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U.S. officials 'hitting the ground' in Nigeria to help find missing girls
Full Article CNN
09 May 2014

May 9, 2014 -- Updated 0734 GMT (1534 HKT) Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- U.S. military officials arrive in Nigeria on Friday to help in the search for hundreds of girls kidnapped by Islamist militants, the Pentagon said. The seven will join advisers supporting local efforts to find the girls abducted over three weeks ago, said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John...

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Women attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue kidnapped school girls of a government secondary school Chibok, in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday May 5, 2014.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
5:20
Obama Will Send Help To Find Missing Nigeria Schoolgirls
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
1:22
Cameron Vows to Help Find Kidnapped Girls in Nigeria
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
1:02
U.S. to help Nigeria find kidnapped girls
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
1:48
William Hague: Britain is ready to help Nigeria find abducted schoolgirls
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
1:18
Angelina Jolie 'sickened' by Nigeria schoolgirls kidnap
updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
2:42
Nigeria leader in abducted schoolgirls plea
MPs: Snowden files are 'embarrassing indictment' of British spying oversight
Full Article The Guardian
09 May 2014

All-party committee demands reforms to make security and intelligence services accountable in wake of disclosures The report says the current system of oversight of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, pictured, is 'designed to scrutinise the work of George Smiley, not the 21st-century reality'. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA Edward Snowden's disclosures of the...

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Edward Snowden talks during a simulcast conversation during the SXSW Interactive Festival on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Austin, Texas.
photo: AP / Jack Plunkett/Invision

updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
2:22
Guardian's Alan Rushbridger Grilled By MPs over Snowden whistleblower stories
updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
4:22
Red-herring 'inquisition': Guardian editor robustly defends Snowden leaks to UK MPs
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
2:21
RAW VIDEO Snowden in secret Moscow meeting with German MP
updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
2:18
MP Clare Daly: World kowtowing to US over Snowden asylum
updated 06 Nov 2013; published 06 Nov 2013
2:13
National security takes center stage in Snowden saga
updated 04 Nov 2013; published 04 Nov 2013
2:23
Snowden: I did world a public service
Ukraine crisis: Calm before the storm as a divided nation gears up for one final battle
Full Article The Independent
08 May 2014

The chairman of the central committee of the People’s Republic of Donetsk was clear: Vladimir Putin is undoubtedly a friend of the south-east of Ukraine but his request to postpone a referendum on Sunday would have to be declined. Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed state, made his announcement in a government building occupied by...

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A masked pro Russia man and his two dogs pose for a picture at the barricades surrounding the Donetsk administration building before a press conference to inform the media about the referendum at the occupied administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 8, 2014.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
1:17
Ukraine: Donetsk People Republic vow to go ahead with referendum
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
0:50
Ignoring Putin, Ukraine Insurgents To Hold Vote
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
2:58
EXCLUSIVE - Putin U-turns on Ukraine, but separatists will still hold vote
updated 27 Apr 2014; published 27 Apr 2014
0:49
UKRAINE Head Of Donetsk Republic Pledges To Hold Referendum On May 11 26Apr2014
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
1:00
Ukraine rebels ignore Putin call to delay independence vote
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
2:04
Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian separatists to debate Putin referendum
The EU and Japan Acting together for Global Peace and Prosperity (European Commission - Directorate-General for External Action)
Full Article noodls
08 May 2014

(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for External Action) European Commission 22nd EU-Japan Summit Joint Press Statement Brussels, 7 May 2014 The EU and Japan Acting together for Global Peace and Prosperity Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, Mr José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, and...

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The EU and Japan Acting together for Global Peace and Prosperity (European Commission - Directorate-General for External Action)
photo: European Community / EC

updated 10 Mar 2014; published 10 Mar 2014
3:25
Ricoh Europe And Heidelberg Begin Global Strategic Cooperation Digi Media Fair
updated 18 Nov 2013; published 18 Nov 2013
51:28
World War II Victory in Europe
updated 06 Nov 2012; published 06 Nov 2012
2:47
President calls for stronger Asia-Europe cooperation
updated 01 Jul 2013; published 01 Jul 2013
3:06
The value of the EU in international co-operation - Aiichiro Yamamoto (JICA)
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
55:32
Davos 2014 Closing Europe's Competitiveness Gap
updated 25 Jan 2012; published 25 Jan 2012
94:53
Restoring Confidence in Financial Markets: Measures Taken in the EU and Japan
Islamic militant attack in Nigeria kills hundreds
Full Article The Guardian
08 May 2014

ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press= LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants who have triggered international outrage over the kidnapping of more than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls opened fire on a busy marketplace, killing hundreds of people in a new spasm of violence in the country's northeast. The attack escalates Nigeria's growing crisis from a...

