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Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370: Search area narrows to size of Wales
Full Article The Independent
10 Apr 2014

The search area being scoured for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has hugely narrowed, officials said, prompting newfound optimism more than a month after the jet disappeared. A team consisting of 13 ships and 14 planes was tasked on Thursday with looking for floating debris in a 22,300 square-mile (57,900 square-km) stretch of the...

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Chief Naval Aircrewman (Operator) Samuel Judd, left, and Naval Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Carlos Ibarra, both assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, search out the windows of a P-8A Poseidon while flying over the Indian Ocean in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, 8 April, 2014.
photo: US Navy / CMCS Keith DeVinney

updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 Search Team Detect Two Signals
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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Missing Malaysia MH370 Plane Search Regains Recorder Signal - 9 April 2014
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 search operation in Indian Ocean
updated 20 Mar 2014; published 20 Mar 2014
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[FULL] Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 debris FOUND near Australia Waters
updated 09 Mar 2014; published 09 Mar 2014
5:56
[FULL] Malaysia Airlines Crash Missing: Trace of Oil FOUND in Search Area | Oil Slick Spotted
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
18:13
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: The Story So Far - Day 31
In Libya, politicians in fear of powerful militias
Full Article The Miami Herald
10 Apr 2014

TRIPOLI, Libya -- In a humiliating video, Libya's top politician — the head of parliament — is seen begging with a militia commander, trying to explain to him why he was caught with two women in his residence and insisting nothing scandalous was going on. "In God's name," Nouri Abu Sahmein tells the militiaman, Haitham al-Tajouri....

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In this March 5, 2011 file photo, an anti-government rebel sits with an anti-aircraft weapon in front an oil refinery, after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

updated 18 Nov 2013; published 18 Nov 2013
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Libyan military launches operation to drive out militiamen
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
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Tensions Rise In Libya After Ultimatum By Militia
updated 01 Apr 2014; published 01 Apr 2014
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Inside Libya's Militias
updated 04 Apr 2012; published 04 Apr 2012
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New Libya Reality NATO Puppets Show ليبيا مباشر
updated 18 Feb 2014; published 18 Feb 2014
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Libyan Militias Want The Parliament To Resign
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
0:46
Libyan PM released by militiamen: PM seized following US Tripoli raid to capture al-Qaeda leader
Politicians slug it out in India's first social media election
Full Article CNN
10 Apr 2014

April 10, 2014 -- Updated 0337 GMT (1137 HKT) An official checks a voter's identity card in Agartala, India, on Monday, April 7. India's general election will be held in stages over five weeks. Voters will elect 543 members to the lower house of parliament, which will then select the country's next prime minister. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is...

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Supporters listen to a speech by Senior Congress leader and Jammu and Kashmir Tourim Minister G.A Mir during an election campaign rally at Shahabad-Dooru 120 kms From South Kashmir, Srinagar, on Wednesday on 09, April 2014.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 08 Nov 2012; published 08 Nov 2012
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Social Media Impact On The Election
updated 02 Apr 2014; published 02 Apr 2014
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In Business- Elections 2014: Social Media Pulse
updated 06 Jul 2013; published 06 Jul 2013
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India News : BJP's election strategy ready for Mission 2014 in Delhi
updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
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Media Debates Hoffman's Death Overdose Spurs Focus On Heroin Media Buzz Spotlight
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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News & Politics- Social Media Will Drive Chinese Liberalization
updated 11 Jul 2013; published 11 Jul 2013
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Influence of Social Media in Elections 2014
Missing Malaysia plane: Search area narrows
Full Article BBC News
10 Apr 2014

Teams are focusing on a narrowed search area in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, after more signals were heard earlier this week. Thursday's search was set to involve up to 14 aircraft and 13 ships, the agency co-ordinating the search announced. They will search 57,923 sq km (22 364 sq miles) - the smallest designated search...

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A submarine built by Bluefin Robotics is lowered into the water by systems engineer Cheryl Mierzwa in Quincy, Mass., Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
photo: AP / Scott Eisen

updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
2:29
Missing Malaysia MH370 Plane Search Regains Recorder Signal - 9 April 2014
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Confirm They HAVE Found Signals Consistent With Black Box - 7April
updated 06 Apr 2014; published 06 Apr 2014
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MH370 Pings Re-Detected By Chinese Vessel - Plane Search Signal Important Lead - 6 April 2014
updated 05 Apr 2014; published 05 Apr 2014
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Flight 370 : Chinese Ship Discovers Black Box Ping Detected In Indian Ocean - 5 April 2014
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 Search Team Detect Two Signals
updated 05 Apr 2014; published 05 Apr 2014
5:19
Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal - 6 April 2014
UN: 3,600 raped in DRC in four-year period
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Apr 2014

The United Nations has said more than 3,600 women, children and men were subjected to rape and other sexual violence in Congo over a four-year period by the country's defense and security forces or armed rebels. A UN report published on Wednesday documented 3,645 victims of sexual violence between January 2010 and December 2013, with...

