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Italy mourns shipwreck migrants, appeals to Europe
Full Article The Times of India
05 Oct 2013

LAMPEDUSA, Italy: Italy on Friday mourned the 300 African asylum-seekers feared dead in the worst ever Mediterranean refugee disaster, as the government asked Europe to help stem the influx of migrants. With the search for bodies off the island of Lampedusa suspended due to bad weather, an emotional Pope Francis said it was "a day of tears" in a...
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Migrants answer a reporter's questions, who passed them a microphone, at a temporary camp in the Italian island of Lampedusa, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. A ship carrying African migrants toward Italy caught fire and capsized off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa Thursday, spilling hundreds of passengers into the sea.
photo: AP / Luca Bruno

updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Raw Migrant Ship Caught Fire Sinks Off Of Italy Killing 114 People More Missing!!
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
2:31
Italy boat sinking: Dozens of migrants die off Lampedusa
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Lampedusa boat tragedy 'a disgrace' says Pope Francis
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
1:10
Lampedusa boat sinking: Migrants rescued from sea by Italian coastguard
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
1:15
Lampedusa, Italy: 82 bodies recovered from migrant boat wreck
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
1:02
Boat from Africa Sinks Off Italian Coast At Least 82 Dead
Rwanda Assails Sanctions by U.S.
Full Article The New York Times
05 Oct 2013

KIGALI, Rwanda — President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Friday angrily condemned a decision by the United States to impose sanctions against his country for what Washington says is his government’s support for rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who recruit child soldiers. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international...
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaks to an audience Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass., as he delivers the September 2008 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture. Kagame delivered a talk called: "Imperative of Science and Technology in Accelerating African and Rwandan Development," before taking questions from the
photo: AP / Steven Senne

updated 04 Aug 2012; published 04 Aug 2012
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BBC HARDtalk - Paul Kagame - President of Rwanda (13/7/12)
updated 27 Feb 2013; published 27 Feb 2013
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Tony Blair speaks to BBC Africa on Rwanda
updated 03 Dec 2012; published 03 Dec 2012
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With US Blessing, Rwanda Backs M23 Rebels in Congo?
updated 25 Apr 2013; published 25 Apr 2013
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UN Sanctioned Congo "Intervention Brigades" Complement US Africa Strategy
updated 21 Jul 2012; published 21 Jul 2012
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Win Win Deal with Paul Kagame by Sylvestre Uwibajije
updated 01 Sep 2013; published 01 Sep 2013
13:42
Tentative suicidaire de Kagame d'entrer en guerre avec la RDC : La manipulation du Rwanda mis à nu
Syria refugee crisis: the appalling view from above (UN - United Nations)
Full Article noodls
04 Oct 2013

(Source: UN - United Nations) 04 October 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - As Security Council agrees on efforts to increase access to people in need by humanitarian organisations, UNOSATcontinues its monitoring of several refugees camps outside Syria and some key locations within Syria where IDPs are...
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Syria refugee crisis: the appalling view from above (UN - United Nations)
photo: UN / Ryan Brown

updated 24 Jan 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
1:51
UN humanitarian chief says Syria's neighbours need more help as refugee crisis grows
updated 09 Sep 2013; published 09 Sep 2013
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Syria Crisis Lebanon Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos visits Syrian refugees #syria #lebanon #obam
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
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Syria: violence flares in Damascus, refugee crisis escalates
updated 04 Sep 2013; published 04 Sep 2013
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WorldLeadersTV: SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS "UNPARALLED in RECENT HISTORY": UNHCR'S ANTONIO GUTERRES
updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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WorldLeadersTV: SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS: JORDAN, TURKEY, IRAQ, LEBANON MINISTERS MEET in GENEVA: UNHCR
updated 04 Sep 2013; published 04 Sep 2013
3:03
MaximsNewsNetwork: SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS "UNPARALLED in RECENT HISTORY": UNHCR'S ANTONIO GUTERRES
Serbian PM threatens to pull out of EU-led Kosovo talks
Full Article Swissinfo
04 Oct 2013

Reuters October 4, 2013 - 15:11 By Matt Robinson BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's prime minister threatened on Friday to pull out of EU-mediated talks with Kosovo after the former Serbian province denied him permission to visit, underscoring the fragility of a landmark accord between the two. Ivica Dacic lashed out at the European Union, which...
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Serbian PM threatens to pull out of EU-led Kosovo talks
photo: European Community / EC

updated 28 Sep 2011; published 28 Sep 2011
1:38
Serbia walks out of EU-backed Kosovo talks
updated 14 Aug 2013; published 30 Sep 2011
1:10
NATO troops demolish Kosovo border barricade
updated 17 Jun 2013; published 10 May 2013
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Serbia: Belgrade boils over Brussels deal
updated 23 Jun 2013; published 01 Oct 2011
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Shoot to Kill: Live Ammunition Assaults on Peaceful Serbian Demonstrators in Kosovo
updated 18 Dec 2012; published 20 Jan 2012
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Our Future Network: Looking back (2003-2010)
updated 08 Aug 2013; published 04 May 2012
5:09
Kosovo terror training camps re-open for Syrian rebels
Experts report progress over Syrian chemical weapons
Full Article South China Morning Post
04 Oct 2013

