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Japan’s Abe visits controversial Yasukuni war shrine
Full Article South China Morning Post
26 Dec 2013

Nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe went to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday morning, in a move certain to roil troubled relations with Japan’s Asian neighbours. The visit came exactly one year after he took power and is expected to further inflame already-tense relations with China and South Korea, both of which are...

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Japan’s Abe visits controversial Yasukuni war shrine
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara

updated 26 Dec 2013; published 26 Dec 2013
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe visits controversial Yasukuni war shrine
updated 26 Dec 2013; published 26 Dec 2013
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NEWSLINE AT NOON Abe expected to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
updated 24 Apr 2013; published 24 Apr 2013
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Japanese PM justifies visit by Japanese ministers to controversial war shrine
updated 20 May 2013; published 20 May 2013
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Japanese PM refuses to rule out Yasukuni shrine visit 하시모토-이시하라 "위안부발언 철회 불필요"
updated 22 Apr 2013; published 22 Apr 2013
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Controversial shrine visit prompts S. Korean FM to cancel trip 日각료 야스쿠니 참배 반발...윤병세, 방일 취소
updated 18 Oct 2012; published 18 Oct 2012
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CHINA OPPOSES ABE'S VISIT TO YASUKUNI SHRINE
Mass power cuts continue in US and Canada after storm
Full Article BBC News
26 Dec 2013

More than 500,000 households in the north-eastern US and the south-eastern Canada are still without electricity after last weekend's severe ice storm. Utility crews are working round-the-clock, but warn that some homes could...

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Snow-covered Lake Michigan is seen Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Chicago. Two bursts of light snow are likely to total 1 to 2 inches area-wide, making this the snowiest Christmas in the Chicago area since 2002 when 2 inches fell.
photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh

updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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WATCH UPDATE VIDEO HD: Canada Ice Storm Leaves Crews Scrambling to Restore Electricity
updated 26 Dec 2013; published 26 Dec 2013
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Mass power cuts continue in US and Canada after storm
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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US and Canada storms spell cold, dark Christmas for many
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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US hit by SNOW, ICE | Start of winter brings snow, ice and warm weather
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Massive ice storm kills nearly 30 people in US-and amp; Canada
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
1:43
Severe Snow Storm In Canada leaves Toronto without electricity
Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
Full Article Reuters
25 Dec 2013

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian government intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, formally listing the group as a terrorist organization after accusing it of carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a police station that killed 16 people. The Brotherhood condemned the attack on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura,...

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An Egyptian policeman guards the scene of an explosion at a police headquarters building that killed at least a dozen people, wounded more than 100, and left scores buried under the rubble, in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, 110 kilometers (70 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013.
photo: AP / Ahmed Ashraf

updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Muslim Brotherhood Now Considered A Terrorist Group In Egypt
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Muslim Brotherhood Now Considered A Terrorist Group In Egypt
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Egypt Designates Muslim Brotherhood As Terrorist Group
updated 27 Nov 2013; published 27 Nov 2013
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Michele Bachmann Suggests Muslim Brotherhood Did 9/11
updated 30 Oct 2013; published 30 Oct 2013
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Another arrest as the crackdown against Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood continues
updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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Egyptian Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Survives Bomb Attack
Pope Calls for Peace in South Sudan, Syria
Full Article Voa News
25 Dec 2013

Pope Francis has called for peace in South Sudan and other troubled nations around the world in his first Christmas Day address. The 77-year-old Argentine pontiff spoke to tens of thousands of people Wednesday in St. Peter&aposs; Square, celebrating one of the holiest days on the Christian...

