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A Syrian refugee carries her son after a medical check at the French mobile hospital set up to treat refugees fleeing the ongoing violence in Syria, at the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.
Photos   Syria   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War
 Al Jazeera 
UN humanitarian chief Amos arrives in Syria
Tue 14 Aug 2012
Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian chief, has arrived in Syria to address the "deteriorating humanitarian situation" in the conflict-ravaged country and discuss ways of scaling-up relief efforts. She... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon)
Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus)
Animals   Environment   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Burmese Pythons in Florida
 The Guardian 
Huge Burmese python caught in Florida
Tue 14 Aug 2012
Female snake, which was pregnant with 87 eggs and measured over 5m long, is largest ever found in US state Tens of thousands of Burmese pythons are believed to be living in the Everglades, where they... (photo: Public Domain / TimVickers)
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa talks with the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Christine Assange, as they walk on a balcony of the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Agu. 1, 2011.  Al Jazeera  Tue 14 Aug 2012
Ecuador to decide Assange plea 'this week'
Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s president, has said he expects to respond to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's application for political asylum some time this week. "We expect to have a meeting on... (photo: AP / Martin Jaramillo)
Crime   Ecuador   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Julian Assange
Skateboard.  Huffington Post  Thu 9 Aug 2012
Skateboarding Goat, 'Happie,' Sets Guinness World Record (VIDEO)
Happie, a Nigerian dwarf cross goat named "Happie" has reason to be just that after earning a Guinness World Record for skateboarding.... (photo: Public Domain / Ncapamaggio)
Guinness World Record   Nigeria   Photos   Skateboarding   Wikipedia: Guinness World Records
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Indonesian Muslim student protester holds a poster in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, calling for an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State of Myanmar. Al Jazeera Wed 8 Aug 2012
'Mass graves' for Myanmar's Rohingya
A recent journey to western Myanmar has revealed a provincial capital divided by hatred and thousands of its Muslim residents terrorised by what they say is a... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim)
Human Rights   Myanmar   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Rohingya people
A man walks past a Standard Chartered logo in Hong Kong Belfast Telegraph Tue 7 Aug 2012
British bank Standard Chartered 'laundered $250bn for Iran regime'
Standard Chartered, one of Britain's most distinguished global banks, has been accused by US regulators of laundering $250bn from Iran and behaving like a "rogue... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
Bank   Iran   Photos   Standard Chartered   Wikipedia: Standard Chartered
Mawlamyaing (also spelled Mawlamyine; Burmese: မော်လမြိုင်မြို့; MLCTS: mau la. mruing mrui.; IPA: [mɔ̀ləmjàiN mjo̰]; formerly Moulmein) is the third largest city of Burma (Myanmar), situated 300 km south east of Yangon and 70 km south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin (Salween) river. The city of 300,000 is the capital and largest city of Mon State, Myanmar, and is the main trading center and seaport in south-eastern Burma. The Siasat Daily Fri 3 Aug 2012
US Congress wants to keep Myanmar import ban
Washington, August 02: The US Congress on Thursday voted to extend a ban on imports from Myanmar by one year despite recent easing of other sanctions against the country.... (photo: Creative Commons / Dorona)
Ban   Importation   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Burma
FEATURE: ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea Taipei Times Wed 1 Aug 2012
FEATURE: ASEAN path to union muddied by South China Sea
Discord in Southeast Asia over how to deal with Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea comes as the region struggles to overcome competing national interests and form... (photo: EC / EUROPEAN COMMISSION)
Asean   Beijing   China   Photos   Wikipedia: ASEAN Summit
Rohingya protesters gather in front of a United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Monday, June 11, 2012, to call for an end to the ongoing unrest and violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Zeenews Mon 30 Jul 2012
UN rights envoy probes ethnic clashes in Myanmar
Yangon: A United Nations human rights expert kicked off a weeklong visit to Myanmar on Monday by focusing on deadly strife between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas that... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Human Rights   Myanmar   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Burma


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