[Greek] Elections 2012: Live news blog, May 17 | Athens News

1.10pm Parliament's 300 MPs were sworn in shortly before noon. This, the shortest-lived parliament in the country's, is due to be dissolved on Friday by President Papoulias to pave the way for new elections on June 17. Just back from parliament, our Costas Papachlimintzos repo …

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Bangladesh Islamist leader Ghulam Azam charged

Bangladeshi Islamist leader Ghulam Azam has been charged by a special tribunal with war crimes allegedly carried out during the country's 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan. Prosecutors accuse Mr Azam, 89, of committing crimes, including murder and torture, during the …

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JOS: Gunmen set fire to Village, 7 killed

Gunmen set fire to a home in a Christian village near a central Nigeria city violently divided by faith and shot those who ran outside to flee the flames, killing at least seven people and wounding one other, authorities said Thursday.   The attack represents the latest …

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Watch a Nashville Predators' ice girl take a catfish off the ice, bare-handed; was it alive? (VIDEO) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports

Not only does she forgo any sort of slime prevention -- gloves, a shovel, getting someone else to do it because it's not her job -- but this young lady scoops the fish up with glee, then even waggles it at Coyotes' goalie Mike Smith for good measure as she comes off the ice. W …

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Remarks by President Obama in Address to the Nation from Afghanistan ['(M)y administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban']

Fourth, we’re pursuing a negotiated peace. In coordination with the Afghan government, my administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban.

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Fact Sheet: The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement | The White House

In May 2010, in Washington, DC, President Obama and President Karzai committed our two countries to negotiate and conclude a strategic partnership that would provide a framework for our future relationship.

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IN TURKEY, FEARS OF A RETREAT ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROWING

Gokce, a soft-spoken 37-year-old mother of two, has lived on the run for 15 years, ever since her abusive husband tracked her down, broke down her door and shot her in the leg six times after she refused to return to him. Stoic and prematurely graying, she said her husband had  …

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I Shall Be Released [Levon Helm at Death's Door]

Levon Helm either dead or dying.

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Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) - official video - YouTube

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