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A delegation of United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) female staff visited a women's shelter for victims of sexual abuse in Goma and donated much needed supplies.
photo: UN / Marie Frechon

updated 16 Feb 2014; published 16 Feb 2014
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Montana County Attorney's Office To Mother Of 5-Year-Old Rape Victim: 'Boys Will Be boys'
updated 24 Feb 2014; published 24 Feb 2014
1:22
Minnesota Nursing Home Defends Rapist: 89-Year-Old Victim Was A 'Flirt'
updated 27 Jun 2012; published 27 Jun 2012
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Rape Prevention: Advantages of Reporting the Crime Immediately
updated 24 Dec 2012; published 24 Dec 2012
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Sacto cop rapes elderly stroke victim
updated 05 Feb 2014; published 05 Feb 2014
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Father attacked dozens of women over 30-year period and persuaded sons to take part ..
updated 16 Aug 2010; published 16 Aug 2010
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Rape Prevention Documentary / Educational Video
US stabbing rampage leaves many injured
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Apr 2014

An American high school student has stabbed or slashed 20 people, mostly teenagers, in a bloody 30-minute rampage in the classrooms and hallways of a Pittsburg...

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Emergency responders gather in the parking lot of the high school on the campus of the Franklin Regional School District where several people were stabbed at Franklin Regional High School on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Murrysville, Pa., near Pittsburgh.
photo: AP / Keith Srakocic

updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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20 students injured after stabbing in US High School
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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Stabbing rampage at Pa. high school leaves 21 injured
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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20 Students and One Security Guard Stabbed at Franklin Regional High School
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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School Stabbing Victims Expected to Survive
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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20 hurt in mass stabbing at US high school
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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BREAKING: Surgeon Reports Over Mass Stabbing at Franklin High School
Arab League pledges $100m to Palestinians
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Apr 2014

Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have renewed their commitment to give $100m in monthly aid to the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The ministers also urged Arab governments falling behind on payments to the Palestinians to swiftly come up with the money, according to the Associated Press news agency. The pledge, made on...

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 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he addresses the Palestine Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday July 18 2007. Abbas said Wednesday he would call early elections, harshly denouncing the Islamic Hamas in speech before
photo: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

updated 29 Nov 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
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Israel and Palestine, an animated introduction.
updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
5:46
The Israeli Palestinian Conflict: 10 Myths Preventing Peace (Calev Myers)
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
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[LYRICS] Arabic-Hebrew song for peace between Palestine and Israel.
updated 19 Sep 2007; published 19 Sep 2007
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The Jewish-Arab Peace Song (w/ English subtitles)
updated 31 Jan 2014; published 31 Jan 2014
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Peace for Israel and Palestine? Public Opinion 20 Years after Oslo
updated 05 Apr 2009; published 05 Apr 2009
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Israel and Palestine: Peace or Perpetual Conflict?
US Senate Republicans block 'Paycheck Fairness Act'
Full Article BBC News
09 Apr 2014

Republicans in the US Senate have blocked a Democratic bill aimed at closing the gap between what men and women are paid. The Paycheck Fairness Act fell seven votes short of the 60 required to advance in the chamber. Republicans dismiss the bill as an election year ploy that would invite frivolous lawsuits. But Democrats cite Census Bureau data...

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., left, talk about the gender pay gap as the Senate begins debate on wage equity, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014.
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite

updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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Senate Republicans Veto 'Paycheck Fairness Act'
updated 07 Jun 2012; published 07 Jun 2012
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Mikulski, Murray, DeLauro, Ledbetter Speak on Senate Republican Filibuster of Paycheck Fairness Act
updated 06 Jun 2012; published 06 Jun 2012
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Paycheck Fairness Act: 'Misogynist' Republicans Scuttle Bill in Senate
updated 11 Jun 2012; published 11 Jun 2012
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Jobs for Veterans, Paycheck Fairness Act, and Interest Rates on Student Loans (2012)
updated 04 Jun 2012; published 04 Jun 2012
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GOP Opposed To Bill That's Good For Women And The Economy
updated 05 Feb 2014; published 05 Feb 2014
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GOP backs equal pay for equal work
Oscar Pistorius trial: 'Pit bull' prosecutor grills athlete in dramatic cross-examination
Full Article The Independent
09 Apr 2014

Oscar Pistorius was left shaken after an extremely graphic photograph of Reeva Steenkamp's head wound was shown in court as State Prosecutor Gerrie Nel began his cross-examination demanding he "take responsibility" for killing his girlfriend. On the first day of cross-examination, Mr Nel, known in South Africa as the 'pit bull', asked for...

