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Did Iran Just Shahmat (Checkmate) the U.S.?
Full Article WorldNews.com
03 Jul 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It is from ancient Persia (modern Iran) that the game of chess required many of its terms. For example, Persian foot soldiers were the piyadah, or pawns. The chariot was the rukh, or rook (for castle). Their ruler was the shah, from which the word "chess" itself is derived. Shahmat meant "the king is...

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File - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, center, shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in their meeting, as Iranian Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri looks on in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.
photo: AP / Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno

updated 02 Aug 2013; published 17 Apr 2013
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Interesting Origins of Words: Checkmate, Bank and Canary
updated 26 Jan 2011; published 31 Oct 2010
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Футбол и Шахмат 14.10.2010г.
updated 07 Aug 2013; published 13 Aug 2011
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Schachmatt - Strategie einer Revolution oder Fallstudie amerikanischer Politik
updated 10 Jun 2014; published 10 Jun 2014
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Ajam - Gole Iran [OFFICIAL VIDEO] / عجم - گل ایران
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 24 Feb 2011
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IRAN Documentary Yesterday and Today : Rick Steves
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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World Cup Team Profile: IRAN
World Cup workers struggle for basic rights
Full Article Al Jazeera
03 Jul 2014

As hundreds of thousands of football fans enjoy the beautiful games in Sao Paulo, many rural migrants drawn to Brazil’s commercial capital to build stadiums and other infrastructure projects say their lives have been anything but pretty in the lead-up to the mega-event. In fact, many labourers who worked on construction projects ahead of the...

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File - Workers clean the stairs at Arena Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 11, 2014.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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Built on Bones: Qatar World Cup construction workers die daily
updated 08 Oct 2013; published 08 Oct 2013
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Doha accused of treating workers like slaves in preparations for World Cup
updated 14 Jun 2012; published 14 Jun 2012
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Inside Story - The plight of Qatar's migrant workers
updated 13 Jan 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
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voa Rights Campaigners Qatar World Cup Workers Suffer 'Widespread Abuses'
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Qatar: the migrant workers forced to work for no pay in World Cup host country
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Save Face: Qatar covers up mistreatment of workers in World Cup preparations
'Disability never sleeps,' Oscar Pistorius doctor argues
Full Article CNN
03 Jul 2014

July 3, 2014 -- Updated 0854 GMT (1654 HKT) Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Do not be taken in by the fact that Oscar Pistorius is one of the fastest runners in the world -- remember he is disabled, one of his doctors argued at the sprinter's murder trial Thursday. Wayne Derman ran through a long list of the difficulties double amputees experience...

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Oscar Pistorius has his tie adjusted by his uncle Arnold Pistorius, right, in court during his ongoing murder trial in Pretoria, Thursday, July 3, 2014.
photo: AP / Herman Verwey

updated 03 Mar 2014; published 03 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Monday 3 March, Session 1
updated 10 Mar 2014; published 10 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Monday 10 March 2014, Session 1
updated 04 Mar 2014; published 04 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Tuesday 4 March 2014, Session 2
updated 13 Mar 2014; published 13 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Thursday 13 March 2014
updated 17 Mar 2014; published 17 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Monday 17 March 2014, Session 1
updated 10 Mar 2014; published 10 Mar 2014
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Oscar Pistorius leaves court after vomiting in the dock
Arthur strengthens to a hurricane as it threatens North Carolina and leaves Florida behind
Full Article The Florida Times Union
03 Jul 2014

RODANTHE, N.C. | Arthur strengthened to a hurricane early Thursday and threatened to give North Carolina a glancing blow on Independence Day, prompting the governor to warn vacationers along the coast not to risk their safety by trying to salvage their picnics and barbecues. Forecasters expect Arthur to whip past the state's Outer Banks on Friday...

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Arthur strengthens to a hurricane as it threatens North Carolina and leaves Florida behind
photo: AP / Vietnam News Agency

updated 08 Sep 2012; published 29 Aug 2012
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Rough footage of Hurricane Isaac
updated 22 Jun 2014; published 29 Aug 2009
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Prolotherapy Lecture Marc Darrow MD JD Part 1
updated 21 Jun 2014; published 24 Jan 2010
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Prolotherapy An Alterntive Hip Treatment: Dr. Marc Darrow
updated 17 Jun 2014; published 19 Mar 2012
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NLP Training Course - What The Others Don't Tell You
updated 21 Jun 2014; published 12 Jul 2013
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Twin baby - Laughing Playing Crying Sleeping
updated 18 Mar 2014; published 28 May 2012
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NLP Books - How to Find a Good One!
Putin under pressure as fighting rages in Ukraine
Full Article The Guardian
03 Jul 2014

