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Algeria Dominates South Korea, 4-2

South Korea will need to beat Belgium to have any chance of making the last 16.

(RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil) - Algeria have moved up to second in Group H with a convincing 4-2 win over Korea Republic at Porto Alegre's Estadio Beira-Rio.

The Taeguk Warriors were blown away in a first half that ended with their north African opponents three goals to the good, and not even a much-improved second-half showing could prevent Hong Myungbo's team slumping to a damaging defeat.

Algeria: Confusion Over Military Raid to End Hostage Crisis

A government spokesman confirmed some hostages were killed in the operation but said troops had been forced to act to free them after talks with their captors failed.

(PARIS) - Even as Algeria announced the end of its military operation to regain control of its desert gas refinery last night, there were conflicting reports as to what took place earlier in the country’s remote southern desert to end the hostage crisis.

French president François Hollande, said events had taken a “dramatic turn” – a reference to an apparent assault carried out by the Algerian military in the afternoon.

Algeria: Arrest and Beating of Human Rights Defender Mr Yacine Zaid

Algeria must immediately and unconditionally release Yacine Zaid.

(SALEM) - In some parts of this world, there is no room for political resistance. The reward for placing a spotlight on government corruption in Algeria these days can be a viscous beating.

It has come to our attention that Mr. Yacine Zaid, a noted human rights defender in Algeria, was arrested and beaten severely on the morning of 1 October 2012, by three policemen in Ouargla.

All the News from All Angles

Why do Western media lie repeating the slogan "Reporting all the news from all angles” when they know they don’t?

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - This morning burning tires on the highway filled the air with black smoke and blocked traffic. Yesterday, Molotov cocktails killed a policeman trying to keep order.

The day before saw oil spread on the roads so that cars would slip and slide and collide with each other.

The True Story Behind the Egypt NGO Deal

“Surprise, surprise – operating without a license, the foreign NGOs worked on CIA plans for Egypt’s partition”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The ultimate goal of the raids on Egypt’s NGOs and the blocking of its operations and workers on the ground is to set the stage for rigging the looming presidential elections”

An official at Cairo airport has revealed last Thursday that the US military plane which arrived in Cairo to take the 15 NGO workers, including 8 Americans, out of the country was “secured” by a “supreme Egyptian authority.”

Bahrain: Release Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(DHAKA- Bangladesh) - Bahrain should immediately and unconditionally release Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja from prison.

Mr. Al-Khawaja has been in a Hunger Strike for four weeks, he is now suffering deteriorated health, entering his fourth week without nourishment. In an open letter, Al-Khawaja pledged to stay on hunger strike until “freedom or death.”

America: On the Wrong Side of the World Revolution

While seeds of dissent are sprouting in America in the form of the occupy movements, the lack of vibrant political opposition remains truly striking.

(TEHRAN) - Almost half a century has passed since Dr. King uttered those dire but eloquent words of warning when the United States of America was engaged in a barbaric aggression against the Vietnamese people.

Since then, corporate greed, technology and consumerism have come to reign supreme in the U.S., and the inherent evils of racism, materialism and militarism as we were forewarned by Dr. King appear now to be invincible.

Gunmen executing people in the streets - Homs eyewitness

Western-backed rebels in Syria are gunning down Christians from rooftops...

(MOSCOW RT) - People have been left without water or electricity as rebels destroy water pumps and power converters. Civilians are forced to stay inside as snipers shoot from the rooftops.

RT in Damascus managed to contact an eyewitness in Homs, who says gunmen are killing civilians in the streets. Galina says leaving home is out of the question, as snipers “can shoot you in the back.”

`From Misurata we came to free Syria!`
Homs in the Hell of Armed Groups

If you want to speak of "heroes" in Syria, then you should refer to all parties who are suffering, not only to the "heroes" recognized by the West ...

(ROME) - Homs, now, is nothing but a sinister battlefield.

Government soldiers face armed groups which, according to independent witnesses about the true nature of the rebellion, are blindly firing cannon shots to sow terror and death, then pretending that only government forces are bombarding the city.

Syrian Opponent Mamoun Al-Homsi`s Israel Connection

The Arab Digest had previously reported on Syrian Opposition member, Mamoun Al-Homsi, and his call for ethnic cleansing of minorities in Syria. Well, new questions emerge on his politics and suspicious ties with Israel.

(ROME) - Mamoun Al-Homsi is pictured above at the Prague Security Conference (NeoCon) with the Israeli-Italian right wing politician and hardline Zionist, Fiamma Nirenstein.

Nirenstein who is a neocon Zionist has spent much of her life in an illegal East Jerusalem Settlement called Gilo where she still maintains a home.