Cristiano Ronaldo wins 3rd FIFA Player of the Year award
Full Article Boston Herald
13 Jan 2015

ZURICH — Cristiano Ronaldo hopes his third FIFA Player of the Year award brought him closer to being remembered as one of soccer's all-time greats. The Portuguese forward, who led Real Madrid to its record 10th European title, received 37.66 percent of votes of national team coaches and captains and selected media to add to the FIFA...

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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2014 file photo Real's Cristiano Ronaldo holds the ball as he celebrates his four goals during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Elche at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain.
photo: AP / Andres Kudacki, files

updated 19 Dec 2014; published 19 Dec 2014
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COMING SOON - FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014 Nominees Press Talk
updated 06 Sep 2014; published 23 Mar 2014
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Funny Moment between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi | Fifa Ballon d'Or Press Conference 2013
updated 20 Aug 2014; published 08 Jan 2013
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Messi beats Ronaldo to win FOURTH Ballon d'Or
updated 06 Sep 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
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Cristiano Ronaldo: FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013 Award Reaction
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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Ballon d'Or 2014 RAP BATTLE! (Ronaldo vs Messi vs Neuer vs Blatter Preview) 442oons Football Cartoon
updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi vs Manuel Neuer | HD
ISIS hacks Pentagon accounts: 'We are coming'
Full Article WorldNetDaily
13 Jan 2015

Hackers purporting to be affiliated with the Islamic State seized control of social media accounts of the U.S. military’s Central Command on Monday, posting messages such as “CyberCaliphate” and “i love you isis.” One message posted on Twitter warned, “AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK.”...

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A U.S. Army soldier with the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, walks past an American Flag hanging in preparation for a ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
photo: AP / David Goldman

updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked to send threatening, pro-ISIS messages
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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U.S. Military’s Central Command Twitter account hacked by ISIS
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube Accounts Hacked By ISIS (VIDEO)
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube Accounts Hacked By ISIS (FULL REPORT)
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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US military Twitter hacked -- U.S. Central Command Twitter account hacked by ISIS cyber group
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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US Centcom Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked by Islamic State group
Somber gatherings mark 5th anniversary of Haiti earthquake
Full Article The Associated Press
12 Jan 2015

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Somber Haitians gathered early Monday to remember the devastating January 2010 earthquake that killed relatives and neighbors while shattering much of the overcrowded capital and surrounding area in one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. Hundreds of women in white dresses and men in slacks and dress shirts...

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File - A worker of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and Jenkins and Penn Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) removes street rubble in Delmas 32, Port au Prince, following the earthquake in Haiti, 12 August, 2010.
photo: UN / Marco Dormino

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Misery marks first anniversary of Haiti quake
updated 11 Apr 2012; published 20 Aug 2009
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Turkey marks 10-year anniversary of deadly quake
updated 16 Nov 2012; published 21 Apr 2011
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Gulf Residents Reflect on Year-Old Oil Disaster
updated 07 Jul 2012; published 07 Jul 2012
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All Korean & Nepali must watch This Korean children singing Nepali national anthem
updated 13 Apr 2011; published 13 Apr 2011
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SXSW 2011 Night Crowd - On the street at night
updated 12 Jan 2015; published 12 Jan 2015
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Baby Found Buried in in 2010 Haiti Earthquake is Bubbly Five- Year Old!!!
Paris attacks underline persistent threat
Full Article BBC News
12 Jan 2015

Three days of terror attacks in Paris, claiming 17 lives, emphasise the need for international cooperation to tackle violent fundamentalism. After most terrorist attacks, authorities, the families of victims and broader communities are left to ponder the meaning of such wanton violence, and reconstruct the motives and tactics of those responsible....

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Police officers and French army soldiers patrol Rue des Rosiers street, in the heart of Paris Jewish quarter, in Paris, Monday Jan. 12, 2015.
photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere

updated 01 May 2013; published 01 May 2013
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The Insidious Naure of Islam
updated 26 Mar 2013; published 26 Mar 2013
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New Jersey Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
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The Advanced Persistent Threat
updated 09 Sep 2013; published 09 Sep 2013
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▶ Syrian President Bashar Al Assad Predicts Reprisal Attacks Against The U S
updated 14 Jul 2014; published 14 Jul 2014
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TERRORIST! Eric Holder calls Americans opposed to Obama Racist
updated 23 Sep 2014; published 23 Sep 2014
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US Attacks Against ISIS - "Only The Beginning"
Millions of Iraqis displaced by ISIL
Full Article Al Jazeera
12 Jan 2015

Resallah Khalil, a 29-year-old mother of seven, has been living in an old warehouse hall in southern Baghdad along with her sister-in-law's eight-member family. The dark, stuffy, overcrowded hall is divided into dozens of 24-square-metre rooms by torn, unwashed clothes, and shelters around 1,000 people - most of whom are women and children....

