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One in 10 girls worldwide are sexually abused, UNICEF says
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05 Sep 2014

A women's shelter in regional NSW. New York: One in 10 girls worldwide have been forced into a sexual act, and six in 10 children ages two to 14 are regularly beaten by parents and caregivers, according to a report issued by the United Nations' children's agency, UNICEF. The report, drawing on data from 190 countries, paints a picture of endemic...

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updated 24 Sep 2013; published 24 Sep 2013
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The De­bate: Vi­o­lence against Chil­dren
updated 21 Apr 2010; published 21 Apr 2010
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UNICEF: Jus­tice for girls in Afghanistan
updated 22 Oct 2009; published 22 Oct 2009
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UNICEF: Re­port high­lights vi­o­lence against chil­dren in Syria
updated 11 May 2014; published 11 May 2014
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UNICEF warns against spread of vi­o­lence against chil­dren in Latin Amer­i­ca
updated 31 Jul 2013; published 31 Jul 2013
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UNICEF USA: Liam Nee­son's Plea to End Vi­o­lence Against Chil­dren
updated 15 May 2014; published 15 May 2014
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CAR chil­dren are wit­ness­ing ter­ri­ble vi­o­lence: UNICEF

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COMMENT For the West’s masters of war, it’s a good time to be in Wales. A military alliance that has struggled for years to explain why it still exists has a packed...
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President Obama, I admire your unusual courage, you have been a hero, and a sane man in my books, and a coward a few times. On behalf of Muslims, I strongly condemn the evil acts...
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Al Jazeera
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri has announced the creation of a new branch of the organisation in South Asia, promising to 'raise the flag of jihad' across the subcontinent....

Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi speaking at a program organised by business chambers ICC, BCC and MCCI on April 9, 2013 in Kolkata on Tuesday
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WASHINGTON: Al-Qaida, which has announced the creation of a separate wing for India, wants to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an enemy of Islam and as such India should take its threat "very seriously", a well-known American counter-terror...
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Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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VOA News U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to enter into a sustained peace process to settle the...
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Hackers infiltrated the US government's healthcare portal, but did not steal any data uploaded by customers. by September 4, 2014 6:07 PM PDT facebook twitter linkedin googleplus more more + email tumblr stumble delicious reddit pinterest digg The...
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U.S. President Barack Obama, center, waves as he arrives for a group photo during a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. In a two-day meeting leaders will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
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Text smaller Text bigger … This was the nature of the willfully fabricated lie about the source and nature of the Benghazi attack. Is it just a coincidence that this corresponds with the party line, as it were, of the radical Communists Obama...
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
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The US justice department has announced a civil rights investigation into the police department involved in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. The death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, from Ferguson in the state of...
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Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a press conference at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2014. The country's election crisis deepened Sunday as the two presidential candidates, Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, sparred over the release of preliminary results and calls mounted for a broader investigation of suspect ballots amid allegations of massive fraud. Abdullah, who garnered the most votes in the first round of voting on April 5 but failed to get the majority needed to win outright, has boycotted the electoral institutions after alleging widespread ballot box stuffing and other efforts to rig the June 14 runoff vote against him.
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Reuters NEWPORT, WALES/KABUL — Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates pledged to NATO leaders on Thursday that they would form a government of national unity and sign legal agreements allowing foreign troops to stay on next year. The message...
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Indian children, working at a roadside hotel, carry a table in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
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Margaret Besheer UNITED NATIONS— A new report from the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, says violence against children is widespread across the globe. Among the disturbing findings, some 95,000 minors were murdered in 2012, and...
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WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the United States will follow the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terror group to the “gates of hell.”
Speaking in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Biden minced no words on how the U.S. will respond.
“We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will reside,” Biden said.
The vice president added: “If they think the American people will be intimidated, they don’t know us very well.”
During a press conference in Estonia on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said that the United States will not be intimidated by ISIS and that a coalition will be built to “degrade and destroy” the group.
Obama still did not give a timeline for deciding on a strategy to go after the extremist group’s operations in Syria. “It’s going to take time for us to be able to roll them back,” the president said at a news conference during a visit to Europe.
Obama vowed the U.S. would not forget the “terrible crime against these two fine young men.”
“We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists,” Obama said. “And those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long and that justice will be served.”
Separately, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement: “Barbarity, sadly, isn’t new to our world. Neither is evil.”
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Betty Makoni on Rape and Work­ing with Chil­dren of Sex­u­al Abuse
Canberra Times 05 Sep 2014, A women's shelter in regional NSW. New York: One in 10 girls worldwide have been forced into a sexual act, and six in 10 children ages two to 14 are regularly beaten by parents and caregivers, according to a report issued by the United Nations' children's agency, UNICEF. The report, drawing on data from 190 countries, paints a picture of endemic...
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One in 10 girls worldwide are sexually abused, UNICEF says
Full Article Canberra Times
05 Sep 2014

