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Like Reagan, Obama Is Prisoner of Foreign Policy
Full Article WorldNews.com
10 Jun 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If denying reality to preserve a certain view of the world always leads to disastrous consequences, so does trying to remake reality through a mistaken foreign policy, namely preemptive wars, military occupations and hypocritical activities. Even now as those on the right condemn President Barack Obama...

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U.S. President Ronald Reagan tells reporters that "I'M not taking any more questions," during a news conference in the White House briefing room, Nov. 25, 1986.
photo: AP / Bob Dougherty

updated 01 Jun 2014; published 01 Jun 2014
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Lawmakers Say Obama's Prisoner Exchange Violated Law!
updated 03 Jun 2014; published 03 Jun 2014
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Rubio: Obama Violated Law With Unilateral Release Of Taliban Prisoners
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Obama's foreign policy legacy - Sky News 28/4/14
updated 31 Mar 2014; published 31 Mar 2014
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Clifford May on Obama's foreign policy (Fox News)
updated 04 Jun 2014; published 04 Jun 2014
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Did McCain change positions on a Bergdahl prisoner swap?
updated 01 May 2013; published 30 Apr 2013
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President Obama: Guantanamo 'Needs To Be Closed'
Pakistan forces repel another attack near Karachi airport
Full Article The Hindu
10 Jun 2014

Gunmen in Pakistan attacked a training facility for airport police near the Karachi airport on Tuesday, forcing a temporary suspension of flights and triggering a brief shootout with security forces just days after a brazen Taliban assault on the country’s busiest airfield. Law enforcement personnel managed to quickly repulse the attack by as...

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Pakistani security personnel inspect the site around a training center after gunmen attacked the facility in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 10, 2014.
photo: AP / Fareed Khan

updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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WATCH LIVE : Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Gunmen attack Karachi airport training centre
updated 09 Jun 2014; published 09 Jun 2014
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Pakistan: Security forces clean up Karachi airport mess
updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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Fresh Gun Battle Near Karachi Airport - 10 June 2014
updated 09 Jun 2014; published 09 Jun 2014
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BREAKING NEWS Gunmen Attack Karachi International Airport
updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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Massive Taliban Attack at Karachi International Airport (Details)
Iraq insurgents seize control of second city Mosul
Full Article The Irish Times
10 Jun 2014

Islamic militants have overrun parts of Iraq’s second-largest city, driving security forces from their posts and seizing the provincial government headquarters, security bases and other key buildings. The battle for Mosul is a serious blow to Baghdad’s attempts to tame a widening insurgency by a breakaway al Qaida group, the Islamic State of Iraq...

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In this Monday, June 9, 2014 image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi Military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq.
photo: AP / Iraqi Military via AP video

updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraq militants control second city of Mosul-latest pictures
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraqi city of Mosul falls to jihadists
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraq's northern province of Nineveh falls to insurgents
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraqi Army Fights Insurgents In Mosul
updated 07 Jun 2014; published 07 Jun 2014
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Gunmen 'flee university' after hostage drama in Iraq
updated 07 Jun 2014; published 07 Jun 2014
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Ramadi Sealed Off After Militants Take Students Hostage.
South Korea: Crew Of Sunken Ferry Go On Trial
Full Article Orange News
10 Jun 2014

10 June 2014, 13:54 South Korea: Crew Of Sunken Ferry Go On Trial Tweet Fifteen ferry workers have gone on trial in South Korea, charged over the deaths of more than 300 people in April's ferry disaster. Heavy security surrounded the arrival of the crew at the district court in Gwangju. Local TV images showed the ferry captain, Lee Joon-Seok, being...

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Family members of passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol struggle with a security officer, right, while attempting to attend a pretrial hearing of the ferry's crew members at Gwangju District Court in Gwangju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 10, 2014.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon. Pool

updated 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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Captain of Sunken SKorean Ferry Arrested
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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South Korea ferry sinks with hundreds of children on board, almost 295 people missing
updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
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South Korea Ferry: South Korea Ship Sunk Almost 300 people are missing
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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Anxious parents wait for news of children on board sunken South Korea ferry
updated 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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Sunken Korea ferry relatives give DNA swabs to help identify dead
updated 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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SOUTH KOREA FERRY DISASTER - Anger & Agony for Grieving Parents & Relatives
5 US troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan
Full Article Newsday
10 Jun 2014

Travel deals KABUL, Afghanistan - (AP) -- Five Americans troops were killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday, in one of the worst such incidents involving United States or coalition troops since the start of the nearly 14 year war. The official insisted on anonymity because he was...

