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Food security tops Somalia election agenda | As Somalia prepares to elect a new president, one of the biggest challenges faced by the country's voters is securing food. | The election on Monday comes as the nation struggles to recover from las... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera Election Food Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Somalia |
Syria: Hillary Clinton rejects Russian plan for UN US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dismissed a Russian proposal for a new UN Security Council resolution on Syria as pointless "without teeth". | Russia says it wants Security Council... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett) BBC News Photos Russia Syria UN Wikipedia: Syrian civil war |
Wave of bomb blasts kill dozens across Iraq | At least 24 people were killed in 10 blasts across Iraq, including a car bomb outside a French consular building in the usually stable city of Nassiriya, police sources said. | The most serious atta... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Al Jazeera Iraq Photos Police Violence Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency |
Clinton pledges that U.S. will lift trade sanctions on Russia | Russian President Vladimir Putin meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Vladivostok on Saturday. (Mikhail Metzel, Reuters) | VLADIVOSTOK, Ru... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool) Denver Post Photos Russia Trade US Wikipedia: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Russia rebuffs Clinton on Syria, Iran penalties | VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- Russia on Saturday soundly rejected U.S. calls for increased pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to relinquish power. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to ... (photo: AP / David Karp) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Iran Photos Russia Syria Vladivostok Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad |