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Indirect Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza start in Cairo
Full Article Boston Herald
06 Aug 2014

CAIRO — Israel and Hamas began indirect talks on a new border deal for the blockaded Gaza Strip as a cease-fire ending their month-long war entered its second day Wednesday. Israel has said it wants the Islamic militant Hamas to disarm, or at least ensure it cannot re-arm, before considering the group's demand that the territory's borders be...

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Palestinians inside the UNRWA school as they flee their houses following an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 18, 2014.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 06 Aug 2014; published 06 Aug 2014
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Hamas and Israel are to begin a deal to prevent violence
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
1:42
Israel, Hamas to negotiate Gaza border deal after truce
updated 20 Feb 2013; published 20 Feb 2013
2:49
Hamas denies holding indirect peace talks with Israel
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
0:40
Israel, Hamas To Negotiate New Gaza Deal In Cairo
updated 25 Jul 2014; published 25 Jul 2014
2:50
United States Proposal For Gaza Truce Rejected By Israel.
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
5:45
Hamas, Israel agree to 72-hour ceasefire beginning on Tuesday
Europe's Rosetta makes a historical first by arriving at a comet after a 10-year chase
Full Article The Times of India
06 Aug 2014

LONDON: In what is a historical first for space history, Europe's Rosetta probe arrived at a comet after a 10-year chase becoming the first ever spacecraft to begin mapping its surface in detail. The spacecraft fired its thrusters for six and a half minutes to finally catch up with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. "We're at the comet" said Sylvain...

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Stunning close up detail focusing on a smooth region on the ‘base’ of the ‘body’ section of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera and downloaded today, 6 August, 2014.
photo: ESA / Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

updated 06 Aug 2014; published 06 Aug 2014
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Rosetta Goes Into Orbit Around Comet
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
2:35
Rosetta probe set to catch comet after ten year chase
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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BBC News Rosetta probe set to catch comet after ten year chase
updated 06 Aug 2014; published 06 Aug 2014
1:40
Europe's Rosetta Probe Goes Into Orbit Around Distant Comet
updated 06 Aug 2014; published 06 Aug 2014
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Europe's Rosetta probe goes into orbit around comet 67P (VIDEO)
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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WATCH: Comet-chasing spacecraft set to make history
Poland's 'war on terror' shame
Full Article Al Jazeera
06 Aug 2014

On July 24, European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Poland has to pay 230,000 euros ($307,366) compensation to two individuals whose human rights had been violated. Guantanamo detainees Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (also known as Abu Zubaydah), and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri won a case against Poland, which, according to the...

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A villager talks with a journalist outside the only general store, left, in Stare Kiejkuty, the village near to the military base that hosts Poland's intelligence services' school, Friday, Dec. 16, 2005. The installation has become the focal point of allegations of secret CIA prisons in Poland.
photo: AP / Czarek Sokolowski

updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
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Terror Suspects Sue CIA And Poland Over Torture
updated 13 Oct 2011; published 13 Oct 2011
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CIA's political secrets in Europe
updated 31 Mar 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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CIA Secret Prisons Probe: Polish PM Urges "Discretion"
updated 02 Apr 2012; published 02 Apr 2012
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CIA Torture Secrets: 'Nazi-like' Polish black site confession
updated 24 Jul 2014; published 24 Jul 2014
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European court says USA CIA ran secret jail in a Polish forest
updated 24 Jan 2014; published 24 Jan 2014
5:42
New Report On SECRET CIA BLACK SITE PRISON In Poland
The Well Is Already Poisoned Between U.S. and Russia, and It Runs Deep
Full Article WorldNews.com
06 Aug 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In political terms, poisoning the well means acting or responding in such a malicious manner as to sabotage any attempts towards a constructive dialogue or peaceful agreement. Despite contradictory evidence, it tries to create malice, fear and distrust, often escalating hostilities. Regarding the...

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in a bilateral meeting during the G20 Summit, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Los Cabos, Mexico.
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

updated 04 Feb 2013; published 04 Feb 2013
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Edward Lucas - Russia and the West - the New Cold War?
updated 10 Jul 2012; published 10 Jul 2012
50:12
ALEX JONES: the DARK GOVERNMENT runs EVERYTHING (healthcare, obamacare, WAR)
updated 03 Mar 2014; published 03 Mar 2014
11:49
KIEV: Reach For The West
updated 28 Jan 2014; published 28 Jan 2014
7:02
"UK & Russia show POSITIVE MOMENTUM after Cold War" | Strategic Cooperative Relationship
updated 04 Oct 2012; published 04 Oct 2012
8:17
Russian Prime Minister tries out New Firearms, Sniper Rifles/Machine Guns/Pistols & More!
updated 23 Apr 2014; published 23 Apr 2014
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Moscow Will Respond to Attack on Russian Interests -FM Lavrov | FULL INTERVIEW |
Israel, Hamas eye new Gaza deal
Full Article Longview News Journal
06 Aug 2014

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The outlines of a solution for battered, blockaded Gaza are emerging after Tuesday’s tentative Israel-Hamas cease-fire: Norway is organizing a donor conference, and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas aims to oversee rebuilding and reassert his authority in the territory, lost to Hamas in 2007. Forces loyal to...

