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EU bans arms exports to CAR
Full Article Al Jazeera
23 Dec 2013

The European Union banned the export of arms and the sending of mercenaries to Central African Republic, which is racked by sectarian violence. The ban which was announced on Monday follows a UN Security Council resolution this month requiring all countries to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of...

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French troops stand watch as African Union peacekeepers from Burundi secure an area where residents had been threatened by ex-rebels, in the Fouh neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

updated 31 Mar 2013; published 29 Mar 2013
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China, South Africa, and the Central African Republic
updated 15 Dec 2013; published 15 Dec 2013
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Thousands shelter in Bangui airport as unrest plagues Central African Republic China 2014
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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Central African Republic crisis
updated 28 Nov 2013; published 28 Nov 2013
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EU aid chief says Central African Republic needs more peacekeepers
updated 18 Dec 2013; published 18 Dec 2013
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France says EU countries to send troops to C. African Republic
updated 15 Dec 2013; published 15 Dec 2013
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BBC News CAR crisis explained in two minutes
South Sudan prepares to wrest back rebel-held town
Full Article The Times of India
23 Dec 2013

JUBA: South Sudan's army was poised for a major offensive against rebel forces, the president said Monday, as the country slid towards civil war despite international peace efforts. Expectations of a major upsurge in fighting came as the United Nations warned that the situation in the world's youngest nation was fast unravelling, with hundreds of...

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Tens of thousands of residents have sought refuge in Juba at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan's (UNMISS) facilities due to the recent outbreaks of violence across the country. 19 December, 2013.
photo: UN / UNMISS

updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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News In Two Minutes - Military Curfew - Severe Disease - Fukushima Groundwater - Sudan Civil War
updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
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Heading into harm's way in South Sudan
updated 08 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Kidnapped Chinese workers released
updated 27 Mar 2011; published 27 Mar 2011
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LIBYA UPDATE: Rebels Push West To Capture Brega 3/26/11
updated 27 Nov 2009; published 27 Nov 2009
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MaximsNewsNetwork: SUDAN CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT: UN REP. RADHIKA COOMARASWAMY
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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46 killed, 100 wounded in violent attacks in Iraq
Two members of Russia punk band Pussy Riot freed from prison
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
23 Dec 2013

Comments 0 From the Associated Press AP December 23, 2013, 3:35 a.m. KRASNOYARSK, Russia — Two jailed members of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot were released Monday following an amnesty law that both of them described as Kremlin's public relations stunt ahead of the Winter Olympics. Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were granted...

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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after leaving prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013.
photo: AP / Alexander Roslyakov

updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina freed early from prison in Russia Welcome Home Maria
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Freed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova calls for boycott of Winter Olympics
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Pussy Riot Member Freed in Russia - WorldNews
updated 06 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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Concert for PussyRiot 9, Washington, DC
updated 01 Nov 2013; published 01 Nov 2013
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Russia Pussy Riot 6 2012 News
updated 16 Aug 2012; published 16 Aug 2012
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Russia: Pussy Riot Turns a Global Eye
Pakistani army launches offensive near Afghan border
Full Article DNA India
23 Dec 2013

Residents of Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun region of North Waziristan accused government troops on Monday of killing dozens of civilians during a military operation against Taliban insurgents. The operation started just after a Dec. 18 suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint in North Waziristan, a stronghold for al Qaeda-linked Taliban militants on...

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Students from Pakistani tribal region of Waziristan hold a rally demanding peace in their areas, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013.
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad

updated 20 Oct 2009; published 20 Oct 2009
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Terrorists attack Pakistan Army HQ(10 Oct 2009)
updated 02 Jul 2013; published 02 Jul 2013
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Documentary on India Pakistan kargil war - 1999
updated 24 Mar 2013; published 24 Mar 2013
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Pakistan: Car Bomb At Army Check Point Kills 17
updated 01 Nov 2009; published 01 Nov 2009
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Pakistan: 90 dead, 200 injured in Peshawar blast(28 Oct 2009)
updated 05 Sep 2011; published 05 Sep 2011
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Indo-Pak War 1965 - Documentary "Fath-e-Mobin" - Pakistan Army
updated 18 Oct 2012; published 18 Oct 2012
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Atrocitites Caused By Afghan Foces Shelling
H5N2 outbreak confirmed in China
Full Article Independent online (SA)
23 Dec 2013

Beijing - A farm in northern China was quarantined after an H5N2 bird flu outbreak in poultry was confirmed by the local government, state media reported on Sunday. A total 125 700 chickens had been culled as...

