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South Sudan fighting continues ahead of Ethiopia talks
Full Article BBC News
02 Jan 2014

Fighting is continuing unabated in South Sudan as the two sides prepare to begin peace talks in Ethiopia. A South Sudanese army spokesman told the BBC that clashes are continuing in Bor and parts of Unity state. Both the government and rebels have sent negotiating teams to the Ethiopian capital. So far the rebels have refused to end hostilities...
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A displaced woman and baby who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, sit by a fire as they cook food in the evening in the town of Awerial, South Sudan, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 31 Dec 2013; published 31 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Rebel 'Agrees To Talks After Taking Bor' - 31 Dec
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
1:45
South Sudan rebels take flashpoint town
updated 19 Dec 2013; published 19 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government 'Agrees To Truce' - Updated 27 Dec
updated 26 Dec 2013; published 26 Dec 2013
4:09
South Sudan Crisis: Kenya and Ethiopia Leaders in Juba For Talks - 26 Dec
updated 16 Dec 2013; published 16 Dec 2013
3:16
South Sudan: Thousands Of Pro-Rebel Youths 'March On Bor' - Updated 28 Dec
updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
3:38
South Sudan: Thousands Of Pro-Rebel Youths 'March on Bor' - Updated 28 Dec
Israel raids on West Bank homes condemned
Full Article Al Jazeera
02 Jan 2014

Human rights groups have reported a rise in Israeli military training exercises being held in Palestinian towns and villages. Israel was condemned by the groups on Thursday, after reports of soldiers taking up positions in Palestinians homes during mock raids in the occupied West Bank and Palestinians being detained for hours without...
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The Jewish settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev is seen on the hill behind, as road signs for the Palestinian towns of Jericho, Ramallah, and Hizma are seen in front of a newly constructed section of Israel's seperation barrier in the west Bank village of Hizma near Jerusalem, Thursday April 14, 2005. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security, while Palestinians claim it is a land grab.
photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen

updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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Israeli raid kills Palestinians in West Bank
updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
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Israel demolishes more homes in occupied West Bank
updated 28 Mar 2012; published 25 Jun 2008
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2 Palestinians killed in Israeli army raid
updated 28 Aug 2013; published 28 Aug 2013
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Israeli Raid in West Bank Erupts Into a Deadly Riot #Israeli #WestBank
updated 09 Aug 2013; published 02 Mar 2012
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IDF Raids Two West Bank TV Stations: Israeli Defence Forces Seizes Equipment at Ramallah Stations
updated 27 Aug 2013; published 27 Aug 2013
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Israel : Troops Shot Dead Three Palestinians During Raid In Bank Refugee Camp
S. Sudan govt, rebels set for ceasefire talks
Full Article Dawn
02 Jan 2014

JUBA: South Sudan’s warring parties were on Wednesday set to begin peace talks aimed at bringing an end to a nearly three-week-old civil war that has already left thousands dead. Government and rebel officials confirmed their negotiating teams were either on their way or in the Ethiopian capital, and diplomats said they expected formal talks on a...
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A United Nations armored vehicle passes displaced people walking towards the U.N. camp where they have sought shelter in Malakal, South Sudan, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 31 Dec 2013; published 31 Dec 2013
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South Sudan rebels agree to ceasefire talks, but fighting rages
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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South Sudan poised for peace talks amid fighting
updated 19 Dec 2013; published 19 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government 'Agrees To Truce' - Updated 27 Dec
updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government 'Agrees To Truce' - Updated 27 Dec
updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government 'Agrees To Truce' - Updated 27 Dec
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
4:47
South Sudan: Thousands Of Pro-Rebel Youths 'March on Bor' - Updated 31 Dec
Rescue delayed for icebound ship in Antarctica
Full Article WPXI
02 Jan 2014

The latest attempt to rescue passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for more than a week was delayed again Thursday after sea ice prevented a barge from reaching one of the rescue vessels. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Coordination Centre, which is handling the operation, said earlier on...
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 image provided by Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography, Ben Maddison and Ben Fisk from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy work to place a wind indicator atop an ice feature near the trapped ship 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia.
photo: AP / Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography, Andrew Peacock

updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
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Antarctica Ship Rescue : Rescue delayed for icebound ship in Antarctica
updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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Antarctica Ship rescue delayed as Chinese icebreaker also gets trapped
updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
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Antarctic Air Rescue Mission Begins - Updating Live 2 Jan
updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
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Rescue operation begins for Antarctic ice bound ship
updated 28 Dec 2013; published 28 Dec 2013
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Antarctic crew amazed by viral fame
updated 30 Dec 2013; published 30 Dec 2013
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Rescue boat for trapped ship in Antarctic waits for better weather
Hospital: Ariel Sharon's health worsens
Full Article The Guardian
01 Jan 2014

