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US and UK suspend non-lethal aid for Syria rebels
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11 Dec 2013

The US and UK have suspended all "non-lethal" support for rebels in northern Syria, but not humanitarian aid. A US embassy spokesman in Ankara said the decision was made after Islamist rebels seized bases belonging to the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA). Fighters from the Islamic Front, a new alliance of rebel groups, ousted...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, which was taken on Saturday November 23, 2013, flames rising from a fuel tank that was burned by rebels shelling according to SANA, at a fuel refinery, in Homs, Syria.
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updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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United States And United Kingdom Suspend None Lethal Support In Syria
updated 23 May 2013; published 23 May 2013
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US to OFFICIALLY supply LETHAL AID to Syrian rebels
updated 12 Sep 2013; published 12 Sep 2013
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▶ Crisis In Syria U S Arming Syria's Rebels CIA Paid for Weapons,but not american made
updated 03 Mar 2013; published 03 Mar 2013
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accuses Britain of supporting terrorism
updated 01 Aug 2013; published 01 Aug 2013
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Joining Jihad: Self-radicalized EU youths flood Syria's frontlines
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
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Syria John Kerry announces $60m dollars extra aid
India's Supreme Court rules gay sex as criminal offence
Full Article CNTV
11 Dec 2013

NEW DELHI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- In a major blow to India's homosexual community, the country's Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that gay sex between consenting adults would continue to be a criminal offence. A two-judge bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya gave the ruling, setting aside an earlier verdict by the Delhi High Court...

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updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Gay sex is a criminal offense, rules Supreme Court
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Supreme Court says homosexuality is a criminal offence - NewsX
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Supreme Court pronounces gay sex illegal
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Gay crime a sex: Naz Foundation to file review petition against SC order on section 377
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Supreme Court: Gay sex is a criminal offence
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Indian top court says gay sex is an offence
Police pull back from confrontation in Ukraine
Full Article Times Union
11 Dec 2013

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in Ukraine have pulled back after an overnight confrontation in which they attempted...

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Pro-European Union activists guard the barricade during clashes with riot police in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013.
photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky

updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Riot police withdraw from Ukraine protests
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Ukraine: Protesters gear up for confrontation with police
updated 01 Dec 2013; published 01 Dec 2013
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Ukrainian President Shocked By All The Protests And Violence
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Riot police clash with protesters in Ukraine
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Vitali Klitschko rallies Ukrainian protesters in Kiev
updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Vitali Klitschko breaks up riot in Kiev
The Handshake Seen Around the World
Full Article WorldNews.com
11 Dec 2013

Article by WN.com Corespondent Dallas Darling. Perhaps the United States is once again regaining its revolutionary spirit. But this time instead of a "shot heard around the world," it will be known as the "handshake seen around the world." And instead of George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, the hero will be President Barack Obama as...

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US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, in the rain for a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. The handshake between the leaders of the two Cold War enemies came during a ceremony that's focused on Mandela's legacy of reconciliation. Hundreds of foreign dignitaries and world heads of states gather Tuesday with thousands of South African people to celebrate the life, and mark the death, of Nelson Mandela who has became a global symbol of reconciliation.
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updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama Encounters Raul Castro Hand Shake Nelson Mandela Memorial Service Johanne
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Michael Savage Goes Off on Obama Selfie at Mandela Memorial, Shaking Hands w/ Castro - 12/10/13
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama Encounters Raul Castro Hand Shake Nelson Mandela Memorial Service Johannesburg
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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President Obama Did Not Plan Shaking Hands With Castro
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama shaking hands with Castro at Mandela memorial in S Africa
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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BARACK OBAMA AND CASTRO SHAKING HANDS
NYPD report into Kenya mall attack suggests only four shooters involved, and all may have escaped
Full Article Fox News
11 Dec 2013

Published December 11, 2013FoxNews.com September 21, 2013: A woman who had been hiding during the gun battle runs for cover after armed police enter the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, after gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Sept. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan, File) September 26, 2013: This photo released by the Kenya Presidency shows...

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File - A woman who had been hiding during the gun battle runs for cover after armed police enter the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, after gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Sept. 21, 2013.
photo: AP / Jonathan Kalan

updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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Kenyan Government Was Informed About Attack On Nairobi Mall
updated 30 Sep 2013; published 30 Sep 2013
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Who Was Informed About The Kenyan Mall Attack?
updated 29 Sep 2013; published 29 Sep 2013
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Kenya government faces questions over siege
updated 29 Sep 2013; published 29 Sep 2013
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Kenyan Interior Minister Refused To Answer Intelligence About Westgate Mall Attack
updated 21 Oct 2013; published 21 Oct 2013
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FULL VIDEO : Kenyan Soldiers Looting Westgate Mall - CCTV EXCLUSIVE
updated 30 Sep 2013; published 30 Sep 2013
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Red Cross: 39 People Missing After Kenya Mall Attack
Kerry, Congress spar over Iran nuclear deal
Full Article Ohio
11 Dec 2013

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration and Congress clashed Tuesday over the historic nuclear deal with Iran, exposing deep rifts over a U.S. pledge to refrain from any new sanctions over the next six months in exchange for concessions on enriching uranium. The disagreement could have broad consequences for the U.S. diplomatic effort to prevent Iran...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gives a statement to the media at the start of a meeting with business leaders in Cairo, Egypt
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updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Secretary Of State John Kerry Defends Iran Nuclear Deal To Congress
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Kerry wants Congress to help resolve Iran nuclear issue
updated 27 Nov 2013; published 27 Nov 2013
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Kerry delivers video on Iran deal to Congress Americas
updated 25 Nov 2013; published 25 Nov 2013
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John Kerry and William Hague herald nuclear deal with Iran
updated 25 Nov 2013; published 25 Nov 2013
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Iran nuclear deal makes Mid East safer place Kerry
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Kerry says any new sanctions on Iran would send a wrong message to other countries
Mandela's body to lie in state at Union Buildings
Full Article BBC News
11 Dec 2013

The body of Nelson Mandela is due to be taken in procession to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it will lie in state for three days. Each morning his remains will be transported across the city in a glass casket. People have been encouraged to line the route and form a "guard of honour". The public, as well as invited heads of state...

