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add video playlist On December 26, 2013 the prime minister of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan. This visit by the Prime Minister of Japan to a shrine in Tokyo erupted in complaints from South Korea and China. It seems like some people in South Korea and China awarded themselves the authority to dictate to the people in Japan what places they are not allowed to visit in Japan. In other those in South Korea and China who feel they have this authority are absolute idiots. The Yasukuni Shinto shrine is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died on behalf of Japan, registering near two and a half million names enshrined dating back to 1867. A visit to this shrine by foreigners and notable Japanese brings with it scathing criticism from some neighboring nations. Their complaint is out of the two and a half million spirits honored at the Yasukuni Shrine; around one thousand were convicted as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE or known as Tokyo Trails or Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal). Should be noted the legitimacy of tribunal is in question by many. Here is what is interesting: During World War Two Japan occupied around twenty-four nations and battled around twelve Allied nations. Out of the twenty-four occupied and twelve Allied nations, only two nations (China and South Korea) object to any official visitation to the Yasukuni Shrine. Articles in reference to China and South Korea upset over Japanese citizen's freedom of movement within Japan (Japanese Prime Minster Abe visiting the Yasukuni Shrine): http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/world.html http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304483804579281103015121712 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-26/abe-visits-japanese-war-shrine-yasukuni-in-risk-to-china-ties.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25518137 Yasukuni Shrine English website: http://www.yasukuni.or.jp/english/ Japan-guide information on the Yasukuni Shrine: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2321.html Wikipedia entry on the Yasukuni Shrine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine Yasukuni Shrine controversies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Yasukuni_Shrine Link to Texas Daddy store: http://texas-daddy.shop-pro.jp/ Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社 or 靖國神社 Yasukuni Jinja Shinto shrine Chiyoda Tokyo Japan Symbolic Registry of Divinities enshrined men and women Texas Daddy Texasdaddy propagandabuster propaganda buster tony 安倍晋三
On December 26, 2013 the prime minister of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan.  

This visit by the Prime Minister of Japan to a shrine in Tokyo erupted in complaints from South Korea and China.  It seems like some people in South Korea and China awarded themselves the authority to dictate to the people in Japan what places they are not allowed to visit in Japan.  In other those in South Korea and China who feel they have this authority are absolute idiots. 

The Yasukuni Shinto shrine is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died on behalf of Japan, registering near two and a half million names enshrined dating back to 1867.  A visit to this shrine by foreigners and notable Japanese brings with it scathing criticism from some neighboring nations.  Their complaint is out of the two and a half million spirits honored at the Yasukuni Shrine; around one thousand were convicted as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE or known as Tokyo Trails or Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal).  Should be noted the legitimacy of tribunal is in question by many.

Here is what is interesting:  During World War Two Japan occupied around twenty-four nations and battled around twelve Allied nations.  Out of the twenty-four occupied and twelve Allied nations, only two nations (China and South Korea) object to any official visitation to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Articles in reference to China and South Korea upset over Japanese citizen\'s freedom of movement within Japan (Japanese Prime Minster Abe visiting the Yasukuni Shrine):

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/world.html

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304483804579281103015121712

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-26/abe-visits-japanese-war-shrine-yasukuni-in-risk-to-china-ties.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25518137

Yasukuni Shrine English website:
http://www.yasukuni.or.jp/english/

Japan-guide information on the Yasukuni Shrine:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2321.html

Wikipedia entry on the Yasukuni Shrine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine controversies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Yasukuni_Shrine

Link to Texas Daddy store:
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Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社 or 靖國神社 Yasukuni Jinja Shinto shrine Chiyoda Tokyo Japan Symbolic Registry of Divinities enshrined men and women Texas Daddy Texasdaddy propagandabuster propaganda buster tony 安倍晋三
Prime Min­is­ter Shin­zo Abe and the Ya­suku­ni Shrine
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African leaders have arrived in South Sudan to try to mediate between the country\'s president and his former deputy, whom he accuses of attempting a coup that the government says sparked violence threatening to destroy the country. Al Jazeera\'s Haru Mutasa reports from Juba.
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Japan Okinawa Leader Approves US Airbase Relocation - 27 Dec

Japan has approved the relocation of a US military airbase on its southern island of Okinawa, officials said.

The governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, agreed to landfill work to develop a new base in a less densely populated part of the island, officials said.

The agreement is a breakthrough following years of deadlock over where a new US base should be placed.

The US has around 26,000 troops on Okinawa under a long-standing security alliance with Japan.

However, the bases are unpopular locally and there is growing pressure from residents for the US military footprint to be reduced.

The US Futenma airbase will now be relocated to a new site near Nago, a less densely populated area in the North of the island.

The move comes after years of negotiations. In 1996, Japan and the US agreed to close the Futenma airbase.

However, Okinawa\'s local government had been opposed to building a new base on the coast.

Some critics have demanded that the US airbase move out of Okinawa prefecture completely.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Mr Nakaima on Wednesday, urging him to agree to a new base. Mr Abe pledged an economic stimulus package to Okinawa every year until 2021.

There has been a US military presence on Okinawa since the Americans invaded the island during World War II.

