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Pope Francis: Does the American Left Have a New Hero?
Full Article Huffington Post
26 Sep 2013

Pope Francis is slowly claiming a mantle I never thought I would see a pope acquire: an emerging hero to the American left. In recent weeks I have received inquiry and positive comments on the words and actions of Pope Francis from those in my circles I least expected: devout Agnostics, card-carrying members of the New Age Movement, a published...
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Pope Francis: Does the American Left Have a New Hero?
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updated 23 Jul 2013; published 23 Jul 2013
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Pope Francis's Car Gets Mobbed After Wrong Turn In Rio
updated 25 Jul 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
19:15
Ex-Priest On "The Pope's War" Catholic Church Clergy Abuse and Quelling Liberation Theology
updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
27:44
[242] Props for New Pope, Kickstarter for WWIII & Gitmo Hunger Strike Over?
updated 16 Jul 2013; published 18 Apr 2013
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Pope's pontificate to be consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima on May 13th
updated 17 Jun 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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"A Sordid Mess": Scandals, Intolerance in Catholic Church Stir Calls for Return to Jesus' Ideals
updated 07 Aug 2013; published 12 Jul 2013
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[Catholic Cocktail Hour] --- "Madonna Needs a Prayer"
Charles Taylor: War crimes conviction, 50-year sentence upheld
Full Article CNN
26 Sep 2013

September 26, 2013 -- Updated 1108 GMT (1908 HKT) Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague on Thursday. (CNN) -- An international court in the Netherlands ruled Thursday to uphold the 50-year sentence handed down last year to Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, after he was convicted...
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor looks down as he waits for the start of a hearing to deliver verdict in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. Judges were expected to deliver landmark judgements in the trial against the former president who is charged with supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone.
photo: AP / Peter Dejong

updated 30 May 2012; published 30 May 2012
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Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for War Crimes
updated 30 May 2012; published 30 May 2012
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Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 years for War Crimes in Sierra Leone
updated 30 May 2012; published 30 May 2012
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Charles Taylor jailed for 50 Years [KTN Kenya TV]
updated 26 Apr 2012; published 26 Apr 2012
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Charles Taylor Convicted of Sierra Leone War Crimes by International Court
updated 10 Jul 2013; published 10 Jul 2013
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Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for war crimes
updated 22 Jan 2013; published 22 Jan 2013
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Charles Taylor Appeals 50-Year Jail Sentence
Survivors wait for food, aid after Pakistan quake
Full Article Detroit news
26 Sep 2013

Abdul Sattar Associated Press Comments Quetta, Pakistan — Hungry survivors dug through rubble to find food and thousands slept under the open sky or in makeshift shelters for a second night as the death toll from Pakistan’s massive earthquake rose to 348 on Thursday. Rescuers battled to reach remote areas of the impoverished region in the wake of...
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Pakistani villagers look for belongings amid the rubble of their destroyed homes following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013.
photo: AP / Arshad Butt

updated 06 Dec 2009; published 06 Dec 2009
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Angelina Jolie in Pakistan quake Aid
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
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Homeless Pakistan quake survivors await help
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
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Death toll rises to 350 in quake-hit Balochistan, struggles for food, shelter after quake
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
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INSANE! Pakistan 7 7 magnitude earthquake leaves more than 300 dead
updated 01 Nov 2008; published 01 Nov 2008
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Pakistan Earthquake Devastation
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
2:05
Hundreds dead in 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan
Iran seeks resolution to nuclear programme dispute
Full Article RTE
26 Sep 2013

Iran's new government has said it wants to speed up talks with world powers to resolve a decade-long dispute over its nuclear program. It said it hopes for a deal in three to six months. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to hold talks on the nuclear issue today with US Secretary of State John...
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A worker rides a bike in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010.
photo: AP / Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour

updated 10 Jun 2013; published 10 Jun 2013
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Persia : Iran's Heavy Nuclear Reactor nearly completed for producing Plutonium (Jun 10, 2013)
updated 15 Apr 2013; published 15 Apr 2013
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India's World - Iran's disputed nuclear programme
updated 06 Aug 2013; published 06 Aug 2013
1:12
Iran's President Rouhani ready to talk on nuclear issue
updated 17 May 2013; published 17 May 2013
1:14
Jalili says nuclear issues unaffected by Iran's presidential outcome
updated 24 May 2012; published 24 May 2012
2:25
More talks on Iran nuclear issue scheduled on June 18th-19th in Moscow (May 24,2012)
updated 07 Jun 2013; published 07 Jun 2013
12:13
Saeid Jalili dispute with Velayati who reveal his secret meeting with Sarkozy over nuclear issue
Mall siege: Kenya begins probe; al-Shabaab chief threatens more attacks
Full Article The Times of India
26 Sep 2013

