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Anti-government protestors react during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Witnesses and a security official say police have stormed a protest camp in southern Yemen where thousands are calling for the ouster of the country's longtime president. Saturday's raid was the latest attempt by security forces to put down growing unrest. On Friday, security forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least 46 and injured hundreds in the harshest crackdown yet by President Ali Abdullah Saleh against more than one month of protests against his 32-year rule. Banner reads in Arabic: " Where are you Yemen's free fighters?". Al-Qaeda dangerously close to turning Yemen into a new Afghanistan
The Yemeni police and security forces were placed Monday and Tuesday on maximum alert following a weekend of deadly terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who have gained control of... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) The Examiner
Al Qaeda   Photos   Unrest   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Yemeni uprising   Yemen
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday March 7, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the crisis in Syria and the risks for U.S. involvement. Talk of US military in Syria divides Congress
J. Scott Applewhite Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday March 7, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the crisis in Syria and the... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) Kansas City Star
Congress   Defence   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: International reactions to the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad casts his ballot next to his wife Asma at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. Syria's Al Assad determined to fight on
Beirut: Syria's president has defied mounting international pressure to end the year-old crackdown on an uprising against him, saying he is determined to go on fighting what he called... (photo: AP / SANA) Gulf News
Fighting   Photos   President   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
A new Apple iPad is on display during an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. New iPad goes to 'whole new level'
The computer will have higher resolution than ever before, a video recorder and a five megapixel camera with auto focus and auto exposure. It will also have "voice dictation" which allows... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) The Guardian
Apple iPad   Photos   Technology   Tim Cook   Wikipedia: IPad
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, waves as a member of his security detail stands beside his as he addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 5, 2012. Israelis criticize PM's Iran-Holocaust parallels
JERUSALEM — The Israeli prime minister's linking of Iran to Nazi Germany evoked ringing applause this week at a gathering of a pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington. Back home, though, it drew... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen) Atlanta Journal
Iran   Israel   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran–Israel relations
Protesters walks during a nationwide protest against so called labor brokers and planned new toll roads, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Tens of thousands protest in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG -- Tens of thousands of South Africans marched peacefully through their main cities Wednesday to demand the governing African National Congress do more for the poor. Police estimate... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam) Kansas City Star
Johannesburg   Photos   Poverty   Protest   Wikipedia: Congress of South African Trade Unions
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