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Schumacher in 'coma', critical after ski accident
Full Article Dawn
30 Dec 2013

FRANKFURT: Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is in a “critical condition” in a coma after striking his head in a ski accident in the French Alps on Sunday, the hospital treating him said. The 44-year-old German “was suffering a serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation,” the hospital in...

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German Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The Malaysian Grand Prix will take place on April 4, 2010.
photo: AP / Vincent Thian

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Sunrise - Schumacher in coma after skiing accident
updated 30 Dec 2013; published 30 Dec 2013
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Michael Schumacher In Coma, Michael Schumacher In Critical Condition After Skiing Accident
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Michael Schumacher Skiing Accident | Michael Schumacher in Coma After Skiing Accident
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Schumacher SKI Accident Footage Coma Critical condition
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Michael Schumacher In Coma After Ski Accident Schumacher In Coma Critical After France Ski Accident
updated 30 Dec 2013; published 30 Dec 2013
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Schumacher in coma, 'critical' after France ski accident
Saudi Arabia gives Lebanon $3bn to bolster military
Full Article The Guardian
29 Dec 2013

Wave of attacks have fuelled fears that Syria's neighbour could be slipping back towards full-blown sectarian conflict The scene of a deadly car bombing in Beirut. Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/EPA Lebanon said on Sunday night that it had received its biggest ever infusion of military aid, as Saudi Arabia offered to contribute $3bn to bolster the...

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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Army soldiers ride on their military vehicles during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Dalati Nohra

updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Saudi Arabia 'To Give Lebanon Army $3bn Grant' - 29 Dec
updated 28 Aug 2013; published 28 Aug 2013
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Putin Orders Massive Strike Against Saudi Arabia If West Attacks Syria
updated 15 Dec 2013; published 15 Dec 2013
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Saudi spy chief pushing to expand his power
updated 02 Nov 2013; published 02 Nov 2013
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Saudi Prince discuss regional issues with Israeli officials
updated 29 Nov 2013; published 29 Nov 2013
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16 killed in suicide bombing in Russia's south
Full Article The Guardian
29 Dec 2013

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press= MOSCOW (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a busy railway station in southern Russia on Sunday, killing herself and at least 15 others and wounding scores more, officials said, in a stark reminder of the threat Russia is facing as it prepares to host February's Olympics in Sochi. No one immediately claimed...

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In this photo taken on a cell phone, made available by Volgograd Mayor's Office, emergency services approach a square outside a main entrance of the Volgograd railway station, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.
photo: AP / Nikita Baryshev,Volgograd Mayor's Office Handout

updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Raw: Suicide Bomber Kills 14 in Russia's South
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Deadly Blast At Russia Train Station in Volgograd - 29 Dec Breaking News
updated 23 Sep 2013; published 23 Sep 2013
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2 Police Killed, 16 People Injured by Suicide Bomb in Russia's Dagestan
updated 21 Oct 2013; published 21 Oct 2013
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A bomb explosion ripped through a passenger bus in Russia
updated 21 Oct 2013; published 21 Oct 2013
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BREAKING NEWS! BUS BOMB BLAST TERROR in VOLGOGRAD RUSSIA 6 KILLED in DEADLY TERROR ATTACK
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Raw: Suicide Bomber Kills 14 in Russia's South, Russian Train Station Bombing CCTV Video
Fresh Ukraine protests draw thousands onto Kiev streets
Full Article BBC News
29 Dec 2013

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have gathered again in Kiev in a fresh show of force by the month-old anti-government protest movement. Many demonstrators also marched on President Viktor Yanukovych's official residence outside the capital. They have been re-energised by a brutal attack on a prominent journalist, Tetyana Chornovol, on...