NAIROBI/MOGADISHU: US, British and Israeli agencies are helping Kenya investigate an attack claimed by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed at least 72 people and destroyed part of the complex, officials said on Wednesday. President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that troops had defeated the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab...
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Soldiers from the Kenyan Defense Forces gather at the entrance to the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Kenya Mall Siege: Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly attack
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
4:38
Al-Shabaab Attack Nairobi Mall - Witness: The Gunmen Were Targeting Non-Muslims
updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
2:03
RAW FOOTAGE: Kenya Mall Attack 68 Killed Dead Massacre!
updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
7:08
Kenya Westgate Mall Attack
updated 22 Sep 2013; published 22 Sep 2013
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What led to al-Shabab attack on Kenya mall?
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
2:02
Al-Shabaab suspected in Kenya mall massacre: terrorists specifically targeted non-Muslim victims
Iran's Morally Sane Doctrine Versus U.S.'s MAD
Full Article WorldNews.com
25 Sep 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling With reports of yet another near-nuclear weapons disaster being averted, (This time a declassified report detailing when a nuclear warhead-200 times more powerful than the atomic bombs used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki-was accidentally dropped on an American city in 1961, with 3 of its 4 safety...
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Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

updated 17 May 2013; published 17 May 2013
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Richard Haass: Refocusing US Foreign Policy on the Home Front
updated 29 Apr 2013; published 29 Apr 2013
24:24
Douglas Murray and Kate Hudson on Nuclear Deterrence
updated 10 Jul 2010; published 10 Jul 2010
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Press TV-Comment with George Galloway-07-08-2010(Part1)
updated 19 Jun 2012; published 19 Jun 2012
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Actual Video of Russian Nuke Capable Missile Fired Over Israel from Syria with Narrative
updated 10 Feb 2012; published 10 Feb 2012
2:05
Iran's Ambassador: Nuclear weapons are not part of our military doctrine
updated 12 Feb 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
1:51
Iran Is Against Nuclear Weapons And Tests - Larijani
Nairobi attack: Game-changer for East Africa?
Full Article Al Jazeera
25 Sep 2013

- As Kenyan commandos fought pitched battles against the remaining few gunmen inside Nairobi's burned and blood-splattered shopping mall, questions began arising about what blowback the sensational siege would have upon a turbulent region. The Westgate raid is likely to impact Nairobi's war in neighbouring Somalia, and offer insights into the...
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Mary Italo, center, grieves with other relatives for her son Thomas Abayo Italo, 33, who was killed in the Westgate Mall attack, as they wait to receive his body at the mortuary in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
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Kenya Westgate Mall Attack
updated 23 Sep 2013; published 23 Sep 2013
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EXCLUSIVE Footage Kenya Mall Attack 68 Killed Dead Massacre!
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Nairobi Shooting: 20 dead in mall gun fight Kenya Shooting Nairobi Terrorist Attack #Nairobi
updated 23 Sep 2013; published 23 Sep 2013
1:47
REAL FOOTAGE of Al-Shabaab TERRORISTS ATTACK in NAIROBI MALL KENYA
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
2:42
Breaking Update Al Shabab Organisation Claims Nairobi Westgate Kenya attack
updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
0:31
Nairobi seige: Theresa May condemns al-Shabaab mall attack
Pakistan Earthquake Toll Rises to 208
Full Article Voa News
25 Sep 2013

VOA News Officials in Pakistan say the death toll from a strong earthquake that shook southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday has risen to at least 208. Officials...
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File photo: A Pakistani woman carries items found under the debris of her house destroyed by an earthquake.
photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)

updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Toll from Pakistan quake rises to 208 people
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
1:13
Raw: Deadly Earthquake in Pakistan
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 217 people: Official
updated 17 Apr 2013; published 17 Apr 2013
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Iran earthquake death toll mounts in Pakistan
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Massive Earthquake In Pakistan:Kills More Than 230 People With Death Toll Expected To Rise
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
1:26
Pakistan quake death toll rises to over 300
Nairobi attack: Kenya mourns Westgate siege victims
Full Article BBC News
25 Sep 2013

