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William Hague William Hague to urge reform on visit to Burma
William Hague is visiting Burma, the first British foreign secretary to do so for more than 50 years. He is expected to use meetings with the country's leaders to press for the release of more... (photo: Creative Commons / drown) BBC News
Burma   Hague   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Burma
Iranian oil workers work at Tehran's oil refinery, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported. Iran nuclear crisis: EU moves towards crude oil ban
EU member states have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian crude oil to put pressure on the country over its nuclear programme. The move is expected to be announced formally at an EU foreign... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Joy Online
Iran   Nuclear   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary Fisher, a 22-year-old fire team leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and Roanoke, Va. native, walks through a field while Afghan National Army soldier Baran Gul and an interpreter greet a farmer during a partnered security patrol in Safar, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2011. Afghan government agrees to Taliban-US talks
KABUL: The government of Afghanistan on Wednesday gave its blessing to talks between Taliban insurgents and the United States and to the opening of an office for the Islamists in Qatar. The hardline... (photo: USMC / Cpl. Reece Lodder) The Times of India
Afghanistan   Peace   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA and according to them, flames raise from a gas pipeline caused by an explosion attack, near the town Rastan in the restive Homs province, Syria, on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012. Syrian army defectors threaten more attacks
The commander of the main armed opposition group in Syria has threatened to step up attacks on government forces, saying he was frustrated with Arab League monitors' lack of... (photo: AP / SANA) Al Jazeera
Mideast   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Cofan indigenous women stand near an open oil pit in the Sucumbios province in Ecuador's Amazon in this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005 file photo. A court-appointed expert recommended on April 2, 2008 that Chevron Corp. pay up to US$16 billion (€10.2 billion) for allegedly polluting Ecuador's Amazon Ecuador appeals court rules against Chevron in oil case
An Ecuadorian appeals court has upheld a ruling that Chevron should pay damages totalling $18.2bn (£11.5bn) over Amazon oil pollution. Chevron said... (photo: AP / Dolores Ochoa) BBC News
Ecuador   Oil   Photos   Pollution   Wikipedia: Lago Agrio oil field
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Clive, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Iowa caucuses open, launch 2012 White House race
Voters in Iowa on Tuesday huddled together to cast the first ballots in the 2012 White House race and pick their nominee for the Republican candidate to take on President Barack Obama. Iowans from the... (photo: AP / Chris Carlson) Jakarta Globe
Elections   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: a: United States presidential election, 2012
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