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In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Hashemi trial: Murder plots detailed in Iraqi court
The trial of Iraq's fugitive Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, in absentia has heard gripping testimony from a man said to have arranged a revenge bomb attack on his behalf. | Wearing sandals and... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
BBC News
In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces, background, hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners, foreground, during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces on Sunday, in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria.
Damascus   Photos   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascus
| I spent the last week in Damascus and the atmosphere reminds me of Beirut in 1975 at the start of the 15-year civil war. Again and again in conversations, people realistically laid out for me the na... (photo: AP)
The Independent
Friends and relatives of Ali Saleh, 25, load his coffin onto a vehicle during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Iraq deaths increase for second straight month
| The number of Iraqis killed in May increased for a second consecutive month, but remained near the lowest level since the 2003 US led invasion, according to | official figures released today. | In t... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Indian Express
Death   Insurgents   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency  
A Syrian rebel walks past destroyed shops at al-Bayada neighborhood in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. UNSC: Tired, Out of Step, AND Undemocratic?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | When Amnesty International (AI) announced that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was suffering a failure of leadership which makes it seem "ti... (photo: AP) WorldNews.com
Democracy   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council  
Top Stories
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, waves before addressing an audience during a campaign event, in Warwick, R.I., Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Romney promises world's strongest military
Photos | SAN DIEGO - (AP) -- presidential candidate promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world." | The likely Republ... (photo: AP / Steven Senne) Newsday
Military   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney  
This photo released by the Iranian President's Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012. Iran to build new nuclear power plant
Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr, by early 2014, according to the head of the country's Atomic ... (photo: AP / Iranian President's Office) The Daily Telegraph
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Ahmed Ali inspects his destroyed car after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Four killed in Iraq attacks
| AFP - Attacks north of Baghdad on Saturday killed four people, including three soldiers who died in a bombing, security and medical officials said. | In the deadliest a... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) France24
Death   Iraq   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency  
Fallen heroes and the 'flavor of freedom' Fallen heroes and the 'flavor of freedom'
| McIlvaine, known for having a splendid sense of humor that could make a room full of people roar with laughter, served in the U.S. military for nearly eight years – i... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) WorldNetDaily
Afghanistan   Defence   Freedom   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Childhood obesity Childhood obesity may up risk of cranial disorder that may cause blindness
May 25: | Children who are overweight or obese - particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls - are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intrac... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Siasat Daily
Blindness   Children   Obesity   Photos   Wikipedia: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension  
Secretary of Iran`s National Security Council Saeed Jalili(L) and EU Catharine Ashton PHOTO/BULEN KILIC Iran nuclear talks to extend to second, extra day
Talks in Baghdad concerning Iran's controversial nuclear programme will go into an unscheduled second day after diplomats failed to reach agreement. | Six world powe... (photo: EC / EU) BBC News
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani listens to a question during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Iran offers concession on nuclear inspections
| Baghdad -- | Iran made the first move Tuesday in attempts to gain an edge in nuclear talks with the United States and other world powers: It agreed in principle to allo... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) San Francisco Chronicle
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, right, from Japan speaks to the media after returning from Iran at the Vienna International Airport near Schwechat, Austria, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. IAEA reports progress in Iran nuclear talks
| The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has said he expects to sign a deal with Iran soon on investigating suspected weapons activities connected to the country's nucl... (photo: AP / Ronald Zak) Al Jazeera
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Der US-amerikanische Praesident Barack Obama verlaesst am Montag (21.05.12) in Chicago (USA) nach einer Pressekonferenz zum Abschluss des NATO-Gipfels das Podium. Obama hat den Europaeern kraeftig die Leviten gelesen. Diese muessten "begreifen, dass das Euro-Projekt mehr bedeutet als eine Waehrung", sagte er zum Abschluss des NATO-Gipfels in Chicago. Notwendig seien eine "engere Koordinierung auf der finanz- und geldpolitischen Seite und fuer die Wachstumsagenda". Der US-Praesident forderte insbesondere eine Geldpolitik, die reformwilligen Laendern "eine Perspektive fuer mehr Wachstum, Jobs und hoehere Einkommen gibt". Obama's preference for talks with Iran faces test
| WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama's preferred path to end the Iranian nuclear standoff faces a stern test this week when world powers sit down with Iran in another bid ... (photo: AP / Michael Gottschalk/dapd) The Boston Globe
Government   Obama   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside the Iraq War Inquiry as former British Prime Minster Tony Blair is called to give evidence in London, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Blair-Bush Iraq conversation 'must be released'
Extracts from a record of a phone call between Tony Blair and George Bush on the eve of the Iraq War must be released, a tribunal ruled today. | The tribunal ordered that... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) The Daily Telegraph
Blair   Iraq   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Iraq Inquiry  
War Human Rights
Play opening in San Francisco conveys Iraq War's impact
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascu
JBLM combat engineer killed in Afghanistan, the seventh WA w
Annan warns of 'all-out' war in Syria
In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces, background, hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners, foreground, during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces on Sunday, in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria.
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascus
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Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascu
Annan warns of 'all-out' war in Syria
UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
Afghanistan violence kills NATO force member, 11 others
In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces, background, hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners, foreground, during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces on Sunday, in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria.
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascus
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Kuridistan Oil
Kurdish rebels kidnap British national: governor
Religious edict seen as aiding embattled Iraq PM
Clinton steps up pressure on Russia on Syria
Lugar: Syrian rebels need safe zones in Turkey
In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces, background, hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners, foreground, during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces on Sunday, in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria.
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascus
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Oil Output Soars as Iraq Retools
Iraq Is Starting To Produce Oil Like Crazy
  Iraq Produci
Oil Output Soars as Iraq Retools
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Iraq - UN Relations Arabic Headlines
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascu
UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
UNSC: Tired, Out of Step, AND Undemocratic?
UN report: human rights situation in Iraq remains fragile
In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces, background, hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners, foreground, during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces on Sunday, in Kfar Suseh area, in Damascus, Syria.
Patrick Cockburn: Why war is marching on the road to Damascus
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300-year-old Anglo-Arabic School opens doors to girls
Arab writers withdraw from U.S. book over publisher's re
Govt Participates in Arab - Turkey Businessmen Forum
Mubarak get life sentence in deaths of Arab Spring protester
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walks onstage prior to speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011.
Iraq's PM warns Arab states may face 'water war'
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