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In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, internally displaced Yazidi women bake bread at a refugee camp in Bamarny village in Dahuk of the Kurdistan region, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq.
photo: AP / Seivan Salim

updated 20 Jan 2014; published 20 Jan 2014
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Battlefield Iraq: Heavy Clashes And Fighting Between Insurgents And Iraqi Army In The Anbar Province
updated 01 Nov 2014; published 01 Nov 2014
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Iraq's Kurdish refugees prepare for harsh winter
updated 07 Dec 2014; published 07 Dec 2014
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Iraq's displaced Yazidis face harsh winter
updated 23 Jun 2014; published 23 Jun 2014
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Insecurity spurs displacement in Iraq's north
updated 18 Jun 2014; published 18 Jun 2014
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ISIL take hold of Iraq's largest refinery
updated 14 Feb 2014; published 14 Feb 2014
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UN: Clashes in Iraq's Anbar displaced 300,000

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We’re Not All Charlie
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CounterPunch
L’affaire Charlie Hebdo has reached its denouement, leaving a score of people dead and many controversies in its wake. First, off the bat, let’s establish that we believe there...
How Obama Could End The Cuban Embargo
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CounterPunch
When President Obama announced he would direct his administration to start normalizing relations with Cuba several weeks ago, there was one giant catch: the embargo against Cuba...
Robert Fisk: The only point of 'terror lists' is to get those named a palace invitation
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The Independent
When are we going to give up our infantile “terrorist” lists? The IRA were “terrorists”. So was the Irgun. So was EOKA. So was the Mau-Mau. And their leaders – every bloody one of...

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U.S. CENTCOM Twitter, YouTube Hacked, Apparently by IS Group
Militias of the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) deploy in an area in Tikrit
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Chosun Ilbo
The Twitter and YouTube accounts belonging to U.S. Central Command were taken over briefly by hackers who say they are loyal to the Islamic State group. The Twitter account on Monday posted threats to U.S. soldiers, warning "We are coming watch your...
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Canadian police make third terror arrest
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa Canada Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, in Ottawa King George VI unveiled the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, in Ottawa, Ontario, during his 1939 visit, months before the Second World War began.
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Philadelphia Daily News
TORONTO (AP) - Canadian police have arrested a third man in an alleged terrorist conspiracy. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday that 21-year-old Suliman Mohamed has been charged with participating in the activity of a terrorist group. On...
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Ronaldo on top of the world again
Real Madrid's world player Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, center, FIFA President Joseph Blatter and Ronaldo's son Ronaldo Junior stand together at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013
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Deccan Herald
Real Madrid’s Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon dO’r for the third time at a glittering ceremony here on Monday night. Ronaldo, who was the winner last year as well as in 2008, edged out two other contenders,...
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Abbas to participate in Paris march
French President Francois Hollande welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, on Sunday will honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris that left France on alert for more violence.
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Je Suis Charlie: Paris Rallies Amid Global Support
Journalists hold up their press cards during a minute of silence outside the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, a day after masked gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper and killed 12 people. Protesters in some U.S. cities — repeating the viral online slogan "Je Suis Charlie" or "I Am Charlie"— demonstrated against the deadly terror attack on a Paris newspaper office, joining thousands around the world who took to the streets to rally against the killings.
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The Inquisitr
France 24 is reporting as many as 700,000 people marched in cities across France leading organizers to expect a massive turnout for today’s rally in Paris. Over 2,000 police officers are being deployed in the city with even more guarding areas...
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Princess Diana Was Allegedly Pregnant With Dodi Fayed’s Baby When She Died In Paris Car Crash
Princess Lady Diana of Wales In Madame Tussaud Wax Museum, Amsterdam
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The Inquisitr
Now, some 18 years later, a new West End play, which opened in London last week, entitled, Truth, Lies, Diana, alleges, among other things, that indeed the future King of England’s mother was carrying a “Muslim baby,” as noted in...
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David Cameron to discuss cyber crime threat with President Obama
British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after giving a statement to the media about Scotland's referendum results, outside his official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom after a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. The decision prevented a rupture of a 307-year union with England, bringing a huge sigh of relief to the British political establishment.
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The Independent
David Cameron will discuss the growing threat of cyber attacks with President Barack Obama in the White House this week, as details emerged of a major espionage campaign against the British energy sector. The PM and president will discuss the fallout...
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