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Will Iraq fall apart?
Full Article Al Jazeera
11 May 2014

We've heard it all before - Iraq is on the brink of disintegration. Sectarian tension and violence is spiking, al-Qaeda is running amok through the country and the Kurds are threatening to break away. The post-Saddam political architecture has brought not democracy, but a new authoritarian strongman in the form of Nouri al-Maliki. As Iraq emerges...

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File - Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment fired the howitzers on their M109A6 Paladins during the first-ever firing of the Modular Artillery Charge System in the combat zone by an entire Paladin battery March 13, 2007, on Camp Taji, Iraq.
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp

updated 11 Jun 2013; published 11 Jun 2013
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Inside Story - Nouri al-Maliki's visit to the Kurdish north
updated 20 May 2012; published 20 May 2012
2:53
Political dispute continues between Iraq and Kurdistan Region
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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Inside America: Will Obama Back al-Maliki's Seek of a Third Term in Iraq?
updated 10 Jun 2013; published 10 Jun 2013
3:22
Iraqi PM Maliki's visit to Kurdistan aims to resolve Arbil-‎Baghdad disputes
updated 19 Mar 2014; published 19 Mar 2014
0:50
Destabilising Iraq - PM Al-Maliki says western allies arming insurgents
updated 21 Dec 2011; published 21 Dec 2011
1:06
Iraq's PM calls on Kurds to hand over Sunni leader
Ukraine eastern regions hold 'self-rule' vote
Full Article Al Jazeera
11 May 2014

Pro-Russian rebels have started to cast ballots in a "self-rule" vote in eastern Ukraine, a move criticised by the US as "illegal" and which could pull the former Soviet republic apart. Sunday's poll, carried out as two "referendums" in the provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, where armed men hold more than a dozen towns, marks a serious...

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Ballot boxes stand already bearing the flag of Donetsk People's Republic at a polling station, in preparation for the upcoming referendum in the center of Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 10, 2014. Two restive regions in eastern Ukraine are preparing to vote on declaring sovereignty and ceding from Ukraine, in a referendum on Sunday in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where pro-Russia insurgents have seized government buildings and clashed with police and Ukrainian troops.
photo: AP / Manu Brabo

updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
2:43
Ukraine eastern regions hold 'self-rule' vote
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
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Ukraine Crisis Eastern Rebels Hold Self Rule Referendums - 11 May 2014
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
2:09
Ukraine crisis: Eastern rebels hold self rule referendums
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
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Ukraine eastern regions hold 'self-rule' vote Al Jazeera English
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
1:46
Eastern Ukrainian Regions Hold Referendum On 'Self-Rule'
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
2:43
Ukraine eastern regions hold 'self rule' vote
Iran: Hardline anxiety over Rouhani grows more acute
Full Article BBC News
11 May 2014

With the negotiations on a comprehensive nuclear deal reconvening next Tuesday in Vienna, a vocal minority of hardliners have turned up the heat on President Hassan Rouhani and his nuclear team, regarding them as too soft. Last weekend, the president's opponents gathered at a meeting they called "We're Worried". They voiced...

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File - Hassan Rouhani (centre), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, addresses the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament, 26 September, 2013.
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

updated 08 Mar 2014; published 08 Mar 2014
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Iran Analysis 2014: President Rouhani, the Revolutionary Guards and Hardline Threat
updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
1:28
Iran nuclear Rivals rally as Rouhani returns from UN
updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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BBC News - Iran nuclear: Rivals rally as Rouhani returns from UN
updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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Back in Iran, Rouhani Confronted by Hardline Protesters
updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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Protesters in Tehran throw eggs and shoes at Iran's President Rouhani after historic phone call
updated 19 Sep 2013; published 19 Sep 2013
5:19
Iran : President Hassan Rouhani says that Iran will never seek a Nuclear Bomb (Sep 18, 2013)
Nigeria's lost girls and the dark heart of Boko Haram
Full Article The Independent
11 May 2014

The townspeople first learnt Boko Haram was coming when a police van sped in and told everyone to run. Those living there knew the authorities would not help them. Police officers were already removing their uniforms as they knew they would otherwise be shot. This, however, was not the Nigerian town of Chibok last month when members of the militant...

