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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Abdoulaye Wade   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade  
 The Star 
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
| DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections ne... (photo: AP)
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Arab world   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
 Al Jazeera 
UN considers resolution on Syria
| European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its ... (photo: AP)
File - President Barack Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling in the Oval Office, Aug. 5, 2011.  The Guardian 
Obama 'putting colleges on notice' on high tuition
| KIMBERLY HEFLING | Associated Press= ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation's colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if t... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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Sangay urges Tibetans for worldwide demonstrations  The Times Of India 
Sangay urges Tibetans for worldwide demonstrations
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan prime minister Lobsang Sangay has given a call for world-wide vigils on February 8 to express solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet. He also urged Tibetan... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Lobsang Sangay   Photos   Tibet   Wikipedia: Lobsang Sangay   World  
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Youssou N'Dour & Campino performing at the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" (Your Voice Against Poverty) concert in Rostock, Germany on June 7th, 2007. Jakarta Globe
Senegal court says Wade can run for third presidential term
Protesters in Senegal clashed with police late Friday after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou ... (photo: Creative Commons)
Photos   Politics   Protesters   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Gulf News
Nigeria faces an existential threat
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Dr. Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan government in exile addressing during the 63rd anniversary of International Human Rights Day, Dharamshala, India. WorldNews.com
No Celebration of New Year, Instead International Solidarity and a Voice for Tibet: Tibetan PM
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - Dr. Lobsang Sangay, elected political leader of the Tibetan government in exile, called for Tibe... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Asia   China   Human Rights   Photos   Tibet  
An Israeli flag is seen back-dropped by the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. WorldNews.com
Jewish Imperial News
Article By Gilad Atzmon | This last weekend brought with it some vile manifestations of Jewish politics in its most horrific forms. | United Against the Goyim | Obama | I... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
Israel   Palestine   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Politics of Israel  
 Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say Dayton Daily News
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's elec... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Jakarta Globe
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people in the latest brazen attack si... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Iraq under U.S. Military Occupation  
President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Austin American Statesman
Obama: Republicans will struggle to defend record
| WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is signaling he'll base part of his re-election campaign on an argument that Republicans are pushing discredited economic idea... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Election   Photos   Politics   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012  
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. BBC News
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their demands as a basis for dialogue. | His remarks... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Islam   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gestures in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during the eleventh day of his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Indian Express
I have never advocated violence, says Anna Hazare
| After courting controversy over his 'slap for corruption' remarks, Anna Hazare today distanced himself from it saying that he has never advocated violence and accused s... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Business   India   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Anna Hazare  
Fidel Castro speaks during a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. Boston Herald
Fidel Castro writes again after long break
| MIAMI — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has returned to writing with a vengeance, publishing five columns since Jan. 5 and after a seven-week break that triggere... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano)
Cuba   Health   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro  
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Al Jazeera
Remembering Howard Zinn
| Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 fr... (photo: Creative Commons)
Human Rights   Justice   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Howard Zinn  
A Syrian army defector, waves the Syrian revolution flag and shouts slogans shortly after he defected with other soldiers and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 Irish Times
UN to discuss action on Syria
| France's UN mission said the Security Council would meet behind closed doors today to discuss the next steps regarding Syria, with council envoys saying the 15-nation b... (photo: AP)
Photos   Protests   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
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Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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- New York state agriculture officials want more money in farm
- AG targets spending at agriculture boards
- ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Issued
- Agricultural Activities in Eastern Escarpment Register Satis
Flowers - plants - garden - greenery
New map for what to plant reflects global warming
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Health Care Policy Climate Change Policy
- Feds deny Texas waiver on health insurance rules
- Put your feet first for good health
- Johns Hopkins study: Family’s involvement key to senio
- Report: Electronic health records still need work
A man seen smoking in a car workshop
Statewide smoke-free law will aid Ky. health, economy
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- Black hole of logic arises in GOP debates
- Philosopher notes disintegration of religious freedom brings
- U.S. seems to have largely escaped winter
- Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade
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Human Rights Policies Racism & Discrimination
- UN considers resolution on Syria
- Remembering Howard Zinn
- Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata
- Syria security forces kill 34 civilians: rights group
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
UN considers resolution on Syria
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- Doreen Lawrence attacks government over racism
- Flying the flag for an Australia free of racism
- Government record on racism slammed
- Government record on racism slammed
British Prime Minister David Cameron walks prior to a meeting at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, Friday, May 27, 2011.
PM makes vow on racism
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Nuclear Testing Terrorism
- Utah leaders honor victims of Nev. nuclear testing
- Utah leaders honor victims of Nev. nuclear testing
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Five planes in arrow formation fly over Raj path during the 63rd Republic Day Parade-2012, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012.
India flexes nuclear muscle on R-Day
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- Bangalore traffic terror: Going insane over cutting lane
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Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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