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Title: Abe expected to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

 We start with some news just coming in...
 In a move that caught almost everyone off guard,... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo on Thursday morning. 
 NHK and other Japanese media outlets are reporting that Abe visited the highly controversial shrine on the first anniversary of his taking office as prime minister.
 It is the first visit to the shrine by a sitting prime minister since Junichiro Koizumi visited the shrine to mark the end of World War II in 2006.
 The shrine honors convicted war criminals along with Japan\'s war dead.
 The visit will almost certainly escalate the already tense relations with Seoul and Beijing, who see it as a symbol of Tokyo\'s unrepentance of its war wrongdoings. 


Title: Rival parties give last minute push to pass 2014 budget, NIS reform plan before year\'s end

 Let\'s start at the National Assembly, where Korea\'s rival political parties are engaged in a last minute push to pass next year\'s budget bill and a spy agency reform bill... before the end of the year.
 This follows the surprise agreement reached between the ruling and main opposition parties on Christmas Day.
 Kim Yeon-ji starts us off. The ruling and opposition party leaders of the special parliamentary committee to reform the National Intelligence Service met Thursday... to hash out the details of a reform plan for the spy agency.
 On Wednesday, the floor leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party and main opposition Democratic Party agreed to pass next year\'s budget bill... along with a NIS reform plan... next Monday.
 The 340-billion-U.S. dollar budget plan for 2014, drawn up by the government in September,... has been stuck in the legislature amid a deadlock between the rival parties over allegations... the spy agency tried to sway public opinion in favor of now President Park Geun-hye ahead of last year\'s presidential election.
 The Christmas Day deal, however, did not include an agreement over other key bills.
 The Saenuri Party demanded the main opposition party help pass bills aimed at facilitating foreign investment and tourism in the country.
 President Park urged policymakers earlier this month... to pass these bills, saying they are necessary to revive the sluggish economy and give momentum to the gradual recovery.
 The Democratic Party, however, called for prohibiting efforts to privatize the state-run rail operator, KORAIL,... and writing such a ban into law.
 The 76-hundred member railroad union has been striking for nearly three weeks, the longest rail strike in Korean history, to protest the government\'s attempt to set up a subsidiary company to run a new high-speed train line from southeast of Seoul, to the southern port city of Busan.
 The railroad union says the move is part of the government\'s plan to eventually privatize national rail services... but the government stresses it has no intention of doing so.
 Although the rival parties failed to reach a consensus over these issues Wednesday, they did agree to continue discussing these bills at respective standing committees.
 As for next year\'s budget bill, the rival parties have cleared about two-thirds of 1-hundred-20 government business projects, mostly to do with job creation and creative economy.
 Kim Yeon-ji, Arirang News.
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Prime Min­is­ter Shin­zo Abe and the Ya­suku­ni Shrine
The Guardian 27 Dec 2013, Abe accused of undermining stability by 'paying homage to devils' and 'failing to understand the evils of the fascist war' Japan's ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, walks to a meeting with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing after being summoned to hear China's protest about Shinzo Abe's Yasukuni shrine visit. Photograph: China...
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updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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African lead­ers in South Sudan for peace talks
Ohio 27 Dec 2013, JUBA, South Sudan: African leaders tried Thursday to advance peace talks between South Sudan’s president and political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup to topple the government of the world’s newest country. As fighting persisted in parts of South Sudan’s oil-producing region, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian...
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Japan Ok­i­nawa Lead­er Ap­proves US Air­base Re­lo­ca­tion - 27 Dec
Xinhua 27 Dec 2013, TOKYO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Okinawa governor on Friday approved the landfill work to relocate the U.S. Futenma airbase within the Japanese southernmost prefecture, reported local media. Governor Hirokazu Nakaima changed his previous policy of relocating the controversial airbase out of the...
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NEWSLINE AT NOON Abe ex­pect­ed to visit war-linked Ya­suku­ni Shrine
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Chinese media attacks Japan's Shinzo Abe for visit to Yasukuni shrine
Full Article The Guardian
27 Dec 2013

Abe accused of undermining stability by 'paying homage to devils' and 'failing to understand the evils of the fascist war' Japan's ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, walks to a meeting with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing after being summoned to hear China's protest about Shinzo Abe's Yasukuni shrine visit. Photograph: China...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from right, follows a Shinto priest to pay respect for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.
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African leaders seek peace talks in South Sudan
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27 Dec 2013

JUBA, South Sudan: African leaders tried Thursday to advance peace talks between South Sudan’s president and political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup to topple the government of the world’s newest country. As fighting persisted in parts of South Sudan’s oil-producing region, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian...

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Okinawa governor approves plan of relocating U.S. Futenma airbase
Full Article Xinhua
27 Dec 2013

TOKYO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Okinawa governor on Friday approved the landfill work to relocate the U.S. Futenma airbase within the Japanese southernmost prefecture, reported local media. Governor Hirokazu Nakaima changed his previous policy of relocating the controversial airbase out of the...