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A pro-European Union activist shouts a slogan during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.
photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov

updated 02 Dec 2013; published 02 Dec 2013
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Ukraine Protest Video | Hundreds of Thousands Protest Yanukovych in Kiev
updated 30 Nov 2013; published 30 Nov 2013
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Fresh Protests In Kiev Over Failed Deal With The European Union
updated 12 Dec 2013; published 12 Dec 2013
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BBC News Ukraine: Pro Europe demonstrators march through Kiev
updated 12 Dec 2013; published 12 Dec 2013
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UKRAINE: CLOSER TIES WITH THE EU OR NOT? BBC NEWS
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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Ukraine Protests : Україна Запеклі сутички в Києві / Demonstran
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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BBC News - Ukraine: Protesters crowd into Kiev's Independence Square
U.S. intelligence report has grim outlook for Afghanistan
Full Article Denver Post
29 Dec 2013

WASHINGTON — A new American intelligence assessment on the Afghan war predicts that the gains the United States and its allies have made during the past three years are likely to have been significantly eroded by 2017, even if Washington leaves behind a few thousand troops and continues bankrolling the impoverished nation, according to...

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U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, from Forward Operating Base Torkham, conduct a dismounted patrol from one of their observation points to an Afghan Border Police checkpoint, Nov. 18, 2013.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Eric Provost

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Katsuro Nakamura [Dark Miasma/Robotics MM] -Liberty Server-
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
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Sprott's John Embry: 'The Future For Retirees In America Is Grim'
updated 23 Sep 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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Racial Do Over
updated 12 Jul 2011; published 12 Jul 2011
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Former CIA Analyst McGovern Returns From Stalled Gaza Flotilla - Part 1
updated 12 Jul 2011; published 12 Jul 2011
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Former CIA Analyst McGovern Returns From Stalled Gaza Flotilla - Part 2
updated 26 Jun 2008; published 26 Jun 2008
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Movie Voyager Class Optimus Prime review
South Sudan rivals under international pressure to end violence
Full Article The Times of India
29 Dec 2013

JUBA: International pressure bore down on the two sides on Saturday in South Sudan's bloody violence to open peace talks to keep the young nation from sliding into civil war. East African and Horn of Africa peace brokers gave until December 31 for President Salva Kiir and de facto rebel leader Riek Machar, whom Kiir sacked as vice-president in...

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A wounded soldier, background right, sits with colleagues in an outside courtyard at the Juba Military Hospital in Juba, South Sudan Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

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World Leaders Plead For Stability In South Sudan
updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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UN admits it was caught off-guard by South Sudan violence
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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South Sudan conflict: Riek Machar - victim or villain?
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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South Sudan: Thousands Of Pro-Rebel Youths 'March on Bor' - Updated 28 Dec
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Tension in South Sudan: Thousands of youths loyal to Riek Machar march on Bor
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Machar's Forces March Forth Toward Bor, South Sudan
Hundreds try to flee C. African Republic on emergency flights
Full Article Reuters
29 Dec 2013

BANGUI (Reuters) - Hundreds of people tried to flee inter-religious violence in Central African Republic on Saturday aboard emergency flights to neighboring Chad, while nearby countries appealed for help to rescue their citizens from the mounting humanitarian crisis. Tit-for-tat violence between Muslim Seleka rebels, who seized power in March, and...

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Displaced people camp out on a church ground in the Castor neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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Hundreds Seek To Flee Central African Republic On Emergency Flights
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Hundreds flee Central African Republic as violence continues
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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Central African Republic: Neglected crisis
updated 29 Aug 2013; published 29 Aug 2013
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Civilians Try To Escape CAR Militants
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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CAR conflict: Hundreds try to leave for Chad
updated 25 Mar 2013; published 25 Mar 2013
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Who is behind the Beirut bombing?
Full Article Al Jazeera
28 Dec 2013

The assassination of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri aide and former minister Mohamad Chatah in Beirut on December 27, is the latest in a series of attacks aimed at destabilising Lebanon and bringing it closer to the Syrian conflict. That Lebanon should witness this kind of spillover from the Syrian crisis is not surprising: Lebanon is host...

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A Lebanese Army soldier stands next to a destroyed car at the scene of an explosion in central Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

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SYRIAN CRISIS SPEADING! Who BENEFITS from Beirut BOMB BLAST? Israel, Syria, Iran... WW3?
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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LIVE FOOTAGE : Strong Blasts Kill 23 Near Iran Embassy In Beirut
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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Suicide Blasts Near Iranian Embassy in Beirut kills 23 And Wound Dozens
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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Double Blasts Destroyed Iranian Embassy In Beirut And dead Peo Kill At Least 23 And Wound Dozens
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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Iran Reaction over Twin Suicide Blast on its embassy in Beirut Lebanon
updated 14 Feb 2013; published 14 Feb 2013
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Funeral for top commander killed on road from Syria to Lebanon
Police release final Sandy Hook shooting report
Full Article Denver Post
28 Dec 2013

NEW HAVEN, conn. —Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the rampage and Adam Lanza's fascination with murder, while also depicting school employees' brave and clear-headed attempts to protect the children. Among the...