A women's shelter in regional NSW. New York: One in 10 girls worldwide have been forced into a sexual act, and six in 10 children ages two to 14 are regularly beaten by parents and caregivers, according to a report issued by the United Nations' children's agency, UNICEF. The report, drawing on data from 190 countries, paints a picture of endemic...
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One in 10 girls worldwide are sexually abused
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba


Ukraine crisis: Hopes rise for peace deal in the east
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05 Sep 2014

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has expressed careful optimism that a deal could be struck with Russia to end fighting in the east of his country. The BBC's Bridget Kendall says that there could be a breakthrough when talks including Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russia rebels start in Belarus. Western countries meanwhile are preparing to...
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Joint press point with Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, 4 September, 2014.
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Gustavo Cerati, beloved Argentine rock star, dies at 55
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Gustavo Cerati, Argentina's much-loved and influential rock star who was the leader of the acclaimed band Soda Stereo, died Thursday, four years after lapsing into a coma. He was 55. Widely hailed as an innovator whose popularity spanned Latin America, Cerati died in Buenos Aires, where he was brought after collapsing after a May 2010 concert in...
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Gustavo Cerati : Soda Stereo en Santiago de Chile
photo: Creative Commons / Tomás Jorquera from Talca, Chile


Ex-Virginia governor, wife guilty of bribery
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RICHMOND, Va. — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife were convicted Thursday of taking bribes to promote a dietary supplement in a corruption case that derailed the career of the onetime rising Republican star. A federal jury in Richmond convicted Bob McDonnell of 11 of the 13 counts he faced; Maureen...
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, smiles during a rally in Richmond, Va., Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. McDonnell faces Democrat Creigh Deeds in Tuesday's election.
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US stocks slip despite ECB rate cuts
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05 Sep 2014

The ECB decision helped US stocks rise early before retreating in the afternoon. Photo: Reuters US stocks have closed lower despite an early boost from the European Central Bank's move to further cut interest rates and launch an asset-purchase plan to beat back deflation pressures. At the close on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down...
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Dozens killed as rains deluge J&K
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Srinagar: The unprecedented flood fury has left both Jammu as well as Kashmir deluged with over two dozen people dead and scores feared killed in torrent that washed away a bus carrying the wedding party in the southern Rajouri district. The officials say the mid-summer rains and subsequent floods are worst ever in forty years and the losses to...
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She passed away at 1:17 P.M. at New York’s Mount Sinai hospital. Born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn in 1933, according to Biography, Joan Rivers was a fixture on late-night talk shows, comedy stages, the Broadway stage, Las Vegas, book signings, and tabloid TV for the better part of seven decades. After working a variety of odd jobs in...
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File - Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take cover during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014.
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Full Article Canberra Times
04 Sep 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Wednesday. Photo: AP Kiev: Collapsing Ukrainian government defences and a growing public hunger for peace have forced President Petro Poroshenko to seek a truce with pro-Russia separatists at a time when the Kremlin-allied militants have the upper hand in the conflict, analysts said....
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Mongolia, 3 September, 2014.
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office


Nato leaders to meet Ukraine's Poroshenko ahead of summit
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04 Sep 2014

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Visit of Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, to the EC
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U.S. officials: Ebola poses threat to humanity
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03 Sep 2014

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aug 12, 2014, a healthcare worker, right, wears protective gear against the Ebola virus before he enters the Ebola isolation ward at Kenema Government Hospital, in Kenema, the Eastern Province around 300km, (186 miles), from the capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone.
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ISIS Is Beheading Journalists To Lure America Into Another Ground War. Remember The Iraq War's Lessons.
Full Article Huffington Post
03 Sep 2014

The recent murders of James Foley and Steven J. Sotloff by ISIS militants, brazenly brandishing knives and videotaping these executions are not only horrifying, but also infuriating for millions of Americans. The moment I saw a terrorist standing confidently over James Foley, ready to end the man's life, I wanted retribution and immediately wished...
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File - This still image from an undated video released by Islamic State militants on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, purports to show journalist Steven Sotloff being held by the militant group.
photo: AP


Man gets 10 years for beating pregnant girlfriend
Full Article Springfield News-Sun
05 Sep 2014

A southern Indiana man who pleaded guilty to beating and strangling his pregnant girlfriend has been sentenced to more than 10 years...
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Attacks in Iraq kill 17 people
Full Article Springfield News-Sun
05 Sep 2014

