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Listening Post - Feature: The PKK: 'Rebels' or 'terrorists'?
Media outlets in Turkey are increasingly feeling the political heat.
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NTC's help underwhelms injured rebels
There's growing resentment in Libya against the ruling National Transitional Council for its the lack of financial and medical support for those i...
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Manila 'paints' its air clean
The Philippines capital Manila, one of the world's most polluted cities, has launched an initiative to purify its air.
The city's development auth...
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Republicans eye Florida win
The upcoming Republican primary in Florida is a key battle ground in the race for the presidential nomination.
Florida is important for several ke...
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joyo17 liked 9 hours ago
Jordan's king receives Hamas leader
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is in Jordan on his first official visit since he was forced to leave in 1999 for what authorities called "illicit and ...
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Egyptians return to polls for upper house vote
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is emerging as the strongest force in the country's new democratic politics as Egyptians head to the polls to vote for m...
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Interview: Mohammad Marandi of Tehran University
A team of inspectors from the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, begins a three-day visit to Iran, to try to determine the purpose of the country's nucle...
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Cutting CA prison sizes leads to more problems
The United States Supreme Court has ordered 30,000 low-level offenders to be transferred from California state prisons to county jails due to overc...
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joyo17 liked 9 hours ago
Afghanistan seeks bids for energy ventures
Afghanistan's natural resources could one day provide an almost endless supply of energy for its citizens. This year the Afghan government plans to...
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Making Girls Cry - Snowman Prank Season 2 Episode 8
Behind the scenes Facebook http://www.facebook.com/the...
Freaky is now on Tumblr http://thescarysnowman.tumb...
In this episode Fre...
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Youth in Seoul search for a break
As other countries struggle with unemployment, South Korea is creating jobs at a rapid rate.
Even so, many of the nation's young people are stil...
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China gifts the African Union with a home
It's a $200 million building, the tallest in the Ethiopian capital and the new headquarters of the African Union. It also happens to be entirely th...
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Ecuador criticised for extreme police hazing
Several police trainers in Ecuador have been disciplined for binding cadets and spraying them with tear gas.
A video was leaked to the media showi...
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Kazakhstan opposition holds rare rally
Hundreds of anti-government protesters have staged a rare - and unauthorised - opposition rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city.
Demonstrator...
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New helmets could prevent hockey head injuries
Ice hockey is a fast and dangerous game - so much that some of the best players have been sidelined after suffering head injuries during mid-game c...
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joyo17 liked 2 days ago
Police chief angers NY Muslims
The appearance by the New York police department commissioner, Ray Kelly, in a film depicting an "Islamic flag" over the White House and Muslims sh...
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India-Pakistan rivalry's new battleground
The historic rivalry between India and Pakistan has often been played out on the cricket field.
Now, the two nuclear-armed nations take the battle...
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Republicans turn to ad attacks before Florida race
The competition between the Republican presidential hopefuls is heating up in the run-up to next week's primary in Florida.
With the final debate...
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joyo17 liked 2 days ago
Violence in Senegal after Wade court ruling
Police and anti-government protesters have clashed with police in Senegal after a court ruled that incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade is eligible t...
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Syrian activists support an armed uprising
A growing number of activists in Syria are taking up arms to protect themselves from the government's violent crackdown that has claimed thousands ...
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Handball grudge match grips Serbia's capital
Thousands of Serbian police have been deployed to provide security when the country's handball team takes on Croatia for a place in the European Ch...
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Final campaign flurry for India's elections
Indians will be going to the polls on Saturday in the first phase of the country's regional elections.
The staggered ballot will take place over t...
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joyo17 liked 2 days ago
West Bank woman imprisoned by father speaks out
A Palestinian woman who says she was kept prisoner by her father for more than nine years has spoken about her ordeal.
Police in the occupied West...
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Free Syrian Army says it captured five Iranian soldiers
Members of the Free Syrian Army say they have taken hostage seven Iranians, five of whom were allegedly soldiers complicit in the Syrian government...
