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EGYPT: Polls close in first round of historic Egypt elections

Source country france24-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:34:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh[1]; Abul Fotuh[1]; Abdul Munim[1]; Mohammed Mursi[1]; Ahmad Shafiq[1]; Mahmud Abdel[1]; Amr Moussa[1]; Hosni Mubarak[1];

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Ahmad Shafiq said: "Before the revolution, I never voted, because it was not useful. Since then, I have voted in every election because it's my right and my duty,"

Polls closed Thursday in the first round of Egypt’s landmark competitive presidential elections, which drew millions of people out to choose between 12 candidates following the removal of former president Hosni Mubarak by popular revolt last year....

Articles published more than 40 minutes ago

Pentagon let Hollywood in on Bin Laden sting, documents claim

Source country gulfnews Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:08:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[1]; Seal[4];

Entities: Peter T King[1]; George Little[1]; Hurt Locker[1]; Mark Boal[1]; James Gregory[1]; Osama bin Laden[8]; Tom Fitton[1]; Kathryn Bigelow[1];

Other categories: Security; Terrorist Attack;

Washington: In the months after the US military mission that killed Osama Bin Laden, Pentagon officials met with Hollywood filmmakers and gave them special access in an effort to influence the creation of a film about the operation, newly released documents show....

Pentagon Hollywood let in on Bin Laden sting, documents claim

Washington: In the months after the US military mission that is Osama Bin Laden, Pentagon officials met with Hollywood filmmakers and gave special tour packages access in an an every effort to influence the jurists a film about the operation, newly released documents show.

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Egypt Wraps Up Landmark Presidential Poll

Source country naharnet-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:16:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Abul Fotuh[1]; Mohammed Mursi[1]; Amr Moussa[1]; Mahmud Abdel[1]; Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh[1]; Abdul Munim[1]; Ahmad Shafiq[1]; Hosni Mubarak[1];

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Ahmad Shafiq said: "Before the revolution, I never voted, because it was not useful. Since then, I have voted in every election because it's my right and my duty,"

Egypt wrapped up two days of polling Thursday in a landmark presidential election that pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule but the hard-fought contest threatened to go to a runoff. The count began immediately after polling stations closed at 9:00 pm.......

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

Vanal raudteetammil valmib kergliiklustee

Source country postimees Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:09:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] Seal[1]; killustikuga[1];

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Tänavu juuliks peaks valmima 5,3 kilomeetri pikkune kergliiklustee vanal raudteetammil. Tee hakkab kulgema Hiiu raudteeülesõidust Paldiski maanteeni....

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

Egypt prepares to wrap up landmark presidential poll

Source country montrealgazette Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:26:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh[1]; Abul Fotuh[1]; Abdul Munim[1]; Mohammed Mursi[1]; Ahmad Shafiq[1]; Mahmud Abdel[1]; Amr Moussa[1];

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Ahmad Shafiq said: "Before the revolution, I never voted, because it was not useful. Since then, I have voted in every election because itâ€™s my right and my duty,"

Citizens near end of orderly two-day vote in which candidates pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule....

EU says Iceland's membership talks progressing well

Source country eubusiness Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:25:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] whaling[1];

Entities: Oessur Skarphedinsson[1]; Johanna Sigurdardottir[1]; Stefan Fuele[1];

Other categories: Banking - Financial Services; External Affairs; Market; Enlargement; External Trade; Foreign and Security Policy;

Iceland's European Union membership negotiations are progressing smoothly, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele told AFP on Thursday following talks in Reykjavik....

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Newly Discovered Sensory Organ Helps Whales Grab Meals On The Go

Source country ibtimes-hken Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:57:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] whaling[1]; whale[10]; Whales[2]; whales[6];

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Scientists reported Wednesday that they'd found a new sensory organ in the jaw of a fin whale, which they think may help the animals coordinate jaw movements as they lunge toward a meal....

Egyptians return to the polls on day 2 of landmark vote

Source country news-yahoo Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Abul Fotuh[1]; Mohammed Mursi[1]; Mahmud Abdel[1]; Amr Moussa[1]; Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh[1]; Abdul Munim[1]; Mohammed Ibrahim[1]; Ahmad Shafiq[1]; Hosni Mubarak[1];

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Ahmad Shafiq said: "Before the revolution, I never voted, because it was not useful. Since then, I have voted in every election because it's my right and my duty,"

Egyptians returned to the polls Thursday on the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule....

