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Brazil in shock after World Cup humiliation
Full Article BBC News
09 Jul 2014

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has urged the country to bounce back after its catastrophic 7-1 World Cup defeat against Germany. "Like all Brazilians, I am very, very sad after the defeat. But we will not let ourselves be broken," she tweeted. The coach of the...

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Brazil soccer fans cry as they watch their team lose 7-1 to Germany at a World Cup semifinal match on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
photo: AP / Leo Correa

updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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World Cup 2014: Brazil humiliation: The 10 biggest shocks in World Cup
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Brazil In Shock After World Cup Humiliation
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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Brazil in shock after World Cup humiliation
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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Brazil in shock after World Cup humiliation
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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9 Heartbreaking Photos Of Brazil Fans Devastated By Their World Cup Collapse
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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Jokowi's victory claim disputed in Indonesia
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Jul 2014

Ex-general Prabowo Subianto has refused to accept a victory claim from his rival, Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, after a closely-fought presidential race in Indonesia. After a quick count of about 90 percent of votes on Wednesday, Jokowi was ahead by about 5 percent, which prompted him to declare victory. "We are thankful that...

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Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi" center, is greeted by supporters after casting his ballot during the presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
photo: AP / Dita Alangkara

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updated 01 Jun 2014; published 01 Jun 2014
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Arti Nomor Urut 2 bagi Jokowi: Victory Bisa, Peace Bisa
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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Rappler Newscast: Indonesian elections, Bong's witnesses, Germany beats Brazil
updated 08 Jul 2014; published 08 Jul 2014
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The markets seem to be more in favor of Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo to be the next Indonesian ...
updated 07 Jul 2013; published 07 Jul 2013
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Pakistan Nawaz Sharif celebrates as he claims election victory
updated 02 Jun 2014; published 02 Jun 2014
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Qatar World Cup '£3m payments to officials' corruption claim
Israel ramps up air assault on Gaza Strip
Full Article The Dallas Morning News
09 Jul 2014

GAZA CITY, Gaza StripIsrael launched a major air assault on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing dozens of targets in what Israeli officials said was a bid to halt cross-border attacks from Palestinian militants, who fired more than 150 rockets toward Israeli cities and its coastal high-tech corridor. In a sign that the cross-border conflict could...

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Smoke and a ball of fire rises after an Israeli missile strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
photo: AP / Hatem Moussa

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Rocket Attack From Gaza Strip Kills 3 Israelis - Now Over 200 Rockets Hit Tel Aviv and Israel
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Video: Israel hits Hamas HQ, Rafah tunnels near Gaza-Egypt border
updated 16 Nov 2012; published 16 Nov 2012
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Israel : IDF reigns down precision air strikes on Hamas Terrorist in the Gaza Strip (Nov 15, 2012)
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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BREAKING NEWS - Intense attacks across Israel Gaza border
updated 08 Jul 2014; published 08 Jul 2014
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BREAKING NEWS - Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities after Gaza offensive
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Gaza Under Fire: Israel air assault claims civilian lives
Google's Smartphone Technology Will Help NASA Robots Navigate The International Space Station
Full Article Business Insider
09 Jul 2014

See Also Google smartphones will take NASA astronaut robots from 2006 tech to the future of space travel, according to Reuters. Robots with the phones, armed with technology from Google's augmented reality experiment Project Tango, are set to launch on July 11. The Android augmented androids are called SPHERES — short for Synchronized...

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NASA’s Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) equipped with a smartphone.
photo: NASA / Ames

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Raw: NASA Launches Robotic Explorer to Moon
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NASA Robot for DARPA: "Ape-Like RoboSimian" 2013 NASA JPL; Stanford Hand & JPL Robotics
updated 13 May 2014; published 13 May 2014
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Robot and astronaut bid farewell on International Space Station
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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JBU Robot Demo - 2014 NASA Robotics Mining Competition
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UMSATS Entry to the NASA Space App Challenge 2014
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NASA Long-Distance Google+ Hangout to Connect with Space Station
Brazil 1 Germany SEVEN: Hosts suffer epic meltdown in record World Cup defeat
Full Article South China Morning Post
08 Jul 2014

Brazil’s World Cup dream was smashed into oblivion as majestic Germany ran riot to win an extraordinary semi-final 7-1 and send the South American hosts crashing to their worst ever defeat in their 100-year footballing history. Sixty-four years after Brazil was plunged into national mourning after their loss in the 1950 final, the hosts were torn...

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Brazil players sink to their knees after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany
photo: AP / Martin Meissner

updated 08 Jul 2014; published 08 Jul 2014
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German Beer Crushes Brazilian Cocktail | Germany Humiliates Brazil (1-7) | World Cup 2014 Semifinal
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Germany Beer Humiliates Brazilian Cocktail | Funny WORLD CUP 2014
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Germany Humiliates Brazil (1-7) German Beer Crushes Brazilian Cocktail
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World Cup 2014 : How the world reacted to Brazil's humiliation
updated 08 Jul 2014; published 08 Jul 2014
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WATCH: Brazilian Fans Crying During World Cup 2014 Semi-Final - 1 Brazil vs 7 Germany
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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World Cup 2014 Brazil captain David Luiz apologises after loss

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BBC News
Omar al-Shishani may now be one of the most feared jihadists in the Middle East, as a commander in the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), but his...
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CounterPunch
Fascistic groups and politicians have become the public face of Ukrainian nationalism in Ukraine today. This fact has been the starting point of many commentators on the current...
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The Miami Herald
The headline — “Poll: Obama Worst President Since World War II” — was both provocative and misleading. The Quinnipiac survey did, indeed, place...

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Md. Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The president said top priorities for Congress should be increasing the minimum wage and reforming immigration. Obama told a House Democratic retreat Friday that the party needs to stand up for the American dream of getting ahead.
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July 09: President Barack Obama today said the US is committed to the goal of developing a "new model" of relations with China defined by increased practical cooperation and "constructive management" of differences. "The United States welcomes the...
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Palestinians search the wreckage of vehicle following an Israeli air strike on it at the main road in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking nearly 100 sites in Gaza and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a heavy barrage of rocket attacks against Israel.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing at least 8 people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against...
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US actor George Clooney has accused the Daily Mail of "irresponsibility" after it claimed his fiancée's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds. The British tabloid, he said, had been "negligent" in...
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Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", left, accompanied by his wife Iriana, casts his ballot during the presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. As the world's third-largest democracy began voting Wednesday to elect a new president, Indonesians are divided between two very different choices: a one-time furniture maker, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, and a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former dictator Suharto, Prabowo Subianto.
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JAKARTA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesians on Wednesday went to polls to pick up their new president for the country. The voting started first in the eastern part of Indonesia at 08: 00 a.m. local time which is two hours earlier than the rest parts of...
photo: AP / Dita Alangkara
Brazil's David Luiz prays after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany
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Germany ended Brazil's FIFA World Cup dream with a sensational 7-1 semi-final victory as the hosts capitulated in Belo Horizonte. Shorn of injured playmaker Neymar, who suffered a fractured vertebra in the quarter-final against Colombia, and...
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View of the Rio Grande from Overlook Park, White Rock, New Mexico. The United States and Mexico share the water of the river under a series of agreements administered by the International Boundary and Water Commission,US-Mexico
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The White House says it's asking Congress for $3.7 billion to address the humanitarian crisis along the border with Mexico. The statement said the funds would cover domestic enforcement, repatriation and reintegration of migrants, transportation...
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