UN calls to West as 13.6 million are displaced in Iraq and Syria
Full Article Sydney Morning Herald
12 Nov 2014

Beirut: Warning that the world was growing numb to the worsening crisis in Syria and Iraq, in which at least 13.6 million people had been displaced from their homes, the United Nations appealed to Western countries to open their borders and make good on donation pledges. As winter approaches and millions of Syrians and Iraqis take shelter in...

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Syrian Kurdish refugees from the Kobani area walk at a camp in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border Monday, Nov. 3, 2014.
photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda

updated 25 Jun 2014; published 25 Jun 2014
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Iraq: Displaced At Khazair Transit Camp
updated 23 Jul 2009; published 23 Jul 2009
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Angelina Jolie speaks for refugees in Iraq * July 23 09
updated 24 Jul 2009; published 24 Jul 2009
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Angelina Jolie In iraq 2009 - UNHCR
updated 13 Jun 2014; published 13 Jun 2014
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UN: 300,000 New Refugees in Iraq This Week
updated 24 Jul 2009; published 24 Jul 2009
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Angelina Jolie third visit in Iraq refugees - Rough cut July 23
updated 17 Jun 2014; published 17 Jun 2014
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Iraq battles humanitarian woes as fighting engulfs country
China and US reach landmark deal on carbon cuts
Full Article The Irish Times
12 Nov 2014

China and the United States have agreed new targets on greenhouse gas emissions, with China agreeing to curb emissions for the first time and the US agreeing to a major cut by 2025. The landmark agreement, jointly announced by President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping, includes new targets for carbon emissions reductions by the United States...

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This May 1, 2008 file photo shows Chinese women cycling through smog and pollution over Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
photo: AP / Oded Balilty, File

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China Goes After Carbon Emissions...
updated 12 Nov 2014; published 12 Nov 2014
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Barack Obama and Xi Jinping Agree to Cut Carbon Emission to Record Levels
updated 12 Nov 2014; published 12 Nov 2014
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President Obama announces US China emissions target
updated 24 Sep 2014; published 24 Sep 2014
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Should Obama, U.S. Push Other Countries On Carbon Emissions?
updated 02 Jun 2014; published 02 Jun 2014
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President Obama's Revolutionary Climate Proposal
updated 03 Jun 2014; published 03 Jun 2014
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After Obama's Big Climate Proposal, China Signals It May Cap Carbon
Russia to build more Iran reactors
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
12 Nov 2014

Russia has signed a contract to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations. The deal comes less than two weeks before the November 24 deadline for Tehran to sign an agreement on its nuclear programme with six world powers. The contract has no...

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** FILE ** The reactor building of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen, some 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Russia has made its first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr plant, which is at the center of the international tensions over Tehran's nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said Monday Dec. 17, 2007. (js1)
photo: AP / Mehr News Agency, Bagher Nasir

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Russia Agrees to Build 8 Nuclear Reactors In Iran!
updated 24 Jun 2014; published 24 Jun 2014
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Iran Expects Deal Soon On Russia Building New Nuclear Reactors
updated 22 May 2014; published 22 May 2014
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Russia May Build Eight Nuclear Reactors for Iran In Exchange for Oil
updated 25 Jun 2014; published 25 Jun 2014
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Iran Expects Deal Soon On Russia Building New Nuclear Reactors
updated 22 May 2014; published 22 May 2014
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Russia Could Build Eight Nuclear Reactors For Iran
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Russia to Build 2 Nuclear Power Plants in Iran!
Mali reports second Ebola case; nurse is said to have died
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
12 Nov 2014

A clinic in Mali is on lockdown after a nurse there died of Ebola on Tuesday in what would be the country's second confirmed case of the disease, according to news reports. Mahamadou Camara, the West African country’s communications minister, said on Twitter that an Ebola case had been confirmed in Bamako, the capital, and that a clinic...

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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, health workers walk towards an area used for Ebola quarantine after they worked with diseased Fanta Kone at a Ebola virus center in Kayes, Mali.
photo: AP / Baba Ahmed

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Ebola Report Oct 24: P for pandemic, 15000 death toll? New York, Mali
updated 23 Oct 2014; published 23 Oct 2014
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Ebola Report Oct 22: The Secret Government, Suspect Case in NJ
updated 02 Oct 2014; published 02 Oct 2014
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Ebola report Oct 2: Mass graves, Inevitabilty Myth, Texas updates
updated 13 Oct 2014; published 13 Oct 2014
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Ebola Report Oct 12: True strength, "Breach of protocol"
updated 10 Aug 2014; published 10 Aug 2014
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Ebola Virus Fears Infect an African Hospital patients, nurses and health workers have died here
updated 30 Oct 2014; published 30 Oct 2014
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ALERT NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED TO KEY EBOLA CITIES! 300+ CASES NOT BEING REPORTED!
Gold watch breaks world record with $24m sale at Geneva auction
Full Article The Guardian
11 Nov 2014

The ‘Henry Graves Supercomplication’ can reveal the phases of the moon, a perpetual calendar and the Manhattan night sky ...