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Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013.
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

updated 16 Jul 2012; published 16 Jul 2012
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There is going to be a meeting in the air
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope calls for peace in South Sudan, Syria
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis Pleads For Peace In South Sudan And Syria
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis prays for peace in Central African Republic and South Sudan - VOA60 Africa 12-25-2013
updated 26 Dec 2013; published 26 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis Gives Peace Speech on Christmas
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Preaches Peace In Christmas Eve Address
Two Turkey ministers resign over graft probe
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
25 Dec 2013

ANKARA: Two Turkish ministers stepped down Wednesday, the first heads to roll over a massive graft probe that has presented Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the biggest challenge to his 11 years in power. Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammer Guler announced their resignations just hours after Erdogan returned from a...

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Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, left, Education Minister Nabi Avci, center, and Interior Minister Muammer Guler arrive for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013.
photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
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Ministers sons charged in Turkish graft probe
updated 19 Dec 2013; published 19 Dec 2013
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Turkish PM condemns corruption probe
updated 18 Dec 2013; published 18 Dec 2013
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Erdogan: Bribe Investigation Is Ugly Operation Against Government
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Two Turkish ministers resign over corruption probe
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Turkey corruption scandal: ministers' sons charged
updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
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Ricciardone refutes claims US behind Turkey graft probe
Pope Francis and Politics of Public Breastfeeding
Full Article WorldNews.com
25 Dec 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. There was no better time for Pope Francis to recount a story about public breastfeeding than during this season of faith and conscience. In a recent interview he tells of seeing a mother standing behind the public barriers at the Vatican, holding a baby who started to cry. Pope Francis said to her,...

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Pope Francis holds a baby as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013.
photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino

updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Former Pope Denies Child Abuse Cover Up
updated 12 Dec 2013; published 12 Dec 2013
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EWTN News Nightly with Colleen Carroll Campbell 12/11/13 Pope's economic views
updated 16 Jun 2013; published 16 Jun 2013
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A mother, maltreated her son in Public
updated 15 Mar 2013; published 15 Mar 2013
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Zakaos - It's About The Kids , Christ And The Exsposed Pope
updated 23 Jul 2013; published 23 Jul 2013
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Kevin Annett: Roman Cathoic Church is declared a Transnational Criminal Organization
updated 18 Jun 2013; published 18 Jun 2013
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Mother, Child Enslaved
Kim tells N Korean army to ready for combat
Full Article Al Jazeera
25 Dec 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has warned war could break out "without any prior notice" and urged his military to bolster its combat readiness, state media reported. The call on Wednesday comes one day after a US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University report said that satellite imagery suggested that the North might have begun producing fuel...

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File - In this photo taken on April 15, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, speaks with Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae during a mass military parade in Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea.
photo: AP / Kyodo News

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013
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North Korean Leader Inspects Naval Unit
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Kim Jong-Un tells N Korean army to ready for Combat - Breaking News
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Kim urges North Korea military to boost combat readiness
updated 21 May 2013; published 21 May 2013
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North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Visits an Army Unit
updated 26 Mar 2013; published 26 Mar 2013
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North Korea Puts Artillery Forces on High Alert, Threatens US
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Kim Jong Un tells N Korean army to ready for Combat Breaking News 2
At first Christmas as pope, Francis urges openness to God
Full Article DNA India
25 Dec 2013

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Tuesday urged people to shun pride and selfishness and open up their hearts to God and their fellow man. Francis, who last March became the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, celebrated a solemn Christmas Eve Mass for some 10,000 people...

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Pope Francis celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013.
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia

updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis First Christmas Eve Mass & Carrying Baby Jesus at St. Peter's Basilica
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis, is celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the Roman Catholics
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Presides Over First Midnight Mass At The Vatican
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope at Christmas Eve Mass : 'Do not be afraid'
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Christians In The Middle East Celebrate Christmas
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
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[FREE PDF] Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith by Pope Francis, Scott Hahn
Kim urges North Korea military to bolster combat readiness
Full Article South China Morning Post
25 Dec 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged the country's military to bolster its combat readiness, saying a war could break out "without any prior notice", state media reported Wednesday. The call comes at a time of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula...

