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Somali government soldiers stand at a military camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
SOMALIA: Military emphasis at conference “puts more civilians at risk”
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Photo: Kate Holt/IRINSomalia needs more than a military solutionLONDON, 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - The London Conference on Somalia ended with a seven-point plan aimed at boosting humanitarian aid and support for African Union troops, and tougher action on piracy, but “fell short on the measures required to address the risks faced by...

An Iraqi firefighter hoses down a burned bus after a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.
photo: AP / Emad Matti
Al-Qaida claims deadly attacks on Iraqi cities
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BAGHDAD — Iraq's al-Qaida branch has claimed responsibility for the wave of bombings and other attacks that killed dozens in Baghdad and across the country the day before. The Islamic State of Iraq says it targeted security forces and government officials in "revenge for the elimination and torture campaigns that Sunni men and women face in...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses a group of diplomats from the Association of Southeast Asian nations, jsa1
photo: AP / Ed Wray
Rudd confirms challenge to Gillard is on
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Kevin Rudd has finally confirmed he will take on Julia Gillard at a party room leadership vote on Monday as he tries to make a comeback as prime minister. Mr Rudd said the Labor party was "heading for the rocks at the next election". "That's why I'm here today because I believe that to do the best for Australia and Labor things have to change," he...

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian supporters of President Bashar Assad carry a giant national flag during a protest in al-Qarya village, in the southwestern Suwayda province, Syria, Friday, July 1, 2011.
photo: AP / SANA
Syria faces ultimatum from international conference
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A major world conference is being held in Tunisia to seek a breakthrough in the increasingly bitter Syrian unrest. The US, Europe and Arab countries plan to challenge President Bashar al-Assad to provide humanitarian access within days to the worst-affected areas. There is growing pressure...

File - Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) move to reinforce newly occupied positions around Mogadishu Stadium in the north of the Somali capital, following the insurgent group Al-Shabaab's withdrawal of the majority of its forces overnight on 5 August, 2011.
photo: UN / Stuart Price
World leaders see Somalia turning point
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DPA World leaders have pledged increased support for Somalia's efforts to overcome two decades of political turmoil fuelled by civil war, poverty and terrorism. British Prime Minister David Cameron, who hosted a high-profile conference of representatives from 50 governments and organisations in London on Thursday, said the meeting marked a "turning...

An Afghan protester points towards a US soldier in front of the US base of Bagram during an anti US demonstration in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012.
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq
Anti-American Koran demos across Afghanistan
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Anti-American protests are taking place across Afghanistan for a third day following the burning of the Koran at a US military base. Local police said several hundred people chanting "Death to America" marched through the main town in Laghman province, east of Kabul. Other peaceful demonstrations are taking place across the country. Meanwhile the...

Ahmed Ali inspects his destroyed car after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
Iraq: Bombings, shootings kill 35 across Baghdad
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Baghdad: A swift series of bombings and shootings killed 35 people across the Iraqi capital early Thursday in attacks that mostly appeared to target police, officials said. In the worst attack, a car bomb went off near a security checkpoint in Baghdad's downtown shopping district of Karradah killing nine people. Twenty-six people were wounded in...

This combo shows a photo of American journalist Marie Colvin, left, and one of French photographer Remi Ochlik. The two journalists were killed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 by Syrian government shelling of the opposition stronghold of Homs, France's government said.
photo: AP
Syria reporters' deaths condemned
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The killings of two Western reporters in the city of Homs and reported deaths of some 60 people across Syria have triggered further Western outrage towards the Damascus government. Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin, an American, and French photographer Remi Ochlik died in shelling by Syria's government forces. The US said it was "another example...

Afghans shout slogans during an anti-US demonstration in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul
Karzai urges calm as 6 die in Afghan Quran protests
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Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country. The US embassy said their staffs were in "lockdown" and travel had been suspended as thousands of people...

Firemen rescue wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012.
photo: AP / Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam
Argentina train slams into station, 49 dead
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SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) : A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades. Federal Police Commissioner Nestor Rodriguez says the dead include 48 adults and one child. That...


