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Italy to swear in new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
Full Article BBC News
22 Feb 2014

Italian centre-left politician Matteo Renzi is due to be sworn in as prime minister later. At 39, the Democratic Party leader will be Italy's youngest-ever PM. On Friday he formally accepted the mandate to lead a new government and named his cabinet. He ousted Prime Minister and party colleague Enrico Letta in a vote earlier this month. Mr...

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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 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
0:42
Matteo Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
0:50
Matteo Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister
updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
1:34
Florence mayor Matteo Renzi tipped to be Italy's youngest PM
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
2:18
Matteo Renzi: Who is Italy's new Prime Minister?
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
1:51
Matteo Renzi poised to be asked to form Italy's next government.
updated 17 Feb 2014; published 17 Feb 2014
0:50
Italy's New PM Matteo Renzi Outlines Reform
Venezuela Battles Media, Social and Otherwise, to Restrict Protest Coverage
Full Article The New York Times
22 Feb 2014

Correction Appended Tensions escalated further in Venezuela on Friday as street protests that began nine days ago continued and the government persisted in clamping down on coverage of the unrest in the broadcast media and online. At least seven journalists for CNN International and CNN Español reported that their press credentials had been...

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Demonstrators silhouetted against the Venezuelan flag protest
photo: AP / Reed Saxon

updated 03 Jun 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
1:12
NEW NEWS : Chavez' social media dominance
updated 14 Mar 2013; published 14 Mar 2013
3:09
Global Politics Shaken by Social Media
updated 08 Jan 2013; published 13 May 2011
6:41
Alonso Chehade on Dreamers and Social Media @ CNN en Español
updated 08 Oct 2012; published 08 Oct 2012
4:57
CNN-Venezuela Elecciones
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
2:16
Zimmerman's claims spark outrage
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
2:55
Clashes in Kiev, Bangkok and Caracas
U.S. Official: Beijing Preparing For 'Short, Sharp' War With Japan
Full Article National Public Radio
21 Feb 2014

China is stepping up war games in preparation for a possible conflict with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, a tiny island chain in the East China Sea claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo, a senior U.S. Navy official says. Captain James Fanell, deputy chief of staff intelligence and information operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, made the...

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A Chinese protestor holds a Chinese national flag during an anti-Japan protest on disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, outside the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012.
photo: AP / Vincent Thian

updated 08 Sep 2012; published 08 Sep 2012
6:42
HEADING FOR WW3: US sends CLINTON over to CHINA to claim NEUTRAL status, WESTERN ARMY grows in ASIA
updated 07 Sep 2012; published 06 Sep 2012
6:42
Build up to WW3: US sends CLINTON over to CHINA to claim NEUTRAL status, WESTERN ARMY grows in ASIA
updated 22 Nov 2013; published 22 Nov 2013
1:55
China flies first stealth drone Sharp Sword
updated 29 Jul 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
1:19
BEIJING News - northern China, Yum Brands Inc, People's Bank of China
updated 28 Jul 2013; published 09 May 2013
1:10
Chinese Premier meets Israeli PM in Beijing
updated 19 Jul 2013; published 30 May 2013
4:47
'We don't need US military secrets': Beijing slams White House theft claim
Ukraine foes sign crisis pact
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
21 Feb 2014

Ukraine's opposition leaders have signed a deal with the president and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. It could be a major breakthrough in a months-long crisis over Ukraine's future and identity that worsened sharply this week and left scores dead. A key question is whether...

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A priest addresses police officers to try stop fighting near the Cabinet of Ministers in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky

updated 23 Jan 2014; published 23 Jan 2014
1:17
Opposition calls on president to end Ukraine's crisis
updated 31 Jan 2014; published 31 Jan 2014
0:58
President Viktor Yanukovych slammed the opposition for inflaming tensions in Ukraine's crisis
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
4:57
Ukrainian President Yanukovych Wants To Talk With Protesters
updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
1:06
Ukraine's President Yanukovych in talks pledge after clashes
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
2:28
Ukraine crisis: President blames opposition for deadly clashes
updated 23 Jan 2014; published 23 Jan 2014
0:54
Ukraine protests spread beyond Kiev amid crisis talks
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

The New York Times
Mayor Bill de Blasio gave an impassioned presentation about traffic safety on Tuesday. On Thursday, under the immutable law of political comeuppance, he got busted by a TV news...
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Article by Wn.com Correspondent Dallas Darling A specter is haunting the Winter Games. The new roads and sidewalks, the neat hotels and dazzling amusement park, the colorful...
The Independent
It’s Robert Mugabe’s 90th birthday today. The president is hailed as a revolutionary hero by some of Zimbabwe while the West considers him a tyrant, guilty of corruption and...

venezuela's President-elect Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters as he arrives at the national Assembly for his inaugural ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 19, 2013.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on Barack Obama to "accept the challenge" and hold direct talks, as the death toll from escalating anti-government protests jumped to eight Friday. The announcement was particularly surprising because...
photo: AP / Gil Montano
The Capitol dome is seen at rear as Chinese and U.S. flags are displayed in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, ahead of the arrival of China's President Hu Jintao for a state visit hosted by President Barack Obama.
See Also WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held low-key talks with the Dalai Lama on Friday, prompting the Chinese government to ask why the White House ignored Beijing's warnings that the meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual...
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
Jo Beaudry holds up a sign as she joins nearly 250 gay rights supporters protesting SB1062 at the Arizona Capitol, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Phoenix.
Protests have been held in Arizona against the state's passage of a bill allowing business owners to refuse service to gays on religious grounds. Hundreds rallied for demonstrations in the cities of Phoenix and Tucson, a day after the bill was...
photo: AP / Ross D. Franklin
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks next to a painting of the late Hugo Chavez, during a news conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Speaking Friday to international media, Maduro called out what he said was a
CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro challenged his US counterpart Barack Obama on Friday to hold “high-level dialogue” between their governments and proposed to appoint an ambassador to Washington. The sudden announcement was surprising...
photo: AP / Fernando Llano
Italian Premier designate Matteo Renzi meets reporters at the Quirinale presidential palace, Rome, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014.
The new Italian government of centre-left (PD) leader Matteo Renzi is almost up and running, just one week after the collapse of Enrico Letta’s coalition. Mr Renzi (39) and his government will be sworn in this morning in the Presidential Palace while...
photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca
File - President Barack Obama talks on the phone with President-elect Vladimir Putin of Russia while aboard Air Force One en route to Richmond, Va., March 9, 2012.
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday that a deal aimed at halting bloody clashes between government forces and protesters in Ukraine needs to be quickly implemented so that the country stabilises, a US...
photo: White House / Pete Souza
The Dalai Lama gestures while speaking to reporters outside his hotel in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
Tweet Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) In the face of objections from China, President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama Friday saying the US supports his "Middle Way" approach of neither assimilation nor independence for Tibetans in China. Obama's meeting...
photo: AP / Luis Alvarez