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UNITED NATIONS News, May 25, 2012

UN rights chief: Suspend Zimbabwe sanctions
U-T San Diego
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, center, addresses a press conference in Harare, Friday, May, 25, 2012. UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said Friday they were discouraging foreign investment and having other ...
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Photos: Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom 25th anniversary
Denver Post
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 25: US military veterans lay a wreath at the grave of an unknown Union soldier who died during the Civil War at the Congressional Cemetery May 25, 2012in Washington, DC.
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California's Coronado named nation's best beach
San Jose Mercury News
By Julie Watson AP FOR USE FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012 AT 12:01 AM THISPHOTO MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED IN PRINT, BROADCAST OR ONLINE UNTIL MAY 25 - FILE- This undated file photo provided by Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa shows Duke Kahanamoku Beach in ...
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French president: All combat troops out in 2012
Austin American-Statesman
(AP Photo/Joel Saget, Pool) French President Francois Hollande prepares to deliver his speech after visiting troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Nijrab, Kapisa region of Afghanistan Friday, May 25, 2012, where most of French troops are stationed ...
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Austin American-Statesman
AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu
Chippewa Herald
AP | Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:26 am | (0) Comments In this photoof Thursday, May 24, 2012, and released by the African Union-United Nations Support Team. Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali ...
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Thousands gather for anti-Assad protests in Syria
Casper Star-Tribune Online
AP | Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:47 am | Loading… In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Wednesday, May 23, 2012, purports to show a building on fire from shelling in Homs province, Syria. A United ...
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Memorial Day: Remembering fallen of decade at war
Kitsap Sun
ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 21, 2011 photo provided by the Department of Defense, Maj. George Kraehe, of Albequerque, NM, center, runs past the Fargo Theater during a marathon in Fargo, ND Most people run marathons ...
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French president defends early Afghan withdrawal
U-T San Diego
(AP Photo/Joel Saget, Pool) — AP French President Francois Hollande review troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Nijrab, Kapisa region, Afghanistan Friday, May 25, 2012, where most of French troops are stationed in Afghanistan.
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Europe can strengthen Greece without weakening Germany
Christian Science Monitor
... Germany and other better-off nations reduce their surpluses. Here's why they're wrong. By Stefan Karlsson, Guest blogger / May 25, 2012 The euro sign is seen on the side of the building of EU headquarters in Brussels in this February 2012 photo.
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Christian Science Monitor
Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria are released
Casper Star-Tribune Online
AP | Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 7:12 am | Loading… In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Wednesday, May 23, 2012, purports to show a building on fire from shelling in Homs province, Syria. A United ...
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Budweiser's "Grow One. Save a Million." Campaign Asks Guys to Skip Shaving to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOUIS, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Shave or save? That's the question Budweiser is asking men across the country to consider each morning as they pick up their razors, for with every shave a man skips, he will save roughly five gallons of ...
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Climate pact process stumbles as countries bicker in Bonn
DAWN.com
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), gives a press conference on May 25, 2012, at the end of a UN climate conference in Bonn, western Germany. – Photo by AFP BONN: Less than six months ...
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DAWN.com
Memorial Day: Remembering fallen of decade at war
Austin American-Statesman
ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 21, 2011 photo provided by the Department of Defense, Maj. George Kraehe, of Albequerque, NM, center, runs past the Fargo Theater during a marathon in Fargo, ND Most people run marathons ...
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Austin American-Statesman
Canon USA Raises Awareness on National Missing Children's Day
MarketWatch (press release)
LAKE SUCCESS, NY, May 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On this National Missing Children's Day, Canon USA, Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, encourages parents to talk to their children about the importance of safety.
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FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unions
Beloit Daily News
When Romney decried Barack Obama as beholden to the nation'steachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 2:21 am ...
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Trio arrested in Blomberg verdict protest back in court
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Attorney Maria Elena Castellanos and members of the National Black United Front wait for their hearing with Hon. Margaret Harris at the Harris County Crimminal Courthouse on May 25,2012. They were arrested Friday May 18, 2012.
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Duty and Sacrifice
The American
By Ralph Kinney Bennett Friday, May 25, 2012 For the majority of Americans, Memorial Day is first and foremost a three-day weekend. Time to watch the Indianapolis 500 or a baseball game; time to open the swimming pool or have a picnic.
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UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
AP | Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:36 am | (1) Comments World powers negotiators arrive at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Negotiators from the US and five other world powers sat down Wednesday with a team of ...