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Workers unload chickens from a container at a wholesale market on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Shanghai, China. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1.
photo: AP

updated 14 Dec 2013; published 14 Dec 2013
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20 Dead in Confirmed Bubonic Plague Outbreak
updated 12 Dec 2013; published 12 Dec 2013
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BBC News Polio outbreak in Syria as 10 cases confirmed
updated 19 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
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Contagion Outbreak confirmed
updated 29 Jul 2012; published 29 Jul 2012
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Deadly Ebola Virus Outbreak Confirmed in Uganda
updated 07 Oct 2012; published 07 Oct 2012
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Meningitis outbreak spreads in US as number of confirmed infections hits 91
updated 05 Nov 2013; published 05 Nov 2013
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Pakistani Jihadists Behind Polio Outbreak in Syria: Syrian Minister
South Sudan rebels hold key oil-producing city
Full Article Fox News
23 Dec 2013

Published December 23, 2013Associated Press December 22, 2013: In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), wounded civilians from Bor, the capital of Jonglei state and said to be the scene of fierce clashes between government troops and rebels, are assisted after being transported by U.N. helicopter to Juba, South...

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In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), wounded civilians from Bor, the capital of Jonglei state and said to be the scene of fierce clashes between government troops and rebels, are assisted after being transported by U.N. helicopter to Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. South Sudan's central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state on Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president seized more territory in fighting that has raised fears of full-blown civil war in the world's newest country.
photo: AP / UNMISS

updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Crisis: Rebel leader Macher says his forces control key oil state
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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3 US Military Aircraft Hit in South Sudan, 4 Wounded - 22 Dec
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Rebels hold key oil producing city in South Sudan
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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South Sudan rebel Riek Machar 'controls key state'
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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South Sudan: Rebels seize Bentiu, capital of the oil producing Unity State
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
1:09
Civil war fears grow as rebels seize S Sudan town
Thai protesters block poll registration stadium
Full Article BBC News
23 Dec 2013

Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand have surrounded the stadium where candidates were due to register to stand in February's elections. They say political reform is needed before elections take place. On Sunday, tens of thousands took to the streets of Bangkok, calling on the government to step down. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra,...

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Thai anti-government protesters wave their national flag on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand.
photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit

updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Thai protesters block election stadium
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Thai protesters block election candidates from registering
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Protesters In Thailand Block Access To Stadium
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Thai Protesters Block Poll Registration Stadium
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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THAI STADIUM SURROUNDED BY PROTESTERS - BBC NEWS
updated 25 Nov 2013; published 25 Nov 2013
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100,000 Anti-Government Protesters Gather in Bangkok
Syrian regime air raids kill dozens in Aleppo
Full Article Al Jazeera
23 Dec 2013

Syrian army helicopters have killed least 56 people, including children, by dropping "barrel bombs" on the northen city of Aleppo, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Sunday's air raids targeted Aleppo's Masaken Hanano neighbourhood, hitting a second-hand market, a two-story building and a main road, activists said,...

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This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a destroyed building after a Syrian aircraft pummeled masaken hanano, an opposition neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center AMC

updated 16 Dec 2013; published 16 Dec 2013
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Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill dozens in Aleppo
updated 17 Dec 2013; published 17 Dec 2013
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Aleppo Barrel Bombs: At Least 28 Children Among 76 Killed By Syria 'barrel bombs'
updated 16 Dec 2013; published 16 Dec 2013
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Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill 36 in Aleppo - monitor
updated 15 Dec 2013; published 15 Dec 2013
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Syrian army air raids on Aleppo kill dozens
updated 16 Dec 2013; published 16 Dec 2013
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Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill 36 in Aleppo monitor
updated 19 Dec 2013; published 19 Dec 2013
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Syria barrel bomb raids on Aleppo kill 135, SOHR
Pacifying the Pacific with Dire Results
Full Article WorldNews.com
22 Dec 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The U.S.'s role in trying to pacify and transform the Pacific Ocean into an "American Lake"(1) is being challenged by China's re-ascendancy. This was evident when Beijing proclaimed ownership of the Senkaku Islands, announcing that all aircraft entering the area-which has territorial boundaries...

