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Somali Islamist militants claim deadly palace attack
Full Article Swissinfo
21 Feb 2014

Reuters February 21, 2014 - 12:15 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said they carried out Friday's car bomb and gun attack against the presidential palace in central Mogadishu that left several people dead. "We targetted the so-called presidential palace. Our fighters are fighting inside the palace...

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File - Somali soldiers walk near the car wreckage of a suicide bomber in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Feb,13 2014.
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh

updated 05 Jun 2013; published 18 Mar 2013
0:47
Mogadishu : Car bomb kills at least 10 near Somali presidential palace
updated 07 Sep 2013; published 07 Sep 2013
0:41
Bomb attacks kill 18 in Somali capital, Mogadishu
updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
0:37
Hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu hit by Car Bombs, killing at least 10 people.
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
3:12
Somali Police: Car Bombs Explode Outside Hotel In Mogadishu
updated 25 Oct 2013; published 25 Oct 2013
2:16
Mogadishu residents rebuild lives after a sense of normalcy returns
updated 28 Apr 2013; published 18 Mar 2013
0:21
Somalia: Mogadishu car bomb kills at least 10 people
Iran boosts military support in Syria to bolster Assad
Full Article Reuters
21 Feb 2014

LONDON/ANKARA (Reuters) - As Syria's war nears the start of its fourth year, Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and train troops, sources with knowledge of military movements say. This further backing from Tehran, along with deliveries of munitions and equipment from...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Palestinian activist, right, helps Palestinian residents, at the gate of the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
1:46
February 17 2014 Breaking News Russia Supports Assad Regime rejects Syria Peace talks proposal;
updated 10 Jun 2013; published 10 Jun 2013
2:09
Free Syrian army attacks - Iran hosts peace conference on Syria
updated 04 Aug 2013; published 04 Aug 2013
2:39
Free Syrian army lose the civil war? Al Assad visit troops of syria, Iran support syrian troops
updated 03 Jun 2013; published 03 Jun 2013
4:47
Bashar Al Assad Bloody Revenge
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 16 Jun 2013
9:18
Iran is Sending 4000 Soldiers To Fight In Syria
updated 02 Feb 2013; published 16 Sep 2012
1:10
Confirmed: Iran's Revolutionary Guard in Syria?
EU ministers agree to impose sanctions against Ukraine
Full Article The Hindu
21 Feb 2014

The European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Thursday agreed to adopt sanctions against Ukraine, including asset freezes, visa bans and ban on exporting anti-riot equipments, EU...

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An activist looks for a sniper through a burning tire barricade close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky

updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
0:32
Video of Ukraine Soldiers Shooting AK 47, Sniper Rifle at People as Truce Fail, 25 More Die
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
1:53
White House and EU foreign ministers consider Ukraine sanctions
updated 18 Jan 2014; published 18 Jan 2014
2:18
EU's Ashton plans to visit Iran 'within weeks'
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
6:01
VOA news for Thursday, February 20th, 2014
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
1:39
Arrival and doorstep EU HR Ashton
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
3:06
Ukraine unrest: Angry protesters fight back
Obama to host Dalai Lama at White House
Full Article BBC News
21 Feb 2014

US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, a move likely to anger China. The two last met in 2011, in talks that China said damaged Sino-US ties. China describes the Dalai Lama as a separatist, while the spiritual leader says he only advocates greater autonomy for Tibet, not...

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File - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visiting at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery to cover a 3 day Buddhist teachings, near Norbulingka, Dharamshala, India.
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

updated 02 Aug 2013; published 13 Feb 2010
4:30
US rejects China Dalai Lama warning
updated 27 Aug 2010; published 10 Apr 2008
1:55
Dalai Lama says he supports Olympics
updated 27 May 2013; published 04 Aug 2009
0:51
Help Free Dhondup Wangchen - filmmaker's Wife Appeals for Help : Jigdrel Leaving Fear Behind
updated 31 May 2013; published 09 Mar 2013
1:35
Secretary Kerry introduces Woeser as a winner of the International Women's Courage Award 2013
updated 29 Mar 2008; published 29 Mar 2008
10:00
#20c The Duke Fightmaster show Replacement for Conan Obrien
updated 31 May 2012; published 31 May 2012
0:25
Chinese play Obama 2.wmv
Schism between Sunni and Shia has been poisoning Islam for 1,400 years - and it's getting worse
Full Article The Times of India
20 Feb 2014

The war in Syria began much earlier than is generally recognised. The conflict actually began in the year 632 with the death of the Prophet Mohamed. The same is true of the violence, tension or oppression currently gripping the Muslim world from Iraq and Iran, though Egypt, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to Yemen, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A single...

