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Breaking News Thu, 17 May 2012
Former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic is seen at the start of his trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday May 16, 2012.
Crime   Massacre   Photos   Serbia   Wikipedia: Ratko Mladi  
 BBC News 
Mladic trial: Prosecution to focus on Srebrenica massacre
A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. | Gen Mladic is accused of orchestrating the killi... (photo: AP / Toussaint Kluiters, Pool)
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Arms   Iran   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
 The Star 
Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confide... (photo: AP)
In this image from television, foreign reporters and workers in protective gear are seen at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.  The Daily Telegraph 
North Korea 'resuming work' on nuclear reactor
Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea has resumed work on a light water reactor that analysts believe indicates Pyongyang's intention to push ahead with efforts to enrich uranium for nuclear... (photo: AP / APTN)
North Korea   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of North Korea  
Mothers wait for the turn to get their children checked up at GB Pant children  Hospital in Srinagar,  on 17, May 2012.the summer capital of Indian kashmir,  The Siasat Daily 
Kashmir horror: 358 kids die in hospital in five months
May 17: | Rattled by large number of children’s death in Srinagar’s GB Pant children hospital, Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a high-level enquiry to probe the alarming death ra... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Children   Death   Kashmir   Photos   Wikipedia: Kashmir conflict  
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Euro Currency BBC News
Spain borrowing costs set to rise amid Greece fears
Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike on Thursday when the country's treasury sells up to 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.2bn) of three- and four-year sovereign bond... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Greece   Market   Photos   Spain   Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis  
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. France24
Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated
| AFP - Syrian forces were accused of summarily executing 15 civilians, as members of a UN team of observers were evacuated from a shelled town the day after a bomb blast... (photo: AP)
Photos   Syria   UN   Violece   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Mladic instigated ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, UN court told France24
Mladic instigated ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, UN court told
| AFP - Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic went on trial accused of carrying out a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing and Europe's worst massacre since Worl... (photo: UN / UN)
Bosnia   Court   Crime   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Bosnia and Herzegovina  
ECB move on Greek banks adds to woes Canberra Times
ECB move on Greek banks adds to woes
| The European Central Bank has stopped offering liquidity to some Greek banks it does not consider solvent, and international concern about the eurozone rose as Athens c... (photo: European Community / EC)
Banks   Crisis   EU   Greek   Photos   Wikipedia: European Central Bank  
Spain's queen cancels UK Jubilee trip over Gibraltar The Australian
Spain's queen cancels UK Jubilee trip over Gibraltar
| SPAIN's Queen Sofia has cancelled a planned trip to London tomorrow to attend Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebration lunch due to tensions with Brit... (photo: AP / J Pat Carter)
Britain   Gibraltar   Photos   Spain   Wikipedia: Disputed status of Gibraltar  
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses The Washington Times
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
| Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after r... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Leaders   Medical   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Posttraumatic stress disorder  
President Barack Obama addresses audience members during a posthumous Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller in the East Room of the White House Oct. 6, 2010. Daily Press
U.S. sends warning to Saleh backers in Yemen
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the tran... (photo: US Army / D. Myles Cullen)
Photos   Qaeda   Washington   Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni revolution   Yemen  
Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill Herald Tribune
Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill
| JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm ar... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   War   Waste   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat. The Daily Telegraph
Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan BBC News
Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan
A soldier who was shot in the back in a Taliban ambush is hoping to return to the front line in Afghanistan. | L/Cpl Aaron Deans, 21, of Washington, was driving an armour... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Ambush   Photos   Taliban   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
European leaders scramble to contain Greek debt crisis CNN
European leaders scramble to contain Greek debt crisis
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoneyInvest May 16, 2012: 12:16 PM ET0:00 / 04:49Merkel: We want Greece to stay in euro | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Leaders across Europe rushed to try ... (photo: EC / EC)
Debt   EU   Leaders   Merkel   Photos   Wikipedia: Eurozone   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a lecture on European economic situation during a seminar in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Obama, Monti agree to intensify growth, job creation
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Asia Middle East
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President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during a news conference in Frankfurt, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. T
Europe's banks on the brink
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- New approach needed to end crisis in Syria
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- Turkey says Israeli plane violates N.Cyprus airspace
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated
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South America Africa
- Brazil Navy investigates new oil spill off coast
- Maldonado aiming for Monaco win
- Dam project latest threat to Peruvian tribe
- Brazil Navy investigates oil spill off coast
 Rio de Janeiro - Hotel Copacabana Palace, onde ser realizada a Cpula de Chefes de Estado do Mercosul, a partir de quinta-feira (18).  ula1
Brazil hotels set to cut rates for June's Rio+20 summit
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File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
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Australia Caribbean
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Prescribed pills for patient suffering from high blood pressure condition.
Drug trial offers new hope in preventing Alzheimer's
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- Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
- Cuban President's Daughter Gets US Visa
- Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
- Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
 Rio de Janeiro - Hotel Copacabana Palace, onde ser realizada a Cpula de Chefes de Estado do Mercosul, a partir de quinta-feira (18).  ula1
Brazil hotels set to cut rates for June's Rio+20 summit
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