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Malta warns EU waters 'a cemetery' after fresh tragedy
Full Article BBC News
12 Oct 2013

Maltese PM Joseph Muscat says European waters close to Africa are turning into a cemetery, after another boat laden with migrants capsized. Mr Muscat said Malta felt "abandoned" by the rest of Europe and insisted that the EU had to take action. Malta and Italy launched a rescue operation after a boat capsized on Friday, leaving at least...

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In this photo released by the Maltese Army, migrants are aboard a life raft after a boat carrying an estimated 200 migrants capsized off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa Friday, Oct.11, 2013.
photo: AP / Maltese Army HO

updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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[News] Boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank near Sicily Italy Video
updated 12 Oct 2013; published 12 Oct 2013
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Migrant boat capsize leaves 27 dead in Mediterranean 2
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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[NEWS] Over 100 dead, 200 missing as migrant boat sinks off Italy Sicily boat sinking Video
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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[NEWS] More than 100 killed in migrant boat shipwreck off Italian island Sicily Video
updated 07 Aug 2013; published 06 Aug 2013
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EU Commission says Malta has 'humanitarian duty' to allow African migrants disembark
updated 09 Aug 2013; published 08 Aug 2013
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Italy Welcomes Migrants Rejected From Malta
Strongest Indian cyclone since 1999 nears coast
Full Article Austin American Statesman
12 Oct 2013

The strongest cyclone to threaten India in more than a decade bore down on its east coast Saturday as authorities bused and trucked tens of thousands of villagers from their mud and thatch coastal homes to government shelters inland. Officials canceled holy day celebrations and stockpiled emergency supplies in coastal Orissa and Andhra Pradesh...

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Strongest Indian cyclone since 1999 nears coast
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Cyclone Phailin: From Birth to 18 hours to Coastal Impact
updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Raw Cyclone Phailin CAT 5 Bears Down On India!! "Worse Than Hurricane Katrina"!!
updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Super Storm Phailin Nibiru Haarp Odisha Andhra Pradesh Bay of Bengal India 11 Oct 2013
updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Super Cyclonic Storm Phailin Expecting 200 to 235 KPH Nibiru HAARP India 11 Oct 2013
updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Cyclone Phailin India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh prepare for storm
updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Cyclone Phailin Thousands Flee In East India
US confirms the capture top Pakistani Taliban leader
Full Article The Siasat Daily
12 Oct 2013

October 11: American troops have captured second in command of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Latif Mehsud, officials here have confirmed . However, officials did not confirm the place and date where the top TTP leader was captured. "I can confirm that US forces did capture TTP terrorist leader Latif Mehsud in a military operation. I don't have...

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US confirms the capture top Pakistani Taliban leader
photo: US Army file/Spc. Harold Fields

updated 06 Sep 2010; published 06 Sep 2010
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U.S GOVERNMENT PUT 5 MILLION $$ BOUNTY ON HAKIMULLAH MESHUD! OBAMA PAYING TERRORISTS 1 BILLION $$!
updated 18 Aug 2013; published 31 Dec 2012
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Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan Killing Innocent People
updated 10 Aug 2013; published 04 Jan 2013
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Brutal Tehreek-e-Taliban committing Gunah-e-Kabeera by killing 21 levies forces
updated 26 May 2013; published 18 Aug 2009
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Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar arrested Bad News for Imran Khan & Jamaat Islami
updated 14 Jul 2013; published 07 Aug 2009
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Pakistan Taliban chief warlord Baitullah Mehsud maybe 'dead'
updated 05 Jul 2013; published 29 May 2013
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BREAKING: U.S. Drone Strike Kills Taliban Leader in Pakistan-wali ur rehman killed
Syria chemical weapons monitors win Nobel Peace Prize
Full Article BBC News
11 Oct 2013

11 October 2013 Last updated at 10:33 BST The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the body overseeing destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said it was in honour of the OPCW's "extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons.'' The organisation recently sent inspectors to carry...