A series of attacks across Iraq on Friday killed 17 people, including four Shiite militiamen and a Sunni tribal chief, officials said. Police officials said the deadliest attack happened when a car bomb went off on a commercial street in...
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Twice shy: Dutch wary of loose pet cobra
Full Article Sacramento Bee
05 Sep 2014

AMSTERDAM -- Residents of a Dutch village are treading carefully Friday after learning that a highly poisonous cobra may be...
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Maserati driver has impersonation charge dismissed
Full Article Sacramento Bee
05 Sep 2014

QUINCY, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man charged with impersonating a police officer for driving a Maserati that resembled a police...
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Tense times for Israelis at Syrian border
Full Article CBC
05 Sep 2014

Israel's military is keeping an especially close watch on the Golan Heights, monitoring the moves made by the Nusra Front while also tracking the more extreme group, Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS)....
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Trapped Bosnia coal miners being freed
Full Article CBC
05 Sep 2014

Rescuers on Friday were pulling out some of the 34 miners who had been trapped overnight deep inside a coal mine that collapsed in central Bosnia....
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Minsk peace talks underway with ceasefire hanging in the balance
Full Article CBC
05 Sep 2014

Talks expected to bring a much-anticipated ceasefire to the fighting in eastern Ukraine began Friday in the Belarusian capital even as the rebels kept pressing their offensive against a strategic port city....
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Keystone XL route to be debated in Nebraska court
Full Article CBC
05 Sep 2014

Nebraska's top court will hear arguments on Friday about how the Keystone XL pipeline might cross the state - a narrow question of routing and permitting that has clouded the project's fate after more than five years of wrangling at the federal level....
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Hamilton fastest in Monza first practice
Full Article Reuters
05 Sep 2014

MONZA Italy (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton wasted no time in asserting himself in Italian Grand Prix practice on Friday with the Mercedes driver lapping more than half a second quicker than anyone else at the fastest track on the calendar. The Briton, who retired in Belgium 12 days ago after team mate and championship...
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Lewis Hamilton during canadian gp parade lap, 2010
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Gael Monfils' latest U.S. Open setback just another reason to watch him
Full Article CNN
05 Sep 2014

Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Photo: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images by Andrew Lawrence Twitter Email Posted: Fri Sep. 5, 2014 NEW YORK -- For pure entertainment value, Gael Monfils is tennis’s best buy -- a long armed, pogo-legged wonder who could just as easily be dunking a basketball as swinging a racket. His knack as...
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France's Gael Monfils returns the ball to Spain's David Ferrer during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament
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Federer saves 2 match points, reaches US Open SF
Full Article Tampa Bay Online
05 Sep 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer saved two match points while coming all the way back from a two-set deficit to beat Gael Monfils 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 Thursday night and reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time since 2011. Frustrated by Monfils' unpredictable style, flummoxed by the swirling wind, and missing shots he normally makes,...
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Roger Federer, of Switzerland, celebrates after defeating Gael Monfils, of France, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in New York.
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Bryans going for 100th tour title
Full Article Sacramento Bee
05 Sep 2014

NEW YORK - It isn't that the Bryan brothers have been the best doubles team in professional tennis forever. It just seems that way. But Bob and Mike, the twins from Camarillo, Calif., now have something else to shoot for besides staying No. 1. When they won their semifinal match in the U.S. Open on Thursday, before a sizable doubles crowd in Ashe...
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Bob, left, and Mike Bryan celebrate after winning their men's doubles final against India's Leander Paes and Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in New York.
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Year after doping ban, Marin Cilic reaches U.S. Open semis
Full Article LA Daily News
05 Sep 2014

NEW YORK >> Marin Cilic wasn’t allowed to play last year in the U.S. Open, forced to the sideline by a four-month doping suspension that he says he didn’t deserve. Home in Croatia, he set about improving his game and his fitness, eager to be a better player when he returned to the...
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Marin Cilic - (CRO) vs Kevin Anderson - (RSA) during the Singles Championship at the Delray Beach Open by The Venetian Las Vegas in Delray Beach, Florida - February 23, 2014
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic bags brace to break goal record
Full Article Stuff
05 Sep 2014

Captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck twice in a 2-0 friendly win over Estonia on Thursday (today NZ time) to become Sweden's all-time leading scorer with 50 goals. The Paris St Germain striker netted a thumping left-foot volley from a...
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Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the pitch after the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between Sweden and France in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Andy Murray must go aggressive to win Grand Slams again
Full Article BBC News
05 Sep 2014

