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Japanese ultra-conservatives are accused of trying to whitewash history after a school district ordered public primary and middle schools restrict student access to “Hadashi no Gen” (Barefoot Gen), a famous manga that depicts the horrors of war and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was back in the defendants’ cage alongside his two sons, former interior minister, and six security chiefs.  He’s charged with complicity in the killings of 900 protesters in the demonstrations that led to his overthrow in 2011.

The Syrian government is giving United Nations weapons inspectors permission to investigate the site of last week’s suspected chemical weapons attack that killed more than 300 people in the suburbs of Damascus.

Independent doctors in Syria say at least 355 civilians died in what many believe to be a chemical weapons attack – A man is caught allegedly smuggling uranium in his shoes – Dispossessed cattlemen suspected of taking fiery revenge on Brazil’s indigenous people.

Retribution for a chemical attack seems to be in the works for Syria – Numbers are way down at the Muslim Brotherhood’s latest attempt at a protest – Portugal burns – Russia’s Far East floods – India wonders when the madness will end.

The biggest political trial in China in decades appears to be much more open than previous proceedings, even if it is still stage-managed.  The trial of former politburo member Bo Xilai went into a second day.

Neo-Nazis went virtually unnoticed in their anti-immigrant murder spree in Germany, because of the anti-immigrant biases of German cops.  That’s according to a parliamentary inquiry into the killings.

Two al Qaeda-linked groups of Islamist militants in Northern Africa have merged for the purpose to taking revenge upon France for its intervention in battling extremists in Mali.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says if the current round of negotiations with Israel results in a Peace Deal, it will be final and will mean the end of Palestinian demands of Israel.

Israel has been forced to apologize to all of Japan for the startlingly offensive, angry, and insensitive comments made by a person who was supposed to be making Israel look good on the Internet.

Hosni Mubarak is out of prison but not quite free – A US Soldier faces sentencing for an atrocity in Afghanistan – Northern Ireland charges a lawmaker for praising the proposed deaths of the leaders of a rival political party – And we’ve got the super scary sinkhole video, swallowing entire trees as if they were French Fries.

As governments around the world scramble to come up with an appropriate response to the apparent use of chemical weapons on civilians in Syria’s civil war, France is using the “f-word”:  That is, to respond with “force”.

The partner of US journalist Glenn Greenwald, who helped publish Edward Snowden's leaked files, has won a partial victory from Britain’s high Court:  There’s now a limited injunction that protects Miranda’s electronics that were seized during his detention at Heathrow.

Egypt’s former military ruler Hosni Mubarek could leave prison and be placed under house arrest sometime Thursday, according to officials.

China’s biggest political trial in decades starts today – The US Soldier who exposed wrongdoing in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars is sentenced to a lengthy prison term – And the former Pope explains the divine inspiration for his historic resignation.

Police in southern France have arrested a suspected member of the notorious “Pink Panther” gang of jewel thieves.  The man had been on the run since he escaped from a Swiss prison three months ago.

Jamaica’s an island with a dual personality, famous for both a carefree lifestyle and for incredibly brutal and drug-fuelled crime.  But now the murder rate has dropped 40 percent in just a few years, from 2009 to 2013. 

The United Nations Security Council has concluded an emergency meeting about the apparent chemical attack in the Eastern suburbs Damascus.

Syrian rebels and opposition political figures say hundreds of people have been killed in a chemical weapons attack the Bashar al-Assad regime carried out on civilians.

Today’s Russians say things have changed quite a bit since the old days of the Soviet Union.  But they say things haven’t necessarily changed for the better.