Kenya has begun three days of national mourning following the end of the four-day siege by Islamist militants on Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre. In a televised address, President Uhuru Kenyatta said six members of the security forces were among 67 people who had died. Declaring the siege over, he said five militants had been killed and 11...
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Family members, react, outside the Nairobi City Mortuary in Nairobi mourn the death of loved ones killed in the Westgate attack in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Islamic militants who staged a deadly attack on a Kenya mall said Tuesday hostages are still alive and fighters are “still holding their ground,” as Nairobi’s city morgue prepared for the arrival of a large number of bodies of people killed, an official said.
photo: AP / Khalil Senosi

updated 23 Sep 2013; published 23 Sep 2013
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Kenyan troops storm Westgate Mall to end siege
updated 23 Sep 2013; published 23 Sep 2013
1:41
Nairobi City calm following Westgate mall siege
updated 22 Sep 2013; published 22 Sep 2013
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Nairobi mall shooting: Al Qaeda-linked militant group claim Kenya mall siege
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
1:39
Kenya Mall Siege: Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly attack
updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
2:03
RAW FOOTAGE: Kenya Mall Attack 68 Killed Dead Massacre!
updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
49:44
Nairobi terror attack - Assault still ongoing - recorded live feed
Iran ready for nuclear talks, says President Rouhani
Full Article BBC News
25 Sep 2013

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he is prepared to engage in "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on his country's nuclear programme. He told the UN General Assembly's annual meeting in New York that sanctions against Iran were "violent". He also welcomed Syria's acceptance of the Chemical Weapons...
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Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, 24 September, 2013.
photo: UN / Sarah Fretwell

updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
4:26
President Rouhani Prepared To Talk To The United Nations
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani: nuclear talks possible
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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President Obama, new Iranian president address UN
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
3:20
Iran ready for nuclear talks, says President Rouhani
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Rouhani's UN address: Iranian president says Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
2:20
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani New Interview

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Now's The Time To Strip Israel of its WMDs
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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon The Israelis are not very impressed with Hassan Rouhani, the new Iranian president. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel's...
Hyderabad 1948: India's hidden massacre
BBC News
When India was partitioned in 1947 about 500,000 people died in communal rioting, mainly along the borders with Pakistan. But a year later another massacre occurred in central...
Occupy Wall Street Should Seek a Meeting With Pope Francis
Huffington Post
In researching my recent column in The Hill, defending the food stamp program from cruel and barbaric cuts now passed by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, I wrote...

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Iran And US Agree To New Nuclear Talks
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili walks away, after a photo call at a start of high-level talks between world powers and Iranian officials in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 5, 2013.
Skynews
Iran and world powers including the US have agreed to substantive nuclear talks in Geneva next month. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Thursday's talks between Iran, Germany and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council...
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Divers Find Human Remains on Site of Italy Cruise Ship Wreck
The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.
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Reuters ROME — Divers on Thursday recovered what they believe could be the remains of the last two missing bodies from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the Italian island...
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U.N. scientists aim to pitch climate case to widest audience
U.N. scientists aim to pitch climate case to widest audience
Yahoo Daily News
By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of global climate scientists were set to work through Thursday night to ensure that their strongest case yet for man-made global warming would make sense to the widest...
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Palestinian leader urges world powers to rein in Israeli settlements
Palestinian leader urges world powers to rein in Israeli settlements
Swissinfo
Reuters September 26, 2013 - 21:04 By Matt Spetalnick UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that "time is running out" for Middle East peace efforts and urged world powers to rein in Israeli settlement...
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Pope Francis and the Future of Europe
Pope Francis and the Future of Europe
Huffington Post
European political leadership is desperately in need of new energy and vision. Within Europe's ongoing deep malaise an unexpected element has appeared: the new pontiff, Pope Francis. The thoughts that follow are inspired by the surprising popular...
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US service member reported killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
US service member reported killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
Sacramento Bee
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A U.S. service member was killed Thursday in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province when a man in an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire at a joint military training base, provincial officials said. The assailant was killed...
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EU raises security level for Somalia team after Kenya attack
EU raises security level for Somalia team after Kenya attack
Gareowe Online
BRUSSELS Belgium 26 September, 2013 (Reuters) - The European Union has increased security precautions for its military advisers in Somalia after the deadly attack by Somali Islamists on a Kenyan shopping mall, it said on Thursday. The EU has 120...
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