At least 300 migrants missing in new sea tragedy, says UN
Full Article Khaleej Times
11 Feb 2015

The migrants were crossing the Mediterranean from Libya to Europe in four rubber boats and were swallowed up by waves, says UNHCR spokeswoman. A migrant who survived a shipwreck is helped as he arrives with others at the Lampedusa harbour. -Reuters Rome - Some 300 migrants who tried to cross the frigid Mediterranean in open, rubber boats, were...

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Bodies are lined up in the harbor of Lampedusa Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. At least 29 migrants have died from hypothermia while traveling from North Africa to Italy aboard a smuggler's life raft in heavy seas, amid a surge of migrants making the dangerous sea crossing despite the harsh winter conditions.
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updated 22 Jun 2014; published 18 Jun 2014
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Dozens Missing After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Malaysian Coast
updated 22 Sep 2014; published 22 Sep 2014
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Migrants drown off North African coast after boat sinks
updated 16 Sep 2014; published 16 Sep 2014
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Dozens of Migrants Missing in Sinking Off Libya Coast: Navy - September 16, 2014
updated 06 Apr 2014; published 07 Mar 2014
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Boat accident: 3 migrants dead off Florida coast
updated 18 Jun 2014; published 18 Jun 2014
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Indonesian migrants missing after boat sinks off coast of Malaysia
updated 15 Sep 2014; published 15 Sep 2014
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Dozens of Migrants Missing in Sinking Off Libya Coast: Navy
Afghanistan could become haven for IS, warns ex-CIA officer
Full Article Dawn
11 Feb 2015

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan is in danger of turning into a sanctuary once again for extremists as the West withdraws troops and shifts its attention elsewhere, a former senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official warned Tuesday. The country could even become a refuge for Islamic State jihadists now waging war in Syria and Iraq, said Robert...

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File - Alaskan National Guard Sgt. Brain Reid talks with a local Afghan child during a dismounted patrol to a Department of Public Works facility Aug. 8, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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updated 20 May 2011; published 20 May 2011
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FALSE FLAG Taliban Denies Bin Laden Did 9/11 Nor Had Resources For Carrying Out The Attack
updated 24 Jul 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
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Zaid Hamid told us so - Tahreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a CIA/RAW funded terrorist outfit
updated 12 Jan 2011; published 12 Jan 2011
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Does the USA fund the Taliban through the CIA?
updated 08 Dec 2014; published 08 Dec 2014
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Taliban militants fire rockets at US Bagram airbase in Afghanistan
updated 31 May 2012; published 31 May 2012
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Dr. Shakeel Afridi: A CIA agent or Taliban accomplice? (Sochta Pakistan, 31 May 2012)
updated 16 May 2012; published 16 May 2012
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U.S. Makes Taliban Strong In Afghanistan Safe Havens
Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks
Full Article BBC News
11 Feb 2015

US President Barack Obama has warned President Vladimir Putin that Russia will face greater costs if it continues its "aggressive actions" in Ukraine. Mr Obama urged his Russian counterpart to seize the opportunity of fresh talks to find a peaceful solution to the war that has raged since April last year. Mr Putin is due to meet with the...

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Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks
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updated 11 Feb 2015; published 11 Feb 2015
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Ukraine Conflict Obama Warns Putin Ahead Of Peace Talks
updated 11 Feb 2015; published 11 Feb 2015
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Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks
updated 11 Feb 2015; published 11 Feb 2015
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Ukraine Conflict Obama Warns Putin Ahead of Peace Talks: Breaking News
updated 11 Feb 2015; published 11 Feb 2015
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Ukraine conflict Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks: Breaking News
updated 11 Feb 2015; published 11 Feb 2015
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Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks: World News
updated 11 Feb 2015; published 11 Feb 2015
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Ukraine conflict: Obama warns Putin ahead of peace talks
A meeting of minds in Cairo
Full Article Dawn
11 Feb 2015

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin arrived in Egypt on Monday for talks with his Egyptian opposite number on new roubles-only trade deals, the sale of billions of dollars’ worth of guns and tanks, and quite probably a new “anti-terrorist” alliance of the kind Russia already boasts in Syria. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi personally escorted Mr Putin...

