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US Continues Airstrikes on IS Targets
Full Article Voa News
27 Sep 2014

VOA News American fighter jets, drones and other aircraft pounded Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday as Britain, Denmark and Belgium joined the U.S.-led coalition fighting the group. U.S. Central Command said four Islamic State tanks were destroyed in Syria's Deir el-Zour province. A group monitoring the war in Syria said Friday...

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File - This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria.
photo: AP / Militant website

updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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US Airstrikes Syria - Bombing ISIS Islamic State - Bomb Attacks ISIL Iraq (RAW FOOTAGE)
updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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Syria: US begins air strikes on Islamic State - BBC News
updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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Syria War - US Airstrikes On Islamic State In Syria
updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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US Airstrikes Attack ISIS ISIL in Syria Islamic State | First Bombing Video | American Bombs
updated 24 Sep 2014; published 24 Sep 2014
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US Jet Fighters Strike ISIS Oil System in Syria - LATEST
updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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US Airstrikes ISIS Bombing Syria Islamic State - Bomb Attacks ISIL Iraq Fire Missiles [RAW FOOTAGE]
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addresses the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, 26 September, 2014.
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard

updated 27 Sep 2014; published 27 Sep 2014
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'Israel waging war of genocide in Gaza' - Mahmoud Abbas to UNGA (FULL SPEECH)
updated 10 Jul 2014; published 10 Jul 2014
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Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza
updated 27 Sep 2014; published 27 Sep 2014
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Abbas describes Israel's 'war of genocide'
updated 09 Jul 2014; published 09 Jul 2014
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Abbas says Israel committing 'genocide' in Gaza
updated 26 Sep 2014; published 26 Sep 2014
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Abbas: Israel waging war of genocide in Gaza
updated 27 Sep 2014; published 27 Sep 2014
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Abbas describes Israel's 'war of genocide'
Ebola: UN mission readies to start work as virus death toll surpasses 3,000
Full Article United Nations
26 Sep 2014

Print 26 September 2014 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said it is intensifying its cooperation with a wide range of partners trying to accelerate work on experimental therapies and vaccines as it announced that Ebola has now sickened more than 6,500 and killed more than 3,000. “Exposure of health-care workers to EVD...

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In this photo provided by the Spanish Defense Ministry, aid workers and doctors transfer Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Liberia, from a plane to an ambulance as he leaves the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase, near Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Pajares was in stable condition at a Madrid hospital on Thursday after being evacuated from Liberia, health officials said.
photo: AP

updated 01 Apr 2014; published 01 Apr 2014
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Ebola Virus Spreads to Guinea Capital - 70 Dead Out of 110 Patients
updated 17 Sep 2014; published 17 Sep 2014
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Ebola virus - This Week in Global Health
updated 19 Sep 2014; published 19 Sep 2014
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As death toll reaches 2,630 & U.N. to deploy Ebola mission | HEADLINES
updated 19 Sep 2014; published 19 Sep 2014
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United Nations to deploy Ebola mission in worst-affected states
updated 19 Sep 2014; published 19 Sep 2014
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U.N. to deploy Ebola mission as death toll reaches 2,630 | BREAKING NEWS
updated 30 Jul 2014; published 30 Jul 2014
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Ebola virus | Ebola Doctor killed by Ebola virus in Sierra Leone
Mideast Egypt Time Change
photo: AP / Amr Nabil, File

updated 26 Sep 2014; published 26 Sep 2014
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Egypt adjusts clocks once again
updated 13 Jun 2014; published 13 Jun 2014
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Sequence of Events - a grave matter - timeline
updated 02 Sep 2013; published 02 Sep 2013
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RAPTURE WATCH 2014: COMET ISON IS NO FALSE ALARM (REV 10:1) PART 2
updated 22 Jul 2009; published 22 Jul 2009
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SUMMER VACATION SONG!
updated 23 Jul 2014; published 23 Jul 2014
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Deuce - Call It Love (16:9 HD) /1994/
updated 25 Aug 2013; published 25 Aug 2013
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RAPTURE WATCH 2014: COMET ISON IS NO FALSE ALARM (REV 10:1) - PART 1
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un 'has illness'
Full Article BBC News
26 Sep 2014

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has an unspecified medical problem, state media report, after he failed to appear at a key political event. A report on state television said on Thursday that Mr Kim, 31, was in an "uncomfortable physical condition" but gave no details. Earlier, the leader was absent from a session of the Supreme...

