deal with Russia over Syria's chemical weapons bailed President Barack Obama out of a Syria use-of-force vote that he was likely to lose. But in the medium term, what has transpired after the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Damascus has clearly favored Assad, Russia,...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 29 Aug 2013; published 29 Aug 2013
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Syria Chemical Weapons Attack Was Launched By...
updated 10 Sep 2013; published 10 Sep 2013
12:39
As Assad Regime Accepts Russian Plan on Chemical Weapons, A Debate on Syria's Path Forward (2 of 2)
updated 14 Sep 2013; published 14 Sep 2013
0:53
Syrian rebels reject US-Russian chemical weapons deal and question Assad's true intentions
updated 09 Sep 2013; published 09 Sep 2013
4:01
Syria welcomes Russia's call to handover chemical weapons
updated 17 Jun 2013; published 17 Jun 2013
2:57
SYRIA Hacked Emails: US Backed Plan To Stage Chemical Weapons Attack & Blame Assad 2013Jan30
updated 10 Sep 2013; published 10 Sep 2013
5:32
'Rebels had motive to carry out chemical weapon attack in Syria'
Reports of Violence in Sri Lanka Ahead of Elections
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
20 Sep 2013

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- The thugs first appeared around 11:20 on Thursday night, a dozen or so men lurking outside her house. Two wore army uniforms. Ananthi Sasitharan -- a Tamil candidate in the first provincial elections to be held in 25 years in the former insurgent stronghold here -- said she woke her three daughters and prepared for the worst....

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A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil man peeps from between a wall pasted with election propaganda of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 22, 2011.
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

updated 26 Feb 2013; published 26 Feb 2013
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Sri Lanka: Rape of Tamil Detainees
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Sri Lankan Army Abused Tamil Women - Witness
updated 18 Jun 2013; published 18 Jun 2013
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Tamil activists abused, attacked and dragged into violent mob by Sri Lankan cricket fans
updated 07 May 2009; published 07 May 2009
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Sri lanka | Army | sexual abusing | UK TV Channel 4 released Grim scenes at Sri Lankan camps | P1
updated 09 Jan 2010; published 09 Jan 2010
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SHOCKING LEAK: SRI LANKAN ARMY MASS RAPE AND EXECUTION OF TAMIL WOMEN (REPORT BY AUSTRALIAN MEDIA)
updated 08 May 2009; published 08 May 2009
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Dirty war: Sri Lankan Government State Terrorism against Tamils
Hassan Rouhani: Why the West should bring Iran in from the cold
Full Article The Independent
20 Sep 2013

Three months ago, my platform of “prudence and hope” gained a broad, popular mandate. Iranians embraced my approach to domestic and international affairs because they saw it as long overdue. I’m committed to fulfilling my promises to my people, including my pledge to engage in constructive interaction with the world. The world has changed....

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In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran, Iran.
photo: AP / Presidency Office, Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam

updated 16 Mar 2012; published 16 Mar 2012
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Chossudovsky: Al Qaeda and US-NATO Special Forces on the Ground in Syria
updated 21 Jul 2011; published 21 Jul 2011
11:50
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updated 25 Feb 2010; published 25 Feb 2010
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AnoxiA - Cold Violence - 2010
updated 01 Feb 2013; published 01 Feb 2013
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FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS | VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY WAY [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
updated 01 Feb 2010; published 01 Feb 2010
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Sounds like violence - cold cold blood (with lyrics) (HQ)
updated 01 Feb 2012; published 01 Feb 2012
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Emotional Violence - Feeling the cold
Syria 'submits chemical weapons data' to Hague watchdog
Full Article BBC News
20 Sep 2013

The chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW, says Syria has begun sending details of its arsenal as part of a US-Russia brokered deal to make it safe. The Hague-based organisation added that it expected more details...

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File - A view of the Security Council stakeout area through a glass door, as journalists gather for a briefing by Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar Ja'afari, on Syria-Turkey tensions, 4 October, 2012.
photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman

updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
2:01
Hague watchdog probes Syria chemical weapons data
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
3:46
Syrian Government Informs Watchdog Over chemical weapons
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
2:01
BBC News Syria 'submits chemical weapons data' to Hague watchdog
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syria has given chemical weapons details to watchdog
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Syria gives chemical weapons details
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syria details part of chemical arsenal more to come
Ex-Halliburton manager charged in Gulf spill probe
Full Article Tulsa World
20 Sep 2013

NEW ORLEANS - A former Halliburton manager was charged Thursday with destroying evidence following BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a case that coincides with a guilty plea to a related charge by the Houston-based oilfield services company. Anthony Badalamenti, who had been the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services...