International experts were on Friday gearing up to disable the chemical weapons programme in war-hit Syria after reporting “encouraging” progress in a day of meetings with regime officials. The Syrian regime and its armed opponents have both been accused of carrying out numerous atrocities in the 30-month conflict, which began as a popular uprising...
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An advance team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations arrives in Damascus, Syria, four days after the OPCW Executive Council and the UN Security Council unanimously endorsed a plan to begin the process of overseeing the destruction of the country’s chemical weapons programme, 1 October, 2013.
photo: UN / Hend Abdel Ghany

updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal: UN weapons inspectors call initial Damascus progress 'encouraging'
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
1:08
UN Inspectors Make Progress In Syria
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
0:34
UN-OPCW team makes progress in Syria
updated 13 Sep 2013; published 13 Sep 2013
4:05
John Kerry And Lavrov Meet To Join Syria Peace Talks
updated 31 Aug 2013; published 31 Aug 2013
3:06
UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors Leave Syria
updated 01 Oct 2013; published 01 Oct 2013
0:56
UN weapons inspectors return to Damascus to begin process of destroying Syrian chemical weapons
Italy panel set to decide on Berlusconi fate
Full Article Al Jazeera
04 Oct 2013

The political career of Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi may reach the end of the line as a Senate panel could recommend stripping him of his seat following his tax fraud conviction and four-year prison sentence. The Senate committee is likely to start the process to expel Berlusconi from parliament on Friday, meaning his fate could...
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Italy panel set to decide on Berlusconi fate
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito

updated 31 Aug 2013; published 31 Aug 2013
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Berlusconi may lose senate seat over tax fraud conviction
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Italian Senate panel recommends Berlusconis expulsion
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
4:04
Italy Court Upholds Berlusconi Fraud Conviction
updated 24 Jun 2013; published 24 Jun 2013
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Silvio Berlusconi Sentenced to 7 years in Jail For Paying For Sex With an Underage Prostitute
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Ironia M5S su Berlusconi, Schifani: "Giunta va sospesa". Poi non replica a Grasso
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Berlusconi decade e chiama Pinuccio
Obama cancels Asia trip to deal with govt shutdown
Full Article NZ Herald
04 Oct 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to end a federal government shutdown entering its fourth day Friday. In a statement late Thursday, the White House blamed Republicans, saying the "completely avoidable" government shutdown was hurting the president's efforts...
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President Barack Obama signs H.R. 3210, Pay Our Military Act, which provides continuing appropriations for pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces during any period for which interim or full-year appropriations for FY 2014 are not in effect, in the Oval Office, Monday night, Sept. 30, 2013.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Government shutdown: Obama cancels Asia trip, standoff continues
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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US shutdown: Barack Obama cancels Asia trip
updated 02 Oct 2013; published 02 Oct 2013
1:56
President Obama Wants Talks To Come Out Of Shutdown
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Obama cancels Asia trip over US shutdown
updated 02 Oct 2013; published 02 Oct 2013
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Obama's Visit To Malaysia Cancelled After Shutdown
updated 02 Oct 2013; published 02 Oct 2013
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President Obama Warning On Default Danger
Lampedusa sinking: Italy mourns up to 300 migrant dead
Full Article BBC News
04 Oct 2013

Italy is holding a day of national mourning, after a boat carrying about 500 African migrants sank off the island of Lampedusa. At least 103 bodies were recovered and scores more are trapped in the vessel, which sank less than 1 km (half-a-mile) offshore. More than 150 people were rescued, but another 200 of those on board the 20m (66-ft) boat are...
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Rescuers lift a body bag as they reach the port of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013.
photo: AP / Danilo Taralli

updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Almost 100 dead in migrant boat sinking off Lampedusa coast
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Italy boat sinking: Dozens of migrants die off Lampedusa
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Italy boat sinking : Italy Migrant Boat Sinks Killing At Least 130 3rd October 2013
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Raw Migrant Ship Caught Fire Sinks Off Of Italy Killing 114 People More Missing!!
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Salgono a 94 le vittime del naufragio a Lampedusa (Italy boat sinking: 94 migrants dead)
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Italy boat sinking : Italy searches for boat disaster victims ! Bad weather delays Italy boat search
15 Pros and Cons about Government Slowdown
Full Article WorldNews.com
03 Oct 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The larger picture of the U.S. government's slowdown (incorrectly labeled "shutdown") is a struggle over a centralized and incoherent bureaucracy that continues to seize trillions of dollars more than what it spends. This reckless taxation and spending has created an other-governance dependency for...
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden listen as they are updated on the federal government shutdown and the approaching debt ceiling deadline, in the Oval Office, Oct. 1, 2013.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

