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Syrian women stand amid the ruins of their farm, destroyed by Syrian Army jets, in Al-Hafriyeh village, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.
Mideast   Photos   Politics   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war   		 WorldNews.com 
Turkey's 'No Problems' or 'Many Problems' Policy?
Thu 20 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | A Syrian Cuban-like Missile Crisis, a Syrian Korean-like War, and a Syrian U.S./Iraq-like debacle over alleged weapons of mass destruction came to mind... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Yemeni soldiers stand guard in front of Yemen's President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi's house as protestors demonstrate to denounce terror attacks and hail the decisions by Hadi to replace security officials in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.
Defence   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi   Yemen   		 Al Jazeera 
Yemen's president shakes up the army
Thu 20 Dec 2012
| Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has announced the restructuring of the army and defence ministry, in a bid to remove allies of former head of state Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's state te... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed)
3,800 British troops to leave Afghanistan by 2013  Stars and Stripes  Wed 19 Dec 2012
3,800 British troops to leave Afghanistan by 2013
| LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron announced Wednesday that about 3,800 British troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2013. | Around 5,000 will remain into 2014, Cameron ... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
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In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, a man runs between debris after a mortar shell hit a street killing several people in the Bustan Al-Qasr district of Aleppo, Syria.  The Star  Wed 19 Dec 2012
U.N. seeks $1.5 billion to address Syria crisis
| GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $1.5 billion (920.1 million pounds) to provide life-saving aid to Syrians suffering from a "dramatically deteriorating" huma... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras)
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A Libyan military guard stands in front of one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings during the visit of President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate last Tuesday September 11, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Al Jazeera Wed 19 Dec 2012
Clinton accepts Benghazi findings
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she accepts the findings of an independent panel that faulted the State Department over the deadly September at... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon)
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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at presentation of the Presidential Standards to IAFs 25 and 33 Squadrons, at Air Force Station, Sulur in Tamil Nadu on December 18, 2012. The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri K. Rosaiah and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne are also seen. Newstrack India Tue 18 Dec 2012
Effective deterrence must to protect nation: President Mukherjee
| Tweet | Asserting that India stands for peace and its foreign policy is focused on the achievement of this objective, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said effecti... (photo: PIB of India)
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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead hosts the Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy Adm. Noman Bashir during a visit to the Pentagon. The New York Times Tue 18 Dec 2012
In Sign of Normalization, Pentagon to Reimburse Pakistan $688 Million
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon quietly notified Congress this month that it would reimburse Pakistan nearly $700 million for the cost of stationing 140,000 troops on the... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst)
Military   Pakistan   Pentagon   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: PakistanUnited States skirmishes  
Egyptian women line up outside a polling station to cast their votes during a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. WorldNews.com Sun 16 Dec 2012
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Is No Longer a 'State Within a State'
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | "Fundamentalism is good for protest, good for revolution, and good for war, but not so good for development." | After a c... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra)
Egypt   Photos   Politics   Religion   Wikipedia: Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2012  
Pig and piglet roaming along a stream. Orange News Sun 16 Dec 2012
Oliver Stone urges MOD to drop barbaric pig training
Tweet | Moviemaker Oliver Stone has slammed Ministry of Defence chiefs over the alleged use of live pigs to train army doctors, branding the practice "barbaric and shamef... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Animal   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Pig  
Syrian children, who fled their home with their families in Hama due to government airstrikes, stand next to their tent at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The Times Of India Fri 14 Dec 2012
In Syria, hunger spreads as war intensifies
BEIRUT: Desperation for food is growing in parts of Syria, where fist fights or dashes across the civil war front lines have become part of the daily struggle to secure a... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter poses as he carries his weapon in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's civil war has killed more than 40,000 people. CNTV Fri 14 Dec 2012
Russia says Syrian rebels might win
| One of Syria's key allies has admitted for the first time the Assad regime is losing the 20-month ground war. Russia’s deputy foreign minister’s comments are signif... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Photos   Russia   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Novosti Thu 13 Dec 2012
Syria Rebels Holding Reporter Threaten Attacks on Russians
| MOSCOW, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Syrian rebels behind the kidnapping of Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva have released a video threatening more attacks on Russ... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Photos   Russia   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
South Korean man uses his smartphone to take a television screen reporting a news about North Korea's rocket launch at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The Hindu Wed 12 Dec 2012
Defiant North Korea launches long-range rocket
North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Defence   N. Korea   Photos   S. Korea   Wikipedia: Unha  


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Vladimir Putin met with representatives of the Russian Union of Transport Workers and Russian Railways. The discussion focused on the national transportation network development. Russia's Vladimir Putin: I'm Not Authoritarian Skynews
Vito Roberto Palazzolo, left, a fugitive Italian banker, arrives for an extradition trial at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Dec, 20, 2012. Palazzolo, 64, who was implicated in the drug and money laundering trial, was detained at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok on March 30 while about to board a flight to South Africa. He is wanted in Italy where he faces a nine-year prison sentence for links with the Mafia Thai court orders extradition of Italian mafia boss The Australian
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets with members of the so-called Valdai Club of foreign political scholars in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Putin: Assad fate not main concern Al Jazeera
In this still image from Senate TV, retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Ct., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Lieberman used his final Senate floor speech to urge Congress to put partisan rancor aside to break Washington's gridlock. Joe Lieberman introduces bill on statehood for D.C. Business Journal
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Yemeni soldiers stand guard in front of Yemen's President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi's house as protestors demonstrate to denounce terror attacks and hail the decisions by Hadi to replace security officials in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Yemen's president shakes up the army Al Jazeera
South Korea's president-elected Park Geun-Hye waves as she arrives to give her victory speech on a stage in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. First Female President Elected in South Korea ABC News
South Korea´s opposition Grand National Party presidential candidates Lee Myung-bak, left, and Park Geun-hye raise their hands as they participate in a televised debate in Daegu, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. The party kicked Dictator father looms over SKorea's new president San Francisco Chronicle
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