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UEFA President and former French soccer star Michel Platini listens to a reporter during a press conference after a meeting on the preparartions for the European Championship 2016 in France at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012.
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Suspended UEFA President Michel Platini Withdraws From FIFA Presidency Race
Suspended UEFA President Michel Platini told The Associated Press he has withdrawn his name from running in next month’s FIFA presidential election, CNN reported Thursday. Platini, who at one time was... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
File - Polar bear on sea ice in the Beaufort Sea. Alaska.
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Era of climate science denial is not over, study finds
Conservative think tanks in the US engaging in climate change have increased their attacks on science in recent years, a study of 16,000 documents finds.... (photo: NOAA National Ice Center / Collection of Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colon)
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke attends a press conference in Marrakech, Morocco, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. FIFA will not reopen the vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and will publish at least some of the confidential report into the bidding process, Blatter said Friday.  The Times of India 
FIFA judges extend Valcke suspension by 45 days
ZURICH: FIFA ethics judges agreed Wednesday to extend secretary general Jerome Valcke's temporary suspension for 45 more days, after investigators urged them to take more time to weigh corruption... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
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Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra and her troop performing during the inaugural function of Indian Super League (ISL) tournament at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Stadium in Salt Lake City on October 12, 2014 in Kolkata India. The Indian Super League only has eight teams, and the fixtures will be confined to the next 10 weeks, but the tournament is already expected to kick-start a football revolution in a country with an estimated 500 million fans starved of any home-grown action. The tournament will kick-start on October 12 at Kolkata's historic Salt Lake Stadium. In the opening fixture, Atletico de Kolkata will take on Team Mumbai. The eight-team tournament will have some of the brightest Indian talents playing along-side established international players  Bollywood Life 
Priyanka Chopra plans to do something special in 2016!
TodayThis WeekThis Month Salman Khan looks better in the blue suit than Varun Dhawan – view poll results! Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Shahid Kapoor's Shaandaar - 10 Bollywood movies of 2015... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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India's Virender Sehwag (R) congratulates Pragyan Ojha for his bowling during the third day of the second Test cricket match between Indian and West Indies at The Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 16, 2011. Indian is leading the 3 match Test series by 1-0 in Eastern India City The Times of India
Virender Sehwag says he changed his batting technique to emulate Sachin Tendulkar
NEW DELHI: He might be known to have unflinchingly stuck to his 'see the ball and hit it' batting approach irrespective of match situations in his playing days, but... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) shakes hands with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, at the United Nations Private Sector Forum 2015, organized by UN Global Compact. Tampa Bay Online
Merkel’s unsavory deal with Putin
Germany’s citizens and leaders have earned the world’s respect over the decades since World War II by repeatedly taking the moral and political high ground.... (photo: UN / Kim Haughton)
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In this file photo dated Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, flanked by school-age soccer players, speaks to about 300 guests during an event at a Roman amphitheater in Amman, Jordan. The Times of India
Prince Ali blasts 'irresponsible' Blatter and Platini
LONDON: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were "totally irresponsible" to agree a payment that has brought ignominy to world football, according to Prince Ali bin Al... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, shakes hands with Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill.,, right, after speaking with reporters following the Senate vote on the Iran nuclear agreement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Huffington Post
Harry Reid Makes Disturbing Request
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is once again in the news for possible illicit, albeit government-sanctioned, usage of campaign funds. On January 4, the Washington... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivals)

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An activist of the environmental protection organization 'Greenpeace' holds a protest poster in front of a factory gate of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, where the supervisory board meet to discuss who to name as CEO after Martin Winterkorn quit the job this week over an emissions-rigging scandal that's rocking the world's top-selling automaker. The Hindu
Volkswagen faces penalties as US sues for environmental violations
German car maker Volkswagen may face billions of penalties as the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against it for violating the Clean Air Act by installing... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn)
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United Nations
File - President Barack Obama meets with Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Centeral Command, in the Oval Office, June 23, 2010. US seeking destruction of Syria: Analyst Press TV
SG with SRSG of Syria speaks to the media after closed consultations on Syria UN says Syrian government allows access to besieged Madaya RTE
File - Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the country (MINUSCA), visits the PK5, Fatima and Kina areas of the capital Bangui during the referendum, 14 December, 2015. UN vows to act over alleged abuse by peacekeepers in CAR The Guardian
Security Council
File - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, arrives for the unveiling ceremony for statues of late leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung on Munsudae hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, April 13, 2012. Kim Jong-un: What we know about the North Korean leader Al Jazeera
Motohide Yoshikawa, Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN, speaks to journalists following urgent Security Council consultations on the 6 January nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), 6 January, 2016. Taming North Korea: A losing struggle? Dawn
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File - Two U.S. Army snipers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division provide overwatch security for locals during a town meeting in Dey Yak, Afghanistan. A bloody year of transition The Economist
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at United Nations headquarters. Putin names US among threats in new Russian security strategy Deccan Chronicle
File - Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO-Ukraine Commission, Brussels, 1 December, 2015. Putin declares NATO ‘threat’ to Russian security Press TV
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British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan Russia’s expulsion from G8 must be discussed: Cameron Khaleej Times
President Barack Obama tells the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention that the bonds between the US and Israel are unbreakable, Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011, after a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state. Obama Administration pushing for exclusion of Russia from G8 The Examiner
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