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Tony Blair: west must take sides against growing threat of radical Islam
Full Article The Guardian
23 Apr 2014

In keynote speech on Middle East, former PM blames Islamic extremism for failures of western intervention in region Tony Blair: 'What is absolutely necessary is that we first liberate ourselves from our own attitude. We have to take sides.' Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Western military intervention in the Middle East has so far failed...

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File - A man walks past a burnt out building following an attacked by Boko Haram in Bama, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb, 20. 2013. The latest attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeast has left 115 people dead.
photo: AP / Jossy Ola

updated 23 Jan 2014; published 23 Jan 2014
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Blair warns Syria conflict could spread outside region
updated 22 Dec 2012; published 22 Dec 2012
3:46
"Fighting For The Right Side"
updated 29 Jul 2013; published 29 Jul 2013
86:39
Christopher Hitchens vs Mark Danner - Iraq and the War on Terror
updated 07 Apr 2013; published 07 Apr 2013
3:24
"Some Sharia Councils In Britain Maybe Putting Muslim Women At Risk"
updated 11 May 2013; published 11 May 2013
93:28
Christopher Hitchens on Britain: Lady Chatterley, Tony Blair, Winston Churchill, Princess Diana
updated 20 May 2011; published 20 May 2011
59:43
Blair: The Inside Story Part Two
Ukraine crisis: US runs the show in Kiev, says Sergei Lavrov
Full Article BBC News
23 Apr 2014

The US is "running the show" in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. Mr Lavrov told Russia Today it was "quite telling" that Kiev had re-launched its anti-terror operation against pro-Russian gunmen during a visit by US Vice-President Joe Biden. Kiev and the West say Moscow commands the gunmen - claims...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.
photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert

updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
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Ukraine launches 'special operation' against separatists
updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
4:38
Ukraine Crisis 'Russians occupy' Crimea airports - 28 February 2014
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
2:16
Ukraine vows to launch anti-terrorist operation against pro-Russian forces
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
3:24
Ukraine crisis: US runs the show in Kiev, says Sergei Lavrov - 23 April 2014
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
3:07
Crimean leader claims control and asks Putin for help
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
1:56
Ukraine crisis escalates as pro-Russia protestors declare independence in Donetsk
Obama seeks to reassure Japan in China-Japan island dispute
Full Article Sacramento Bee
23 Apr 2014

TOKYO -- President Barack Obama told a Japanese newspaper on the eve of his arrival here that the U.S. considers the small islands in the East China Sea subject to a bitter Chinese-Japanese dispute within the scope of a U.S.-Japan security treaty. In written remarks to The Yomiuri Shimbun, Obama said that U.S. policy “is clear,” that...

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Obama seeks to reassure Japan in China-Japan island dispute
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
4:44
Obama to back Japan in China islands dispute
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
1:31
China Rejects Obama's Stance on Japan Island Dispute
updated 11 Apr 2014; published 11 Apr 2014
1:26
US reassure China that it does not treat China as enemy, but as friend
updated 29 Nov 2013; published 29 Nov 2013
26:25
DAY BREAK 06:00 China sends warplanes to disputed airspace over East China Sea
updated 27 Nov 2013; published 27 Nov 2013
4:14
Bidden Will Travel To China Over Air Defense Crisis
updated 19 Jan 2013; published 19 Jan 2013
0:36
Hillary Clinton sends warning to China over Senkakus
Libya and the ICC: Courting chaos and confusion
Full Article Al Jazeera
23 Apr 2014

The current jurisdictional stalemate concerning the on-going criminal proceedings against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and his younger brother, Saadi, has once again called into question the authority of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The current position is certainly not that envisaged following the popular uprising in Libya, but...

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File - This image made from video distributed by the Zintan Media Center shows Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, center, inside a defendant's cage in a courtroom in Zintan, Libya, Thursday, May 2, 2013.
photo: AP / Zintan Media Center

updated 13 Nov 2012; published 13 Nov 2012
57:57
Barack Obama's Past and America's Future | Trevor Loudon
updated 02 May 2012; published 02 May 2012
9:44
Zambia's President Michael Sata Strengthens Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe
updated 03 Mar 2011; published 03 Mar 2011
6:14
Libya situation: Press Conference, ICC Prosecutor - 3 March 2011
updated 23 Nov 2011; published 23 Nov 2011
1:57
ICC: Libya has priority to try Saif al-Islam
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
4:22
Netherlands ICC Libya 2012 News
updated 10 Jun 2012; published 10 Jun 2012
1:44
ICC delegates accused of espionage in Libya
In Ukraine, Biden Brings Array of U.S. Support
Full Article Real Clear Politics
22 Apr 2014

Vice President Biden arrived in Ukraine this week bringing some tangible U.S. support to a country challenged by political and military struggles both internally and from neighboring Russia. The administration offered $50 million in new U.S. assistance to bolster free elections in Ukraine, and boost non-Russian sources of natural gas, on top of $1...