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Egypt arrests dozens under anti-terror law, one killed in Cairo
Full Article South China Morning Post
27 Dec 2013

Egypt stepped up pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood a day after declaring it a terrorist group, using the new classification to detain dozens of its supporters on Thursday, while one person died in street clashes ignited by political tension. A bomb blast in a Cairo suburb wounded five people – the second attack this week after a suicide bomber...

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Egyptian activists shout anti-terrorism slogans as they hold posters showing Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and late President Gamal Abdel-Nasser, right, with Arabic slogans read, "Egypt is entrusted to us.
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Obama signs bipartisan budget deal, defense bill
Full Article New York Post Online
27 Dec 2013

HONOLULU — Rounding out a tough and frustrating year, President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan budget deal Thursday easing spending cuts and a defense bill cracking down on sexual assault in the military, as the president and Congress began pivoting to the midterm election year ahead. Obama put his signature on both hard-fought bills while...

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Obama signs bipartisan budget deal, defense bill
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Britain braced for severe weather
Full Article The Irish Times
27 Dec 2013

Stormy weather is set to batter Britain with more wind and rain expected to exacerbate the effects of the storm just gone. The weather overnight and through today is expected to cause travel disruption with people also urged to be prepared for flooding. The Met Office has issued yellow and amber weather warnings, indicating “severe or hazardous...

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Obama urges stronger action on Guantanamo Bay
Full Article Al Jazeera
27 Dec 2013

President Barack Obama has said politicians in the US need to go further after Congress relaxed some restrictions on transferring detainees from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody of foreign governments. After signing the National Defence Authorisation Act for the US 2014 federal budget, Obama noted that Congress retained...

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Obama urges stronger action on Guantanamo Bay
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SA helicopters assist in battle against Ugandan rebels in Congo
Full Article Business Day
26 Dec 2013

KINSHASA — A special United Nations force in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo used helicopters on Wednesday to fire on Ugandan rebels and help government troops retake the town of Kamango after an attack that killed civilians. "South African helicopters in the UN intervention force were asked by FARDC (the Congolese army) to give them...

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SA helicopters assist in battle against Ugandan rebels in Congo
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If U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, much civilian aid may go too
Full Article Swissinfo
26 Dec 2013

Reuters December 26, 2013 - 07:03 By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, U.S. officials have pointed to the improvements in the everyday lives of Afghans made possible by billions of dollars in aid from the United States and elsewhere. In Afghanistan, people now live 20 years longer on average than under Taliban rule, they say; 7...

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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni picks Ravindra Jadeja over offie Ravichandran Ashwin
Full Article Indian Express
27 Dec 2013

On the eve of the second Test here, there was talk about Ravinder Jadeja making it to the playing XI. Many had speculated that he might take Ajinkya Rahane's place. Though, on the morning of the match it was Ravichandran Ashwin who was marked for drinks duty. It was a decision that took many by surprise,...

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India's bowler Ravindra Jadeja, right, celebrates with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni the dismissal of England's batsman Samit Patel, not seen, during their fifth one-day international cricket match in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011.
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Extra Points: Romo injury could force Cowboys into smarter game plan
Full Article The State
26 Dec 2013

THE GAMESPhiladelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The NFC East's third annual play-in game is set for Sunday night in "Jerry World," and for the first time Tony Romo is unlikely to be involved. A day after the Cowboys' quarterback saved the team's season, Dallas was forced to contemplate life without him when news surfaced that the...

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Redskins-Giants Capsule
Full Article Fresno Bee
26 Dec 2013

WASHINGTON (3-12) At N.Y. GIANTS (6-9) Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox OPENING LINEGiants by 3 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Washington 5-10, New York 6-9 SERIES RECORD — Giants 93-64-4 LAST MEETING — Giants beat Redskins 24-17, Dec 1, 2013 LAST WEEK — Redskins lost to Cowboys 24-23; Giants beat Lions 23-20,...

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Pirates' turnaround headlines Pa. year in sports
Full Article Star Telegram
26 Dec 2013

AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — The black flags, some of them tucked away for decades, others picked up a couple hours before the first pitch in a fit of pennant fever, waved from the top of the stands behind home plate at PNC Park to the bleachers in left field. From the concourse to the club level. From the Roberto Clemente Bridge to the Bill...

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LeBron wins Male Athlete of the Year award
Full Article Ohio
26 Dec 2013

MIAMI: The only thing that keeps LeBron James up worrying at night is basketball, which simultaneously makes perfect sense and no sense. On one hand, he’s the game’s best player. On the other, he’s rarely impressed with himself. Even after a year like 2013 — when a spectacular wedding, a second NBA championship and a fourth...

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Armstrong: Struggling Nets, improved Ibaka and more
Full Article TSN Canada
26 Dec 2013

TSN's Jack Armstrong offers his thoughts on the Christmas Day extravaganza, including the Nets' struggles, the improvement of Serge Ibaka, the feisty Mario Chalmers, the performance of Chandler Parsons and the lane presence of DeAndre Jordan. 1. BROOKLYN NETS: I know Brook Lopez is a good player but come on now. The Chicago...