Andy Murray must take heart from the aggressive tactics that troubled Novak Djokovic in their US Open quarter-final, says Mats Wilander. The British number one lost in four sets over three-and-a-half hours, admitting afterwards that Djokovic had been "physically stronger", but for a period in the second set it was the Murray forehand that...
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Day 8 of the Sony Open Andy Murray (GBR) vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) at Crandon Park Tennis Center Key Biscayne, Florida - March 25, 2013
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Uefa to look at 'sin bin' concept, says Ferguson
Full Article Goal
05 Sep 2014

The former Manchester United manager, who was hosting a meeting of coaches in Nyon, says that there were promising discussions about a change to discipline in football Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Uefa is looking into the prospect of using a 'sin bin' during matches. In sports including rugby league, rugby...
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Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson attends the third day of the Sports Congress and Exhibition at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010.
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Drake Snags Eight BET 'Hip Hop Awards' Nominations
Full Article Vibe Magazine
04 Sep 2014

Drake has officially gained the most nominations at the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards. The Toronto-native leads with eight nods for this year's show, including "Lyricist of the Year," "Album of the Year," "Best Live Performer," and "Best Hip Hop Video." Other artists nominated list Pharrell who gained six nods including "Producer of the Year," Eminem,...
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FILE - In this No. 7, 2013 file photo, Aubrey Drake Graham aka Drake performs at Philips Arena in Atlanta. There are a lot of standout rap offerings this year and several would be logical choices in the album category for the Grammy Awards nominations on Dec. 6, 2013. Drake's "Nothing Was the Same," Jay Z's "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail" and Kanye West's "Yeezus" got most of the attention and all three rappers are Grammy favorites.
photo: AP / Robb D. Cohen


Kanye stores Grammys in drawer
Full Article Music News
03 Sep 2014

Kanye West keeps his Grammys in a drawer in his laundry room. The 37-year-old rapper joined his wife Kim at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London last night, where the brunette beauty scooped the Woman of the Year gong. She was thrilled to have won the prize and already has plans of where to place it...
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Kim Kardashian, left, and Kanye West attend The Hollywood Reporter's celebration of power 100 women in entertainment breakfast on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
photo: AP / Todd Williamson


Britney Spears -- Booted Ex-BF Claims ... We Were On a Break!
Full Article TMZ
03 Sep 2014

David Lucado says he didn't technically cheat on Britney Spears ... because his videotaped hookup with another chick went down AFTER Brit had already kicked him to the curb. Lucado is telling friends Britney dumped him via text on August 6th. Sources close to the ex couple tell us they'd been arguing over "outside influences" -- like her...
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Britney Spears accepts the Favorite Pop Artist award at the 40th annual People's Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, in Los Angeles.
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Pharrell Williams: I'm more than music
Full Article Music News
03 Sep 2014

Pharrell Williams wants to inject his music with purpose. The American hitmaker is one of the hottest names in music thanks to tracks such as Happy and is riding high on the wave of success. Last night he took home the gong for solo artist at the GQ Men of the Year Awards...
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Pharrell Williams performs on the main stage at Wireless festival in Finsbury Park, north London, Friday, July 4, 2014. The first festival took place in June 2005 and was staged in Hyde Park.
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Robin Thicke -- Single Guy Parties Too Hard ... Gets Ticketed
Full Article TMZ
03 Sep 2014

Robin Thicke gave cops the same treatment Paula Patton's been giving him -- ignoring officers who asked him to stop blasting music on Labor Day ... and he ended up getting a ticket for it. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the LAPD was called to Thicke's home in the Hollywood Hills late Monday night, into Tuesday morning, after...
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Robin Thicke
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Kanye West performs in a mask on the main stage at Wireless festival in Finsbury Park, north London, Friday, July 4, 2014. The first festival took place in June 2005 and was staged in Hyde Park.
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Kim K: GQ Woman of the Year
Full Article Music News
03 Sep 2014

Kim Kardashian has been named GQ's Woman of the Year. The 33-year-old reality star was honoured at the GQ Men of the Year Awards at London's Royal Opera House on Tuesday night. Kim was accompanied to the bash by husband Kanye West, with the pair making their official red carpet debut as a married couple at the...
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Kim Kardashian leaves a gym in Paris, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The gates of the Chateau de Versailles, once the digs of Louis XIV, will be thrown open to Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and their guests for a private evening this week ahead of their marriage
photo: AP / Jacques Brinon


Chris Brown due back in DC court for plea hearing
Full Article Newsday
02 Sep 2014

