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Philippines braces for floods from tropical storm
Full Article Sacramento Bee
14 Jul 2014

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines was bracing for possible floods and landslides as a tropical storm continued to strengthen Monday as it moved closer to the country's eastern seaboard. Tropical Storm Rammasun was expected to intensify into a typhoon before making landfall Tuesday morning...

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Philippines braces for floods from tropical storm
photo: AP / Pat Roque

updated 15 Aug 2013; published 18 Dec 2011
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Philippines storm triggers deadly floods
updated 15 Aug 2013; published 17 Dec 2011
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Philippines storm triggers deadly floods
updated 11 Aug 2013; published 27 Sep 2009
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Typhoon Ondoy ( Ketsana ) Philippines - Alarming Footage of Tropical Rain Storm Flood Waters
updated 01 Apr 2013; published 04 Oct 2009
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Tropical Storm Ondoy Ketsana Typhoon Worst Flood Philippines September 2009 We Are The World
updated 19 Aug 2013; published 19 Aug 2013
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ALERT NEWS FLOOD Philippines Manila Submerged as Tropical Storm Trami Combines With Monsoon Photos
updated 30 Nov 2012; published 24 Oct 2012
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Tropical Storm Son-Tinh / Ofel floods the Philippines
Why Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is an impostor
Full Article Al Jazeera
14 Jul 2014

So Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi claims he has replaced the caliphs of old; those men of wisdom and learning who presided over the glorious days of Islamic civilisation, from the first Abu Bakr, father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, to the last one, Abdulmecid II (1868-1944), the last Sunni caliph of Islam from the Ottoman dynasty. Under the guidance...

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This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq.
photo: AP / Militant video

updated 05 Jul 2014; published 05 Jul 2014
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First Appearance of ISIS Caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi (English Subtitles)
updated 05 Jul 2014; published 05 Jul 2014
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Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addresses Muslims in Mosul-1
updated 05 Jul 2014; published 05 Jul 2014
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Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addresses Muslims in Mosul-2
updated 05 Jul 2014; published 05 Jul 2014
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[FULL] First Appearance of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi (English Subtitles)
updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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ISIS leader urges Muslims to join Islamic caliphate in Iraq & Syria - BBC News
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Wants Muslims To Support New Caliphate.
Sarkozy’s political comeback dream threatened by tapped phone calls
Full Article The Independent
14 Jul 2014

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s hopes of a political comeback appeared to hang by a thread last night after evidence appeared to show he did try to subvert the French justice system in February. Mr Sarkozy indignantly defended his “honour” earlier this month after investigating magistrates formally accused him of “active corruption” to derail...

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File - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy inaugurates the Foundation Claude Pompidou, Centre teaching and research on Alzheimer's disease, Monday, March 10, 2014.
photo: AP / Lionel Cironneau

updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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Former French President Sarkozy charged with corruption
updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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[WATCH] : Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Placed Investigation Over Corruption
updated 07 Mar 2014; published 07 Mar 2014
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Judges Tapped Sarkozy's Phone Calls?
updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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Former French President Sarkozy Placed Under investigation
updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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Ex-French President Sarkozy under corruption probe
updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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Sarkozy Condemns Political Investigation.
Tribunal to hear legal challenge to GCHQ surveillance claims
Full Article BBC News
14 Jul 2014

A tribunal is to hear a legal challenge by civil liberty groups against the alleged use of mass surveillance programmes by UK intelligence services. Privacy International and Liberty are among those to challenge the legality of alleged "interception, collection and use of communications" by agencies. It follows revelations by the former...

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File - An aerial image of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
photo: UK Ministry of Defence

updated 14 Jul 2014; published 14 Jul 2014
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Tribunal hearing legal challenge over GCHQ surveillance claims.
updated 14 Oct 2013; published 14 Oct 2013
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UK's GCHQ accused of monitoring lawyer-client communications
updated 17 Jun 2014; published 17 Jun 2014
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Revealed: UK govt intercepted Google, Facebook and Twitter comms
updated 06 Nov 2013; published 06 Nov 2013
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The State of Surveillance
updated 13 Jan 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
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Watchful Friends: Latest revelation shows GCHQ has listening post in Berlin
updated 25 Mar 2014; published 25 Mar 2014
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The Ancient Craft of Intelligence: Can Australia Protect Itself? - Warren Reed
Thousands Flee Gaza Homes Under Israel Threat
Full Article Voa News
14 Jul 2014

VOA News Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 160 people. "Those who fail to comply with the instructions will endanger their lives and the lives of their...