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Sailors and tiger cruise participants watch an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Wallbangers of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 demonstrate a touch-and-go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during an air power demonstration in the Pacific Ocean, 13 December, 2013.
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Kole E. Carpenter

updated 28 Nov 2013; published 28 Nov 2013
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Washington promises support for Japan in countering China's new air defense zone
updated 11 Oct 2013; published 11 Oct 2013
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Power, Law and the South China Sea
updated 22 Apr 2011; published 22 Apr 2011
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Admiral Patrick Walsh - American Sea Power in the Pacific
updated 03 Aug 2013; published 03 Aug 2013
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Sea of Trouble 'US-China tension spells trouble for Asia-Pacific'
updated 29 Jul 2013; published 29 Jul 2013
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USA will remain "Resident Pacific Power" 1 of 3
updated 02 Dec 2013; published 02 Dec 2013
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Biden heads to Asia amid tensions over China air zone
Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrives for his first news conference after his release in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Michael Sohn

updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky speaks in Berlin
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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Khodorkovsky to campaign for political prisoners
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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Freed ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky: Power struggle not for me
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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Khodorkovsky flies to Germany after release from prison
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky out of prison after pardon by Putin
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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Khodorkovsky Wants To Help Political Prisoners In Russia

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By Hossein Askari The interim deal (not really an agreement) between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany that in 2006...
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In Iran, reactions to the Arab Spring very much reflected the political divisions within the country. Interestingly, both sides in the debate - the government and the opposition -...
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The long delayed formation of a new German government this week ought to be a pivotal moment of opportunity for our part of the world. Angela Merkel scored a personal triumph in...

FILE- In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1997 file photo Mikhail Kalashnikov shows a model of his world-famous AK-47 assault rifle at home in the Ural Mountain city of Izhevsk, 1000 km (625 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world’s most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94 in a hospital of the city of Izhevsk where he lived. The AK-47 has been favored by guerrillas, terrorists and the soldiers of many armies. An estimated 100 million guns are spread worldwide.
MOSCOW — Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94. Enlarge This Image Dima Korotayev/Agence France-PresseGetty Images...
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after leaving prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. The third member of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot has been released from custody following an amnesty law passed by parliament. Tolokonnikova left the prison colony in the eastern Siberian city Krasnoyarsk on Monday, hours after another band member, Maria Alekhina, was released in another region.
KRASNOYARSK, Russia, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was freed from prison on Monday under an amnesty that allowed for her early release from a two-year sentence for a protest in a church against President Vladimir Putin....
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Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walked free from jail on Monday under an amnesty allowing her early release from a two-year sentence for a protest in a church against President Vladimir Putin....
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India's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or Common Man's Party leader Arvind Kejriwal speaks at a public meeting in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013.
A new anti-corruption party in India is set to form the government in the capital, Delhi, after a surprisingly strong showing in recent state polls. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or Common Man's party, won 28 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly...
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NATO starts own talks with Afghanistan on post-2014 mission pact
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and Afghan officials started work on Saturday on drawing up a framework for the alliance to stay on after 2014 despite the fact that a separate pact with the United States, which contributes the bulk of the forces, has still...
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UN mission in South Sudan mourns fallen peacekeepers
Print 21 December 2013 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held a memorial ceremony in Juba today for two Indian battalion peacekeepers who died in the 19 December in a brazen attack on its base in the town of Akobo in restive...
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	Service Learning to Develop Leaders Against Hunger
With Congress planning further cuts to food stamps, hunger in America is likely to escalate. Overseas, wars and disasters in Syria, the Philippines, Central African Republic and elsewhere are creating massive hunger emergencies. Rebuilding these...
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