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Breaking News Fri, 20 Dec 2013
FILE - In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf spoken out Friday, Dec. 20, for the first time since his house arrest earlier this year, defending his actions while in power and telling a local TV station he did his best for the nation.
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Musharraf tells TV he did his best for Pakistanis
Comment () Tweet | ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has spoken out for the first time since his house arrest earlier this year, defending his actions while in pow... (photo: AP / B.K. Bangash)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, center, is seen behind a glass enclosure at a court room in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky   Photos   Russian Oligarchs   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky  
 The Washington Post 
Putin signs decree to pardon tycoon Khodorkovsky
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to pardon jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. | Khodorkovsky has spent the last 10 years in prison on charges of tax evasion and emb... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012.  The Los Angeles Times 
Obama willing to extend deadline on U.S.-Afghanistan security deal
WASHINGTON — President Obama is prepared to extend a Dec. 31 deadline in a concession to Afghan President Hamid Karzai aimed at getting him to approve a security agreement that would permit U.S.... (photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: AfghanistanUnited States relations  
President Barack Obama greets Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan in the Oval Office prior to their bilateral meeting, Oct. 23, 2013.  Huffington Post 
Obama Commutes Sentences Of 8 People Convicted Of Drug Crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is commuting the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh sentences for drug crimes. | Obama has commuted only one other sentence in the f... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Crimes   Drug   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Drug Enforcement Administration  
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British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street to make his way to the House of Commons to make a statement on the result of Leveson Inquiry, London, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Lord Justice Brian Leveson released Thursday his report, after a year long inquiry, into the culture and practices of the British press and his recommendations for future regulation to prevent phone hacking, data theft, bribery and other abuses. Belfast Telegraph
PM warns on Brussels defence shift
Prime Minister David Cameron will warn Europe's leaders today against any moves to shift national defence powers to Brussels - including putting Eurocrats in charge of mi... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Brussels   Business   Photos   Politics  
 A US fighter jet flies over the US as part of Homeland defence CounterPunch
Invest in People, Not War
Earlier this month, a delegation of activists took to Capitol Hill to demand a decrease in the massive, out-of-control military budget. As millions of Americans struggle ... (photo: US DoD file)
Military   Photos   US Defence   War Weapons   Wikipedia: Military budget of the United States  
In this image released by the United Nations Mission Juba, civilians arrive at the compound of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), adjacent to Juba International Airport, to take refuge Wednesday, Dec. 18 , 2013, in Juba, South Sudan. Jakarta Globe
South Sudan Rebels Seize Key Town of Bor: Army
By Agence France-Presse on 3:44 pm December 19, 2013. | Category International, World | Tags: South Sudan | Civilians arrive for shelter at the United Nations Mission in ... (photo: AP / Rolla Hinedi)
Photos   S. Sudan Internal Conflict   Salva Kiir   Violence in S. Sudan   Wikipedia: South Sudan internal conflict (2011present)  
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Vitamins vs. Whole Foods
Some big news about vitamins not working -- and even causing harm -- has been all over the airways recently, so I reached out to T. Colin Campbell, author of the new best... (photo: Creative Commons / Tamorlan)
Health   Nutrition   Photos   Vitamins   Wikipedia: Dietary supplement  
An African Union peacekeeper stands on a chair as a small child sits of the floor at an Islamic center where Peul refugees have sought protection in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Dec. 18, 2013. BBC News
CAR death toll much higher than thought, says Amnesty
Former rebels in the Central African Republic killed almost 1,000 people in a two-day rampage this month, double an earlier UN estimate, Amnesty International has said. |... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   Seleka   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (201213)  
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seen during a funeral ceremony for Serafettin Elci, a prominent Turkish Kurdish politician and a former minister, at the parliament in Ankara The Times Of India
Turkey PM brands graft probe 'ugly' anti-government plot
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan charged on Wednesday that the detention of dozens of people in a high-profile graft probe was an "ugly" operation agai... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Corruption in Turkey   Hizmet Movement   Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Wikipedia: Recep Tayyip Erdoan  
President Barack Obama pauses to speak with with Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., after signing the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 which settles long-standing lawsuits by African American farmers and Native Americans against the federal government, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, part of the White House complex, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. The act also authorizes $1.15 billion for black farmers who say they were discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Houston Chronicle
Officials: Baucus to be named ambassador to China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama intends to nominate Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., as ambassador to China, Democratic officials said Wednesday, turning to a lawmake... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Beijing   Photos   Politics   USA   Wikipedia: Max Baucus  
Defence War
- Riek Machar: South Sudan's divisive pretender for power
- In bleak Arab hinterland, hints of Jerusalem's partition
- Militia attack Muslims in Central African Republic's cap
- Mass wedding to promote Islamic society in Nigeria
News conference of Vladimir Putin
Putin says to pardon jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky
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- Hyperbole on bikies
- Disgraced tycoon George Herscu dies at 85
- War of words heats up over CPA bidding
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FILE - In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf spoken out Friday, Dec. 20, for the first time since his house arrest earlier this year, defending his actions while in power and telling a local TV station he did his best for the nation.
Musharraf tells TV he did his best for Pakistanis
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Terrorism Al Qaeda
- Obama willing to extend deadline on US-Afghanistan security
- Law may speed transfer of Guantanamo prisoners
- >Nigerian court: Life in prison for church bomb
- Nigerian court: Life in prison for church bomb
President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012.
Obama willing to extend deadline on U.S.-Afghanistan security deal
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- Kansas suspect in airport bomb plot faces detention hearing
- U.n. Finds Both Sides Make People Vanish In Syrian War
- Kan. suspect in bomb plot faces detention hearing
- Kan. suspect in bomb plot faces detention hearing
President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012.
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Bioterrorism Nuclear Terrorism
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- Syracuse Is Fifth City to Pass Anti-Drone Resolution
- Letters to the editor - Dec. 18
The Israeli army's new Heron unmanned drone aircraft for surveillance missions flies during a display at the Palmahim Air Force Base , Israel, Wednesday, March 7, 2007. With its 16.6 meter (54-foot) wingspan and ability to fly for as long as 30 hours at a time, at a speed of 120 knots (140 mph, 225 kph) and a height of 9,000 meters (30,000 feet), the Heron is Israel's latest and most advanced weapon in the booming field of drone technology, air force officers said.
Unmasked: Area 51's Biggest, Stealthiest Spy Drone Yet
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