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America scours the earth for fallen soldiers
Tucson Citizen
by Rick Hampson on May. 25, 2012, under USA TODAY News The fallen navigator waited until dawn to crawl from the jungle. His back was broken, his jaw ripped open by shrapnel. There was a bullet hole in his left leg. In the night, Lt. Jose Holguin had ...
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Wheaton lands region's first private Hispanic bilingual university
Baltimore Post-Examiner
By Larry Luxner · May 25, 2012 · No comments Three years ago, the large squat building at the entrance to suburban Westfield Wheaton Mall housed a Circuit City. These days, the big-box retailer is long gone — a victim of bankruptcy and hard times ...
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Baltimore Post-Examiner
US grocer accused of war crimes sent to Bosnia
Springfield News Sun
(AP Photo/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) By KEN RITTER, The Associated Press 9:21 AM Friday, May 25, 2012 LAS VEGAS — A man accused of commanding a police squad that rounded up Bosnian Muslims for slaughter in 1995 fashioned a new life in Las ...
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AFPM Criticizes EPA's Decision to Continue Advancing Phantom Fuel Mandate
Energy Digital (press release)
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120125/MM41823LOGO) "EPA's decision is arbitrary and capricious. We... WASHINGTON, May 25,2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) responded today to the ...
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Climate pact process stumbles as countries bicker
Mother Nature Network
By Agence France-PresseFri, May 25 2012 at 7:06 AM EST CLIMATE TALKS: The world is divided between developed and developing nations on apportioning responsibility for curbing global warming. (Photo: Jay Directo/AFP) Less than six months after the world ...
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Mother Nature Network
War of 1812: Bicentennial sites, events all over U.S.
Post-Tribune
By BETH J. HARPAZ AP May 25, 2012 9:58AM The USS Constitution, which was an important vessel in the US fleet during the War of 1812, fires guns in Boston Harbor as people watch from the shore, in Boston. The ship can be visited in Charlestown, Mass.
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Revel yell: Atlantic City resort has grand opening
Atlanta Journal Constitution
This May 21, 2012 photo shows the interior of Revel, the $2.4 billion casino resort in Atlantic City, NJ Revel, Atlantic City's 12th casino, is having its grand opening from May 25 to May28, 2012. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) The $2.4 billion Revel, ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
California beach named nation's best | Local & Regional News ...
It is the first time "Dr. Beach" has given the top slot to California in the more than two decades that he has been ranking beaches in the United Statesbased on their environmental quality and safety for swimmers. ... named nation's best. By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Published: May 25,2012 at 10:39 AM PDT Last Updated: May 252012 at 10:39 AM PDT ... In this May 22, 2012, photo, a couple enjoys the sun and sand on the Coronado Beach in Coronado, Calif. Coronado ...
KBAK - Local & Regional News
AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu - Idaho Statesman
Posted: 6:39am on May 252012; Modified: 9:33am on May 252012. 2012-05-25T15:33:39Z ... In this photo of Thursday, May 24, 2012, and released by the African Union-United Nations Support Team. Ugandan soldiers serving with the ...
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Armenian News - UN CONDEMNS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ...
The United Nations in Armenia condemns the recent expressions and acts of violence and intolerance towards individuals and groups in Armenia, based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Such expressions and acts are never ...
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Ban Ki-moon calls Rio Earth summit negotiations 'painfully slow ...
By admin
May 252012. Ban Ki-moon and other United Nations officials think Rio+20 is unlikely to replicate breakthroughs of 1992 global summit. Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent. The United Nations chief, Ban Ki-moon, held out ...
peacenews.org
War on Terrorism: US Reaffirms Commitment to Advance Iraq Stability
By Sergeant Zachary J. Foster
WASHINGTON, May 252012 – The United States reaffirmed its commitment to advance Iraq's stability by training, equipping and enhancing the capacity of its armed forces for defense and counterterrorism, members of the U.S.-Iraq Defense ...
War on Terrorism
Boston Globe: Documents “raise further questions” about Warren's ...
By Ed Morrissey
See United States Senator Richard Blumenthal. ktrich on May 252012 at 12:17 PM. TRUE!!! …ESPECIALLY in Massachusetts!!! For more examples, choose any Kennedy and check the news archives. landlines onMay 252012 at 2:59 PM ...
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Top Human Rights official urges Zimbabwe's president ... - Africa News
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GENEVA, Switzerland, May 252012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On her first-ever visit to Zimbabwe, the top United Nations human rights official has urged President Robert Mugabe to ensure that the country's next elections will be ...
