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US tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as model

Articles: 5, Last update: May 20, 2012 12:16:00 AM, Start: May 19, 2012 11:26:00 PM

Sources: 5 , Peak: 17, Current rank: 21, Previous rank: 19, Change: +25%

Nine die in bomb blast at Syrian military post

Articles: 2, Last update: May 19, 2012 10:30:00 PM, Start: May 19, 2012 10:00:00 PM

Sources: 2 , Peak: 43, Current rank: 49, Previous rank: 48, Change: 0%

Articles published more than 10 minutes ago

"No primeiro ano não vou ausentar-me de Timor-Leste"

Source country DiariodeNoticias Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:48:00 AM CEST | info

Trigger words: [UNbodies] Nações Unidas[1];

Other categories:

Taur Matan Ruak, o novo Presidente timorense, em resposta a perguntas escritas do DN, afirma ser "estratégico" o relacionamento com Portugal. Considera ainda necessário "elevar o patamar de relacionamento"......

‘Some Nigerians live like slaves in the US’

Source country zimtelegraph Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:46:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1];

Other categories: Immigration; Human Trafficking;

Bukola Oriola Bukola Oriola, a Nigerian journalist was a victim of human trafficking in the United States. For two years, she was isolated and endured all forms of torture, including hunger, physical, psychological and emotional abuse. She was traumatized, became depressed and was diagnosed for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder....

Fact Sheet: G-8 Action on the Deauville Partnership with Arab Countries in Transition

Source country Whitehouse Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:46:00 AM CEST | info

A year after the historic events across the Middle East and North Africa began to unfold, the aspirations of people of the region for freedom, human rights, democracy, job opportunities, empowerment and dignity are undiminished. At the Camp David Summit, G-8 Leaders recognized the important progress.......

Camp David Declaration

Source country Whitehouse Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:46:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Camp David, Maryland, United States May 18-19, 2012 Preamble 1. We, the Leaders of the Group of Eight, met at Camp David on May 18 and 19, 2012 to address major global economic and political challenges. The Global Economy 2. Our imperative is to promote growth and jobs. 3....

Co-ops big contributors to GDP

Source country thestar-my Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:45:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1];

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KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperatives have contributed revenue totalling about RM10bil to the nation’s gross domestic product, reflecting the increasing importance of their role, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek....

Лидеры G8 поддержали план Аннана по Сирии - итоговая декларация

Source country rian Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:43:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ООН[9];

Entities: Sergei Lavrov[1]; Mikhail Fradkov[1]; Arkady Dvorkovich[1];

Other categories: Society;

Лидеры G8 призвали сирийское правительство дать возможность доступа в страну представителям гуманитарных организаций и высказали свою поддержку наблюдательной миссии ООН....

Итоговая декларация G8 не преподнесла сюрпризов

Source country rian Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:43:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ООН[6];

Entities: Arkady Dvorkovich[1];

Other categories: EU Russia; Society; Development; WTO;

Как и ожидалось, в центре внимания лидеров, проводивших в пятницу и субботу переговоры в загородной резиденции американского президента Кэмп-Дэвид, были проблемы экономики и еврозоны, Ирана, Афганистана, КНДР, Сирии, стран "арабской весны", Бирмы, вопросы продовольственной безопасности, защиты окружающей среды....

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

Ongoing clashes stoke fears of sectarian strife across Lebanon

Source country todayszaman Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:36:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1];

Entities: Mohammad Rachid[1]; Fouad Siniora[1]; Rashid Qabani[1]; Jabal Mohsen[1]; Najib Mikati[1]; Rafik al-Hariri[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Society;

As the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli became the scene of armed skirmishes between Sunni and Alawite communities in past days, concerns rose among experts and officials that sectarian strife may be further complicating the situation in the politically volatile country....

Intense debates prior to NATO summit amplify its importance

Source country todayszaman Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:36:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] UN[1];

Entities: Hamid Karzai[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; İsmet Yılmaz[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1]; Abdullah Gül[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Security Council;

Over the last few months debates, including that of Turkey’s severe stance regarding the possibility of Israel’s participation in the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, where leaders from around the world are expected to gather, have amplified the importance of the summit, experts say....

Afghans 'not ready' as US starts pull-out

Source country independent Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:34:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] UN[1];

Entities: David Cameron[1]; David Petraeus[1]; William Patey[2]; Richard Kemp[2]; Peter Galbraith[1]; Michael O'Hanlon[1]; Seth Jones[1]; Stephen Biddle[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Security;

British soldiers in Afghanistan face a surge in attacks by Taliban fighters seeking to exploit an imminent withdrawal of US marines in the region where they are based. Experienced US soldiers are to be replaced by a fledgling Afghan army corps despite the American belief that there isn't a single.......

Policía haitiana clausura dos cuarteles usados por soldados

Source country diariolibre Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:33:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] Naciones Unidas[1];

Other categories:

PUERTO PRINCIPE. - La policía clausuró dos viejos cuarteles militares que ex soldados usaban como base de operaciones, dijo un alto funcionario el sábado. Reginald Delva, de la secretaría de estado de Seguridad Pública, dijo que la policía tenía planes de clausurar varios cuarteles más....