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Omanis stay put despite flood fears
The valleys of Oman have supplied water to generations of families to grow crops, keep livestock and run businesses.
But now the government wants...
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Iraqi Sunni and Shia tensions intensify
Iraq's Sunni bloc is boycotting parliament and Tariq al-Hashemi, the country's Sunni vice-president, has fled to the Kurdish-controlled north to av...
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joyo17 liked 2 days ago
Sri Lanka: Eye for eye gives the world sight
Many countries around the world struggle to convince people to donate their organs after they die, but that is not the case in Sri Lanka.
The nat...
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Britain's 'lost generation' of unemployed
Across Britain there are nearly one million unemployed young people.
For these youth, finding a job is not merely about income, but also a matter ...
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Gas crisis hits Pakistani industries
Pakistan, a country with large reserves of natural gas, is suffering from a shortage of the resource amongst industries, who rely on it to generate...
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Pakistan's unregulated drug industry
Pakistan's government is being criticised for not doing enough to control the country's pharmaceutical industry.
A hundred people have died, and...
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joyo17 liked 2 days ago
Condemnation of Shias by Sunni leaders lead to new attacks
Religious tensions in Indonesia have heated up once again after calls by some Sunni Muslim religious leaders to ban Shia Islam led to attacks on a ...
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Fear over the militarised conflict in Syria
As the government and the opposition are not backing down, there are those who fear that the increasingly militarized conflict may only lead to all...
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Former Guatemala leader appears in court to face genocide charges
A court will decide whether Rios Montt will face genocide charges.
He was in power from 1982 to 1983 - one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala'...
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Goodluck Jonathan challenges Boko Haram
Nigerian president says government will engage in 'dialogue' if Boko Haram identify themselves and state clear demands.
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joyo17 liked 3 days ago
A military programme too big to fail
The US military calls the F-35 the next generation strike aircraft. The F-35 is also the most expensive weapons program in US history.
But it is ...
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The far reach of China's Communist Party
China's leaders are beginning the complex process of transferring power to a new generation - the first such handover in a decade.
All this week, ...
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South Korean 'K-Pop' strives for global fame
South Korea's pop industry is worth more than $3bn a year. It is driven largely by music known as "K-Pop", which is popular across Asia and is even...
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Australia's PM dragged from protest
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott had to be rescued after becoming trapped by an angry protest.
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joyo17 liked 3 days ago
Turkey extends grip on armed forces
Turkey's government has been stepping up its efforts to arrest and prosecute dozens of army generals accused of a military coup plot.
The former h...
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Republicans take on Obama over oil pipeline
Republican politicians in the United States are fighting President Barack Obama's decision to reject a controversial pipeline project.
They are tr...
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Infants still dying at hospital in India's West Bengal
Dozens of babies have died in the past two weeks at a hospital in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
The latest deaths in the district of Ma...
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Star Wars: the fans strike back
For years, enthusiasts of the science fiction classic Star Wars films have been uploading their home-made re-enacted scenes online.
A new video, w...
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joyo17 liked 3 days ago
New online privacy policies cause furore
Online giants Google and Facebook are facing renewed criticism over potential privacy violations, as both companies roll out new policies for how t...
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Faulty medicine kills scores in Pakistan
A senior health official has said the number of people in eastern Pakistan suspected to have died in the last month from taking bad heart medicine ...
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US forces rescue two hostages in Somalia
A US special forces unit has rescued two foreign aid workers from pirates in Somalia where they were being held for ransom.
The special unit went ...
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Brazil's millionaires increasing in numbers
Brazil's booming economy has helped bring millions of more citizens into the country's middle class population in the last decade.
According to a ...
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joyo17 liked 3 days ago
Bus driver goes on deadly rampage in India
An off-duty bus driver has killed nine people after going on a driving rampage through the city of Pune, southeast of Mumbai.
Police chased the ru...
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Turkey booming as EU continues to languish
As Europe continues to grapple with its economic crisis, Turkey appears to be slowing its move toward EU membership.
The economy is booming, and a...
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