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34 Officers At Nuclear Site May Have Cheated On Exams
Full Article National Public Radio
16 Jan 2014

Already reeling from reports about alleged drug use by some officers in its nuclear missile corps and the alleged "drunken and inappropriate behavior" of that command's top general, the Air Force now has another scandal on its hands. Thirty-four nuclear launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force base in Montana have been suspended because they...

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In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site
photo: AP / U.S. Air Force, John Parie

updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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NORTH KOREA TV: US Airforce Nuclear Missile Staff "Drug Taking Cheats" - Official Report
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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US military suspends 34 nuclear missile launch officer over cheating
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Air Force cheating scandal leaves cloud hanging over missile force
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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US nuclear launch officers suspended for 'cheating'
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Nuclear missile officers decertified for cheating
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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US Air Force:34 nuclear missile officer cheating on test
Bird Flu Cases Keep Growing Nationwide
Full Article Caijing
16 Jan 2014

150 infections confirmed since March, health authorities say The number of human H7N9 bird flu infections continues to rise nationwide with about 20 new cases reported in the first two weeks of 2014. On Wednesday, three new H7N9 cases were reported from Shanghai and Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. Since Jan 1, Shanghai has reported four cases,...

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Chinese health workers, wearing masks, walk past a group of security guards blocking a petitioner outside China's Health Ministry where a joint press conference between Chinese health officials and World Health Organization
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
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New bird flu cases reported in Zhejiang Shanghai
updated 03 Apr 2013; published 03 Apr 2013
2:16
China's Official Bird Flu Reports Start to Raise Questions
updated 13 Jan 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
0:53
East China reports 3 new H7N9 cases
updated 05 Apr 2013; published 05 Apr 2013
1:06
China braces for new bird flu epidemic after 6 deaths, closes Shanghai market
updated 14 Nov 2013; published 14 Nov 2013
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21 Infected with Bird Flu: WHO Says No Need to Panic
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
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Hong Kong- New deadly strain of bird flu in China
Egypt: New Constitution Backed In Public Vote
Full Article Skynews
16 Jan 2014

Egyptians have overwhelmingly backed a new constitution for the country which could pave the way for army chief General Abdel Fattah al Sisi to declare his candidacy for president. According to official sources, 90% of voters supported the move...

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An Egyptian voter holds a card with the photo of Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "Sissi
photo: AP / Amr Nabil

updated 03 Jul 2013; published 03 Jul 2013
4:54
Egyptian army ousts President Morsi and suspends constitution
updated 04 Jul 2013; published 04 Jul 2013
1:57
Egypt Army Ousts Morsi, Calls Early Vote
updated 03 Jul 2013; published 03 Jul 2013
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Egyptian Army ousts Morsi: military suspends constitution and promises early elections
updated 05 Jul 2013; published 05 Jul 2013
4:36
EGYPTIAN Army Ousts Obama Backed MORSI. Suspends Constitution & Orders New Elections
updated 25 Nov 2013; published 25 Nov 2013
1:07
Mohamed Morsi Breaking News-Egypt Army to Suspend Constitution, Legislature
updated 04 Jul 2013; published 04 Jul 2013
12:23
Egyptian Army Coup Topples President Morsi
Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
Full Article Al Jazeera
16 Jan 2014

The trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members accused of murdering former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri in 2005 has begun at a UN-backed court. Nine years after the huge Beirut car bombing killed billionaire Hariri, leading to the exit of Syrian troops from Lebanon, and three years into Syria's own bloody civil war, prosecutors are to...

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File - Rafic Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, addresses the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, 24 September, 1998.
photo: UN / Evan Schneider

updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
2:48
Hariri trial a potential blowtorch or 'boost' for Lebanon
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
2:36
Hariri's murder trial set in the Netherlands
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
1:45
Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Rafik Hariri murder trial begins at The Hague
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Saad Hariri welcomes the start of his father's killing trial
France 'underestimated' Central African Republic hatred
Full Article BBC News
16 Jan 2014

France underestimated the level of hatred between Christian and Muslim communities in the conflict-riven Central African Republic, its ambassador to the UN has said. Gerard Araud told a UN meeting on Wednesday that African Union and French forces were confronting a "nearly impossible" situation. They were between "two communities who...