The two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, are still trying to thrash out the details...
Despite a growing body of evidence that President Bashar al-Assad is personally culpable for...

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Australia's former foreign minister, Kevin Rudd announces he will contest a leadership vote against Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, bringing to a head the bitter rivalry engulfing the minority government. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9102769...
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth
President Barack Obama talks about his plan for health care reform following a roundtable discussion with health care providers during a visit to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2009.
WASHINGTON - Soaring gasoline prices are threatening to undercut President Barack Obama's re-election prospects and offering Republicans an easy target. With prices pushing $4 a gallon and threatening to go even higher, Obama sought Thursday to...
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing at the release of stamp in the memory of Shri Puran Chandra Gupta, at a function in New Delhi on January 02, 2012.
The Indian prime minister has blamed US non-governmental organisations for the delay in commissioning the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu state. Manmohan Singh told the prestigious Science journal that these groups did not appreciate India's...
photo: PIB of India
Vladimir Putin, Chairman of the Government, spoken at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos Municipality, Graubünden Canton on January 28, 2009
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's leading independent polling company says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected take victory in the presidential election in the first round. Levada Center's chief Lev Gudkov said Friday that the latest poll data show that...
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Pakistani soldiers, police officers check a police building after it was attacked by a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden pickup truck in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.
RIAZ KHAN Associated Press= PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suicide bombers armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked a large police station in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, killing four officers in an assault authorities...
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad
31st December 2011 - Tibetan monks awaiting their spiritual leader's arrival at Bodhgaya town, Bihar state of India where Buddha achieved enlightenment.
BEIJING (AP) — A provincial Communist Party chief warned Tibetan monks and residents to oppose separatism and obey the law as he visited a monastery and restive communities that have been at the center of many recent self-immolation protests, a local...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, addresses the press on the issue of climate change. Also present is Penelope Ying-yen Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water of Australia.
KEVIN Rudd's resignation as Foreign Minister has not had the Chinese wailing in the streets with sadness or disappointment. In fact commentary on China's popular Twitter like micro-blogging networks has been largely negative towards the man who...
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz

London Conference on Somalia: US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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London Conference on Somalia: US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton
IRINnews 24 Feb 2012, Photo: Kate Holt/IRINSomalia needs more than a military solutionLONDON, 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - The London Conference on Somalia ended with a seven-point plan aimed at boosting humanitarian aid and support for African Union troops, and tougher action on piracy, but “fell short on the measures required to address the risks faced by...

12/22/11 worst Iraq violence since 2006, early pullout could be catastrophic - Krauthammer; updated 06 Jan 2012; published 23 Dec 2011
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12/22/11 worst Iraq violence since 2006, early pullout could be catastrophic - Krauthammer
Palm Beach Post 24 Feb 2012, BAGHDAD — Iraq's al-Qaida branch has claimed responsibility for the wave of bombings and other attacks that killed dozens in Baghdad and across the country the day before. The Islamic State of Iraq says it targeted security forces and government officials in "revenge for the elimination and torture campaigns that Sunni men and women face in...

Rudd Gillard and Qantas Go Kung Fu Fighting; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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Rudd Gillard and Qantas Go Kung Fu Fighting
Otago Daily Times 24 Feb 2012, Kevin Rudd has finally confirmed he will take on Julia Gillard at a party room leadership vote on Monday as he tries to make a comeback as prime minister. Mr Rudd said the Labor party was "heading for the rocks at the next election". "That's why I'm here today because I believe that to do the best for Australia and Labor things have to change," he...

Firestorm Forecast: 'Syria can set region ablaze'; updated 24 Feb 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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Firestorm Forecast: 'Syria can set region ablaze'
BBC News 24 Feb 2012, A major world conference is being held in Tunisia to seek a breakthrough in the increasingly bitter Syrian unrest. The US, Europe and Arab countries plan to challenge President Bashar al-Assad to provide humanitarian access within days to the worst-affected areas. There is growing pressure...