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses members of the Ukrainian parliament during a meeting Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in Kiev
photo: AP / Sergei Supinsky, Pool

updated 21 Apr 2014; published 21 Apr 2014
1:09
US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kiev: America backing Ukraine against Russian threat
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
2:37
US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kiev: America backing Ukraine against Russian threa
updated 25 Feb 2014; published 25 Feb 2014
0:50
Biden, Yanukovych Spoke 9 Times In 3 Months, Source Tells AP
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
1:39
Ukraine crisis Biden to meet Kiev leaders in show of support
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
4:19
The benefits of a Biden 2016 campaign
updated 01 Mar 2014; published 01 Mar 2014
3:01
POWERFUL SPEECH: Barack Obama Warns Russia Violating Ukraine Sovereignty " Deeply Destabilizing "
Fearing the Icefall: On Everest, dangers are clear
Full Article Springfield News-Sun
22 Apr 2014

On Everest, everybody knows that the Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Khumbu Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass. It is a river of ice, a kilometer (half mile) or so of constantly shifting glacier punctuated by deep crevasses and...

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In this May 18, 2013 file photo released by mountain guide Adrian Ballinger of Alpenglow Expeditions, climbers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, in the Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas
photo: AP / Alpenglow Expeditions, Adrian Ballinger, File

updated 03 Aug 2010; published 03 Aug 2010
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Mount Everest ICE FALL.wmv
updated 17 Apr 2012; published 17 Apr 2012
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Everest 2011 Part III - Khumbu Ice Fall
updated 30 Aug 2011; published 30 Aug 2011
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Everest Khumbu Ice Fall (Gineth Soto)
updated 04 Jul 2012; published 04 Jul 2012
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Mountain climber saved at last second from near-fatal fall - Nerve-racking rescue caught on video
updated 28 Mar 2012; published 28 Mar 2012
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In the Khumbu Icefall with Dave Hahn, Mt. Everest
updated 03 Sep 2010; published 03 Sep 2010
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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine
Full Article Independent online (SA)
22 Apr 2014

Tokyo - Nearly 150 Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday paid homage at the Yasukuni shrine which honours the nation's war dead, raising the stakes in an already tense region on the eve of US President Barack Obama's visit. A cross-section of parliamentarians - including at least one cabinet minister - paid their respects at the shrine, which honours those...

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A group of Japanese lawmakers are led by a Shinto priest at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during an annual spring festival on Tuesday, April 22, 2014
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara

updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
0:59
Nearly 150 Japanese lawmakers visit controversial war shrine
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
0:48
Korean gov't strongly criticizes Japanese lawmakers visit to Yasukuni shrine
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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Japanese Lawmakers Visit War Shrine
updated 18 Oct 2013; published 18 Oct 2013
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Japanese lawmakers visit Yasukuni war shrine Friday
updated 18 Oct 2012; published 18 Oct 2012
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67 Japanese lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine
updated 25 Apr 2013; published 25 Apr 2013
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Korea Today - Why the Yasukuni Shrine Visit Sparks Anger 신사참배, 무엇이 문제?
Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew
Full Article The Guardian
22 Apr 2014

FOSTER KLUG Associated Press= MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — As the ferry sank, some crew members gave their lifejackets to passengers. One refused to leave until she shepherded students off the ship, and was later found dead. Others worked from rescue boats to break windows with hammers and pull people trapped in cabins to safety. Nearly a week after...

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Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew
photo: US Navy / Adam D. Wainwright

updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
1:08
Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
1:08
Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew - 22nd April 2014
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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2014 - BBC World News - SK Ferry Disaster: 1st Distress Call Came from Young Korean Boy - 23/4/14
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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South Korea ferry disaster New arrests - 23 April 2014
updated 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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South Korean Ferry Disaster Claims Lives, Leaves Many Missing
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
1:01
South Korea ferry: Footage of passengers moments before ship sinks
‘Ethnic massacre’ leaves hundreds dead
Full Article Independent online (SA)
22 Apr 2014

New York - Rebels slaughtered hundreds of civilians when they seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu, hunting down men, women and children who had sought refuge in a hospital, mosque and Catholic church, the United Nations said on Monday. Rebel troops overran Bentiu, the capital of the oil producing Unity State, on Tuesday. More than a million...