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Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers on the Friday following Eid -e-Milad marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 January, 2014.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
26:08
Sunni Shia Split Documentary
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2011
7:26
Q: SUNNI OR SHIA? (Beautiful Explanation) - Dr Zakir Naik
updated 05 Jul 2013; published 23 Jun 2013
7:14
Sunni - Shia Muslim sectarianism | Mohammed Ansar on BBC Radio 4 Sunday Program 23rd June 2013
updated 15 Aug 2013; published 14 Jul 2013
13:16
Why the Sunni-Shia Split? - Dr. Shabir Ally
updated 20 Jul 2013; published 22 Jun 2013
3:57
Can sunni marry shia - Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Salah
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
13:31
Who r N Difference Between Shia,Sunni and Khawarij ? by Dr.Muhammad Tahir Qadri (r.h)
Ukrainian president agrees to truce with opposition following deadly clashes
Full Article Newstrack India
20 Feb 2014

Tweet London, Feb. 20 (ANI): Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to a truce with opposition leaders, after at least 26 people died in clashes this week. In a statement, he said...

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Anti-government protesters are silhouetted against the flame during a clash with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov

updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
5:16
Ukrainian president agrees to truce after deadly clashes in Kiev
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
3:17
Kiev Ukraine Protests | War Goes On | Protest 2014 Live | UPDATE 40 DEADS
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
1:51
Ukraines President, Protesters Agree on TruceUneasy truce as Ukrainian protesters wait to see what P
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
2:47
Ukraine: Yanukovych announces 'truce' with protest leaders
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
7:56
Kiev Ukraine Protest 2014 LIVE Explosions | Protesters Clashes With Police | 14 People Dead
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
3:02
Ukraine president 'agrees truce' with opposition
Obama’s incredible shrinking ‘empire’
Full Article Boston Herald
20 Feb 2014

Of all the time-honored failings for which we criticize sitting presidents — by “we” I mean pundits, academics and other members of the chattering phylum — two charges stand out: imperialism and shrinkage. Usually it’s one or the other. When the president is unpopular or when he’s lost control of his agenda or...

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File - President Barack Obama views the Gulf of Finland during a break at the G20 Summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 5, 2013.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

updated 29 Jan 2014; published 29 Jan 2014
2:27
Obama: I want to expand opportunity
updated 18 Sep 2013; published 18 Sep 2013
12:58
Wallace: Obama's actions 'incredibly damaging' to White House
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
0:51
President Obama Gets Screamed At By Hecklers At Boston Obamacare Speech
updated 18 Apr 2008; published 18 Apr 2008
1:53
Hu Jintao: Incredible Shrinking of Torch Route
updated 13 Feb 2013; published 13 Feb 2013
2:01
Emboldened Obama vows to 'reignite' middle class - USA
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
2:53
Kendrick Johnson's gym death Teen found dead inside rolled up gym mat
UN warns of 'grave' food shortage in Somalia
Full Article Al Jazeera
20 Feb 2014

More than 850,000 people in Somalia are in desperate need of food and are living "in crisis and emergency conditions", the director of UN humanitarian operations has said. John Ging, who just returned from a three-day visit to Somalia, said on Wednesday that...

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In this Saturday, Aug.13, 2011 photo released by the UNHCR severely malnourished children look on at the Al Adala internally displaced peoples settlement in Mogadishu, Somalia.
photo: AP / UNHCR-Siegfried Modola

updated 10 May 2011; published 10 May 2011
2:10
UN humanitarian chief calls for pause in Libyan fighting
updated 06 Feb 2014; published 06 Feb 2014
2:57
Avoiding Future Famines in Somalia HD 2014
updated 17 Jan 2012; published 17 Jan 2012
2:37
Post-mortem on Somali famine
updated 08 Sep 2011; published 08 Sep 2011
3:58
World rallies to assist crisis in the Horn of Africa
updated 15 Dec 2011; published 15 Dec 2011
6:51
Hope to the Horn of Africa - UNDP efforts in Somalia
updated 16 Aug 2011; published 16 Aug 2011
1:07
East Africa food crisis: report from Dadaab refugee complex
South Koreans Leave for Emotional Family Reunions in the North
Full Article Voa News
20 Feb 2014

VOA News A group of elderly South Koreans is set to meet North Korean familiy members for the first time since they were separated six decades ago by the Korean War. Eighty-two South Koreans, traveling with 58 family members, left Thursday for the North's Mount Kumgang resort, where they will meet 180...

