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News Headlines May 18, 2013

North Korea Launches Three Short-Range Missiles Somaliland Marks 22 Years of Independence Meteor Smashes Into Earth’s Moon Greece’s Golden Dawn Makes Genocidal Anti-Muslim Statements Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Will Not Step Down, Grants Rare Television Interview Russia Deploys 12 Warships to Syria Pakistan Female Politician Zahra Shahid Hussain Assassinated in Karachi Lebanese Man Murders Sister [...]

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News Headlines May 17, 2013

Greek Golden Dawn MP Shouts ‘Heil Hitler’ During Parliamentary Session Russia Confused About International Outrage Over Syrian Arms Sales UK Public Accounts Committee Chairperson Margaret Hodges Tells Google: ‘You Do Evil’ in Underpaying Taxes Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Protest Israeli Defense Ministry Plans to Draft Them Bashar Al-Assad Winning in Syrian Civil War Internet Sensation, [...]

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Republic of Korea Successfully Launches Naro Space Rocket

South Korea successfully launched its first-ever space rocket, the Naro, according to Lee Ju-ho, minister of education, science and technology.   The Korea Aerospace Research Institute announced the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) – or Naro – deployed its payload, the Science and Technology Satellite-2C and placed it into orbit above the Earth.   South Korea’s 2009 and [...]

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The Return of Stalingrad

The Russian metropolis of Volgograd resumed its Soviet World War II-era name of Stalingrad on Saturday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.   The name change will be accompanied by concerts, military parades, and attended by President Vladimir Putin. The city was initially named Stalingrad in 1925 after the Soviet leader [...]

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Beijing and Washington Announce ‘Strong Consensus’ About North Korea

Pyongyang may have alienated its strongest regional ally with its announcement of further nuclear tests, specifically directed at its avowed enemy the United States. An announcement by Glyn Davies, Washington’s special envoy for policy on North Korea, declared that a ‘strong consensus’ was reached with his PRC counterparts.   In a meeting Friday, January 25 [...]

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Shiveluch, Kizimen and Plosky Talbachek Volcanoes Erupt on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Gigantic Russian volcanoes Shiveluch, Kizimen, and Plosky Talbachek have erupted simultaneously, spewing ash into the air and causing earthquakes all around the area of the volcanoes. The largest of the volcanoes, Shiveluch, stands at 3,283 meters. The video above is from Shiveluch’s eruption in June of 2011.   [RT.com]

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National Defense University Colonel Warns of Nuclear War in China and Japan’s Ongoing Dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

China’s National Defense University Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu warns Australia not to dance with the ‘tiger’ (US) and the ‘wolf’ (Japan), raises the possibility of a nuclear attack on Japan. Diplomats are increasingly hoping for an eleventh hour miracle in the talks to resolve the ongoing dispute between two of East Asia’s greatest powers, the [...]

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The People’s Republic of China Purchases Fleet of Advanced Tupolev Tu-22M3 Bombers from the Russian Federation

A Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber fleet is advanced enough to take on the best of the United States Navy in China’s bid to grow its military might. The People’s Liberation Army has reportedly purchased $1.5 billion worth of Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber aircraft from Russia. When deployed by the PLA the aircraft will be known as the [...]

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China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) May Purchase Exxon Mobil’s Iraq West Qurna 1 Field

Current CNPC holdings in Iraq include three fields in the south producing more than 1.4 million barrels of oil per day. The largest foreign players in Iraq’s emerging oil industry are China and Malaysia. China National Petroleum Corporation has sought to expand its presence by acquiring the West Qurna 1 Field which holds reserves estimated to be [...]

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Russian Mafia Leader Aslan Usoyan Gunned Down Outside of Central Moscow Restaurant Karetny Dvor

Russian mafia boss Aslan Usoyan, a 75-year-old gangster nicknamed Grandpa Khasan, was shot in the head by a sniper atop the sixth floor of an adjacent building according to a Russian Investigative Committee report. Usoyan later died at a hospital, leaving his organization leaderless, leading law-enforcement officials to fear for the outbreak of a violent [...]

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