On the African Union road map and UN resolution 2046

Source country sudantribune Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:33:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] UN[1]; United Nations[1];

Entities: Beja Congress[1]; Pagan Amum[1]; Omar el-Bashir[3]; John Garang[1];

Other categories: Alternative Energy; Society; Security Council; Gender Equality;

By Gamal Adam My 18, 2012 — The African Union's recent road map which the United Nations Security Council has endorsed with the Resolution 2046 includes a clause that puts pressure on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) to negotiate with Khartoum in order to settle the Sudanese.......

Dez anos de Timor-Leste e uma liberdade «como não há em Portugal»

Source country tvi24 Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:32:00 AM CEST | info

Trigger words: [UNbodies] Nações Unidas[1];

Entities: Taur Matan Ruak[3]; Xanana Gusmão[2]; José Ramos-Horta[3]; Alfredo Reinado[1];

Other categories:

Timor-Leste é um país independente há dez anos. A paz e a liberdade parecem definitivamente conquistadas. A economia é desequilibrada, a indústria é frágil e a dependência do Estado é quase total. Os timorenses já não receiam um atentado, uma guerra civil ou uma ocupação a todo o momento, até porque.......

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

G8 призвала к прекращению насилия в Сирии

Source country ruvr-ru Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:28:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ООН[2];

Entities: Bill Clinton[1]; Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Станислав Воскресенский[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Ближнем Востоке[1]; Dwight Eisenhower[1]; Jimmy Carter[1]; Mikhail Margelov[3]; Yasser Arafat[1]; Ehud Barak[1];

Other categories: Society; Security; WTO;

"Мы по-прежнему в ужасе от кровопролития, гуманитарного кризиса, серьезных и повсеместных нарушений прав человека в Сирии", - говорится в итоговой декларации саммита "большой восьмерки"...

المزينة يبحث ترتيبات ملتقى حماية الدولي الثامن

Source country alkhaleej Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:27:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] الأمم المتحدة[1];

Entities: Mohammad Rachid[1]; Ahmed Hamdan[1]; Qadir Obeidi[1]; Ibrahim Mohammed[1];

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بحث اللواء خميس مطر المزينة، نائب القائد العام لشرطة دبي، رئيس اللجنة المشرفة، ترتيبات تنظيم ملتقى حماية الدولي الثامن لبحث قضايا المخدرات بعنوان “السلائف والأساسيات الكيميائية” وتحت شعار آليات الرقابة بين الواقع والطموح المزمع إقامته من 19 إلى20 يونيو/حزيران المقبل ....

Decorated with discuss arrangements for the protection of the forum of Eighth International

discussed major general Khamis Matar decorated, deputy chief of Dubai Police, the President of the committee supervising, arrangements for the Organization of the Forum on International Protection 8 to discuss drug issues, entitled "precursor chemical and fundamentals" under the slogan of oversight mechanisms between reality and ambition to be held from 19 to 20 next June.

Syrie : Plus grandes manifestations à Alep depuis plus de 14 mois

Source country lemaghrebdz Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:20:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ONU[6];

Entities: Robert Mood[1]; Ban Ki Moon[2]; Mohammad al-Halabi[1]; Bashar Assad[3]; Martin Nesirky[1]; Ahmed Fawzi[1]; Bashar Jaafari[1]; Najib Mikati[1];

Other categories: Security Council; Conflict; Terrorist Attack; Ban Ki-moon;

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Robert Mood déclaré: "à donner une chance au dialogue"

Robert Mood ajouté: "Je suis plus convaincu que jamais que la violence ne pourra pas résoudre la crise"

Najib Mikati jugé: "un nid de terroristes d'Al-Qaïda"

La deuxième ville de Syrie, Alep, était le théâtre avant-hier des plus importantes manifestations dans la cité depuis le début il y a plus de 14 mois de la révolte populaire contre le régime du président Bachar al-Assad, selon une ONG et des militants. Il s'agit des manifestations les plus importantes à Alep depuis le début de la révolte....

Sommet du G8 : Le président Obama accueille les dirigeants

Source country lemaghrebdz Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:20:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ONU[1];

Entities: Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; Vladimir Putin[3]; Bashar Assad[1]; Dmitry Medvedev[3]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[2]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2];

Other categories: José Manuel Barroso; EU-USA; EC News; Conflict; Monetary Issues EU; Security Council; EU-Asia; Economic and Monetary Affairs; External Relations; Food Safety;

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François Hollande assuré: "Le retrait n'est pas négociable. Le retrait des forces combattantes, c'est une décision de la France et cette décision sera appliquée"

Le président américain a accueilli les dirigeants dans sa résidence de campagne à 100 km de Washington avant-hier vers 20h. Ce sommet des huit pays les plus industrialisés devrait être largement consacré à la crise de la dette en Europe. Les dirigeants du G8 (Etats-Unis, Grande-Bretagne, Canada,.......

