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Middle East peace: Israel breaks off talks with Palestinians over unity deal
Full Article The Independent
24 Apr 2014

Israel has suspended diplomatic contact with the Palestinians, putting the troubled Middle East peace process on ice in response to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s national unity deal on Wednesday with the militant Hamas movement. “Instead of choosing peace, Abu Mazen [Mr Abbas] made an agreement with a murderous terror organisation that...

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File - Palestinians take part in a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in Gaza City on  January 4, 2013.
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updated 18 Nov 2012; published 16 Feb 2012
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Israelis on Peace Talks with Hamas: Fatah and Hamas sign Doha Declaration for Unity Government
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 08 Feb 2012
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Netanyahu to Abbas: Choose Hamas or peace with Israel
updated 18 Jun 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Fatah and Hamas sign unity agreement: UN's Ban Ki-moon and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu doubtful
updated 13 Dec 2012; published 11 Dec 2012
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Palestinian Unity Talks: triumphant Hamas in pole position as Abbas struggles to keep up
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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Palestinian Factions Agree on Unity Government, Official Says
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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Rally calls for unity between Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas
Obama says U.S. will stand by treaty obligations to Japan
Full Article The Washington Post
24 Apr 2014

TOKYOPresident Obama affirmed the fact that United States’ treaty obligations to Japan extend to a chain of contested islands in the East China Sea Thursday, even as he emphasized that Japan and neighboring China should seek a peaceful resolution to the dispute. Speaking at a press conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Obama...

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President Barack Obama says U.S. will stand by treaty obligations to Japan
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak

updated 26 Jan 2014; published 26 Jan 2014
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WW3: JAPAN Vs CHINA - Devastating Effects To Come
updated 08 Feb 2014; published 08 Feb 2014
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Secretary of State vowed that the US would defend Japan against attack
updated 30 Nov 2013; published 30 Nov 2013
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Trouble in the East China Sea
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
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US, Chuck Hagel warns Beijing that America will side with Japan
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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April 2014 Breaking News China seeking to gain control of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region
updated 19 Jan 2013; published 19 Jan 2013
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Hillary Clinton sends warning to China over Senkakus
Ukraine troops take checkpoint north of Slaviansk
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
24 Apr 2014

KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops with five light armored vehicles took control of a checkpoint north of Slaviansk on Thursday after pro-Russian separatists appeared to abandon the position, Reuters journalists said from the scene. When the armored unit approached along a road from...

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Armed Pro-Russian men on the street in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, April 21, 2014.
photo: AP / Sergei Grits

updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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Ukraine troops take checkpoint north of Slaviansk
updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
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Russia Invades Ukraine - War - The Invasion Begins !! World War 3
updated 15 Apr 2014; published 15 Apr 2014
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Eastern Ukraine: separatists storm government offices
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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Are these the first shots fired in war between Russia and Ukraine? Special forces shoot
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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US VP arrives in Kiev, armed with support package
updated 13 Apr 2014; published 13 Apr 2014
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April 11 2014 Breaking News Ukraine crisis Separatists barricades east Ukraine Kiev warns
Armenian 'genocide': Turkey has lost the battle of truth
Full Article Al Jazeera
24 Apr 2014

"In actuality, how Turks and Armenians, as the owners of this common history, can together, through dialogue and empathy, reach a just memory of the tragic events of 1915, which occurred during the great human sufferings of World War I, is already being examined thoroughly and in all its dimensions. In this context, our proposal to establish a...

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An Armenian town left pillaged and destroyed after the massacres in Adana in 1909 showing a Minaret from which Turks fired on Christians.
photo: US Library of Congress / George Grantham Bain

updated 31 Jan 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
8:15
Famous Turks telling truth about the Armenian Genocide Ermeni Soykırımı
updated 15 Nov 2012; published 15 Nov 2012
43:58
The Armenian Genocide-The Truth 15/11/2012
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 17 Jan 2014
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Franco-Turkish War - The Battle Of Marash
updated 27 Apr 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
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Trip to Turkey with Medzmama, Armenian Genocide Survivior
updated 18 Feb 2010; published 18 Feb 2010
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Fox News: Congressman Condems Turkish Massacres
updated 14 Jan 2013; published 14 Jan 2013
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India votes on second biggest polling day
Full Article Al Jazeera
24 Apr 2014

The world's biggest election in India, which passed the halfway mark last week, has entered its second-biggest day of staggered polls, in which Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party is widely seen as the front-runner to be country's next prime minister. In the...