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Displaced people carry their belongings as scrub brush is cleared and burned for a new settlement area, inside a makeshift camp housing an estimated 100,000 people, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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C.Africa Republic Religious Hatred Was Underestimated -France
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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Nowhere To Go For South Sudanese In Central African Republic
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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Congress, JDU Criticize Modi Over Letter To PM
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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57 Killed In Iraq Attacks
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Venezuela's Maduro Names New Finance Minister, Cenbank Head
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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No Reason For 'irrational Inflationary Fears' - ECB's Weidmann
Vote counting in Egypt's constitution referendum begins
Full Article Newstrack India
16 Jan 2014

Tweet Cairo, Jan 16 (IANS) Vote counting of Egypt's constitution referendum has been underway after polling stations across the country closed Wednesday evening, according to a statement of the High Electoral Committee. The constitution will be approved by winning over 50 percent of the vote, and the result of the referendum is scheduled to...

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Egyptian election workers count ballots at the end of the second round of a referendum.
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser

updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
0:52
Egypt Constitution Referendum: Voters cast final ballots on new proposed draft constitution
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
2:19
Polls close on referendum vote in Egypt
updated 16 Dec 2012; published 16 Dec 2012
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EGYPT UNDER SHARIA LAW? round one of vote looks like yes for MORSI and muslim brotherhood
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
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Egyptians vote on new constitution amid boycott by Muslim Brotherhood
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
2:45
Egypt referendum: Voting under way amid tight security
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
0:30
Bomb explodes in Cairo as Egyptians vote on new constitution
Iraqi PM seeks world's help amid violence
Full Article Al Jazeera
16 Jan 2014

Iraq's prime minister has called for international help in his fight against armed Sunni Muslim groups amid continued violence across the country. Nouri al Maliki, who leads a government dominated by Shia Muslims, gave warning of a long fight ahead as 75 people died in a series of attacks in Baghdad and Baquba on Wednesday. In his weekly televised...

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Baghdad municipality workers clean up as civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack near the Technology University in Sinaa Street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.
photo: AP / Karim Kadim

updated 05 Nov 2013; published 05 Nov 2013
10:45
Iraq Violence News 2005
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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Iraqi PM calls for world's help amid violence Middle East Al Jazeera English
updated 02 Nov 2013; published 02 Nov 2013
2:48
Obama meets Maliki amid surge in Iraq violence
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
10:41
Iraq PM reshuffles security chiefs
updated 07 Jan 2014; published 07 Jan 2014
0:51
Iraq Gets US Military Boost Amid Rising Unrest
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
2:13
Iraq Wants The Help Of International Community Against Violence
To achieve peace in Syria, better start in Aleppo not Geneva
Full Article Al Jazeera
15 Jan 2014

"What can we do? Obama is addicted to Geneva!", one DC insider said. He seemed truly exhausted by the presidential elusiveness on Syria. During my recent trip to Washington, he was not even the most dispirited person I met. Everybody, with a vague understanding of Middle Eastern affairs, looked appalled by the way this US administration was getting...

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File - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens and security forces gather at site where a car bomb has exploded near a school, at al-Kaffat village in the central Hama province, Syria, Thursday Jan. 9, 2013.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
1:52
Syrian rebels rule out peace talks ceasefire
updated 08 Nov 2013; published 08 Nov 2013
1:44
Free Syrian army attack, Al Assad's smart bomb destroy truck and kill 25 rebels
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
2:16
U.S., Britain press Syrian opposition to attend Geneva peace talks
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
2:59
Free Syrian Army Will Not Stop Until President Al Assad Is Removed From Power
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
1:53
Assad Foreign powers must end rebel support
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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Syria rebels 'agree' to peace talks - but on their terms
Donors pledge nearly $1.3 billion at Syria meeting
Full Article Khaleej Times
15 Jan 2014

Delegates from nearly 70 nations and 24 international organisations gather for the one-day event chaired by UN chief Ban Ki-moon. Donors meeting in Kuwait on Wednesday pledged nearly $1.3 billion in humanitarian aid for victims of the Syrian war, which the UN chief said had left half the population in need of urgent help. The meeting comes just a...