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File - In this image taken with a mobile phone, a muslim woman walk past a burnout car and a house following an attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Kawuri, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.
photo: AP / Jossy Ola

updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
2:05
Boko Haram Admits Abducting Nigeria Girls From Chibok - Boko Haram To Sell Abducted Girls
updated 02 May 2014; published 02 May 2014
4:37
Nigerians unhappy with government response to Boko Haram
updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
3:00
Islamic Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram kidnaps 100 to 200 girls in northeastern Niger
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
5:25
MISSING NIGERIAN SCHOOL GIRLS - Michelle Obama Outraged over Boko Haram Kidnapping
updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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US Joins Hunt For Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls - 7 May 2014
updated 05 May 2014; published 05 May 2014
2:01
Boko Haram 'To Sell' Abducted Nigerian Girls
IOC shoots down British report on Rio Games move
photo: WN / Marzena J.

updated 06 Dec 2012; published 06 Dec 2012
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Time is ticking for Rio - Rogge
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
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WNB LINKS! Only | ALIEN DNA FOUND? CHLAMYDIA 1.4 MILLION; SYPHILLIS EXPLOSION; ALIEN DNA LIES
updated 30 Apr 2014; published 30 Apr 2014
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Australian Olympic Chief Says Rio Will Need Plan B and C
updated 08 Sep 2013; published 08 Sep 2013
1:25
Tokyo wins 2020 Summer Olympic bid [8 September, 2013]
updated 24 Jul 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
239:34
Opening Ceremony - London 2012 Olympic Games
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
1:11
IOC seeks clarification from Russia on jailed activist
First Lady Michelle Obama holding a sign with the hashtag "#bringbackourgirls"
photo: Creative Commons / Michelle Obama, Office of the First Lady

updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
5:25
MISSING NIGERIAN SCHOOL GIRLS - Michelle Obama Outraged over Boko Haram Kidnapping
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
2:09
Michelle Obama 'Outraged' Over Nigeria Kidnapped Girls
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
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Nigeria Kidnappings: Michelle Obama 'Outraged' | US First Lady Outraged Over Nigeria kidnappings
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
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Nigeria abductions Michelle Obama outraged
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
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Nigeria abductions Michelle Obama outraged
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
1:09
Michelle Obama 'Outraged' Over Kidnappings
Blackwater guard charged over Baghdad murder
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 May 2014

A grand jury has charged a former security guard for Blackwater, the US private security company, with murder for his alleged role in a 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Baghdad. A federal appeals court last month effectively ended a manslaughter case against the guard, Nicholas Slatten, but prosecutors had...

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In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq.
photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed, File

updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
2:08
Former Blackwater guard charged over Baghdad murder
updated 21 Oct 2013; published 21 Oct 2013
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Four former Blackwater guards charged in 2007 Iraq massacre
updated 18 Oct 2013; published 18 Oct 2013
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Blackwater security guards set to face new US charges over 2007 Baghdad shooting deaths
updated 23 Jan 2010; published 23 Jan 2010
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Biden: U.S. to Appeal Blackwater Dismissal
updated 08 Dec 2008; published 08 Dec 2008
0:42
Raw Video: Blackwater Guards Surrender
updated 13 Dec 2008; published 13 Dec 2008
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FHS-TV :: Blackwater Guards Arrested
How is the military preparing for climate change?
Full Article Business Journal
10 May 2014

Staff Washington Business Journal There’s little debate over climate change at the Pentagon, where the realities of temperature increases are now a part of everyday planning, according to Defense One. "The melting of gigantic ice caps presents possibilities for the opening of new sea lanes and the exploration for natural resources, energy, and...

