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Prominent opposition figures and critics of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime gather for a meeting in Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 27, 2011.
Arab League   Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian National Council
 The New York Times 
Syrian Opposition Groups Aim for Unity
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After a month of negotiations, the two largest Syrian opposition groups said Saturday that they had agreed on a common approach to organizing a transitional government, a move... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Employees working in the textile factory
Employee   Photos   Research   US   Wikipedia: Employment
 The Examiner 
Boosting employee productivity in 2012: Attracting and retaining good talent.
In 2011, job creation and improving a more efficient workforce was the focus of many organizations within the governmental and corporate business environment. Leadership accountability and corporate... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Body soap in the soap case - body wash  The Examiner 
More than a pretty bar of soap
Unfortunately, bar soap is all too often valued for its aesthetic quality and fragrant appeal over its ability to clean, but it really affords more attention than this because bar soap is the greener... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Beauty   Body   Life   Photos   Wikipedia: Soap bar
The Sphinx against Khafra’s pyramid in Egypt  Gulf News 
Al Ain bears evidence of a culture's ability to adapt
Al Ain: The inclusion of 17 heritage sites in Al Ain in the prestigious Unesco's World Heritage List this year is a great boost for the UAE's culture on the international stage. These sites join an... (photo: Creative Commons / Hamish)
Culture   Egypt   Photos   Unesco   Wikipedia: World Heritage Site
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Egyptian Army Soldiers armed with 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles practice their beach assault techniques at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. Sydney Morning Herald
Egypt's security forces storm NGO offices
AP Egyptian soldiers and police have stormed pro-democracy offices, targeting groups critical of the military rulers while reinforcing activists' charges that the... (photo: Public Domain / SRA D. Myles Cullen, USAF)
Egypt   Photos   Political   U.S.   Wikipedia: Security Forces
Egyptian riot police move in to disperse about 200 Coptic Christians, mostly youths, who were staging a noisy protest at night near the bombed church in Alexandria, Egypt Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Jakarta Globe
Egypt police raid NGOs in foreign funds probe
Egyptian police raided more than a dozen offices belonging to local and foreign rights groups on Thursday, as part of an investigation into alleged illicit foreign... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Egypt   Photos   Political   President
A law enforcement vehicle enters the Shanghai's No. 1 People's Intermediate Court, where the final day of a trial of four Rio Tinto employees on politically sensitive charges of stealing commercial secrets is taking place, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Al Jazeera
No verdict in trial of Chinese land activists
A Beijing court has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of Chinese activist and her husband on charges of "inciting a disturbance" for defending farmers who had their... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Activists   China   Photos   Trial   Wikipedia: Ni Yulan
Syrian protesters gather at Youssef al-Azmi square during a demonstration against the U.S. raid on a village near the Syrian-Iraqi border last Monday, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday Oct. 30, 2008. Belfast Telegraph
Violence continues despite monitors
Arab League monitors have gathered accounts about the Syrian government's crackdown on dissent in the central city of Homs, as fresh violence flared just miles away.... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Arab League   Photos   Politics   Violence   Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian uprising
Former prisoner Jose Menendez gives a piece of cheese to his cat Nelly after an interview at his home in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. Menendez, 46, is among the prisoners being released after Cuba's President Raul Castro announced on Dec. 23 the pardoning of 2,900 prisoners. Star Tribune
Cuba well into process of freeing 2,900 pardoned prisoners
HAVANA - Cuba appeared to be making quick progress in meeting a pledge to free 2,900 pardoned prisoners, most of them convicted of minor crimes, even as a top human... (photo: AP / Franklin Reyes)
Amnesty   Cuba   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Human rights in Cuba
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