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First arrested landing of a U.S. Navy FA-18 Hornet (from VFA-131 "Wildcats") aboard the French nuclear powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle off the Virginia Capes in 2005 US.
Afghanistan   Britain   Conflict   Photos   Security		  The Guardian 
Aircraft carriers are a cost-effective way of deterring conflicts
Fri 3 Jul 2009
Simon Jenkins () condemns the new aircraft carriers as relics of the cold war and instead suggests making exclusive preparation for Afghanistan-type operations the principal driver of British defence... (photo: Creative Commons / Guillaume Rueda)
An Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Acehnese are voting in their first ever direct elections under an autonomy agreement reached with the Indonesian government after decades of armed con
Elections   Indonesia   Islam   Photos   Politics		  Voa News 
Islam Still a Force in Indonesian Elections
Wed 1 Jul 2009
With the Indonesian presidential elections looming, some political analysts are wondering what role Muslim organizations will play. In parliamentary elections earlier this year the Islamic parties... (photo: AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Reinforcement Afghan soldiers wait at Kabul airport before taking a flight to Arghandab district which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The Afghan army, which flew four planeloads of soldiers to Kandahar on Tuesday from the capital, Kabul, said 300 to 400 militants had gathered in Arghandab, many of them foreign fighters. The U.S.-led coalition, however, said it conducted a patrol through the region "and found no evidence that militants control the are  The Times  Fri 3 Jul 2009
Government must face the real Afghan issues
Sir, The loss of Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond ("British commander is killed by Taleban bomb", June 3) yet again throws into sharp focus the lack, both in the UK and... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Britain   Defence   Photos   Taliban
King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative forum in New York, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. The non-partisan 3-day conference, led by Clinton to address poverty, climate change, and other worldwide issues, launched Thursday with a gathering of political leaders and activists who are promising to pitch in - and must put those pledges in writin  NZ Herald  Fri 3 Jul 2009
Jordan's King names son successor
4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II has named his eldest son as heir to the throne, ending five years of speculation over his successor. Abdullah's move is aimed at avoiding... (photo: AP / Adam Rountree)
Dynasty   Government   Jordan   Photos   Society
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U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill, center, and Gen. Ray Odierno are seen at a U.S. military base near Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 3, 2009. Iraqi NGOs at a U.S. military base near Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 3, 2009. The Star Fri 3 Jul 2009
Anti-U.S. protesters denounce Biden visit to Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr paraded through a Baghdad slum on Friday, burning American flags and shouting anti-U.S. slogans during a... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed, Pool)
Defence   Iraq   Photos   Politics   US
A Russian traditional wooden doll, Matreshka, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, is held by a street vendor in downtown Moscow, Friday, July 3, 2009. Asia Times Fri 3 Jul 2009
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow

By M K Bhadrakumar In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Defense   Photos   Politics   Russia   US
Iran: Women and dressing codes The Examiner Thu 2 Jul 2009
Women of Iran (Part 2)

Comment RSS Email Print (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Currently Iranian men have sole right to divorce and to child custody. One man's testimony equals that of two... (photo: Creative Commons / farshadebrahimi)
Iran   People   Photos   Society   Women
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., takes the podium to speak at a rally at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Ind. Sunday, May 4, 2008. The Examiner Fri 3 Jul 2009
Hillary Clinton tougher on Iran than political-straddler Obama

Comment RSS Email Print AP Photo While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advocated a stronger U.S. response to the beating and killing of protesting Iranians, President... (photo: AP / Elise Amendola)
Iran   Photos   Political   UK   US
Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, seen, prior to a meeting with parliament members in Jerusalem, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Likud will get 27 seats in the 120-seat parliament, one less than Kadima with 28 seats. Kadima leader Tzipi Livni and Netanyahu are already hard at work trying to line up potential partners for a governing coalition. The hawkish bloc headed by Likud, including the new No. 3 party, Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu, controls 65 seats, giving Netanyahu the edge in coalition building. But each party has its own agenda, and getting them all to sit around the same Cabinet table is far from automatic Middle East Online Wed 1 Jul 2009
Palestinian state still taboo for Likud ministers