updated 04 Feb 2011; published 04 Feb 2011
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The Impact of the 2010 Elections on U.S. Healthcare Reform
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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May be it is Time for our Government to Stop Distracting Us...
updated 23 May 2012; published 23 May 2012
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China's Economy Problem: An Issue of Politics?
updated 27 Sep 2013; published 27 Sep 2013
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Wolf Blitzer and Michele Bachmann Brawl Over the Benefits of Obamacare - CNN - 9/27/13
updated 09 Aug 2009; published 09 Aug 2009
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Universal Health Care will kill you
updated 09 Aug 2009; published 09 Aug 2009
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Sen. Durbin: Town Hall Protests "Clearly Orchestrated"
Italy Migrant Boat Sinks Killing At Least 82
Full Article Skynews
03 Oct 2013

At least 82 migrants have been killed and scores are missing after a boat caught fire and capsized near a Sicilian island. About 150 people have been pulled from the water off Lampedusa, as emergency workers race to rescue more survivors. The coastguard said it appeared that there were between 400 and 500 migrants on the boat when it sank. The UN...
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The body of a drowned migrant is being unloaded from a Coast Guard boat in the port of Lampedusa, Sicily, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013.
photo: AP / Nino Randazzo, Health Care Service, HO

updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
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Raw Migrant Ship Caught Fire Sinks Off Of Italy Killing 114 People More Missing!!
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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At Least 82 Die As Italy Migrant Boat Sinks Near Lampedusa | Migrant Boat Sinks Killing At Least 82
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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A Migrant Boat Has Sank Off The Sicilian Island Of Lampedusa | Dozens Die in Migrant Boat Fire
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Italy :Lampedusa boat disaster survivors pulled to safety
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Italy Migrant Boat Sinks Killing At Least 82 (03/10/2013)
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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At Least 94 Die As Italy Migrant Boat Sinks Near Lampedusa | Migrant Boat Sinks Killing At Least 94

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Former President Bush Heard Voices Too
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Like Aaron Alexis who claimed his delusional voices and paranoia caused him to go on a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard,...
Shutdown Apocalypse: Nasdaq Closes at Highest Point Since 2001
American Spectator
By Matt Purple on 10.1.13 @ 5:59PM By now, you’ve probably heard about the horrors that have swept America as a consequence of the government shutdown. Small towns are...
How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared Tuesday
The New York Times
Stocks rose on Tuesday even as a U.S. government shutdown began. Despite the political gridlock in Washington, investors didn't push the panic button. That suggests that, at least...

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US blocks military aid to Rwanda over alleged backing of M23 child soldiers
Child soldiers of the FDLR near Pinga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Guardian
Rwandan government condemns sanctions, which also apply to Burma, Central African Republic, Sudan and Syria Rwanda's military denies any link to the use of child soldiers by M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph: Reuters The...
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Japan in Depth / Senkaku issue spurs defense review
Japan in Depth / Senkaku issue spurs defense review
The Japan News
The Yomiuri Shimbun A proposed new revision of the Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines agreed upon at the latest Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee meeting in Tokyo on Thursday highlights a sense of crisis shared by both countries...
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Efforts to teach Afghan troops to read may be NATO's lasting legacy
Efforts to teach Afghan troops to read may be NATO's lasting legacy
Stars and Stripes
DARLAMAN TRAINING BASE, Afghanistan - As it prepares to start its fifth and final year, the NATO-led $200 million literacy program for the Afghan national security forces quietly has created what is likely to be one of the most important legacies...
photo: US Navy / Chad A. Dulac
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Egypt urged 'inclusive' approach to solve political turmoil
Egypt urged 'inclusive' approach to solve political turmoil
Middle East Online
CAIRO - EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday called for an "inclusive" approach to solve political turmoil in Egypt triggered by the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Ashton, who wrapped up a two-day...
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Soldiers shut down last patrol base
Soldiers shut down last patrol base
Belfast Telegraph
British soldiers have shut down the last patrol base in Afghanistan, which was once an "insurgent hotbed" but has now been made safe, as the drawdown of troops continues. Patrol base 2 (PB2), located in the Nahr-e Saraj district, has over the years...
photo: US Army / Ryan D. Green
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Lampedusa: Day Of Mourning For African Migrants
Bodies of drowned migrants are lined up in the port of Lampedusa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013.
Orange News
4 October 2013, 6:15 Lampedusa: Day Of Mourning For African Migrants Tweet The Italian government has declared an official day of mourning after the tragedy of Lampedusa, where more than 100 African migrants died trying to reach the island. Italy's...
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Not raising debt ceiling could result in 2008-like situation: US Dept of Treasury
Not raising debt ceiling could result in 2008-like situation: US Dept of Treasury
Indian Express
Hit by a shutdown, the US Department of Treasury has urged the Congress to immediately increase debt ceiling failing which, it said could result in recession comparable to or worse than the 2008 financial crisis. "Postponing a debt ceiling increase...
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