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CAR violence: French troops reach town of Bossangoa
Full Article BBC News
08 Dec 2013

French troops have reached the town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic, which has been paralysed by communal fighting. France is deploying 1,600 troops to help end the fighting in the country, alongside a larger African Union force. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the BBC the mission was aimed at creating stability to...
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File - In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, fighters from a Christian militia movement known as the "anti-balaka" display their makeshift weaponry in the village of Boubou, halfway between the towns of Bossangoa and Bouca, in the Central African Republic.
photo: AP / Florence Richard

updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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Living in fear in Bossangoa, Central African Republic The Latest News
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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BBC News - Central African Republic French troops expand operations
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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BBC News Living in fear in Bossangoa, Central African Republic
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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CAR PM 'More troops needed'
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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CAR: France to send 2,500 extra troops
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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Living in Fear in Central African Republic
Egypt courts release 21 pro-Morsi female protesters
Full Article Dawn
08 Dec 2013

CAIRO: Egyptian appeals courts ordered the release Saturday of 21 women and girls jailed over an Islamist opposition protest, after reducing harsh sentences that had sparked outrage. To chants of “God is greatest” from supporters in an Alexandria courtroom, the 14 women, initially jailed for 11 years, were ordered freed after receiving one-year...
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An Egyptian woman supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi shows her hand inscribed with the word "freedom," from inside the defendants' cage in a courtroom in Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.
photo: AP / Eman Helal

updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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EGYPT: WHY WERE 21 WOMEN SENTENCED TO 11 YRS IN PRISON ? BBC NEWS
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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Egypt: Appeal court frees female pro-Morsi protesters
updated 29 Nov 2013; published 29 Nov 2013
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Egypt: protesters clash with police as young women handed heavy prison sentences for demonstrating
updated 29 Nov 2013; published 29 Nov 2013
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Sentenced Egyptian Women Will Be Pardoned
updated 01 Dec 2013; published 01 Dec 2013
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BBC News Egypt jails girls over pro Morsi demonstration
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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BBC News Women pro Morsi protesters freed in Egypt
Mandela death: 'Day of prayer' in South Africa
Full Article BBC News
08 Dec 2013

Thousands of South Africans are expected to take part in a day of "prayer and reflection" for late President Nelson Mandela. President Jacob Zuma will attend a service in a Methodist church in Johannesburg, with other multi-faith services planned throughout the day. A national memorial service will be held on Tuesday, ahead of a state...
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A picture of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela is seen placed in a pile of flowers outside his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: Nelson Mandela Dead Aged 95 | OFFICIAL News Announcement President Jacob Zuma
updated 13 Jul 2013; published 03 Apr 2013
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South Africans pray Mandela on Easter Sunday...
updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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Nelson Mandela, Legendary Icon, Dead At 95
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela dies aged 95
updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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France to reinforce military presence in CAR as violence escalates
Full Article Xinhua
08 Dec 2013

> • Hollande said to pour more French troops to stop sectarian clashes and prevent humanitarian massacre. • French contingent in the CAR had reached its full strength of 1,200 troops on Saturday. • French head of stat announced an immediate action shortly after the UN authorized the use of force. PARIS, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois...
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French forces return from a patrol at an undisclosed location in Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday Dec. 6 2013, a day after gun battles between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias left over 100 dead and scores wounded. To try to put an end to sectarian violence, the UN security council passed a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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French Troops Taking Immediate Actions At Clashes In CAR
updated 04 Nov 2013; published 04 Nov 2013
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2 French journalists killed in Mali
updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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Hollande announces immediate troop deployment to Central African Republic
updated 28 Aug 2013; published 28 Aug 2013
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French president vows military intrusion in its former Central African colony
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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UN Approves Foreign Troop Deployment to Stabilize CAR
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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A French-led military operation to protect civilians in the Central African Republic
WTO Seals Deal for First Time in 18 Years to Ease Trade
Full Article Bloomberg
07 Dec 2013

The World Trade Organization agreed to the first major accord in the group’s 18-year history, a pact designed to smooth commerce at borders and safeguard food security programs in developing nations. The deal unveiled today in Bali, Indonesia, was the first multilateral agreement negotiated by the WTO’s 159 member nations. It emerged from talks...
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Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wiryawan, right, and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo clap during the closing ceremony of the ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.
photo: AP / Firdia Lisnawati

updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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World Trade Organization Reached Agreement On Global Deal
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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World Trade Organisation confirms long awaited deal
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Senate Bill S510 Makes it illegal to Grow, Share, Trade or Sell Homegrown Food
updated 13 Jul 2013; published 03 Apr 2013
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Codex Alimentarius: The War Over Food Control
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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Historic WTO deal on India's terms, food security stand prevails
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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Syria conflict: Foreign jihadists 'use Turkey safe houses'
Full Article BBC News
07 Dec 2013