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File - "The damaged Blow Out Preventer (BOP), along with the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap, have been removed from the Gulf of Mexico and are currently on board the Q4000. The BOP is considered evidentiary material, and is now under the supervision of the Deepwater Horizon Criminal Investigation Team and FBI Evidence Recovery Team." - National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen.
photo: USCG / PO1 Thomas M. Blue

updated 11 May 2010; published 11 May 2010
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News Update: U.S. Minerals Management Service to Split into Two Agencies
updated 16 Mar 2013; published 16 Mar 2013
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Business News - BP, AB InBev, SAC Capital, Barack Obama
updated 27 Jul 2010; published 27 Jul 2010
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BP announces $17bn loss for second quarter
updated 19 Feb 2013; published 19 Feb 2013
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News - North Carolina, BP, Raytheon Co, Pakistan
updated 30 Mar 2011; published 30 Mar 2011
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BP employee loses laptop with personal data of claimants
updated 29 Jan 2013; published 29 Jan 2013
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BP's record $4bn Deepwater criminal penalties approved
Syria minister: War is deadlocked
Full Article Al Jazeera
20 Sep 2013

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister has said that neither government forces nor the rebels were currently capable of outright military victory in the country's civil war Qadri Jamil told the British Guardian newspaper that the government of President Bashar al-Assad would call for a ceasefire with the armed opposition if the peace talks in Geneva, sought...

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In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during fighting with the Syrian Army in Azaz, Syria.
photo: AP / Virginie Nguyen Huang

updated 18 May 2013; published 18 May 2013
2:03
Assad's Forces Gaining Momentum In Syria
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syrian Minister Says Conflict In Syria Is In A Deadlock
updated 01 Sep 2013; published 01 Sep 2013
4:57
France, Following US and UK, Applies Brakes on Syrian War Rhetoric
updated 03 Sep 2013; published 03 Sep 2013
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Syria: Assad threatens France with retaliation if it attacks Syrian forces
updated 04 Aug 2013; published 04 Aug 2013
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Free Syrian army lose the civil war? Al Assad visit troops of syria, Iran support syrian troops
updated 29 Aug 2013; published 29 Aug 2013
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BREAKING: British PM David Cameron Loses Commons Vote on Syria Action in UK Parliament

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Who knew NASA aligned with the dark side? That's the only explanation for this image of Mercury snapped by the Messenger spacecraft and released by NASA last week. See also: Watch...
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Half a year into Obama’s second term, it has become clear what has been done under his watch. He brought to the world massive banking fraud, drone attacks, indefinite detention,...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during an election campaign event in Hannover, Germany, Friday Sept. 20, 2013. The German federal elections take place on Sept. 22, 2013.
BERLIN — She enjoys overwhelming popularity and leads an economy that's the envy of Europe. But Angela Merkel is in a fight to clinch a new term for her ruling coalition in Sunday's national election, with polls showing her center-right...
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Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, RIM, maker of BlackBerry, presents the BlackBerry PlayBook as he provides an update on the latest BlackBerry product developments during the GITEX exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Oct. 18, 2010.
By Euan Rocha on 9:39 am September 21, 2013. Category Business, Corporate News Tags: BlackBerry, Smartphones Customers try BlackBerry Z10 touchscreens in Jakarta. (Bloomberg Photo) Toronto. BlackBerry warned on Friday it expects to report a huge...
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A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010.
21 September 2013, 2:14 Plane Diverts To Stansted: Two Men Held Tweet Two men have been arrested after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Stansted Airport. The Sri Lankan Airlines A330 Airbus, which was carrying 267 passengers and...
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Egyptian police honor guard members stand at the side of the casket, covered by national flag, of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.
September 20: Joined by Egypt's top interim leaders, Egypt's military chief led a funeral procession today for a police general killed in a raid on an Islamist stronghold near Cairo, aiming to show a national front against supporters of the ousted...
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UN chief calls for key role from world business leaders in sustainable development
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday called on world business leaders to do even more in conjunction with the United Nations to promote sustainable development worldwide, saying that "we cannot accept a rising...
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Deep Impact (space mission).
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency NASA on Friday announced an end to the eight-year Deep Impact mission that included an unprecedented impact, comet flybys and the return of approximately 500,000 images of celestial objects. The...
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Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, 23 September, 2009.
Dan Robinson WHITE HOUSESyria's civil war and the use of chemical weapons, Iran's nuclear program, and transformations in the Arab world will be key topics in U.S. President Barack Obama's address next Tuesday to the United Nations...
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