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UN chides North Korea over human rights abuse
Full Article Business Day
18 Feb 2014

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A South Korean woman walks past a picture of North Korean children allegedly suffering from famine during a rally denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's dictatorship and alleged human rights violations against North Koreans, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. North Korea acknowledged it has detained an American for illegally entering the reclusive country, news welcomed by relatives of an Arizona missionary who feared they would never hear from him again after he sneaked across the border.
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Human Rights in North Korea Sucks
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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North Korea: Accounts from Camp Survivors
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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UN releases report on human rights violations in North Korea
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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UN panel to accuse North Korea of crimes against humanity
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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North Korea Charged With Crimes Against Humanity by the UN
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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China may put brakes on efforts to take action on North Korean human rights
Thailand police face protesters outside government HQ
Full Article BBC News
18 Feb 2014

Thai police have retaken a government ministry besieged by protesters and are confronting other demonstrators outside Government House. Police arrested around 100 protesters at the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday, as part of efforts to retake official buildings blocked by demonstrators. Meanwhile, hundreds of riot police with shields and gas masks...

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Thailand police face protesters outside government HQ
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Thai Anti Government Demonstrators
updated 01 Dec 2013; published 01 Dec 2013
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Police turn water cannons and tear gas on protestors in Thailand
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
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Bangkok Protests: Thai Anti-Government Protesters Mass Outside Interior Ministry
updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Thailand: protesters occupy government ministry
updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Thailand Protests 2014 : Protesters Enter Govt Headquarters (VIDEO)
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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Thailand police face protesters outside government HQ 18 February 2014
Venezuela tense ahead of dueling demonstrations
Full Article Palm Beach Post
18 Feb 2014

A crowd of anti-government activists wrested free an opposition politician as he was being hauled away in handcuffs by security forces following a raid on the party headquarters of President Nicolas Maduro's biggest foe. Dario Ramirez, a city councilman, shouted "I'm an elected official" as national guardsmen, surrounded by journalists and party...

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Demonstrators hold up their hands during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014.
photo: AP / Fernando Llano

updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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updated 30 Nov 2013; published 30 Nov 2013
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Breakingviews HP's Autonomess
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Activists await amnesty, end city hall occupation
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Police prevents YSRCP activists from gheraoing Parliament - Tv9
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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YCP Activists Attack on Telangana People by Throwing Stones at Mahabubnagar
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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TV9 News: Chiranjeevi Faces Samaikyandhra Activists Heat, During SV Ranga Rao Statue Inauguration
Sinai attacks: Islamist claim tourist bus bomb attack
Full Article BBC News
18 Feb 2014

Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has said it carried out a deadly bomb attack on a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Sunday. The group warned it was part of its "economic war" against the current Egyptian authorities, which it described as...

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An Egyptian policeman inspects a damaged bus after a deadly explosion Sunday near the Egyptian border crossing with Israel in Taba, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014.
photo: AP / Nameer Galal

updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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Islamists Claim Credit for Eygptian Tour Bus Bombing
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Tourists Return to Sinai after Bus Blast
updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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Tourist Bus In Egypt Attacked
updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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Bombing in Egypts Sinai Kills 3 South KoreansSinai Blast caught on tapeTourist Bus In Egypt Attacked
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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BBC News Sinai attacks Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Sinai attacks Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus
Moderate Islamist picked to lead Syrian rebel forces
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
18 Feb 2014

Beirut -- After losing ground to Syrian forces and Islamic extremists for months, the Western-backed rebel movement announced Monday it was replacing its military chief with an experienced field commander. The move is part of a broader restructuring aimed at persuading the U.S. and its allies to provide more sophisticated weapons to confront...

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras

updated 27 Jan 2014; published 27 Jan 2014
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Syria News - United Nations, Rebel, John Kerry, Bashar Assad
updated 22 May 2013; published 22 May 2013
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Bashar Al-Assad Breaking News: Kerry: US, Allies Ready to Aid Syria Rebels
updated 22 Apr 2013; published 22 Apr 2013
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Syrian rebels claim Assad forces massacre 85 in Damascus
updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
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Free Syrian Army attacks, John Kerry increases US aid to rebels of FSA
updated 07 Jan 2014; published 07 Jan 2014
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John Kerry: Assad Used Sarin Gas in Syrian Chemical Attacks - 9/1/13
updated 07 Mar 2013; published 07 Mar 2013
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Syria News - United Nations, Rebel, John Kerry, Bashar Assad
Matteo Renzi to become Italy’s youngest PM
Full Article Khaleej Times
17 Feb 2014

The 39-year-old mayor of Florence said his first priority would be to tackle relentless unemployment levels and pitiful economic growth. Italy’s Matteo Renzi was nominated to be the European Union’s youngest prime minister on Monday and immediately outlined an ambitious reform plan, promising “energy, enthusiasm and...

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Italian Democratic Party's leader Matteo Renzi talks to journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014.
photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino

updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Matteo Renzi to become Italy's youngest PM
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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Matteo Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister
updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
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Florence mayor Matteo Renzi tipped to be Italy's youngest PM
updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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High hopes for Italy's youngest PM-in-waiting
updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
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Matteo Renzi Might Become Europe's Youngest Prime Minister
updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
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A weekend of deals could see Italy's youngest ever prime minister
Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro expels three US officials amid protest tensions
Full Article The Independent
17 Feb 2014

The Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has ordered the expulsion of three US Embassy officials after Washington came to the defence of an opposition hard-liner accused by the leader of responsibility for bloodshed during anti-government protests. Maduro didn't identify the consular officials but charged that intelligence officials who tailed them...

