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Four on trial in China for Kunming station attack
Full Article BBC News
12 Sep 2014

Four people accused of participating in a deadly mass knife attack in China have gone on trial in Kunming. The group are alleged to have led the March attack at a Kunming station that killed 31 people and injured 141. The trial opened as Beijing vowed to fast-track prosecution of terror suspects and extremists, especially in the far-western...

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File - Armed policemen guard their positions in front of Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, in western China's Yunnan province, Sunday, March 2, 2014.
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan

updated 02 Apr 2014; published 02 Apr 2014
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Train station attack: 33 dead, China blames Xinjiang militants
updated 12 Sep 2014; published 12 Sep 2014
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China Puts Four on Trial for Train Station Attack
updated 02 Mar 2014; published 02 Mar 2014
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33 people stabbed to death in militant attack at China train station
updated 03 Mar 2014; published 03 Mar 2014
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Kunming knife attack: Deadly rampage in Chinese train station leaves 30 dead, more than 130 injured
updated 30 Jul 2014; published 30 Jul 2014
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Nearly 100 People Killed In Attack In Chinese Xinjiang.
updated 02 Mar 2014; published 02 Mar 2014
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'Dozens dead' in China knife attack at station
Blockaded Gaza faces huge challenges to rebuild after war
Full Article Reuters
12 Sep 2014

GAZA/NAHAL OZ Israel (Reuters) - Fifty days of war in one of the most densely populated parts of the world have left swathes of Gaza in ruins. With the economy reeling under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade, the enclave now faces an almost impossible task of rebuilding. To do it, Gaza will have to find billions of foreign dollars, contend with Israeli...

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Palestinians return to their houses which were destroyed during fighting between Hamas militants and Israel in Absan near the border between Israel and east of the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip September 2, 2014.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

updated 06 Aug 2014; published 06 Aug 2014
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Lasting Gaza truce tops Cairo talks agenda.
updated 16 Aug 2014; published 16 Aug 2014
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Israel - Palestine - Gaza Explained in 14 minutes or less
updated 09 Mar 2011; published 09 Mar 2011
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Gaza to import cement through Rafah border
updated 29 Aug 2014; published 29 Aug 2014
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Hamas in new warning as Gaza relief effort continues
updated 29 Aug 2014; published 29 Aug 2014
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Meshaal: Hamas will refuse to disarm
updated 13 Nov 2012; published 13 Nov 2012
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Israel under attack: tough talk from Netanyahu as Gaza rocket bombardment continues
Nasa's human spacecraft set for December flight
Full Article The Times of India
12 Sep 2014

WASHINGTON: Nasa's Orion spacecraft - built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before — is now ready for fueling. The Orion crew module, stacked atop its service module, moved out of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. Orion was transported to the payload...

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The Orion spacecraft
photo: Public Domain / NASA

updated 20 Jun 2014; published 20 Jun 2014
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Orion Spacecraft Is Taking Shape on This Week @NASA
updated 19 Jun 2014; published 19 Jun 2014
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NASA's Orion Spacecraft is taking shape at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
updated 16 Jan 2013; published 16 Jan 2013
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NASA, ESA Agree on New Orion Service Module
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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Textron Team Readies Orion Heat Shield for Shipment to Kennedy Space Center
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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NASA goes 'back to the future' with new Orion spacecraft
updated 02 Dec 2013; published 02 Dec 2013
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Evaluations put NASA Orion on track for 2014 space mission
A Woman's Place Is in the White House
Full Article WorldNews.com
12 Sep 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Regarding the two most prevalent sexes, male and female, which brain can multi-track and is far more communicative and holistic? Which tends to build relationships more easily, has the ability to speak and listen simultaneously, and can switch subjects and moods while interweaving diverse and...

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File - President Barack Obama speaks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following the President's talk with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office, May 28, 2009.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

updated 07 Jul 2008; published 07 Jul 2008
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Women: Know Your Limits! Harry Enfield - BBC comedy
updated 08 Jul 2011; published 08 Jul 2011
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The Female Brain and Aging
updated 13 Jan 2008; published 13 Jan 2008
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Mark Gungor - Men's Brain Women's Brain
updated 24 Jan 2013; published 24 Jan 2013
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The Female Brain: Balancing Social Expectations with Your Own Health
updated 01 Aug 2012; published 01 Aug 2012
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Scientific Proof: Why Women Fall in Love Faster than Men Brain Diffrences
updated 01 Nov 2012; published 01 Nov 2012
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Ghetto Stress on the Female Brain - Dr Louann Brizendine
Oscar Pistorius: Not guilty of murder, but not cleared yet
Full Article CNN
12 Sep 2014

September 12, 2014 -- Updated 0445 GMT (1245 HKT) Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius has been cleared of murder in the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but he could still end up behind bars. The judge in his trial will begin a second day of reading her verdict Friday, with all the signs pointing towards a conviction for...

