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South Sudan president and rebel leader agree to form unity government
Full Article The Guardian
11 Jun 2014

Truce follows meeting between the pair after east African bloc threatened sanctions over country's civil war Salva Kiir's meeting with Riek Machar was the first encounter between the pair since 9 May when they signed a ceasefire that broke within hours. The government and rebels in South Sudan have agreed to end the country's civil war and form a...

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File - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir speaks after meeting with Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, in the capital Juba, South Sudan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
photo: AP / Ali Ngethi

updated 28 Jan 2014; published 28 Jan 2014
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South Sudan Unity State, Benitu Fighting
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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South Sudan: Rebels seize Bentiu, capital of the oil producing Unity State
updated 11 Jan 2014; published 11 Jan 2014
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South Sudan Conflict: S. Sudan govt wins back key town in unity state
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Rebels 'Take Key State' of Unity
updated 02 Feb 2014; published 02 Feb 2014
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Fighting forces thousands to flee South Sudan s oil rich state of Unity
updated 15 Apr 2014; published 15 Apr 2014
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Breaking News - South Sudan - Freedom fighters has recaptured Unity state capital, Bentiu
Palestine's unity government: Cause for celebration and scepticism
Full Article Al Jazeera
11 Jun 2014

The June 2 announcement of a Palestinian consensus government is both cause for celebration and scepticism. The national unity deal was struck in late April between Hamas and Fatah. It is a significant achievement in its own right, but also because it sets this latest agreement apart from previous, stillborn attempts at reconciliation between the...

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File - Mahmoud Abbas makes his way to a waiting car following a press conference in Gaza.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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Palestinian Rivals To Join Government
updated 28 Apr 2013; published 04 May 2011
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Palestinians cautious but optimistic over unity deal
updated 11 Apr 2014; published 11 Apr 2014
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Putin and the Middle East Peace Process: Palestinians call for greater Russian role in pea
updated 20 Mar 2013; published 20 Mar 2013
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White House 'deeply sceptical' over Syria's chemical weapon claims
updated 30 May 2013; published 18 Jan 2010
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West Bank town sees political unity
updated 16 Jun 2013; published 24 May 2013
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Protests as US Secretary of State visits Ramallah
Tens of thousands flee Iraq's Mosul
Full Article The Times of India
11 Jun 2014

MOSUL: An al-Qaida splinter group seized control of the Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, putting security forces to flight in a spectacular show of strength against the Shia-led Baghdad government. The capture of the northern city of 2 million by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — Sunni Muslims waging sectarian war on both sides of the...

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Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Tuesday, June 10, 2014.
photo: AP

updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraq Crisis: Islamists Force 150,000 To Flee Mosul
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraq's army retreats as al-Qaeda seizes Mosul
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Iraqi Forces Battle Militants in Mosul | Insurgents seize Iraqi city of Mosul as Troops Flee | VIDEO
updated 07 Jun 2014; published 07 Jun 2014
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59 dead as police battle militants in Iraq's Mosul
updated 11 Jun 2014; published 11 Jun 2014
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Thousands flee Iraqi city of Mosul as Islamic militants take control video
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Hundreds Of Thousand People Forced To Flee Mosul.
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 30 Apr 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 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Gunmen attack Karachi airport training centre
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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Pakistani Forces Repel Attack Near Karachi
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
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 Crisis: Islamists Force 150,000 To Flee Mosul
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Insurgents take Mosul as Iraqi army collapses
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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Iraq militants seize second city of Mosul
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
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 19 Apr 2014; published 19 Apr 2014
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Sunken Korea ferry relatives give DNA swabs to help identify dead
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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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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Five American Soldiers Killed by Friendly Fire
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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5 US troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan [RAW VIDEO]
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 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Sao Paulo Metro Strike Suspended, But Fears Loom Ahead of World Cup
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 21 May 2014; published 21 May 2014
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Video shows the chaos in a subway station in São Paulo
'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 20 Dec 2013; published 20 Dec 2013
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Moroccan Women in Harley-Davidson group - Documentary
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 24 Apr 2012; published 24 Apr 2012
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Acrobatic Worlds 2012, Orlando (USA) - Mixed Pair + Women's Group (Part 1)

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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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Ohio
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