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Pakistan president to attend NATO summit | Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues. | Nadeem Hotian... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera Afghan Nato Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War |
Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan stipulating a truce and dialogue... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts) Otago Daily Times Government Photos Politics Syria Wikipedia: Syria |
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Muslims not to tolerate new US threats: Hafiz Saeed Nowshera, May 14: | Ameer Jammat-ud-Dawah Hafiz Saeed has said that the Ummah would not tolerate the threats to assault Mecca and Madina from the USA, which has imposed â... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary) The Siasat Daily Military Pakistan Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed |
Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers | An agreement deal that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, a senior Palestinian official to... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera Cairo Hunger Israel Palestinian Photos Wikipedia: Palestinian political violence |
Deal with Saudis to shore up Bahrain's repressive regime | Saudi troops leading a 1,500-strong force from the Arab Gulf states entered Bahrain in March last year as the Bahraini government began a campaign of brutal repression ... (photo: AP / Bahrain TV via APTN) The Independent Bahrain Photos Saudi Arabia Troops Wikipedia: Bahraini uprising (2011present) |
Robert Fisk: Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop? | I weary a bit of this stuff. If the CIA and the Brits and the Saudis have really penetrated al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula – or AQAP, as we are now enjoined to ca... (photo: AP / U.S. Marshal's Service) The Independent Arab world Crime Photos War crimes Wikipedia: Joseph Kony |
Saudi says $100 per barrel great price for oil ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sees $100 per barrel as a great price for crude, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Sunday. International Brent crude se... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The Guardian Economy Oil Photos Saudi Arabia Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia |
Greece in final bid to avoid fresh elections | Greece's president will meet the leaders of the country's three biggest parties on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to cobble together a coalition and avoid a repeat elec... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera Business Elections Photos Politics Wikipedia: Evangelos Venizelos |
India's Satara district parched by drought | An acute shortage of water in parts of India has left an estimated 250,000 people in the Satara district of western Maharashtra state suffering through drought conditio... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Al Jazeera Maharashtra People Photos Water Wikipedia: Satara district |
U.S. resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of popu... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Star Arms Bahrain Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Bahraini uprising (2011present) |