JERUSALEM - The concept of an independent Palestinian state remains anathema for key figures in Israel's ruling hardline Likud party despite Prime Minister Benjamin... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Politics   Photos   Palestin   Netanyahu   Israel
Packdropped with flags of AU members, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right receives President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Ahmed ahead of the opening session of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Independent online (SA) Thu 2 Jul 2009
 AU summit tackles conflicts across Africa

Sirte - African leaders hold talks on Thursday regarding Somalia and a slate of other conflicts at a continental summit hosted by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who is... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Africa   Conflict   Leaders   Photos   Summit


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A pipeline repairman from Iraq´s Northern Oil Company looks down at a ruptured section of a natural gas line which runs beneath the ageal petroleum field in Salah Ah Din province south of Kirkuk, Iraq, May 14, 2007 cg1 Chevron backs out of Iraq's oil auction San Fransisco Chronicle
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters about Commerce Secretary designate Judd Gregg on Air Force One shortly after landing in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. ANALYSIS - Trade, defence top Obama Saudi agenda The Star
US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1st Battalion (BN), 66th Armored Regiment (1/66th), 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, walk past a smoke plume during a reconnaissance patrol at the site of an Iraqi insurgent attack against an oil pipeline, near Taji, Baghdad Pro Oil firms brace for worst, hope for best in Iraq Gulf News
Iraqi petroleum refinery is viewed from a guard tower on Camp Shaibah, in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2008. Bidding war for Iraq's huge oil contracts sputters into life The Independent
Nuclear Watch
Iranian residents in Japan, along with others, holds a placard denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and shouts slogans during a rally against the results of the presidential election in Iran. Turmoil could thwart Iranian ambitions The Australian
President Barack Obama, surrounded by members of Congress, and others, signs the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Monday, June 22, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama: Iran cannot be permitted to be nuke power The Examiner
Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, right, chats with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their talks in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007. The Iranian president, is on a two-day visit to Sudan, to discuss bilateral relations, the Da Egypt's political apathy The Guardian
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde holds a news conference in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, following talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. France, Kuwait discuss nuclear project Middle East Online
Warfare
Soldiers of the 101st airborne 3-187 "Bravo" company, based out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on the SSE (Sensitive Site Exploitation) mission, coordinate troop movements in search of weapon stockpiles and remaining al-Qaida members Tuesday, July 23, 2002, in Narizah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Kabul. The sweep that began this week is the latest military operation in southeast Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, where remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida are suspected to be sheltering in themountains. This latest mission has uncovered caches of weapons and lead to the detainment of a suspected al-Qaida member. Afghan offensives reveal Barack Obama's strategy The Australian
Man and woman (holding her child) walking by the road in northern Afghanistan Country profile: Afghanistan BBC News
US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1st Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1-4 Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division checks equipment on his M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) while guarding a blocking position outside of Samarra, Iraq during Operation Baton Rouge i The U.S. in Iraq: An audit of the pain The Salt Lake Tribune
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a meeting on economic issues in the Kremlin, Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Medvedev sought to restore calm to Russia's battered equity markets and investment image Thursday, saying the upheaval would be "temporary." His comments come as domestic markets suffered one of their worst weeks in two years, amid sliding oil prices, geopolitical tension after Russia's brief war with Georgia, and concerns about government interference in bus Russia to allow US weapon shipments to Afghanistan Denver Post
Religion
Hezbollah - Hizbollah - Television - Proiran - Al-Manar TV (om1) French comic skips Lebanon after Hezbollah claims Syracuse
A Palestinian woman gestures next to Israeli soldiers blocking the road as contractors remove olive trees planted by Palestinian farmers on land near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba outside the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Israel: Rise of the Right Al Jazeera
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