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File - In this Thursday, June 28, 2012 photo, embers of the Free Syrian Army are seen in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Much of the violence that has gripped Syria has been sanctioned by the government to crush dissent.
Syria   Mideast   Photos   War Crimes   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war		  Al Jazeera 
UN: War crimes a daily reality in Syria
Tue 4 Jun 2013
The Syrian regime and rebel fighters are committing war crimes as the conflict reaches "new levels of brutality", a report of the United Nations says. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on... (photo: AP)
High school students sing the Turkish national anthem, during a protest at Gezi park, Taksim square in Istanbul, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years
Photos   Politics   Protest   Turkey   Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Turkey		  Belfast Telegraph 
Turkish PM again dismisses protests
Mon 3 Jun 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again dismissed street protests against his rule as organised by extremists, described them as a temporary blip and angrily rejected comparisons with... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
Palestinians cross back into the southern Gaza Strip through the Rafah border terminal with Egypt, on May 22, 2013.  WorldNews.com  Mon 3 Jun 2013
Palestinian Nakbas and Revenge of Geography
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Geography is usually vengeful towards conquerors and oppressors. Israel's geography, rather than a cushion, has become a prison from which there is no... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Human Rights   Israel   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: 1948 Palestinian exodus
Protesters put a metal fence to reinforce a barricade as another one with a Turkish flag looks on during a rally at the Taskim square in Istanbul early Sunday, June 2, 2013.  South China Morning Post  Sun 2 Jun 2013
Protesters claim victory as police leave Istanbul square
Thousands of protesters in Istanbul were celebrating victory early on Sunday after police withdrew from the square at the centre of one of the largest demonstrations against Turkey’s Islamist-rooted... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
Istanbul   Photos   Politics   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2013 Taksim Gezi Park protests
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UN chief warns ''all sides will be held accountable'' for atrocities in Syria CNN Sun 2 Jun 2013
UN chief warns ''all sides will be held accountable'' for atrocities in Syria
June 2, 2013 -- Updated 0040 GMT (0840 HKT) Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are seen near Qusair on Thursday, May 30. Tensions in Syria flared in March... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Arab   Civil   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syria
An Iraqi policeman and civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Iraqi authorities say two car bombs have killed several people and wounded scores of others in the country's south. Two police officials said that the first blast took place near a parking lot near the Tax Department in the center of Basra. Fifteen minutes later, a second bomb went off near an outdoor market in another part of the oil-rich city. The Guardian Sun 2 Jun 2013
Spike in violence in Iraq has echoes in the past
ROBERT H. REID Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — More than a year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the country is reeling from its most sustained violence since 2008.... (photo: AP / Nabil alJurani)
Iraq   Military   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency
Riot police clash with demonstrators after they used tear gas and pressurized water in a dawn raid Friday to rout a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park, Turkey, Friday, May 31, 2013. France24 Sat 1 Jun 2013
Turkey protests spread as Istanbul sit-in turns violent
Anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in cities across Turkey after a sit-in at a park in Istanbul over plans for a construction project turned violent on... (photo: AP)
Photos   Politics   Protest   Turkey   Wikipedia: Istanbul
File - An Afghan National Army commando from the 6th Kandak hands schoolbags to women and children during a humanitarian assistance mission March 25, 2009, at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Al Jazeera Thu 30 May 2013
Afghan women in fight over rights law
- Fawzi Koofi, an Afghan MP, was left out to die under the sun the day she was born, according to a story she recounts in her autobiography. She is now set to... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Russell Klika)
Afghanistan   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Women's rights in Afghanistan   Women
A drug user prepares a syringe to inject himself with heroin in the northeastern Indian city of Imphal, March 20, 1997. Despite a ban from the underground separatist groups, the dense forest covered hilly regions of the northeastern states of Manipur and Mizoram are fast becoming popular routes for drugs runners from the Golden Triangle. BBC News Thu 30 May 2013
War on drugs 'driving hepatitis C pandemic'
The global war on drugs is fuelling a hepatitis C pandemic causing millions of needless infections, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has warned. Repressive drug law... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
Drugs   Hepatitis   Pandemic   Photos   Wikipedia: Drug
In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters discuss military strategies during a day of heavy fighting with Syrian Army forces in Idlib, north Syria. Canberra Times Wed 29 May 2013
Assad's forces score victory in Syria fight
Shells fire from Syria regularly strike the Lebanese northeastern town of Hermel, a predominantly Shiite town. Photo: AP Tripoli, Lebanon: As the United Nations human... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd)
Bashar Assad   Hezbollah   Photos   Syria War   Wikipedia: Timeline of the Syrian civil war


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A U.S. Navy F/A-18C strike fighter receives fuel from the aerial refueling drone of an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. Majority of Americans fine with drone strikes: Poll Zeenews
A poster displayed along the road shows photograph of Imam Abubakar Shekau, leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, declared wanted by the Nigerian military with $320,471 reward for information that could lead to his capture in northeastern Nigeria town of Maiduguri May 1, 2013. Abubakar Shekau, leader of Islamist sect that has killed about 4,000 people since 2009 when it began its campaign of terror is Nigeria's most wanted man, who has been designated a terrorist by the US government. Reward offered for Boko Haram leader Independent online (SA)
United States Department of State headquarters at 2201 C Street, NW in Washington, D.C. State Department Offers Rewards for Terrorist Leaders The New York Times
Free Syrian Army fighter carry the body of their comrade away from the front line during clashes against Syrian Army in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Syrian Rebels Fight in Lebanon, Car Bomb Hits Damascus Voa News
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News conference of Vladimir Putin. Russia's Vladimir Putin defends arms sales to Syria The Los Angeles Times
An Iranian money changer holds U.S. dollars and currency with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's image in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. For first time US slaps sanction on Iran's currency The Siasat Daily
File - Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, the Afghan National Police, and the Afghan National Army’s 203rd Corps assemble for a recognition ceremony for Operation Maiwand, Ghazni, Afghanistan, 28 June, 2007. Afghan colonel arrested in prisoner torture case; US link suspected Baltimore Sun
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