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Four Americans are killed in a military training exercise – The EU might be getting ready to turn the page with Cuba – Did someone deliberately poison kids' food in Japan? – There’s a place on earth where you can go to jail for comparing someone to a potato.

The mayors of several French cities are banning scheduled performances by a ‘comedian’ who is widely accused of anti-Semitism, although he maintains his act is anti-establishment and anti-Zionist.  Nevertheless, even France’s President has joined the fight against Dieudonne M'bala M'bala.

Seven women and five men were killed at a brothel in the Zayouna area of east Baghdad on Tuesday, the attack coinciding with a rise in violence not seen since the country emerged from brutal sectarian strife in 2008.

In an audacious move against the wide-ranging corruption investigation that is threatening his office, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has removed some 350 police officers from their posts in Ankara overnight.

A week late, but the first batch of raw materials from Syria’s chemical weapons stocks was loaded onto a Danish cargo ship and taken out of the war-torn country by a Danish vessel.  It was escorted by Chinese, Danish, Norwegian and Russian frigates.

The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has reportedly died.  This comes less than a month after Kim Jong-Un had her husband, his uncle Jang Song Thaek arrested and executed, celebrating the killing and denouncing him as a “dog”.

Marriage Equality is stalled in the Western US – An anti-drug fighter is hurt in a plane crash – Germany’s leader is sidelined after a skiing accident – And why is a classic 1980s band getting back together?  

A new al Qaeda-linked militant group has become an unexpected major factor in the Mideast.  It’s called “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant” (ISIS) – Levant being the geographic term for the eastern Mediterranean roughly from Turkey to Egypt – and it has successfully exploited the security voids in Iraq and Syria.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to hold summits with the leaders of China and South Korea to explain his recent visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, a shrine reviled around Asia because it venerates Japan’s worst war criminals alongside rank and file war dead.

Reviled by the Muslim Brotherhood and praised by Egyptians who believe their turbulent nation needs a strong hand, Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is reportedly planning on a new job once the nation is returned to democracy – President.

The world’s biggest consumer of illegal Elephant Ivory took a major step in sending a message to its and international smugglers – that China is no longer willing to tolerate the ivory trade, which is responsible for decimating elephant populations in Africa.

The Iraqi army is planning to storm the city of Fallujah which fell under the control of an al Qaeda militant group that fights in both Iraq and Syria.  It’s a troubling sign of the terrorist organization’s resurgence in Iraq, where it had largely been put out of business just three years ago.

A cold snap so awful it’s being described as “life threatening” is gripping the upper Midwest and northeastern United States, and the next two days will usher in the region's lowest temperatures in two decades.  Most places will be well below zero – Many could see lows deeper than 20 degrees Celsius.

Regressive changes that dismantle Spain’s groundbreaking Solar Power plans are threatening to drive many Solar Power pioneers into insolvency.  And now, people who spent a lot of time and money positioning themselves for the future of energy are now crying foul.

Bangladesh’s opposition greets elections with boycotts and deadly violence – Immigrants demand and end of Israel’s endless incarceration law – Firefighters forced to battle a blaze way past their equipment’s reach.

Pope Francis has announced his first international trip of his papacy, to one of the most troubled areas on earth.  The pontiff will travel to Holy Land, specifically to Jerusalem and to Bethlehem in the West Bank, as well as Amman, Jordan.

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff is considering a plan to open up Brazil’s domestic airline market to foreign carriers, in hopes the competition will force flight prices down and prevent gouging as thousands of tourists are expected to come to the country for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Iraq’s government loses control of an entire city – Bangladesh prepares for trouble in today’s elections – Cops seize unbelievable loads of drugs from the meth capital of China – Don’t buy a car in Cuba.  Seriously.  
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A Rock and Roll legend passes – The humanitarian crisis worsens in Central African Republic – Chicago’s weather really stinks – Some idiot leaves a pot cookie out where a toddler gets it – AND: Vladimir Putin on skis.

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein says he’s in favor of changing the country’s Constitution to allow “any citizen” to become president.  That’s being interpreted as his approval of finally allowing former political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi to seek Myanmar’s highest office.