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press= MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has been slammed for arming rebels and fanning flames of separatism in eastern Ukraine. But there is strong evidence recently that it's just the opposite: He now wants to bring about a truce. To do so, however, Putin must face down nationalists at home pressuring him to...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures after signing a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty to incorporate Crimea into Russia, describing the move as the restoration of historic injustice and a necessary response to what he called the Western encroachment on Russiaís vital interests.
photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

updated 24 Jun 2014; published 24 Jun 2014
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Fighting Strains Ukraine Ceasefire, Putin Urges Dialogue
updated 22 Jun 2014; published 22 Jun 2014
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BREAKING NEWS - Fighting Strains Ukraine Ceasefire, Vladimir Putin Urges Dialogue
updated 24 Jun 2014; published 24 Jun 2014
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Russian President PUTIN 'scraps Ukraine military move' | BREAKING NEWS .
updated 24 Jun 2014; published 24 Jun 2014
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Fighting Strains Ukraine Ceasefire, Putin Urges Dialogue
updated 28 May 2014; published 28 May 2014
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Divided East Ukraine City Calm After Battle, Rebels Seek Russian Help
updated 16 Jun 2014; published 16 Jun 2014
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Ukraine President Plans Truce, Vows to Control Russia Border : BREAKING NEWS

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Cheney's Cognitive Dissonance Moment On Iraq
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WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In "When Prophecy Fails," Leon Festinger developed the idea of cognitive dissonance by studying a UFO cult. He recounts how a woman...
The Gambia in the Summer
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The Independent
The Gambia may be the smallest country in mainland Africa but this is no reflection of it rich versatile offering. Already established as a haven for winter sun visitors The Gambia...
Poll: Fears over Islamic extremism rising
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Al Jazeera
Fears about Islamic extremism are rising in nations with large Muslim populations from the Middle East to South Asia and support for radical groups is on the slide, according to a...

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Clashes Are Erupting Throughout Jerusalem As Tensions Build
A Palestinian youth throws stones at Israeli riot police, not seen, during a protest against Jewish settlements in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Tensions regularly run high in Silwan, where a small group of Israeli settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves among thousands of Palestinian residents.
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Business Insider
A protester throws a burning tire See Also Arab-Jewish tension in parts of Jerusalem was at fever pitch Thursday afternoon, three days after the funerals for three slain Israeli teens and a day after the alleged revenge killing of...
photo: AP / Adel Hana
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Scientists find how magic mushrooms alter the mind
A woman harvests magic mushrooms in a grow room at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands, Friday Aug. 3, 2007.
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Baltimore Sun
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemical in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-expanding drug trip. Psychedelic drugs such as...
photo: AP / Peter Dejong
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Neymar happy with substance over style in World Cup 2014
Santos' soccer player Neymar, of Brazil, speaks during an event honoring him as best player in last season's Copa Libertadores soccer tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday Nov. 24, 2011.
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The Australian
NEYMAR insisted that he is happy for Brazil to win ugly as long as it gets them past Colombia in Saturday morning’s (AEST) World Cup quarter-final in Fortaleza. The occasional moment of genius from Neymar aside, Brazil have rarely sparkled at...
photo: AP / Nelson Antoine
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Giraffe legs' strong, skinny secret
Giraffes - Animal - Environment / Wam2
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BBC News
Scientists have worked out the anatomical secret to giraffes' long and spindly - but strong - legs. Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of London found that a supportive ligament is protected by a groove in the animals'...
photo: Creative Commons / Luca Galuzzi
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Spain's Princess Cristina files appeal against charges
FILE - In this April 5, 2013 file photo, Spain's Princess Cristina walks towards her office in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish court has subpoenaed Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, as a suspect of tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to the royal family's reputation. Palma de Mallorca court judge Jose Castro on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 ordered the 48-year-old princess to appear March 8 for questioning concerning investments and finances relating to her partnership with her husband Inaki Urdangarin in a firm called Aizoon.
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BBC News
The sister of Spain's King Felipe, Princess Cristina, is appealing against charges in a tax fraud and money laundering case, court officials say. Lawyers for the princess say they are seeking to overturn the charges, which were formalised by a...
photo: AP / Manu Fernandez
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Iraq's Maliki Hopes for New Government by Next Week
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during the 32nd anniversary of the foundation of the Badr Organization in Baghdad, Iraq
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Voa News
VOA News BAGHDAD — Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that he hoped to overcome the challenges blocking the formation of a new government, a day after the new parliament's first session ended without agreement on top...
photo: AP / Karim Kadim, File
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Susie Wolff: Formula 1 'is not a man's world'
Susie Wolff-Scottish racing driver
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BBC News
2 July 2014 Last updated at 10:01 BST Scottish driver Susie Wolff will become the first woman to take part in a Formula 1 race weekend session in 22 years when she takes to the track at Silverstone in free practice on Friday. She spoke to BBC...
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