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President Barack Obama, accompanied by CIA Director Leon Panetta, waves to the crowd as he arrives to deliver remarks at the Central Intelligence Agency Obama defends memo release during visit to CIA
Gerald Herbert President Barack Obama, accompanied by CIA Director Leon Panetta, waves to the crowd as he arrives to deliver remarks at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va., Monday, April 2... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) Kansas City Star

CIA   Defence   Photos   Politics   US  
Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo speaks during a news conference in Asuncion, Monday, April 20, 2009. Second woman says Paraguay leader fathered kid out of wedlock
| ASUNCION, Paraguay (CNN) -- A second woman stepped forward Monday to say that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo fathered a child out of wedlock when he was a Roman Catholic bishop. | Benigna Leguiz... (photo: AP / Jorge Saenz) CNN
Paraguay   Photos   President   Scandals   Woman  
Anti-government protesters ride on a motorcycle past a line of Thai soldiers after their leaders surrendered ending the nearly two-week protest Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asia Struggles With Democracy 
|  The political turmoil in Thailand renews questions about democracy's future in Southeast Asia - a region historically ruled by authoritarian and military governments. Once celebrated democraci... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong) Voa News

Democracy   Photos   Protest   SE Asia   Thailand  
Sri Lankan soldier stops vehicles at a road side check point for searching in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. 'Last warning' for Sri Lanka's LTTE
| The Sri Lankan government has given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 24 hours to surrender or face a "final assault". | Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE leader, has until noon on Tuesday ... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena) Al Jazeera

Photos   S Asia   Sri Lanka   UN   War  
Western diplomats walk out during the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN Racism conference at the United Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, April 20, 2009. Iran's president slams Israel, sparking Western walkout at UN racism conference
| GENEVA - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of being the "most cruel and racist regime," sparking a walkout Monday by angry Western diplomats at a U.N. racism conference.... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) Star Tribune

Ahmadinejad   Photos   Protest   Racism   UN  
A U.S. army soldier and Iraqi security forces secure the site of a roadside bomb blast in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 20, 2009. Suicide bomber strikes US soldiers in Iraq
Comments BAGHDAD (Map, News) - A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi military uniform struck a U.S. military delegation visiting the mayor of violence-wracked Baqouba on Monday, injuring at least eight Am... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani) The Examiner
Bombing   Defence   Iraq   Photos   US  
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