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Oscar Pistorius leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for shooting dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Faces 2nd Day of Cross-Examination
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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No mercy for Oscar Pistorius
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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3rd day for Pistorius cross-examination, Chriselda Lewis reports
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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BBC News Oscar Pistorius I made a terrible mistake
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Cross-Examined - Live From The Courtoom
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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Oscar Pistorious Grilled by Prosecutor
Over 20 killed, nearly 70 injured in blast in Pakistan
Full Article The Times of India
09 Apr 2014

ISLAMABAD: Over 20 people were killed and nearly 70 others injured on Wednesday in a blast that ripped through a bustling fruit market on the outskirts of the Pakistan's capital, even as peace talks are on with the banned Taliban. The blast occurred in the fruit market in Sector I-11 of the capital, bordering the garrison city of Rawalpindi. No...

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Police cordon off the area of a blast in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
photo: AP / B.K. Bangash

updated 12 Jun 2011; published 12 Jun 2011
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34 Killed, 94 Injured In Twin Blasts In Pakistani Market
updated 10 Oct 2013; published 10 Oct 2013
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Ten killed, dozens injured in Pakistan blasts
updated 17 Feb 2013; published 17 Feb 2013
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Pakistan bomb blast - Dozens dead in Quetta market
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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18 Killed In Bomb Blast In Fruit Market On Outskirts Of Pakistani Capital - 9 April 2014
updated 09 Apr 2014; published 09 Apr 2014
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18 Killed In Bomb Blast In Fruit Market On Outskirts Of Pakistani Capital - 9 April 2014
updated 17 Feb 2013; published 17 Feb 2013
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Bomb blast in Pakistan market, killing 81

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Even President Obama’s most vociferous enemies would grudgingly admit that the man is a brilliant orator. His speech yesterday (April 8) on the subject of women being paid the same...
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Security experts have urged internet users not to panic and instantly change their passwords in wake of the Heartbleed bug security flaw, despite suggestions to do so from prominent sites like Tumblr. Hugh Boyes, cyber security lead at the UK-based...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walk through the Russian Ambassador's house in Paris, France, on March 30, 2014, before a meeting focused on Ukraine.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart have agreed on the need to resolve the security situation in eastern Ukraine peacefully, officials say. It comes as pro-Russia activists continue to occupy state buildings in eastern cities...
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File - Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes the stage to speak at the National Military Academy's (NMA) third graduation ceremony at the NMA in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 22, 2011.
KIM GAMEL Associated Press= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan central government authorities on Wednesday began questioning the police commander who killed an Associated Press photographer and wounded an AP reporter, a day after he was transferred...
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A man, center, supervises a dancing group during a mass folk dance in front of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, April 15, 2013.
North Korea's newly elected parliament met for the first time Wednesday to rubber-stamp a reshuffle of high-ranking officials, including the re-election of leader Kim Jong-un. Military politburo chief Choe Ryong-hae was elected as vice chairman of...
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This Feb. 19, 2012 photo, shows a line of 2012 Prius sedans at a Toyota dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), in its second-largest recall announcement, said on Wednesday that it would call back 6.39 million vehicles globally, and analysts saw automakers increasingly turning to recalls rather than risk bad...
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi covers his face during the Champions League
Koke, right, celebrates scoring the opening goal (AP) Atletico Madrid reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time following a 1-0 win over Spanish rivals Barcelona. Koke's fifth-minute strike was enough to send Atletico...
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In this Aug. 18, 2010 file photo, Palestinian students visit the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial during their tour in Jerusalem. Six decades after the German Nazis murdered 6 million Jews, Israel's national Holocaust memorial has launched a new effort to educate the country's Arab minority, many of whom either deny the horror or undermine its scope.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday warned several state legislatures against initiatives that would punish the state-owned French railway company SNCF for carrying out Holocaust-era deportations to Nazi death and labor camps....
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