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File - A Free Syrian Army fighter fires at Syrian Army positions during a clash in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Syria conflict: Opposition willing to attend talks Sat 25 May 2013
The main Syrian opposition coalition has said it is willing to attend an international peace conference expected to take place in Geneva next month. But a spokesman for... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo) BBC News
Peace   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
Iran's Chief Nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, center, leaves Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed Mosque after he attended Friday prayers there following the for round of talks between Iran and world powers on Iran's nuclear program at the historical Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. Iran election: Conservatives dominate narrow field Sat 25 May 2013
By the standards of democratic countries, presidential elections in Iran are neither free nor fair; but the range of candidates does offer an element of choice. Whether... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) BBC News
Election   Iran   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013
Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili listens to a question during a final news conference in Almaty Iran presidential candidate vows to resist West Fri 24 May 2013
Comment () Tweet TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, says he will pursue a policy of resistance... (photo: AP / Pavel Mikheyev) US News
Business   Photos   Politics   Tehran   Wikipedia: Saeed Jalili
Afghan police take cover following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013. Taliban launch attack in downtown Kabul Fri 24 May 2013
Gunfire and explosions rocked central Kabul on Friday after at least two suicide bombs tore through the Afghan capital, the second attack to hit the city in just over a... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid) France24
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
British Foreign Minister William Hague listens to his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh, not shown, at a press conference in Amman Jordan on Tuesday William Hague says Israel has 'lost international support' over its policies Fri 24 May 2013
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said that Israel has lost international support in recent years over its building of settlements. Foreign Secretary William Hague... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh) The Daily Telegraph
Israel   Palestine   Photos   West Bank   Wikipedia: William Hague
President Barack Obama waves as he walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington >Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen Fri 24 May 2013
President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Seattle Post
Congress   Drone   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, Monday March 18, 2013. Russia: Syria agrees to take part in talks Fri 24 May 2013
Russia says the Syrian government had agreed in principle to attend an international peace conference proposed by Russia and the US, and criticised what it... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video) Al Jazeera
Peace Talks   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
Fire fighters extinguish a fire at the Great Prophet Shiite mosque after a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. Iraq's reminder of the worst of times Fri 24 May 2013
On two separate mornings, bombs went off almost simultaneously in many different public places around Baghdad. In the chaos, we visited Meshtal, a predominantly Shia... (photo: AP / Emad Matti) BBC News
Iraq   Photos   Shiite   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency
A bus carrying Palestinian passengers arrive from the Egyptian side as Egyptian soldiers guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2013. Egypt re-opened the border crossing on Wednesday five days after they sealed it of the abduction of seven security personnel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN All human life is precious Fri 24 May 2013
PERHAPS someone will explain why, when a Muslim kills a solider on British soil, he is called a terrorist, but when a British solider kills a Muslim in Iraq, or... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Belfast Telegraph
Life   Muslim   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Human life
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington Defending the drone Fri 24 May 2013
President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes. Critics argue that the secret CIA-run program... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci) Chicago Tribune
Business   Defense   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Cameron: Britain won't succumb to terror Fri 24 May 2013
LONDON -- Prime Minister vowed Thursday that his nation would not succumb to fear and promised a vigorous investigation into the brutal slaying of a British soldier by... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) Newsday
Britain   Defense   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2013 Woolwich attack
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. John Kerry reaches out in effort to restart Middle East peace talks Fri 24 May 2013
United States secretary of state John Kerry is pushing ahead with efforts to resume Middle East peace talks despite no signs of a diplomatic breakthrough. Yesterday he... (photo: AP / Jim Young) The Irish Times
Israel   Palestinians   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
A supporter of President Barack Obama uses a digital camera to snap a picture during a fundraiser at Southern Maine Community College, Friday, March, 30, 2012 in Portland, Maine. Obama Lifts Ban on Guantanamo Transfers to Yemen Thu 23 May 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The New York Times
Guantanamo   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp   Yemen
U.S. academic and polemicist Noam Chomsky, left, speaks at Jordan's University in Amman, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, during an online lecture with Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. Video: Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars From Laos to Yemen to Pakistan Thu 23 May 2013
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill and author Noam Chomsky recently sat down together at Harvard University to discuss Scahill’s groundbreaking new book, "Dirty... (photo: AP / Mohammad Abu Ghosh) Democracy Now
Dirty Wars   Jeremy Scahill   Noam Chomsky   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Anti-Americanism
File - A portrait of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit’s meeting on Afghanistan in Lisbon, Portugal, 20 November, 2010. Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term Thu 23 May 2013
NEW DELHI — Seeking to dispel widespread rumors that he will find a way to cling to power beyond the end of his second term next year, President Hamid Karzai of... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) The New York Times
Business   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai
File - Children at play at the Yida settlement in Unity state, in northern South Sudan, 12 March, 2013. Opened in 2011, Yida has over 70,000 refugees. Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees Thu 23 May 2013
Amnesty International says the world is growing more dangerous for refugees and migrants. The organization’s annual report says the rights of millions of people who... (photo: UN / Martine Perret) Voa News
Human Rights   Photos   Refugee   War   Wikipedia: Refugee
The Hon Barack Obama and the Prime Minister of Denmark Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech Thu 23 May 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) Kansas City Star
Business   Photos   Politics   USA   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
General view showing an empty beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Security officials say a shark has killed an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a few days after three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist were badly mauled in shark attacks. Tourism in Egypt: Hope amid a slow recovery Thu 23 May 2013
May 23, 2013 -- Updated 0511 GMT (1311 HKT) Some worry that the Muslim Brotherhood government will impose strict morality provisions on Egypt's beach resorts, such as... (photo: AP) CNN
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Tourism in Egypt
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of Afghanistan, Mr. Hamid Karzai exchanging the singed documents of an agreement on Strategic Partnership between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of India, in New Delhi on October 04, 2011. India-Afghanistan mining collaboration: exuberance to reality checks Thu 23 May 2013
KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) - The exuberance over India and Afghanistan collaborating in the minerals and metals industries was giving way to a reality check as revealed... (photo: PIB of India / PHOTODIVISION ) Mining Weekly
Afghanistan   India   Mining   Wikipedia: Afghanistan–India relations   Photos
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. London attack: Terrorists targeting soldiers at home again? Thu 23 May 2013
May 23, 2013 -- Updated 0227 GMT (1027 HKT) London (CNN) -- Security experts are starting to analyze events leading up to the horrific cleaver attack of a man believed to... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) CNN
Crime   London   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2013 Woolwich attack
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