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‘Ethnic massacre’ leaves hundreds dead
photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran

updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
2:45
U.N.: South Sudan Rebels Separate Residents By Ethnicity, Kill Hundreds - 22 April 2014
updated 21 Apr 2014; published 21 Apr 2014
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South Sudan Violence: UN Condemns Bentiu's Ethnic Slaughter
updated 21 Apr 2014; published 21 Apr 2014
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South Sudan conflict: Bentiu 'ethnic slaughter' condemned
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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South Sudan: Bentiu atrocity will not be the last unless pleas for help are heard
updated 21 Apr 2014; published 21 Apr 2014
1:46
South Sudan conflict: Bentiu 'ethnic slaughter' condemned
updated 10 Jan 2014; published 10 Jan 2014
1:14
South Sudan's army advances on rebels in Bentiu and Bor
ANALYSIS: NATO Build Up in Poland Threatens International Stability
Full Article Novosti
22 Apr 2014

WASHINGTON, April 22 (RIA Novosti), Lyudmila Chernova – NATO’s military build-up in Poland is a dangerous and provocative development which might lead to another Cuban Missile crisis, Professor Francis Boyle told RIA Novosti Tuesday. “This is an extremely dangerous and provocative development in the crisis between the United...

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ANALYSIS: NATO Build Up in Poland Threatens International Stability
photo: US DoD

updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
4:43
Russia: NATO using Ukraine crisis to counter "imaginary external threat"
updated 01 Mar 2014; published 01 Mar 2014
7:56
Build up to WW3 as UNITED STATES and RUSSIA CLASH over UKRAINE
updated 14 Mar 2014; published 14 Mar 2014
1:35
U.S. deploys fighter jets to Poland, sends message to Russia -World Latest News
updated 11 Mar 2014; published 11 Mar 2014
32:37
April 17 2014 Breaking News Associated Press NATO ups military presence amid Russian threat
updated 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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ALERT! Russia Deploys Troops Near Polish & Lithuanian Borders
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
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World War 3 : The Beast scrambles F-15 Fighter Jets to Poland against the Bear of Gog (Mar 05, 2014)

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David Moyes facing the sack: Could Sir Alex Ferguson return as Manchester United manager?
Belfast Telegraph
Manchester United have run out of patience with David Moyes and the former Everton manager looks set to be told he no longer has a job at Old Trafford before the season is out....
Can you compare African slave trade to the Holocaust?
Ha'aretz
NEW YORK – “The man refused to eat. He had been sick, reduced to a ‘mere skeleton.’ He had apparently made a decision to die. Captain Timothy Tucker was outraged,...
After Algerian landslide, what next?
San Francisco Chronicle
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's frail president won a fourth term in a landslide victory, but it only masks a bigger question for this oil-rich North African nation — what now?...

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FIFA suspends Barcelona transfer ban during appeal
Barcelona's Lionel Messi kicks the ball in front of Atletico players
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Share Photo✉ FC Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez, from Chile, left, duels for the ball against Athletic Bilbao's Iker Muniain during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, April...
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Rana Plaza disaster may happen again unless big brands have less power
Building collapse in Dhaka
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One year after the Bangladesh factory collapse, big companies must make changes that are more than mere window dressing Rana Plaza disaster: a relative holds a picture of a missing worker, who was working in the factory in Savar, Bangladesh, when it...
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Kerry: Cold War diplomacy was ‘easier’ than today
Kerry: Cold War diplomacy was ‘easier’ than today
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Secretary of State John Kerry waxed a little bit nostalgic for the Cold War on Tuesday, saying the era of civil defense drills and mutual assured destruction was an “easier” or “simpler” time in which to lead American diplomacy. “It may not have...
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Talking without saying
The Hindu
In a context of deepening confrontation and sporadic violence in eastern Ukraine which has so far left three people dead and many more injured, Russia, the United States, and the European Union reached an agreement of sorts in Geneva on April 17. The...
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Nigeria Abduction: At Least 230 Girls Still Missing
In this photo taken Monday, April, 21. 2014, soldiers stand guards in front of government secondary school Chibok, were gunmen abducted more than 200 students in Chibok, Nigeria
The Inquisitr
According to an earlier report by The Inquisitr, the Islamic extremist group, the Boko Haram, is being accused of breaking into a school and kidnapping well over two hundred students in the dead of night. According to ABC News, education officials...
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These 23 Countries Have More Than Doubled Military Spending In The Last Decade
These 23 Countries Have More Than Doubled Military Spending In The Last Decade
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Members of the Afghan National Army attend a briefing. Bucking a global trend of , 23 countries around the world at least doubled their military spending between 2004 and 2013, according to a fact sheet released by The Stockholm International Peace...
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Toyota wants to use more hybrid system parts made in China
Toyota wants to use more hybrid system parts made in China
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CHANGSHU, China (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) wants locally procured parts to make up at least half the components in the gasoline-electric hybrid propulsion systems for the Corolla and Levin cars it plans to start making in China next year....
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