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Full Article The New York Times
14 Feb 2014

In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here. In a striking departure from past years, the World Press Photo top prize was given not for a hard-news image, but was awarded to John Stanmeyer for a photo of African migrants in Djibouti trying to capture a faint signal that provides a tenuous link to...
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African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia—a tenuous link to relatives abroad.
photo: World Press Photo / John Stanmeyer

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updated 26 Jul 2013; published 17 Feb 2013
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Best Photos of the World 2013
updated 14 Oct 2013; published 14 Oct 2013
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UNITED PHOTO PRESS presents Making off press best moments 2013
updated 19 Jan 2010; published 19 Jan 2010
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UNITED PHOTO PRESS presents Best Photo Sports
updated 27 Jul 2012; published 24 Dec 2009
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UNITED PHOTO PRESS presents Photos All Over The World
updated 26 Feb 2013; published 25 Feb 2013
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Pictures: Best News Photos from 2013 World Photo Press Contest - National Geographic - Today's News
Homs ceasefire in Syria not ‘progress’, says UN official
Full Article The Irish Times
14 Feb 2014

The hard-won humanitarian ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homs - the sole success that occurred during the peace talks in Geneva - cannot be considered “progress,” the United Nations’ top official for emergency operations yesterday evening as she urged the Security Council to ensure that aid reaches those who need it and aid workers can do their...
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Syrian women walk next to a destroyed military tank in the northern town of Ariha, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Sunday, June 10, 2012.
photo: AP

updated 11 Feb 2014; published 11 Feb 2014
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Homs evacuation continues but no progress in Syrian peace talks
updated 12 Feb 2014; published 12 Feb 2014
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Syria conflict UN hopes to resume Homs evacuation
updated 12 Mar 2012; published 12 Mar 2012
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New massacre claims as Annan's Syria talks end without progress
updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Evacuations continue as Syria talks stall
updated 07 Feb 2014; published 07 Feb 2014
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Syria: Evacuation of civilians in besieged city of Homs begins
updated 09 Feb 2014; published 09 Feb 2014
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MORTOR FIRE and GUN FIRE Hit UN CONVOY in HOMS SYRIA
Indonesia volcano eruption sparks mass evacuation
Full Article The Guardian
14 Feb 2014

Ash cloud from Java island's Mount Kelud forces 100,000 people to flee their homes and international airports to close Villagers covering their faces from volcanic ash after Mount Kelud's eruption: two people were killed overnight from falling debris. Photograph: Hafidz Novalsyah/AP A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia has shrouded a large swath...
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A women walks on a road covered with volcanic ash following an eruption of Mount Kelud, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb 14, 2014.
photo: AP / Slamet Riyadi

updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Volcano Eruption Covers Java in Ash
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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Mount Sinabung eruption: Indonesia volcano spews smoke as alert is raised
updated 29 Jan 2014; published 29 Jan 2014
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THOUSANDS FLEE AS INDONESIA'S SINABUNG VOLCANO ERUPTS THURSDAY COVERING REGION IN ASH (OC
updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Hundreds of thousands evacuated, flights cancelled, as Indonesia's Mt Kelud volcano erupt
updated 11 Feb 2014; published 11 Feb 2014
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Raw Video: Volcano Erupts in Indonesia
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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Indonesia Volcano Mount Rokatenda ERUPTS 6 Dead
Kerry pushes China on North Korea nukes
Full Article The Washington Post
14 Feb 2014

BEIJING — Secretary of State John F. Kerry said he had held a very constructive meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday as he sought Beijing’s help in deterring North Korea from pursuing nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, experts said Kerry faced an uphill battle over the issue, with China unlikely to push its long-time...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China Friday, Feb. 14, 2014.
photo: AP / Evan Vucci, Pool

updated 09 Jun 2013; published 09 Jun 2013
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'US simulating nuke war on North Korea'
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
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North Korea, John Kerry Asks China to Help, Nuclear War, Missile Threat
updated 12 Apr 2013; published 12 Apr 2013
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Kerry- A nuclear-armed North Korea is -unacceptable
updated 13 Apr 2013; published 13 Apr 2013
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North Korea. US Urges China To Help End Crisis
updated 03 Feb 2014; published 03 Feb 2014
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This Week' John Kerry on North Korea and Iran
updated 16 Nov 2013; published 16 Nov 2013
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Putin has said of North Korea's nuclear weapons "Cannot Be Tolerated". 11/15/2013.
PM Enrico Letta steps down: Plagued by uncertainty, Italy set for its third government in ...
Full Article The Independent
14 Feb 2014

The Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has said he will tender his resignation, opening the way for centre-left leader Matteo Renzi to take the helm of Italy’s third government in less than a year. His decision to resign, which will be formally announced on Friday, came after the Democratic Party (PD), the largest party in the ruling coalition,...
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PM Enrico Letta steps down: Plagued by uncertainty, Italy set for its third government..
photo: AP / Richard Drew

updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Enrico Letta to resign: Italy faces its third administration in a year
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Italian PM Enrico Letta to resign
updated 30 Jul 2013; published 30 Jul 2013
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Berlusconi's conviction appeal could create waves for Letta government
updated 04 Oct 2013; published 04 Oct 2013
1:47
Italian PM seeks vote of confidance amid crisis
updated 25 Apr 2013; published 25 Apr 2013
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Italian Deadlock Broken With New PM
updated 02 Aug 2013; published 02 Aug 2013
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Il videomessaggio di Silvio Berlusconi dopo la sentenza della Cassazione su Mediaset
Thai police retake protest camps in Bangkok
Full Article Al Jazeera
14 Feb 2014

Hundreds of riot police have moved through parts of the Thai capital to retake areas occupied by protesters who have been demanding the resignation of the government for the past three months. The operation in Bangkok started on Friday with police reclaiming besieged government headquarters without resistance, the Agence-France Press news agency...
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Thai police retake protest camps in Bangkok
photo: AP / Wason Wanichakorn

updated 25 Apr 2010; published 25 Apr 2010
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Thai PM vows to retake "Red shirt" protest site - F24 100425
updated 28 Apr 2010; published 28 Apr 2010
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Thai security forces open fire on Red Shirts as protests turn chaotic in Bangkok
updated 11 Jun 2013; published 11 Jun 2013
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Evening skirmishes as Turkish protestors return to Taksim Square
updated 09 Dec 2013; published 09 Dec 2013
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Ukraine: Coming up to crunch time, protesters remain defiant
updated 19 May 2010; published 19 May 2010
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May 19 - Thai Military Begins Drive to Retake Protest Site in Bangkok
updated 12 Jun 2013; published 12 Jun 2013
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Turkish police combat protesters, clear Istanbul square
Syria crisis: UN 'must stop flagrant violation of humanitarian law'
Full Article BBC News
14 Feb 2014

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has urged the Security Council to act immediately to ensure more humanitarian access in war-torn Syria. Calling for a resolution, she said it was "unacceptable" that both Damascus and rebels continued to "flagrantly" violate humanitarian law. The council has been deadlocked over aid deliveries...
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Syrian women stand amid the ruins of their farm, destroyed by Syrian Army jets, in Al-Hafriyeh village, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Security Council must 'act' on Syria says UN humanitarian chief Amos
updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Syria crisis: UN 'must stop flagrant violation of humanitarian law'
updated 29 Aug 2013; published 29 Aug 2013
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Legal to STRIKE SYRIA Under HUMANITARIAN LAW Before UN Report
updated 23 Aug 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
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UN Security Council discuss Syria in closed session
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Syria's Humanitarian Tragedy
updated 29 Aug 2013; published 29 Aug 2013
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UK publishes legal backing for Syria strike
Ban seeks help as spiral of violence leads to genocide fears
Full Article Business Day
13 Feb 2014

THREATENING: A man holds a knife, saying he is looking for Muslims to behead, in Bangui on Sunday. Picture: AFP Related articles Christians and Muslims in deadly CAR clashes ‘Fearful’ CAR rebels escape from AU custody In this article Companies and organisations: African Union | European Union | United Nations People: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | Ban...
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Muslim militiamen stand in the streets of the Miskin district in Bangui, Central African Republic, Saturday Feb. 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Jerome Delay

updated 23 Nov 2011; published 23 Nov 2011
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LIBYA UN Ban Ki-Moon Doesn't Tour Ethnically Cleansed Tawergha Or Condemn Black Persecution 11.02.11
updated 16 Nov 2013; published 16 Nov 2013
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Saudi Arabia Passes First Ban On Domestic Violence
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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European Union Bans Selling Weapons To The Central African Republic
updated 15 Aug 2012; published 15 Aug 2012
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Apartheid in South Africa Laws, History: Documentary Film - Raw Footage (1957)
updated 23 Sep 2007; published 23 Sep 2007
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Cut Throat Haka vs South Africa
updated 29 Jan 2014; published 29 Jan 2014
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U.N. to EU troops: Use force in Central African Republic
Homs evacuations resume as Syria peace talks falter
Full Article South China Morning Post
13 Feb 2014