IAN DEITCH Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — The medical condition of the comatose former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sharply deteriorated Wednesday, the hospital treating him said. Sharon, 85, has been in a coma since 2006 when a devastating stroke incapacitated him at the height of his political power. His family has said that he...
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FILE -- In this Sunday Jan. 30, 2005 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office.
photo: AP / Oded Balilty, Pool, File

updated 20 Oct 2010; published 20 Oct 2010
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Model of Israel's Sharon in coma aims to provoke
updated 03 Aug 2013; published 03 Aug 2013
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Urgent .. The death of "Sharon" in the Zionist Soroka Hospital 02/08/2013
updated 26 Feb 2012; published 26 Feb 2012
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DISTURBING, HD hidden cam Pictures of Ariel Sharon In Hospital
updated 28 Jan 2013; published 28 Jan 2013
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Sharon Shows Signs Of Consciousness
updated 12 Nov 2010; published 12 Nov 2010
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Comatose Sharon moved home from hospital
updated 12 Nov 2010; published 12 Nov 2010
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Ariel Sharon in a coma since 2006, leaves the hospital at the request of the family
Rigoberta Menchu: Lighting Candles, Exposing Shadows
Full Article WorldNews.com
01 Jan 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "When you light a candle," wrote Ursual K. Le Guin, "you also cast a shadow." Rigoberta Menchu, who was awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and instrumental in having the Guatemalan Government end its 36-year-long war "against the poor," which occurred this very same week in 1996, lit millions of...
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File - Rigoberta Menchú (right), Guatemalan human rights activist and Nobel Laureate, addresses a press conference on the work of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). At left is Eduardo Stein Barillas, former Vice President of Guatemala.
photo: UN / Evan Schneider

updated 19 Sep 2012; published 19 Sep 2012
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ALTA CARE Laboratoires - Paris
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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Fourteen South American Nationals attend Hugo Chavez Vigil in London
updated 26 Jun 2012; published 26 Jun 2012
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Nobel Peace Prize Recipient: Rigoberta Menchú Interview
updated 27 Aug 2013; published 27 Aug 2013
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Rigoberta y su adicción a la comida
updated 13 Jul 2011; published 13 Jul 2011
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Rigoberta Menchú, Premio Nobel de la Paz Guatemala
updated 03 Feb 2013; published 03 Feb 2013
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Cara a Cara - Rigoberta Menchú
Syria conflict pits Shia against Sunni as Hezbollah says this is 'war we must win'
Full Article The Guardian
01 Jan 2014

Commander of militant Lebanese group claims that it has been forced to intervene in self-defence after sectarian attacks The Syria conflict is increasingly dragging in militant groups from surrounding countries. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images In a grand manor house in northern Lebanon, eight men, all of them well-to-do professionals, had gathered...
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Hezbollah fighters, center, carry the coffin of their commander Ali Bazzi who was killed in Syria during a battle against the Syrian rebels, as other fighters, foreground, carry his portrait during his funeral procession, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013.
photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari

updated 16 Jun 2013; published 16 Jun 2013
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Sunni cleric says war is coming to Lebanon and blames Hezbollah for entering Syrian conflict
updated 01 Jun 2013; published 01 Jun 2013
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Hezbollah And Syrian Rebels Fighting In A Proxy War
updated 16 Aug 2013; published 16 Aug 2013
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Lebanese Sunni Group Claims Responsibility For Car Bombings
updated 29 Jun 2013; published 29 Jun 2013
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How Will The Sectarian Violence In Syria Shape The Future?
updated 17 Jun 2013; published 17 Jun 2013
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Hamas Wants Hezbollah To Leave Syria
updated 07 Jun 2013; published 07 Jun 2013
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Politics Breaking News: Hezbollah Entry in Syria Fans Shiite-Sunni Fires
South Sudan government, rebels set for New Year's Day talks
Full Article Mail Guardian South Africa
01 Jan 2014

