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Press wary of challenges after south Sudan vote Press wary of challenges after south Sudan vote
Voting, which began on Sunday, will last a week Continue reading the main story Sudan: Set for divorce? | One country or two? Bye bye Khartoum Q&A;: South Sudan referendum Vote in pictures | On the sec... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka) BBC News
Africa   Media   Photos   Referendum   Sudan   Wikipedia: Sudan  
Southern Sudanese, in a Jubilant Mood, Begin to Vote on Secession Southern Sudanese, in a Jubilant Mood, Begin to Vote on Secession
| JUBA, Sudan — It’s not every day that a beleaguered, marginalized and persecuted people get a chance to vote for their own freedom. On Sunday, southern Sudanese did. | Starting in the ... (photo: UN / Olivier Chassot) Herald Tribune
Africa   Freedom   Photos   Sudan   Vote   Wikipedia: Darfur  
Basque pro-independence supporters hold up a giant flag with the silhouette of the Basque Country calling for the return for all of more than eight hundred prisoners of the Basque armed group ETA who are dispersed in several Spanish prisons, during a rally in Bilbao northern Spain, Saturday, Jan.8, 2011. Spain's ETA in permanent ceasefire
| The Basque separatist group ETA has declared a permanent ceasefire after more than three decades of fighting for a homeland independent of Spain. | The group announced the truce in a statement&... (photo: AP / Alvaro Barrientos) Al Jazeera
Europe   Photos   Spain   Terrorism   Wikipedia: ETA  
The American flag flies at half-mast on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Blame debate rages over Tucson shooting
By Jonny Dymond BBC News, Tucson Continue reading the main story GIFFORDS SHOT | How Giffords survived How it happened Survivors relive horror Relations with voters could suffer | Four US Marshals gua... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta) BBC News
Crime   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: 2011 Tucson shooting  
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, and China's Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie stand while they shake hands after answering questions at Bayi Building in Beijing, China, on Monday January 10, 2011. US-China resume high-level defence dialogue
| After a year-long hiatus, the US and China today resumed high-level defence talks to improve relations in the field and iron out differences over each other's strategic perceptions in the regional a... (photo: AP / Larry Downing, Pool) Indian Express
China   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Sino-American relations  
Supporters of Pakistani religious parties wave flags during a rally to protest against any attempts to modify blasphemy laws, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Huge Karachi rally supports blasphemy laws
| Karachi, January 10: Tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched in Pakistan's largest city in opposition to any change to blasphemy laws and to praise the man charged with murdering the provinc... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) The Siasat Daily
Blasphemy law   Islam   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Blasphemy law in Pakistan  
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