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Brad Stevens learns to let losses go
Full Article Boston Herald
26 Dec 2013

It’s Christmas, and Celtics coach Brad Stevens already is 29 games into his first NBA season. That’s roughly the equivalent of a full college regular season for the former Butler University coach. But the NBA schedule-maker actually gave Stevens an early gift. Not only did the Celtics play their last game before Christmas in...

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Evgeni Plushenko will not try for another Olympic men's gold medal
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
26 Dec 2013

For the second time in recent weeks, a former Olympic men's figure skating champion has announced that he will not try for individual gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Evgeni Plushenko, who won the title at Turin, Italy, in 2006, said he will instead focus on representing Russia in the new team event. “I understand everything...

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Russia's Evgeni Plushenko performs his short program during the men's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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Kanye West sued over song sample
Full Article Canberra Times
26 Dec 2013

Legal trouble ... West at last year's Big Day Out. Photo: Edwina Pickles Kanye West is being sued by a former child star whose voice is featured in a sample on West’s hit song, Bound 2.  Ricky Spicer was 12 years old when he recorded Bound with his...

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Demi Lovato to marry Valderrama?
Full Article Newstrack India
26 Dec 2013

Tweet Los Angeles, Dec 26 (IANS) Singer Demi Lovato and boyfriend actor Wilmer Valderrama are reportedly planning to enter wedlock. Valderrama, 33, purchased a...

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Demi Lovato perfoms during the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball at the Bank Atlantic Center Sunrise, Florida - December 10, 2011
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Marilyn Manson announces only UK festival gig
Full Article Music News
26 Dec 2013

The self-proclaimed 'God of F**k' has been confirmed as the headline act for Alt-Fest ' Saturday 16th August 2014. This will be the band's only UK Festival Performance. 10 albums down, 3 Grammy nominations, a...

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Justin Bieber Tweets He’s Officially Retiring, A Look At Why
Full Article The Inquisitr
25 Dec 2013

The singer’s first bombshell was encored by two further tweets apparently explaining the teen star’s decision to walk away from one of the biggest careers in recent pop music history, and offer some solace to his massive fan base. Many fans couldn’t initially decide whether the 19-year-old was pranking them or really was bowing...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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Justin Bieber Is 'Officially Retiring' But Will Be Here 'Forever'
Full Article Huffington Post
25 Dec 2013

Justin Bieber's Christmas gift to his fans? Some confusion. On Christmas Eve, Bieber sent out three tweets to his nearly 48 million followers: the first announced his intent to retire, while the second and third contradicted the initial missive. My beloved beliebers I'm officially retiring— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013 The media...

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Justin Bieber performs during the 'Believe Tour' at the Amway Center Orlando, Florida - January 25, 2013
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Christina Aguilera Tweets She Is "Working on Something Special” in the Studio
Full Article E! Online
25 Dec 2013

Xtina, don't be such a tease! Christina Aguilera posted a picture on Twitter today that should make her fans feel like all their Christmas dreams have come true. "Working on something special…Happy Holidays to all!!" The Voice coach captioned next to a...

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Miley: I speak for a generation
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
24 Dec 2013

Miley Cyrus doesn't want to be thought of as a role model, but says she is the voice of a generation. The Wrecking Ball singer shed her Disney star image over the past year, orchestrating some of the most talked about performances of 2013. But the 21-year-old star isn't consciously trying to shock, and confesses that she isn't comfortable with...

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`Red bikini` clad Mariah Carey walks dog in snow Home
Full Article The Siasat Daily
23 Dec 2013

Washington, December 23: Mariah Carey took her dog for a walk in the Aspen snow, wearing only a blazing red bikini. The 43-year-old singer shared the photo on Instagram with a caption saying that it’s just a tradition, Us magazine reported. In another picture, the Grammy...

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Stiller’s ‘Walter Mitty’ is quiet, sweet and ever-so-slight
Full Article Buffalo News
26 Dec 2013

James Thurber’s whimsical short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was about a bored, unassuming married man who escapes his humdrum life through wildly adventurous fantasies in which he becomes a war hero, a test pilot and the like. He avoids the boredom of errands and life’s routine that way. In Ben...
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‘Wolf’ a greed joy ride for Leonardo DiCaprio
Full Article Boston Herald
26 Dec 2013

NEW YORK — Limping with a cane, Leonardo DiCaprio takes the few steps to the dais at the Mandarin-Oriental Hotel slowly. “I sprained my ankle on a floorboard. Nothing as exciting as maybe you’d hoped it would be,” DiCaprio, 39, said with a smile. His appearance here is a big contrast to his exuberant tour de force as Jordan...
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio waves for photographers during a press conference of "Inception" in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
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Kidman: I can identify with Kelly
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
26 Dec 2013

Nicole Kidman has revealed that she can relate to Grace Kelly quite easily. The Hollywood star portrays the US actress-turned-princess, whose life changed when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco, in Olivier Dahan's film, and she admitted that spending life in the public gaze is something she can identify with. The 46-year-old told Empire:...
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Ferrell confesses Harrison thrills
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
26 Dec 2013