Foreign jihadist fighters are using safe houses in southern Turkey to cross into Syria to fight against government forces, the BBC has learnt. A man running one such house near the border town of Reyhanli said more than 150 people - including up to 20 Britons - had used it in the past three months. The route through Turkey used by al-Qaeda-linked...
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File - A 21-year-old from Denmark poses for a photo as he sits on top of a Soviet-made anti-aircraft gun in May 2013 at a training camp inside Syria near Idlib and Aleppo.
photo: AP

updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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SYRIA Flashback Jihadist Rebels Caught With Sarin Gas In Turkey During Home Search 4.30.2013
updated 24 Apr 2013; published 29 Mar 2013
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Syrian jihadist group growing in numbers: international Islamists blacklisted by White House
updated 18 Sep 2013; published 18 Sep 2013
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Syria: Nearly Half Rebel Fighters Are Jihadists Or Hardline Islamists
updated 25 Jun 2013; published 05 May 2013
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New video shows Foreign militants looting homes and shops in Syria
updated 02 Sep 2013; published 02 Sep 2013
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Flashback: Turkey Finds Sarin Gas In Homes Of Syrian Al-Qaeda Linked Rebels
updated 15 Sep 2013; published 15 Sep 2013
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SYRIA Jihadist Rebels Produced 'Kitchen-Grade' Sarin: Leaked US Military Document
Hagel Outlines New Weapons Sale Plan for Gulf
Full Article The New York Times
07 Dec 2013

MANAMA, Bahrain — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is opening the door for the U.S. to sell missile defense and other weapons systems to a group of U.S.-friendly Gulf nations. The move is intended to help counter Iran's ballistic missiles, even as global powers ink a nuclear deal with Tehran. In a speech to Gulf leaders Saturday, Hagel plans to make...
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Outgoing U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel talks to supporters Thursday Dec 18, 2008 during a farewell news conference in Omaha, Neb.
photo: AP / Dave Weaver

updated 08 Jun 2013; published 07 May 2013
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English News Today US Defense Sec. Hagel 'confident' chemical weapons used in Syria
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Defense Department Says Chemical Weapons Not Headed For NM Or Are They??
updated 19 Oct 2013; published 19 Oct 2013
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U S Defense Secretary Hagel Lays Wreath at Navy Memorial in Honor of Navy Yard Shooting Victims
updated 22 Apr 2013; published 22 Apr 2013
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US to finalise Middle East weapons deal
updated 01 Nov 2013; published 01 Nov 2013
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BBC News Syria crisis People in Damascus 'are nervous'
updated 06 Aug 2013; published 12 Feb 2013
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World mourns Mandela, will bury him on December 15
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07 Dec 2013

President Jacob Zuma said Mandela would be buried on December 15 at his ancestral home in the...
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Floral tributes to former president Nelson Mandela, pile up beneath a statue of Mandela on Mandela Square at Sandton City, in Johannesburg Friday, Dec. 6, 2013.
photo: AP / Athol Moralee

updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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Nelson Mandela Dies at age 95
updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: Nelson Mandela Dead Aged 95 OFFICIAL News Announcement President Jacob Zuma !
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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Nelson Mandela remembered through a collection of photographs
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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South Africans celebrate life of Mandela
updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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Hundreds killed in Central African Republic violence
Full Article Newstrack India
07 Dec 2013

Tweet Bangui, Dec 7 (IANS) At least 300 people have been killed in two days of violence in the capital city of the Central African Republic, the Red Cross has said. The Red Cross said its staff stopped collecting bodies in capital city of Bangui as night fell but would resume...
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Internally displaced people gathered at Bangui's airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday Dec. 6 2013, cheer at the sight of landing French military helicopters, a day after gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias left over 100 dead and scores wounded.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 01 Nov 2013; published 01 Nov 2013
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Latest Violence in Central African Republic Displaces Hundreds
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
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Wave of violence forces thousands to flee Central African Republic
updated 01 Nov 2013; published 01 Nov 2013
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Latest Violence In C. African Rep. Displaces Hundreds
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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Demonstration Turns Violent in Central African Republic | NewsLook
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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CNN Crew Under Attack In Bossangoa - Central African Republic
updated 05 Dec 2013; published 05 Dec 2013
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Central African Republic violence: Many dead in Bangui as UN votes for French force
Pope to launch plan to end world hunger
Full Article The Examiner
07 Dec 2013

Catholic Relief Services announced that Pope Francis would be leading a major initiative to end world hunger. A global wave of prayer will start at noon on Tuesday, December 10th on the Pacific island of Samoa. The prayer will move through each time zone for the next 24 hours. The public is asked to become a voice for the hungry. There are 842...
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Pope Francis waves to faithful after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013.
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Bodies lay in the streets of Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday Dec. 6 2013, a day after gun battles between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias left over 100 dead and scores wounded.
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