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A Palestinians inspect a chicken coop damaged in an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 25, 2014. The Israeli air force carried out 12 raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after militants fired more rockets at southern Israel, Palestinian security sources said. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 14 Jul 2014; published 14 Jul 2014
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Watch Gaza Live: Israel Shoots Down Gaza drone, Thousands Flee Northern Gaza
updated 10 Jul 2014; published 10 Jul 2014
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AFTERMATH: Gaza homes destroyed in deadly Israeli airstrike
updated 14 Jul 2014; published 14 Jul 2014
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Thousands flee northern Gaza after Israel warnings
updated 06 Jan 2009; published 06 Jan 2009
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Thousands of Israelis protest against the war in Gaza
updated 13 Jan 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
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Israel's war leaves thousands displaced in Gaza
updated 14 Jul 2014; published 14 Jul 2014
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Thousands flee Gaza homes after Israeli warning of large-scale bombing

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Isis defector speaks of life inside brutal jihadist group
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BBC News
An "Islamic caliphate" has been declared in the Middle East and the group behind it, Isis, has now rebranded itself simply "the Islamic State". Panorama has...
Japan's Mishima Redux and Article 9's Seppuku
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WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling On a November morning in 1970, one of Japan's greatest modern novelists and actors, inspired by Samurai traditions, put the final...
Germany defeat will haunt Brazil forever
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Goal
The midfielder believes that his team will never recover from their trouncing at the hands of Joachim Low's men and admits that they were lost on the field against Netherlands...

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Nadine Gordimer dies in her sleep
In this photo taken Nov. 10, 2008, South African writer and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, delivers a speech in Calcutta, India. Gordimer is leading South African writers in speaking out against proposed laws she fears will muzzle freedom of speech in her homeland.
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Independent online (SA)
Nadine Gordimer, the South African author who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991 for her extraordinary literary works, died...
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About 2% of priests are paedophiles, says Pope
Pope Francis gestures as he delivers his Angelus prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 17, 2013.
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Khaleej Times
About two per cent of Roman Catholic clerics are sexual abusers, an Italian newspaper on Sunday quoted Pope Francis as saying, adding that the pontiff considered the crime 'a leprosy in our house'. But the Vatican issued a statement saying some parts...
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
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Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to make history of winning World Cup in America
Germany's Philipp Lahm (16) raises the trophy after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina
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Xinhua
Germany's players pose with the World Cup trophy after the final match between Germany and Argentina of 2014 FIFA World Cup at the Estadiodo Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 13, 2014. Germany won 1-0 over Argentina after 120...
photo: AP / Martin Meissner
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Eight Killed in Blasts in Egypt's Sinai Region
Egyptian soldiers keep guard on the border between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2013. A series of attacks on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt's border with Israel and Gaza, where one soldier was killed. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt and Gaza remained closed since Friday. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
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Voa News
VOA News One security officer and seven others were killed in two successive explosions around security areas in Egypt's Sinai region, near the border with Israel, the Interior Ministry and security officials said. Egypt...
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Magical Goetze eclipses Messi as Germany win World Cup
Germany's Mario Goetze kisses the trophy after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Germany won the match 1-0.
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Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Mario Goetze's superb extra-time volley sealed a fourth World Cup for Germany with a 1-0 win over Argentina in a thrilling final on Sunday as they became the first European team to triumph on South American soil. A...
photo: AP / Matthias Schrader
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Assisted dying: Desmond Tutu signals support
File - Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks at the launch of “Free & Equal”, a global public education campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, 26 July, 2013.
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BBC News
Desmond Tutu has said he would support assisted dying for the terminally ill. Writing in The Observer he said he reveres "the sanctity of life but not at any cost". He also suggested that prolonging the life of Nelson Mandela had been an...
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Israel-Gaza air strikes kill 151 people
Palestinians inspect a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip on July 8, 2014. Israeli aircraft carried out a massacre of the family of Khan Younis Kaware resulted in the deaths of seven people and wounding 25 others seriously injured, including women and children. Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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The Siasat Daily
London, July 12: Even as Israel, Hamas continue to remain defiant and the death toll increased to 151, western countries will hold a meeting in Vienna on Sunday to on how to ceasefire in Gaza. Britain, US, France and Germany will meet in Vienna where...
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