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Elderly people receive medical check as they arrive for a hotel to take part in the reunions with their family members in North Korea, in Sokcho, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014.
photo: AP / Yonhap, Lee Ji-eun

updated 25 Sep 2009; published 25 Sep 2009
4:42
Divided Korean Families: Brief, Emotional Reunions
updated 28 Sep 2009; published 28 Sep 2009
1:44
Korean Family Reunions End after Three Days
updated 03 Feb 2014; published 03 Feb 2014
9:17
The Heartbreaking Reality Of Korean Family Reunions
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
2:10
S. Korean families meet families in the North at Mt.Kumgang resort
updated 31 Oct 2010; published 31 Oct 2010
1:53
Separated family reunion meeting in North Korea - no comment
updated 18 Aug 2013; published 18 Aug 2013
1:14
North and South Korea to hold first reunion for divided families in three years
7 convicts in former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case to be freed
Full Article CNTV
19 Feb 2014

NEW DELHI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three assassins of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, along with four of their associates involved in the case, will be set free soon, the Chief Minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa, announced Wednesday. "The cabinet has taken a decision to release the three convicts, Perarivalan,...

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Supporters of congress party hold  a  photograph former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary in srinagar on Thursday. Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb blast Tamilnadu.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
7:36
Tamil Nadu govt decides to release all seven killers of Rajiv Gandhi
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
4:50
Tamil Nadu cabinet gives nod to release Rajiv Gandhi's killers
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
5:58
Rajiv Gandhi assassination: TN govt to release all convicts
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
3:32
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Jayalalithaa to free Rajiv Gandhi killers
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
5:06
J Jayalalithaa to free Rajiv Gandhi killers
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
4:01
Rajiv Gandhi killers to be released, Jayalalithaa takes decision

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President Barack Obama meets with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House, Feb. 18, 2010.
US President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama in 2010. Photo: MCT Washington: US President Barack Obama will meet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, in an encounter likely to draw the ire of China....
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, center, bumps fists with a supporter as he walks along the coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez as it is taken from the hospital where Chavez died on Tuesday to a military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has threatened to expel the US news network CNN from the country over its reporting of recent protests there. Mr Maduro said he would take action if CNN did not "rectify its coverage". Earlier, Mr...
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd
In this image taken Thursday Feb. 28, 2013 residents salvage wood from demolished houses at Ijora Badia slum in Lagos, Nigeria.
BAMA, Nigeria -- The latest attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeast has left 115 people dead, more than 1,500 buildings razed and some 400 vehicles destroyed, witnesses said Thursday, as a traditional ruler accused the military...
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
Libyan election officials work at a polling station in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Libyan National Assembly elections - the first free election since 1969-will take place on July 7, 2012.
Reuters TRIPOLI — Libyans trickled to the polls on Thursday to elect an assembly to draft a constitution, with the paltry turnout reflecting deep political disillusion with the chaos pervading Libya since Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year rule ended in...
photo: AP / Manu Brabo
logo of the instant messaging app WhatsApp
Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any acquisition Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. • ; NEW YORK — Facebook is buying mobile...
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Laptop - Tweeter
By John JohnsonPublished February 19, 2014Newser A polygraph examiner applies electrodes on the fingers of a subject.AP Photo/Fernando Vergara European researchers say they're developing a system that can sniff out lies on Twitter, Facebook,...
photo: WN / Yolanda
President Barack Obama and President Pena Nieto of Mexico share a toast prior to a working dinner at Los Pinos
MEXICO CITY -- One thing that Presidents Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico share is they are hardly considered heroes in their homeland. Both have low domestic approval ratings that sometimes stand in sharp contrast to their images...
photo: White House / Pete Souza