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A police officer stand guards during a demonstration calling on government to rescue kidnapped school girls of a government secondary school Chibok, during workers day celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
2:23
Hundreds Militants Attack In Nigeria
updated 03 May 2014; published 03 May 2014
2:52
Islamic terror group Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds of girls in Nigeria
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
1:52
Bring Back Our Girls , this is what we have to offer.our voice
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
1:58
Outrage in Nigeria grows over Islamist abduction of girls
updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
1:08
Nigeria girls' abduction Parents asked for photographs
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
2:28
Boko Haram claims Nigerian schoolgirls' abduction
Rebels evacuated from Homs, the cradle of Syrian uprising
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
08 May 2014

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian rebels on Wednesday abandoned their last stronghold in the heart of Homs city, an epicenter of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, handing him a symbolic victory weeks before his likely re-election. Two convoys of buses snaked their way through the crumbling ruins of the besieged...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather at the site of one of two car bombs that exploded in the pro-government district of Zahra in the central Syrian city of Homs, Syria, Tuesday, April 29, 2014.
photo: AP / SANA

updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Syria conflict Rebels 'evacuating Old City of Homs'
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
2:26
Syrian rebels begin evacuation of Homs
updated 09 Feb 2014; published 09 Feb 2014
1:22
Syrian Ceasefire: Civilians evacuated from rebel-occupied Homs during brief lull in fighting
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
3:38
Syrian Ceasefire: Civilians evacuated from rebel-occupied Homs during brief lull in fighti
updated 03 May 2014; published 03 May 2014
2:07
Withdrawal of Syrian rebels from Homs delayed
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
3:38
Syrian Rebels and Civilians Evacuate Homs
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 13 Mar 2014; published 13 Mar 2014
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Double Turtleneck Ping Pong with Shailene Woodley and Artie Lange
updated 21 Jan 2014; published 21 Jan 2014
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Double Turtleneck Ping Pong with Jessica Alba (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
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 15 Feb 2013; published 15 Feb 2013
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#PINGPONGTIPS | Pongathon Top Ping Pong Tips (#3)
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 20 Feb 2013
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#PINGPONGTIPS | Pongathon Top Ping Pong Tips (#5)
updated 13 Mar 2013; published 13 Mar 2013
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#PINGPONGTIPS | Pongathon Top Ping Pong Tips (#8)
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 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Putin calls on pro-Moscow groups in Ukraine delay vote
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Putin calls on Ukraine rebels to put off secession vote
updated 22 Nov 2013; published 22 Nov 2013
7:37
Putin: EU pressuring & blackmailing Ukraine over trade deal suspension
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
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Is Putin trying to diffuse the Ukraine crisis?
updated 09 May 2014; published 09 May 2014
1:17
Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin pays visit to Crimea
updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Putin: Ukraine unrest looks like planned action, not revolution
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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Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered to step down after 'abusing power'
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai PM Yingluck ordered to step down for abusing power
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
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Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered to step down after 'abusing power'
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Thai PM Yingluck ordered to step down for abusing power
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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Court Ruling Forces Out Thai Prime Minister
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
1:03
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Ordered to Step Down
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 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
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Who is U.S. sending to help find Nigerian schoolgirls?
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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U.S. team to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
updated 09 May 2014; published 09 May 2014
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Who is U.S. sending to help find 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

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Obama, Putin, the Ukraine: A Symbolic Lynching
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CounterPunch
The murder of a 17-year old German exchange student, Diren Dede, in the act of committing a midnight prank in a garage whose door was left open, video camera and sensors at the...
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...
Welcome to Jihad City, Syria
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The Daily Beast
Three years of civil war has created a catastrophe in Syria with few parallels in the 21st century. A tragedy for average Syrians, for others the carnage has been an opportunity....

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Chinese Engineers Are Designing A Massive High-Speed Railway To Connect China And The US
A policeman watches while a CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station for a test run on part of Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway line in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
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Business Insider
The proposed line would begin in north-east China and run up through Siberia, pass through a tunnel underneath the Pacific Ocean then cut through Alaska and Canada to reach the continental US. Digging a hole to China may not sound as crazy in the...
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Brazil's World Cup squad worth 'half a billion'
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The Times of India
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's 23-strong World Cup squad is worth an estimated half a billion euros, Brazilian financial daily Valor reported Thursday, a day after Luiz Felipe Scolari named his list. According to a calculation by Pluri Consultoria...
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Palestinian president, US official discuss peace process
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
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Newstrack India
Tweet Gaza, May 9 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with the US National Security Adviser Susan Rice. "During the meeting in Ramallah (Thursday), Abbas and Rice...
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Berlusconi to begin community service for tax fraud
** FRAME GRAB **In this frame grab from an handout pre-recorded video message made available by APTN, Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi comments on the Italian highest court sentence that confirmed for him a four-year term for tax fraud, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013.
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BBC News
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is due to start a year of community service at a care home near Milan. He was sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud last year, commuted to four hours work a week with elderly dementia...
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We Will Dismantle Boko Haram - President Mahama Vows
President John Dramani Mahama, foreground speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Accra, Ghana, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.
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Peace FM Online
President John Mahama has directed the National Security Council (NSC) to enhance security measures in the country as part of efforts to prevent terrorist attacks. The President made this known in a letter he wrote from Nigeria, where he, in his...
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Nigerian President Vows Kidnapped Girls Will Be the 'Beginning of the End of Terror'
Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives for a summit to address a seminar on security during an event marking the centenary of the unification of Nigeria's north and south in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014.
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ABC News
The tone at the World Economic Forum in Nigeria today was tempered by the 276 school girls being held hostage by an extremist group, as Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed the kidnappings would be the "beginning of the end of terror in...
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Pianists celebrate wartime composers
Pianists celebrate wartime composers
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Sydney Morning Herald
Many composers have been affected by war. Some were killed in battle, others by disease, and still others suffered physical or emotional wounds. The Pianist, the fourth concert in...
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