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Instead of Twitter-Hashtag U.S. Should Try Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Full Article WorldNews.com
07 May 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When fighting broke out between Soviet and Chinese troops along the Ussuri River, the border both nations shared in Northeast Asia, and long before President Richard Nixon considered making a surprise visit to China, Mao Zedong called in his personal physician, Li Zhisui, and presented him with a...

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President Nixon meets with China's Communist Party Leader, Mao Tse- Tung, 29 February, 1972.
photo: US NARA

updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
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Double Turtleneck Ping Pong with Jessica Alba
updated 13 Mar 2014; published 13 Mar 2014
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Double Turtleneck Ping Pong with Shailene Woodley and Artie Lange
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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You Call The Shots @Applebes reply about 1D, Minecraft, Ping Pong Balls, and a Dolphin
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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#PINGPONGTIPS | Pongathon Top Ping Pong Tips (#8)
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#PINGPONGTIPS | Pongathon Top Ping Pong Tips (#2)
updated 14 Mar 2014; published 14 Mar 2014
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Hashtags: #BadSpringBreak
Putin moves to defuse Ukraine tensions
Full Article Al Jazeera
07 May 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked pro-Kremlin separatists in southeastern Ukraine to postpone a series of disputed referenda planned for this weekend on declaring greater autonomy or outright independence from Kiev. The move was announced after a Kremlin meeting with Swiss president and current Organisation for Security and...

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In this Tuesday, April 29, 2014 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to press after a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk, Belarus.
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service

updated 22 Nov 2013; published 22 Nov 2013
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Putin: EU pressuring & blackmailing Ukraine over trade deal suspension
updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Putin: Ukraine unrest looks like planned action, not revolution
updated 19 Feb 2014; published 19 Feb 2014
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March 1 2014 Breaking News REUTERS New York Putin orders military drills on Ukraine border
updated 25 Apr 2014; published 25 Apr 2014
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Putin warns of "consequences" if Ukraine military continues crackdown
updated 03 May 2014; published 03 May 2014
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Putin: Kiev, Western allies responsible for Ukraine bloodshed
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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Pro-Russians react to Putin speech on Ukraine
Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered to step down after 'abusing power'
Full Article The Independent
07 May 2014

Thailand's prime minister has been ordered to step down along with part of her Cabinet after the Constitutional Court found her guilty in an abuse of power case, pushing the country deeper into political turmoil. Thailand's prime minister was ordered to step down Wednesday along with part of her Cabinet after the Constitutional Court found her...

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Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gives a Thai traditional greeting gesture of "wai" during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 7, 2014.
photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit

updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai court orders PM removed
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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ARIRANG NEWS 16:00 Thai court orders PM removed
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Yingluck ordered to step down
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Ordered to Step Down
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thailand Court Ousts PM Yingluck Shinawatra - 7 May 2014
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai PM Yingluck ordered to step down | Court finds guilty for constitution breach
US and UK prepare to send help to Nigeria to locate schoolgirls
Full Article The Irish Times
07 May 2014

The United States government has said that it is preparing to send a team to help the Nigerian government find almost 300 girls kidnapped from their school by Islamic extremists last month. White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters that the team would likely include military and law enforcement personnel and officials with experience in...

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Protestors march in front of the Nigerian embassy in northwest Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2014, protesting the kidnapping of nearly 300 teenage schoolgirls, abducted from a school in the remote northeast of Nigeria three weeks ago.
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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U.S. team to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Cameron Vows to Help Find Kidnapped Girls in Nigeria
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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United States Joins Search For Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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US offers expert team to help find Nigerian girls
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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U.S. team to help find missing Nigerian girls; 8 more abducted by Boko Haram
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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United States Moving Towards Helping Nigerian Abducted Schoolgirls
Verdict due in Thai PM power abuse case
Full Article Al Jazeera
07 May 2014

Thailand's Constitutional Court is set to decide whether to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office on abuse of power charges, a ruling that threatens to plunge the kingdom further into turmoil. Wednesday's legal procedure comes as Shinawatra stands accused in the country's highest court of abusing her authority by transferring a...

