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Toll up to 19 dead in car bomb in Nigerian capital
Full Article New Straits/Business Times
02 May 2014

ABUJA: The death toll from a car bomb that exploded on a busy road in Nigeria’s capital rose to at least 19 overnight, police said Friday from the city that within days hosts an international conference. The bomb was driven near a checkpoint where traffic built up, located across the road from a busy bus station where a massive explosion on April...

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A car burns following a bomb explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Gbemiga Olamikan

updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
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Toll From Nigeria Capital Bombing Rises to 18 Dead, 80 Wounded-2th may 2014
updated 15 Apr 2014; published 15 Apr 2014
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At least 70 dead in Nigeria bomb blast
updated 15 Apr 2014; published 15 Apr 2014
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Aftermath of Car Bomb Blast in Nigeria 71 killed
updated 14 Apr 2014; published 14 Apr 2014
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Death toll from Nigeria bus station bomb rises to 71
updated 15 Apr 2014; published 15 Apr 2014
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Nigeria bomb blast in Abuja kills 71
updated 14 Apr 2014; published 14 Apr 2014
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Nigeria bomb blast in Abuja kills 71
Osama bin Laden: Three years after Abbottabad
Full Article Al Jazeera
02 May 2014

Three years ago today, US Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound. Occurring in the midst of the Arab Spring revolutions that were taking root, the death of al-Qaeda's leader seemed to represent a defining moment. Not only had the group lost its leader, its entire ideology was being discredited by regime changes occurring...

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File - Kashmiri muslims offer funeral prayers in absentia for Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in Srinagar on May 6, 2011.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 17 Sep 2011; published 17 Sep 2011
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Interview of Osama bin Laden by Tayseer Allouni with English Subtitles Part 1/6
updated 10 Apr 2012; published 10 Apr 2012
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Osama Bin Laden + Ayman al-Zawahri - Al-Qaeda training camp
updated 06 Nov 2012; published 06 Nov 2012
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Real CIA Al-Queda Interrogation - Osama bin Laden's driver
updated 18 May 2011; published 18 May 2011
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I knew Bin Laden - Al-Jazeera Documentary
updated 13 Sep 2011; published 13 Sep 2011
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Posthumous Clip of Usama bin Laden in al-Qaeda's 9/11 Anniversary Video
updated 01 Jul 2013; published 01 Jul 2013
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War Against Al Qaeda Documentary
Missing flight MH370: Search 'could take a year'
Full Article BBC News
02 May 2014

The official leading the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370 says a full search of the suspected crash area could take up to a year. Speaking in Malaysia, Angus Houston said he was confident an "effective search" would find the plane. Officials from Australia, China and Malaysia will meet in Canberra next week to discuss the...

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Lt. Mike Glynn, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, pilots a P-8A Poseidon over the Indian Ocean during a search mission in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, 15 April, 2014.
photo: US Navy / CMCS Keith DeVinney

updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 Boeing 777 | Search for Missing Plane Video
updated 16 Mar 2014; published 16 Mar 2014
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2014 - BBC World News - Vast Search for Missing MAS MH-370 Plane Expands to 25 Countries - 17/3/14
updated 09 Mar 2014; published 09 Mar 2014
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"Malaysia Airlines Flight Found" Is FALSE! Missing/Crashed (Flight MH-370) Malaysia Plane Crash
updated 11 Mar 2014; published 11 Mar 2014
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2014 - BBC World News - Missing MAS MH-370 Plane: Search Widens to Malaysian West Coast - 11/3/14
updated 24 Mar 2014; published 24 Mar 2014
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Missing plane Flight MH370 'crashed in south Indian Ocean No Survivors #RIPMH370 #MH370
updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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Malaysia Airlines Flight Missing! Hit By Meteor, Flight MH-370 Plane Crash Vietnam Sea
Pro-Russian rebels say Ukraine launches operation to retake eastern town
Full Article Reuters
02 May 2014

MOSCOW/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces launched a "large-scale operation" to retake the eastern town of Slaviansk, pro-Russian separatists holding the town said on Friday, as security deteriorated in a crisis that has provoked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A Reuters photographer said he saw...

