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Guantanamo: 260 weeks and counting
Full Article Al Jazeera
22 Jan 2014

A week, it has been said, is a long time in politics. It is even longer for someone imprisoned thousands of miles from home with no indication of when, if ever, he will be released or brought to trial. And if a week is a long time, what about five years? Five years ago - 260 weeks - President Obama ordered the US detention facility at Guantanamo...

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File - U.S. Army and Navy guards cross train while escorting a detainee to a recreational area on board Camp One at Joint Task Force Guantanamo.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Michael Billings

updated 11 Jan 2014; published 11 Jan 2014
5:38
'12 years too many': US activists to mark Gitmo anniversary by rallying for closure
updated 04 Nov 2013; published 04 Nov 2013
18:40
As Gitmo Prisoners Revolt, Obama Admin Challenged on Indefinite Detention at OAS Hearing-DM
updated 11 Jan 2014; published 11 Jan 2014
5:26
Twelve years later: Will Gitmo detainees go home?
updated 19 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
23:58
The World This Week: Guantanamo - Will the hunger strikes achieve anything? 18/04/13
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
2:16
As Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike, Gitmo Attorney on "Psychological Trauma of Indefinite Detention"
updated 11 Feb 2012; published 04 Feb 2012
58:34
Close Guantánamo: End Ten Years of Injustice
Three Reported Dead in Ukraine Clashes
Full Article Voa News
22 Jan 2014

Officials in Ukraine say three anti-government protesters have died in the capital, Kyiv, in new clashes with police. Two protesters were reported to have gunshot wounds. A medical official said another activist fell to his death at the site of the clashes. Reports say the police were trying to dismantle a protest camp in Kyiv Wednesday and fired...

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A Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters flies over police during their clash in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.
photo: AP / Darko Vojinovic

updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
0:48
Raw: 3 Reported Dead in Ukraine Clashes | NewsLook
updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
0:47
Reported 3 Dead in kiev Ukraine Clashes 22.01.2014
updated 11 Sep 2013; published 11 Sep 2013
1:08
Three England fans injured in brawl in Ukraine
updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
0:47
Raw 3 Reported Dead in Ukraine Clashes
updated 30 Oct 2012; published 30 Oct 2012
4:06
Reporter: Euro 2012 - Is Ukraine at risk of becoming a sex tourism destination?
updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
5:32
Kiev Violence intensifies VIDEO Ukraine Protests: 3 Killed As Police Clash With Demonstrators
Report Details Overseas Accounts of Chinese Elite
Full Article The New York Times
22 Jan 2014

Chinese elites have set up extensive offshore companies that allow them to conceal funds abroad, according to a new report from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The report, which is based on leaked documents covering thousands of tax haven clients, lists more than a dozen of China’s wealthiest people as well as...

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Front row from left, China's former President Hu Jintao, newly appointed President Xi Jinping, newly installed Premier Li Kiqiang and former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sing the Chinese national anthem at the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing China, Sunday, March 17, 2013. China's new leader pledged a cleaner, more efficient government Sunday as the country's ceremonial legislature wrapped up a pivotal session that installed the latest generation of communist leaders in a once-a-decade transfer of power.
photo: AP / Kin Cheung

updated 17 Apr 2013; published 17 Apr 2013
1:08
SECRET Files Reveal Rothschild's Offshore Domain
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
0:11
China's princelings storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven
updated 15 Apr 2013; published 15 Apr 2013
4:45
China's Bigwigs Illegal Financial Activities Leaked
updated 04 Apr 2013; published 04 Apr 2013
1:07
THE "CROOKS" ARE BEING EXPOSED WORLDWIDE!
updated 06 Apr 2013; published 06 Apr 2013
1:21
Offshore Leaks set to reveal more embarrassing tax dodging | euronews, world news
updated 07 Apr 2013; published 07 Apr 2013
0:30
The Haney Hong Kong Group Tax News: Skattely lækage vil anspore graft sonder, siger analytikere
Snowden trial could be awkward for US
Full Article Times Union
21 Jan 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Putting former NSA contractor Edward Snowden on trial for leaking U.S. surveillance information could be an awkward public spectacle for the Obama administration. More classified material could be at risk and jurors might see him as a whistle-blower exposing government overreach. Snowden surely would try to turn the tables on the...