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In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo Monday, April 1, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Kim urges North Korea military to boost combat readiness
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Kim Jong-Un tells N Korean army to ready for Combat - Breaking News
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Kim Jong Un tells N Korean army to ready for Combat Breaking News 2
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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November 2013 North Korea Kim Jong Un makes significant decision military meeting
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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North Korean Army Preparing For War?
updated 30 Mar 2013; published 30 Mar 2013
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North Korean - Photo Reveals 'US Mainland Strike Plan' - March 28 2013
Rioting after deadly Egypt bombing
Full Article Al Jazeera
25 Dec 2013

There have been riots in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, after the bombing of a police station that killed 14 people. Police said on Tuesday three bombs had been planted before the explosion at the police station, two of which went off at almost at the same time. The third one, found in a car nearby, was defused. They warned that the death toll from...

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Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in Cairo, Egypt.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Mass Riots In Egypt After Bomb Attacks
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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At Least 14 People Killed In Attack In Egypt
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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14 Killed at Egyptian Police Building Mansoura - 23 December 2013
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Thousands of Egyptians mourn police HQ bomb victims
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Sinai-based Group Say Bombed Egypt's Nile Delta Police Station
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Deadly blast rocks Egyptian police station

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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When a reader wrote-in saying: "Seems to me, the American System is completely stripped from healthy governing and its consequences...
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I don't expect very much from Santa Claus these days. I mean, he's been a disappointment over the years. My desires are few--power, money, and fame, that sort of thing--but he's...
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WASHINGTON, December 25, 2013 — Today, Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In America, we refer to it as Christmas. In Greece it is referred to...

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WASHINGTON — A measure that President Barack Obama is considering as a way to curb the National Security Agency’s mass storage of phone data is already facing resistance — not only from the intelligence community but also from privacy advocates, the...
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Pope Francis is driven through the crowd during his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013.
VATICAN CITYPope Francis offered Christmas wishes yesterday for a better world, praying for protection for Christians under attack, battered women and trafficked children, peace in the Middle East and Africa, and dignity for refugees fleeing...
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Holocaust survivors reunite with the woman who cared for them after the war
She was born Martha. But in the years after World War II, at an ivy-covered manse in the English town of Lingfield, the children under her care called her “Manna.” Perhaps the little ones found “Martha” too difficult to...
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It hasn’t taken long for Google to strike back in the latest patent world war. GigaOM reports that Google this week has filed a lawsuit against Rockstar, a consortium backed by Apple, Microsoft and BlackBerry that has filed lawsuits against Google,...
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A photograph made available on November 17, 2012. Showing a view of Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip during anticipation in Israeli shelling in Rafah city on November 17, 2012. Israel continues to hold off on a ground campaign into the Gaza Strip even as it widens the scope of airstrikes. Israeli military aircraft attacked two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets on Sunday.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
GAZA CITY, Gaza StripIsraeli air and ground forces launched a series of attacks Tuesday on targets across the Gaza Strip, killing a young girl and wounding 10 in response to the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian by a Palestinian sniper. It...
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100713-G-5030M-002-- GULF OF MEXICO --  The Q4000 flares off oil and gas Tuesday as Coast Guard Cutter Resolute approaches the "City at Sea" at the site of the BP oil spill Tuesday. The Resolute is serving as search-and-rescue, plane, and hurricane guard for the largest oil spill response in U.S. history. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Masson. (940490) ( )
A US judge tonight rejected BP's argument that a multibillion-dollar settlement over the company's massive 2010 Gulf oil spill should not compensate businesses if they cannot directly trace their losses to the spill. District Judge Carl Barbier said...
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In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff inspects flood damage from an helicopter in Espirito Santo, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec.24, 2013. Civil defense officials say floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed at least 20 people and forced more than 40,000 to leave their homes in southeastern Brazil.
Brasília, December 24: Brazil President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday flew over the flood-hit southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where at least eight people have died in days of torrential rain. Rousseff said two helicopters and army trucks would be...
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