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Restive eastern Ukraine slips from Kiev government's grasp
Full Article Reuters
30 Apr 2014

HORLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Masked gunmen in military fatigues seized government offices in another Ukrainian town on Wednesday, in a further sign that pro-Western authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country's eastern industrial heartland bordering Russia. The gunmen, who turned up at dawn, took control of the offices in Horlivka, a...

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A pro-Russian gunman prepares his weapon as his comrades are about to storm a regional police station building in Luhansk, Ukraine, one of the largest cities in Ukraine's troubled east, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as demonstrators demand greater autonomy for Ukraine's regions.
photo: AP

updated 14 Apr 2014; published 14 Apr 2014
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Control of eastern Ukraine evades Kiev authorities after deadline passes
updated 25 Jan 2014; published 25 Jan 2014
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Violent video: Ukraine rioters brutally beat police, storm local admin building
updated 14 Apr 2014; published 14 Apr 2014
1:37
Kiev government to deploy troops in Ukraine's east
updated 13 Apr 2014; published 13 Apr 2014
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Pro Russia gunmen take control of eastern Ukrainian police station
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
2:19
Deadly Protests in Kiev, as Clashes Between Police and Anti-Government Erupt in Ukraine
updated 08 Apr 2014; published 08 Apr 2014
2:11
Pro-Russian crowds try to control Eastern Ukraine
Syria attacks probed by chemical watchdog
Full Article Al Jazeera
30 Apr 2014

The global chemical weapons watchdog is to send a team to Syria to investigate allegations by rebels and activists of chlorine gas attacks, the organisation has said. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad's government had agreed to accept the mission and had promised to provide...

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Syria attacks probed by chemical watchdog
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updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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OPCW to investigate Syria chlorine attack
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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Chemical weapons watchdog to investigate claims of chlorine gas attacks in Syria
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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Video shows new chemical weapons attack in Syria
updated 03 Feb 2014; published 03 Feb 2014
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Watchdog: Syria destroyed all unfilled chemical weapons munitions
updated 22 Sep 2013; published 22 Sep 2013
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Syria sends watchdog chemical weapons inventory to Netherlands
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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BBC News Syria 'submits chemical weapons data' to Hague watchdog
Iraq holds key vote as it slides deeper into bloody strife
Full Article Fox News
30 Apr 2014

Published April 30, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 In this Monday, April 28, 2014 photo, masked anti-government gunmen move with their weapons as they patrol in Fallujah, Iraq. Al-Qaida-linked fighters and their allies seized the city of Fallujah and parts of the Anbar provincial capital Ramadi in late December after authorities...

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Iraqi women give the victory signs while showing their inked fingers after casting votes at a polling center in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed

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Iraq PM says he won't order assault on Fallujah
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1st Cavalry Division Band - "God Fearin' Women" OIF2 Baghdad 2004
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"Salt that looks like snow" Travellingjen's photos around Pamukkale, Turkey (turkey salt pools)
India election: Modi votes as millions go to polls in seventh phase
Full Article BBC News
30 Apr 2014

Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be India's next prime minister, has voted in his home state of Gujarat in the seventh phase of India's poll. He cast his vote at a school in the city of Ahmedabad. All 26 seats are up for grabs in the state on Wednesday. Transport hubs in the city are bursting with people returning to their homes to vote,...

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India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi displays his inked finger to supporters after casting his vote in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
photo: AP / Ajit Solanki

updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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India election: Modi votes as millions go to polls in seventh phase
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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Pawan Warns To KCR For Apologizing MODI
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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EC Jhalak To Chandrababu ,Modi & Chiranjeevi - MUST WATCH
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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Narendra Modi Latest Speech At Tirupati
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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Narendra Modi Casts his Vote in Gandhinagar - Press Meet
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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India's election reaches seventh phase
Rouhani defends plan for nuclear deal with West
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
30 Apr 2014

TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani defended a potential nuclear deal with the West on Tuesday, insisting that an agreement would benefit the majority of Iranians, while encountering resistance. In a primetime interview lasting 90 minutes, Rouhani, who is under growing pressure from hardliners and hard-pressed citizens, stood by the steps taken...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a joint press conference with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
photo: AP / Ebrahim Noroozi

updated 24 Nov 2013; published 24 Nov 2013
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President Rouhani says the sanctions against Iran are starting to crumble
updated 14 Jan 2014; published 14 Jan 2014
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Rouhani: Geneva deal shows West has recognized Iran's nuclear rights
updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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President Rouhani says a nuclear program including uranium enrichment is Iran's inalienable right
updated 24 Nov 2013; published 24 Nov 2013
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President Rouhani says the sanctions against Iran are starting to crumble
updated 07 Jan 2014; published 07 Jan 2014
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Rouhani Stands Behind Nuclear Programme Agreement
updated 05 Aug 2013; published 05 Aug 2013
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BBC World News: US offers Iran President Rouhani 'willing partnership'
Canary Wharf was possible target: convict
Full Article Taipei Times
29 Apr 2014

Al-Qaeda considered an attack on London’s Canary Wharf just weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, a British terror convict, reportedly hugged by former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and allegedly dispatched to blow up a US jetliner, said on Monday. Al-Qaeda recruit Saajid Badat, 35, made the revelation while testifying against British cleric Abu Hamza, on...

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Skyline of Canary Wharf, viewed from the west. Canary Wharf is a major business district located in London, United Kingdom. It is one of London's two main financial centers – alongside the traditional City of London – and contains many of the UK's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest (and tallest completed), One Canada Square.
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updated 16 Apr 2011; published 16 Apr 2011
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Built Britain - Canary Wharf (London)
updated 16 Sep 2009; published 16 Sep 2009
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Liberation of Canary Wharf (1 of 2) RELOADED
updated 23 Jun 2011; published 23 Jun 2011
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A Walk Around Canary Wharf
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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Squash : Canary Wharf Classic 2014 - Rd1 Roundup pt1
updated 28 Mar 2014; published 28 Mar 2014
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Squash : Canary Wharf Classic 2014 - SF Roundup pt1 - Matthew v Rodriguez
Iraq elections: Can country be saved from break-up?
Full Article BBC News
29 Apr 2014

Iraqis go to the polls on 30 April in parliamentary elections overshadowed by violence and sectarian tension. Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is bidding for a third term, presenting himself as the only candidate capable of defeating a growing al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency. But Sunni Arabs and Kurds accuse Mr Maliki of and pro-Shia. Some observers think...

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An Iraqi policeman shows his inked finger while holding his pistol after casting a vote at a polling center in Khalidiya, some 100 kilometers (some 60 miles) west of Baghdad Iraq, Monday, April 28, 2014.
photo: AP

updated 28 May 2013; published 28 May 2013
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Tide of Iraq's Sunni-Shia violence
updated 14 Jun 2013; published 14 Jun 2013
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Iraq's Deadly Sectarian Divide: Violence furthers Sunni-Shia segregation :: Lucy Kafanov reports
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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Divisions plague Iraq as it goes to polls
updated 01 Apr 2014; published 01 Apr 2014
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General Elections Campaign Starts In Iraq
updated 08 Jan 2014; published 08 Jan 2014
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Iraq violence Air strike 'kills 25 militants'
updated 25 Apr 2014; published 25 Apr 2014
2:20
Iraqi Prime Minister Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Interference
Egypt condemned after court hands down 683 death sentences
Full Article Mail Guardian South Africa
29 Apr 2014

The United Nations and Washington have condemned death sentences handed to 683 alleged exremist Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, in an Egyptian court Monday after a brief hearing. The court in the southern province of Minya sparked an international outcry with its initial sentencing last month, amid an extensive...

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Leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie, bottom center, and senior Brotherhood figurer Salah Soltan, right, gesture, during an appearance at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, April 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zaid

updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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EGYPT UPDATED VIDEO: 528 Morsi Supporters Sentenced To Death By Egypt Court
updated 24 Mar 2014; published 24 Mar 2014
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Egypt Court Sentences 529 Morsi Supporters to Death
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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EGYPT UPDATED VIDEO: 528 Morsi Supporters Sentenced To Death By Egypt Court
updated 24 Mar 2014; published 24 Mar 2014
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Egypt court sentences 528 Morsi supporters to death | BREAKING NEWS - 24 MARCH
updated 28 Apr 2014; published 28 Apr 2014
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Egypt: mass death sentence on Islamists passed by court
updated 28 Mar 2014; published 28 Mar 2014
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Death sentences by Egyptian court condemned
North Korea plans live-fire drill, South vows 'strong' response
Full Article The Times of India
29 Apr 2014

SEOUL: North Korea announced a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea on Tuesday, prompting Seoul to vow a "strong" response after a similar exercise a month ago triggered an artillery exchange. "Our military is fully prepared," defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok said after Pyongyang notified Seoul of its proposed drill. "If...

