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Misconduct in Army ranks forcing more soldiers out, data shows

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Misconduct in Army ranks forcing more soldiers out, data shows
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... (photo: US Army / David Devich)

Lawmakers of the Justice and Development Party applaud Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan before he address them at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 29, 2008.

Photos Recep Tayyip Erdogan Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors Turkey Parliament Wikipedia: Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors

BBC News
Turkish MPs pass judicial reforms amid brawl
Turkish MPs have approved controversial plans to reform the country's top judicial body, amid a brawl which left one MP with a broken nose. The government wants the Supreme Board of Judges and... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)

President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

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Impeachment: The obvious answer to Obama dictatorship
That Beltway conventional wisdom will soon change as Republican control of the Senate in 2015 becomes increasingly likely. But what Republicans do not yet understand is that the call for impeachment... (photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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President Barack Obama addresses a get-out-the-vote campaign rally for Minnesota's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton at the University of Minnesota Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, in Minneapolis.

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Obama 'weaponizing government' against nonprofits
Text smaller Text bigger The leader of a prominent grassroots organization targeted for unlawful scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service says she is not surprised by evidence of collaboration between... (photo: AP / Jim Mone)
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Thai police retake protest camps in Bangkok

Al Jazeera
Thai police retake protest camps in Bangkok
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... (photo: AP / Wason Wanichakorn)
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USAID struggles to capture a different picture of Afghanistan

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USAID struggles to capture a different picture of Afghanistan
Things are not going swimmingly for U.S. development efforts in Afghanistan as Washington heads to a U.S. troop pullout that, depending on whether a post-2014... (photo: US Army / David Devich)
Afghanistan Photos Taliban US Troops Wikipedia: Afghanistan

Der Praesident von Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, traegt sich am Freitag (20.04.12) in Schloss Bellevue in Berlin in das Gaestebuch von Schloss Bellevue ein. Gauck traf sich mit Jonathan zu einem Gespraech

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Nigerian Senate Orders Audit of Unaccounted $20 Billion in Oil Revenue
Reuters ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigerian lawmakers investigating a claim that the state oil company has failed to remit $20 billion in oil revenues ordered a forensic audit of... (photo: AP / Maja Hitij/dapd)
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File - Stray Dogs.

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Sochi and 'Shooting-Off' Stray Dogs Like Laika
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If in an enlightened age a civilization can be judged by how it treats its young and old, then surely in a progressively... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers at parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

Reuters
Turkish president sees 'problems' in law tightening Internet controls
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday he saw problems with a controversial bill backed by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that would tighten... (photo: AP)
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United Nations

	Growing Inequalities Will Undo Significant Health Gains - UN Report Peace FM Online
	Syria peace talks break up as UN envoy fails to break deadlock The Guardian
	Geneva-II concludes without tangible results The Siasat Daily

Security Council

	UN chief Valerie Amos: 'Syrians are looking to us to do something' BBC News
	France, EU to send hundreds more troops to Central African Republic Stars and Stripes
	Arms for Somalia diverted to militias: UN experts New Straits/Business Times

NATO

	The new US-Russia Cold War Asia Times
	Afghanistan frees detainees U.S. sees as 'dangerous' Detroit Free Press
	Obama and Hollande: U.S. and France: a renewed alliance Richmond Times Dispatch

G8 Agenda

	Happy new year – but what exactly will make the news in 2014? The Guardian
	Canada let NSA spy on G20, G8 summits The Australian
	G8 table finds new home with prime minister in Downing Street BBC News

Politics Headlines

Turkey: MPs Injured In Mass Parliament Brawl

Murder woman: I've killed 22 others

Obama signs increase in US debt ceiling

LETTER: People who can get to polls should be able to get ID

LETTER: Common Core seeks to define educational standards

LETTER: With protection, dogs can live outside in winter

Elections Worldwide

For U.S. Supreme Court, a fantasy league of their own

Chicago groups clash over Obama library bid

Looking forward to chancellor-elect Gallagher's vision

President Barack Obama speaks about combat troop levels in Iraq as he addresses military personnel

Obama's ambassador nominations prompt an uproar with bungled answers, lack of ties

President Barack Obama addresses lawmakers as he opens the Fiscal Responsibility Summit, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. At right is a teleprompter reflecting chandelier

Obama: US must rethink water as climate changes

President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24,

Union vote at VW plant nears end after Obama weighs in

How do you envision the interconnected workplace of tomorrow The Examiner
GOP candidate for state comptroller updates disclosures Longview News Journal
Enviros fear pipeline crusde a distraction Longview News Journal
Gay marriage foes scrambling after court setbacks Longview News Journal
Radiation probe at US nuclear dump Belfast Telegraph
US peace envoy 'sorry' as Syrian peace talks break off in fa Newstrack India
Do term limits hurt or help Michigan politics (The Craig Fah Detroit Free Press
Challenge to emergency manager law moves forward after Detro Detroit Free Press
Presidents Day closings in Southern Indiana Courier Journal
John Henson, son of Muppets creator, dies in NY Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gay-marriage foes scrambling after court setbacks STL Today
Syrian troops bombard town near Lebanon border STL Today
Syria peace talks end with no progress; mediator hints at th STL Today
Lawmakers dismiss PR, call for Roche’s ouster Boston Herald
Pension fund inquiry scheduled Boston Herald
Embrace America’s energy renaissance Richmond Times Dispatch
US political appointees draw fire over plum postings South China Morning Post
Poster at DNC convention calls Barack Obama 'prophesy fulfil The Examiner
LGBTs taking nothing for granted Chicago Sun-Times
With Putin in stands, controversy on ice, US emerges with ho Star Telegram

Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.

