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This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from the city following heavy bombing from military warplanes, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Syria: Intensified airstrikes after failed truce
Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video) NZ Herald
Photos   Syria   Truce   War   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a press conference Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012 with Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, unseen, following their meeting at the presidency in Zagreb. Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition
Zagreb, Croatia - The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria's opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the... (photo: AP / Saul Loeb, Pool) Independent online (SA)
Croatia   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
A man sits in front of his home, on debris left by a flood caused by the heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Gran Goave, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Caribbean nations still reeling from Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 69 across the Caribbean and has left thousands homeless as the governments struggle to rebuild with the little resources available to them. Haiti faced the highest... (photo: AP / Dieu Nalio Chery) Al Jazeera
Caribbean   Disaster   Hurricane   Photos   Wikipedia: Hurricane Sandy
Afghan Security Not Ready for 2014, Report Says Afghan Security Not Ready for 2014, Report Says
The facilities for security in Afghanistan will not last after allied drawdown Afghan National army soldiers take up their positions during a patrol near prayers gathered for Eid al-Adha on Friday in... (photo: USMC / Pete Thibodeau) US News
Afghanistan   Facilities   Photos   Security   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Iran Offers to Send Emergency Aid Team to Stricken New York
TEHRAN — Iranian rescuers and aid workers are on standby to fly to New York City to provide assistance to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, the head of Iran’s Red Crescent Organization... (photo: AP / Mike Groll) The New York Times
Aid   Iran   New York   Photos   Wikipedia: Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York
Afghans pass by a giant poster of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012. Taliban able to stand for 2014 Afghanistan election
THE Taliban could stand in Afghanistan's next presidential election in 2014, as a series of suspected insurgent bombings killed 17 civilians. President Hamid Karzai, who is serving his second... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Afghanistan   Election   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Elections in Afghanistan
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