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How is the military preparing for climate change?
photo: US Army / Robin Olsen

updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
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Will 'Climate Change' Forever Alter U.S. Military Policy?
updated 12 May 2012; published 12 May 2012
4:57
U.S. Military Fighting Climate Change?
updated 31 Jan 2013; published 31 Jan 2013
17:35
Al Gore on His Sale of Current TV To Al-Jazeera, Climate Change & Washington Gridlock
updated 06 Apr 2014; published 06 Apr 2014
13:15
The Truthseeker: Regime Change America (E37)
updated 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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April 2014 Breaking News ChemTrails HAARP Military alter weather mind control health risks
updated 28 Feb 2014; published 28 Feb 2014
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Canine Captured Taliban Releases Of Military Dog Fox & Friends
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on South Sudan (UN - United Nations)
photo: UN / Isaac Billy

updated 07 May 2014; published 07 May 2014
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U.N. Secretary-General visits South Sudan
updated 22 Dec 2013; published 22 Dec 2013
2:51
UN Secretary General calls on all parties in South Sudan to negotiate over a political solution
updated 31 Jan 2014; published 31 Jan 2014
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UN Deputy Secretary General comment on South Sudan in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014
updated 13 Oct 2012; published 13 Oct 2012
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interview with Pagan Amum... the Secretary General of South Sudan's ruling party the Sudan
updated 07 May 2012; published 07 May 2012
11:26
Hilda Johnson, the representative of the UN Secretary General for South Sudan
updated 15 Jan 2014; published 15 Jan 2014
8:17
Assistant Secretary Greenfield Testifies on South Sudan
South Sudan leaders reach ceasefire
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
10 May 2014

South Sudan's president has reached a ceasefire agreement with a rebel leader, a US official has said, after a vicious cycle of revenge killings drew international alarm. US national security adviser Susan Rice welcomed the peace agreement in a statement, saying it "holds the promise of bringing the crisis to an end". A ceasefire in January between...

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South Sudan leaders reach ceasefire
photo: UN / Isaac Billy

updated 24 Jan 2014; published 24 Jan 2014
20:49
South Sudan Reaches Ceasefire, But Will Nascent State Survive Oil-Fueled Neo-Colonialism?
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
1:01
South Sudan warring parties sign ceasefire deal
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
4:17
South Sudan Leaders Reach Cease Fire
updated 24 Jan 2014; published 24 Jan 2014
1:04
South Sudan rivals sign ceasefire agreement
updated 10 May 2014; published 10 May 2014
4:17
Mediators meet rebel leader Machar to try broker South Sudan ceasefire
updated 30 Dec 2013; published 30 Dec 2013
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William Hague Pleads For An End Of Violence In South Sudan

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WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "Fortunately, Senator Obama failed, not our military." -Senator John McCain If William Congreve, an English dramatist (1670-1792),...
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Al Jazeera
- For 10 years, Rabbi Yona Metzger served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, one of Israel’s highest religious authorities. And during those 10 years, according to findings...
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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...

NATO ponders Russia's future challenge
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John-Thor Dahlburg Associated Press Comments Brussels— Russia’s ongoing confrontation with the West has ignited debate inside and outside the U.S.-led NATO alliance about what its responsibilities are, and how much of its time and effort should be...
photo: WN / Marzena J.
Tornado strikes Orrick, Missouri
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11 May 2014 Last updated at 12:01 BST A tornado has ripped through a small town in Missouri, severely damaging homes and downing trees and power lines. The tornado struck Orrick on Saturday night. Local media reported that there had been no injuries...
photo: US Army / Jessi McCormick
UN urged to act over hostage girls
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A leading Nigerian rights group is urging the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Islamic extremists who abducted 276 schoolgirls, saying concern and condemnation are not enough. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project said it is...
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
If we go outside they'll kill us — inside a South Sudan camp
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JUBA: Mayen Koang, 47, has spent the past five months holed up at a United Nations peacekeeping base in Juba, one of tens of thousands of displaced South Sudanese who are too scared to return home. Sitting on a plastic chair in a makeshift tent, the...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Pope Francis: Bible demands caring for the ‘poorest and most excluded’
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Pope Francis condemned the growing disparity of wealth on Friday. Speaking to a group of United Nations agency leaders, the Pope said the Bible demands an economic system that cares for the “poorest and most excluded.” He asked the leaders to resist...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
UN readies aid in S Sudan
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Juba - The United Nations in South Sudan was readying aid on Saturday for towns ravaged by conflict but was waiting to see if a new ceasefire deal holds between the president and rebel leader before sending it. President Salva Kiir and rebel...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Afghan forces kill 63 Taliban militants, wound 41 others
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have killed 63 Taliban militants and injured 41 others in Ghazni province since Friday night and the operation is still continuing, an army spokesman Nazifullah Sultani said...
photo: US Army / Javier Amador