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Visitors pass next to the Patek Philippe booth at the official opening day of the world watch and jewellery show 'Baselworld' in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, April 3, 2008
photo: AP / Keystone, Georgios Kefalas

updated 13 May 2014; published 13 May 2014
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Rolex Record: Watch Sells For $1.2 Million At Auction
updated 30 May 2013; published 30 May 2013
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Christie's, Sotheby's and Antiquorum: trend of the May watch auctions held in Geneva
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Christie's, Sotheby's and Antiquorum watch auctions of May 2012
updated 11 Nov 2014; published 11 Nov 2014
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'Holy Grail' of Watches, French Crown Jewel Set for Auction in Geneva : BREAKING NEWS
updated 05 Mar 2014; published 05 Mar 2014
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15350: Patek Philippe, Genève, Pocket Watch w/winding indicator & Guillaume balance
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Henry Graves Supercomplication By Patek Philippe

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Gardening As a Political and Revolutionary Act
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WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In "The Founding Gardeners," Andrea Wulf writes: "The founding fathers' passion for nature, plants, gardens and agriculture is woven...
Legacy of Racism and National Oppression in Michigan
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CounterPunch
An all-white jury in St. Joseph, Michigan has found Rev. Edward Pinkney guilty of five felony counts of forgery stemming from a recall campaign against Mayor James Hightower of...
A New Intifada? Israel’s Arab Citizen Uprising Spreads
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The Daily Beast
As the world focuses attention on confrontations in Jerusalem, violence is spreading among Israel’s Arab population in other parts of the country. HAIFA, Israel — Over the past few...

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Rosetta mission reaches critical point after more than 10 years in space
A 3D model of the Rosetta Spacecraft. This is not a true representation of Rosetta as the actual spacecraft is protected by black multi layer insulation blankets, the High Gain is also black.
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The Independent
Tomorrow, more than 20 years after it was first approved, a European space mission reaches a climax when a fridge-sized space-probe gently touches down on a comet travelling at 34,000mph. If all goes to plan, the Philae lander of the Rosetta mission...
photo: Creative Commons
Palestinian rift reopens as Abbas blames Hamas for bombings
A mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) in Gaza City as French prosecutors in Paris opened up an official inquiry into Yasser Arafat's death in Gaza City on August 28, 2012. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas welcomed a decision by French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry into claims the Arafat may have been poisoned.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
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Yahoo Daily News
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday accused his Islamist Hamas rivals of carrying out a series of bombings against officials loyal to him in Gaza last week, in a move sure to harm already floundering unity efforts. A...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in West Bank clashes
Palestinian youths burn tires during a protest against the high cost of living at the Jilazoun refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012.
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CNN
November 11, 2014 -- Updated 1228 GMT (2028 HKT) Ramallah, West Bank (CNN) -- Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during clashes Tuesday in a West Bank refugee camp, the latest example of violence and tensions between the two sides. According to...
photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed
Eight Indian women die, dozens critical after mass sterilisation
Eight Indian women die, dozens critical after mass sterilisation
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Khaleej Times
Many of the more than 80 women who underwent sterilisation at the free government-run camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur - Eight women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, many in a critical condition after a state-run...
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
South Korea ferry captain jailed for 36 years as search for bodies ends
File: South Korean Coast Guard police officers on a boat carry the body of a passenger believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 20, 2014.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Gwangju: A South Korean court on Tuesday found Lee Joon-seok, the captain of a ferry that capsized in April killing...
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
NASA's 1st Orion Spaceship Set for Launch Pad Trek
Orion or the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is a spacecraft that is being designed by Lockheed Martin for NASA, the space agency of the United States.
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Yahoo Daily News
NASA's next spaceship is about to take a big step toward its historic December spaceflight debut. The Orion capsule will roll out to the launch pad Tuesday night (Nov. 11), moving from the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space...
photo: Creative Commons / NASA
UN: No immediate proof found of mass Darfur rape
UN: No immediate proof found of mass Darfur rape
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The Charlotte Observer
KHARTOUM, Sudan The joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region said Monday an initial investigation has turned up no evidence of a claimed mass rape in a village there, but a U.N. envoy said there was a heavy military...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe


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