Balloonists set new world distance record
Full Article BBC News
30 Jan 2015

Two pilots have set a new world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean. American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev are also on course to set a new duration record. They left Japan in their "Two Eagles" balloon on Sunday and had aimed to land in Canada or the...

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In this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, Albuquerque pilot Troy Bradley announces plans to fly across the Pacific Ocean with fellow pilot Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia as part of an effort to break a pair of long-distance and duration records that have stood for more than three decades, during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. The announcement comes as hundreds of pilots and thousands of spectators gather in Albuquerque for the annual international balloon fiesta.
photo: AP / Susan Montoya Bryan

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Two Eagles Balloon changes course due to weather KOB Albuquerque, NM Jan. 29, 201
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Two Eagles Hot Air Balloon Begins Trip Across Pacific Ocean
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Tightrope walker sets high-wire record between hot air balloons
Islamic State-Linked Militants Kill Dozens In Egypt
Full Article Huffington Post
30 Jan 2015

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car bomb and mortar rounds on Thursday, killing at least 26 security officers. An Army spokesman immediately blamed former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood of orchestrating the...

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Palestinian Hamas security forces patrol the border area in Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on May 20, 2013. Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp in the wake of the kidnapping of security personnel, The abductions last week in the Sinai prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

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Ansar Beit al-Muqdis Terrorists militant publish Military Helicopter Attack Video in sinai
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Sinai Insurgency Erupts: Militant snipers kill 3 policemen as Egyptian army begins offensive
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Six Police Dead in Attack in Egypt's Sinai
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Egyptian Army Attacks Militant Groups in Sinai
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SINAI SECRUITY BREAKDOWN : ARMY BATTLES it out with MILITANTS [SUPPLY TUNNEL NETWORK]
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October 27 2014 Breaking News Egypt President El-Sissi said Foreign funded Terrorist Attack in Sinai
Greek PM promises not to spring any surprises on creditors
Full Article The Irish Times
29 Jan 2015

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has promised not to spring any surprises on the country’s troika of official creditors in the first face-to-face meeting with European officials since his election victory. Mr Tsipras gave assurances that Greece will not make any unexpected moves regarding its finances in about two hours of talks with European...

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left, talks to European Parliament President Martin Schulz prior to their meeting in central Athens, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

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Tsipras Syriza at 40 ,youngest PM of Greece
updated 27 Jan 2015; published 27 Jan 2015
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Greeks Reject Austerity But The Bigger Story Should Have Conservatives Worried
updated 26 Jan 2015; published 26 Jan 2015
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Greece's Tsipras Declares Victory and End Austerity
updated 28 Jan 2015; published 28 Jan 2015
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PM Alexis Tsipras tells first cabinet meeting: 'Greece will not default'
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PM Tsipras: Greece wants to renegotiate bailout terms with intl. lenders
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Greek leftist leader says international creditors committed a "crime" against southern Europe
Malaysia declares MH370 an 'accident'
Full Article Canoe
29 Jan 2015

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia declared on Thursday the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident, clearing the way for the airline to pay compensation to victims' relatives while the search for the plane goes on. The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared on March 8 last year, carrying 239 passengers and crew shortly after taking off...

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U.S. Navy contractors lower the Bluefin-21 into the Indian Ocean from the deck of the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield, 26 April, 2014. The submersible is being utilized to search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370.
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Peter D. Blair

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Malaysia clears way for Flight 370 compensation
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Malaysia Airlines tells flight 370 passengers' relatives to go home
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Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17 crashes in Ukraine - Full first Clip
updated 29 Jan 2015; published 29 Jan 2015
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Air Malaysia MH370 officially declared an accident with all on board presumed dead
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Malaysia declares flight MH370 crash an “accident”
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Malaysia officially declares MH370 passengers and crew 'presumed dead'
Israel, Hezbollah signal their flare-up is over
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
29 Jan 2015

By Dan Williams and Laila Bassam JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel and Hezbollah signaled on Thursday their rare flare-up in fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border was over, after the Lebanese guerrillas killed two Israeli troops in retaliation for a deadly air strike in Syria last week. Israel said it had received a message from UNIFIL, the...

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File - Military personnel of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on patrol in an armored personnel carrier a few kilometres from the border with Israel.
photo: UN / Jorge Aramburu

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Lebanese Hezbollah Hits Israeli Convoy, Killing 2 Soldiers
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Israel, Hezbollah Signal Their Flare-up is Over
updated 28 Jan 2015; published 28 Jan 2015
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Hezbollah attacks Israeli Convoy Video Hezbollah carries out deadly attack on Israeli convoy
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Israeli soldier killed by Lebanon sniper
updated 29 Jan 2015; published 29 Jan 2015
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The militant group Hezbollah reportedly says it wants to scale down fighting with Israel across…
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ww3 news today,Hezbollah Kill 15 Israeli Soldiers in the Har Dov area near the Lebanon border

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