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File - Detainees sit in the recreation yard in Camp 4, the medium security facility within Camp Delta at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

14 Aug 2015
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Pentagon Blocking Release of Guantanamo Prisoners Held Without Charge

Despite the approval to have long time Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer transferred back to the UK, his release is being blocked by top Pentagon officials who are using him and other detainees as pawns to prevent the infamous detention facility from shutting down....

File - Fidel Castro Ruz, President of Cuba, addresses the Special Commemorative Meeting in the General Assembly Hall on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, 22 October, 1995.

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Fidel Castro chides US ahead of embassy reopening

14 August 2015 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Venezuelan and Bolivian presidents Nicolas Maduro (left) and Evo Morales (centre) visited Fidel Castro in Cuba on his birthday Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has published an open letter to the nation in which he makes no mention of the historic reopening of the US embassy. Mr Castro instead criticises American

File - Jeb Bush speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, DC, 27 February, 2015.

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Jeb Bush refuses to rule out use of torture if he becomes US president

Republican candidate Jeb Bush says torture is inappropriate, but use of brutal questioning methods may be justifiable and necessary for the US government

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, a man walks through the site of an explosion at a warehouse in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality.

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China sends chemical experts to Tianjin blast site

China has sent chemical experts into Tianjin to test for toxic gases after a series of deadly explosions. The team of nuclear and chemical experts is on the ground in the northern port city of Tianjin, the scene of two massive explosions that have left at least 50 people dead. Meanwhile, locals have expressed fears for their safety after reports there could be hundreds of

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks, during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 12, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says both of Afghanistan's presidential candidates are committed to abiding by the results of the "largest, most comprehensive audit" of the election runoff ballots possible.

In another symbol of thawing ties, Kerry to raise U.S. flag at restored Havana embassy

By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Cuba on Friday to raise the U.S. flag at the recently restored American embassy in Havana, another symbolic step in the thawing of relations between the two Cold War-era foes. The ceremony, raising the flag over the building for the first time in 54 years, comes nearly four weeks after the United

Speech on World War II: 3 words to watch for from Japan's Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver a speech Saturday on the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender to U.S. forces in World War II. The text will be closely scrutinized by Japan's neighbors, who have criticized Abe as not being sufficiently contrite for Japan's wartime aggression and as seeking to whitewash some of Japan's most egregious acts during that era.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures during a meeting with Stavros Theodorakis, leader of the political party To Potami (The River) at his office in central Athens, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

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Greek MPs back €85bn bailout deal

14 August 2015 From the section Europe PM Alexis Tsipras' plea for a "Yes" was answered despite a split in his party Greece's parliament has backed draft terms for a third bailout in five years after talks that lasted through the night and well into the morning. The proposed deal involves tax rises and spending cuts in return for a bailout of about €85bn (£61bn). Prime Minister

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno addresses issues facing the Army and the nation during a news conference at the Pentagon, Aug. 12, 2015.

'Isis hacking division' publishes personal details of US targets online urging supporters to attack those listed

A list of American “targets” – including the FBI and Nasa – has been listed online by a group calling itself the Islamic State hacking division. Details of 1,400 mostly US military and government personnel were published in a spreadsheet online urging supporters of the group, also known as Isis, to attack those listed. The spreadsheet reportedly included names, email addresses,

Palestinians have held a sit-in in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in support of hunger striking prisoner Mohammed Allan.

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Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike slips into coma

A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for the past 60 days has now entered into a state of coma, his lawyer told Al Jazeera. Mohammed Allaan, an alleged "Islamic Jihad" member, stopped eating in June to protest against being held by Israeli authorities without charge. Israeli

Wednesday July 22 ,2015 celebrate the second birthday of George, the first child of Prince William and his wife, Kate.

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Royals seek Prince George 'photo ban'

14 August 2015 From the section UK The Royal Family has issued an appeal to prevent the publication of unauthorised paparazzi photographs of Prince George. In an open letter to media standards organisations around the world, the palace said "a line has been crossed". This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page

Former US Vice President Al Gore is considering another run in 2016 at the presidency, according to sources.

