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Baghdad bombings leave scores dead and more injured
Full Article BBC News
27 Feb 2014

At least 26 people have been killed in bombings around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according to officials. Seventeen people were killed in one blast at a second-hand motorbike market in the eastern Sadr City district, they said. The bomb, which also injured 38, appears to have been...

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Civilians clear the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the crowded commercial area of Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014.
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban

updated 25 Dec 2013; published 25 Dec 2013
0:32
37 killed, 50 injured in Baghdad bomb attacks
updated 18 Jun 2013; published 18 Jun 2013
1:23
Suicide bombing at Baghdad mosque 31 killed, 57 wounded in
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
0:52
Iraq Car Bomb Attacks Kill Dozens In Baghdad
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
1:12
Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Baghdad
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
2:17
Christian Areas Hit By Baghdad Bombs 25 Dec
updated 05 Feb 2014; published 05 Feb 2014
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BBC News - Christian areas in Baghdad in Iraq hit by bombs.mp4
All sides committing 'war crimes' in South Sudan: reports
Full Article Deccan Chronicle
27 Feb 2014

Nairobi: War crimes have been committed by all sides in conflict-wracked South Sudan, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, reporting widespread atrocities in weeks of carnage in the world's youngest nation. Thousands have been killed and almost 900,000 forced from their homes by over two months of battles between rebel and government forces, backed by...

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Due to a severe water shortage at the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the UN Mission for South Sudan's (UNMISS) Malakal Base, women walk in groups to fetch water from the Nile River, located approximately three kilometres from camp, 24 January, 2014.
photo: UN / Isaac Billy

updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
1:35
South Sudan president declares a state of emergency.
updated 05 Jan 2012; published 05 Jan 2012
14:36
Rwanda army committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, Genocide in Congo.
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
2:26
Peacekeepers killed at South Sudan UN base
updated 12 Jan 2014; published 12 Jan 2014
3:14
Mediators Meet With South Sudanese Rebel Leader
updated 29 Aug 2010; published 29 Aug 2010
7:13
Al-Bashir Did Not Commit A Crime.mp4
updated 11 Apr 2012; published 11 Apr 2012
1:47
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Ukraine protest leaders name ministers, Russian troops on alert
Full Article Khaleej Times
27 Feb 2014

In Kiev, leaders of the popular protests that toppled Yanukovich named former economy minister Arseny Yatseniuk as their choice to head a new interim government. Ukrainian protest leaders on Wednesday named ministers they want to form a new government following the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich, as Russia put troops on high...

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Crimean Tatars clash with a police officer , left, in front of a local government building in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014.
photo: AP / PhotoAndrew Lubimov

updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
1:57
Putin puts Russian troops on alert amid Ukraine separatist fears
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
12:20
RUSSIAN TROOPS ON ALERT
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:56
Russia Puts 150,000 on HIGH ALERT on UKRAINE BORDER
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
6:26
Preparing For War : Ukraine Revolution 150,000 Russian Troops On Alert As U.S. Warns Putin
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
1:55
February 26 2014 Breaking News REUTERS New York Putin orders military drills on Ukraine bo
updated 24 Feb 2014; published 24 Feb 2014
4:55
Ukraine President Wanted For Mass Murder
Syria says 175 fighters killed near Damascus
Full Article Al Jazeera
27 Feb 2014

Syrian army troops have killed 175 opposition fighters, many of them linked to al-Qaeda-linked groups, in an ambush described as one of the deadliest attacks by government forces near Damascus, according to state media. An opposition group alleged that Wednesday dawn's ambush was carried out by the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which has been...

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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian government forces stand next to the bodies of rebels south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 27 Jul 2013; published 27 Jul 2013
2:41
Syrian Rebels Execute 51 Soldiers And Possible Civilians in Khan Al-Assal | Syria News
updated 07 Jan 2014; published 07 Jan 2014
5:26
Syrian rebels clash with al-Qaida-linked fighters in largest opposition held city!
updated 13 Jan 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
13:12
Rebel Infighting Rages Across Syria While Death Toll Rises | Syrian Civil War
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 17 Jan 2014
14:04
Intense Heavy Clashes Between FSA And ISIL As Rebel Infighting Continues | Syrian Civil War
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
2:37
Syria | Continued in Fighting Between Syria Rebels - Syria Actual 05/01/2014
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
2:41
Executions in Syria ISIL a Al-Qaeda-linked group 'kills' Aleppo captives
Ukraine turmoil poses difficult questions for EU
Full Article The Irish Times
27 Feb 2014

The events of the last 10 days in Ukraine have raised uncomfortable questions for the European Union, particularly regarding its relationship with neighbouring states. The EU’s negotiations with Ukraine over the last five years meant it was inevitable it would be embroiled in the crisis. The EU’s immediate response as reports began to emerge of the...