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This December 2012 photo released by the Connecticut State Police on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, shows a shattered window at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Adam Lanza gunned down 20 first-graders and six educators with a semi-automatic rifle at the school on Dec. 14, 2012, after killing his mother inside their home.
photo: AP / Connecticut State Police

updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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Adam Lanza's Rifle was FAKE - Official Photographic Proof
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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SCARY Newtown Shooting 911 Call Released - 12/04/2013
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 15 Dec 2012
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Adam Lanza & His big brother Ryan Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Newtown Connecticut!
updated 25 Nov 2013; published 25 Nov 2013
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Police Report to be Released on Newtown Sandy Hook School Shooting
updated 17 Dec 2012; published 17 Dec 2012
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History of Adam Lanza the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooter in Newtown Connecticut
updated 15 Dec 2012; published 15 Dec 2012
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Shootings update: Police say gunman Adam Lanza forced his way into school
China formally eases one-child policy, abolishes labor camps
Full Article Reuters
28 Dec 2013

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China formally approved on Saturday easing its decades-long one-child policy and the abolition of a controversial labor camp system, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Both were among a...

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China formally eases one-child policy, abolishes labor camps
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updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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China Formally Eases One-Child Policy - 28 Dec
updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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China Eases One Child Policy
updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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China Approves Loosening Of The Countries One-Child Policy
updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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China eases one child policy
updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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China formally eases one-child policy
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It was an easy year to emulate Warren Buffett even as Congress almost wrecked the economy. U.S. stocks rocketed to new heights, and markets in Japan and Europe jumped, too. The...
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In this photo taken on a cell phone, made available by Volgograd Mayor's Office, bodies lie at an entrance to Volgograd railway station, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. More then a dozen people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead of February's Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
MOSCOW — Russian officials say at least 13 people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a...
photo: AP / Nikita Baryshev,Volgograd Mayor's Office Handout
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., talks on a phone in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Washington.
In an otherwise quiet week in national politics, United States Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to take a New Year’s Day trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, according...
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An Israeli soldier guards the road leading towards a Patriot missile defense battery positioned on the Carmel Mt., not picctured, in northern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012.
29 December 2013, 7:14 Israel Fires Shells In Response To Rockets Tweet Israel has fired 20 artillery shells into Lebanon in response to two rockets that were launched in the opposite direction. The Lebanese rockets landed in a field near the town of...
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This still image included in a video obtained by the Associated Press from Fahd al-Bakoush, a freelance videographer and activist, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the body of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens being moved by Libyan civilians trying to rescue him after gunmen and protesters rampaged through the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The group of Libyans had stumbled across Stevens' seemingly lifeless form inside a dark room and didn't know who he was, only that he was a foreigner, al-Bakoush and two other witnesses told the AP.
Al-Qaeda had no direct involvement in the attack on the US mission in Benghazi that left four Americans dead on September 11 last year, The New York Times reported. In an investigation published on its website and based on extensive reporting in the...
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Hundreds of jobseekers gather at a National Career Fairs job fair at the Radisson Martinique On Broadway Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims figures Thursday
Washington, December 28: For the more than 1.3 million people who have been jobless in the US for over six months, the holiday season came to a crashing halt Saturday with the cancellation of the federal government's unemployment insurance payments....
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Lebanese army investigators in white coveralls inspect the scene of an explosion in central Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.
BEIRUT: A Beirut car bomb that killed an anti-Syria politician underscores how Lebanon has become a “microcosm of regional conflicts”, with violence escalating as Damascus and its ally Tehran become more emboldened, analysts say. Friday’s bombing...
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A woman leads a child while holding a doll as they walk near mural depicting a child eating in Beijing Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013.
BEIJING: Chinese lawmakers on Saturday approved the move to ease controversial one-child policy and abolish notorious labour camps, which allow detention of petty offenders without trial. State-run Xinhua news agency reported the standing committee...
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