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In this photo taken Sunday, May 12, 2013, Syrian refugees shelter in a two-story wedding ceremony hall in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near the border with Syria.
photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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Syrian Donor Conference: More than 1 billion USD pledged for humanitarian efforts by donors
updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
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More than $2.4 bln pledged at Syria aid conference
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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Kuwait pledges half billion in Syria aid, UN still short of target
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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2.4 Billion Dollars In Donations Raised For Syria
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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Emir addresses world leaders at end of Syria donors conference
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
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Syria - $1.5 Billion Raised For Refugees
UN stresses Central African Republic disaster warning
Full Article BBC News
15 Jan 2014

A senior UN envoy has called for a huge international effort for the Central African Republic. Speaking to the BBC in the capital, Bangui, John Ging of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the country was in a "mega-crisis". Mr Ging said that many in the population were living in fear because of...

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A boy carries some of his family's few belongings, as people who had been sleeping in a food distribution area are moved out with the help of French troops, in an informal camp housing an estimated 100,000 displaced people, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

updated 08 Jan 2014; published 08 Jan 2014
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Central African Republic Moving Towards Disaster
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
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UN stresses Central African Republic disaster warning
updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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UN warns of Central African Republic humanitarian crisis
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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Central African Republic: Neglected crisis
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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Central African Republic: Fighting For Survival
updated 30 Dec 2013; published 30 Dec 2013
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Central African Republic: Living In Fear

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Rafik Hariri was a dominant force in Lebanese politics in both life and death. As prime minister of Lebanon, he is widely credited with getting the country back on its feet after...
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Twice in recent memory a large jet airliner has landed at the wrong airport. The Kansas City Star reported on January 14 that a Southwest Airlines 747 landed at the M. Graham Clark...
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas announced he had hired lawyers to denounce and get rid of his Canadian citizenship, it makes one...

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The U.S. Air Force has disclosed that 34 officers entrusted with the world's deadliest weapons have been removed from launch duty for allegedly cheating — or tolerating cheating by others — on routine proficiency tests. The announcement was a...
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Middle school students from Koka, Japan, visiting Traverse City, Mich., look on as an MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter crew conducts a rescue demonstration at Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Jan. 9, 2012. The students were given a tour of the air station as part of their one-week visit to Traverse City, Koka's "Sister City" since 2006. U.S. Coast Guard photgraph by Lt. j.g. Jim Okorn (1493668) ( Japanese exchange students tour Air Station T )
TOKYO : More than 900 pupils at elementary schools in a central Japanese city have fallen ill in a suspected outbreak of mass food poisoning, officials said. The number of students who reported...
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Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra looks at a monitor after a no-confidence vote at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013.
VOA News Thai authorities said they will start a corruption investigation into a government subsidy program for rice farmers, in the latest setback for embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The country's anti-corruption agency on Thursday...
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Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare of Canada looks up in the court room of the Hariri tribunal in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Monday Feb. 7, 2011. Lawyers and judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal  are trying to thrash out the question of what constitutes an act of terrorism, and other legal issues, as they prepare to prosecute suspects for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. A hearing at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon  (STL) is aimed at clarifying laws the court will apply to those allegedly responsible for the truck bomb that killed Hariri and 22 others in Beirut on Feb. 14, 2005.
UN's Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try four men in absentia because Hezbollah has vowed never to arrest them Portrait of Rafik Hariri on his grave in Beirut, Lebanon. He and 22 others were killed when a truck bomb with a tonne...
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Chatraparishad Supporters participate in a Candel Light to  protest  against Delhi gang rape case and for reviewing “ Women Protection Law “ in kolkata on Friday 28 December 2012
New Delhi - Indian police carried out raids across New Delhi on Thursday as they hunted for a further six men wanted over the gang-rape of a Danish tourist which has put the country's record on sexual violence back into the spotlight. Police...
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This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows NTSB workers near the Boeing 777 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 aircraft. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/NTSB)
Video from a firefighter's helmet camera following the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows rescuers were aware there was someone on the ground outside the plane, before 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan was fatally run over by a...
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began
WASHINGTON — Partisan lawmakers feuding over the proper size of government reached a temporary truce Wednesday as the House easily approved a $1-trillion spending bill aimed at averting another federal shutdown. House Speaker John A. Boehner...
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