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Bangladesh SC: Death penalty to top Jamaat leader
Full Article Indian Express
17 Sep 2013

Bangladesh Supreme Court today handed down death penalty to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart Abdul Quader Mollah for 1971 war crimes, revising a special tribunal verdict which had sentenced him to life imprisonment. "He is being handed down the capital punishment," said Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain, as...

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In this Feb. 5, 2013 photo, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah displays the victory sign, escorted by policemen, after he was sentenced to life in prison for killings and other crimes during the nation's independence war, in Dhaka, Bangladesh
photo: AP / Zia Islam

updated 17 Sep 2013; published 17 Sep 2013
2:47
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah gets Death Penalty
updated 17 Sep 2013; published 17 Sep 2013
2:43
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah got life sentence
updated 03 Mar 2013; published 03 Mar 2013
0:33
Quader Mollah News | ATN Bangla NEWS | Bangladesh News | March 3, 2013
updated 17 Jul 2013; published 17 Jul 2013
20:24
Mujahid Death penalty for crime against humanity in Bangladesh 17July2013
updated 07 Feb 2013; published 07 Feb 2013
3:58
Bangladesh: Protesters Demand Execution Of Abdul Quader Mollah
updated 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
1:25
Protest Against Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Sentencing - Welsh Awami League News
U.N. confirms sarin use in Syria
Full Article Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
17 Sep 2013

A United Nations report released Monday confirmed that a chemical arms attack caused a mass killing in Syria last month and for the first time provided extensive forensic details of the weapons used, which strongly implicated the Syrian government. While the report's authors did not assign blame for the attack on the outskirts of Damascus, the...

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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, dead bodies after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria. Ghastly images from that day showing rows of dead, many of them children, some wrapped in white burial shrouds, survivors gasping for air, their bodies twitching, foam oozing from mouths, were unlike any other scene in Syria’s brutal civil war, where bombs and bullets have killed and maimed tens of thousands over the past 2½ years.
photo: AP / Local Committee of Arbeen, File

updated 03 Sep 2013; published 03 Sep 2013
2:34
UN: Sarin used in Syria chemical attack
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
4:11
Syria chemical weapons - Sarin gas attack near Damascus? - Truthloader
updated 15 Jul 2013; published 15 Jul 2013
3:11
Syrian rebels behind Aleppo sarin attack, not Assad forces - Russian inquiry to UN
updated 24 Aug 2013; published 24 Aug 2013
9:26
Syria chemical weapons - Sarin gas attack near Damascus? - Truthloader
updated 31 May 2013; published 31 May 2013
3:39
Turkey finds sarin gas in the hands of Syrian Rebels.
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
2:12
RAW IMAGES Syrian activists 'toxic gas' attack, mustard gas, Sarin HUNDREDS DEAD - Graphic
Shooting rampage in D.C. grips the nation
Full Article Boston Herald
17 Sep 2013

The nation’s capital was in mourning today as officials began the grim task of notifying the families of the dozen victims of a massacre at the Washington Navy Yard unleashed, police say, by disturbed former reservist Aaron Alexis, who fired away heartlessly into a cafeteria crowd. “We are confronting yet another mass shooting. And...

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Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus is interviewed by local and national media near the Washington Navy Yard about a shooting at the Navy Yard, 16 Sept, 2013.
photo: US Navy / Ed Buice

updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
7:22
Shooting at Washington Navy Yard: Several wounded, gunman at large (breaking news: recorded live)
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
0:33
Shooting at Washington Navy Yard - 'Multiple Fatalities' At Navy Base
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
5:24
US Navy Yard Shooting: Multiple fatalities reported in latest update by officials
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
3:26
'Gunmen On Loose' in US Shooting (Shooting at Washington Navy Yard)
updated 17 Sep 2013; published 17 Sep 2013
4:03
Navy Yard Shooting
updated 21 Jul 2012; published 21 Jul 2012
2:27
9-year-old Attacks Toddler, Daycare Worker Arrested, (Protect Your Children)
Cold War Euphemisms and Nightmares
Full Article WorldNews.com
16 Sep 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Language exists to express and communicate," writes Roy F. Baumeister in Evil, Inside Human Violence and Cruelty, "but perpetrators reluctant to face up to their guilt often find ways to use language to conceal, confuse, and mislead." It is a process that begins with the words themselves. But then...