The evacuation of civilians and delivery of aid to besieged rebel-held areas of Syria’s third city Homs resumed on Wednesday, as peace talks in Geneva struggled to make headway. Government and opposition delegations again met...
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In this taken on Sunday Feb. 9, 2014 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent member in red uniform helps a man, as Syrian security forces, right, look at him as he walks to a bus to evacuate the battleground city of Homs, Syria.
photo: AP / SANA, File

updated 11 Feb 2014; published 11 Feb 2014
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Homs evacuation continues but no progress in Syrian peace talks
updated 27 Jan 2014; published 27 Jan 2014
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Syria peace talks hit more trouble as rebel city "starves"
updated 24 Jan 2014; published 24 Jan 2014
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Syrian peace talks to discuss providing aid to Homs
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Syria killing surges as peace talks stutter
updated 12 Feb 2014; published 12 Feb 2014
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The State of Play Over Syria at Geneva Peace Talks
updated 22 Jan 2014; published 22 Jan 2014
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Fiery exchanges erupt at Syria peace talks
Storm bears down on US east coast as havoc persists in South
Full Article BBC News
13 Feb 2014

A winter storm is bearing down on the densely populated US north-east, after causing transport chaos in the South. Across the typically mild South, more than 350,000 people lack power, and 3,800 US flights have been cancelled due to snow, ice and strong winds. The storm has snarled traffic across the state of North Carolina and has already been...
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A road in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA is covered with snow during a winter storm as seen on this February 2, 2013 photo.
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

updated 12 Feb 2014; published 12 Feb 2014
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Deadly ice and snow storm takes aim at U.S. South
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Another Big Winter Storm Hits the South Then Heads North -The Latest News
updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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Another Big Winter Storm Hits the South Then Heads North
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Another Big Winter Storm Hits the South Then Heads North YouTube
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Ice Storm Blamed for 11 Deaths, 550,000 Lose Power
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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North Carolina Frozen After Ice Storm Blasts Through South

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The new US-Russia Cold War
Asia Times
By Pepe Escobar Meet the new (cold) war, same as the old (cold) war. Same same, but different. One day, it's the myriad implications of Washington's "pivoting" to Asia - as in the...
A Christian-Muslim crisis of faith in Africa
The Christian Science Monitor
The last time the world watched Christians...
No-Confidence Vote Ushers In Italy's Youngest-Ever Premier
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3:50 PM Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta will step down after his own party launched a no-confidence vote against him, paving the way for the young and popular mayor of Florence...

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Officials: Uganda's leader to sign anti-gay bill
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Springfield News-Sun
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni plans to sign a bill into law that prescribes life imprisonment for some homosexual acts, officials said Friday, alarming rights activists who have condemned the bill as draconian in a country where homosexuality...
photo: Public Domain / TSgt. Jeremy T. Lock
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France Sending Additional Troops to C.A.R.
In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, French President Francois Hollande addresses the troops at the airport following his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu, Mali.
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France says it will send an additional 400 troops to help fight escalating violence in the Central African Republic. A statement from the office of President Francois Hollande also calls on the European Union to speed up deployment of a promised 500...
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
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Chinese police shoot dead 'terrorists' in Xinjiang, says state media
An armed Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on a street in Kashgar in China's far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.
The Guardian
Group on motorbikes and driving cars carrying gas cylinders allegedly tried to carry out suicide attack against police officers Police officers were near a park preparing to begin a routine patrol when the attempted attack took place, the Xinhua news...
photo: AP / David Wivell
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Unelected Renzi to grab power in Italy as Letta forced out
Newly elected PD, Democratic Party secretary general Matteo Renzi answers to journalists questions during a press conference he held at Rome's party headquarters, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013.
The Irish Times
Italian centre-left leader Matteo Renzi is young, dynamic and has never shied away from a challenge - but his decision to force party colleague Enrico Letta to resign as prime minister is a huge political gamble. Mr Renzi is certain to be asked by...
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini
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Indonesia Volcano Erupts: Two Islanders Dead
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14 February 2014, 10:21 Indonesia Volcano Erupts: Two Islanders Dead Tweet Two people have died and thousands have been forced to leave their homes during a major volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island of Java. Mount Kelud erupted violently about...
photo: AP Photo / Trisnadi
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Valentine's Day 'a threat to Muslim values'
An Indonesian woman looks over Valentine's Day gifts Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Although, it doesn't enjoy quite the same popularity as in the united States, Valentine's Day sends partners scurrying for last minute gifts for their loved ones.
Al Jazeera
Malaysian authorities have said Valentine's Day is a threat to Muslim values in their annual swipe at the February 14 occasion, which was marked with a mass wedding involving 138 couples. In its official Friday sermon text distributed to mosques in...
photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana
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100,000 displaced as volcano erupts in Indonesia
100,000 displaced as volcano erupts in Indonesia
The Irish Times
A volcano has erupted on the heavily populated Indonesian island of Java, sending a huge plume of ash and sand 17km (10 miles) into the air and forcing the displacement today of more than 100,000 people and closure of five airports. Indonesia’s...
photo: AP / Irwin Fedriansyah
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