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U.S. Army orders Bradley Manning to face cout martial
Macau News.Net
A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half ...
Food crisis persists in Somalia despite good harvest
Macau News.Net
NAIROBI, Kenya - A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining ...
UN's highest court overrules Italy on Nazi war claims
Macau News.Net
AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts ...
Wen tells Merkel China may help in eurozone bailout
Macau News.Net
BEIJING - China, the holder of one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has indicated it may get "more deeply involved" in resolving the European Union debt crisis.
This was stated ...
Russian gas supply to EU via Ukraine drops
Macau News.Net
BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009 ...
What to Make of the Jobs Report?
Weekly Standard
: An increase in 245,000 payroll jobs was about 100,000 above expectations (at 150,000). But exactly a year ago, the experts were calling for a January 2011 increase of about 140,000 jobs and the ...
First, I’d Like to Thank the Academy . . .
Weekly Standard
Except that, what really keeps The Scrapbook entertained is the fact that nowadays Acknowledgments are veritable Oscar-award-winning orgies of recognition. They are, in truth, prime specimens of ...
'Why I Came To The Anti-Kremlin Protest'
RadioFreeEurope
Profession: Banking consultant Vitaly says he isn’t cold thanks to his hat. He says he's never liked Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and voted for the liberal Yabloko party in the ...
Seven dead as street battles rage on in Egypt
Jerusalem Post
Most of those killed in the Port Said football stadium on Wednesday night were crushed in a stampede and the government declared three days of mourning, but protesters hold the military-led ...
Jews in Super Bowl history
Jerusalem Post
With less than a minute to play in the biggest football game of his life, Jewish punter Josh Miller wanted a ham sandwich."I was hungry," he said in an interview with JointMedia News ...
War vet linked to more murders
IOL
Santa Ana - A U.S. Iraq war veteran already charged in the killings of four Orange County homeless men has been linked by DNA evidence to the murders of the mother and brother of a high school ...
Taliban denies Omar wrote to White House
C News
The Tolonews website runs a story on its front page reporting about the news of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kabulin this May 23, 2011, file photo. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files ...
Occupy DC protesters comply with no-camping rule
C News
Workers in protective hazmat suits clear the belongings of protesters from the Occupy DC protest movement at the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square, Washington Feb. 4, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan ...
Bloodshed And Danger 'A Way Of Life' In Homs
Sky News
They seem to know immediately if the latest bang means increased danger or if it is just part of the new urban noise that now defines life here. I was shaken awake by a huge explosion near the flat ...
Syrian embassies attacked in Europe, Middle East
CBS News
A protester holds a megaphone and a toy gun amongst Syrians demonstrating outside the Syrian Embassy in London Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 after Syrian government forces assaulted the city of Homs. (AP ...
Romney hopes for lopsided win in Nev.
CBS News
(CBS News) LAS VEGAS -- Mitt Romney appears to be on cruise control. The Republican presidential candidate is expected to win big Saturday in the Nevada caucuses. Romney was on the stump Friday, ...
Winter's first big snow moves east
CBS News
(AP) DENVER -- The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow in the Rocky Mountain foothills and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights in Denver ...
Signs point to more strong jobs growth
CBS News
(CBS News) There are indications the economy is getting stronger. The Labor Department said Friday 243,000 jobs were added last month, the largest gain since April of last year, and the unemployment ...
Hackers claim to have hit Swedish gov't site
CBS News
(AP) STOCKHOLM -; A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it. CyberForce used Twitter to claim ...
Nevada caucuses: A viewer's guide
CBS News
(Credit: CBS/AP) Nevada Republicans are the first western voice in the presidential nominating process, and the Nevada Republican Party is proud to label today's caucuses the "first in ...
The hazards facing a chronic relapser
CBS News
Appearing on "CBS This Morning: Saturday," author and TV host Jane Velez-Mitchell - who has written about her own addiction - talked about the problems facing Hamilton and his relapse. ...
Live - Africa Cup of Nations Day 15
BBC
By Durosimi Thomas 1605: And they're off with the score at 0-0 after 5 minutes. 1558: With minutes to go Matthew tweets that the stadium is still empty. 1556: Sudan make only one change ...
De Gea pressure unfair - Ferguson
BBC
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes goalkeeper David de Gea has been put under extra pressure by virtue of playing for the champions. "When you make a mistake at United, it is ...
VIDEO: Anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
BBC
Thousands of people are marching in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power. It is the third rally since December's parliamentary election ...
Obama urges action on Syria as UN vote nears
Al Jazeera
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution condemning Syria’s deadly crackdown, a day after reports of violence in the city of Homs that activists said left more than 200 ...
Street battles rage in Cairo for third day
Al Jazeera
At least 12 people have been killed in a third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at Egypt's ruling military boiled over after 72 people died in football-related ...
US reassures Europe over defence cuts
Al Jazeera
The US Defence Secretary has reassured European allies that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain ...
Police converge on Occupy site in Washington
USA Today
Officers arrived and placed barricades around McPherson Square, a federal park near the White House where demonstrators have camped since October. They were not evicting the protesters. Police said ...
Micron CEO killed in plane crash, industry stunned
Trade Arabia
Micron Technology chief executive and chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a US memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and ...
Protests Over Soccer Match Riot Continuing in Egypt
International Herald Tribune
CAIRO -The death toll from street fighting between protesters and the police rose to 12 Saturday as a daylong attempt at truce in the streets of Cairo collapsed into the third night of clashes set ...
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