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Crimean Parliament votes to join Russia
Full Article The Hindu
06 Mar 2014

Lawmakers in Crimea called a March 16 referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia instead, voting unanimously on Thursday to declare their preference for doing so. “This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev,” Sergei Shuvainikov, a member of the local Crimean legislature, said. “We will...

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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 5, 2014, a local resident holds Russian flag during a rally at a central square in Simferopol, Ukraine.
photo: AP / Sergei Grits

updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
4:38
Ukraine Crisis 'Russians occupy' Crimea airports - 28 February 2014
updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
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Pro-Russian protesters hold Crimean parliament under siege
updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
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Pro-Russian Ukrainians rally outside Crimean parliament
updated 01 Mar 2014; published 01 Mar 2014
0:49
Russian - Ukrainians rally outside Crimean Parliament
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Ukraine: Pro-Russia protesters rally outside Crimean parliament
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
0:41
Crimean Crisis Russian Fighter Jets Scrambled as Crimea Votes to Join Russia
Can Japan revive its nuclear ghost towns?
Full Article Al Jazeera
06 Mar 2014

- It's from a distance that Naoki Kobayashi tries to manage the reformation of his town Namie, which sits empty 10km away from the leaking nuclear plant that has wrought chaos on the lives of those in its radioactive reach. In the relocated town office in Nihonmatsu, roughly 66km west of Namie, Kobayashi and his colleagues are wrestling with...

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File - Former resident Susumu Ikeda walks past an overgrown garden during a visit to his home in the abandoned town of Namie, northeastern Japan, just outside the 20 kilometer exclusion zone around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011.
photo: AP / Greg Baker

updated 28 Feb 2013; published 28 Feb 2013
2:37
Fukushima, Japan: News From The Meltdowns
updated 06 Jun 2013; published 06 Jun 2013
3:21
Bloody Hell! 86.09 micro Sv/hr in Namie, Japan, 2013, Nuclear Insanity
updated 29 Mar 2013; published 29 Mar 2013
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BEST NEWS 2013 : Google Street View Shows Japanese Nuclear Zone
updated 18 Feb 2013; published 18 Feb 2013
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Fukushima NHK Documentary: "A Town Torn Apart"
updated 04 Jun 2013; published 04 Jun 2013
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Namie: A Japanese Nuclear Tragedy (Does It Remind You Of Something?)
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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Japan: News From The Meltdowns, January 2013
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni to sue over secret tapes
Full Article BBC News
06 Mar 2014

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni have launched legal action after secret recordings of them were leaked online. Lawyers for Mr Sarkozy filed a request for an emergency injunction to prevent more transcripts from being...

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**FILE** In this July 14, 2008 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, waves as he stands with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace during Bastille day ceremonies in Paris. French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days.
photo: (AP Photo / Thibault Camus, file)

updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Sarkozy, Carla Bruni seek to block secret tapes
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni seek injunction over tapes
updated 06 Apr 2011; published 06 Apr 2011
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Les larmes de l'Elysée
updated 31 Mar 2013; published 31 Mar 2013
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy irritée par une question sur Nicolas Sarkozy interrompt une interview
updated 27 Nov 2011; published 27 Nov 2011
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Nicolas Sarkozy annonce en direct qu'il va quitter Carla Bruni
updated 14 Aug 2013; published 14 Aug 2013
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Crimea lawmakers schedule vote on joining Russia
Full Article The Guardian
06 Mar 2014

YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press= SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Lawmakers in the embattled Crimean region of Ukraine decided Thursday to hold a referendum March 16 on whether Crimea should become part of Russia, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions. "This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev," Sergei Shuvainikov, a member...

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Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval ships are moored, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.
photo: AP / Andrew Lubimov

updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Crimean lawmakers vote to to join Russian Federation
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
1:47
Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
1:28
Ukraine Pro-Russian Masked Men TAKE OVER Building in Crimea
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Crimea lawmakers call referendum on joining Russia
updated 01 Mar 2014; published 01 Mar 2014
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Russian assembly OKs military use in Ukraine
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
2:20
Ousted Ukraine president on the run
NATO airstrike kills 5 Afghan soldiers
Full Article San Francisco Chronicle
06 Mar 2014

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An early morning NATO airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province killed five Afghan soldiers on Thursday, the coalition and Afghan defense ministry officials said. The strike occurred in the province's Chakh district, according to the Afghan spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi, who said eight Afghan National Army troops...