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In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival at the Cairo International Airport in Egypt, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015.
photo: AP / Ahmed Fouad, Egyptian Presidency

updated 12 Aug 2014; published 12 Aug 2014
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Egypt's Sisi visits Russia, mulls free trade zone with Putin
updated 10 Feb 2015; published 10 Feb 2015
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Landmark Visit: Putin arrives in Cairo for first time in decade
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Russia's Putin gives supports to Sisi's bid for Egypt presidency
updated 12 Aug 2014; published 12 Aug 2014
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Russia: Putin presents iconic missile cruiser to el-Sisi
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Russia's Putin Says Supports Sisi's Bid for Egypt Presidency
updated 12 Aug 2014; published 12 Aug 2014
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مؤتمر صحفي للرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي ونظيره الروسي فلاديمير بوتين
Missiles strike eastern Ukrainian town, killing at least 15
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
10 Feb 2015

Ukraine fighting Volodymyr Shuvayev / AFP/Getty Images People look at a missile embedded in the street after shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Feb. 10. (Volodymyr Shuvayev / AFP/Getty Images) By Victoria Butenko and Sergei L. Loiko contact the reporter Europe Missiles rain down on eastern Ukraine town, reportedly killing at...

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A resident passes by an unexploded rocket in a living area in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb.10, 2015.
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updated 20 Oct 2014; published 20 Oct 2014
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Life Near Donetsk Airport. Part 1
updated 14 Nov 2014; published 14 Nov 2014
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Unprecented WARS! & TERROR! Ravage the Earth - See DESCRIPTION
updated 10 Feb 2015; published 10 Feb 2015
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Woman Sobs As She Films Missiles Hitting Town in Eastern Ukraine
updated 07 Jun 2014; published 07 Jun 2014
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UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE FIRES MISSILES OR EASTERN TOWN OF LUGANSK JUNE 3 2014
updated 24 Jan 2015; published 24 Jan 2015
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Missile attacks kill at least 30 in Mariupol, east Ukraine
updated 05 Jul 2014; published 05 Jul 2014
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Kiev forces gain control of eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk

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The Guardian
Let me introduce you to the world’s most powerful terrorist recruiting sergeant: a US federal agency called the office of the comptroller of the currency. Its decision to cause a humanitarian catastrophe in one of the poorest, most troubled places on Earth could resonate around the world for decades. ...
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Abdulaziz Billow MOGADISHU— Somalia's latest political crisis appears to be over, now lawmakers have approved a new Cabinet after a long delay. But the question remains whether...
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Al Jazeera
In what has become an intermittent global pastime, rumours of the demise of Cuba's iconic leader - now 88 years old - began proliferating on social media and in careless news...

Brian Williams and Jane Williams Shankbone
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NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC announced Tuesday that it is suspending Brian Williams as "Nightly News" anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War. NBC chief executive Steve Burke...
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Police Chokehold Death
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The Washington Post reports that on November 20th last year, Peter Liang was patrolling the housing project with his gun drawn. When Akai Gurley’s girlfriend opened the door, the officer fired one shot into the man’s chest. Akai managed...
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File - This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among 20,000 from around the world, U.S. intelligence officials...
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Nikos Kotzias
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Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias repeated the new Greek government’s claim for war reparations from Germany Tuesday during a joint news conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin. Speaking in fluent German,...
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First Lady Michelle waves across the aisle at the ceremonial swearing-in for President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.
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On Tuesday morning (Feb.10), Newsweek's Twitter account was hacked by a group claiming to be associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) who call themselves Cyber Caliphate. The group took over the account at 10:45 a.m. and changed the publication's...
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South Sudanese men participate in the country's anniversary celebrations, at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Monday, July 9, 2012.
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Charlton Doki JUBASouth Sudan's defense minister on Tuesday accused rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar of launching three attacks on government troops in the oil-producing states of Unity and Upper Nile. Defense Minister...
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Libyan rebel fighter is silhouetted next to El Malti Mosque on the way to the city of Bani Walid, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011.
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Lisa Schlein GENEVA— A new report by the U.N. Human Rights Office and the U.N. Support Mission in Libya finds a nation beset by turmoil, lawlessness and armed conflict. The findings, which will be formally presented to the Human Rights Council in...
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