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Ukraine turmoil poses difficult questions for EU
photo: European Community / EC

updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
2:30
'We can't help now!': Europeans question Brussels' plan to bail out Ukraine
updated 06 Feb 2014; published 06 Feb 2014
1:30
EU's Ashton demands more urgency from Ukraine politicians
updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
2:30
We cant help now: Europeans question Brussels plan to bail out UkraineWe cant help now: Europeans qu
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
2:30
To bail out Ukraine?!? Europeans question Brussels' plan and say 'We can't help now!'
updated 05 Feb 2014; published 05 Feb 2014
0:59
Paul Dewar on Aid for Democracy in Ukraine
updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
2:30
'We can't help now!'Europeans question Brussels' plan to bail out Ukraine
Protesters lambast Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan over phone recordings
Full Article CNN
26 Feb 2014

February 26, 2014 -- Updated 1143 GMT (1943 HKT) Istanbul (CNN) -- Red banners flapped in the breeze of a packed Istanbul street Wednesday, where demonstrators gathered to listen to opposition members lambast Turkey's Prime Minister for a second day. Embarrassing audio recordings that sound like Recep Tayyip Erdogan giving his son money laundering...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Turkey's opposition party leaders on Tuesday asked Erdogan to resign and demanded an investigation into Erdogan for alleged corruption.
photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
1:43
Calls for Turkey PM Erdogan to resign in leaked tape scandal
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
3:02
Calls for Turkish PM to flee or resignCalls for Turkey PM Erdogan to resign in leaked tape scandalTu
updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
11:26
Erdogan and his Son Bilal Discussing Ways to Conceal Funds from a Police Investigation
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
2:50
Calls for Turkish PM to flee or resignCalls for Turkey PM Erdogan to resign in leaked tape scandalTu
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:43
Calls for Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign in leaked tape scandal
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
3:02
Calls for Turkish PM to flee or resignTurkish protesters call for Erdogan resignationTurkish protest
Guantanamo: Making the unbearable a little less unbearable
Full Article Al Jazeera
26 Feb 2014

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC recently ruled that Guantanamo detainees could bring legal challenges to their conditions of confinement. The court's decision in centres on an attempt by three detainees engaged in a hunger strike to obtain an injunction preventing the military from subjecting them to enteral force-feeding, a painful...

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File - A Soldier assigned to the 115th Military Police Company of the Rhode Island Army National Guard stands watch in a guard tower at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo as a Navy shuttle bus passes by.
photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

updated 12 Jun 2008; published 12 Jun 2008
1:40
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gitmo Detainees
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
173:03
Heated Testimony on Guantanamo Bay Interrogation Rules: Detainees & Operating Procedures (2008)
updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
0:48
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Moazzam Begg Arrested In Terrorism Case
updated 24 Jul 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
82:58
Boumediene's Legacy and the Fate of the Guantanamo Detainees.wmv
updated 29 Nov 2010; published 29 Nov 2010
3:32
Guantanamo Detainee Aquittal and Civilian Courts
updated 12 Jun 2012; published 12 Jun 2012
8:17
Guantanamo Bay detainees rebuked by Supreme Court
Obama warns Afghan president of full troop withdrawal
Full Article The Times of India
26 Feb 2014

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact. But in a rare telephone call with Afghan President Karzai, Obama also held out the possibility of agreeing to a post-2014 training and anti-terror mission...

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File- Staff Sgt. James Allen conducts a dismounted patrol of the Sharana District Center bazaar with his platoon’s Afghan Uniformed Police partners, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, 6 August, 2011.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Charles Crail

updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:54
Obama threatens to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
2:00
Obama threatens to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
2:00
BBC News - US planning full Afghan pullout, Obama tells Karzai
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:50
US planning full Afghan pullout, Obama tells Karzai
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:50
US planning full Afghan pullout, Obama tells Karzai 25 February 2014
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
2:44
BBC News US planning full Afghan pullout, Obama tells Karzai
US, Britain: No 'Zero Sum Game' for Ukraine
Full Article Voa News
26 Feb 2014

Top diplomats from the United States and Britain are denying that Ukraine faces an East-West divide, following the ouster of Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych. Following a meeting Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Washington and London hope Ukraine can form an "inclusive...

