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 UN warns of 'grave' food shortage in Somalia
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 return... (photo: AP / UNHCR-Siegfried Modola) Al Jazeera
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 Islands of Illusions and the Damned
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Sulfur Island, and much of its life, became a victim of humankind's aggressive geopolitical and technological determinism sixty-nine years ago this mon... (photo: AP / Joe Rosenthal) WorldNews.com
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 Facebook purchases WhatsApp mobile messaging service for $19B
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,... (photo: AP / Margarethe Wichert/dapd) The Oklahoman
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 Nikkei battles to keep rally going
Sydney - Asian share markets were in hesitant mood on Wednesday as investors keep a wary eye on interest rates in China, though the euro left the dollar in its dust after... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye) Independent online
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 Police storm protest camps in central Kiev after bloodiest clashes
KIEV, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian riot police continued a massive assault on anti-government protesters in central Kiev early Wednesday, after the bloodiest outburst of... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky) CNTV
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 Malala visits refugee camp Syrians
Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. | The 16-year-old, who came to the international limelight when she was shot by the Taliban... (photo: AP / Jessica Rinaldi) Belfast Telegraph
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 Stocks Are Going Nowhere After Two Ugly Economic Reports
The Egyptian vulture. | U.S. markets are open after a three-day weekend. And they're not doing much. | The Dow is down 41 points (0.2%). | The S&P 500 is down 2 point... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) Business Insider
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 Barack Obama asked HBO for True Detective and Game of Thrones advance episodes
President Obama's TV fanboy credentials are only getting better, with the POTUS not only being a big House of Cards fan but now also reportedly requesting screeners for T... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The Independent
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 Presidents' Day and Politically Polarized Vortexes
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension...i... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) WorldNews.com
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 Innovative DIY solar water pump takes aim at global water crisis
In an age when many of us have unprecedented and almost instant access to technology and resources, and yet others in the developing world are dying daily because of lack... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) Treehugger
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