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File - North Korean soldiers observe through binoculars on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson

updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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North Korea Announces Live-Fire Drill Near Disputed Maritime Border With South Korea
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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North Korea starts firing drill near South Korea border
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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North Korea Holds Live-Fire Drills Near Border With South
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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South Korea on Alert as North Begins Live-Fire Drill
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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North and South Korea exchange fire, island residents evacuated
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 North Korea to conduct live fire drills Tuesday near NLL
UNSC strengthens support for security sector reform
Full Article Newstrack India
29 Apr 2014

Tweet United Nations, April 29 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) Monday adopted a resolution to strengthen its support for the security sector reform in countries emerging from conflict, and assist them to prioritise the development of the sector. The...

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UNSC strengthens support for security sector reform
photo: UN / Evan Schneider

updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Sam Daws - Reform of the UN Security Council
updated 01 Jul 2010; published 01 Jul 2010
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MaximsNewsNetwork: COTE D'IVOIRE: U.N. S-C EXPANDS PEACE MANDATE (UNTV)
updated 24 Dec 2009; published 24 Dec 2009
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TodaysNetworkNews: D.R. CONGO Amb. ATOKI ILEKA: PEACEKEEPING & U.N, SECURITY COUNCIL (UNTV)
updated 19 Jan 2012; published 19 Jan 2012
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Security Council Statement: Ambassador Wittig on Security Sector Reform in Africa, 12 October 2011
updated 01 Jun 2011; published 01 Jun 2011
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UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
updated 12 Oct 2011; published 12 Oct 2011
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Security Council focuses on reform of police, jails and military in struggling States

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Goal
Bayern Munich's humiliation against Real Madrid and Barcelona's decline show that the Catalan coach and Argentine superstar are not the same without one another The wrong kind of...
India needs a jolt — and Modi is a risk worth taking
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Business Day
THERE is something thrilling about the rise of Narendra Modi. Indian politics has been dominated by the Gandhi dynasty since independence. In India’s present elections, the...
Iraqi commander: 'The Americans abandoned us'
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30 April 2014 Last updated at 05:31 BST More than 100,000 strong, Iraq's Awakening Councils, or Sahwa, are Sunni tribesman who once fought against American troops but then joined...

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New pact reflects closer US-Philippine ties
New pact reflects closer US-Philippine ties
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WPXI
A new defense pact that will allow thousands of U.S. troops to be temporarily based in Philippines for the first time in more than 20 years signals closer cooperation in the allies' hot-and-cold relationship that has been shaped over the decades by...
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Confronting Russia and China Militarily
Confronting Russia and China Militarily
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Washington's imperial agenda reflects madness. Overreach may be its undoing. Potential global war threatens everyone. On Tuesday, Obama ended his Asian trip. Confronting China was prioritized. On April 28, Stripes headlined "Obama's Asia trip yields...
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With no real government, can Thailand escape recession?
With no real government, can Thailand escape recession?
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BANGKOK: Some bold assumptions about a rapid end to a six-month political crisis are all that stand between Thailand and its first real recession since the global financial crisis. Southeast Asia's second-largest economy is confronting weak exports,...
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Serbia Will Never Target Russia With Sanctions – Foreign Minister
Serbia Will Never Target Russia With Sanctions – Foreign Minister
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BELGRADE, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Belgrade will never impose sanctions against Russia and will remain neutral on the crisis in Ukraine, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Wednesday. “We respect the territorial integrity...
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Bayern Munich Crushed By Real Madrid 4-0 In UEFA Champions League Semifinal, Will Try For 10th Title
Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas smiles after winning the Champions League semifinal
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On paper, Real had the strongest team, but it is hard to dismiss a club of Bayern’s caliber, much less think that they were going to get blown away at home, no less. However that is exactly what happened in Munich. Sergio Ramos scored in the...
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International community warns Haiti in for more political crisis if elections don’t happen in 2014
International community warns Haiti in for more political crisis if elections don’t happen in 2014
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The Miami Herald
Indicating increasing frustration with an ongoing political stalemate in Haiti, the international community warned Tuesday that the country could be headed for another political crisis with unpredictable consequences. The tough stance from the United...
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At NY trial, British shoe-bomb plotter talks of brainstorming US, London al-Qaida targets
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