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In This Oct. 9, 2013 photo, Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the world's chemical watchdog OPCW gives an update on the the chemical watchdog's verification and destruction mission in Syria during a press conference in The Hague.
photo: AP / Peter Dejong

updated 06 Sep 2013; published 06 Sep 2013
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Obama: Syria's Chemical Weapons Use Threatens Peace
updated 09 Oct 2013; published 09 Oct 2013
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Syria's chemical arsenal: new video shows Syria chemical weapons plant during UN inspection
updated 09 Sep 2013; published 09 Sep 2013
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Syria welcomes Russia's call to handover chemical weapons
updated 09 Sep 2013; published 09 Sep 2013
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Russia Responds To Syria & Chemical Weapons
updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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Chemical weapons sent from Turkey to Syria: Former Turkish provincial official
updated 31 Aug 2013; published 31 Aug 2013
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Build upto WW3 - PUTIN Rejects SYRIA Chemical Weapons Accusations as Nonsense. Where is the EVIDENCE
Will Africa pull out of the ICC?
Full Article BBC News
11 Oct 2013

With Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta under pressure to appear at the International Criminal Court next month to answer charges of crimes against humanity, the African Union (AU) has called a special summit to discuss Africa's relationship with the court. BBC Africa's Farouk Chothia reports. The AU is heavily divided over the ICC,...

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File - United Nations police officers based in Akobo speak with three women detained inside a traditional tukul house at the local police headquarters, Akobo, South Sudan, 10 April, 2013.
photo: UN / Martine Perret

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013
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African Union accuses ICC of race hunt against Africans
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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AU Leaders To Discuss Common Stance On Kenya's Planned ICC Pull-Out
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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African Leaders Are Discussing Nigerian Abandoning ICC
updated 12 Sep 2013; published 12 Sep 2013
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African Union petitions ICC on Kenyan cases and threatens mass pullouts
updated 13 Sep 2013; published 13 Sep 2013
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AU demands ICC halt Kenyan cases
updated 23 May 2013; published 23 May 2013
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IS KENYA LEADING AN AU ICC WALKOUT
Syria inspections continue as war rages
Full Article Al Jazeera
11 Oct 2013

International inspectors in Syria have visited three of the 20 sites linked to the country's chemical weapons programme, as anti-government activist groups claim regime warplanes have hit several cities in their continuing campaign. The facilities inspected in the past 10 days have been in government-held areas, making them fairly easy to...

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A convoy of chemical weapons disarmament experts depart the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013.
photo: AP

updated 09 Oct 2013; published 09 Oct 2013
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Ahmet Üzümcü (OPCW): Int'l mission to rid Syria of chemical weapons - recorded live feed
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Syria chemical weapons data received by OPCW
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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OPCW receives Syria chemical weapons declaration
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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OPCW set to scrap Syrian chemical weapons
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syrian Government Informs Watchdog Over chemical weapons
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Watchdog begins examining Syria chemical file
Libya PM 'freed' after several hours held by militia
Full Article The Siasat Daily
11 Oct 2013

October 10: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was released today several hours after being seized from a Tripoli hotel by former rebel militiamen, the foreign minister said. "He has been freed but we have no details so far on the circumstances of his release," Mohammed Abdelaziz told AFP. The pre-dawn seizure of Zeidan came five days after US...

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Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan, left, gives a press conference after being rescued from gunmen who snatched him from his hotel early Thursday and held him for several hours, in Tripoli Libya, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013.
photo: AP

updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Libya: PM Ali Zeidan back at work after being freed from kidnappers
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Libyan PM Ali Zeidan 'freed from captivity'
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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BBC News - Libya PM Zeidan seemed 'overwhelmed' by leadership role
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Libyan PM Ali Zeidan freed by militia
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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BBC News - Libyan PM Ali Zeidan freed by militia
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Libyan PM Ali Zeidan Kidnapped in Tripoli : Libyan PM Freed After Being 'Arrested' By Ex-Rebels
Talks between White House and Republicans fail to end US shutdown
Full Article The Guardian
11 Oct 2013

No deal emerges but observers note warmer language after Barack Obama and House speaker John Boehner meet John Boehner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP White House talks with Republicans failed to reach an agreement to end the budget crisis on Thursday evening despite earlier hopes that a deal might be in...