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Oscar Pistorius weeps as he listens to evidence by a pathologist in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 7, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day 2013.
photo: AP / Themba Hadebe

updated 11 Sep 2014; published 11 Sep 2014
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Oscar Pistorius verdict: athlete not guilty of murder charges says judge
updated 11 Sep 2014; published 11 Sep 2014
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Oscar Pistorius verdict: why judge cleared athelete of murder
updated 11 Sep 2014; published 11 Sep 2014
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Oscar Pistorius verdict: judge clears athlete of premeditated murder
updated 11 Sep 2014; published 11 Sep 2014
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Pistorius still faces homicide verdict, cleared of murder
updated 11 Sep 2014; published 11 Sep 2014
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Oscar Pistorius FULL Verdict : Blade Runner Cleared Of Murdering His Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
updated 12 Sep 2014; published 12 Sep 2014
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Thai coup leaders 'must end repression' - Amnesty
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BBC News
Thailand's military government has engaged in "widespread" human rights violations since the May coup, Amnesty International says. In a report, the rights group...
Scotland vote on knife edge as poll shows No side lead
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The Irish Times
with an opinion poll reporting that it still leads by six points. The latest eagerly awaited figures came after prime minister David Cameron, Labour leader Ed Miliband and Liberal...
New Report Details Consequences Of Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption
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The Inquisitr
As Vox reports, the Yellowstone supervolcano is thousands of times more powerful than a normal volcano, and has erupted only three times in the past. One eruption took place 2.1...

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Hamas official sees nothing wrong in negotiating with Israel
Hamas official sees nothing wrong in negotiating with Israel
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The Los Angeles Times
In an apparent shift of views within Hamas, one of its senior officials said this week that the militant group sees nothing wrong with negotiating with Israel. Hamas does not recognize Israel and has opposed direct talks. Israel in turn considers...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
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Terrorists free Fijian 45 peacekeepers
UN officers, one using binoculars, look towards Syria as they stand along the border between Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, and Syria, as security is tightened ahead of Land Day,Friday, March 30, 2012.
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The Australian
THE UN has confirmed 45 Fijian peacekeepers being held captive in Syria have been released. The Fijians were serving in the UN Disengagement Observer Force, which is monitoring a 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights....
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit
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Late Plant Manager Says He Wishes to ‘Beat up’ Those Who Claim Fukushima Staff Hesitated
In this photo released by Prime Minister's Office of Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, center, listens to Masao Yoshida, director of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, while visiting the crippled plant first time since he took the office in Okuma, northeastern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.
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Novosti
MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) – Masao Yoshida, the manager of TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant who died from cancer last July, reacted with anger on hearing accusations of hesitation during the Fukushima crisis, the transcript...
photo: AP / Prime Minister's Office of Japan
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Toronto mayor hospitalized with suspected tumor
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits in the council chamber as councillors look to pass motions to limit his powers on Monday November 18, 2013.
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Times Union
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been admitted to a hospital and is believed to have a tumor in his abdomen, health officials said Wednesday. Dr. Rueben Devlin from Humber Regional Hospital said Ford had been complaining of abdominal pains...
photo: AP / Chris Young
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Brazil Confirms Amazon Deforestation Sped Up in 2013
Deforestation and increased road-building in the Amazon Rainforest are a significant concern because of increased human encroachment upon wild areas, increased resource extraction and further threats to biodiversity.
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Voa News
Reuters SAO PAULO— The destruction of the world's largest rainforest accelerated last year with a 29 percent spike in deforestation, according to final figures released by the Brazilian government on Wednesday that confirmed a reversal in gains...
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France upsets Spain 65-52 in World Cup quarters
France's Thomas Heurtel, center, drives around Spain's Marc Gasol and Pau Gasol
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Herald Tribune
MADRID - France upset Spain 65-52 in front of its stunned fans in the quarterfinals of the Basketball World Cup on Wednesday. After dominating its first six games and blowing out France by 24 points in the group phase, Spain appeared to be the main...
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
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Final Afghan Election Results Likely Next Week, Deal or Not
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs with Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on July 11, 2014, after he arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan for a meeting about steps to resolve the country's disputed presidential election between him and fellow candidate Ashraf Ghani.
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Voa News
Reuters KABUL— Final results in Afghanistan's disputed presidential vote are expected to be released next week, and an election official said on Wednesday that a winner would be announced whether or not the two rival candidates forge a promised...
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