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A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.
Britain   China   Justice   Media   Photos  
 Wall Street Journal 
China's Papers, Web Users Hail Briton's Execution
By LORETTA CHAO | BEIJING -- Using language charged with nationalist emotion, state media and ordinary Internet users hailed the execution of a British national for drug smuggling as a victory for Chi... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, left, and 2nd MEB Sgt. Major Hooph pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward operating base with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Bernard was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14.
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Terrorism   US  
 Wall Street Journal 
Attack at Afghan Base Kills 8 U.S. Civilians
By ANAND GOPAL | KABUL -- Eight Americans were killed in a suicide attack on a U.S. compound in Afghanistan, officials said, in what appears to be the biggest loss of American civilians since the war ... (photo: AP / Julie Jacobson)
RUSSIA PUTIN.  BBC News 
Ten years at the top for Vladimir Putin
| Cast your mind back to 31 December 1999. In Moscow, it is the last day of a century that has seen revolution and the collapse of communism. | Everyone in the Russian capital is waiting for reassuran... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Photos   Politics   Putin   Russia   Society  
An aerial view of the Pentagon. 		          Location:                       PENTAGON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)                   		%lt;table  The Times 
Obama considering military strikes after Christmas Day aircraft plot
| The Pentagon is drawing up urgent plans for increased military co-operation with Yemen, including possible retaliatory strikes against al-Qaeda targets, according to US officials engaged in a high-s... (photo: US DoD)
Al Qaida   Defence   Photos   US   Yemen  
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Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, before the Senate Intelligence Committe The Star
U.S. spy chief in spotlight after botched plane attack
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence chief Admiral Dennis Blair faced tough questions about his future on Wednesday as the Obama administration fended off criticism... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Intelligence   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   US  
Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League (ayt1) The Star
Arab League chief wants bigger UN role in Middle East
| CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations must play a bigger role in trying to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the United States should not be the only mediator... (photo: AP Photo / Bassem Tellawi)
Arab League   Mideast   Peace   Photos   UN  
President Barack Obama walks along the White House Colonnade in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21,2009, before departing to Troy, N.Y., to talk about the economy. The Times
Yemen becomes the focus of conflict for President Obama
| The global war on terror began a year before September 2001, when a speedboat with militants and half a tonne of explosives rammed an American destroyer anchored in the... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US  
U.S. President Barack Obama walks off Air Force One upon his arrival at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Daily Star Lebanon
Waiting for Obama in 2010
| By The Daily Star | Thursday, December 31, 2009 | - Powered by | Editorial |   | In 2008, America and the world were promised hope and change by the US presidentia... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US  
U.S. President Barack Obama walks down from Air Force One upon his arrival at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Deccan Chronicle
CIA sat on dad’s warning, Obama wants answer
CIA sat on dad’s warning, Obama wants answer | Washington, Dec. 30: The father of the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a US airliner bound for Detroit on Chr... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US  
A Palestinian boy looks up from the entrance of a smuggling tunnel on the Palestinian side of the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt and Rafah in the south of Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. During its offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel said it destroyed most of the hundreds of tunnels in repeated bombing runs by Israeli jets. But Wednesday, smuggling was under way ag The Star
Egypt's Gaza wall months from completion - Israel
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An underground wall that Egypt is building along its border with the Gaza Strip will significantly stem Palestinian arms smuggling when is complet... (photo: AP / Eyad Baba)
Egypt   Gaza   Israel   Photos   Weapons  
BALANGA BATAAN--President Glria Macapagal-Arroyo guesture as she diliverd her message after the  Awardinmg Ceremonies. Friday. Journal Online
GMA leaves year of horror, hope
By: Efren Montano THE year that  is ending  proves to be some 365 days of bashing and demonizing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  even as the gritty... (photo: OPS/NIB / MARCELINO PASCUA)
Arroyo   Congressional   Economy   Life   Photos  
File - An aid convoy arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the border between Egypt and southern Gaza, on March 9, 2009 in the border town of Rafah. WorldNews.com
We Must Learn to Stress Borderless Acts of Goodness
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | When Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah urged Muslims to be vigilant against "borderless Israeli greed and ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Aid   Gaza   Human Rights   Mideast   Photos  
President Barack Obama walks to board his helicopter as he leaves the White House en route to Guadalajara, Mexico, for meetings with Prime Minister Harper of Canada and President Calderon of Mexico, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. The Examiner
Video: Republicans are attacked for hypocrisy in criticizing Obama's handling of Christmas terrorist
| Republicans criticized the Obama administration response to the attempted bombing of flight 253. AP Photo JP Karas | The Republicans have been quick to try and use the ... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US  
War in Iraq War on Terrorism
- Can Iraq escape the resource curse
- British Hostage in Iraq Set Free Unharmed
- Briton held for over 2 years in Iraq freed
- Briton held for over 2 years in Iraq freed
People gather around a marketplace damaged in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.