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Ukrainian government troops guard a checkpoint near the village of Dolina, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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Ukraine's army operation to retake eastern cities turns into farce
updated 15 Apr 2014; published 15 Apr 2014
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Ukraine troops launch mission to retake town from pro-Russian militants
updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
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Pro Russian rebels say Ukraine launches operation to retake eastern town
updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
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Pro-Russian rebels say Ukraine launches operation to retake eastern town
updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
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Ukraine crisis: Helicopter pilot killed after missile attack to retake Slaviansk
updated 22 Apr 2014; published 22 Apr 2014
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Ukraine troops launch mission to retake town from pro-Russian militants
How the EU transformed Poland
Full Article The Guardian
02 May 2014

Of the 10 mostly post-communist countries that joined the European Union exactly a decade ago today, none has benefited more from membership than Poland. First and foremost, there's the cash: the country received £56bn in development funds between 2007 and 2013, money that was used to build hundreds of kilometres of highways and express roads as...

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How the EU transformed Poland
photo: European Community / Adam Chelstowski

updated 15 Mar 2014; published 15 Mar 2014
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Hungary: Putin supporters and the Poles want a piece of 1848 revolution celebrations
updated 19 Sep 2013; published 19 Sep 2013
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EU aid funds in Poland
updated 16 Mar 2014; published 16 Mar 2014
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Hungary: Putin supporters and the Poles want a piece of 1848 revolution celebrations
updated 16 Jul 2008; published 16 Jul 2008
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Future of Polish shipbuilding bleak - 16 July 2008
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
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Ukraine Army Chief Out After Deadly Clashes
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
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Ukraine Army Chief Out After Deadly Clashes
As dry season ends in Haiti, significant gains seen in fight against cholera, UN official says (UN - United Nations)
Full Article noodls
02 May 2014

(Source: UN - United Nations) 1 May 2014 - Significant gains in the fight against the cholera epidemic in Haiti have been recorded as the dry season ends and the United Nations continues to support the Government's comprehensive strategy of monitoring, rapid response and planning for long-term solutions, a top UN official in the impoverished...

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As dry season ends in Haiti, significant gains seen in fight against cholera, UN official says (UN - United Nations)
photo: UN / Nektarios Markogiannis

updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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Foot soldiers in Haiti's fight against cholera
updated 05 Sep 2009; published 05 Sep 2009
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MaximsNewsNetwork: HAITI HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE: MINUSTAH, UNITED NATIONS
updated 26 Aug 2010; published 26 Aug 2010
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Cholera outbreak kills 200 in Cameroon
updated 03 Oct 2010; published 03 Oct 2010
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MaximsNewsNetwork: HAITI - INCREASING IRRIGATION & AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ( UN MINUSTAH)
updated 23 Sep 2012; published 23 Sep 2012
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Haiti's Government Abandons Farmers as Food Prices and Hunger Escalate Throughout the Country
updated 13 Jan 2010; published 13 Jan 2010
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A participatory and integrated intervention: Practical Action Southern Africa' Cholera Response
South Florida tornadoes: Could a Joplin-type twister hit here?
Full Article The Examiner
01 May 2014

By now, you have probably seen the devastation in the Midwest from the latest tornado outbreak from what has been a hyper-active spring severe weather season. As of this writing, the death toll in Joplin, Missouri stands at 126 souls; making this the single deadliest event since modern record keeping began in 1950. Because the Joplin twister had...

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South Florida tornadoes: Could a Joplin-type twister hit here?
photo: US DoD / Andy Thaggard

updated 25 Apr 2014; published 25 Apr 2014
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Massive Tornados Predicted By Weather Channel
updated 07 Jun 2013; published 07 Jun 2013
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LARGEST TORNADO EVER!!! From Birth to Death (w/ Radar & Commentary) 5-31-13
updated 28 Apr 2014; published 28 Apr 2014
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18 killed in Arkansas & Oklahoma Twister ( Tornadoes Touchdown & Aftermath Video)
updated 28 Apr 2014; published 28 Apr 2014
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Arkansas Tornado Damage Aerial Video 4-27-2014
updated 11 Dec 2012; published 11 Dec 2012
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Tornado Forming - Touchdown in Edgewater Florida on December 10th, 2012
updated 23 Jun 2012; published 23 Jun 2012
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Jaw-dropping, violent tornado hurling deadly softball hail! June 22, 2012
South Sudan on verge of catastrophe, says UN human rights chief
Full Article The Guardian
01 May 2014

Navy Pillay says 9,000 children recruited to fight, and criticises two sides for apparent lack of concern about threat of famine The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, right, and the special adviser for the prevention of genocide, Adama Dieng, centre, meet the South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, left. Photograph: UN/EPA More...

