SPIEGEL Interview With Gulf Ruler: Bahrain's King Says Assad Should Listen to His People - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa has called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to listen to his people. Hamad, who put down an uprising in his own country a year ago, told SPIEGEL that he regretted the events but had to intervene to stop the violence and protect women.

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PressTV - Mubarak trial resumes in Cairo

Mubarak, former interior minister Habib el-Adli and six of the latter's assistants are charged with giving orders to kill protesters in Liberation Square during the January 25 Revolution.

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Hamish McRae: Don't get too comfortable, Britain. Our own fiscal correction has barely begun - Hamish McRae, Business Comment - The Independent

The events in Brussels and Washington yesterday are indeed dramatic but the substance is mundane: what is the mechanism whereby some taxpayers are persuaded to part with more of their money and others to receive fewer services from governments, in order that the mathematics of pu …

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Detained Palestinian released on bail - Middle East, World - The Independent

A Palestinian detained on the orders of the Home Secretary Theresa May, after flying into Britain to speak to politicians was yesterday freed on bail by a High Court judge, pending the outcome of legal challenges.

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Five Spanish banks fail EU stress test - Business News, Business - The Independent

Eight out of 90 banks across Europe have failed stress tests, the European Banking Authority said today, a slight increase on seven last year.    

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WikiLeaks whistleblower's fears laid bare - Americas, World - The Independent

As it turned out, the internet was the least safe place for him because Mr Lamo, having suggested to Mr Manning that he would consider the conversations, some of which were highly personal and confidential, was soon afterwards to approach the FBI with what he had found out.

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Terror attack kills 17 in Mumbai - Asia, World - The Independent

Three near-simultaneous explosions rocked India's busy financial capital at rush-hour today, killing at least 17 people in what the government said appeared to be another terrorist strike in the city hit by a major attack nearly three years ago.

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Camilla al-Fayed bags Issa - Business News, Business - The Independent

The daughter of Mohamed al-Fayed has acquired Issa, the clothing label favoured by the Duchess of Cambridge for an undisclosed sum.

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Clinton calls Assad to account after mob attacks embassies - Middle East, World - The Independent

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has "lost legitimacy" as a leader interested in reform, as the US and French embassies in Damascus came under attack from hundreds of Syrian pro-government protesters.

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CIA ran fake vaccination programme to capture Bin Laden family's DNA - Asia, World - The Independent

The CIA set up a fake vaccination initiative in the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, in an attempt to obtain DNA samples from members of his family.  

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Syrian protesters attack US embassy - Middle East, World - The Independent

Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the US Embassy in Damascus, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit last week to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's French accuser Tristane Banon heard by police - Europe, World - The Independent

French police investigators have taken a statement from a French writer who contends former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her.

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U.S. beats Brazil in shootout, reaches World Cup semifinals  

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Video: Prince makes Colin Firth gag - News, People - The Independent

Video: Prince makes Colin Firth gag The Prince's jokes go down well at a Bafta reception in Los Angeles.

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40 children killed in Bangladesh bus crash - Asia, World - The Independent

At least 40 children died when their school bus crashed into a canal in Bangladesh. Police said the bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the accident in Chittagong district.

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If Barack wasn't an Obama: book says President's parents considered adoption - Americas, World - The Independent

The question is raised by a biography of the Kenyan father of the 44th President, to be published next week, entitled The Other Barack: the Bold and Reckless life of President Obama's Father, by Sally Jacobs, a journalist on The Boston Globe newspaper.

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South Sudan counts down the hours to independence - Africa, World - The Independent

Sudan entered its last day as a united nation with rumblings of conflict along its north-south border and international concerns for the future stability of the huge, fractured and largely impoverished territory that straddles Arab and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Soldier killed in Helmand may have been stripped naked - Asia, World - The Independent

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Five hundred British troops to return from Afghanistan - Home News, UK - The Independent

Five hundred British troops to return from Afghanistan  

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Israel blocks return of Palestinians' remains - Middle East, World - The Independent

Palestinian officials have expressed outrage at Israel's 11th-hour decision to backtrack on a promise to hand over the remains of 84 Palestinians killed in the Middle East conflict in recent years.      

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Gaddafi arsenal 'seized by rebels' - Africa, World - The Independent

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Former governor convicted of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat - Americas, World - The Independent

Rod Blagojevich yesterday became the fourth Illinois governor in just half a century to be convicted of committing a crime, when he was found guilty on a host of corruption charges, including an attempt to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he became President.

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J.K.D. Body Weapon and Wing Chun Complete Package - Master Wong - Download Martial Arts Video

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Slow motion lightning

very interesting clip of a Slow motion lightning

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Clinton and Sarkozy Get Cozy -The Daily Beast -

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