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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and Coalition Forces patrol in Barrmo, Washir district, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2013. The ANA and Coalition Forces conducted mounted and dismounted patrolling and engaged local nationals to prevent insurgency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Demetrius L. Munnerlyn/Released)
photo: USMC / Demetrius L. Munnerlyn

updated 08 Sep 2013; published 08 Sep 2013
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NATO Accused Of Killing Afghan Civilians
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
1:09
Nato Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers: Official - TOI
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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NATO Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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NATO air strike kills 5 Afghan soldiers
updated 12 Apr 2013; published 12 Apr 2013
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AMERICAN AIRSTRIKE in Afghanistan KILLS 10 CHILDREN following Taliban & ISAF CLASHES
updated 08 Apr 2013; published 08 Apr 2013
0:53
NATO Airstrike Kills 11 Children Under 8 in Kunar Afghanistan
Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Tripoli
Full Article The Independent
06 Mar 2014

Niger has extradited Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi Gaddafi, the Libyan government has announced. The government says Saadi Gaddafi, one of the deposed Libyan leader's eight children, is being detained in Tripoli and will be treated...

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Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, laughs in front of the leader's portrait during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2005.
photo: AP / Dan Peled

updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Niger Extradites Gaddafi's Son Saadi to Tripoli, Libya Says
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Libya
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Niger Extradites Gaddafi's Son Saadi to Tripoli, Libya Says
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Libya - 6 March 2014
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Libya
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Saadi to Libya
CIA Launches Probe of Possible Spying on US Senate Staffers
Full Article Voa News
06 Mar 2014

VOA News The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has launched an internal review into allegations that its officers had improperly monitored congressional staffers assigned to investigate the agency's interrogation program. Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein told reporters Wednesday about the investigation by...

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File - Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, left, and CIA Dir.ector John Brennan, right, take their seats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, prior to testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the US.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

updated 22 Apr 2013; published 22 Apr 2013
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CIA Secret Wars: Agent Exposes Assassinations, Black Ops, Conspiracies, Torture (1989)
updated 08 Feb 2013; published 08 Feb 2013
7:09
Senator King Questions President's Nominee to Lead CIA
updated 27 Sep 2013; published 27 Sep 2013
4:14
Senate Intelligence Committee questions nation's top spies
updated 30 Jul 2010; published 30 Jul 2010
7:51
Frank Church Open Senate Hearings on CIA
updated 17 Oct 2013; published 17 Oct 2013
57:34
How Drug Smuggling Works: The CIA, Trade & Finance in Central America Day 4 Part 1 (1988)
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
23:54
AVN | CIA Caught Spying On Senate Intelligence Investigating CIA!
UN, EU hold emergency talks to seek way out of Ukraine crisis
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
06 Mar 2014

Russia will come under heightened diplomatic pressure Thursday as the UN Security Council and European leaders hold emergency talks on Ukraine, after the seizure of Crimea created the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. The EU summit in Brussels starts at 1030 GMT, when leaders will meet with Ukraine's prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk who...

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Mark Lyall Grant (left), Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN, confers with United States Permanent Representative Samantha Power during the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, 3 March, 2014.
photo: UN / Evan Schneider

updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Ukraine crisis: EU leaders to hold emergency talks - 6 March 2014
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
4:54
EU leaders hold emergency meeting on crisis in Ukraine
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Ukraine Crisis: EU and UNSC to Hold Separate Emergency Talks over Russia's Troop Deployment
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Ukraine crisis: EU to hold emergency talks
updated 02 Mar 2014; published 02 Mar 2014
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Ukraine crisis Obama urges Putin to pull troops back!
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Video: Russian troops fire warning shots as Ukrainian military march towards Crimea air ba
NATO suspends joint mission with Russia
Full Article The Siasat Daily
06 Mar 2014

Brussels, March 05: NATO announced Wednesday to suspend the planning for first NATO-Russia joint escort vessel mission to neutralise Syria's chemical weapons. "Russia will not be involved in the escort of the US vessel (Cape Ray)," which will neutralise Syria's chemical weapons, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was quoted as saying at...