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All Nato combat forces are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of the year
photo: US DoD

updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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5 Americans Killed In Afghanistan Friendly Fire accident Five US troops killed 5 Nato troops killed
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Five Coalition Troops Killed by Friendly Fire in Afghanistan
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Nato Forces Kill Five US Troops In Afghanistan
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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BREAKING: 5 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan Friendly Fire Accident
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Five US troops killed in friendly fire airstrike in Afghanistan
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Nato forces kill five US troops in Afghanistan-latest pictures
Subway strike suspended in Sao Paulo, may hit Rio
Full Article Lexington Herald-Leader
10 Jun 2014

SAO PAULO — A paralyzing subway strike has been suspended, though union officials warn that if their demands for higher pay aren't met they will call workers off the job again Thursday — the day Sao Paulo hosts the opening match of the World Cup. In an assembly Monday night, union members voted to temporarily suspend the strike they...

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Subway train operators, along with activists from social movements, clash with riot police in front of the Ana Rosa metro station, in an ongoing subway strike, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014.
photo: AP / Mario Angelo

updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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BRAZIL WORLD CUP 2014 - Riot Police Clash with Protesters at a Metro Strike in Sao Paulo
updated 09 Jun 2014; published 09 Jun 2014
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Brazil: Tear gas, stun grenades used against striking metro workers
updated 29 Dec 2013; published 29 Dec 2013
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Emergency Demonstration for South Korean rail workers, San Francisco, Dec 27 2013
updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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Brazil World Cup: Sao Paulo metro strike to continue
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Sao Paulo Metro Strike Suspended, But Fears Loom Ahead of World Cup
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Sao Paulo metro strike is called off but threat remains to World Cup
'Another 20 women kidnapped' in north Nigeria
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Jun 2014

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the rebel group abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in April. Alhaji Tar, a member of a vigilante group set up to resist Boko...

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, police officers armed with AK-47 rifles stand guard at sandbagged bunkers along a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation and is gaining prominence
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba

updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
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Heathrow - Women's Group - Senior - Final - Acrobatic International
updated 02 Feb 2014; published 02 Feb 2014
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Women's Group- Saturday Night Live
updated 14 Apr 2014; published 14 Apr 2014
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Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships 2010 Russia Women's Group 1st place
updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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A group of women are constructing simple chairs for children with disabilities
updated 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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Moroccan Women in Harley-Davidson group - Documentary
updated 24 Apr 2012; published 24 Apr 2012
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Acrobatic Worlds 2012, Orlando (USA) - Mixed Pair + Women's Group (Part 1)
Merkel and Cameron in battle over European Commission
Full Article BBC News
10 Jun 2014

The leaders of Sweden, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands are meeting at a mini-EU summit near Stockholm to try to reach a consensus on European reform. The controversial question of who is to head the European Commission is likely to be discussed, but not officially. UK PM David Cameron is expected to try to get leaders on-side to block...

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Four heads of government pose for photographers outside Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's summer residence Harpsund, South of Stockholm on Monday, June 9, 2014.
photo: AP / TT, Anders Wiklund

updated 09 Nov 2013; published 09 Nov 2013
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Farage Mrs Merkel, tell Cameron it's time for Britain to leave EU
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
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Germany Angela Merkel to address UK parliament
updated 01 Jun 2014; published 01 Jun 2014
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Cameron Warns U.K. Could 'Quit' European Union
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Merkel and Cameron in battle over European Commission
updated 27 Feb 2014; published 27 Feb 2014
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UK: Merkel visits as Cameron seeks support for EU reform
updated 10 Feb 2014; published 10 Feb 2014
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Germany's Merkel To Visit UK As Cameron Seeks EU Reform Backing
Revolutions, but not as we know them
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Jun 2014

In the 25 years since the Tiananmen Square protests in China, we have seen a remarkable number of popular uprisings around the world. This so-called "revolutionary wave" - spanning from the "colour revolutions" at the end of the Cold War to the Arab Spring in 2011 - has ushered in a new period of democratisation. But, the latest rounds of...

