Putin says plan to take Crimea hatched before referendum
Full Article Reuters
09 Mar 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he ordered officials to start work on taking control of Crimea weeks before a referendum which, the Kremlin has asserted until now, prompted the region's annexation from Ukraine. Russian state television channel Rossiya-1 aired a brief extract of an interview in which Putin said he had...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council, the Kremlin, Moscow, 6 March, 2015.
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Putin Says Plan to Take Crimea Hatched Before Referendum
updated 16 Mar 2014; published 16 Mar 2014
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Крым стал русским ~ Crimea Referendum Official Result is 82.17%, Putin says 'Lawful', EU, US Reject
updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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WATCH: Russia President Putin's Speech Declaring Crimea is Part of Russia
updated 17 Mar 2014; published 17 Mar 2014
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Crimea referendum: Voters 'back Russia union'
updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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Russian President Putin declares Crimea's independence
updated 18 Mar 2014; published 18 Mar 2014
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EXTENDED: Russia President Putin's Speech Announcing Crimea is Part of Russia
ISIL, Israel and cultural cleansing
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Mar 2015

"How on earth one manages to mention Israel when discussing #ISIS destroying #Nimrud...smh, unbelievable! @marwanbishara." This was one of the reactions I got to my interview about the historic context of the bulldozing of archeological sites in Iraq's Hatra, Nimrud, and the destruction of various statues in Mosul museum by militants of the...

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File - A Palestinian family leave their tent near the ruins of their house which witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day conflict last summer, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 27, 2015.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

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Iraqi archaeologist discusses ISIL's destruction of antiquities
updated 02 Oct 2014; published 02 Oct 2014
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UN rights chief slams ISIL 'war crimes'
updated 06 Mar 2015; published 06 Mar 2015
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ALERT**DESTROYED "SETH & Prophet JONAH Tombs" & NIMRUD Ancient IRAQ.
updated 25 Aug 2014; published 25 Aug 2014
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United Nations rights chief accuses IS jihadists of crimes against humanity.
updated 27 Feb 2015; published 27 Feb 2015
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Inside Story: Destroying human history
updated 23 Nov 2014; published 23 Nov 2014
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Israeli cabinet backs 'Jewish state' measure
Australia is 'sick of being lectured' on torture in its immigration system, says PM Tony Abbott
Full Article The Independent
09 Mar 2015

Australia’s Prime Minister has hit back at allegations of systemic torture in the country’s immigration system by telling the United Nations that Australians are “sick of being lectured” on the subject. A UN report, to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, found that the Australian immigration system breached the global convention...

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File - Sri Lankan refugees are seen onboard the Oceanic Viking, an Australian Customs and Fishery Patrol vessel about 14 kilometers out at sea from Kijang, Tanjung Pinang on the Indonesian Island of Bintan on Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009.
photo: AP / Wong Maye-E

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Tony Abbott Australia 'sick of being lectured' on migration
updated 09 Mar 2015; published 09 Mar 2015
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Abbott Australia 'Sick Of Being Lectured' On Migration
updated 09 Mar 2015; published 09 Mar 2015
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Australian PM Tony Abbott said- sick of being lectured holding them in offshore processing camps
updated 23 Feb 2015; published 23 Feb 2015
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Australia kept mum on Sri Lanka rights abuses in exchange for asylum deal report
updated 09 Mar 2015; published 09 Mar 2015
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Australia is 'sick of being lectured' on torture in its immigration system, says PM Tony Abbott
updated 05 Nov 2014; published 05 Nov 2014
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The Sri Lankan Torture Victims Australia Turned Away
Solar-powered plane takes off in first round-the-world attempt
Full Article Dawn
09 Mar 2015

ABU DHABI: The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power was launched on Monday in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy. The Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Andre Borschberg of Switzerland, took off at 7:12 am (0412 GMT) from Al-Bateen airport and headed to Muscat, the capital of Oman, where it is expected to...

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File - Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flies in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport, Switzerland, as the sun rises, Thursday, July 8, 2010.
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Swiss pilots attempt first around, solar flight
updated 09 Mar 2015; published 09 Mar 2015
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SOLAR IMPULSE - Solar-powered plane starts round-the-world journey
updated 09 Mar 2015; published 09 Mar 2015
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Solar Impulse plane begins epic global flight
updated 08 Mar 2015; published 08 Mar 2015
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First round-the-world solar flight
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Solar powered plane takes off for flight around the world from ABU DHABI (UAE)
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Solar-powered plane takes off for cross U.S. flight
Police arrest 22 in beating death of rape suspect in India
Full Article Canberra Times
09 Mar 2015

Members of a mob raise their hands to take photos of the man accused of rape after he was killed. Photo: AP Delhi: Photographs and videos on social media of an enraged mob that seized a man accused of rape from a jail in the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland, dragged him through the streets and beat him to death helped lead to the arrests of...

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Indian policemen detain activists of Asomiya Yuva Mancha (AYM) during a protest against the lynching of a man accused of rape in front of Nagaland House in Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Saturday, March 7, 2015. The government of northeastern India's Nagaland state has suspended three officials and deployed paramilitary soldiers after a mob stormed a high-security jail, dragged away the man and then lynched him, officials said Saturday.
photo: AP / Press Trust of India

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Lynch Justice: Violent Mob Break Into Dimapur Jail And Lynches Alleged Rapist(FULL REPORT)!!!
updated 05 Mar 2015; published 05 Mar 2015
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Rape accused dragged out of jail, Thrashed to Death in Nagaland 5 March 2015
updated 05 Mar 2015; published 05 Mar 2015
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Lynch mob justice Indian-style: Gang break into prison and kidnap man accused of raping student
updated 07 Jan 2015; published 07 Jan 2015
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Police arrest man accused of raping 11-year-old girl in Highland Park
updated 05 Mar 2015; published 05 Mar 2015
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Lynch justice Indian-style: Gang break into prison and kidnap man accused of raping
updated 06 Mar 2015; published 06 Mar 2015
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Rape suspect dragged out of Indian jail, killed by mob

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University of Oklahoma severs ties with fraternity over racist video
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The University of Oklahoma shut down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter Sunday night and the school said it is looking into the possibility of expelling students who participated in the racist-chant video. Good Morning America...
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Takfiris execute 20 would-be anti-ISIL fighters in Kirkuk
File - In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel stands at the entrance to the headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after it fall to the Syrian rebels, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday Jan. 8, 2014.
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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gestures to members of the media following her return home from hospital suffering from a broken arm, in central London, in this file photos dated Monday June 29, 2009.
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Britain’s former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been denounced for “turning a blind eye” to UK politicians’ sexual abuse of children. British lawmaker Simon Danczuk, who exposed former MP Cyril Smith as a prolific child...
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Mohammed Emwazi went to Tanzania 'to commit terrorism'
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