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Villagers help U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fill in a crater caused by the detonation of a roadside bomb June 30, 2012, outside the town of Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)   		 Japan Times 
New Delhi must respond to the convergence of U.S.-Indian interests in Afghanistan's future
Mon 16 Jul 2012
| LONDON — The Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan (July 8) ended by adopting a declaration that echoed Indian concerns when it adopted a declaration recognizing that "the main threat to Afghanistan... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
File - An Honduran Navy officers patrols next to a boy in Ahuas, Honduras, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. On Friday May 11, a helicopter mission with advisers from the DEA, appears to have mistakenly targeted civilians in a remote jungle area in the region, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others.
Crime   Honduras   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: War on Drugs   		 The Guardian 
Honduras counts the human rights cost of America's war on drugs
Sun 15 Jul 2012
| American agents accused of illegal acts in new front line against the narco-traffickers | Police detain a man during a patrol in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where US agents have joined the fight against ... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd)
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.  The Washington Post  Sun 15 Jul 2012
Clinton meets with military, political leaders as US seeks to define its role in Egypt
| CAIRO — Having pressed the new Egyptian president, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday sought to mobilize what influence the United States still has with the army chief wh... (photo: AP / Brendan Smialowski)
Egypt   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
File - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, center, observes a military parade at the country's anniversary celebrations, at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Monday, July 9, 2012.  Al Jazeera  Sun 15 Jul 2012
Leaders of rival Sudans meet
| African leaders have brought together the presidents of feuding neighbours Sudan and South Sudan for face to face talks at a hotel in the Ethiopian capital. | Saturday's meeting, between P... (photo: AP / Shannon Jensen)
Africa   Peace   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: South SudanSudan relations  
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File - The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze transits the Strait of Hormuz with Military Sealift Command missile range instrumentation ship USNS Invincible and British Royal Navy ships HMS Ramsey, HMS Pembroke and RFA Lyme Bay, 19 May, 2012. Al Jazeera Sat 14 Jul 2012
Iran renews oil blockade warning
| Iran could prevent even "a single drop of oil" passing through the Strait of Hormuz if its security is threatened, country's naval commander has said, as tens... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Jeff Atherton)
Iran   Mideast   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: IranUnited States relations  
Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad Middle East Online Sat 14 Jul 2012
Maliki under fire from Syria's defected Baghdad envoy
| DUBAI - Syria's former ambassador in Baghdad, Nawaf Fares, criticised Iraqi premier in an interview broadcast Saturday, saying Nuri al-Maliki's stance towards Damascus ... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Nouri al-Maliki  
Top Afghan MP killed in suicide attack at daughter's wedding The Daily Telegraph Sat 14 Jul 2012
Top Afghan MP killed in suicide attack at daughter's wedding
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 22 people including a prominent politician, and wounding 40 others. | Af... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Attack   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
File - Afghan police special force soldiers walk out side of the Spozhmai Hotel on Lake Qurgha, where security officials say Taliban insurgents killed nearly two dozen people, most of them civilians, in an attack just north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 22, 2012. Xinhua Sat 14 Jul 2012
Afghan lawmaker among 22 killed as suicide blast hits N. Afghanistan
| AIBAK, Afghanistan, July 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 22 people, including an Afghan parliament member and a head of provincial intelligence agency, were killed and 60 other... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Wide view of the Security Council chamber as the Council debates peacebuilding in post-conflict situations, 12 July, 2012. Al Jazeera Sat 14 Jul 2012
Ban urges Security Council action over Syria
| Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, has called on the UN Security Council take "decisive action" on the conflict in Syria a day after activists said scor... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Peace   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
UPA Presidential Candidate Pranab Mukherjee show the momento which is given by the CPI(M) MLAs during his election campaign at Kolkata on Monday 09 July 2012 Zeenews Fri 13 Jul 2012
After Pranab, is Antony the number 2 in UPA govt?
New Delhi: Has Defence Minister A.K. Antony been informally accorded the number two position in the cabinet to replace Pranab Mukherjee who is contesting the presidential... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Election   Israel   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Pranab Mukherjee  
In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, Free Syrian Army soldiers pose for a photograph in Homs, Syria. The Independent Fri 13 Jul 2012
Assad forces and militia 'kill 220 Syrians in worst atrocity'
| A sustained attack by soldiers and artillery was followed by gangs of pro-regime Shabbiha storming Tremseh, according to the Hama Revolutionary Council, which said the ... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network, SNN)
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
Cadel Evans of Australia strains during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 29.5 kilometers (18.3 miles) with start and finish in Cholet, western France, Tuesday July 8, 2008. Stefan Schumacher of Germany won the stage and took over the overall leader's yellow jersey, Evans ranks fourth in the overall standings. The Australian Fri 13 Jul 2012
Cadel Evans Tour de France title defence has taken a massive body blow
| CADEL Evans's Tour de France defence is on life support after Sky tormentors Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome rained body blows on the Australian in an explosive 1... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
Cycling   Photos   Sportstars   Tour de France   Wikipedia: Cadel Evans  
Darren Clarke of England greets spectator at 18th dugreen as he finished the round three of BMW Asian Open 2008 golf tournament Saturday April 26, 2008 at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Clarke finished the third round with the score of 9 under as leader. BBC News Wed 11 Jul 2012
Darren Clarke 'frustrated' ahead Open Championship defence
Open champion Darren Clarke is "incredibly frustrated" with his game as he prepares to defend the title at Royal Lytham next week. | The Northern Irishman has f... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Golf   Ireland   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: Darren Clarke  


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File - Afghan police special force soldiers walk out side of the Spozhmai Hotel on Lake Qurgha, where security officials say Taliban insurgents killed nearly two dozen people, most of them civilians, in an attack just north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 22, 2012. Afghan lawmaker among 22 killed as suicide blast hits N. Afghanistan Xinhua
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File - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, center, observes a military parade at the country's anniversary celebrations, at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Monday, July 9, 2012. Leaders of rival Sudans meet Al Jazeera
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