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Residents of San in central Mali, some holding a French flag, gather around a convoy of French troops as they pass through San en route to Sevare, Mali, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013
France   Mali   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)		  Denver Post 
French troops encircle key al-Qaeda-held town in Mali
Sat 19 Jan 2013
BAMAKO — French troops encircled a key Malian town on Friday to stop radical Islamists from striking closer to the capital, a French official said. The move to surround Diabaly came as... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore)
Security Council Meeting: The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Algeria   Photos   Terrorism   UN   Wikipedia: In Aménas hostage crisis		  News24 
UN council slams 'heinous' Algeria attacks
Sat 19 Jan 2013
New York - The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the "heinous" attack and hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex by al-Qaeda linked militants. A statement agreed by the 15-member... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
File - Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks during a celebration of Human Rights 2012, on the theme, “My Voice Counts, in Geneva, Switzerland.  Al Jazeera  Sat 19 Jan 2013
UN rights chief urges Syria war crimes probe
Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has cited the increasing casualty count in Syria as a basis for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes in the... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferre)
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division leave Combat Outpost Giro, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, July 23, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Baker/Released)  Khaama Press  Sat 19 Jan 2013
US troops IED attack casualties dropped 50% in Afghanistan
According to Pentagon officials, U.S. troop deaths and wounds from makeshift bombs in Afghanistan dropped by almost half in 2012 as Afghan forces take a larger share of fighting and Americans find and... (photo: US Army / Andrew Baker)
Afghanistan   Pentagon   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta holds a joint press conference with Portuguese Minister of Defense, Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco, in Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 15, 2013. Panetta is on a six day trip to Europe to visit with foreign counterparts and troops in the area. Zeenews Sat 19 Jan 2013
Panetta urges NATO to keep pressure on al Qaeda
London: As international military operations continued in Algeria and Mali, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged NATO today to be more innovative and flexible so it can... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Algeria   Nato   Photos   Qaeda   Wikipedia: Leon Panetta
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid to the UN during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem BBC News Sat 19 Jan 2013
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu challenged for right-wing vote
Although Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is favourite to be returned to office in Tuesday's general election, he is positioning himself further to... (photo: AP / Gali Tibbon, Pool)
Election   Israel   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu
In this Friday, July 27, 2012 photo, armed Syrian rebels inspect a destroyed Syrian armored vehicle in Homs, Syria BBC News Sat 19 Jan 2013
Syria crisis: Locals tell of Homs massacre
In every war, the battle to control the narrative can be as fierce as the conflict on the ground. That's been the story of Syria, and a growing war which has seen... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan)
Crimes   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
Roadblocks prevent the access of the Tigentourine gas plant where hostages have been kidnapped by islamic militants, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. BBC News Sat 19 Jan 2013
Algeria siege: Hostage nations concerned over situation
Nations with hostages being held by militants at an Algerian gas plant have expressed concern at the ongoing siege. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the... (photo: AP / Anis Belghoul)
Africa   Al Qaida   Algeria Hostage   Photos   Wikipedia: In Aménas hostage crisis
Lebanese residents watch a burning car that burst into flames when armed protesters attacked the convoy of a cabinet minister, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The National News Agency says protesters demanding the release of Islamist prisoners in the city of Tripoli threw a grenade at the convoy of Sports and Youth Minister Faisal Karameh that set fire to one of the vehicles, wounding four. The minister was not hurt. Al Jazeera Fri 18 Jan 2013
Lebanon minister escapes convoy attack unhurt
The convoy of a Lebanese government minister has come under fire in the northern city of Tripoli, leaving four people wounded and a security... (photo: AP / AP Photo)
Lebanon   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Faisal Karami   Islamist
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, walks from number 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The New York Times Fri 18 Jan 2013
British Leader Sees Wider Threat in Algeria Attack
LONDON — With more than 60 hostages still missing and many feared dead, Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament on Friday that the Qaeda-linked attack on a... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Algeria   Hostage Crisis   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: In Aménas hostage crisis


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People evacuate an injured man after a bomb attack that struck the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Bombings in Iraq kill Shia pilgrims BBC News
A woman walks past election campaign posters of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the southern city of Sderot, Israel, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Polls Give Hard-Line Bloc Edge in Israel Elections The New York Times
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prior to his departure from the White House, July 6, 2010. Obama, Netanyahu seem headed for US-Israel clash The Guardian
President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, March, 5, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Obama's alleged criticism of Netanyahu enlivens Israeli election Sun Sentinel
Oil
In this undated image released Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013, by BP petroleum company, showing the Amenas natural gas field in the eastern central region of Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. Siege awakens ghosts of Algeria's 'dirty war' BBC News
GEN Norman Schwarzkopf, Commanding General, V.S. Central Command, arrives at the Pentagon for meetings with General Colin Powell, CJCS, and Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney. D-1998-OSD-91-040129 Location: PENTA 1991 Victory Over Iraq Was Swift, but Hardly Flawless Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech during the inauguration ceremony of the Caracol Haiti Industrial Park on the outskirts of Cap Hatien, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. Clinton encouraged foreigners to invest in Haiti as she and her husband Bill led a star-studded delegation gathered Monday to inaugurate the new industrial park at the center of U.S. efforts to help the country rebuild after the 2010 earthquake. At left, Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. US extends exemptions for India,China to Iran oil sanctions The Siasat Daily
U.S. extends waivers on Iran sanctions to China and India U.S. extends waivers on Iran sanctions to China and India The Star
Essar Group - Essar Oil -India -Petroleum -hires(sk1) Essar slashes Iran imports in Nov; to continue with cuts-source Reuters
Terrorism
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, shows rescue workers and bystanders at a building damaged by a rocket attack, that killed at least 12 people, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. In a spike in civil war violence that Syrian state media blamed on rebel fighters a rocket attack in the northern city of Aleppo occurred during a particularly bloody week nearly two years after an uprising began against Assad's regime. Explosion kills 12 in Aleppo Mail Guardian South Africa
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a general view shows the site where one of two bombs exploded near a military compound, in the city of Idlib, northwestern Syria, Monday, April 30, 2012. Syria Car Bombings Kill 22 Near Idlib Security Headquarters Huffington Post
Representative of Syria Addresses General Assembly on Financial Crisis Bashar Ja'afari, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses a United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development. Envoy slams Aleppo attackers Independent online (SA)
US to chase al Qaeda in any nook and corner: Panetta US to chase al Qaeda in any nook and corner: Panetta Zeenews
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