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Talks between White House and Republicans fail to end US shutdown
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

updated 01 Oct 2013; published 01 Oct 2013
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President Obama speaks statement On government shutdown crisis ™
updated 01 Oct 2013; published 01 Oct 2013
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New Update: President Obama Speaks On Government Shutdown 2013 & Obamacare at white house
updated 01 Oct 2013; published 01 Oct 2013
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Government Shutdown 2013: Piers Morgan talks with John McCain "Shutdown does not stop Obamacare"
updated 02 Oct 2013; published 02 Oct 2013
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Government Shutdown 2013 - Debate Democrats VS Republican on #Obamacare #GovernmentShutdown
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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White House talks: No deal, shutdown stalemate remains
updated 01 Oct 2013; published 01 Oct 2013
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Republicans GOP News Conference on Government Shutdown 2013! #Obamacare #GovernmentShutdown
UN votes to boost humanitarian support in CAR
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Oct 2013

The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for more support in the violence-wracked Central African Republic. The resolution adopted on Thursday strongly backs a new African Union peacekeeping force in the country, and demands swift implementation of a political transition leading to free and fair elections in less that 18...

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Passengers ride on a car carrying sacks of food, bedding, and animals for bushmeat on the front, heading away from Damara, about 70km (44 miles) north of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. After troops under Bozize seized the capital in 2003 amid volleys of machine-gun and mortar fire, he dissolved the constitution and parliament, and now a decade later it is Bozize himself who could be ousted from power with rebels having seized more than half the country and made their way to the doorstep of the capital in less than a month.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 28 Jan 2010; published 28 Jan 2010
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Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a resolution to support Haiti after the quake
updated 23 May 2013; published 23 May 2013
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San Diego City Council Resolution in Support of Binational Agreement
updated 05 Jan 2012; published 05 Jan 2012
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Rally Supporting Portland City Council Resolution to End Corporate Personhood
updated 11 Apr 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
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Birmingham City Council Resolution in Support of Superintendent Dr. Witherspoon-041012
updated 02 Oct 2008; published 02 Oct 2008
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ARC Student Council Passes Support Prop 8 Resolution - FOX40
updated 09 Aug 2011; published 09 Aug 2011
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USA Pro Cycling Challenge City Council Resolution in Support Of
	Libyan PM Ali Zeidan kidnapped by armed men: Media reports
photo: US DoS

updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Armed men kidnap Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Breaking News: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan Kidnapped By Armed Men From Tripoli Hotel
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Libyan Prime Minister is kidnapped by armed men from Tripoll
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan Kidnapped Taken By Armed Men Libya PM Kidnapped YouTube
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Armed men kidnap Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Breaking News: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan Kidnapped

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Ali Zeidan has been Libya's prime minister for nearly one year, having been appointed by the General National Congress last October. He took office on November 14 after Congress...
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LOS ANGELES — THE physicist Richard Feynman liked to gripe about what he called “Alfred Nobel’s Other Mistake.” The first mistake was the invention of dynamite. The second was...
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Azerbaijan -- a country that boasts lots of oil and little in the way of democracy -- is holding a presidential election tomorrow. The current leader, Ilham Aliyev, is firmly in...

African heads of state pose for an official photograph at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, May 25, 2013.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations have agreed that sitting heads of state should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court where Kenya's leaders are in the dock, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said at a ministerial...
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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Inspectors
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 has been awarded to the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”. The Hague-based autonomous body, which works within the framework...
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Dried up: climate change could leave another billion people without enough water
The wars of the future may be fought not over gold or oil, but instead over a resource far more mundane: water. In a study published this week, researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany warned that climate change...
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After Lampedusa tragedy, UN refugee agency urges European Union to revisit migration polices
Print 11 October 2013 – In the aftermath of a one of deadliest migrant-ship disasters in recent history, the United Nations refugee agency today urged wider responsibility-sharing among European Union countries to process asylum claims and find...
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 The "Original Seven" Mercury astronauts. From left: Scott Carpenter, Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton(gm1)
DENVER — Scott Carpenter conquered the heights of space, the depths of the ocean, and the darkness of fear. And in doing so he became the second American to orbit the Earth, powered by not just a rocket but an insatiable curiosity. "Conquering...
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Severe storm expected to hit eastern India
Indian officials say they are expecting a "very severe storm" that could cause widespread damage and flooding, to hit the country's eastern seaboard. Officials say they have cancelled holy day celebrations in coastal Orissa and Andhra...
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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
Carla Babb WASHINGTON — The European Union has awarded its top human rights prize, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. to Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. Malala, as she is commonly known, was shot last year and nearly killed by the...
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