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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks during an interview with foreign media at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Yingluck said Saturday that while she sees no quick end to her country's deep political impasse, her government is willing to negotiate with opponents to end the crisis.
photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit

updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai PM Yingluck ordered to step down for abusing power
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Thailand PM Yingluck Shinawatra in court over abuse of power
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Court dismisses Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra from office
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Breaking NEWS Thailand court ousts PM Yingluck Shinawatra
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thailand court ousts PM Yingluck Shinawatra - BBC News
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai court dismisses PM for abuse of power
South Africa holds first "Born Free" election
Full Article The Himalayan
07 May 2014

Added At: 2014-05-07 8:01 AM Last Updated At: 2014-05-07 8:06 AM The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) To View your saved article(s)please Click Here » Close Reuters Election officials work in a classroom that has been transformed into a voting...

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Early morning voters hold up their identification documents as they queue to vote at a polling station that was burned down overnight in the politically-sensitive mining town of Bekkersdal, South Africa Wednesday, May 7, 2014.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis

updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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South Africa Holds First 'Born Free' Election
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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South Africa 'born free' polls open
updated 25 Apr 2014; published 25 Apr 2014
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Mandela's Shadow Still Looms Over South Africa Elections
updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
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Zuma Corruption Scandal Dogs ANC Ahead of May Elections
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
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South Africa after Nelson Mandela
updated 06 Jul 2013; published 06 Jul 2013
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Nigeria's abducted schoolgirls: We'll sell them as slaves, pledges Boko Haram terror leader
Full Article The Independent
06 May 2014

In a chilling message, the leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in the north of Nigeria last month, and said that he would sell them into slavery. “I abducted your girls,” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in the one-hour video released on Monday. “By Allah, I...

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Women attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue kidnapped schoolgirls of a government secondary school Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria. Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
photo: AP / Gbemiga Olamikan

updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
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Leader Boko Haram Will Sell 276 Kidnapped Schoolgirls
updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
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"I abducted your girls" says Boko Haram's leader - BBC News
updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
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"I Will Sell Your Girls" Boko Haram Leader Says In Nigeria
updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
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Boko Haram 'To Sell' 230 Nigeria Girls Abducted From Chibok!!!
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Nigeria Group Threatens to Sell Kidnapped Girls
updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
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I Will Sell Your Girls Boko Haram Leader Says In Nigeria
Promise to end Muslim Brotherhood
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
06 May 2014

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former military chief who removed Egypt's Islamist president and is poised to win the upcoming presidential election, has said the Muslim Brotherhood will never return as an organisation. Mr el-Sissi also accused the Brotherhood of using militant groups as cover to destabilise the country. Speaking the first TV interview...

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A bystander throws a tear gas canister that came back from the al-Azhar University campus after the canister was originally shot by the Egyptian security forces towards protesters at the school in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 2, 2014.
photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zaid

updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Egypt's Former Military Chief El-Sissi: Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi are 'Finished
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Egypt's Sisi Vows Muslim Brotherhood Will Not Exist - 6 May 2014
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Egypt's Sisi says Muslim Brotherhood is finished
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Egypt : Sisi says the Muslim Brotherhood is 'finished'
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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The Top Story: May 06, 2014. Egypt's Sisi declares ‪the Muslim Brotherhood is 'finished'‬
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Egypt's al-Sisi vows to put an end to Muslim Brotherhood
Clinton's Biggest Regret and Deception...And Ours
Full Article WorldNews.com
05 May 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exclaimed "At this point does it really matter anymore," regarding the four U.S. citizens-including an ambassador-killed in the Sept. 12, 2012 Benghazi, Libya attacks, her words were a reflection of a careless and cruel society, versus one that is...