Will Ferrell has confessed he was terrified working with Harrison Ford on Anchorman 2. The funnyman returns as newsreader Ron Burgundy in the new film, which sees the Indiana Jones star play lead anchor Mark Tannen, who summons Ron to his office for a good talking to. Will revealed: "The fact Harrison Ford's inches away from your face is both...
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Big B congratulates Abhishek on 'Dhoom 3' success
Full Article The Siasat Daily
25 Dec 2013

December 24: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan praised his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan for his success at the box office with his latest film 'Dhoom 3'. The film, which is the third offing from the 'Dhoom' franchise, saw the 37-year-old Junior B reprise the role of a cop. "'Dhoom 3' weekend collection all India is Rs 107...
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With five releases in 2013, Sonakshi Sinha on a mission to set a new record?
Full Article DNA India
25 Dec 2013

Sonakshi Sinha is the B-Town actress with maximum film releases in 2013. The 26-year-old, who debuted in 2010, has done more films — 12 — than actresses who entered Bollywood before her. She has acquired the reputation of being one of the workaholics, like Akshay Kumar, with whom she has done three films (and three cameo songs). The 12...
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Richards denies keeping Sheen away from kids
Full Article Newstrack India
24 Dec 2013

Tweet Los Angeles, Dec 25 (IANS) Actress Denise Richards has denied reports that she has banned her ex-husband Charlie Sheen from spending Christmas with their kids. The 42-year-old took to microblogging website Twitter Monday to reply to a fan's query...
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Britney Spears talks about sex in `I Am Britney Jean`
Full Article The Siasat Daily
24 Dec 2013

Washington, December 24: Britney Spears has opened up about her sex life in her upcoming documentary ‘I am Britney Jean’. The 32-year-old singer said that she loves sex, and thinks that it is great, People Magazine reported. However, the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker stated that she...
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UK may allow m-cheques soon
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
27 Dec 2013

London: In an innovative move, British banks may soon allow customers to pay cheques into their account by taking photos on their smartphones. Rather than go to the bank in person, customers will be able to photograph the cheque, and send it electronically. The...

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Morgan Stanley to open Bangalore centre to service US parent
Full Article The Hindu
26 Dec 2013

Morgan Stanley will open a new Global In-House Centre (GIC) in Bangalore that will provide outsourcing services to the multi-billion dollar company’s parent in the US. This new centre will be opened in 2014 and...

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Maruti Suzuki to move cars by dedicated trains
Full Article The Hindu
26 Dec 2013

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the country’s largest passenger carmaker, will soon start transporting its vehicles through rail wagons specially designed to carry more cars, in which the company has invested. This will not only save cost as the company can transport around 310 vehicles in a wagon instead of 10 in a truck it moves now, but also make...

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Commission of inquiry will probe snooping charges in Gujarat, Delhi and Himachal: Shinde
Full Article Newstrack India
26 Dec 2013

Tweet New Delhi, Dec.26, (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday confirmed the commission of inquiry being set up to probe the snooping allegations against the Gujarat government and said there is no case of political vendetta against anyone. "Today the cabinet approved the proposal to set up a commission of enquiry under...

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Desmond Tutu: HRAC's Person of the Year
Full Article Huffington Post
26 Dec 2013

During the Carter Administration, due to the inexplicable appearance of the luck that befalls one once in a while, I was appointed to be country director of the Peace Corps in Lesotho. I say lucky, because it remains perhaps the best job I ever had. The day I landed in Africa was the day of Steve Biko's funeral. For four and a half years, a guiding...

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Head of the High-Level fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun, presents a report to the fifth Special Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Green campaigner can leave Russia
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
26 Dec 2013

A British environment protester detained in Russia along with 29 other activists has been given permission to leave the country. Greenpeace member Anthony Perrett, 32, of Newport, South Wales, was among the so-called Arctic 30 who were arrested amid claims of hooliganism. The group were held in jail for two months following a protest about oil...

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Greenpeace International activist Anthony Perrett of the United Kingdom shows to journalists his passport with permission to leave Russia, near the Federal Migration Service in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Russian investigators have dropped charges against all but one of the 30 crew of a Greenpeace ship, who were accused of hooliganism following a protest outside a Russian oil rig in the Arctic.
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Now, transfer money by emailing photograph of cheques to banks
Full Article The Siasat Daily
26 Dec 2013

London, December 26: A new money transfer scheme championed by Chancellor George Osborne allows bank account holders to deposit cash right from the comfort of their home or office by simply emailing the picture of a completed cheque. Officials said that the change, which is expected to be implemented as early as next year, will speed up deposits...

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Rupee trading weak at 61.99/dollar
Full Article The Hindu
26 Dec 2013

The rupee was trading weak by 19 paise at 61.99 against the dollar at 11.52 a.m. local time. The rupee shed 5 paise to 61.85 per dollar in the opening trade on Thursday against Tuesday’s close of 61.80 due to month-end dollar...