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Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house belonging to a member of Hamas military wing which was destroyed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip.
photo: WN NOUR AHMED

updated 05 Jun 2014; published 05 Jun 2014
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Hamas Begins Handover Of Palestinian Government Offices In Gaza
updated 05 Jun 2014; published 05 Jun 2014
0:51
Hamas Begins Handover Of Palestinian Government Offices In Gaza
updated 24 Feb 2012; published 24 Feb 2012
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Hamas Discusses Unity Government With Palestinian President Abbas
updated 24 Apr 2014; published 24 Apr 2014
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Netanyahu: Abbas Must Leave Unity Plans With Hamas
updated 03 Jun 2014; published 03 Jun 2014
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Palestinian unity government sworn in by Mahmoud Abbas
updated 13 Jul 2014; published 13 Jul 2014
11:04
ISRAELI-HAMAS BOMBARDMENT VIDEO : 1,200 Air Strikes, 700 Rockets Fired As Gaza Toll Hits 185

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8 Ways Andy Warhol Can Inspire You To Live An Amazing Life
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Huffington Post
Andy Warhol was born Aug. 6, 1928, meaning he would have been 86 years old were he alive today. Sadly, he died in 1987, at the age of 58, but Warhol had an incredible life that...
Grand Canyon investigating squirrel-kicking video
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Tampa Bay Online
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are looking into a viral Internet video that shows a man kicking a squirrel off what appears to be the edge of the Grand Canyon. But park...
Limited truce in Gaza as Israel winds down ground operations
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Detroit Free Press
GAZA CITY — A seven-hour “humanitarian” truce between Hamas and Israel appeared to be holding Monday although several similar cease-fire attempts have failed. The partial...

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Rosetta arrives – and sends images of 'superstar comet'
Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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New Scientist
(Image: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA) "Rosetta is the sexiest space mission that has ever been," said European Space Agency mission scientist Matt Taylor. He was speaking as the Rosetta probe finally arrived...
photo: Creative Commons / ESO
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David Cameron faces fresh Gaza pressure
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly.
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BBC News
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the suspension of arms export licences to Israel, adding to the pressure David Cameron is facing over Gaza. It comes after Baroness Warsi resigned as a Foreign Office minister, arguing Downing Street's...
photo: UN / Marco Castro
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Use of experimental Ebola drug raises red flags among medical experts
This is the hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, West Africa, where the Ebola virus samples are tested
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The Los Angeles Times
Two American aid workers were gravely ill, fighting to survive infection with the deadly Ebola virus. A San Diego drug company had three doses of an experimental Ebola medicine that showed promise in monkeys but had never been tested in humans....
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As Israel and Hamas claim victory, Gaza residents ask what was gained
As Israel and Hamas claim victory, Gaza residents ask what was gained
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The Los Angeles Times
In the wake of any ugly conflict, the question of who won can seem beside the point. Still, as fighting in the Gaza Strip gave way to a truce on Tuesday, Israel and Hamas both were quick to claim victory. And it was left to those who took the...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
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U.S. Major General Killed In Afghanistan Identified
Members of the Coalition Joint Task Forces conduct a convoy from Kandahar Airfield to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, May 14, 2003. A military vehicle travels a rough portion of the road to Kabul. The purpose of the convoy is to gather information to h
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Huffington Post
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An American major general was shot to death Tuesday in one of the bloodiest insider attacks of the long Afghanistan war when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on allied troops, wounding about 15 including a German...
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Aftershock hits N West township
Fara, Orkney
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Independent online (SA)
Orkney, North West - An aftershock hit the township of Khuma, near Orkney in the North West on Tuesday evening, which was the epicentre of an earlier 5.5 magnitude earthquake. People gathered outside one of the houses that was destroyed during the...
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Israel completes Gaza withdrawal as ceasefire takes effect
Palestinian Hamas militants patrol on the main road in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2011, as Palestinians prepare for the first stage of an unprecedented prisoner release and exchange deal under which Israel has agreed to free 1,027 Palestinian detainees in return for an Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured in 2006. Israelis and Palestinians were waiting with bated breath for the planned release on October 18 of a first tranche of 477 Palestinian prisoners in return for an end to the more than five year captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn
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The Daily Telegraph
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