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In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from left, and his wife Ri Sol Ju clap hands as they watch a performance of the Moranbong Band to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, in an undisclosed location of North Korea.
photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service

updated 02 Sep 2013; published 02 Sep 2013
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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Executes Ex-Girlfriend
updated 08 Jul 2014; published 08 Jul 2014
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Kim Jong-un seen 'limping' on state TV
updated 08 Jul 2014; published 08 Jul 2014
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Kim Jong-un limps onto stage in footage of regime founder's anniversary
updated 08 Mar 2013; published 08 Mar 2013
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North Korea leader Kim Jong-un gets ecstatic welcome at military units
updated 13 Dec 2013; published 13 Dec 2013
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Kim Jong Un Executes His Uncle A Top North Korean Military Leader
updated 28 Aug 2014; published 28 Aug 2014
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watches paratroop drill

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CounterPunch
Astounding events over the last several weeks have once again put U.S. torture in the spotlight. Evidence of spying by the CIA on Senate staffers investigating the Agency provoked...
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CounterPunch
In the Age of Obama, inequality is on the rise and austerity politics rages on. Obama could do more to improve the lot of those made worse off by these developments. But he really...
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CounterPunch
This week US President Barack Obama addressed the UN General Assembly and the unintended irony in his speech would be humorous if it were not so cruel—and dangerous. Obama touched...

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NEW YORKThe end of an era. The perfect script. Derek Jeter capped his Yankee Stadium farewell with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, the latest — and perhaps last — storybook moment of his charmed and illustrious career, to...
photo: AP / Julie Jacobson
Afghans carry the body of a suicide attack victim at the hospital in Maymana, Faryab province north west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012.
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KABUL: A major Taliban offensive in eastern Afghanistan over the past week has left up to 100 civilians and security personnel dead, 12 of them beheaded, officials said on Friday, as violence worsens with the withdrawal of US-led troops. This...
photo: AP / Talash Suroosh
A man walk past policemen standing guard near a road leading to the site of Thursday's explosion in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, Friday, May 23, 2014.
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Up to 50 people, including 40 "rioters", have been killed in a number of explosions in China's Xinjiang province, officials have said. They said earlier that at least two people had been killed and many others injured in the blasts in Luntai county,...
photo: AP / Andy Wong
Palestine and Hamas Flags adorn the streets in the preparation of the anniversary of Hamas Islamic movement foundation in refugee camp of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on December 10, 2011. Photo by AHMED DEEB/ WN
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Mohamad Torokman/Reuters Hamas and Fatah have agreed on a unity government to take over in Gaza. The two Palestinian factions announced the deal following a breakthrough Thursday in talks held under the auspices of Egypt's...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
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By now, you've probably heard something about Ello, the ad-free, invite-only, independent social network that has seemingly gone viral over the last week. The ad-free social network has quickly — and somewhat inexplicably — gained a reputation for...
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Turmeric powder in stall
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A spice commonly found in curries may boost the brain's ability to heal itself, according to a report in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy. The German study suggests a compound found in turmeric could encourage the growth of nerve cells...
photo: Creative Commons / Surya Prakash.S.A.
City of Anchorage
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7:33 PM ET A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska on Thursday. Luckily, while very strong, it was a very deep quake, so no major damage was reported. Alaska Public Media reports: "The shaking caught the attention of residents across a large swath...
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