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Breaking News Thu, 17 May 2012
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Arms   Iran   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confide... (photo: AP)
The Star
Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012.
China   Communism   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang  
Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's leadership transition... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
Al Jazeera
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit 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  
Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. 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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Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, center waves to media, chief of an Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, arrives under tight security to appear before the judicial review board of High Court in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 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 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  
This screen grab taken from Bahrain TV shows troops arriving in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on Monday, March 14, 2011. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations, launching the first cross-border military operation to quell unrest since the Arab world's rebellions began in December. 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)  
This Dec. 2009 photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged in federal court with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec. 25 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. 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  
A Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. 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  
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos talks during a forum titled "Greece, Mediterranean and the Arab world" in Athens on Tuesday October 11, 2011. Greece's international debt inspectors have completed their review of the government's reforms, and that if its conclusions are adopted by the eurozone and IMF, the country is likely to receive the next batch of its bailout loans in early November. 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  
Dried canal in the Satara district - Maharashtra - India - drought 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  
A shopkeeper runs from his store after riot police came under petrol bomb attack by Bahraini anti-government protesters, unseen, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. 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)  
Oil Business
To buy or bow?
Price of oil still falling as supplies grow
Price of oil still falling as supplies grow
Crude Down 1.2% to New 2012 Low of $92.81 A Barrel
Caltex Petrol Station in Thailand
Gasoline, oil prices continue to drop
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India making progress in reducing oil imports from Iran: Rob
‘AI was bled dry by its own staff’
India making progress in reducing oil imports from Iran: US
UAE exposed to sinking Eurozone
Caltex Petrol Station in Thailand
Gasoline, oil prices continue to drop
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Politics Education
Syria's Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
Syria's Assad - Nations that sow chaos will suffer
Obama administration denies role in arming Syrian rebels
Mona Eltahawy: Egypt's angry young woman
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012.
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
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CBSE appoints UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University vice-chance
High school softball Division I district final/Medina 3, Cop
Technology drives S Korean 'smart' school
Quake fears bring Saudi students to Auckland
Study: Most myopic school-leavers in Asia
Study: Most myopic school-leavers in Asia
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Health Terrorism
If You Were So Inclined, You Could Stick It on a Bumper
F.B.I. Chief Says Leak on Qaeda Plot Is Being Investigated
Syria's Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
Doctor firings expose medical failings in Nigeria
Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers
Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers
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Israel has to change the way it views Palestinian prisoners
Afghan villagers relate nighttime terror of rampage
Pakistan is a 'black hole' for US aid
Pakistan is a 'black hole' for US aid
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
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