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A soldier of the Tuareg Rebel Army in the area of Temet, close to Algeria border, jsa1
Africa   Algeria   Mali   Peace   Photos   Rebels		  News24 
Mali peace process on track
Bamako - After recent flare ups and clashes between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali the peace process was revived this week in what is seen as a spectacular return of mediator... (photo: public domain / Sergio Pessolano)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe applauds participants' speeches during three-day summit on food security at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
Cabinet   Parliament   Photos   Politics   Speech		  Canada Dot Com 
Zimbabwe rivals to start full talks on Thursday
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition MDC and President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF will begin negotiations on a power-sharing deal in earnest on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. The... (photo: (AP Photo/Christophe Simon, pool) / )
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Ehad Haam Street  IRINnews 
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers
web Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN TEL AVIV, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Experts say the number of foreign women trafficked to Israel has decreased, following a government crackdown on brothels employing... (photo: Creative Commons)
Brothels   Israel   Photo   Photos   Trafficking   Women
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen talks as he waits his King Norodom Sihamoni's arrival to attends the Independence Day celebration at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007.  Asia Times 
Towards Hun Sen's Cambodia

By Craig Guthrie PHNOM PENH - Even though Cambodia goes to the polls Sunday for the country's fourth general election since Vietnamese occupation ended in 1989, Prime Minister Hun Sen can comfortably... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Cambodia   Election   Government   Photos   Politics
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Fallujah braces for another assault
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail FALLUJAH - United States and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating "terror", residents and... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Lance Cpl. Albert F. Hunt )
Al Qaeda   Defence   Fallujah   Photos   US
Mideast Lebanon Star Tribune
International human rights watchdog urges Syria to investigate prison riot deaths
BEIRUT, Lebanon - An international human rights watchdog is urging Syria to order an independent investigation into the shooting of inmates during a prison riot earlier... (photo: AP Photo / Nasser Nasser)
Human Rights   Lebanon   Photos   Politics   Syria
Smoke and flasmes billow from a burning oil pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company across the Opobo Channel in Asagba Okwan Asarama about 50kms south-west of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. Human Rights
Nigeria's Delta bluesNigeria's oil industry is beset with corruption
By Eric Guttschuss, HRW Researcher on Nigeria, published in Guardian.co.uk July 17, 2008       Gordon Brown met Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua in... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Africa   Corruption   Industry   Nigeria   Photos
Nelson Mandela' former spouse Winnie Madikizela Mandela, left, greets ANC deputy President Jacob Zuma following the first session of the 52nd African National Congress conference in Polokwane, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 Independent online (SA)
Vavi to meet rights body
Congress of SA Trade Unions Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi will meet human rights commissioners on Tuesday to discuss the "shoot and kill" for Zuma comments he made... (photo: AP Photos / kalpana)
Congress   Photos   Rights   South Africa   Trade
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., points during a media availability after a campaign event in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, June 4, 2008. International Herald Tribune
How to electrify the world
: Despite their differences, Barack Obama and John McCain agree on one thing. Obama tells Americans he will "restore our standing in the world." McCain says he'll ensure... (photo: AP / LM Otero)
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Darfur children; refugee camp; human rights violations; asylum; poverty; civil war; Sudan; Africa (Justo Casal) Philadelphia Daily News
Kenyan forces block aid work in restive west
KATHARINE HOURELD The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan armed forces are preventing aid workers from helping homeless, hungry families caught between a brutal... (photo: WN/ Justo Casal)
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In this April 19, 2006 file photo, convicted Bali bomber Amrozi Nurhasyim, center , arrives at court to testify in a related trial in Cilacap, Java, Indonesia. Amrozi and two other militants on death row for the Bali bombings will file a final appeal aga Death sites scouted for Bali bombers The Australian
Obama and Iraqi leaders in Baghdad Afghanistan tougher than Iraq - Obama The Australian
Dr. Manmohan Singh Govt will tackle terrorism, curb inflation: PM The Times Of India
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during an election night rally Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. Bulldozer welcome to Obama The Australian
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His Holiness lauds Madison Leaders' Support for Tibet China steps up pre-Olympic crackdown with arrest of well-known online protester The Daily Mail
Tunisia´s Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah. (bb2) Tunisia convicts, sentences 5 in terrorism case The Charlotte Observer
Riot police are deployed when protesters tried to march to the Presidential House during a protest against U.S. imported beef in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 26, 2008. South Korea lifted its ban on imports of U.S. beef Thursday, and President Lee Myung-bak called on the country to move past the dispute, which has paralyzed his government with weeks of tumultuous protests. The import ban was lifted after South Korea won extra safeguards for an April deal that placed few restrictions on meat shipments, prompting outrage against Lee from critics who said he made too many concessions to Washington and ignored public concerns about mad cow dise Amnesty criticises S Korea police BBC News
A Palestinian man, right, talks with an Egyptian soldier as stands guard at a hole in the fence on the border between Egypt, and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Egyptian riot police and armored vehicles restricted Gaza motorists to a small border area of Egypt on Saturday, in the second attempt in two days to restore control over the chaotic frontier breached by Hamas militants Ethiopian shot on Israel border Independent online (SA)
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., jogs onto the stage at a Chicago 2016 Olympic rally at Daley Plaza in Chicago on Friday, June 6, 2 Obama calls Israel a "miracle," vows staunch support Canada Dot Com
India blames Pakistan in embassy bombing India blames Pakistan in embassy bombing Fresno Bee
India says dialogue under stress India says dialogue under stress BBC News
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