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Yasukuni Shrine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Yasukuni Shrine
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On December 26, 2013 the prime minister of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan. This visit by the Prime Minister of Japan to a shrine in Tokyo erupted in complaints from South Korea and China. It seems like some people in South Korea and China awarded themselves the authority to dictate to the people in Japan what places they are not allowed to visit in Japan. In other those in South Korea and China who feel they have this authority are absolute idiots. The Yasukuni Shinto shrine is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died on behalf of Japan, registering near two and a half million names enshrined dating back to 1867. A visit to this shrine by foreigners and notable Japanese brings with it scathing criticism from some neighboring nations. Their complaint is out of the two and a half million spirits honored at the Yasukuni Shrine; around one thousand were convicted as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE or known as Tokyo Trails or Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal). Should be noted the legitimacy of tribunal is in question by many. Here is what is interesting: During World War Two Japan occupied around twenty-four nations and battled around twelve Allied nations. Out of the twenty-four occupied and twelve Allied nations, only two nations (China and South Korea) object to any official visitation to the Yasukuni Shrine. Articles in reference to China and South Korea upset over Japanese citizen's freedom of movement within Japan (Japanese Prime Minster Abe visiting the Yasukuni Shrine): http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/world.html http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304483804579281103015121712 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-26/abe-visits-japanese-war-shrine-yasukuni-in-risk-to-china-ties.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25518137 Yasukuni Shrine English website: http://www.yasukuni.or.jp/english/ Japan-guide information on the Yasukuni Shrine: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2321.html Wikipedia entry on the Yasukuni Shrine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine Yasukuni Shrine controversies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Yasukuni_Shrine Link to Texas Daddy store: http://texas-daddy.shop-pro.jp/ Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社 or 靖國神社 Yasukuni Jinja Shinto shrine Chiyoda Tokyo Japan Symbolic Registry of Divinities enshrined men and women Texas Daddy Texasdaddy propagandabuster propaganda buster tony 安倍晋三
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African leaders in South Sudan for peace talks
African leaders in South Sudan for peace talks
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African leaders have arrived in South Sudan to try to mediate between the country's president and his former deputy, whom he accuses of attempting a coup that the government says sparked violence threatening to destroy the country. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Juba.
  • published: 27 Dec 2013
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Japan Okinawa Leader Approves US Airbase Relocation - 27 Dec
Japan Okinawa Leader Approves US Airbase Relocation - 27 Dec
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Japan Okinawa Leader Approves US Airbase Relocation - 27 Dec Japan has approved the relocation of a US military airbase on its southern island of Okinawa, officials said. The governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, agreed to landfill work to develop a new base in a less densely populated part of the island, officials said. The agreement is a breakthrough following years of deadlock over where a new US base should be placed. The US has around 26,000 troops on Okinawa under a long-standing security alliance with Japan. However, the bases are unpopular locally and there is growing pressure from residents for the US military footprint to be reduced. The US Futenma airbase will now be relocated to a new site near Nago, a less densely populated area in the North of the island. The move comes after years of negotiations. In 1996, Japan and the US agreed to close the Futenma airbase. However, Okinawa's local government had been opposed to building a new base on the coast. Some critics have demanded that the US airbase move out of Okinawa prefecture completely. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Mr Nakaima on Wednesday, urging him to agree to a new base. Mr Abe pledged an economic stimulus package to Okinawa every year until 2021. There has been a US military presence on Okinawa since the Americans invaded the island during World War II. Subscibe For Breaking News http://worldbreakingnewschannel.blogspot.in/ TAGS abc breaking news, bbc, bbc football, bbc iplayer, bbc news, bbc news america, bbc persian, bbc sport, bbc weather, bbc world news, breaking celebrity news, breaking election news, breaking late news, breaking local news, breaking music news, breaking news, breaking news alerts, breaking news canada, breaking news headlines, breaking news in atlanta, breaking news in nigeria, breaking news india, breaking news pensacola florida, breaking news plane crash, breaking news story, breaking sports news, business expensive news home media world, christian world news, cnn, cnn breaking news, cnn money, cnn news, cnn news breaking news, cnn news world, detroit breaking news, global news, headline, headline news, health care technology news, hot latest global news, internet technology news, las vegas breaking news, latest breaking news, latest celebrity news, latest information technology news, latest music news, latest news, latest news headlines, latest news update, latest sports news, live breaking news, local breaking news, local news today, msn breaking news, nbc breaking news, nbc world news, news of the world, news report us world, news today news, news updated daily, solar technology news, sports news today,
  • published: 27 Dec 2013
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Egypt Names Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group
Egypt Names Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group
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Egypt's military-backed interim government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Wednesday, intensifying its campaign of arrests, and tightening the noose on the group's network of charities and businesses. (Dec. 25)
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Thousands stranded in UK Christmas floods
Thousands stranded in UK Christmas floods