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in a bilateral meeting during the G20 Summit.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

updated 27 Jul 2013; published 27 Jul 2013
0:43
Bill Clinton New World Order speech
updated 14 Jun 2012; published 14 Jun 2012
55:50
Exposing the Secrets of the CIA: Agents, Experiments, Service, Missions, Operations, Weapons, Army
updated 13 Jul 2012; published 13 Jul 2012
3:06
Liberals: USA nuclear weapons are the problem
updated 11 Mar 2013; published 11 Mar 2013
6:57
Insanity of Obama Administration Vs. Sanity of LaRouhe's Policy
updated 05 Sep 2011; published 05 Sep 2011
3:08
FACEBOOK IS AN IMPORTANT CIA TAX PAYER FUNDED ASSET
updated 27 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
4:41
The Danger of Allowing Status Quo Media to Dominate Our Discourse
Mexico hit by big storms on opposite coasts; 21 dead
Full Article Chicago Sun-Times
16 Sep 2013

ACAPULCO, Mexico — The remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel continued to deluge Mexico’s southwestern Pacific shoulder with dangerous rains while Hurricane Ingrid headed for a Monday landfall on the country’s opposite coast in an unusual double onslaught that federal authorities said had caused at least 21 deaths. The heaviest blow Sunday fell on the...

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Army soldiers work to try to get their vehicle out of a flooded portion of a road caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013.
photo: AP / Alejandrino Gonzalez

updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
1:20
Hurricane Ingrid, TS Manuel Batter Mexico, Kill 24 (VIDEO)
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
1:21
13 Dead As Tropical Storm, Hurrican Hits Mexico
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
1:21
Big storms hit Mexico from opposite directions; at least 33 dead in mudslides, floods
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
0:31
Big storms hit Mexico on opposite coasts 21 dead
updated 17 Sep 2013; published 17 Sep 2013
1:04
WATCH : 34 Dead As Big Storms Hit Mexico On Opposite Sides
updated 15 Sep 2013; published 15 Sep 2013
2:15
Hurricane Ingrid Forms Off Mexico, TS Manuel Could Also Become Hurricane Before Landfall
North and South Korea reopen Kaesong Industrial Complex
Full Article CNN
16 Sep 2013

September 16, 2013 -- Updated 0400 GMT (1200 HKT) Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The joint industrial park, one of the key symbols of cooperation between North and South Korea, re-opened Monday after a five-month hiatus. South Korean vehicles and freight trucks waited in traffic as they prepared to cross through customs and immigration into the North...

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A South Korean owner who runs a factory in the stalled South Korea and North Korea's joint Kaesong Industrial Complex, stands just outside of military barricades set up on Unification Bridge near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 30, 2013.
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

updated 10 Jul 2013; published 10 Jul 2013
1:33
North-South Korea talks: meeting begins on reopening Kaesong industrial zone - 07/10/2013
updated 07 Aug 2013; published 07 Aug 2013
1:02
North Korea does U-turn with offer to re-open Kaesong industrial zone
updated 16 Aug 2013; published 16 Aug 2013
2:05
NORTH KOREA THREATS North, South Korea agree to reopen Kaesong joint industrial zone
updated 11 Sep 2013; published 11 Sep 2013
1:29
Korea's Agree To Reopen Industrial Park Kaesong
updated 11 Sep 2013; published 11 Sep 2013
1:11
Two Koreas to Re-Open Kaesong Factory Park in Trial Run
updated 22 Aug 2013; published 22 Aug 2013
1:21
Businessmen Leave for Kaesong to Prepare Reopening Factories
Negotiating with Syria but not Iran is Hypocrisy
Full Article WorldNews.com
15 Sep 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone." -John Milton, "Paradise Lost" Despite having toppled Iran's popularly elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddeq, and then initiated a reign of terror that imprisoned, tortured, and killed thousands of...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Iran's President Hasan Rouhani during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service

updated 23 Jul 2013; published 20 Jul 2013
1:28
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Iraq's Shiite shrines as he prepares to leave office
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
59:03
History of Modern Iran: Rogue State | BBC Documentary
updated 22 Jul 2013; published 24 Oct 2011
6:15
Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on Iraq, Libya & Syria - Interview CNN.
updated 01 Apr 2013; published 25 May 2010
11:00
Khomeini's First President Bani Sadr Confess: Khomeini Lied to Iranian about Iraq's Plan
updated 14 Aug 2013; published 16 May 2012
3:19
Iran's Military Presence in Northern Iraq (Dispatch)
updated 10 Aug 2013; published 24 Jul 2013
73:50
Iran's New President: Implications for the United States
Pakistani Taliban set conditions for talks
Full Article Al Jazeera
15 Sep 2013

The Pakistani Taliban have demanded that the government release rebel prisoners and begin withdrawing troops from the group's tribal sanctuary before they will participate in peace talks, raising doubts about prospects for negotiations. The Taliban's leadership council decided on the need for confidence building measures while meeting to discuss...

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In this file photo taken on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan.
photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mahsud

updated 20 Jun 2013; published 20 Jun 2013
3:46
Discussing Pakistan's role in Taliban peace talks
updated 06 Feb 2013; published 06 Feb 2013
1:23
NEW NEWS : Pakistani Taliban ready for peace talks
updated 29 Dec 2012; published 29 Dec 2012
1:53
Pakistani Taliban open to peace talks: militant group behind long-running regional instability
updated 18 Mar 2013; published 18 Mar 2013
0:50
Pakistan Taliban Withdraw Peace Offer With Fr Ally 'Punjabi Terrorist ISI'
updated 26 Feb 2012; published 26 Feb 2012
0:53
Pakistan urges Taliban to Afghan peace talks
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
1:03
Karzai asks Pakistan to set up Taliban talks
Nearly 100 Philippine rebels killed or captured
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
15 Sep 2013

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 100 Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of people hostage for a week in a southern Philippine city have been killed or captured in an offensive to retake rebel-held coastal communities, officials said Sunday. Army troops and police special forces have regained rebel-held grounds and are pressing an assault...

