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ALTERNATE CROP OF DEL108 - A Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, India, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the country Monday, March 26, 2012. The Tibetan activist lit himself on fire at the gathering and was rushed to hospital with unknown injuries, reports said. As Self-Immolations Approach 100, Some Tibetans Are Asking if It Is Worth It
NEW DELHI — A crowd of Tibetans came here to India’s capital last week, bearing flags and political banners and a bittersweet admixture of hope and despair. A grim countdown was under way:... (photo: AP / Manish) The New York Times
China   Human Rights   Photos   Self-Immolation   Tibet   Wikipedia: Self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China  
French President Francois Hollande, center left, walks with Malian President Dioncounda Traore, center right, as they arrive in Bamako, Mali, after visiting Timbuktu, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. French President Hollande gets warm welcome in Bamako
French President Francois Hollande, speaking before a friendly crowd in the Malian capital, has said military operations in the country will be short. But he added France will stand by Mali during its... (photo: AP / Thomas Martinez) Deutsche Welle
France   Francois Hollande   Mali   Mali Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Operation Serval  
A man suspected of being a Jihadist, arrested by Malian forces in Lere, sits at the police station where he is being held in Timbuktu, Mali, Friday Feb. 1, 2013. UN alarmed at Mali army abuse claim
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations expressed alarm Friday over reported mob lynchings and other reprisal killings of Tuaregs and Arabs as the Malian army retakes control of the north of the country. |... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) The Times Of India
Africa   Human Rights   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: Northern Mali conflict (2012present)  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a facial gesture as she is introduced before delivering her farewell remarks to State Department employees at the State Department lobby in Washington, before departing the State Department for the final time as Secretary of State, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Clinton formally steps down as U.S. secretary of state
|  • Hillary Clinton on Friday formally stepped down as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State. |  • Since taking office in Jan. of 2009, Clinton has visited 112 countries, covered over 950,000 miles.... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta) Xinhua
Hillary Clinton   John Kerry   Photos   Secretary of State   United States   Wikipedia: Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State  
Pedestrians walk through a gate on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Harvard: Dozens disciplined over exam cheating
| BOSTON: Harvard University said Friday it issued academic sanctions against about 60 students who were forced to withdraw from school for a period of time in a cheating scandal that involved the fin... (photo: AP / Elise Amendola) New Straits/Business Times
Cheating Scandal   Harvard University   Photos   Students   Wikipedia: 2012 Harvard cheating scandal    
Police officers gather near the side entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, Friday Feb. 1, 2013. Suicide bombing at US Embassy in Turkey kills 2
| ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a Turkish guard in an attack that Turkish officials blamed on domes... (photo: AP) San Francisco Chronicle
Photos   Terrorism   Turkey   US   Wikipedia: TurkeyUnited States relations  
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