Ichthyosaurs and the bends: Triassic lark

Source country economist Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:39:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] kills[1]; Whales[1]; whales[3];

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Bend me, shape me… IF A diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen dissolved in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure, just as the gas in a bottle of champagne is released when the cork is popped. The consequence, if the bubbles accumulate in a joint, is.......

The NATO summit: NATO’s risky Afghan endgame

Source country economist Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:39:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seal[1]; killing[1];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Asif Ali Zardari[3];

Other categories: EU-USA; Terrorist Attack; Conflict;

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Barack Obama concedes: “the Taliban is still a robust enemy and the gains are still fragile”

SUMMITS like to have broad agendas. But they can rarely focus on more than one big thing. NATO’s meeting in Chicago this week was dominated by the need to unite behind plans for an orderly retreat from Afghanistan—more politely labelled as a transition to Afghan responsibility for the country’s own security....

Roaring flames on the bight of Biafra

Source country pambazuka Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[1]; whale[1];

Entities: Goodluck Jonathan[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; Environment (general);

2012-05-23 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldworldworld/6360748073/Offshore oil and gas exploitation is accident-prone. Yet the response mechanisms of the oil companies as well as the government's regulatory agencies remain dismal in Nigeria....

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

Shared outrage against a licence to kill in pursuit of oil

Source country greenpeace Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:18:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killed[1]; kill[3]; whale[2]; Whales[1]; whales[3];

Entities: Marine Mammal Protection Act[1]; Ben Ayliffe[1];

Other categories: Ecology;

Blogpost by Ben Ayliffe - May 24, 2012 at 15:40 Add comment Several of Greenpeace’s friends recently filed a lawsuit to challenge a decision by the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) allowing oil company Apache Alaska Corporation to kill up to 30 Cook Inlet Beluga Whales....

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

Source country news-yahoo Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:11:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[2]; SEAL[1];

Entities: George Little[1]; Peter King[1]; Hurt Locker[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Mark Boal[1]; Osama bin Laden[5]; Kathryn Bigelow[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden....

S.Africa seals mines to curb illegal miners

Source country newsday Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:32:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killed[1];

Entities: Susan Shabangu[1];

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Susan Shabangu said: "Illegal mining is starting to rear its ugly head again as illicit activities have recently been reported in the Northern Cape, Free State and Gauteng,"

On Wednesday at least three illegal miners were killed and 18 others trapped underground when a tunnel collapsed in a disused diamond mine in an area on the edge of Namaqualand Mines, which diamond giant De Beers is in the process of selling to miner Trans Hex....

Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal met White House officials to prep Bin Laden movie

Source country panarmenian-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:27:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[1]; SEAL[1]; Seal[1]; killing[1];

Entities: John O Brennan[1]; Denis McDonough[1]; Mark Boal[2]; Tom Fitton[1]; Osama bin Laden[8]; Kathryn Bigelow[2];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

Department of Defense and CIA granted access to the team responsible for the capture and killing of bin Laden....

Access Hollywood: Pentagon, CIA leaked Bin Laden raid info to filmmakers

Source country rt Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:21:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[2]; SEAL[1]; Seal[1];

Entities: George Little[1]; Denis McDonough[1]; Jennifer Youngblood[1]; John Brennan[1]; Peter King[1]; Hurt Locker[1]; Tommy Vietor[1]; Mark Boal[1]; Osama bin Laden[12]; Kathryn Bigelow[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

Classified data about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden may have been leaked to Hollywood. The CIA and Pentagon are accused of dangerously tight involvement with the writers of a movie, denounced as pre-election... Read Full Article at RT.com...

S.Africa seals mines to curb illegal miners

Source country reuters-af Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:55:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; killed[1]; seal[1];

Entities: Susan Shabangu[1];

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa has set up a task team to seal access points at mines in a bid to stem a resurgence in illegal mining, the mines minister said on Thursday....

Walviswervels gevonden bij bouwwerkzaamheden in Noord

Source country parool Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:37:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] walvisvaart[1];

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Bij de bouwwerkzaamheden op het Twiske Zuid in Noord is een opmerkelijke vondst gedaan: twee walviswervels met elk een doorsnee van zo'n veertig centimeter. Tijdens de sanering van een gedempte sloot op het bouwterrein van de vroegere kuiperij ......