FAO : Signature d'un accord de coopération avec la Libye

Source country lemaghrebdz Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:20:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] FAO[4];

Entities: José Graziano da Silva[2];

Other categories:

Quotes in this article

José Graziano da Silva déclaré: "Cet accord contient un nombre de projets stratégiques dont le but est de soutenir la nouvelle Libye dans ses objectifs et ses priorités de développement"

Dans un accord de coopération signé avant-hier, au Siège de la FAO, la Libye et la FAO se sont engagées à uvrer ensemble au développement du secteur agricole et à l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire dans le cadre d'un programme conjoint pour l'augmentation de la production vivrière et la protection des ressources naturelles....

Articles published more than 40 minutes ago

2 Americans Jailed in Haiti in Pro-Army March

Source country ABCnews Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:18:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1];

Entities: Michel Martelly[1]; Gary Desrosiers[1];

Other categories: Peace Keeping;

Two Americans are among 50 people jailed during a march by hundreds of military fatigue-wearing protesters pressing for the return of Haiti's disbanded army, a police spokesman said Saturday. Gary Desrosiers of the Haitian National Police said the Americans are being held because they were acting as.......

La cumbre del G8 cierra con una llamamiento a promover crecimiento y empleo

Source country es-noticias Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:17:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ONU[1];

Entities: Kofi Annan[1];

Other categories:

Camp David (EEUU), 19 may (EFE).- Los líderes del G8 cerraron hoy la cumbre con una declaración conjunta que promover el crecimiento y el empleo y reafirma el compromiso en seguridad energética, la transición en Afganistán y continuar la presión sobre Siria o Irán....

[dehai-news] (Huffingtonpost) The Ethiopian Engima

Source country dehai Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:16:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1]; UNESCO[1];

Entities: Ben Rawlence[3]; Meles Zenawi[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Society; Conflict; Food Security & Aid; Echo;

The Ethiopian Engima Ben Rawlence Senior Researcher, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch Saturday, May 19, 2012 Mariam was painfully thin. Several of her 13 children peered out from behind her with hollow eyes. "I am trying to save my children. We are not living. We are subhuman," she told me....

[dehai-news] (Financial Post) Occupy Somalia

Source country dehai Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:16:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] UN[2]; United Nations[1];

Entities: David Cameron[1]; Abdiweli Mohamed Ali[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; William Hague[1]; Mohamed Aly[1];

Other categories: Market; EU Russia; EU-Asia;

Lawrence Solomon: Occupy Somalia Lawrence Solomon May 18, 2012 � 9:47 PM ET | Last Updated: May 19, 2012 1:21 AM ET Best hope for peace is for UN to break up the country The EU Naval Force made headlines this week by blasting a pirate base on Somali shores and pirate ships out of Somali waters....

[dehai-news] (VOA) Eritrean President Discusses Path to Development

Source country dehai Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:16:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] UN[4];

Entities: Muammar Gaddafi[1]; Johnnie Carson[1]; Isaias Afewerki[1];

Other categories: European Enterprise News; Society; Institutional Affairs; Border Disputes; EuropeAid Co-operation Office; Environment (general);

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki calls the country�s development drive over two decades of independence �a success story.� �We have achieved a lot, and our culture has helped us a lot to create an environment for sustainable development,� he told VOA in an exclusive interview ahead of the 21st anniversary of his country�s independence on May 24....

В результате взрыва в Сирии пострадали не менее 100 человек (1)

Source country meta-ua-uk Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:15:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ООН[2];

Entities: Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

У здания военной разведки взорвался заминированный автомобиль, в котором находилось около 500 килограммов взрывчатки....

Вспышка вируса H1N1 (1)

Source country meta-ua-uk Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:15:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] ООН[1];

Other categories: Influenza A(H1N1)n;

Большинство экспертов по гриппу и общественному здравоохранению считают, что ВОЗ чрезмерно паниковала....

Rettungsmission mit ungewissem Ausgang

Source country br-online Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:15:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] Vereinten Nationen[1]; UNEP[1];

Other categories:

Viele tausend Pflanzen und Tiere auf unserer Welt sind bereits ausgestorben. Tausende andere sind vom Aussterben bedroht. Kein Wunder, dass die Vereinten Nationen das Jahr 2010 zum Jahr der Artenvielfalt auserkoren haben. Doch die Bilanz ist erschreckend....

Fate brought beauty queen, condemned Iranian teen together

Source country montrealgazette Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:15:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1];

Entities: Peter MacKay[4]; Belinda Stronach[1]; Paul Martin[1];

Other categories: Society; All Media;

Iranian-born Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a former Miss World Canada, a charismatic human rights crusader and now an author....

Will Iran Take the Next Step

Source country irishsun Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:13:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [UNbodies] United Nations[1];

Other categories: Security Council;

The initial talks in Istanbul last month were encouraging enough for both sides to agree to meet again. This time, Iran will have to offer concrete proposals to address core concerns. It could move ......

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