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Winter storm causes serious flooding in southern England, leaving thousands without power on Christmas Day.
  • published: 26 Dec 2013
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Obama Says Guantanamo Bay Must Close
Obama Says Guantanamo Bay Must Close
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During a wide ranging foreign policy speech, President Barack Obama condemned the military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and insisted it must be closed. ...
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UN Helicopters Attacks in Congo
UN Helicopters Attacks in Congo
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Roger Meece, confirmed today (12 July) that UN attack heli...
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Afghanistan to ensure economy after US pullout
Afghanistan to ensure economy after US pullout
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Subscribe to our channel United States has warned Afghans about an impending economic slump after its pull-out by 2014. Aid money would also dry up with the withdrawal of foreign troops. Afghanistan's economy is largely dependent on foreign aid. But Kabul does not seem worried, as the Afghans are boosting the state industry instead of sustaining the economy. These Afghan products have been recently exhibited here in Kabul. The exhibition was opened by President Karzai. Doing this, he sent a message to US that their withdrawal won't affect Afghan economy. He welcomed their pull-out. Karzai is now relying on regional countries to help his country stand on its own feet. He called on Iranian, Indian and Pakistani businessmen to invest in Afghanistan. They are being promised protection. But unrest continues to hamper investment. This juice factory has been operating in Kabul for the last 2 years. It has employed over 500 people. A nice opportunity for the unemployed!Follow our Facebook on: our Twitter on: our Tumblr on:
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NEWSLINE AT NOON Abe expected to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
NEWSLINE AT NOON Abe expected to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
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NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 (THIS IS THE TRANSCRIPT FOR ARIRANG NEWS THAT AIRED ON 26 Dec 2013- 12:00 KST.) Title: Headlines Coming up on this Thursday edition of Newsline at Noon,... in an unexpected sign the months-long political impasse could be drawing to an end, Korea's ruling and main opposition parties agree to pass key bills at next week's general Assembly session, including ones for the 2014 budget and spy agency reforms. The state-run rail operator KORAIL says it will hire 6-hundred-60 new workers as train services in the nation remain below 80 percent of normal levels on the 18th day of the strike. The head of KORAIL will visit a temple in Seoul later today, hoping to meet a union leader holed up inside. Plus,... Egypt's military-backed interim government intensifies its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by declaring the group a terrorist organization. These stories and more on Newsline at Noon. ed: mark Title: 12 Newsline Title Title: Opening Thanks for joining us. You're watching Newsline at Noon. I'm Choi You-sun in Seoul. Good to have you with us,.... I'm Mark Broome. Title: Abe expected to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine We start with some news just coming in... In a move that caught almost everyone off guard,... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo on Thursday morning. NHK and other Japanese media outlets are reporting that Abe visited the highly controversial shrine on the first anniversary of his taking office as prime minister. It is the first visit to the shrine by a sitting prime minister since Junichiro Koizumi visited the shrine to mark the end of World War II in 2006. The shrine honors convicted war criminals along with Japan's war dead. The visit will almost certainly escalate the already tense relations with Seoul and Beijing, who see it as a symbol of Tokyo's unrepentance of its war wrongdoings. Title: Rival parties give last minute push to pass 2014 budget, NIS reform plan before year's end Let's start at the National Assembly, where Korea's rival political parties are engaged in a last minute push to pass next year's budget bill and a spy agency reform bill... before the end of the year. This follows the surprise agreement reached between the ruling and main opposition parties on Christmas Day. Kim Yeon-ji starts us off. The ruling and opposition party leaders of the special parliamentary committee to reform the National Intelligence Service met Thursday... to hash out the details of a reform plan for the spy agency. On Wednesday, the floor leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party and main opposition Democratic Party agreed to pass next year's budget bill... along with a NIS reform plan... next Monday. The 340-billion-U.S. dollar budget plan for 2014, drawn up by the government in September,... has been stuck in the legislature amid a deadlock between the rival parties over allegations... the spy agency tried to sway public opinion in favor of now President Park Geun-hye ahead of last year's presidential election. The Christmas Day deal, however, did not include an agreement over other key bills. The Saenuri Party demanded the main opposition party help pass bills aimed at facilitating foreign investment and tourism in the country. President Park urged policymakers earlier this month... to pass these bills, saying they are necessary to revive the sluggish economy and give momentum to the gradual recovery. The Democratic Party, however, called for prohibiting efforts to privatize the state-run rail operator, KORAIL,... and writing such a ban into law. The 76-hundred member railroad union has been striking for nearly three weeks, the longest rail strike in Korean history, to protest the government's attempt to set up a subsidiary company to run a new high-speed train line from southeast of Seoul, to the southern port city of Busan. The railroad union says the move is part of the government's plan to eventually privatize national rail services... but the government stresses it has no intention of doing so. Although the rival parties failed to reach a consensus over these issues Wednesday, they did agree to continue discussing these bills at respective standing committees. As for next year's budget bill, the rival parties have cleared about two-thirds of 1-hundred-20 government business projects, mostly to do with job creation and creative economy. Kim Yeon-ji, Arirang News.
  • published: 26 Dec 2013
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Toronto Ice Storm Aftermath - Dec 22 2013 (GoPro 2013)
Toronto Ice Storm Aftermath - Dec 22 2013 (GoPro 2013)
