Indians mark 30th anniversary of Bhopal disaster
Full Article Tampa Bay Online
03 Dec 2014

BHOPAL, India (AP) — Hundreds of survivors of the Bhopal gas leak took to the streets Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy with protests demanding harsher punishments for those responsible and more compensation for the victims of the world's worst industrial disaster. On the morning of Dec. 3, 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union...

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Members of various organizations representing victims of the Bhopal gas leak participate in a rally on the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy in Bhopal, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014.
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updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Indian media: Bhopal disaster victims 'denied justice'
updated 07 Aug 2008; published 07 Aug 2008
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Afghanistan at crucial juncture
Full Article Al Jazeera
03 Dec 2014

On Thursday, the so-called London Conference on Afghanistan will convene. Of all the high-profile international conferences that have been held on Afghanistan over the years - in Bonn, Tokyo, and Istanbul - this comes at a crucial juncture. At the end of October, British forces lowered the flag at Camp Bastion - from where they had engaged in...

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File - U.S. Army Spc. Samnith Thy, right, a security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, provides security outside a youth meeting in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2012.
photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives

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updated 24 Feb 2009; published 24 Feb 2009
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updated 05 Oct 2009; published 05 Oct 2009
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Cricket-Australia bids farewell to Hughes in hometown funeral
Full Article Deccan Herald
03 Dec 2014

The funeral of Australian test cricketer Phillip Hughes began to the strains of a song entitled "Forever...

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Mourners gather for a memorial service at the Sydney Cricket Ground and look at some of the 63 bats with inscriptions detailing the career of cricketer Phillip Hughes in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014.
photo: AP / Rick Rycroft

updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Funeral for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes begins in hometown
updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Iran bombs Isis in Iraq, says US
Full Article The Guardian
03 Dec 2014

Pentagon says air strikes may be first of their kind and were not co-ordinated with US-led coalition against Islamic State ...

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Iran bombs Isis in Iraq, says US
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini

updated 16 Sep 2014; published 16 Sep 2014
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US Expands Airstrikes on ISIS in Iraq - Video
updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Iran jets bomb Islamic State targets in Iraq Pentagon (VIDEO)
updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Iran bombs Islamic State targets in Iraq, says Pentagon
updated 24 Sep 2014; published 24 Sep 2014
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Iraq War News - US Airstrikes on Isis in Syria : Video
updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Obama administration seeks to overturn decision to release controversial Guantanamo Bay force-feeding footage
Full Article The Independent
03 Dec 2014

President Obama’s administration will ask a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling to release more than 30 videos depicting controversial force-feeding methods used on foreign prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay. The Justice Department has asked the US appeals court to overturn Judge Gladys Kessler decision to allow the release 32 videos...

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File - Detainees at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo observe morning prayer before sunrise inside Camp Delta, 28 October, 2009.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Marcos T. Hernandez

updated 18 Jun 2013; published 18 Jun 2013
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updated 01 Dec 2014; published 01 Dec 2014
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Professor Stephen Hawking has said the rise of artificial intelligence could see the human race become extinct. Related Articles The scientist spoke after showing off a new...
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Syrian refugees are leaving grocery stores with empty shopping bags this week. A UN-backed "e-card" system had enabled millions of the displaced to buy food in Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan; but funds dried up on December 1 and families now...
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