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South Sudan on verge of catastrophe, says UN human rights chief
photo: US Army / Nikayla Shodeen

updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
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South Sudan on Verge of Disaster, UN Rights Chief
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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UN: Crimes against humanity 'being committed in South Sudan'
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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UN: Crimes against humanity 'being committed in South Sudan'
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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BBC News UN: Crimes against humanity 'being committed in South Sudan'
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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UN rights chief meets South Sudan rebel leader
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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Top UN Human Rights Official Meets South Sudan Rebel Leader Riek Machar
China's Xi demands action after 3 killed in attack
Full Article The Miami Herald
01 May 2014

URUMQI, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded "decisive" action against terrorism after a slashing and bomb attack at a Xinjiang train station killed three people and injured 79 while the leader was wrapping up a tour of the far-western region. A group of knife-wielding attackers slashed at passengers and set off explosives near an exit of...

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Heavily armed Chinese paramilitary policemen march past the site of the Wednesday's explosion outside the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday, May 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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New News - Xinjiang station attack: President Xi Jinping urges action
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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3 killed, 79 hurt in blast, knife attack at China train station
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Terrorist Attack at Xinjiang station, President Xi Jinping urges action
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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President Xi Jinping urges action After Xinjiang station attack
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Xinjiang station attack: President Xi Jinping urges action
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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BBC News Xinjiang station attack: President Xi Jinping urges action
President Barroso Receives Atlantic Council's Distinguished Leadership Award (European Commission)
photo: European Community / EC

updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Governor Huntsman and Chancellor Merkel Introduce Barroso at 2014 Distinguished Leadership Awards
updated 05 Jun 2012; published 05 Jun 2012
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President Barroso video message for the European Heritage Awards Ceremony
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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José Manuel Barroso: 2014 Distinguished International Leadership Award
updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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President Barroso - Honorary Conferring at UCC
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Barroso bids US farewell, stresses great meaning of united Europe
updated 30 Oct 2009; published 30 Oct 2009
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EU Summit: Barroso & Reinfeldt at Thursday Press Conference

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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...
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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...
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BBC News
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...

How does Europe wean itself off Russian gas?
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Each escalation of the crisis in Ukraine sends a jolt of nervousness far beyond its borders as Europe worries about its energy supplies. With about one-third of Europe's gas coming from Russia and about half of that gas flowing through Ukraine,...
photo: European Community / Adam Chelstowski
UN Rights Chief Blames South Sudan Crisis on Country's Leaders
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Charlton Doki JUBAThe United Nations' human rights chief, Navi Pillay, lashed out Wednesday at South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar, saying the two men have allowed their personal differences to bring the young...
photo: UN / Isaac Billy
Palestinian Unity
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For years, Palestinian factions have strived for unity, and for years unity has evaded them. But is it possible that following several failed attempts, Fatah and Hamas have finally found that elusive middle ground? And if they have done so, why, to...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Death toll in Philippine clashes rises to 26
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MANILA, Philippines: Officials say the death toll in fighting between Philippine government troops and Muslim militants who launched a...
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal
Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, addresses a press conference at the Treasury in London Tuesday May 22, 2012.
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WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund approved a $17 billion aid deal for Ukraine on Wednesday, even as Kiev fought to prevent pro-Moscow separatists from grabbing another chunk of the country. Greenlighting a rescue program for an interim...
photo: AP / Oli Scarff
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits in the council chamber as councillors look to pass motions to limit his powers on Monday November 18, 2013.
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence from office to enter a substance abuse program,...
photo: AP / Chris Young
Afghan flood death toll rises as thousands need aid
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The death toll from last week's flash floods in northern Afghanistan now stands at almost 150. Some areas are still completely cut off, with no help reaching people because roads were swept away. The governor of Jowzjan province, Boymurod...
photo: US Army / Nikayla Shodeen