Related media Travel deals WASHINGTON - (AP) -- Singer Chris Brown is expected to appear in a District of Columbia court for what would be a third attempt at a plea deal to resolve an assault case. According to court filings, Brown is scheduled to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday at 9 a.m. A hearing originally scheduled for Friday was...
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Karrueche Tran, Chris Brown and Jhene Aiko at Jhene Aiko's Private EP Release Party hosted by Hennessy V.S, on Thursday, Nov 14, 2013 in Los Angeles.
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George Clooney to direct movie about U.K. phone hacking scandal
Full Article Boston Herald
04 Sep 2014

George Clooney has come on to direct "Hack Attack" for Sony Pictures, delving into the hot-button topic of celebrity privacy scandals. The pic will be an adaptation of journalist Nick Davies' account of the British phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's news empire. The adaptation will be produced by George Clooney and...
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George Clooney at Oscars 2010
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David Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars' acquired by Focus World for early 2015 release
Full Article Celebrity Café
02 Sep 2014

Those wondering just when they will get to see the latest David Cronenberg movie Maps to the Stars have now gotten an answer. At least, sort of. Following its acquisition, Focus World has announced that they will be releasing the movie in early...
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Director David Cronenberg during a photo call for Maps to the Stars at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 19, 2014.
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Vin Diesel Shows Off Hannibal Title Treatment During Crazy Helicopter Video
Full Article IMDb
01 Sep 2014

Normal actors announce new projects via press release. Vin Diesel is not a normal actor. Vin Diesel uses helicopters, and social media....
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Vin Diesel speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Riddick", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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Clooney’s ‘red-blooded bachelor party’
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
30 Aug 2014

George Clooney’s male friends are said to be throwing him a stag night at a strip club ahead of his wedding to Amal Alamuddin. The Hollywood heartthrob proposed to his British attorney Amal Alamuddin in April and speculation is rife they are preparing to walk down the aisle soon. And according to UK outlet The Daily Star, George’s male friends have...
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In this Feb. 4, 2014 file, director and actor George Clooney attends the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Clooney, 52, Hollywood’s most determined bachelor famous for a litany of fleeting loves, has taken himself off the romantic market and proposed to 36-year-old attorney, Amal Alamuddin.
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Neeson: I’m done with biopics
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
30 Aug 2014

Liam Neeson says he’s done with biopics, because shooting action movies is “much more fun”. The 62-year-old actor, who originally made a name for himself in movies such as Schindler’s List, is now more famous for his roles in action films like Taken. And Liam said he much prefers parts nowadays that give him the chance to flex his action man...
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Liam Neeson arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Non-Stop" at the Westwood Regency Village Theater on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014.
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Joan Rivers: Is she hanging on by a thread, or will she emerge her old self?
Full Article The Examiner
30 Aug 2014

Joan Rivers, the iconic 81-year-old comedian, is reportedly resting comfortably in a New York hospital after suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest, following a procedure at a medical clinic Thursday. Joan's daughter Melissa Rivers issued a statement Friday saying she was touched by all the outpouring of prayers and support for her famous mother,...
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ag2 Joan Rivers performs at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, March 2, 2008
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Robin Wright Is Reborn Again and Again in Acid Trip ‘The Congress’ By Israeli Director Ari Folman [Trailer]
Full Article The Inquisitr
28 Aug 2014

Wright plays herself in The Congress — an actress who had a few big roles, but has more or less disappeared from the public spotlight. Robin goes to meeting with her agent, played by Harvey Kietel, where a company offers her a deal she can’t refuse: they’ll make a copy of her to act in new movies as they see fit. But there’s...
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Actress Robin Wright poses before Netflix's "Women Ruling TV" panel discussion at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on Thursday, June 5, 2014 in Los Angeles.
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Mardaani box office report: Rani Mukerji's film does average business
Full Article The Times of India
25 Aug 2014

Rani Mukerji starrer 'Mardaani' surely packed a punch with the film critics but the film didn't do exceedingly well when it came to the box office collections. Touted as Rani Mukerji's 'comeback' film,...
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(L) Tollywood Actress Mousumi Chatterjee , Bollywood Actress Rani Mukherjee ,Susmita Sen and Bipasha Basu , Tollywood Actress Koel Mallick along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee  during the Closing Ceremony of Kolkata Film Festival at Nandan in Kolkata on Sunday 17 November 2013
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Airlines to offer cash discounts to flyers who have no check-in baggage
Full Article The Times of India
05 Sep 2014