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File - In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013.
photo: AP / Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina

updated 23 Jun 2013; published 23 Jun 2013
1:22
Hong Kong says NSA leaker Edward Snowden has left for a 'third country
updated 23 Jun 2013; published 23 Jun 2013
4:57
United States Revokes Edward Snowdens Passport
updated 29 Jun 2013; published 29 Jun 2013
8:10
Is The Hunt for Snowden Ruining Our International Relations?
updated 11 Jun 2013; published 11 Jun 2013
5:24
Rand Paul Battles CBS Hosts Over Necessity Of NSA Snooping: 'They Put You In Jail If You Complain'
updated 16 Jul 2013; published 16 Jul 2013
7:04
Rachel Jeantel Interview On Piers Morgan CNN - Part 2 - July 15, 2013
updated 09 Jun 2013; published 09 Jun 2013
12:35
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'
Thailand declares state of emergency for protests
Full Article Herald Tribune
21 Jan 2014

BANGKOK - Thailand's government has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas to cope with protests that have stirred up violent attacks. Labor Minister Chalerm Yubumrung announced that the measure will take effect Wednesday. The emergency decree greatly expands the power of security forces to issue orders and search, arrest...

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Anti-government protesters wave Thai national flags during a protest rally in Bangkok, Thailand.
photo: AP / Vincent Thian

updated 12 Apr 2009; published 12 Apr 2009
2:31
Thai protesters defy state of emergency - 12 Apr 09
updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
1:45
Thailand Declares State of Emergency | NewsLook
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
1:15
Thai government declares state of emergency as protests drag on
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
0:45
Thailand Violence : Thai Capital Hit By Biggest Protests Since Deadly 2010 Unrest
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
0:43
Thai prime minister invokes emergency law after protests
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 17 Jan 2014
1:24
Thailand Violence : Thai Capital Hit By Biggest Protests Since Deadly 2010 Unrest
Syria accused of torture and 11,000 executions
Full Article BBC News
21 Jan 2014

There is clear evidence that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising, a report by three former war crimes prosecutors says. One of the authors told the BBC there was evidence of government involvement. Damascus has denied claims of abuse. The investigators examined thousands of images of...

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n this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens carry a dead body, at the scene where two mortar rounds exploded near an orphanage, at al-Boukhtyar area, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday March 13, 2013. The state-run SANA news agency said two mortar rounds exploded near an orphanage in al-Boukhtyar area, killing and wounding an unknown number of people. Syrian government troops fought fierce battles with rebels on Wednesday for control of key neighborhoods in the north of Damascus, residents and activists said.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 16 Jan 2014; published 16 Jan 2014
3:57
Rafik Hariri Assassination Trial Starts In The Hague
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
0:31
Facebook And Twitter Users Given Court Warning
updated 01 May 2013; published 01 May 2013
1:43
DOLLAR TYRANNY kills masses around the world; Keiser Report
updated 21 Feb 2013; published 21 Feb 2013
3:41
Sentencing Of The Birmingham Jihadi Terror Cell
updated 09 Sep 2012; published 09 Sep 2012
9:36
Mysterious Deaths of 9/11 Witnesses (MUST SEE)
updated 04 Sep 2011; published 04 Sep 2011
3:49
Liberals Set Truthers Straight
C. African Republic chooses mayor as new leader
Full Article Times Union
21 Jan 2014

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Members of a national transitional council chose the female mayor of Central African Republic's capital to lead the country out of chaos Monday, as a top U.N. official urged the international community to keep the nation from "crossing the tipping-point into an all-out sectarian conflict." At two meetings in...

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In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 photo, a French soldier looks on as the body of a lynched Muslim man is burned by a crowd, in Bangui, Central African Republic.
photo: AP / Herve Serefio

updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
1:23
Central African Republic chooses capital's mayor as interim president
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
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Bangui's mayor takes over as Central African leader - Africa News
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
1:45
Central African Republic elects Bangui mayor interim president
updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
0:55
Violence-torn Central African Republic gets new leader
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
0:57
New, female interim president takes the helm in the Central African Republic
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
2:41
Catherine Samba-Panza New Interim Leader Of Central African Republic
Syria peace conference a go after U.N. withdraws invitation to Iran
Full Article The State
21 Jan 2014

ISTANBUL — Under strong U.S. pressure and a boycott threat from Syria’s exile opposition, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday rescinded his invitation to Iran to attend the start of a conference intended to end nearly three years of violence. In a statement, Ban said he’d withdrawn the invitation to the opening session...

