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Anders Behring Breivik ‘not accountable for attacks’

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Telegraph Psychiatrists have found that Anders Behring Breivik was insane at the time of his attacks on downtown Oslo and Utoya Island. The finding by the two forensic psychiatrists will help determine whether Breivik is sentenced to prison or psychiatric care. Prosecutor Svein Holden says the report shows Breivik was “psychotic” during the attack. If [...]

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Russia Denies Warships Sent to Mediterranean In Defense of Syria

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Nikolai Makarov

Paul Joseph Watson PrisonPlanet Russian General Staff chief Nikolai Makarov today denied that Russia had sent warships to the Mediterranean Sea in defense of Syria, claiming instead that the dispatch of a Russian Navy task force was part of a routine exercise. “We are not sending anything [to Syria],” Makarov told RIA Novosti , refusing to be [...]

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Iranian Protesters Storm Two British Compounds

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British diplomatic compounds in Tehran

VOA Iranian protesters have stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran in response to Britain’s new economic sanctions against Iran. Protesters Tuesday broke windows, scattered documents and pulled down a British flag. They also looted a portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at one of the sites. Outside, protesters chanted “death to Britain.” The British Foreign [...]

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New 2012 Reference Revealed on Mayan Brick

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Mayan ruins in Palenque, southern Mexico

The Epoch Times A second reference to the Mayan December 2012 prophecy has been publicized, and is carved on a piece of brick found at Comalcalco in southern Mexico. Previously, only one ancient glyph has been referred to on a stone tablet at nearby Tortuguero. Known as the Comalcalco brick, the inscription is about 1,300 [...]

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Russia launches new missile defense to cover Atlantic

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radar in Russia’s Kaliningrad region.

Russia Today Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered operational the newest Russian radar system that protects from missile attacks and covers all Europe and Atlantic. Medvedev personally arrived in Russia’s westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad and received a report from the Space Defense Troops commander that the radar station was fully ready for the launch. After [...]

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China prepares for big entry into vaccine market

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China Cheap Vaccines

MedicalXpress China’s vaccine makers are gearing up over the next few years to push exports in a move that should lower costs of lifesaving immunizations for the world’s poor and provide major new competition for the big Western pharmaceutical companies. However, it may take some time before some parts of the world are ready to [...]

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Turkey says ready for ‘any scenario’ in Syria

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davutoglu Turkish FM

TodaysZaman Turkey does not want to consider a military option for intervention in neighbouring Syria as Damascus cracks down on popular protest, but it is ready for any scenario, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Tuesday. Davutoğlu also said the international community may decide a buffer zone is needed in Syria if hundreds of [...]

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Moody’s may cut EU bank ratings

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Tumbit Ratings agency Moody’s said on Tuesday it could downgrade the subordinated debt of 87 banks across 15 European Union nations on concerns that governments would be too cash-strapped to bail out holders of riskier bank debt in times of stress. Moody’s said the greatest number of ratings to be reviewed were in Spain, Italy, [...]

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Iran includes three indigenous submarines in navy

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Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem-Bigham

NewKerala Three domestically-built submarines, which can work at shallow depths and conduct prolonged coastal missions, have been included in Iran’s naval fleet, a top defence official has announced. Deputy commander of the navy, Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem-Bigham said the 120-tonne Ghadir-class submarines were capable of launching torpedoes, operating in shallow waters and precise targeting, Xinhua [...]

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Russia opposes arms embargo on Syria

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Lovrov

Voice of Russia Russia is against imposing an arms embargo on Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow following his meeting with Arab ambassadors to Russia on Monday, Lavrov said lessons should be learnt from the situation in Libya, where an embargo on arms supplies was [...]

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Israeli army warns Lebanon after rockets land in Galilee

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Israeli army warns Lebanon

Al Arabiya Several rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday, and the Jewish state returned fire across the border in response, military officials said. Two buildings in the western Galilee area were damaged, Israeli media said, but there were no reported casualties. Residents said they heard two explosions and that houses shook, according [...]

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Transplanting neurons recovers brain function

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mind brain

Lisa Karpova Pravda.ru A new technique used in mice, is yet to be perfected, but it is hoped that it can be used in the treatment of diseases affecting the brain. Diseases that affect the brain compromise the quality of life for millions of people around the world. A new survey released on Thursday (24th) [...]

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