World News

The term "world news" refers to any news story that has a global relevance or interest. This information is usually presented by large media corporations such as BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), CNN, ITN, SBS and SKY NEWS.

Traditionally, world news has been broadcast via television. More recently, it has found a home on the internet on a 24 hour basis. The topics can range from the latest breaking global economic breakdown, to solar energy and related energy topics, to the latest toy to make a global impact on people's lives. Additionally most major broadcasting centers host a piece on sports, vacations and trip planning, especially during popular holidays and summer.


World news is very popular with bloggers, because by nature, it affects all of us. The MSNBC blog, hosted by the team at MSNBC news, is a typical example of the sites available under this topic search. The presentation is of the highest quality with links to other countries and illustrations of the most colorful items of recent news headlines.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “World News”

• CBS and NBC Skip Hasans Ominous We Love Death More Than You Love Life

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 834
  Tuesday night ABCs Brian Ross highlighted how in a 2007 presentation mass-murdering Army Major Nidal Hasan exposed his radicalism and adherence to Islam over the U.S. Army as he charged “its getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged ...
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• Blackwater approved payments in Iraq shooting - report

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Blackwater executives authorized about $1 million (598,000 pounds) in payments to Iraqi officials to buy support and silence criticism of the private security firm after a deadly shooting in Baghdad in 2007, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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• Its good to be king...

  
  TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum — Authority: 164
  While watching the talking heads today there was a segment on Rupert Murdochs scathing remarks concerning Google stealing content from him and called them a parasite... He is going to block all of his sites from Googles search engines... Perhaps not a good idea as it turns out that an estimate 25% of his readership ...
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• Outage leaves millions without power in Brazil

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  SAO PAULO (Reuters - A major electricity outage left tens of millions of people in Brazils two largest cities of Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro without power on Tuesday night.
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• Outage leaves millions without power in Brazil

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  SAO PAULO (Reuters - A major electricity outage left tens of millions of people in Brazils two largest cities of Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro without power on Tuesday night.
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• EU president to be chosen on Nov 19 - report

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - The European Unions first full-time president will be chosen on November 19, the Financial Times reported in its Wednesday edition, citing Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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• EU president to be chosen on Nov 19: report

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - The European Unions first full-time president will be chosen on November 19, the Financial Times reported in its Wednesday edition, citing Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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• Potential German World Cup Team Goalkeeper Found Dead

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 538
  German national football team goalkeeper and probable World Cup 2010 starter Robert Enke was found dead. He was struck and killed by a train in Neustadt am Rubenburge close to a level crossing near his home on Tuesday. Initial investigation results show that is was a suicide. He was 32. The two drivers of the train ...
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• Goodbye, my beloved son: Father gives up court battle to keep his disabled boy alive

  
  Gossip, Entertainment, Latest News And Headlines — Authority: 513
  The boy’s mother had wanted doctors to withdraw the one-year-old’s ventilator, which is keeping the child alive. His father had initially wanted care to continue.more
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• From the archive: Mr Churchill on our one aim

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Originally published on 11 November 1942 At the Lord Mayors luncheon at the Mansion House yesterday Mr. Churchill spoke of our victory in Egypt. R.A.F. fighters patrolled over London during the Premiers speech. Mr. Churchill said: I notice, my Lord Mayor, by your speech that you had reached the conclusion that, the ...
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• The making of an American soldier

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  When Ian Fisher signed up for the US army aged 18 at the height of the Iraq war in 2007, photographer Craig F Walker captured his journey
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• An astonishingly intimate portrait of a baby-faced soldier

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The photographer Craig F Walker followed a young American soldier, Ian Fisher for over two years, from his recruitment to his return from Iraq. The result is a remarkable record of a young mans struggles to serve his nation There has been no shortage of front-line photography from Iraq. Images of boot camps, training ...
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• Berlin Wall: Germany marks 20-year anniversary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Residents remember the fall of the wall 20 years ago as politicians from around the world arrive to join in the celebrations Steve Bell
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• Guardian Daily podcast: Conservative leader David Cameron vows to ‘use state to remake society’

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The Conservative leader David Cameron has outlined his plans for tackling poverty and inequality in a speech at the Guardians headquarters. Making the sixth annual Hugo Young memorial lecture, Cameron said Labours "big government" has "squeezed out" individuals sense of civic responsibliity. Instead of big ...
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• United Airline pilot arrested before takeoff at Heathrow on alcohol charges

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Police alerted as flight departure with 124 passengers was imminent A United Airlines pilot has been charged with being over the alcohol limit to fly a plane after police at Heathrow arrested him just before his aircraft took off bound for Chicago with 124 passengers and 11 crew on board. Metropolitan police boarded ...
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• Gazing Lovingly Into The Pool

  
  Blue Crab Boulevard — Authority: 537
  Toby Harndon on the narcissist in chief:There was one world leader absent for today’s commemorations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Surprisingly enough, it’s President Barack Obama, who found time last year to give a campaign speech there last year, which Der Spiegel summed up as ...
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• Nestlé, Hershey could still enter race for Cadbury

  
  Australian Food News — Authority: 512
  Hershey and Nestle will not “willingly stand by” and become less competitive in the global confectionery market - and could still launch a rival bid for Cadbury, one analyst has suggested.Simon Marshall-Lockyer, an equity analyst at Jefferies International, has insisted that a joint offer from Hershey and Kit Kat ...
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• Copenhagen climate talks: Time to change, no time to waste

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Next month, 192 countries will meet to set targets on carbon emissions. The summit will pit the developed world against the developing world in a last-ditch bid to limit warming to 2C The worlds first global treaty to combat climate change, the Kyoto Protocol, was agreed in December 1997 after exhausting, all-night ...
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• Charter for Compassion: At one with our ignorance

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  If ever there was a time for compassion, a time to humbly accept what we dont know, it is now When a man came to converse with Socrates, he usually thought that he had a fair knowledge of what he was talking about. But after half an hour of Socrates questioning, he discovered that he knew nothing at all – and at ...
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• World News Briefs -- November 10, 2009 (Evening Edition)

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 459
  As Obama Attends Fort Hood Memorial, Investigation Explores Motive -- Washington Post FORT HOOD, Tex. -- President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended a memorial service Tuesday for victims of last weeks rampage at this Army post, honoring the 13 who were killed and meeting with many of the three dozen ...
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