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Rebel fighters fire their machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011.
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war		  BBC News 
Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
Sat 28 Jan 2012
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten,... (photo: AP)
President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir (in hat) and Vice President of GoSS Riek Machar along with other senior ministers bid farewell to President Bashir's delegation before they depart to Khartoum. President Bashir visited Juba 5 days before the start of the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum on self-determination. During the visit President Bashir discussed preparations for the plebiscite and other outstanding issues with his counterparts in the Government of Southern Sudan.
Oil   Photos   Sudan   Talks   Wikipedia: South Sudan		  BBC News 
South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production
Sat 28 Jan 2012
South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. The presidents of both countries held talks in the Ethiopian... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.  Al Jazeera  Sat 28 Jan 2012
UN considers resolution on Syria
European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its... (photo: AP)
Arab world   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
From left to right: Copts leading the crowd in prayer in Tahrir Square and Muslims and Christians United for Egypt, by Carlos Latuff.  The New York Times  Sat 28 Jan 2012
Egypt’s Assault on Civil Society
Post-Mubarak Egypt is facing profound challenges with its unfinished revolution and looming economic crisis. The last thing it needs is to pick a fight with the United States. Yet the military rulers... (photo: Creative Commons / Sherif9282)
Egypt   Photos   Protests   Society   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
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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. m&c Sat 28 Jan 2012
Egypt's tourism sector struggles to revive fortunes
Hurghada, Egypt - The beaches are almost empty and taxi drivers jockey for customers in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada, once a bustling city, now desperately... (photo: AP)
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
Victims of a car bomb lie in hospital in Kut, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The Independent Sat 28 Jan 2012
Car bomb kills 32 in Baghdad during funeral procession
Police officials said the blast occurred in the mainly Shia district of Zafaraniyah, where mourners had gathered for the funeral of a person killed the day before. They... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Iraq   Photos   Police   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency
British Prime Minister David Cameron listens at the start of his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at Chequers, the country residence of the British prime minister in Wendover, England Saturday May 15, 2010. A Downing Street spokeswoman said Karzai is stopping in Britain on his way back from the United States, where he met with President Barack Obama. The Guardian Sat 28 Jan 2012
Cameron and Karzai holding talks
David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai are to sign a pledge setting out the next stage in relations between Britain and Afghanistan. At bilateral talks the leaders will... (photo: AP / Philip Ide, Pool)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Talks   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
This video image taken from amateur video released by Sham News Network, a Syrian Freedom group, shows a man, left, preparing to throw an object at a tank as others look on, in Daraa, Syria Sunday April 24, 2011. An eyewitness says at least five people have been killed in the southern Syrian city of Daraa during a security crackdown. Syrian troops in armored vehicles and tanks stormed the southern town of Daraa early Monday April 25, 2011 and opened fire. It was the latest bloodshed in a five-week uprising against President Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime. The Guardian Sat 28 Jan 2012
Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil
ZEINA KARAM Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar... (photo: AP / Sham News Network via APTN)
Death   Photos   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks to French troops at the 152nd Infantry Regiment military base in Tora in the region of Surobi, Afghanistan Tuesday, July 12, 2011. France24 Fri 27 Jan 2012
French forces to leave Afghanistan a year early: Sarkozy
AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that France would pull its forces out of Afghanistan a year earlier than planned, a week after the killing of four French... (photo: AP / Philippe Wojazer, Pool)
Afghanistan   France   Photos   Sarkozy   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)


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Protesters gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Egypt marks anniversary of 'Arab Spring' revolution The Los Angeles Times
Dubai - Building Terraces - Dish Antina - (United Arab Emirates) Dubai buildings to pass paint test Khaleej Times
Pro-Syrian regime protesters gather during a protest against sanctions, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Dec. 2, 2011. The Syrian violence has led to several rounds of sanctions, a key tool used by the international community to exert pressure on the regime. Violence keeps Syria on edge‚ Arab mission may extend The Himalayan
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Egypt: Hosni Mubarak's lawyers begin defence after prosecution calls for death penalty The Daily Telegraph
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A Libyan rebel carrying a parachute flare shell left behind by pro-Gadhafi forces, walks by a rebels pickup truck armed with a rocket launcher with a pre Gadhafi flag and Arabic that reads "February 17th, Free Libya" at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N. The Star
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55. The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights The Independent
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. The 'Malaise' of Hope WorldNews.com
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, left, arrives with his military defense attorney, Meridith Marshall for a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Haditha outraged as Marine avoids jail in massacre San Francisco Chronicle
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric Pakalert Press
President Obama delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011 Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address WorldNews.com
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