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John Kerry, and William Hague discussed support for Ukraine's new leaders
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth

updated 24 Feb 2014; published 24 Feb 2014
4:53
Ukraine: Russia Warned Over 'Grave Mistake'
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:05
Ukraine is not caught in East West battle, says US
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
3:02
Eastern Ukraine Crimea and Kiev Divided - Possible Separatist Movement ?
updated 23 Feb 2014; published 23 Feb 2014
0:25
Ukraine: Russia Warned Over 'Grave Mistake'
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:04
Ukraine is not caught in East-West battle, says US.,
updated 23 Feb 2014; published 23 Feb 2014
4:02
Ukraine crisis: Parliament told to form unity government by Tuesday
Uganda says healthcare is for all despite anti-gay law
Full Article BBC News
26 Feb 2014

Uganda's health minister says homosexuals will not be discriminated against when accessing healthcare despite the introduction of a tough new anti-gay law. Dr Ruhakana Rugunda told the BBC that all people, gay or otherwise, should get full access to medical treatment. Aid charities warn the new bill will have "disastrous" effects on...

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Polisario Front Representative Briefs Media Ruhakana Rugunda, Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, briefs correspondents following the decision of the Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:59
Uganda says healthcare is for all despite anti-gay law
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:47
Ugandan president signs tough anti-gay bill
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:00
Uganda says healthcare is for all despite anti gay law
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
1:00
BBC News Uganda says healthcare is for all despite anti gay law
updated 26 Feb 2014; published 26 Feb 2014
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Uganda says healthcare is for all despite anti gay law
updated 22 Feb 2014; published 22 Feb 2014
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Uganda Museveni 'seeks US advice on homosexuality'

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Lee Rigby: Swift Conclusion To Shocking Case
Skynews
It was when we saw the large pool of blood on the pavement that we realised the 'incident' we'd just heard about in Woolwich was particularly serious. The Sky News helicopter was...
Daily Report: As Mt. Gox Falls, Bitcoin Looks to the Future
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The apparent collapse of Bitcoin’s best-known and once-dominant trading platform has provoked outrage among its users, but it has also stirred hopes that the way may now be clear...
Why stakes are high in European election
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This year's elections to the European Parliament - taking place on 22-25 May across the EU - will see an unprecedented battle over the bloc's powers and role. For the...

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Spanish economy trundles on in fourth quarter
Spanish economy trundles on in fourth quarter
The Irish Times
Spain’s economy grew between October and December as domestic demand and investments improved, data showed, adding to signs that its recovery from recession is slowly gaining traction. Gross domestic product expanded by 0.2 per cent in the fourth...
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Unemployment falls to 12.1%, close to European average
Unemployment falls to 12.1%, close to European average
The Irish Times
Unemployment has fallen to 12.1 per cent, official figures have revealed. As the Government detailed its latest plans to drive job creation, the Central Statistics Office quarterly national household survey said the number of people out of work...
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Qantas cuts 5,000 jobs, posts AUD 235 mn loss in first half
File - Qantas jets taxi at the international airport in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.
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Disclosing a AUD 235 million half- year loss, Australian national airlines Qantas today announced axing...
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NASA's Kepler mission announces confirmation of 715 new planets
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Scientists with NASA's Kepler mission announced Wednesday that the number of verified planets beyond our solar system (also called exoplanets) has increased by 715. These newly confirmed exoplanets orbit 310 stars,many are in multi-planet systems...
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New shipment of chemical weapons leave Syria
New shipment of chemical weapons leave Syria
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Tweet Damascus, Feb 27 (IANS) A new shipment of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons left its territory Wednesday, as a continued international effort to rid the war-torn country of its chemical arsenal, the UN confirmed in a...
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Tourist board anger over 'sex tourism' Adidas shirts
"I Love Tourist" during the Rio de Janeiro carnival. Rio de Janeiro is a main cultural hub in Brazil. Its architecture embraces churches and buildings dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries, blending with the world renowned designs of the 20th century.
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Brazil forced the withdrawal of a line of World Cup shirts bearing suggestive motifs seen as harming the country's image. Following a complaint by the state tourist board, official cup sponsor Adidas withdrew the shirts, which had...
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UK Soldier Lee Rigby's Killers Sentenced
A picture of the murdered 25-year-old soldier of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Lee Rigby, amongst some of the thousands of floral and other tributes left at the scene near Woolwich Barracks in London Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Two men attacked and killed the soldier in broad daylight Wednesday May 22. Thousands of floral tributes have been left by public well wishers.
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A pair of al Qaeda-inspired extremists have been jailed for the murder of an off-duty British soldier who was hacked to death on a London street in front of horrified crowds. Self-described "soldier of Allah" Michael Adebolajo was sentenced...
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