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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.
Crime   Ecuador   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Julian Assange		  Al Jazeera 
Ecuador to decide Assange plea 'this week'
Tue 14 Aug 2012
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)
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Guinness World Record   Nigeria   Photos   Skateboarding   Wikipedia: Guinness World Records		  Huffington Post 
Skateboarding Goat, 'Happie,' Sets Guinness World Record (VIDEO)
Thu 9 Aug 2012
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)
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 state-sponsored campaign to segregate the... (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 institution", in the latest... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
Bank   Iran   Photos   Standard Chartered   Wikipedia: Standard Chartered
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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
In this photo taken by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and released by Korea News Service, people wade through a flooded street in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday Aug 11, 2007. A heavy rain over the last five days caused flood and damages in North Kor Al Jazeera Sun 29 Jul 2012
Scores killed in North Korea floods
Flooding across North Korea this month has killed 88 people, left tens of thousands homeless and devastated swathes of farmland, state media has said. A week of floods... (photo: AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
Disaster   Flooding   North Korea   Photos   Wikipedia: North Korean famine
Navy Pillay, United ( right ) Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with Kyung-Wha Kang ( left ) United Nations, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights during the Urgent Debate on the Human Rights & Humanitarian in Syrian Arab Republic in the High-Level Segment of the 19th session of the Human Rights Council. 28 February 2012. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré BBC News Sat 28 Jul 2012
Burma: UN calls for inquiry over Rakhine violence
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has called for an independent investigation following claims of abuses by security forces in Burma's Rakhine state. Ms Pillay said... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
Burma   Human Rights   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Rakhine State


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File - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John Allen, deputy commanding general of Multi-National Forces-West (MNF-W), talks with Iraqi sheiks during a meeting at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 19, 2008. US commander to visit Pakistan Khaleej Times
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Relatives of disappeared Kashmiri Muslim youths hold placards as they take part in a sit-in protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 10 May 2012. The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) headed by Parveena Ahanger organized the protest against the state government seeking the whereabouts of thousands of people who have allegedly disappeared in custody since a separatist rebellion broke out in 1989 in Kashmir. According to APDP around 8,000 persons went missing after being arrested allegedly by Indian forces. India's Muslims and Hindu's Moksha WorldNews.com
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