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In this Dec. 10, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speak at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in the Johannesburg, South Africa township of Soweto. The Nelson Mandela eulogized to the world by Obama as "a giant of history" and the "last great liberator of the 20th century," seemed a different person from the one the United States held at arm's length, to put it diplomatically, for much of his life and career.
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updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Mandela's Body Arrives At Union Building To Lie In State
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Nelson Mandela's coffin arrives at Union Buildings, Pretoria
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Fly-over of Nelson Mandela's lying-in-state route
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama Speech Statement Nelson Mandela Funeral Memorial South Africans!
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Transporting of Madiba's body to the Union Building
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Nelson Mandela's coffin arrives at Union Buildings, Pretoria - video
Obama-Castro Handshake Draws Attention at Mandela Tribute
Full Article Voa News
10 Dec 2013

Tuesday&aposs; memorial service for Nelson Mandela generated some informal diplomacy and political controversy, alongside the praise for the late South African president. In a moment...

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In this image from TV, US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, in the rain for a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013.
photo: AP / SABC Pool

updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Historic handshake: Obama greets Cuba's leader Raul Castro at Mandela memorial
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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President Obama shakes hands with Cuba's Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Kerry Talks About Obama Castro Handshake
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama's Historic Handshake with Cuba's Castro
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Barack Obama And Raul Castro Shake Hands At Mandela Memorial
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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Obama Encounters Raul Castro Hand Shake Nelson Mandela Memorial Service HD
Two French soldiers killed in Central African Republic
Full Article France24
10 Dec 2013

Two French soldiers have been killed in the Central African Republic, the French presidency announced on Tuesday, as French and African Union troops lead a UN-backed military operation aimed at halting inter-religious violence in the...

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French troops leave their position near a suspected Seleka, the alliance of mostly Muslim rebel groups, hideout in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9, 2013.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Two French soldiers killed during conflict in the Central African Republic
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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French soldiers killed in CAR violence
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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French President François Hollande arrives in Central African Republic
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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French Soldiers Killed in Central African Republic
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Two French soldiers killed in CAR
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News Two French soldiers killed during conflict in the Central African Republic
The World Gathers for Nelson Mandela's Memorial Service
Full Article Mashable
10 Dec 2013

Dozens of heads of state from around the world are arriving in South Africa early this week to commemorate Nelson Mandela, the country's former president and anti-apartheid hero,...

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An image of former South African president Nelson Mandela is projected on a screen at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of his memorial service Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013.
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updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama's Complete Nelson Mandela Memorial Speech
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Raul Castro Speech Nelson Mandela Memorial. #madiba #mandelamemorial
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Obama Speech Statement Nelson Mandela Funeral Memorial South Africans!
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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South African president Zuma booed at Mandela memorial
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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President Obama Speaks at a Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela
updated 10 Dec 2013; published 10 Dec 2013
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Mandela memorial service: President Obama's moving tribute to Nelson Mandela

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Article by Wn.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care...
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There are 162 prisoners still held at Guantanamo. They fall into three categories: 84 were cleared for release in January 2010 by the high-level, inter-agency Guantanamo Review...
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Posted by CNN's Dana Davidsen (CNN) – Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul indicated Monday that his son, Sen. Rand Paul from Kentucky, will likely run for...

In this Dec. 7, 2013 file photo, Ivan Hinton, right, gives his partner Chris Teoh a kiss after taking their wedding vows during a ceremony at Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.
Australia's highest court has struck down a landmark law that allowed the country's first gay marriages. Dozens have wed in the nation's capital, but those marriages will be annulled in light of Thursday's ruling, which found that the country's...
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Tweet Washington, Dec. 11 (ANI): Three years of observations by ESA's CryoSat satellite show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing over 150 cubic kilometres of ice each year- considerably more than when last surveyed. Dr. Malcolm McMillan from...
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Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.
International punk icons Pussy Riot could be released from prison early under a new amnesty bill — proposed by Vladimir Putin — to celebrate the anniversary of Russia's 1993 constitution. See? Not totalitarian-ish at all! The new rule...
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, center, greets the guards of honor as he arrives to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
PARIS: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the United States, accusing it of making threats in the dispute over an agreement to keep US troops in the country beyond 2014. In an interview published today by the French daily Le Monde,...
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Opposition Pheu Thai party leader Yingluck Shinawatra casts her vote in a general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, July 3, 2011.
Steve Herman BANGKOK — Thailand’s government is again rebuffing demands from protest leaders that it be dissolved to make way for an appointed council to lead the country. A day after she moved to dissolve the parliament and call for elections,...
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Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pauses as she talks to media after attending a Cabinet meeting, in Bangkok, Thailand , Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Shinawatra said Tuesday she would not resign ahead of national elections set for Feb. 2, despite opposition demands she step down as the caretaker head of government.
BANGKOK (AP) — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Tuesday she would not resign ahead of national elections set for Feb. 2, despite opposition demands she step down as the caretaker head of government. Yingluck spoke one day after she announced...
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Anti-government protesters pass a giant Thai national flag outside the Government House during a demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 9, 2013. Thailand's anti-government protesters on Monday demanded interim Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to...
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