Africa News - News from Africa
May 25 Photo Brief: Sun, sea, sand, skin and the stage
By Nick Tann
The captain Mauro Balomaga and navigation officer Leonil Relon of the enormous cargo ship Rena, which smashed into a reef off a popular New Zealand holiday spot, were jailed on May 252012 for causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades. The two men ... A lone man reads a newspaper as he sits opposite a poster of Egyptian presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi in the empty hall of the Muslim Brotherhood's campaign headquarters in Cairo. Egypt looks ...
The Darkroom: Exploring visual...
Quotes of the day « Hot Air
By Allahpundit
The head of a banned charity widely believed to be a front for the international terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba is wanted by both India and theUnited States for his alleged role in orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Lahore High ... John the Libertarian on May 252012 at 4:28 AM. Not sure I .... I'm sure you left them cowering in fear – while rolling on the floor with laughter at the picture released of your husband in Monaco. ...http://www.zahistation.com/watch-msnbc-news-live ...
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UAW marks 75th anniversary of Battle of Overpass ...
The Oakland Press: The best place for news in and around Oakland County. Serving Oakland County ... Friday, May 252012. Click to enlarge. FILE - In this May 26, 1937 file photo, Richard Frankensteen, United Auto Workers organizational director, with coat pulled over his head, is pummeled by Ford Motor. ... The union marks the 75th anniversary of the event known as the Battle of the Overpass on Friday, May 252012, with a ceremony at the site. (AP Photo, File). DEARBORN ...
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Sudan, South Sudan agree to talks - United Press International
UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (UPI) -- The governments of Sudan and South... 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ... UPI News Photos ...
www.upi.com/Top_News/...S.../UPI-34651337965903/
Photos: Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom 25th anniversary ...
... the Civil War at the Congressional Cemetery May 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. ... Rolling Thunder now has 90 chapters across theUnited States and expects ...
photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2012/05/.../36460/
California's Coronado named nation's best beach » News » The ...
1 beach in the United States in the 2012 survey by “Dr. Beach” professor Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida International University. May 25, 2012 1Photo ...
dailyitem.com/.../California-s-Coronado-named-nation-s-best-...
Defense.gov News Article: U.S. Reaffirms Commitment to Advance ...
News. American Forces Press Service Bookmark and Share ...WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 – The United States reaffirmed its commitment to advance Iraq's ...
www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=116493
Europe's new Iron Lady says "Nein!" - chicagotribune.com
... debt crisis. (Francois Lenoir, Reuters photo / May 25, 2012) ... France is deep in debt too and, like the United States, it recently lost its triple-A credit rating.
www.chicagotribune.com/.../ct-edit-merkel-0525-jm-2012052...
AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu - Idaho Statesman
Posted: 6:39am on May 25, 2012; Modified: 9:33am on May 25, 2012 ... In this photo of Thursday, May 24, 2012, and released by the African Union-United Nations Support Team. ... AU-UN IST — AP Photo ... The U.N. representative for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, said Friday at a newsconference in neighboring Kenya that ...
www.idahostatesman.com/.../au-somali-forces-capture-town.ht...
California beach named nation's best | Local & Regional News ...
By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Published: May 25, 2012 at 10:39 AM PDT Last ... In this May 22, 2012, photo, a couple enjoys the sun and sand on the ... 1 beach in the United States in the 2012 survey by "Dr. Beach" professor Stephen ...
www.bakersfieldnow.com/.../Californias-Coronado-named-nat...
Memorial Day - National Geographic News
National Geographic Daily News ... Published May 25, 2012 ... Now in cemeteries across the United States veterans and citizens alike hold ceremonies, and the ... (Related pictures: "World War II 'Time Capsule' Fighter Found in Sahara.") ...
news.nationalgeographic.com/.../120525-memorial-day-weeke...
RadioVop Zimbabwe - United Nations Officers Chased Out Of Pillay ...
By Professor Matodzi Harare, May 25, 2012 - United Nations officials were on ... to stimulate more balanced and better quality news by providing competition.
www.radiovop.com/.../9025-united-nations-officers-chased-ou...
IAEA: Traces of higher enrichment at Iran site ... - CBS News.com
The news comes a day after Iran and six world powers found they were still far apart .... by xJohnPx May 25, 2012 10:19 AM EDT: Unlike the United states which ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../ap-traces-of-higher-enrichment-at-iran-...
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