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a rally on Bolivar Avenue in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014.
photo: AP / Alejandro Cegarra

updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Venezuela: Protests continue for fifth straight day
updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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Venezuela Maduro Protests
updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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Caracas chaos video: Gunfire, clashes as 3 dead in violent Venezuela protests
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Anti Maduro Protests In Venezuela Grow Violent
updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
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Caracas chaos video Gunfire, clashes as 3 dead in violent Venezuela protests
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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Anti-Maduro Protests In Venezuela Grow Violent
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah vows to keep fighters in Syria
Full Article BBC News
17 Feb 2014

The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, says his members will continue to fight alongside government forces in Syria's civil war. In a televised address on Sunday, he called on "political forces in the Arab world" to "stop the war on Syria". He said if this happened, then "of...

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File - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during Ashura, that marks the death of Shiite Islam's Imam Hussein, in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.
photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

updated 14 Nov 2013; published 14 Nov 2013
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Nasrallah: Hezbollah in Syria for long haul
updated 01 May 2013; published 01 May 2013
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Hezbollah says Syrian rebels will never oust Assad by force
updated 26 May 2013; published 26 May 2013
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Sunni Rebels Attack Hezbollah Stronghold In Lebanon
updated 25 Aug 2013; published 25 Aug 2013
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18+ Hezbollah pt2 Nasrallah Terror Attack on Sunni Mosque Massacres Dozens in Lebanon 8-24-13
updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013
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HEZBOLLAH LEADER; Hassan Nasrallah's, Pledges to back Assad against Rebels & Israel
updated 26 May 2013; published 26 May 2013
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Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut
Over 100 killed in Islamist attack in Nigeria: Senator
Full Article The Times of India
17 Feb 2014

KANO, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria, a local senator said. The attackers stormed the village in Nigeria's restive northeastern Borno...

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Over 100 killed in Islamist attack in Nigeria
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
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Suicide car bomb attack kills at least 29 in northeast Nigeria
updated 30 Sep 2013; published 30 Sep 2013
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[Breaking News] Nigeria attack Students shot dead as they slept, College of Agriculture, YOBE
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
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Nigerians protest death of national, attack police
updated 30 Sep 2013; published 30 Sep 2013
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Nigeria Attack Suspected Islamist Gunmen Target College, Killing At Least 50 Students
updated 29 Sep 2013; published 29 Sep 2013
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VIDEO ~ Moment of Students killed in Nigeria college attack 09/29/2013
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Suicide car bomb attack kills at least 29 in northeast Nigeria
Report tells of rights violations in N Korea
Full Article Al Jazeera
17 Feb 2014

The UN is set to release a detailed report on human rights violations in North Korea that will include the testimonies gathered by Amnesty International, the UK-based rights organisation. The testimonies include powerful and disturbing accounts that tell of torture, rape and murder inside the country's labour camps where political prisoners are...

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South Korean protesters burn a defaced portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally denouncing North Korea's bombardment on South Korean border island, in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. South Korea's president vowed Thursday to boost troops on the island targeted by a North Korean artillery barrage, while the North stridently warned of additional attacks if the South carries out any "reckless military provocations.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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North Korea: UN report a political plot
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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North Korea rejects UN panel report on its human rights abuses
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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Crimes Against Humanity Report On North Korea
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
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UN releases report on human rights violations in North Korea
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Incomprehensible human rights abuses in North Korea
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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COI Investigates Human Rights Abuses in North Korea

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...
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The last time the world watched Christians...
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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...

Barroso casts doubt on independent Scotland becoming an EU member
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said states breaking away from existing European Union countries would struggle to gain EU membership, further complicating Scottish nationalists' already uncertain plans for independence. Barroso...
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Mediator apologises to Syrians for lack of peace progress
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologised to the Syrian people for the lack of progress at peace talks in Geneva after their second round ended on Saturday with little more than an agreement to meet again. As it became clear that the talks...
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More U.S. soldiers forced out over misconduct
Army misconduct (AP) WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of crimes or misconduct has soared in the past several years as the military emerges from a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle competence...
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Military ethics lapses are linked to lower standards, push for more troops
WASHINGTON • The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of crimes or misconduct has soared in the past several years as the military emerges from a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle competence than on character. Data...
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Travel agents report strong early bookings this season
PUNE: After a slow travel season last year, bookings for summer vacations have started much earlier this time, with many travellers making a beeline for long-haul destinations such as South Africa, Canada, Australia and Europe and even South America....
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U.S. military intervention, done right, could boost African stability
For decades, one golden rule has guided America's military involvement in Africa: Stay out. Generally speaking, the reason was a sense that the strategic stakes did not justify the risk. When we deviated from this rule, we often learned lessons the...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,right, and U.N. envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center, shake hands as they meet in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
Geneva, February 15: The Geneva-II international conference on Syria concluded Saturday without achieving tangible results, Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League joint envoy to Syria, said. Brahimi said a proposed agenda for the next round of talks was...
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