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Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton addresses the media along during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and their Korean counterparts at the Department of State, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2012. (DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett) (Released)
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett

updated 28 Jan 2014; published 28 Jan 2014
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Hillary Clinton: "My biggest regret is what happened in Benghazi"
updated 30 Jan 2013; published 30 Jan 2013
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Hillary Clinton: Benghazi is my Greatest Regret
updated 28 Jan 2014; published 28 Jan 2014
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Hillary Clinton: Benghazi is my "biggest regret"
updated 30 Jan 2014; published 30 Jan 2014
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Hillary Clinton Admits BIGGEST Regret is BENGHAZI Attack- New Latest News
updated 29 Jan 2014; published 29 Jan 2014
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Clinton Haunted by Benghazi: Hillary Clinton calls 9/11 Benghazi attack her biggest single regret
updated 28 Jan 2014; published 28 Jan 2014
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Hillary Clinton On Benghazi: 'My Biggest Regret Is What Happened in Benghazi'
Missing flight MH370: Canberra talks map out search plan
Full Article BBC News
05 May 2014

Officials from Australia, Malaysia and China have met to map out a way forward in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Transport ministers from Malaysia and China joined the Australian deputy leader and Angus Houston, the official leading the search, at the talks in Canberra. So far, an intensive search operation has found no sign...

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U.S. Navy contractors lower the Bluefin-21 into the Indian Ocean from the deck of the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield, 26 April, 2014. The submersible is being utilized to search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370.
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Peter D. Blair

updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
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Missing Flight MH370 Canberra Talks Map Out Search Plan
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 09 Mar 2014; published 09 Mar 2014
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BREAKING: Malaysia PM Announces Flight MH370 CRASHES Into Indian Ocean - 24 Mar 2014
updated 12 Mar 2014; published 12 Mar 2014
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Malaysia Airlines MH370: How to Search for a Missing Plane | The Short Answer
updated 09 Mar 2014; published 09 Mar 2014
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Missing Malaysia Airlines plane 'may have turned back' - 9 March 2014
updated 10 Mar 2014; published 10 Mar 2014
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Malaysia Airlines crash: Navy ships and helicopters search for missing flight MH370

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Is Justice Department On Verge of Criminally Prosecuting Big Banks?
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Lexington Herald-Leader
Declaring that “there is no such thing as ‘too big to jail,’” Attorney General Eric Holder hinted on May 5th that the Justice Department is ready and...
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The People's Voice
On May 4, Itar Tass headlined "West actually imposes information blockade on Ukraine tragic events - Russia ForMin." Russia's Foreign Ministry was clear and unequivocal saying:...

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Monica Lewinsky speaks out on affair with Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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The News & Observer
WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says there's no question her boss — Bill Clinton — "took advantage" of her when he was president. But she says their affair was consensual and if there was any abuse involved, it came afterward, when...
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Angelina Jolie Calls Mass Nigerian Kidnappings 'Unthinkable Cruelty'
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Angelina Jolie is speaking out to condemn the mass kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls...
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5 things you can do about climate change
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CNN
updated 3:15 PM EDT, Tue May 6, 2014 (CNN) -- Climate change isn't something in the far-off future: It's a potentially disastrous reality that's already starting to have effects that are expected to worsen, experts say. Longer summers and heavier...
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UN Chief Calls for 'Bold' Action to Curb Global Warming
UN Chief Calls for 'Bold' Action to Curb Global Warming
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United Nations Chief Ban Ki-Moon is calling on countries around the world to take strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. “I am asking them (world countries) to announce bold commitments and actions that...
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Bill Gates predicted to be world’s first trillionaire
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left,talks next to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim during a press conference in Mexico City, Monday, June 14, 2010.
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The Australian
HE founded the world’s most famous software company and is dedicated to eradicating malaria. Now Bill Gates could be set to add another line to his CV: World’s first trillionaire. That's according to financial forecasters who predict...
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Credit Suisse, US ‘in tax probe payment talks’
A pigeon rests near a building hosting offices of Credit Suisse bank in Milan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
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Taipei Times
Credit Suisse Group AG is in talks with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay as much as US$1.6 billion to resolve an investigation into the bank’s role in helping US citizens evade taxes, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday....
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US gets new 10-year lease on military base in Djibouti
US gets new 10-year lease on military base in Djibouti
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South China Morning Post
The United States secured a 10-year lease for a military base in Djibouti that it uses to launch counterterrorism missions, including drone strikes, in Yemen and the Horn of Africa. US President Barack Obama and his Djiboutian counterpart, Ismail...
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