Caught-Off Guard in Yemen: Who's Assessing the Assessors?
Full Article WorldNews.com
21 Feb 2015

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It was only a few months ago that the Obama Administration declared their "strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, had successfully been pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years."(1) But once again, the United States was embarrassingly caught off...

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Houthi Shiite Yemenis perform a traditional dance called "Baraa" during a rally to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

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Isolated System | Mohamed Tarek | TEDxMinia
updated 10 Sep 2014; published 10 Sep 2014
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Yemen: A Failed State
updated 24 Jan 2015; published 24 Jan 2015
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Saudi, Yemen Developments Are Sudden Complications for Obama
updated 23 Jan 2015; published 23 Jan 2015
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Why Yemen’s political implosion is dangerous for the U.S.
updated 23 Jan 2015; published 23 Jan 2015
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Are Terrorists Taking Over Yemen?
updated 10 Sep 2014; published 10 Sep 2014
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Slavery in Yemen
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis speaks during a media conference after a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.
photo: AP / Virginia Mayo

updated 20 Feb 2015; published 20 Feb 2015
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Greece, eurozone agree to extend bailout deal by 4 months
updated 17 Feb 2015; published 17 Feb 2015
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EU gives Greece 1-week ultimatum to request bailout extension or...what?
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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Greece bailout: Four-month extension in eurozone deal: World News
updated 20 Feb 2015; published 20 Feb 2015
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Greece, eurozone agree to extend bailout deal by 4 months
updated 12 Feb 2015; published 12 Feb 2015
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Athens, eurozone fail to reach deal to renegotiate Greece's debt
updated 20 Feb 2015; published 20 Feb 2015
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Eurozone chiefs strike deal to extend Greek bailout for four months :Greece bailout:
Fire hits Dubai's Torch skyscraper
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
21 Feb 2015

One of the world's tallest residential towers caught fire in Dubai's Marina district, sending bright yellow flames high into the air. The fire broke out at about 2am local time in the 86-storey Torch tower on the north-east end of the densely populated district, which is packed with skyscrapers. High winds whipped through the area and debris from...

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Dubai Marina by Night
photo: Creative Commons / David Pin

updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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RAW: Massive fire engulfs Dubai Marina Torch residential tower
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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(Breaking News) - Massive fire engulfs Dubai Marina Torch residential tower
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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Dubai skyscraper fire : Fire breaks out in Dubai skyscraper known as The Marina Torch Feb 21, 2015
updated 20 Feb 2015; published 20 Feb 2015
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Fire Breaks out in Torch Tower skyscraper in Dubai 2015
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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Fire Engulfs Dubai's 'Marina Torch', One of the World's Tallest Apartment Buildings
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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RAW: Massive fire engulfs Dubai Marina Torch residential tower
ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Libya blasts
Full Article Al Jazeera
21 Feb 2015

At least 40 people are believed to have died in suicide attacks carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in eastern Libya, apparently in retaliation for Egyptian air strikes against ISIL's new branch in North Africa. Friday's bombings in the town of Quba, which is controlled by the paramilitary force of former General Khalifa...

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This undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. Militants from an al-Qaida splinter group held a military parade in their stronghold in northeastern Syria, displaying U.S.-made Humvees, heavy machine guns, and missiles captured from the Iraqi army for the first time since taking over large parts of the Iraq-Syria border.
photo: AP / Raqqa Media Center

updated 20 Feb 2015; published 20 Feb 2015
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ISIL may use Libya as doorstep to Europe, says analyst
updated 15 Feb 2015; published 15 Feb 2015
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ISIS -- ISIL reportedly kills 21 Egyptian hostages in Libya -- ISIS Releases Video
updated 08 Jan 2015; published 08 Jan 2015
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ISIL branch in Libya claims execution of two Tunisian journalists
updated 18 Feb 2015; published 18 Feb 2015
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President Rouhani: Those responsible for creation of ISIL should apologize to world
updated 05 Feb 2015; published 05 Feb 2015
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ISIS ISIL DAESH Libya video Beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians Breaking news
updated 05 Feb 2015; published 05 Feb 2015
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ISIS ISIL DAESH Libya video Beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians Breaking news
India struggles with deadly swine flu outbreak
Full Article BBC News
20 Feb 2015

Indian health officials are struggling to contain a swine flu outbreak that has killed more than 700 people since it took hold in mid-December. The number of cases has doubled since last week to more than 11,000. Critics have accused the government of failing to...

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The staff members of Skims Soura hospital wear masks to keep away from the threat of Swine Flu  in  in Srinagar on Wednesday 18, February 2015.
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

updated 20 Feb 2015; published 20 Feb 2015
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Swine Flu: Indian outbreak death toll reaches 703
updated 31 Jan 2015; published 31 Jan 2015
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India swine flu outbreak 'kills 75' [Online]
updated 16 Feb 2015; published 16 Feb 2015
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ABP LIVE ll Swine flu outbreak In India, death toll jumps 485
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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India struggles with deadly swine flu outbreak: World News
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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India Struggles With Deadly Swine Flu Outbreak: Breaking News
updated 21 Feb 2015; published 21 Feb 2015
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India Struggles With Deadly Swine Flu Outbreak: Breaking News

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By Malia ZimmermanPublished February 20, 2015FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print Experts who examined the sickening footage of ISIS militants killing Christians in...
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CounterPunch
Regardless of rumors of pending resolution, the crisis in Greece is escalating with capital flight, an imminent government funding shortfall and terms being forced on it by the...

Training Afghan army officers
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The next generation of Afghan army officers is being forged in a rigorous training camp near Kabul, which aims to produce men and women of the highest calibre to lead their country in the fight against the insurgency. This story focuses on profile of...
photo: US DoD / David Wheeler
Liberia lifts Ebola curfew, re-opens borders: presidency
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Monrovia , February 21: Liberia said today it was lifting nationwide curfews and re-opening borders shut last year at the height of the Ebola crisis, after the retreat of an epidemic that has killed thousands....
photo: UN / Martine Perret
UN calls for more efforts to fight human trafficking
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United Nations, February 20: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said that the World Day for Social Justice comes at a pivotal moment for people and the planet, adding that this year' s commemoration focuses on the scourge of human trafficking and the...
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Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, attends the 12th African Union Summit Feb. 2, 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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In the twilight of his political career, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has outmanoeuvred many of the detractors who have tried to undermine his rule over the past decades. His ruthless purge in December of Zanu-PF’s influential vice-president,...
photo: Public Domain / Martin H.
Alexis Tsipras, head of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) exits the Presidential Palace after his meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, to formally take the mandate to form a coalition government in Athens, Tuesday, May 8, 2012.
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Eurozone finance ministers agreed Friday to extend Greece's bailout loan program for four months, overcoming a Greece-Germany stand-off. Greek officials are expected to present a list of comprehensive reforms on Monday for the country's debt...
photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis
Earthquake Rattles New York  on Tuesday Afternoon 23 Aug '2011.
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FRANKFURT - US and British spies hacked into the world's biggest maker of phone SIM cards, allowing them to potentially monitor the calls, texts and emails of billions of mobile users around the world, an investigative news website reported. The...
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Inter Milan's coach Jose Mourinho, speaks during a news conference at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow Monday, April 5, 2010. Inter will play their Champions League second-leg quarterfinal soccer match against CKSA Moscow on Tuesday
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Roman Abramovich was described as “disgusted” yesterday at the racist behaviour of Chelsea fans on the Paris Metro, a rare occasion when the club have made a public declaration about their owner’s feelings on an issue. The sentiment from Abramovich,...
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