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Freezing rain lasting all night with temps around -1C caused damage throughout all of the GTA. Fallen Trees, damaged houses and cars, power outages. Power is predicted to be out for 3 days. Bummer. Toronto, Ontario. December 21 22 2013.
  • published: 22 Dec 2013
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Egypt Names Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group
Egypt Names Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group
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Egypt's military-backed interim government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Wednesday, intensifying its campaign of arrests, and tightening the noose on the group's network of charities and businesses. (Dec. 25)
  • published: 25 Dec 2013
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Religious Specials - Pope Francis Christmas Speech 2013
Religious Specials - Pope Francis Christmas Speech 2013
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  • Updated: 25 Dec 2013
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Turkey: AK Party in turmoil after ministers resign
Turkey: AK Party in turmoil after ministers resign
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Turkey's government suffered a shock twin resignation on Christmas Day with the economy and... euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe for your daily dose of international news, curated and explained:http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4a Euronews is available in 13 other languages: http://eurone.ws/17moBCU http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/25/turkey-ak-party-in-turmoil-after-ministers-resign Turkey's government suffered a shock twin resignation on Christmas Day with the economy and interior ministers both quitting under a cloud of scandal. Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammar Guler had both previously offered their resignations on Sunday, and on Tuesday President Abdullah Gul called for light to be shone on a number of corruption allegations. The ministers became entangled after the arrests of their sons on December 17, along with a number of other suspects accused of taking or organising bribes. Find us on: Youtube http://bit.ly/zr3upY Facebook http://www.facebook.com/euronews.fans Twitter http://twitter.com/euronews
  • published: 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis: Nursing homes for priests and sisters, sanctua
Pope Francis: Nursing homes for priests and sisters, sanctua
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Apostolic life is joy, noted the Pope in his homily at morning mass. "The Apostle has a joyful and enthusiastic beginning, enthusiastic with God within, no? But he is not spared the sunset. And it does me good to think of the Apostle's sunset... Three icons come to mind: Moses, John the Baptist and Paul. Moses is the one who is head of the People of God, courageous; he fought against the enemies and even fought with God to save the people: strong! And in the end, he is alone on Mount Nebo, looking at the Promise but unable to enter there. He could not enter into the Promise. John the Baptist, in his last days, was not spared anguish. This is the sunset of the Apostle: alone, abandoned and betrayed. He o ...
  • published: 19 Oct 2013
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North Korea executes uncle of leader Kim Jong Un
North Korea executes uncle of leader Kim Jong Un
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Subscribe to ITN News: http://bit.ly/itnytsub North Korea says it has executed Kim Jong-un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor a traitor. The official news agency KCNA said Jang Song Thaek tried to seize power and overthrow the state. The announcement came days after Jang- long considered the country's second in command - was removed from all his posts because of a long list of allegations, including corruption, drug use, gambling and womanising. Report by Ashley Fudge. Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itn Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/itn Add us on Google+: http://bit.ly/17z0Dpd More stories from ITN: Nelson Mandela memorial signer gives radio interview: http://bit.ly/18nWPtk Anchorman's Steve Carell interrupts Daybreak weather update: http://bit.ly/1fmPUjD 40-year-old foetus found inside elderly woman: http://bit.ly/19jOx4c Mandela memorial sign language interpreter branded a "fake": http://bit.ly/18CSGQa Ancient lake on Mars evidence of life? http://bit.ly/1goJnrQ RARE HANDSHAKE- President Obama shakes hands with Cuba's Raul Castro: http://bit.ly/J4LzGt South African president booed before Mandela memorial speech: http://bit.ly/1bU7NaC Violent fight breaks out at Brazilian football match: http://bit.ly/1iPJoae Lenin statue torn down and smashed with hammers in Ukraine: http://bit.ly/1gStKGx A gingerbread house you can actually live in? Check it out: http://bit.ly/1f3PDlN Nelson Mandela dies at 95: A tribute to the South African leader- http://bit.ly/1jt1iNB Nelson Mandela's very first television interview: http://bit.ly/18noRD4 Inspiring moment a man is rescued three days after his boat sank: http://bit.ly/1hAj81P CCTV captures the moment Paul Walker's car burst into flames: http://bit.ly/INfDHe Nigella Lawson admits taking cocaine: http://bit.ly/1gGsd6f Check out Truthloader, the new home of citizen journalism on YouTube. Subscribe now at http://bit.ly/tldrsub See 2013's Most Watched Videos: http://bit.ly/14iM9r5 See our Biggest Videos of All Time: http://bit.ly/11GI36D See 2012's Most Watched Videos: http://bit.ly/18R1boW
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Chinese media attacks Japan's Shinzo Abe for visit to Yasukuni shrine
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Abe accused of undermining stability by 'paying homage to devils' and 'failing to understand the evils of the fascist war' Japan's ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, walks to a meeting with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing after being summoned to hear China's protest about Shinzo Abe's Yasukuni shrine visit. Photograph: China...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from right, follows a Shinto priest to pay respect for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.
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EARLY EDI­TION Japanese PM Shin­zo Abe vis­its con­tro­ver­sial Ya­suku­ni war shrine
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ARI­RANG NEWS 20:00 Japanese PM Shin­zo Abe vis­its con­tro­ver­sial Ya­suku­ni war shrine
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DAY BREAK China slams Abe's Ya­suku­ni visit, U.S. says it's dis­ap­point­ed
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