Thousands of Bahrainis protest outside the capital against a plan to create a union of Gulf Arab countries, with similar demonstrations in Tehran and Dubai.

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Protesters angered by Gulf union

Can Cameron and Hollande bridge the political gulf between them?

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For dropping the name “Persian Gulf” on map feature.

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Iran May Sue Google

Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials. Read full article > >

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The state of Nuevo Leon has has become a battleground between the Gulf and Zetas drug cartels. A message at the scene appeared to refer to the Zetas.

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49 decapitated bodies found near U.S.-Mexico border

The Canadian firm trying to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the US Gulf Coast has formally proposed a new route, the US state department says.

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New path for Keystone XL pipeline

Iranians are complaining that Google Maps now has no name on the body of water that they call the Persian Gulf and is also known as the Arabian Gulf.

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The two women met for the first time last week at a sleek Georgetown hotel, where they were speakers at a glittering charity dinner. They shook hands and hugged across a vast gulf of culture, geography and faith: one a devout Muslim from West Africa with her hair carefully hidden under a tight scarf, the other a gregarious South Asian in a stylish sari and costume earrings. Read full article > >

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Not victims of tradition: Women emerge as symbols for girls facing abusive fates

A small plane with an unresponsive pilot crashed in the central Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after circling above the ocean for more than two hours, but it appeared intact after hitting the water, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

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A pair of strong earthquakes rocked Mexico's Gulf of California only minutes apart early Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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In a country filled with weight loss reality shows and outsized fast food combos, the omnipresence of food insecurity and hunger in the United States might come as a shock to some. According to the USDA, 50 million people, or 16.6 percent of Americans, live in households at risk of hunger. The Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, now puts food on the table for one in seven Americans. A family of three (one adult, two kids) earning more than $23,900 would not be eligible for food stamps. The new documentary, “Hunger Hits Home,” explores the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the parents, children, anti-hunger activists, educators and politicians on the front lines of the battle. The film, which premieres April 14, is part of Food Network's ongoing partnership with Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. Here's what's at stake in our own backyard and beyond. Living on food stamps and charitable assistance The food stamp challenge results: eating on $30 a week Could you live on $30 a week? 5 Shocking statistics about hunger Witnesses to Hunger: A portrait of food insecurity in America Childhood malnutrition has long lasting effects Criticism aside, food stamp program is “an essential lifeline” for 46 million people “A time of record need” for food insecure Lawmakers eat on a food stamp budget School lunch as a lifeline When school's out for summer, stomachs grumble In Kenya, when school is out, children face starvation Hungry at the holidays Feeding “motel kids” Celebrity chefs pitching in Tom Colicchio talks childhood hunger Eric Ripert – Feeding the needy with fancy fish Michel Nischan talks fixing a broken food system and helping out fishing families in the Gulf Starvation in Somalia What starvation feels like The funny sounding nut paste that's saving children's lives in Somalia “Feed the world's children. This, we should be able to do.” Catch up on all Eatocracy coverage of hunger and food deserts From our fellow food sites: FN Dish: 4 Ways to Take Action Against Childhood Hunger Today EatingWell: 6 Inspiring People Who Are Fighting Hunger BlogHer Food: Poor Girl on SNAP: Using EBT at the Farmers' Market Food52: A Day in the Life at Share Our Strength GMA.com: Fight Hunger With These 5 Charities Cooking Channel: Join the Great American Bake Sale Food Republic: Joining Bloggers to Take on Hunger YumSugar: 5 Ways to Fight World Hunger Beyond Donating Money

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Focus on hunger and hope

Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending their unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and engulfing several buildings in flames.

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Navy Jet Crashes in Virginia

BEIRUT — Turkey’s prime minister arrived in Iran on Thursday for talks dominated by the violence engulfing Syria, while U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon presented an Arab League summit in Baghdad with a U.N.-endorsed plan for ending the fighting and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed to the region for discussions focused on the crisis. Read full article > >

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Syria crisis tops diplomatic agenda at Turkey-Iran meeting, Arab League summit, Clinton talks

Move crude from Canada to Gulf Coast.

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Two Pipelines Challenge Keystone

KAMAKURA, Japan At 2:46 p.m. this Sunday, March 11, my family and I will join millions of Japanese standing silently, perhaps at a Buddhist temple or a Shinto shrine. With heads bowed, we will remember the events of one year earlier, when our house swayed for nearly three minutes, the power died, and, in the Tohoku region a couple of hundred miles north, waves engulfed entire towns and two nuclear plants. We’ll relive the sorrow over the 19,000 lives lost in the Great East Japan Disaster, as the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami are known here. Read full article > >

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Last year’s tragedy failed to rouse Japan from its stagnation