Bombs kill 23 in Iraq's western Anbar province
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- Too cool to counter terror?
- US failed to read terror plot signals
- Terror attack: FG to acquire full body scanners for airports
- US aware Abdulmutallab prepared for terror attack
RUSSIA PUTIN.
Ten years at the top for Vladimir Putin
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Disarmament Missile Defense Systems
- 2010: ones to watch
- The clues piled up, but why did US security fail to act over
- The year ahead: the world stage
- Iran, Kazakhstan deny secret uranium deal
South Korean Lt. Choi Don-rim, left, communicates with a North Korean officer during a phone call at a military office near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 kilometers (31 miles) north of Seoul, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. North and South Korea tested a hotline on Wednesday aimed at helping avoid naval confrontations in the Yellow Sea by having direct contact between the two militaries. Looking on at right is an unidentified South Korean navy officer.
Koreas open new military hotlines
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- U.S. and Dutch Spat Over Image Scanners
- Top 10 censored news stories of 2009: Media censorship from
- NYC's Real "Law & Order" DA Retires at 90
- CIA's Abdulmutallab Info Not High Priority
Former British resident Binyam Mohamed, center wearing white cap, the first Guantanamo prisoner released since U.S. President Barack Obama took office, is accompanied by officials at Northolt military base in west London, Monday Feb. 23, 2009. Mohamed, who claims he was tortured at a covert CIA site in Morocco, was freed from Guantanamo after nearly seven years in U.S. captivity without facing trial and returned Monday to a British military base.
CIA's Abdulmutallab Info Not High Priority
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Peace and Nonviolence Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 'Bravest' Afghan woman MP in live link at Galway pea
- Golden Peace Dove arrives in Puducherry
- For a peaceful New Year
- Some signs of movement seen in stalled Mideast peace process
A Police officer control a group of displaced women as they wait in line to receive relief goods at a distribution center in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border in an operation that started with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country's battle against extremism.
Taliban commanders contact Imran Khan for peace talks with govt
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- 2010: ones to watch
- The clues piled up, but why did US security fail to act over
- The year ahead: the world stage
- Iran, Kazakhstan deny secret uranium deal
 from left to right: Tony Blair, Romano Prodi, Jos Manuel Barroso. (mb1)
Michael White's politicians of the decade: Tony Blair
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War Crimes Veterans
- A decade of global crimes, crucial advances
- Imprisonment without trial: The continuing Guantanamo injust
- Ben Stein Explains His Attack on Ron Paul, Creating More Que
- State Department: 8 Americans die in Afghan attack
A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.
Robert Fisk: Why did no imams plead for Akmal Shaikh's life to be spared?
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- New year knighthoods for veteran industrialists
- Task Team Expected to Look to Provinces to Help Military Vet
- Homeless veteran finds place to live in Yakima
- Obituary: Louis Popovich / WWII veteran, county police offic
President Barack Obama deliveres the commencement address to U.S. Naval Academy graduates and about 27,000 friends and family at the Class of 2009 graduation and commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md., May 22, 2009.
95 year-old WWII veteran's advice to President Obama
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