Geneva-II second round concludes without results

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Napolitano is visiting Germany and was due to meet with Social Democratic chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck, but Steinbrueck spokesman Michael Donnermeyer said Napolitano called off the meeting because of the "clown" comments of Merkel's challenger.

Napolitano consults with parties on new govt

Belgian lawmakers approved on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 a controversial euthanasia law.

Extend assisted suicide to children? Belgium says yes; so should we.

What Google Europe Will Look Like After A Legal Agreement Fo Business Insider
Matteo Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister DNA India
Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister The Himalayan
The fall of Kejriwal Khaleej Times
La dolorosa vita Khaleej Times
Anders Breivik: Mass murderer demands better video games and The Independent
Renzi set to become Italy's youngest PM China Daily
Silvio Berlusconi's back... to broker voting reform: Italy's The Independent
Kurds who became 'village guards' and fought PKK rebels in T The Independent
Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan summit focuses on security Xinhua
Center-left leader Renzi expected as youngest Italy's PM, as Xinhua
Tip-off storm in Germany Berlin, Feb. 15: A scandal linked t The Telegraph India
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: 'Ruling out a cure for Aids would The Observer
Swiss vote on immigration boosts far-right parties through r The Observer
Nine policemen injured at Montenegro protests Al Jazeera
CSU politicians question the fall of party comrade Hans-Pete Deutsche Welle
Italy's president delays choice of new prime minister The Daily Telegraph
Syria talks: UK and France blame government for collapse BBC News
Renzi power grab criticised as Italy holds coalition talks New Straits/Business Times
Matteo Renzi, the golden boy of Italian politics about to ta South China Morning Post

Governors listen in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, as President Barack Obama addressed the National Governors Association regarding the economic stimulus package. From left are: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford; Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick; Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue; Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas; and the pres

Obama says immigration, minimum wage top agenda

The haiden, at Matsunoo-taisha. Matsunoo-taisha (松尾大社 "Matsunoo Grand Shrine"?, formerly Matsunoo-jinja 松尾神社) is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijo Street, approximately 1.3 kilometers south of the Arashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.

Increase in tourism can help heal Sino-Japan rift

Sen. John, Kerry, D-Mass., speaks to a crowd Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, at Faneuil Hall in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)(dn1)

U.S. urges both sides to better Tokyo-Seoul relations

UN seeks foreign probe of Sri Lanka war crimes: Report The Times of India
North Korea promotes key military officials Al Jazeera
President inaugurates World Book Fair in Delhi Newstrack India
North Korea promotes military chiefs as it marks late leader South China Morning Post
U.S. officials blast Afghan President Karzai's release of te The Examiner
Book fairs celebrate the argumentative Indian: President Headlines India
Sir Richard Branson says helping Qantas will deter investors The Observer
Chilly Sunday in Delhi The Siasat Daily
Book Exhibition in Delhi – HUDA’s stall The Siasat Daily
Siasat Art Gallery depicts Arabic Calligraphy in World Book The Siasat Daily
NAFTA, 20 years later Ohio
Happy feet: animals discover dance The Australian
Thai FM lashes at election commissioner for "talking too muc Xinhua
Front Pages from Around the Globe San Francisco Chronicle
North Korean ship leaves Panama months after it was seized CNN
People should vote for a party that is building India, says The Siasat Daily
Let the politics begin The Times of India
Australia spied on Indonesia talks with US law firm in 2013 The Observer
N.Korean ship seized with arms returning to Cuba New Straits/Business Times
Taliban attacks setback for peace talks: Sharif The Siasat Daily

U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, left, gestures during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014. A second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition bogged down quickly Tuesday in recriminations about who was responsible for escalating violence that has killed hundreds in the past few days and disrupted food aid for trapped civilians.

Syria peace talks lag, Lakhdar Brahimi apologizes to Syrian people

Joint Special Representative for Syria Briefs Media Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, speaks to journalists, following his meeting with United States Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns and Mikhail L. Bogdanov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Syria peace talks stall after six days, mediator apologizes

A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a stone toward riot police firing tear gas during clashes in Dih, on the edge of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014.

