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 Jakarta Globe Fri 30 Dec 2011
Kurdish rebels call for 'uprising' after air strike
Kurdish separatists in Turkey on Friday called for an "uprising" after an air force raid killed 35 villagers near the Iraqi border in what the ruling party admitted could have been a blunder. | "We ur... (photo: AP)
Kurd News Photos Protest Turkey Wikipedia: 2011 Kurdish protests in Turkey |
 Indian Express Fri 30 Dec 2011
AFSPA to be revoked in our regime: Omar
| Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that Acts such as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would be revoked "only in our regime". Omar's statement came two months after he announced... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Defence Delhi Kashmir Photos Wikipedia: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 |
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 CNN Thu 29 Dec 2011
U.S., Saudi Arabia agree to $30 billion F-15 fighter sale
December 29, 2011 -- Updated 1834 GMT (0234 HKT) The U.S. plans to sell nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 jets to Saudi Arabia. | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. government h... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Business Defense Photos Saudi Arabia Wikipedia: Fighter aircraft |
 Atlanta Journal Thu 29 Dec 2011
Book: Petraeus almost quit over Afghan drawdown
| WASHINGTON — Four-star general-turned-CIA director David Petraeus almost resigned as Afghanistan war commander over President Barack Obama's decision to quickly d... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail)
Afghanistan Photos War Washington Wikipedia: David Petraeus |
 WorldNews.com Wed 28 Dec 2011
Manning, Guantanamo Prisoners and Reverse Trials
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Right before the Cantonsville Nine were arrested, a group of radical Catholic pacifists who destroyed draft files with bl... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Crime Guantanamo Pentagon Photos Wikipedia: Bradley Manning |
 The Independent Wed 28 Dec 2011
Gaddafi's fatal delay: Libya
| The sense of the crowd around me was one of betrayal and fear. "Don't they care? Don't they know what Gaddafi will do to us, our families?" an elderly man cri... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
Africa Libya Photos War Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war |
 WorldNews.com Tue 27 Dec 2011
Advocates of war with Iran take some heavy media hits
Article by WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross | Advocates of a hot war with Iran have just taken some heavy hits from a Harvard professor of international relations and tw... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran Mideast Photos War Wikipedia: IranUnited States relations after 1979 |
 CounterPunch Tue 27 Dec 2011
The Legacy of the Iraq War
| In the United States, the most significant event of 2011 hands down should have been the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops from Iraq. But for most Americans, the end o... (photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti)
Iraq Photos US War Wikipedia: Occupied Iraq |
 BBC News Mon 26 Dec 2011
How Germany's feared Scharnhorst ship was sunk in WWII
On 26 December 1943 one of the great sea battles of World War II took place. | Germany's most famous battleship - the Scharnhorst - was sunk by Allied forces during the B... (photo: Bundesarchiv)
Germany Maritime Photos War Wikipedia: German battleship Scharnhorst |
 WorldNews.com Sun 25 Dec 2011
The Other World War I 'Christmas' Truce
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | By the time Josepef Tomann, a young Austrian recruited into military service, wrote, "It is Christmas Eve, on my own in a... (photo: Public Domain)
Europe Peace Photos War Wikipedia: Russian Revolution |
 Detroit Free Press Sun 25 Dec 2011
Iraq nearing the breaking point
| BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's prime minister warned Saturday that efforts to create an autonomous Sunni region within Iraq would divide the country and lead to "rivers of blo... (photo: US Army / Spc. Jeffery Sandstrum)
Iraq Islam Peace Photos Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq |