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Workers of Anganwadi, a government sponsored child and mother care agency, shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, June 6, 2014. Anganwadi workers staged a protest demanding permanent services and better wages.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 16 Mar 2014; published 16 Mar 2014
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The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968: Student Rebellion, Economics, Revolution (1997)
updated 22 Feb 2014; published 22 Feb 2014
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Revolution in Ukraine - Protest Against Police - World News Today
updated 07 Jul 2013; published 07 Jul 2013
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Can Social Media REALLY Spark Social Change?
updated 20 Feb 2014; published 20 Feb 2014
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(GRAPHIC) Protesters Shot In Ukraine Before Truce Declared
updated 18 Dec 2011; published 18 Dec 2011
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Egypt junta is hijacking revolution
updated 10 Apr 2014; published 10 Apr 2014
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Anonymous - Global Uprising 2014 #Op World Wide Wave Occupy Movement
Pakistani Militants Attack Karachi Airport, 23 Dead
Full Article Voa News
09 Jun 2014

VOA News Heavily-armed militants stormed the main airport in Karachi, Pakistan Sunday, leading to a five-hour gun battle with police and soldiers that left 23 people dead. Officials say all 10 gunmen were either shot by police or blew themselves up...

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Pakistani troops arrive at Jinnah International Airport following an attack by unknown gunmen disguised as police guards who stormed a terminal used for VIPs and cargo, Sunday night, June 8, 2014, in Karachi, Pakistan. The airport attack still was ongoing early Monday in Karachi, a sprawling port city on the southern coast of Pakistan, although officials said all the passengers had been evacuated.
photo: AP / Shakil Adil

updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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Fresh Gun Battle Near Karachi Airport - 10 June 2014
updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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Terror attack at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport 13 securitymen, 1 militant killed
updated 09 Jun 2014; published 09 Jun 2014
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Pakistan's Karachi airport attack kills 24
updated 08 Jun 2014; published 08 Jun 2014
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Breaking: Deadly Terrorist Attack On Karachi international airport, with automatic weapons
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Fresh Gun Battle Near Karachi Airport
updated 09 Jun 2014; published 09 Jun 2014
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Karachi Airport Terrorist Attack 13 Dead Karachi airport terror attack

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Review by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon One of the most important Palestinian feature films ever, Omar is, to date, the deepest expose of the diabolical nature of the Israeli...
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Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal is not ready for Roland Garros to be renamed in his honor, but he can picture a time when he might be the one handing out the trophies in Paris rather...
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General Motors on Thursday released the results of an internal investigation into the delayed recall of 2.6 million cars with faulty ignition switches. But the 315-page report...

Merkel endorses Juncker for EU top job
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German chancellor Angela Merkel delivered her strongest statement yet in support of Jean-Claude Juncker’s bid to become the next president of the European Commission, dealing a fresh blow to British prime minister David Cameron, who is attempt to...
photo: European Community / EC
G7 Backs Curtailing Illicit Financial Flows
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Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations leaders have reiterated their backing for curtailing illicit financial flows stemming from crime, corruption, and tax evasion. At the end of their meeting last week in Brussels, they said in a...
photo: European Community / EC
Newly elected Israeli president Reuven Rivlin speaks at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June, 10, 2014. Israel’s parliament on Tuesday chose Reuven Rivlin, a veteran politician and supporter of the Jewish settlement movement, as the country’s next president, putting a man opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state into the ceremonial but largely influential post.
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Israel's parliament has chosen Reuven Rivlin, a stalwart in the ruling Likud Party, as the country's next president. Policy makers chose the former parliament speaker and cabinet minister in a secret run-off ballot against long-time legislator Meir...
photo: AP / Dan Balilty
Somalia: UN envoy welcomes release of captives held by pirates since 2010
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In a press release from the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Nicholas Kay welcomed the release Saturday of 11 crew members of the ship MV Albedo, held hostage since November 2010, reported the UN Information Center to Tehran (UNIC) on...
photo: UN / Tobin Jones
UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie, right, accompanied by British Foreign Secretary William Hague pay their respects to victims at a memorial center of Potocari near eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, 180 kms northeast of Sarajevo ,on Friday, March 28, 2014. British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie addressed a conference organized in Sarajevo by Bosnia's Defense Ministry on sexual violence in conflict.
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Angelina Jolie and Foreign Secretary William Hague have arrived to co-chair the largest ever summit on the subject of sexual violence in war. The Hollywood star was greeted at the ExCeL conference centre in London's Docklands by a bank of...
photo: AP / Amel Emric
Smoke rises above the Jinnah International Airport where security forces continue to battle militants Monday, June 9, 2014, in Karachi, Pakistan
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Paramilitary forces say insurgents in assault on economic hub are Uzbeks Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed Pakistan's busiest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a nightlong battle at one of the country's most...
photo: AP / Shakil Adil
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, reacts after speaking to supporters in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Kenny was canvassing ahead of Friday's Irish general election were he widely tipped to be the next Irish Prime Minister.
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Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte flies to Dublin today for talks with Taoiseach Enda Kenny on the appointment of the next European Commission president, as British prime minister David Cameron continued his campaign against Jean-Claude Juncker’s...
photo: AP / Peter Morrison