NEW DELHI: Flying light may soon leave you with a heavier wallet. In possibly a global first, aviation agencies here are planning to allow airlines to give a cash discount on ticket prices to domestic flyers who have no check-in baggage. While the rebate will be decided competitively by airlines, it is likely to be in the range of Rs 200 to Rs 300....
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Airlines to offer cash discounts to flyers who have no check-in baggage
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Topix Close to Erasing Year’s Loss as Yen Weakens
Full Article Bloomberg
05 Sep 2014

Japan’s Topix index rose, with the measure close to erasing its loss for 2014, as the yen fell to an almost six-year low after the European Central Bank cut interest rates and pledged to start buying...
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A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88
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Nevada Expects $100 Billion Impact From Tesla Factory
Full Article Bloomberg
05 Sep 2014

Tesla Motors Inc. will build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery plant in Nevada, bringing a $100 billion boost to the state’s economy over 20 years, Governor Brian Sandoval said. Sandoval is asking the legislature for $1.3 billion in financial incentives to help billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk make his “gigafactory” a reality, the...
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Former headquarters of Tesla Motors Inc., located in San Carlos, CA, USA
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SE Asia falls off the map for many Chinese vacationers
Full Article China Daily
05 Sep 2014

China's biggest online travel agency is offering a 30 percent discount on trips to Southeast Asia's beaches and malls. The Chinese are not buying it. "Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are traditionally the favorite tourism routes for the Chinese," said Jiang Haibin, a public affairs manager at Ctrip.com International Ltd. "This year, that route was...
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SE Asia falls off the map for many Chinese vacationers
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US STOCKS-S&P 500, Dow scale new highs on upbeat data, ECB moves
Full Article Reuters
04 Sep 2014

* ECB cuts rates, to buy asset-backed securities * BP shares slump after court ruling * ADP payrolls short of estimates, initial claims up * Ciena stumbles after results, outlook * Indexes up: Dow 0.23 pct, S&P; 0.26 pct, Nasdaq 0.33 pct (Updates to afternoon, adds new comments, details on BP) By Akane Otani NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks...
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Halliburton, Transocean Cleared of Gross Negligence
Full Article Bloomberg
04 Sep 2014

Halliburton Co. (HAL) and Transocean Ltd. (RIG) were cleared of gross negligence for their roles in the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill, allowing the companies to avoid the harshest penalties from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled today that BP Plc, which owned the...
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HOUSTON  Capt. Hung Nguyen, co-chair of the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation, questions Paul Johnson, a Transocean rig manager from the Deepwater Horizon rig, August 23, 2010. The Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) are co-chairing the fact-finding investigation launched to determine the cause of the initial incident and fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Deepwater Horizon. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner. (977580) ( Board questions rig workers )
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Lufthansa pilots to stage 6-hour strike Friday
Full Article U~T San Diego
04 Sep 2014

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing pilots at Lufthansa says they will stage a six-hour strike Friday, targeting short- and medium-haul flights from Frankfurt. The Vereinigung Cockpit union...
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Lufthansa fleet in preparation for the big flight. (Boeing 737-300 Köthen/Anhalt, D-ABES)
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Google working on super-fast 'quantum' computer chip
Full Article The Oklahoman
04 Sep 2014