Illegal Immigrants in Greece: At the Mercy of the People Smugglers

Source country spiegel-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:04:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seals[1]; kill[1];

Entities: Golden Dawn[1]; Michael Hartmann[1];

Other categories: Turkey-EU; EU-USA; Human Trafficking; FRA-EU; EU-Asia; Customs; Humanitarian aid; Justice, freedom and security;

Many of the illegal immigrants in the EU arrive via Greece, which is overwhelmed by the flood of incomers. The would-be migrants are ruthlessly exploited by people smugglers, and many of them die in the attempt to get to Europe. SPIEGEL heard the stories of a group of young Bangladeshi men who made.......

Хора сме все пак

Source country deutschewelle-bg Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:41:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] ловът на китове[1];

Entities: Carl Hanser[1];

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Хем ги галим, хем ги ядем - отношението ни към животните е истински парадокс, пише в новата си книга американският психолог Хал Херцог. И добавя: Но това не е нито аномалия, нито пък лицемерие. Чисто човешко е....

Green Blog: Tremors of Anxiety Over Arctic Drilling

Source country nytimes Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:28:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[1]; whaling[3]; whale[4]; whales[6];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters;

Local Inupiat worry about the possibility of an oil spill, harm to whales and a change in their way of life....

New York Times: Arctic-sea oil exploration stands to open new frontier

Source country HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:16:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] seal[1]; Whale[1]; whaling[2]; whale[4]; whales[3];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Heather Zichal[1]; Michael Brune[1];

Other categories: Environment (general); Manmade Disasters; Environmental protection; Ecology;

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Michael Brune said: “We never would have expected a Democratic president let alone one seeking to be ‘transformative’ to open up the Arctic Ocean for drilling,”

WASHINGTON >> Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2010, the leaders of the commission President Barack Obama had appointed to investigate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sat down in the Oval Office to brief him....

New word of extra White House help on OBL film

Source country CBSnews Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] SEAL[2]; kill[1]; killing[2];

Entities: Mark Boal[1]; Robert Gates[1]; Osama bin Laden[5]; Charlie Rose[1]; Hurt Locker[1]; Kathryn Bigelow[1]; Peter King[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

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Peter King said: "I give the president full credit for this raid," "But it seems as if the White House wasn't content to let that be enough. ... I believe they could have compromised secrets, they put people's lives at risk"

Robert Gates replied: "The one where we pledged to each other we would never go out in public with operational (laugh) details?"

Critics: White House gave told Hollywood too much about raid that killed bin Laden, and new documents strengthen assertion...

Officials helped makers of Osama bin Laden film, documents show

Source country latimes Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:21:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] SEAL[2]; killing[1];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; George Little[1]; James Gregory[1]; Osama bin Laden[4];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Security;

Pentagon and CIA papers show the agencies granted privileges to director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, including access to a Navy SEAL and a CIA 'vault.' There is no indication that classified information was shared.WASHINGTON In the months after the U.S....

Schneller schlau: Was lässt den Wal zum Großmaul werden?

Source country wirtschaftswoche Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:35:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] Walfang[1];

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Doch wie weiß der Wal eigentlich, ob es sich lohnt, das Maul aufzusperren? Dieser Frage sind US-Forscher einmal nachgegangen. Sie wollten frühere Untersuchungen überprüfen, wonach Furchenwale – zu denen neben den Blauwalen auch die kleineren Arten Finn- und Minkwal zählen – ihre Mäuler zur Jagd.......

Schneller schlau: Was lässt den Wal zum Großmaul werden?

Source country Handelsblatt Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:20:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] Walfang[1];

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Wenn Blauwale, die größten Lebewesen auf der Erde, hungrig sind, werden sie zu echten Großmäulern. Mit weit aufgerissenem Maul nehmen sie einen Riesenschluck Wasser, den sie anschließend durch ihren gewaltigen Kehlsack pressen. Die Nahrung – Krill und Fische – bleibt dabei in sogenannten Barten hängen....

Articles published more than 12 hours ago

THE ROVING EYE : How Osama re-elects Obama

Source country asiatimes Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:42:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[2]; SEAL[1];

Entities: George W Bush[1]; Pepe Escobar[1]; Hurt Locker[1]; Spider Man[2]; Mark Boal[1]; Osama bin Laden[6];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

The release of hundreds of pages of government documents reveal that Kathryn Hurt Locker Bigelow was given unprecedented access to top-level sources for the movie she is making on the SEAL raid in Pakistan that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden. Essentially, this will be a Hollywood 90-minute.......

'Bin Laden doctor' jailed for treason in Pakistan

Source country euronews-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:56:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Whaling] killed[1]; Seals[1];

Entities: Osama bin Laden[6];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years for treason. Shakeel Afridi was tried under the…...

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