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India votes on second biggest polling day
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updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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India Votes on Second Biggest Polling Day
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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India votes on biggest polling day of general election - video
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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Indians vote on second biggest polling day
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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India election: Voting starts on biggest polling day - "NewsWatchking"
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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India election Voting starts on biggest polling day
updated 07 Apr 2014; published 07 Apr 2014
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India: Voting underway as Assam joins world's largest poll
All parties in Syria blocking aid, say Ban Ki-moon
Full Article BBC News
24 Apr 2014

The UN Secretary General has accused all parties in Syria's civil war of "flagrant violations" of international law over the delivery of aid. Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council to act to implement a resolution passed in February demanding greater access. In his second report to the council on the...

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This file photo released on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 by the anti-government activist group Shaam News Network SNN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man looks at destroyed buildings from Syrian forces shelling in Khaldiyeh, Homs, Syria.
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updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon calls for more support for Syrian refugees
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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All parties in Syria blocking aid, say Ban Ki moon - 24 April 2014
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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All parties in Syria blocking aid, say Ban Ki-moon
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon demands Security Council action on Syria - 24th April 2014
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon demands Security Council action on Syria
updated 25 Aug 2013; published 25 Aug 2013
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Syria 'chemical' attack: Ban Ki-moon urges swift probe #fsa #syria #UN
The 11 Most Powerful Militaries In The World
Full Article Business Insider
23 Apr 2014

Asymmetrical wars in Afghanistan, Vietnam, and now in Syria demonstrate all too clearly that relatively small numbers of belligerents can carry out successful military operations against superior forces. But still, firepower is extremely important. A country's projection of power relies in large part upon its military capabilities....

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The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 in New York
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013
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10 Biggest Armies in the World 2013
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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China Drives Global Defense Spending Increase
updated 18 Jul 2009; published 18 Jul 2009
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World's top 10 military powers (2013)
updated 03 Feb 2012; published 03 Feb 2012
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Chinese Military Power HD
updated 10 Sep 2012; published 10 Sep 2012
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10 Most Expensive Armed Forces In The World
updated 04 Jun 2011; published 04 Jun 2011
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Scandinavian Militaries - Royal Norwegian Armed Forces
Trauma link to malnutrition in CAR
Full Article IRINnews
23 Apr 2014

BANGUI, 23 April 2014 (IRIN) - Data collected at a hospital clinic for malnourished children in the Central African Republic (CAR) suggests that many of the childrens’ parents present symptoms of post-traumatic stress directly linked to their exposure to extreme violence, according to the NGO Action Against Hunger (ACF). The country has been...

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Trauma link to malnutrition in CAR
photo: UN / Evan Schneider

updated 22 Mar 2013; published 22 Mar 2013
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IRC & ECHO Water and Sanitation (WASH Programme) Teaser
updated 18 Jun 2013; published 18 Jun 2013
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DG Claus Sørensen on €69 million funding for the Sahel
updated 13 Oct 2009; published 13 Oct 2009
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World Focus: Guatemala's Children Languish from Malnutrition
updated 16 Aug 2010; published 16 Aug 2010
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Displaced Pakistani kids suffer from trauma, malnourishment 01-06-2010.wmv
updated 25 Jan 2013; published 25 Jan 2013
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Malnutrition: Its Causes in Children of India`s Poor | Raksha Changappa, Nutritionist
updated 07 Oct 2013; published 07 Oct 2013
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Protecting our Children from "Food Trauma Brain Injury
South Korea ferry disaster: children broke fingers in attempt to escape
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
23 Apr 2014

Related Articles South Korea ferry disaster: Royal Navy salvage experts join recovery 23 Apr 2014 South Korea ferry disaster: first distress call came from young boy 22 Apr 2014 South Korea ferry disaster: divers find 104 bodies 22 Apr 2014 Number of Korean ferry victims passes 100 22 Apr 2014 The finances of Chonghaejin and its complex share...