London Conference on Somalia: US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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London Conference on Somalia: US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton
Sydney Morning Herald 23 Feb 2012, DPA World leaders have pledged increased support for Somalia's efforts to overcome two decades of political turmoil fuelled by civil war, poverty and terrorism. British Prime Minister David Cameron, who hosted a high-profile conference of representatives from 50 governments and organisations in London on Thursday, said the meeting marked a "turning...

Quran Burning Sparks Angry Afghan Protest; updated 22 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Quran Burning Sparks Angry Afghan Protest
BBC News 23 Feb 2012, Anti-American protests are taking place across Afghanistan for a third day following the burning of the Koran at a US military base. Local police said several hundred people chanting "Death to America" marched through the main town in Laghman province, east of Kabul. Other peaceful demonstrations are taking place across the country. Meanwhile the...

12/22/11 worst Iraq violence since 2006, early pullout could be catastrophic - Krauthammer; updated 06 Jan 2012; published 23 Dec 2011
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12/22/11 worst Iraq violence since 2006, early pullout could be catastrophic - Krauthammer
Zeenews 23 Feb 2012, Baghdad: A swift series of bombings and shootings killed 35 people across the Iraqi capital early Thursday in attacks that mostly appeared to target police, officials said. In the worst attack, a car bomb went off near a security checkpoint in Baghdad's downtown shopping district of Karradah killing nine people. Twenty-six people were wounded in...

Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria
Joy Online 23 Feb 2012, The killings of two Western reporters in the city of Homs and reported deaths of some 60 people across Syria have triggered further Western outrage towards the Damascus government. Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin, an American, and French photographer Remi Ochlik died in shelling by Syria's government forces. The US said it was "another example...

Quran Burning Sparks Angry Afghan Protest; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Quran Burning Sparks Angry Afghan Protest
Zeenews 22 Feb 2012, Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country. The US embassy said their staffs were in "lockdown" and travel had been suspended as thousands of people...

Argentina Train Crash filmed by security cameras of the Train Station; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Argentina Train Crash filmed by security cameras of the Train Station
The Times of India 22 Feb 2012, SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) : A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades. Federal Police Commissioner Nestor Rodriguez says the dead include 48 adults and one child. That...

Stefan Fule anti-Cyprus Foul at EU - 1; updated 31 Jul 2010; published 31 Mar 2010
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Stefan Fule anti-Cyprus Foul at EU - 1
m&c; 22 Feb 2012, Brussels - Half-a-year after it was posited as the European Union's next bailout victim, Cyprus remains on track to whittle down its deficit to 2.7 per cent, the bloc's executive said Wednesday in the run-up to the island's turn at the rotating EU presidency. The wide-ranging exposure of its banking system to Greek debt had been at the center of...

London Conference on Somalia: US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 23 Feb 2012
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London Conference on Somalia: US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton
Independent online (SA) 22 Feb 2012, London - Somalia should be enjoying an Arab Spring of its own but its Al-Shebab insurgents are fomenting jihad both in and out of the country, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday. Speaking on the eve of an international conference on Somalia being held in London, Cameron said the terror threat emanating from the Horn of Africa...

7 Killed As Afghan Quran Protests Turn Violent; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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7 Killed As Afghan Quran Protests Turn Violent
Jakarta Globe 22 Feb 2012, A total of five demonstrators were shot dead on Wednesday in anti-US protests in Afghanistan over the burning of the Koran at a US military base, officials said. Three were killed in Shinwar district of Parwan province north of Kabul, provincial administration spokeswoman Roshna Khalid told AFP. "The protests got violent. They attacked police with...

Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria; updated 23 Feb 2012; published 22 Feb 2012
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Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria
Toronto Sun 22 Feb 2012, Syrian troops and militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured and then shot dead 27 young men in northern villages and two foreign journalists were killed in shelling of the besieged city of Homs, activists said on Wednesday. The two Western journalists were killed on Wednesday when shells hit the house they were staying in, activists and...





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