news.yahoo.com ; San Francisco (AFP) - Google said it is working on a super-fast "quantum" computer chip as part a vision to one day have machines think like humans. The Internet titan on Tuesday added renowned researcher John Martinis and his team at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to the Quantum Artificial Intelligence team at...
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Palm trees and building at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California
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Betty Makoni on Rape and Working with Children of Sexual Abuse
Betty Makoni on Rape and Working with Children of Sexual Abuse
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"Straight Talk Africa" on October 26, 2011 - VOA's "Straight Talk Africa" guest, Betty Makoni of Girl Child Network Worldwide joined host Shaka Ssali from the London studios to discus how being rape at the age of six in Zimbabwe is why she works closely with girls and children in rural areas, including victims of sexual abuse.
  • published: 27 Oct 2011
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NATO determined to make ties with Ukraine 'even stronger'
NATO determined to make ties with Ukraine 'even stronger'
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In a show of solidarity Ukraine President Petro Porshenko shared a platform with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the military alliance pledged closer union with Ukraine. President Poroshenko expressed his gratitude: "I have never felt such strong enormous support, from all the leaders of the countries, heads of government and the representatives of the people of NATO member states as was demonstrated today." NATO called on Russia to move toward peace and indicated the alliance… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/04/nato-determined-to-make-ties-with-ukraine-even-stronger What is in the news today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeLGPTLVZMp8kczDH7_5Ni euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 14 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euronews Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews
  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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Deepwater Horizon BP's Disaster
Deepwater Horizon BP's Disaster
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  • Updated: 14 Jun 2010
Showing the truth behind the Oil Disaster.
  • published: 14 Jun 2010
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Muere Gustavo Cerati / Confirman muerte de Cerati / Cerati dies
Muere Gustavo Cerati / Confirman muerte de Cerati / Cerati dies
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4 de septiembre 2014 El cantante Gustavo Cerati falleció esta mañana, la noticia ya fue confirmada por su familia. Conoce los detalles en el video. Para más información entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortv No olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMex Twitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_Mex Sitio: http://www.excelsior.com.mx/tv Muere Gustavo Cerati , Confirman muerte de Cerati, Cerati dies , gracias totales, fallece gustavo cerati, 1959, 2014, muere gustavo cerati, gustavo cerati muere, muere gustavo cerati confirmado, confirman muerte de cerati, muerte de cerati, fallecio gustavo cerati, fallece gustavo cerati, gustavo cerati 2014, cerati death, dies Gustavo Cerati, cerati gustavo, gustavo passed away cerati dies cerati gustavo, gustavo cerati 2014, excelsiortv, excelsior television, periodico excelsior, tv excelsior, videosexcelsior, excelsior periódico, noticias excelsior,noticias ultima hora, noticias ultimo momento, noticias hoy,grupo imagen,last minute news, last minute news, news today
  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell, wife guilty of public corruption
Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell, wife guilty of public corruption
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Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were found guilty in federal court Thursday of conspiring to use the gubernatorial office for personal financial gain. http://bit.ly/1unRGbT
  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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Closing Bell Happy Hour: Stocks steady, ECB cuts rates, & BP negligent in oil spill
Closing Bell Happy Hour: Stocks steady, ECB cuts rates, & BP negligent in oil spill
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09/04/14 U.S. stocks saw a steady close Thursday following a series of jobs reports. Also, the ECB cuts its benchmark rate and a judge finds BP to be grossly negligent in regards to the 2010 oil spill.
  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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Flood Toll Rises To 15 In Jammu And Kashmir
Flood Toll Rises To 15 In Jammu And Kashmir
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  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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Joan Rivers dead at 81
Joan Rivers dead at 81
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Comedian Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81. She had been on life support since going into cardiac arrest on Aug. 28. Click here for more info on Joan Rivers' passing: http://fxn.ws/1vTnIzu Check out FOX 411 for more entertainment news and gossip: http://www.fox411.com Follow Fox 411 here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/fox411 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox411 Follow Diana Falzone here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianafalzone
  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gates Of Hell
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gates Of Hell
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  • Updated: 03 Sep 2014
BREAKING NEWS! U.S. Vice President says: We Will Follow ISIS ‘To The Gates Of Hell’. ISIS destined for 'gates of hell'. Joe Biden vows: Hell Is Where Islamic State Will Reside! Biden Delivers Fiery ISIS Remarks: We Will ‘Follow Them to the Gates of Hell!’ WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the United States will follow the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terror group to the “gates of hell.” Speaking in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Biden minced no words on how the U.S. will respond. “We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will reside,” Biden said. The vice president added: “If they think the American people will be intimidated, they don’t know us very well.” During a press conference in Estonia on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said that the United States will not be intimidated by ISIS and that a coalition will be built to “degrade and destroy” the group. Obama still did not give a timeline for deciding on a strategy to go after the extremist group’s operations in Syria. “It’s going to take time for us to be able to roll them back,” the president said at a news conference during a visit to Europe. Obama vowed the U.S. would not forget the “terrible crime against these two fine young men.” “We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists,” Obama said. “And those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long and that justice will be served.” Separately, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement: “Barbarity, sadly, isn’t new to our world. Neither is