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Free Syrian Army fighters gather during fighting against government troops in Idlib, north Syria, Saturday, March 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
1:44
The UN rescinds Iran's invitation to the Geneva 2 peace talks
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
4:50
Syrian Opposition Doesn't Want The Presence Of Iran During Peace Talks
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
3:36
Geneva 2: UN retracts Iran's invite, Syrian opposition confirms attendance
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
1:29
Syria peace talks good to go as UN withdraws Iran invitation
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
2:19
Syria talks in disarray over Iran invitation
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
1:18
Iran invite to Syria talks withdrawn
President warns clashes threaten all Ukraine as fighting rages
Full Article The Times of India
21 Jan 2014

KIEV: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday warned bloody clashes between protesters and police threatened all of Ukraine as new fighting rocked the capital Kiev. The clashes, the worst in Kiev in recent times, marked a spiralling of tensions after two months of demonstrations against Yanukovych's refusal to sign a pact for closer...

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Protesters clash with police, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.
photo: AP / Sergei Grits

updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
1:42
Ukraine on Edge: Fresh clashes erupt near parliament in Kiev
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
2:07
Kiev Tensions High: Ukrainians shocked by violent riot police crackdown on pro-EU protests
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
1:27
Ukraine Protests: Anti-Government Demonstrators Clash With Police In Kiev
updated 12 Jan 2014; published 12 Jan 2014
1:51
Renewed Protests In Kiev Against Government
updated 11 Jan 2014; published 11 Jan 2014
0:59
Clashes erupt in Ukraine protest.
updated 11 Dec 2013; published 11 Dec 2013
4:18
Ukrainian Police Retreats From Protesters Stronghold
Barack Obama: 'Marijuana No More Dangerous Than Alcohol'
Full Article Peace FM Online
20 Jan 2014

US President Barack Obama has said smoking marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol, but still called it a "bad idea". Speaking to The New Yorker magazine, he said it was wrong to think legalising the drug would be "a...

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In this May 5, 2011, shows a unidentified man smoking medical marijuana during karaoke night at the Cannabis Cafe, in Portland, Ore
photo: AP / Rick Bowmer

updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
1:16
Obama smoking pot: President says legal weed no more dangerous than alcohol
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
5:25
Is President Obama Right About Marijuana?
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
1:56
Obama Says Marijuana Is Not More Dangerous Than Alcohol
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
0:50
Barack Obama 'Marijuana no more dangerous than alcohol'
updated 19 Jan 2014; published 19 Jan 2014
5:52
President Obama: Marijuana Is Less Dangerous Than Alcohol
updated 19 Jan 2014; published 19 Jan 2014
3:53
HEATED CNN Exchange over Obama Says Marijuana's just like Alcohol, pro Football's Not for Son

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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon "I've gotten some of my best light from bridges I've burned."-- Don Henley What does it take, in an era dominated by progressive...

Protesters clash with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014.
Two people have reportedly been shot dead during clashes between police and protesters in Ukrainian capital Kiev. The country's interior ministry has so far confirmed only one death, but made no comment on the cause. A second person also died...
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The Chinese yuan or Renminbi (RMB) signs are displayed at a ceremony as the Bank of China (BOC) launches yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept, 12, 2007. Bank of China Ltd., one of the country's big four state lenders, said it plans to issue yuan-denominated bonds worth 3 billion yuan (US$399 million; euro 289 million) in Hong Kong from Thursday.
BEIJING — Relatives of China's president and other business and political leaders are linked to offshore tax havens that "helped shroud the communist elite's wealth," a U.S.-based journalism group said Wednesday. The report by the International...
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Severe snow storm closes Washington; emergency in three states
Tweet Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) A thick blanket of snow covered the eastern half of the US as a severe winter storm clobbered the country leading to closure of government offices in Washington and declaration of a state of emergency in three states....
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CAIRO Jan 21 (Reuters) - Egypt's tourism revenue sank by 41 percent to $5.9 billion in 2013 in comparison with a year earlier, Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said on Tuesday, a further sign of pressure on one of...
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Google doodle pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr.
Tweet Washington, Jan. 21 (ANI): Google reportedly came up with a peaceful rendition on Martin Luther King Jr. on its doodle section, to pay homage to the legend, who...
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Bulilder Constructionman Woodman Fleurizard, Equipment Operator 2nd Class Chad Kissinger and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Jonathan Rust, all assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, guide a truss as it is hoisted into place during construction of a Southwest Asia hut.
Doing the night shift throws the body "into chaos" and could cause long-term damage, warn researchers. Shift work has been linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and cancer. Now scientists at the Sleep Research Centre in...
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A 3D model of the Rosetta Spacecraft. This is not a true representation of Rosetta as the actual spacecraft is protected by black multi layer insulation blankets, the High Gain is also black.
A European comet-chasing spacecraft that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) received the all-clear message “Hello World!” from its Rosetta spacecraft,...
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