Bahrain policeman dies after bomb blast

Uncertain future for Syria peace talks after round two ends Deutsche Welle
Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr 'to retire from politics' BBC News
Obama considers ways to ‘apply more pressure’ on Syria’s Ass Stars and Stripes
Lebanon's PM forms 'unity cabinet' Belfast Telegraph
Syria talks adjourn with no date set to resume Ohio
Obama considers ways to 'apply more pressure' on Syria's Bas The Los Angeles Times
2,500-yr-old ancient statue found in Gaza Khaleej Times
Second round of Syria talks stall with no agreement, even on Canberra Times
Lebanon gets new government after 10-month deadlock New Straits/Business Times
Bahrain protest attracts tens of thousands, no clashes Reuters
UN negotiator apologises for deadlocked Syrian peace talks The Independent
Hans Blix: From the hell of Iraq, hope for an era of peace The Independent
Bahrain accuses Iran's Khamenei of inciting protests Newstrack India
Dobbs: While Obama dithered in Syria Denver Post
Former Iraqi vice-president blames PM Maliki for crisis BBC News
Lebanon Forms Government After 10-Month Deadlock Voa News
UN 'very sorry' as Syria talks break off in failure New Straits/Business Times
Syria talks: Lakhdar Brahimi apology for lack of progress BBC News
Government forms in Lebanon after 10-month deadlock ends South China Morning Post
Tsenoli to Host Palestinian Local Government Minister All Africa

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrives to meet members of Brazil's soccer team at Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Brazilian government condemned a U.S. spy program that reportedly targeted the nation's leader, labeled it an "unacceptable invasion" of sovereignty and called Monday for international regulations to protect citizens and governments alike from cyber espionage.

Brazil watching changes in US espionage policy

Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela reaffirms economic reform measures

Residents work to recover their personal possessions from their flattened home in a camp for displaced people in Port au Prince. Tropical storm Isaac passed across Haiti overnight with high winds and heavy rains, flooding low lying areas of the capital and flattening camps for displaced people from the January 2010 earthquake. Photo Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

Haiti still in ruins four years after quake

Pro and anti-Maduro marches gather thousands in Venezuela BBC News
Venezuelan opposition leader's arrest sought New Straits/Business Times
Venezuelan students fight police, 'Chavistas' rally Reuters
Brazil Has Been Trying To Cover Up Critical Fire Damage To A Business Insider
Venezuela music star Dudamel targeted by opposition critics Baltimore Sun
Venezuela Political Tensions Rise amid Protests, Clashes Voa News
Rival Venezuelan rallies staged in Caracas Al Jazeera
Venezuela: Pro and anti-Maduro marches go ahead in Caracas BBC News
'Chavistas' march in Venezuela, opposition protests continue Reuters
Countries rethink pot laws in wake of US, Uruguay The Guardian
Venezuela unrest continues, though government frees 25 prote DNA India
Ukraine activist sees pro-Russia force in kidnap The Washington Post
Police fire tear gas to end anti-Maduro protest in Venezuela New Straits/Business Times
National unity Cabinet formed in Lebanon The Washington Post
Drought in Brazil– the biggest disaster you've probably neve Denver Post
Indonesian volcano brings life as well as death The Washington Post
Syria peace talks enter 6th day in Geneva The Washington Post
Syrian activist group says 140,000 killed so far The Washington Post
Competition for presidency heats up staid Algeria The Washington Post
Bahrain: Police officer dies after bomb blast The Washington Post

South Sudan: Investigate New Cluster Bomb Use (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

South Sudan: Investigate New Cluster Bomb Use (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Security Council extends UN mission in Burundi until December 2014 (United Nations Security Council)

Security Council extends UN mission in Burundi until December 2014 (United Nations Security Council)

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reacts during a news conference after meeting with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. The Czech prime minister is in Moscow to offer the Kremlin a gas deal brokered with Ukrainian President and Prime Minister

Putin backs Egypt army chief’s run for president

Uganda's president to sign anti-gay bill CNN
Ugandan president will sign harsh anti-gay law Sydney Morning Herald
Ugandan president condemned after passing anti-gay law The Observer
Congolese asylum seekers face 'torture with discretion' afte The Observer
Libyans mark third anniversary of revolution with bitterness South China Morning Post
Ruling Party Denies 'Bribing' Defected Legislators All Africa
A tough transition to democracy for Tunisia Denver Post
Top UN official arrives in Cairo Turkish Press
Kenya's President pushes for creation of African interventio Turkish Press
Five 'messages' in Al-Sisi's visit to Russia: Analysts Turkish Press
Court sentences 13 Morsi supporters to two years in prison Turkish Press
PH, Egypt hold meet, discuss bilateral cooperation Journal Online
Government To Introduce Incentive Packages For Investors Peace FM Online
Tema Workers Raise Issues With Some Government Decisions Peace FM Online
Obama bid for US-Russia reset slips as Cold War iciness recu Stars and Stripes
Activists set Feb. 22 for solidarity with Egypt 'political p Turkish Press
Top UN official to arrive in Cairo Saturday Turkish Press
Tunisia President reiterates support for Libya following all Turkish Press
Egypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for 'expected' electricity c Turkish Press
Mali ex-defense minister charged in soldier deaths The Japan News

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