evil.” Obama also sought to clean up the damage from his statement last week that “we don’t have a strategy yet” for dealing with the Islamic State group in Syria. Republicans quickly seized on the remark to argue the president lacks a coherent approach to fighting the extremist group. “It is very important from my perspective that when we send our pilots in to do a job, that we know that this is a mission that’s going to work, that we’re very clear on what our objectives are, what our targets are,” Obamasaid. “We’ve made the case to Congress and we’ve made the case to the American people, and we’ve got allies behind us so that it’s not just a one-off, but it’s something that over time is going to be effective.” Obama responded that the airstrikes have been effective in blunting the militant threat and he will continue to battle the “barbaric and ultimately empty vision” that the Islamic State represents. He said he will be consulting with NATO allies at a summit in Wales Thursday and Friday on a strategy to combat the Islamic State and other militant networks that arise. US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell US Vice President Joe Biden: We Will Follow ISIS To The Gate Of Hell
  • published: 03 Sep 2014
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Putin's 7-step Ukraine peace roadmap
Putin's 7-step Ukraine peace roadmap
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  • Duration: 1:57
  • Updated: 03 Sep 2014
Kiev must withdraw troops from southeastern regions of Ukraine and rebels must stop offensive to stop bloodshed, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says. He and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko discussed "a ceasefire regime." READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/eqeq4j RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
  • published: 03 Sep 2014
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Poroshenko Meets NATO Leaders: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO leaders at Summit
Poroshenko Meets NATO Leaders: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO leaders at Summit
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  • Updated: 04 Sep 2014
The NATO Summit in Cardiff, Wales, focuses heavily on security in Eastern Europe as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Check out our website: http://uatoday.tv/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/uatodaytv Twitter:https://twitter.com/uatodaytv
  • published: 04 Sep 2014
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Watch Live: CDC Director Testifies on Ebola Threat Before House Committee
Watch Live: CDC Director Testifies on Ebola Threat Before House Committee
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  • Updated: 08 Aug 2014
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations holds a 2 p.m. hearing on the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 900 people, according to The Associated Press. Witnesses include Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez, the assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and representatives from the State Department, Samaritan's Purse and SIM. Website: http://www.rollcall.com Follow us: http://www.twitter.com/RollCall Like us: http://www.facebook.com/RollCallDC Google+: http://www.google.com/+RollCall Tumblr: http://photos.rollcall.com
  • published: 08 Aug 2014
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ISIS claims to behead American journalist Steven Sotloff
ISIS claims to behead American journalist Steven Sotloff
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  • Updated: 02 Sep 2014
ISIS has released a video in which it claims to behead a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/ To license this and other CNN/HLN content, visit http://collection.cnn.com/ or e-mail cnn.imagesource@turner.com.
  • published: 02 Sep 2014
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Crisis in Ukraine: Ukraine fighting on the ground - BREAKING NEWS
Crisis in Ukraine: Ukraine fighting on the ground - BREAKING NEWS
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EU considers new sanctions against Russia as Ukraine ceasefire talks loom Truce between Ukraine and rebels? As pro-Russian rebels advance on Ukraine, Diana Magnay reports on the possibility of a truce on the horizon. By Matthew Chance and Faith Karimi, CNN September 5, 2014 STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Russia bans confectionery imports from Ukraine EU member states are handed a new round of proposed sanctions against Russia The West accuses Moscow of arming pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine The rebels will meet Russian and Ukrainian officials to discuss ceasefire deal ---------------- Moscow (CNN) -- European Union nations are considering new sanctions against Russia amid cautious optimism that a ceasefire will go into effect Friday in eastern Ukraine. A new round of proposed sanctions has been handed to member states, EU spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said. "A decision on implementing them will only be taken in light of developments on the ground," she said. "If there is a ceasefire agreed in Minsk today, member states would look how serious it was and decide whether to go forward." Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is where pro-Russia rebels will hold ceasefire talks Friday with Ukrainian and Russian officials. Swedish minister outlines Russia measures Ukraine fighting on the ground NATO to pressure Russia over Ukraine Photos: Crisis in Ukraine Photos: Crisis in Ukraine A ceasefire deal would be a major step in ending a five-month conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev accuses Moscow of sending troops to aid pro-Russian separatists. Rebel leaders in Ukraine's self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics say they will order a ceasefire Friday if Ukraine signs "a plan for a political settlement." Russia's alleged incursion and the threat its forces could move deeper into Ukraine has caught the attention of the West. "This is the first time since the end of World War II that one European country has tried to grab another's territory by force," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. "Europe must not turn away from the rule of law to the rule of the strongest." Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced sympathy for the separatists, many of whom are ethnic Russians. But he denies that Russia sent troops to eastern Ukraine. In July, U.S. President Barack Obama and the European Union announced sanctions against Russia's state-owned banks, weapons makers and oil companies, along with Putin's top cronies. In what appears to be a countermove, Russia's federal consumer rights protection service banned all confectionery imports from Ukraine, Russia's state news agency Itar-Tass reported Friday. It said the ban was imposed to protect consumer rights. Last month, the United Nations said more than 2,200 people had died in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. READ: NATO: An amusing show for Putin? READ: NATO's moment of truth on Ukraine
  • published: 05 Sep 2014
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Polar Vortex Freezes Parts of US
Polar Vortex Freezes Parts of US
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  • Duration: 2:32
  • Updated: 07 Jan 2014
About 187 million Americans are hit with record-low temperatures.
  • published: 07 Jan 2014
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