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Residents carry some of their belongings in the al-Hamidiyeh neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Saturday, May 10, 2014.
Human Rights   Mideast Peace   Photos   Syrian War   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War  
Homs is a victory for no one
The evacuation of rebel fighters from the Old City of Homs is being widely portrayed as major victory for the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Rather incredulously, some in the opposition are even claiming ... (photo: AP)
Al Jazeera
Yemeni soldiers stop cars at a checkpoint in a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 12, 2014.
Al Qaida   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Wikipedia: Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen   Yemen Conflict  
The Bloody War that Doesn’t Exist
“In Yemen today, the US embassy is closed to the public. Officials telling CNN there is credible information of a threat against Western interests there,” a CNN news anchor read the news bulletin ... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed)
CounterPunch
Protesters chant slogans FIFA during a protest against the money spent on the World Cup preparations, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Brazil police clash with anti-World Cup protesters
SAO PAULO: Protesters and police clashed in Sao Paulo Thursday, as demonstrations against the World Cup and rallies calling for improved public services erupted in several Brazilian cities. | Officers... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) New Straits/Business Times
Brazil Protests   Economy of Brazil   FIFA World Cup 2014   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 FIFA World Cup  
Indian  voters wait inside the  entrance of a polling station during the final phase of general elections in Kolkata on May 12, 2014. Voters headed to the polls Monday in the final phase of India's marathon election, with hardliner Narendra Modi expected to lead his Hindu nationalists to victory after 10 years of Congress party rule Kolkata turns into fortress for vote finale
KOLKATA: Kolkata Police, which has come under severe criticism from opposition parties this election season for "not doing enough to protect their supporters", has now drawn up a comprehensive plan fo... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Times Of India
Election   Kolkata   Photos   Vote   Wikipedia: 2014 elections in India  
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Protesters holding a Brazilian flag block the main road leading to the Castelao stadium before the start of a soccer Confederations Cup group B match between Nigeria and Spain in Fortaleza, Brazil, Sunday, June 23, 2013. Wave of anti-government protests begins in Brazil
Protesters began a wave of demonstrations around Brazil on Thursday, burning tires and blocking highways to draw attention to housing and education needs before next mont... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano) Austin American Statesman
Brazil   FIFA   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: FIFA World Cup  
Rolf Harris Rolf Harris trial: Entertainer 'assaulted seven-year-old girl as she waited for an autograph'
Rolf Harris groped a girl as young as seven she queued excitedly for an autograph after he performed his hit song ‘Two Little Boys’ at a community centre, a court hea... (photo: GFDL / ) The Independent
Entertainment   Photos   Rolf Harris   Rolf Harris trial   Wikipedia: Rolf Harris  
David Morrissey speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Walking Dead", at the San Diego Convention Morrissey reveals Archers offer
Morrissey has revealed he has been approached to appear on Radio 4's rural soap The Archers. | The former Smiths frontman is a prominent vegetarian and vocal opponent of ... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore) Belfast Telegraph
Actor   David Morrissey   Gossip   Photos   Wikipedia: David Morrissey  
A Palestinian fishermen inspects his destroyed fishing boat hauled up onto the shore, close to the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on the Mediterranean Sea, on March 26, 2014. Open Gaza's seaport, end the blockade
The nonchalance with which the West has been observing the slow decomposition of the Palestinian social fabric in Gaza in its eighth year of Israeli blockade amounts to a... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
Gaza Blockade   Human Rights   Israeli Palestinian Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Blockade of the Gaza Strip  
South Korean navy's frogmen search passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
Related Articles | South Korean crew members were 'ordered' to leave sinking ferry 14 May 2014 | South Korea ferry disaster: operator of boat is detained by police 08 May... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man) The Daily Telegraph
Maritime Disaster   Photos   S. Korea Ferry Sinking   Sewol Accident   Wikipedia: Sinking of the MV Sewol  
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry passes an Air Force security guard as he steps off his plane after arriving in London, United Kingdom, on May 14, 2014, for a series of meetings focused on the Middle East, Syria, and Ukraine. 'Friends of Syria' group set for London talks
Foreign ministers from 11 Western and Arab nations are due to meet in London to discuss new ways of supporting the Syrian opposition. | The Friends of Syria group will al... (photo: US DoS) BBC News
Mideast Peace   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War  
A sick displaced man lies asleep on a bed while a mother bathes her son and keeps an eye on her other child in the United Nations camp in Juba, South Sudan Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. S Sudan faces 'catastrophic levels of hunger'
War-torn South Sudan faces a catastrophic "tipping point" amid famine and genocide warnings, an aid agency has stated, as the conflict entered its fifth month with no sig... (photo: AP / Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   UN   Wikipedia: South Sudanese conflict (201314)  
Origin of Buddhist celebrated 2558th Buddha Jayanti at Mahabodhi Society in kolkata on  Wednesday 14 May 2014 2558th Buddha Jayanti observed
   | Added At:  2014-05-14 11:06 PM |    Last Updated At: 2014-05-14 11:06 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Himalayan
Buddha Jayanti   India   Nepal   Photos   Wikipedia: Sambuddhatva jayanthi  
Firefighters stand across from the main entrance of Tan Than Industries as the Taiwanese bicycle factory burns, in Di An Town, Binh Duong province, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Factories burned in anti-China protest in Vietnam
Gallery: Factories burned in anti-China protest in Vietnam | Travel Deals | $499 -- Bermuda: Celebrity Cruise from N.J. w/$488 in Extras |   | See all travel deals &... (photo: AP / Jeff Nesmith) Philadelphia Daily News
Anti-China Protest   Fire   Photos   Vietnam   Wikipedia: ChinaVietnam relations  
North America Europe
Hagel: US Will 'Do What We Must' to Stop Iran from G
Pentagon document lays out battle plan against zombies
Porn in US 'a public health crisis'
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At the working meeting between G20 heads of state and government. President of the United States Barack Obama.
Obama imposes sanctions on former CAR leaders, White House says
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Official: Wurst win good for European gay rights
Official: Wurst win good for European gay rights
Official: Wurst win good for European gay rights
Official: Wurst win good for European gay rights
Riot police use water cannons and teargas to disperse demonstrators marching to remember the mine accident victims and protest against the government, in Izmir, Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Protesters clash with police in Turkey
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Asia Middle East
Indonesia considers chemical castration after string of paed
Shinzo Abe's plans to let Japan's troops fight overs
Explosions reported in Nairobi
North Korea warships seen in satellite images
Indian  voters wait inside the  entrance of a polling station during the final phase of general elections in Kolkata on May 12, 2014. Voters headed to the polls Monday in the final phase of India's marathon election, with hardliner Narendra Modi expected to lead his Hindu nationalists to victory after 10 years of Congress party rule
Kolkata turns into fortress for vote finale
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Hagel: US Will 'Do What We Must' to Stop Iran from G
Sepp Blatter 'did not question Qatar' as World Cup h
Israeli minister sees 50 percent more settlers in West Bank
Israeli minister sees 50 percent more settlers in West Bank
Residents carry some of their belongings in the al-Hamidiyeh neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Saturday, May 10, 2014.
Homs is a victory for no one
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South America Africa
Sepp Blatter 'did not question Qatar' as World Cup h
Police fire rubber bullets at World Cup protesters in Brazil
Striker Lionel Messi 'agrees' new Barcelona contract
Video: Protesters and police clash violently in Brazil over
Protesters chant slogans FIFA during a protest against the money spent on the World Cup preparations, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Brazil police clash with anti-World Cup protesters
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Clashes reported in Benghazi
Explosions reported in Nairobi
'Girl with the dancing horse' Charlotte Dujardin no
Dar, Malawi Peace Talks Postponed as Envoy Is Laid to Rest
A sick displaced man lies asleep on a bed while a mother bathes her son and keeps an eye on her other child in the United Nations camp in Juba, South Sudan Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014.
S Sudan faces 'catastrophic levels of hunger'
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Australia Caribbean
Ten things we learned from Michael Kirby's North Korea R
Genocide in Indonesian Zoo
Then and Now: the evolving story of Melbourne's street a
Media Watch Dog 225: Phil Kafcaloudes; Mark Scott; and the f
Fears for Thailand as the never-ending crisis rolls on
Fears for Thailand as the never-ending crisis rolls on
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Brazilian anti-World Cup protests hit Sao Paulo and Rio
Hundreds Of Fast Food Workers Walked Off Their Jobs Today In
>Hundreds Of Fast Food Workers Walked Off Their Jobs Today I
Germany nixes gunboat subsidy to Israel, citing breakdown of
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