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Al Gore running for president in 2016? Some reports say no, some say... maybe

The '90s are back: A "Full House" revival is coming to Netflix, Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync members are teaming up for a SyFy movie, and there's even talk of a possible "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reboot. It's also possible that the next presidential election will be between a Bush and a Clinton, just like in 1992. So rumors

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to Japanese flag before delivering a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 14, 2015.

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Japan PM expresses WWII remorse, but says next generation need not apologize

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed deep remorse Friday over World War II and said previous national apologies were unshakeable, but emphasized future generations should not have to keep saying sorry. In a closely watched speech a day ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, the nationalist premier appeared to tread a fine line between regret over Japanese

An artistic conception of the Jupiter-like exoplanet, 51 Eri b, seen in the near-infrared light that shows the hot layers deep in its atmosphere glowing through clouds.

Meet Baby Eridani, An Alien Jupiter — Could Its Solar System Be Hiding A Mimic Of Earth, Too?

Even more fascinating, the alien world’s neighborhood bears a striking architectural resemblance to our own, and if this solar system already has one planet that looks a lot like one of ours, perhaps it could have another. The alien Jupiter has been called 51 Eridani b and is only about 20 million years old, BBC News reported. That sounds old to human ears, but by

A man is comforted by others as he mourns over Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, outside of the Virgin Mary church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

Unaware, ISIS Beheads Its Own Sorcery and Sorcerers

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Just as religious fundamentalists view the power of science and modernity as the chief source of disenchantment, they see sorcery and superstition as a cause of evil.(1) But whether they realize it or not, sorcery, or magic and superstitious beliefs, were actually the real sources of all religions and sciences. Like sorcery, the

F-16s fly first missions against Islamic State from Turkish base

WASHINGTON — Piloted American warplanes Wednesday launched airstrikes from Turkey against Islamic State fighters in Syria, the first American manned bombing raids against the group from the only Islamic member of NATO. Four F-16s left Incirlik Air Base and bombed Islamic State targets across the border in Syria, Pentagon and Turkish sources said. “Today, the United

Why Youth Day Is Vital for All Generations

This post was originally published on The Toolbox, a community-driven platform enabling people to become everyday activists. No one understands how rapidly the world is changing or adapts to cultural shifts better than young people. At ripe and impressionable ages, today's teens have witnessed political revolutions, the legalization of same-sex marriage in the US, global

File - Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (reportedly Shokaku) to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Plane in the foreground is a "Zero" Fighter, in front of "Val" dive bombers.

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Zero tolerance: Former fighter pilot laments Japan's wartime past

Tokyo (CNN)"As 70 years pass by, everything will be gone. But what cannot disappear, is the hatred towards war." These poignant words were spoken by 99-year-old Kaname Harada, a former Japanese fighter pilot, as he reflected on his country's wartime past seven decades after two atomic bombs brought World War II to an end. Harada was one of a select breed of pilots who flew the

Tropical Cyclone Pam at its peak of intensity located east of Vanuatu, 13 March, 2015.

Another El Niño sign: Ocean temps hit highest level of the year

In another sign that El Niño is gaining strength and could soak California this winter, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have increased to their highest level so far this year. That temperature increase — 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the average — was recorded Aug. 5 by the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center at a benchmark

File - Pope Francis praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on his 2014 visit to the Holy Land.

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Can Pope Francis clean up God’s bank?

The arrest of a key Vatican banker on charges of money-laundering pushed corruption in the bank to the top of the new pope’s agenda. But his reforms are meeting ferocious resistance

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Greek rescue package expected to pass through parliament

Deal must still be approved by the other other eurozone member states at a meeing of finance ministers in Brussels on Friday afternoon

Brush fire burns cabin in forest near Los Angeles

China blast zone evacuated over contamination fear; 104 dead

John Kerry stunned Cubans this week

Japan’s Emperor Expresses Remorse Over War, in Contrast to Abe

Pentagon looks at stateside prisons as alternatives to Gitmo

Corruption eating away at India 'like a termite': Modi

Back on song: New Orleans 10 years after Katrina

Hillary Clinton and the tale of two phones