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Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval vessels are moored, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.
photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev

updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Code name 'Vigilant Skies': Russian and NATO jets hold joint anti-terror exercise in Poland
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
7:39
NATO reviews relationship with Russia over Ukraine crisis - 6 March 2014
updated 30 Sep 2009; published 30 Sep 2009
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Afghan War Is A Joint NATO/US Mission
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
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The NATO-Russia Council Meeting Ended
updated 27 Aug 2013; published 27 Aug 2013
6:56
Slovakian Ambassador on U.S. Investment, Eurozone Membership & Joint NATO Missions in Afghanistan
updated 13 Aug 2013; published 13 Aug 2013
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World War 3 : China and Russia conduct joint Peace Mission 2013 Anti Terror Drills (Aug 12, 2013)
Venezuela cuts ties with Panama, calling country a 'lackey' for the United States
Full Article CNN
06 Mar 2014

March 6, 2014 -- Updated 0149 GMT (0949 HKT) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses Panama of pushing for regional organizations to intervene in Venezuela. (CNN) -- Venezuela's President severed diplomatic relations with Panama Wednesday, accusing the Central American nation of being a "lackey" for the United States in a conspiracy plot...

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Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro celebrates his victory after the official results of the presidential elections were announced, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, late Sunday, April 14, 2013.
photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa

updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
2:40
Venezuela's Maduro breaks diplomatic links with Panama
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Venezuela's Maduro breaks diplomatic links with Panama - 6 March 2014
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Venezuela Breaks Diplomatic Links with Panama, amid Chavez Anniversary, Protests
updated 27 Nov 2011; published 27 Nov 2011
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Harold Skydiving
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Venezuela Breaks Diplomatic Links with Panama, amid Chavez Anniversary, Protests
updated 06 Mar 2014; published 06 Mar 2014
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Venezuela Breaks Diplomatic Links with Panama, amid Chavez Anniversary, Protests

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Crimea is a litmus test for the EU but there is little sign that its members can reach consensus, says Ian Traynor Analysts say that Vladimir Putin (pictured) has already factored...
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PRETORIA, South Africa A witness cried and Oscar Pistorius arrived late for the afternoon session on a dramatic second day of the double-amputee Olympian's murder trial. A look at...
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- The highway leading up to the town at the base of the damaged and leaking Daiichi nuclear plant has only been open for a couple of weeks. But the small town, with a gorgeous...

A protester carries a Tunisian flag during a sit-in in support of the Tunisian people organized by the committee for solidarity with the people's uprising in Tunisia and Lebanon, in front of the U.N. headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia has lifted a state of emergency three years after it was imposed, in a largely symbolic move to show security is improving in the North African state. Since the 2011 uprising that ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali,...
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 Police officers in bulletproof vests patrol the streets in the Konohana district of Osaka, western Japan, Monday, April 19, 1999. When members of Japan´s biggest underworld gang moved into the working-class neighborhood of Konohana two years ago, t
Police say number of people in organised crime syndicates fell below 60,000 for first time on record last year Members of the largest yakuza group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, at a funeral in the 1980s. Photograph: AP The number of people belonging to...
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician,
Tweet Johannesburg, Mar. 6 (ANI): Ukraine's new Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said embattled Crimea must remain part of Ukraine. In his first interview since taking office last week, Yatsenyuk Crimea said Crimea will however be granted more...
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, top, seen during a judo training at a sports school in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a news conference after an EU-Russia Summit in Brussels January 28, 2014. Putin said on Tuesday it would honor its obligations to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce its gas prices even if the opposition...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walk and talk
PARIS (AP) — Facing off in Europe's capitals, Russia and the West began trying to build the elements of a diplomatic solution to Europe's gravest crisis since the Cold War — even as the West appeared increasingly resigned to an entrenched Russian...
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Tymoshenko says the West must force Russia to withdraw troops from the Crimean peninsula and that Ukraine should not agree to any compromises with Russia.
Share Photo Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Tymoshenko says the West must force Russia to withdraw troops...
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German President Joachim Gauck, center, stands among officials during a visit to the ancient Acropolis in Athens, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Gauck is on a visit that will seek to lay to rest some of the ghosts of a brutal Nazi occupation, amid renewed anti-German sentiment stoked by Greece's financial crisis. His three-day visit will include a speech Friday at a site where German army troops massacred 92 villagers near the northeastern town of Ioannina, and a meeting with the town's Jewish community.
Germany's president arrived in Athens Wednesday on a three-day visit that will include visiting the site where Nazi troops massacred dozens of people, in an attempt to ease anti-German sentiment stoked by Greece's financial crisis. Joachim Gauck's...
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