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A Government trooper stands next to the destroyed wall following the fighting with Muslim rebels, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013 in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines.
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez

updated 15 Sep 2013; published 15 Sep 2013
1:30
Philippines says nearly 100 Muslim rebels killed or captured as troops press to end standoff
updated 14 Sep 2013; published 14 Sep 2013
4:28
Day 5 - Philippine Leader Warns Muslim Rebels As Battles Rage In ZAMBOANGA, Philippines
updated 15 Sep 2013; published 15 Sep 2013
0:11
Nearly 100 Philippine Rebels Killed or Captured
updated 07 May 2013; published 07 May 2013
0:56
UN Peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels: Filipino UN troops captured near Golan Heights
updated 15 Sep 2013; published 15 Sep 2013
1:05
100 MNLF Rebels killed and captured in Zamboanga City
updated 05 Jun 2013; published 05 Jun 2013
1:01
Rebels routed as Syrian army retake Qusair
Kerry-Lavrov rapport smoothed path to Syria deal
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
15 Sep 2013

By Warren Strobel GENEVA (Reuters) - The deal between the United States and Russia on Syrian chemical weapons was due in no small part to the labors of foreign policy veterans with contrasting styles: Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. While their bosses, presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, get on...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news conference held after the two finalized a framework for the elimination for Syrian chemical weapons in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 14, 2013
photo: US DoS

updated 14 Sep 2013; published 14 Sep 2013
1:02
US and Russia agree Syria plan: John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov's Geneva press conference
updated 12 Sep 2013; published 12 Sep 2013
1:40
John Kerry Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister About Syria Chemical Weapons
updated 12 Sep 2013; published 12 Sep 2013
1:06
John Kerry meets with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss Syrian chemical weapons plan
updated 09 May 2013; published 09 May 2013
45:42
Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
updated 14 Sep 2013; published 14 Sep 2013
1:01
President Obama on Kerry-Lavrov Syria talks: Deal must be 'verifiable and enforceable'
updated 13 Sep 2013; published 13 Sep 2013
1:18
Syria crisis talks John Kerry calls Sergei Lavrov Geneva talks 'constructive'

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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "Before a conventional map exists there must first be a mental map." Since maps lie(1), so do our geographical perceptions and...
Wall Street Journal
Leon Aron | Russia From the outset, the Kremlin's aim in the Syrian conflict has been to strengthen its domestic legitimacy and to bolster its international repute by "standing up...
Huffington Post
When autism is mentioned, that mention will almost certainly include a statistic. One of the more common autism-related numbers thrown around these days is the fact that it is four...

Eight dead, 1,600 homes destroyed in Colorado floods
By Keith Coffman, Reuters DENVER – Search-and-rescue teams bolstered by National Guard troops fanned out across Colorado’s flood-stricken landscape on Monday, as a week of torrential rains blamed for eight deaths and the destruction of at...
photo: US DoD / Joseph K. VonNida
UN confirms sarin was used in Syria
Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, UN inspectors reported that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria's military has bases, but said the evidence could have been...
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré
FILE - This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings that were damaged from a Syrian forces air strike in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria.
The UN has confirmed that the worst chemical weapons attack in 25 years took place in eastern Damascus last month, involving specially designed rockets that spread sarin nerve agent over rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital. The report did not...
photo: AP / Qusair Lens
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Top Afghan policewoman dies of bullet wound
A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain. Her death, one of the latest in a string of attacks on prominent Afghan women, could make it even harder to...
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett
A boy hostage is reunited with his parents after being processed at the Philippine National Police Camp in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013.
Dozens of people trapped in a deadly urban battle between Muslim rebels and Philippine troops rushed to safety on Tuesday as the guerillas lost ground in more heavy fighting, authorities said. Sixty-one people have died and 70,000 residents been...
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
Somalia 'New Deal': EU pledge at Brussels conference
Donors have pledged 1.8bn euros ($2.4bn; £1.5bn) at a conference in Brussels to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict. The money is part of a "New Deal" for what is widely regarded as a failed state, officials said. Al-Qaeda-linked...
photo: European Community / EC
Two Years on, Libya’s Democratic Transition Faces Challenges
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:45 pm Press Release: Two Years on, Libya’s Democratic Transition Faces Numerous Challenges �" UN Envoy New York, Sep 16 2013 - Two years after the fall of the authoritarian regime, Libya faces a number of challenges in...
photo: UN / UN