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George Sabra, the new head of the main Syrian opposition bloc in exile, the Syrian National Council, speaks to reporters during a press conference on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council meeting in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012.
Photos   Politics   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war   		 The Guardian 
Moves to form Syrian opposition look set to end in failure
Sat 10 Nov 2012
| Syrian National Council supported by Assad opponents continue to stall over a response to the formation of an umbrella group | Syrian opposition fighters stand on a mat depicting Bashar al-Assad and... (photo: AP / Osama Faisal)
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, left, arrives at the Prime Minister's office to attend the weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.
Colombia   Defence   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Elbit Systems   		 Al Jazeera 
The purity of drones
Sat 10 Nov 2012
| In April of this year, Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak staged a visit to Bogota, where his activities included marketing Israeli drones to the Colombian state.  | According to a subsequent repo... (photo: AP / Menahem Kahana)
Artists concept of Lockheed Martin Corp., Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) design.  Lexington Herald-Leader  Fri 9 Nov 2012
Lockheed Martin ousts CEO-to-be over relationship
| BETHESDA, Md. — Lockheed Martin Corp. has ousted its president and future CEO over a relationship with a subordinate. | The defense company said Friday that its board of directors asked for an... (photo: US Navy)
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File - President Barack Obama has a foreign leader phone call in the Oval Office, Aug. 20, 2012.  Gulf News  Fri 9 Nov 2012
Foreign policy may be the key for Obama
| President Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney is a landmark moment in US politics. He is only the second Democratic president to win re-election since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, doing so desp... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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Top Stories more Headlines
File - Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, June 25, 2012, after a pre-trial hearing. BBC News Fri 9 Nov 2012
Bradley Manning 'offers guilty plea' in Wikileaks case
The alleged source of the Wikileaks revelations has offered to plead guilty to lesser offences than those with which he is charged, says his lawyer. | US Army Private Bra... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Crime   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Bradley Manning  
Joe Biden, Barack Obama Al Jazeera Thu 8 Nov 2012
The progressive president America needs
| Particularly in the last month or so of the campaign - beginning with the surprise unveiling of "moderate Mitt" in the first debate - Mitt Romney tried to run as if he ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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In this photo releases by the Saudi Press Agency, British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, right, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The Guardian Wed 7 Nov 2012
Syria crisis: UK to open talks with opposition militants
| Move to 'reinforce existing dialogue' comes as PM is criticised for appearing to offer Bashar al-Assad path to immunity | Cameron met the king and top Saudi officials i... (photo: AP / Saudi Press Agency)
Photos   Syria   UK   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Roger Federer of Switzerland during a semifinals match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Friday, July 6, 2012. The Hindu Wed 7 Nov 2012
Federer sets year-end record after Tipsarevic success
Roger Federer began his title defence at the World Tour Finals on Tuesday in imperious style as he crushed Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-1 to set another record in a caree... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
Photos   Sport   Switzerland   Tennis   Wikipedia: Roger Federer  
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a New Hampshire campaign rally at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Asia Times Wed 7 Nov 2012
Dogs of war bark in the US
| By Jeremiah Goulka | It's the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn't matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Iran   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: United States presidential election, 2012  
A man waiting to vote at Public School 370 angrily points at a New York City police officer, left, as tempers flare, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Leaf Chronicle Tue 6 Nov 2012
Obama, Romney leave voters facing stark choice
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left Americans to vote Tuesday with a stark choice between their fundamentally different ... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: United States presidential election, 2012  
In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter claims for victory after he fires a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. BBC News Tue 6 Nov 2012
Syria could turn into a new Somalia - UN's Brahimi
The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said he fears the country could "turn into a new Somalia" unless the crisis does not end soon. | In ... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras)
Photos   Syria   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
File - The Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, 28 November, 2011. Astute is the first in a new class of British nuclear submarines that sets the standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth. Al Jazeera Tue 6 Nov 2012
UK nuclear deterrent plan triggers divisions
| - At an unknown location somewhere deep beneath the world's oceans, a British submarine sits primed to launch up to 40 nuclear warheads with a collective destructive po... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Todd A. Schaffer)
Defence   Nuclear   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom  
Television trucks are parked Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, near the barricaded road outside the building housing a military courtroom on Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, where a preliminary hearing began Monday for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. France24 Tue 6 Nov 2012
Prosecutors seek death penalty for US soldier in Afghan massacre
US soldier Robert Bales (pictured right), accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers, appeared before a military court on Monday. Prosecutors said they would seek the de... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren)
Afghanistan   Crime   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Kandahar massacre  


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Litigation
Abu Qatada is driven away after being refused bail at a hearing at London's Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which handles deportation and security cases, in London, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Qatada to stay in UK for months even if he loses legal bid The Daily Telegraph
Rocky Erickson casts a ballot at a polling place on Election Day in Billings, Mont., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. History lesson: Does your vote really count America? The Examiner
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta meets with Austrian Minister of Defense Norbert Darabos at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2012. Pentagon releases Benghazi timeline, defends response DNA India
121024-D-TT977-098 Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta answers a reporter's question during a joint press conference with South Korea's Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin in the Pentagon on Oct. 24, 2012. Panetta and Kim, along with their senior advisors and foreign affairs officials, met earlier for the 44th U.S.-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting. Panetta: Aircraft weren't close enough to stop Libya attack Stars and Stripes
NATO
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu in Bosnian capital of Sarajevo Turkey says NATO readying to deploy missiles on its soil: report Daily Press
A supporter of President Barack Obama uses a digital camera to snap a picture during a fundraiser at Southern Maine Community College, Friday, March, 30, 2012 in Portland, Maine. Numerous Global Security Challenges Await Next President Voa News
Missile
U.S. army chief in Israel to discuss joint missile defense drill U.S. army chief in Israel to discuss joint missile defense drill Ha'aretz
A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) during a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test. Obama's New 'Star Wars' Initiative Threatens To Reignite Cold War WorldNews.com
Coup
File - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets supporters upon his arrival to the National Assembly for a special session commemorating the country's Independence Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 5, 2012. How Hugo Chavez botched the Arab Spring Al Jazeera
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Islamic-rooted party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Turkey's Erdogan has eye on new, strong president's role The Star
Barack Obama Tough choices if Obama wins but loses popular vote Jakarta Post
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