South Sudan's government and rebels are set for New Year's Day peace talks in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to thrash out a ceasefire to end weeks of ethnic bloodletting in the world's newest state. Both sides agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, mediators said, but fighting between government troops and militias loyal to former...
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A displaced family stand by their makeshift shelter at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the Jebel area on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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BBC News South Sudan government agrees to truce
updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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BBC News South Sudan government agrees to truce
updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government Agrees to Truce with Rebels
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
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South Sudan: Thousands Of Pro-Rebel Youths 'March on Bor' - Updated 31 Dec
updated 31 Dec 2013; published 31 Dec 2013
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Groups In South Sudan Ready For Talks
updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Government 'Agrees To Truce' - Updated 27 Dec
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says purge was a cleansing of 'filth'
Full Article DNA India
01 Jan 2014

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first reference to the execution of his powerful uncle in a New Year's address, saying the reclusive state's ruling party had become stronger after it was purged of "factional filth." And he called for better relations with South Korea, warning that another war on the Korean peninsula would...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says purge was a cleansing of 'filth'
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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Happy New Year from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
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North Korean leader Kim Jong un references executed uncle in New Year speech
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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North Korea leader says execution of uncle removed 'filth'
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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North Korean leader says purge was a cleansing of filth
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un denounces uncle in New Year speech - video
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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North Korea leader says execution of uncle removed-and #039;filth and #039;
Syria misses deadline to remove chemical arms
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Jan 2014

Ships waiting to remove Syria's chemical weapons have returned to port in Cyprus because the country has missed a December 31 deadline. Syria was supposed to have removed part of its chemical weapons arsenal for destruction on Tuesday, but Wael Nader Al Halqi, Syria's prime minister, said security concerns and bureaucracy had caused delays in...
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In this photo provided by Norwegian Armed Forces and taken Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, a security forces member stands guard aboard the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad, in Limassol, Cyprus.
photo: AP / Norwegian Armed Forces, Lars Magne Hovtun

updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
2:11
Syria misses deadline to remove chemical arms
updated 18 Dec 2013; published 18 Dec 2013
2:06
Syria chemical weapon removal delay fear
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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BBC News Syria chemical weapons monitors win Nobel Peace Prize-MNM News
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
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Syria meets first chemical weapons date
updated 22 Sep 2013; published 22 Sep 2013
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Russian offers troops to help remove Syria chemical arms
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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Deadline For Removing Syrian Chemical Weapons Missed

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United Nations too Christian, claims report
The Guardian
Study calls for greater religious tolerance with Hinduism and Buddhism under-represented and funding a major issue The report says while the UN represents all religions, there are...
Greece's Not So Golden Dawn or Age
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It seems that Greece's Golden Dawn Party is listening to the same oracles that Pericles did when he initiated ancient Greece's...
On its 26th anniversary: What next for Hamas?
Al Jazeera
If Hamas' jubilee last year was truly silvery, this year's 26th anniversary seems to find the movement in a bad shape. A year ago, Hamas was breathing fresh air with the Muslim...

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UN representative calls for truce in South Sudan
UN representative calls for truce in South Sudan
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UN Special Representative for South Sudan Hilde Johnson has called for an end to fighting in the country. Ms Johnson also called for impending peace talks in Ethiopia to be given a chance to...
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Kenya grenade attack wounds 10 near Mombasa
Kenya grenade attack wounds 10 near Mombasa
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Comment () Tweet MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — An official says 10 people have been wounded in a grenade attack at a restaurant south of Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa. Kwale County Commissioner Evans Achoki said one of the two men on a motorcycle...
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The Tour de France starting in Yorkshire and the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow are just two of the events set to make the UK a top destination for tourists in 2014 The Riverside Museum, Glasgow. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Glasgow If your image...
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2013 marked as 'bloodiest year' for Syria with 73,000 dead
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Tweet Johannesburg, Jan. 02 (ANI): 2013 has been marked as the bloodiest year yet in the brutal civil war of Syria with more than 73, 000...
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In a file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during a meeting with Moscow region governor Boris Gromov in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, April 19, 2007. Putin makes his annual state of the nation address, a speech that
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Moscow, January 01: Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday visited some victims of recent terror blasts in Volgograd city and discussed public security with senior officials. Two suicide bombings struck in Volgograd, the first at a railway...
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New Year's Eve celebrations usher in 2014 across the world
New Year's Eve celebrations usher in 2014 across the world
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Published December 31, 2013FoxNews.com Millions around the world welcomed 2014 on Tuesday, as fireworks, dancing and all-night revelry marked huge displays of jubilation and unity around the globe. Crowds that filled New York City's Times Square...
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Greenland Dog trecking in Advent Valley, east of Longyearbyen.
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Greenland's economy relies on fishing and hunting, but the government has ambitious plans to develop the country's resource industries. In places like Narsaq, there's a fear that mining could destroy the environment and traditional...
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