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Snooze The Day Away As Part Of National Napping Day

WorldNews.com: Tuesday, 15 March is well known as the Ides of March from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. But 14 March, for those who don’t already know it, goes by a number of different names as well – Pi Day (3.14),...

Big protests across Brazil put more pressure on president

Demonstrators take part in a protest march demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, recently re-elected, over an alleged scheme of corruption that siphoned money from the state-owned oil company Petrobras, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014.

Tampa Bay Online: SAO PAULO (AP) Mammoth demonstrations across Brazil are putting even more pressure on embattled President Dilma Rousseff as she heads into a tough week for her attempt to survive impeachment...

Obama promises human rights talk with Castro

US President Barack Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro

Zeenews: US President Barack Obama , who visits Cuba in a week, promised dissidents he would directly discuss human rights issues with their president, Raul Castro , in a letter published Sunday. ......

German voters batter Merkel over migrant policy

photo: AP / Jens Meyer

Syria conflict: Damascus under pressure ahead of peace talks

photo: AP / Pavel Golovkin

Google car crash 'not a surprise' - US transport secretary

photo: AP / Alex Brandon

Budget 2016: Low-paid workers to receive savings bonus

photo: AP / Andy Wong, Pool

Hundreds Of Thousands Pour Onto Brazilian Streets To Demand President's Exit

photo: AP / Nelson Antoine

Four on death row in Saudi Arabia for terrorism: newspaper
Yahoo Daily News 2016-03-12

DUBAI (Reuters) - Death sentences against four Saudi men convicted of terrorism have been confirmed by 13 judges, a Saudi newspaper reported, raising the possibility of a new round of executions two months after 47 people including a prominent Shi'ite cleric were put to death. International...

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Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian President, rejects call to resign despite political storm
Sydney Morning Herald 2016-03-12

Brasilia: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has rejected calls for her resignation amid a political storm deepened by a massive corruption scandal and blamed her opponents for causing a crisis that has hurt the Brazilian economy. "No one has the right to ask for the...

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The terrifying land of gang rape and brutal killings that is South Sudan
The Los Angeles Times 2016-03-12

The 6-year-old girl was striking, so beautiful that one of the South Sudanese government soldiers who attacked her village near Bentiu in Unity State singled her out. He would abduct her, the way so many other Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army soldiers were grabbing girls as sex slaves, locking them...

Crimes in South Sudan Photos South Sudan conflict Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army Wikipedia: Internal conflict in South Sudan

Philippine Hostages Plead For Lives, Ransom As Militants Set 30-Day Deadline
WorldNews.com 2016-03-11

Time may – or may not – be running out for three foreign hostages and a Filipino woman being held by an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in the Philippines, according to multiple media reports Friday. In a recently released video, the hostages appear to be pleading for their lives as they were videotaped...

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Syrian Peace Talks Resume Monday And Will Include Main Opposition Groups
WorldNews.com 2016-03-11

The next round of U.N.-sponsored peace talks scheduled to start on Monday will include the main Western-backed Syrian opposition groups, The Associated Press reported Friday....

High Negotiations Committee Photos Syrian Civil War Syrian Peace Talks Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War

Enda Kenny resigns as Ireland's prime minister
The Independent 2016-03-11

Ireland’s prime minister has resigned – but will continue as caretaker Taoiseach until his successor is appointed. Enda Kenny gave...

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Refugee crisis: Calais destruction grows new 'jungles'
Al Jazeera 2016-03-11

- The demolition of part of a vast and infamous refugee camp in Calais, known as 'the jungle', is forcing people into new makeshift settlements on the outskirts of the city. Al Jazeera found two such sites in the area on Thursday - one near a service station a few kilometres from Calais and another...

Calais Jungle EU Migrant Crisis Photos War Refugee Wikipedia: Calais Jungle

Obama and Cameron 'close partners', White House insists
BBC News 2016-03-11

The White House says David Cameron has been "as close a partner" as Barack Obama has had, after the president appeared the criticise the PM. Mr Cameron had become "distracted" after the 2011 intervention in Libya, Mr Obama told the Atlantic magazine. He also described Libya as "a mess". But in an...

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Kingfisher baron Vijay Mallya denies charge he is an 'absconder'
Yahoo Daily News 2016-03-11

REUTERS - Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who left the country as he faced pressure from banks to...

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Blame me for Donald Trump? No way, says Barack Obama
DNA India 2016-03-11

--> Obama had been asked how he viewed being identified as the cause of Trump's ascent to front-runner in the Republican race to pick a presidential candidate. He has been attacked over countless issues in partisan Washington, but US President Barack Obama drew the line at this one: the idea that he...

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Pope's record on paedophile priests tarnishes three-year report card
The Times of India 2016-03-11

VATICAN CITY: Many words, little action - three years after Pope Francis's election, victims of priest sex abuse are bitter and disappointed, accusing the Church of having failed to punish guilty clerics and end a culture of complacency on the issue. The recent Australian Royal Commission hearings...

Catholic Church Pedophile Priest Photos Pope Francis Wikipedia: Pedophilia