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Maldives' main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party's presidential candidate Mohammed Nasheed speaks during an election campaign in Male, Maldives, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom will face five opponents in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election on Oct. 8.
Maldives   Military   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mohamed Nasheed		  Wall Street Journal 
Diplomacy Falls Flat in Maldives
Sun 12 Feb 2012
By TOM WRIGHT MALE, Maldives—A weekend of diplomacy by U.S. and European officials failed to douse the political crisis in the Maldives, where supporters of deposed President Mohamed Nasheed... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
Amr Moussa Secretary-General of the League, during honoring the end of his term General of the League of Arab States at Headquarters League, in the city of Cairo in Egypt.
Protest   Cairo   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Arab League		  Jakarta Globe 
Arab ministers to meet over escalating Syria crisis
Sun 12 Feb 2012
Arab League foreign ministers will meet on Sunday in Cairo to discuss their next move over the Syrian crisis with the bloodshed showing no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon. The Syrian... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, the exterior of a building housing the Jyllands-Posten Copenhagen office is seen. Denmark's intelligence service on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 arrested four people suspected of planning an "imminent" terror attack against a newspaper that printed the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons.  GlobalResearch  Sun 12 Feb 2012
Corporate Globalization versus The Civil Commons by which People’s Lives are Sustained
EVOLVED CIVIL COMMONS VERSUS CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION: A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ACROSS UNIVERSAL LIFE GOODS by John McMurtry The facts of daily life in developed society have been so... (photo: AP / Polfoto, Niels Hougaard, File)
Globalization   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Economic globalization   World
In this picture taken on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012, Syrian citizens look to a damaged armored personnel carrier belonging to Syrian police riots forces which was destroyed by the Syrian rebels during clashes Bayada neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria.  Khaleej Times  Sun 12 Feb 2012
Syria uprising intensifies, spills into Lebanon
DAMASCUS ' Syrian armour moved against protest flashpoints and a general was gunned down in Damascus on Saturday as the bloodshed showed no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon. The... (photo: AP)
Lebanon   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
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US to discuss trade, Syria and human rights with Xi Taipei Times Sat 11 Feb 2012
US to discuss trade, Syria and human rights with Xi
The US said on Friday it would raise concerns about trade, human rights and Syria during a closely watched visit next week by China’s likely next leader, despite hopes... (photo: UN / UN)
Human   Photos   Rights   Syria   Trade   Wikipedia: Syria
A Lebanese Swedish woman cries as she is being evacuated from Lebanon with her family, on buses organized by the Swedish embassy, from a road intersection , leading out of the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. About 850 Swedes among about 5,000 in Lebanon have been evacuated, most to Aleppo in northern Syria. Westerners fled by land, sea and air as Israel launched waves of bombings that hit south Beirut, the border and the eastern city of Baalbek in the early hours Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Al Jazeera Sat 11 Feb 2012
Syrians trade blame over Aleppo bombings
Syria's opposition has denied claims by the government that it was behind bomb attacks in the northern city of Aleppo that left dozens of people dead.... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Bombing   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Aleppo
Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan - India- Film The Siasat Daily Sat 11 Feb 2012
SRK: No SEX scenes for my kids
Location: Mumbai Your remake of Don met with a lot of negative reviews. But Don 2 has been well recieved. A lot of people who criticised the first version of Don... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Bollywood   Entertainment   Film   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Shahrukh Khan
In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 file photo, Shin Gambira, a prominent Buddhist monk who was one of hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar, attends a ceremony of "Pray for Peace and Religious Unity" at a church in Yangon, Myanmar. BBC News Sat 11 Feb 2012
Burmese protest leader monk Shin Gambira freed
Burmese monk Shin Gambira, one of the leaders of anti-government protests in 2007, has been released after briefly being detained by the authorities. Gambira had been... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Burma   Democracy   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: U Gambira
Members of Syrian security are seen at the site of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. A Syrian military official says the death toll from twin suicide car bombings in Damascus is now more dozens. The Guardian Fri 10 Feb 2012
Syria violence spreads to Aleppo as bomb blasts kill 28
Further 175 hurt in security compound blasts but opposition blames attacks on security forces aiming to disrupt protests One of two bomb blasts sites in Syria's northern... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Bombings   Photos   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012)
Return to despotism Gulf News Fri 10 Feb 2012
Return to despotism
The UN mission published the Secretary General's report on the Iraqi civilians situation on December 7, 2011. The report voiced concerns about their condition as a result... (photo: UN / UN)
Civilians   Iraqi   Photos   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea


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File - In this July 24, 2011 file photo, relatives and friends mourn over the coffin of Darioush Rezaeinejad, shown in photograph on the coffin and at left, during a funeral ceremony the day after he was shot dead, in Tehran, Iran. The man was shot Saturday by a pair of gunmen firing from motorcycles in an attack similar to other recent assassinations of nuclear scientists that Iran blames on the United States and Israel. Kosher Terrorists to be Delisted WorldNews.com
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In this undated poster released by Philippine National Police and the US Rewards For Justice Program on Wednesday May 31, 2006, shows two of the most wanted Indonesian terror suspects Dulmatin, left, and Umar Patek who allegedly fled to the Abu Sayyaf stronghold in southern Philippines with the help of the Malaysian militant group Darul Islam. Malaysian police said Thursday June 1, 2006, the Darul Islam has been crippled following the arrests of 12 alleged Darul Islam terror suspects in Sabah, Malaysia between March 16 and April 3, 2006. Washington has offered up to US $10-million dollars to Dulmatin's capture and up to US $1-million dollars for Umar Patek, key suspects in the 2002 night club bombings in Bali, Indonesia that killed 202 people. Umar Patek celebrated with co-conspirators in week after Sari Club bombing The Australian
Accumulating snow expected Saturday Baltimore Sun
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The flag of Malaysia was hang on a roof of a house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia deports Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari BBC News
Women of Zimbabwe Arise: Amnesty Urgent Action The Guardian
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Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon arrives at the Supreme Court in Madrid, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Spanish judge guilty of wiretapping Irish Times
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen answers questions to the media during a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer, unseen, at the government's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic Friday, March 5, 2010 NATO's "Secret War" on Syria: Replicating the Libya Model GlobalResearch
Mariah Carey, left, and Whitney Houston perform their Oscar-nominated song, 'Heartbroken and in tears': Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton and Aretha Franklin pay tribute as music ... The Daily Mail
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