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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. Chinese in bold call for official's removal Thu 17 May 2012
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... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) Al Jazeera
China   Communism   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang
President Barack Obama addresses audience members during a posthumous Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller in the East Room of the White House Oct. 6, 2010. U.S. sends warning to Saleh backers in Yemen Thu 17 May 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the... (photo: US Army / D. Myles Cullen) Daily Press
Photos   Qaeda   Washington   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution   Yemen
Germany to give $190 mln to Afghanistan after 2014 Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014 Wed 16 May 2012
Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) The Siasat Daily
Afghanistan   Berlin   Germany   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
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 Wed 16 May 2012
Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Mali   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Wed 16 May 2012
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... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera
Afghan   Nato   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. 'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party Tue 15 May 2012
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya... (photo: AP / Francois Mori) The Daily Telegraph
Islamist   Libya   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war
Ali Jamali Fashi, center, attends his trial, at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali has been charged with the killing last year of a Tehran physicist, an assassination that Iranian authorities blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency. Iran hangs 'Israel spy' over nuclear scientist killing Tue 15 May 2012
A man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran two years ago has been hanged, Iran's state media report. Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was convicted of... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) BBC News
Crime   Iran   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Masoud Alimohammadi
A soldier keeps an eye on the movements at Gurez, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Indian troops in Kashmir fought a deadly gunbattle with suspected rebels crossing the military Line of Control from Pakistani-controlled territory Saturday, the army said. One soldier and 11 suspected rebels were killed, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said, but only six suspected rebels' bodies were recovered. He said the other five bodies were lost when they fell into a river during the fighting in the disputed Himalayan region. India may move troops to peacetime positions on Pakistan border Tue 15 May 2012
May 15: India is likely to thin-out troops from wartime positions on the border with Pakistan, where they were deployed after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, according... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily
India   Pakistan   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Troop
In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya Tue 15 May 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic) The Independent
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya
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 Mon 14 May 2012
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... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts) Otago Daily Times
Government   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Syria
Palestinian women shouts slogans as holds poster their son during a protest in front the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in Gaza City, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, February 6, 2012. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike Mon 14 May 2012
Israel has reached a deal with Palestinian prisoners to end a mass-hunger strike in its jails, resolving a dangerous stand-off that had led to warnings of a major... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Daily Telegraph
Israel   Palestinian   Photos   Prisoners   Wikipedia: Palestinian prisoners in Israel
A Sunni gunman, fires by his machine gun as he crosses a small alley during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012 Syria Violence In Lebanon: Unrest Spills Into Tripoli, Lebanon Mon 14 May 2012
A Sunni gunman fires during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012. Street battles pitting Lebanese Sunnis who generally support the... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Huffington Post
Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Lebanon
The Vice President of Republic of Maldives, Dr. Mohammed Waheed meeting the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Prithviraj Chavan, in New Delhi on February 20, 2010. Nasheed scaring India on Islamic fundamentalism: Waheed Mon 14 May 2012
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In a bid to dispel apprehensions about Islamists taking over in the Maldives due to the current political turmoil there, the Indian Ocean... (photo: PIB of India) Newstrack India
Business   Maldives   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mohammed Waheed Deen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during his bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama at the UN Building, Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011. Under Netanyahu, Israel is Stronger Than Ever Mon 14 May 2012
By Fareed Zakaria, Published: May 9 While incumbents around the world are struggling to hold on, one is thriving. By bringing the rival Kadima... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Newsvine
Government   Israel   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths Mon 14 May 2012
MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year. The... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Novosti
Libya   Nato   Photos   Rights   Security   Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council
President Barack Obama greets the crowd at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nev., Friday, May 11, 2012. US making significant Afghan progress: Obama Mon 14 May 2012
Washington: The US and its allies are making significant progress in Afghanistan and are on track to achieve the 2014 goals of complete transition, President Barack Obama... (photo: AP / Cathleen Allison) Zeenews
Afghanistan   Obama   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
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 Mon 14 May 2012
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 (2011–present)
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? Sun 13 May 2012
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 call... (photo: AP / U.S. Marshal's Service) The Independent
Arab world   Crime   Photos   War crimes   Wikipedia: Joseph Kony
Another murder in Kabul Another murder in Kabul Sun 13 May 2012
Another targeted killing in Kabul has exposed the obvious. There are elements at work that do not want to see political stability restored, and moreover, a just order... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Khaleej Times
Afghanistan   Killing   Murder   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Bahraini anti-government protesters wave national flags Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, during a gathering organized by opposition parties to honor Malkiya resident Abdul Redha Buhmaid. Thousands of people gathered for speeches remembering Buhmaid, who was shot dead last spring when pro-democracy protesters faced tanks as they attempted to return to Pearl roundabout, the since-demolished center of last year's protests.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) Bahrain extends detention of human rights activist Sun 13 May 2012
Bahrain has extended the detention of human rights activist Nabeel Rajab for participating in a January anti-government rally, his lawyer said on Sunday, after he was... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Daily Telegraph
Bahrain   Human Rights   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Bahraini uprising (2011–present)
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