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South Korea ferry disaster: children broke fingers in attempt to escape
photo: Adam D. Wainwright / Public Domain

updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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Anxious parents wait for news of children on board sunken South Korea ferry
updated 18 Apr 2014; published 18 Apr 2014
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School Vice-Principal Rescued From Sinking South Korea Ferry Found Principal Hanging - 18 April 2014
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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South Korea Ferry Disaster: Rescuers Save Six-Year-Old Girl, Parents Are Missing
updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
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Latest footage: Darkness descends on South Korea ferry disaster rescue-op scene
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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News Wrap: Hundreds missing after South Korea ferry disaster
updated 20 Apr 2014; published 20 Apr 2014
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[UPDATE] South Korea Ferry Sinks | Ten More Bodies Found | 244 Missing 58 Dead
South Sudan: Bentiu atrocity will not be the last unless pleas for help are heard
Full Article The Guardian
23 Apr 2014

Humanitarian workers make desperate call for international assistance as numbers of wounded and displaced people soar Bentiu, South Sudan: a rebel fighter stands oustide Kali-Ballee mosque, where more than 200 civilians were reportedly killed and some 400 wounded. Photograph: Reuters The massacre in Bentiu, South Sudan, has shaken even hardened...

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South Sudan: Bentiu atrocity will not be the last unless pleas for help are heard
photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran

updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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U.N.: South Sudan Rebels Separate Residents By Ethnicity, Kill Hundreds - 22 April 2014
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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News Wrap: Hundreds of civilians slaughtered in South Sudan
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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Hundreds massacred in South Sudan
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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South Sudan: UN blames rebels for massacre of hundreds of civilians
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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Hundreds massacred in South Sudan
updated 10 Jan 2014; published 10 Jan 2014
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South Sudanese Army Recaptures Bentiu
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Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War promoted terrorism rather than reducing it and was a “strategic failure”, according to a major new report which estimated the cost of all UK...
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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....

Oil prices on the rebound
London - Oil prices rebounded on Thursday as heightened tensions in Ukraine overshadowed data showing US commercial crude inventories reaching an all-time high, analysts said. New York's West Texas Intermediate for delivery in June, rose 24...
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A world free of wartime rape is within our reach
According to a press released published by the UN Information Center here (UNIC), Under-Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura made the remarks while commenting on...
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Spain's economy to grow, says minister
Tweet Madrid, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Spain's economy will grow at an average of 1.5 percent in 2014-15, authorities said. "Everything indicates that the Spanish economy's recovery has continued in the first quarter of the year," Xinhua quoted Economy...
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Four out of five hospitals short on midwives, NHS figures reveal
Shortages are so acute in some parts of England that hospitals have almost one in five posts in their maternity units unfilled National Audit Office said in November that NHS needed 2,300 more midwives, although the Royal College of Midwives puts the...
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Afghanistan Delays Election Results
VIDEO: Bite of Noor in Dari below and in Central News OCN video folder Afghanistan&aposs; election commission has delayed releasing preliminary results from the country&aposs; April 5 presidential election to allow more time to investigate possible...
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President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands as they arrive to participate in a bilateral meeting at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Facing fresh questions about his commitment to Asia, Obama will seek to convince Japan's leaders Thursday that he can deliver on his security and economic pledges, even as the crisis in Ukraine demands U.S. attention and resources elsewhere.
ON his first of eight days in Asia intended to affirm that the US’s “pivot” back to the region remains on course, President Barack Obama yesterday in Tokyo laid down a clear line on a sensitive strategic issue: the Senkaku/Diaoyu...
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Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel
Lance Armstrong's long-time team manager Johan Bruyneel has been banned from professional sport for 10 years for helping to organise widespread doping by teams led by the disgraced cyclist. The US Anti-Doping Agency announced the verdicts of an...
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