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refugee camp, hosting tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict
Photos   Refugees   Syria   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syria		  Newstrack India 
Syrian refugees in Turkey exceed 200,000
Sat 22 Dec 2012
Tweet Ankara, Dec. 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The number of Syrians fleeing clashes in their country and residing in Turkey has exceeded 200, 000, an official of the Syrian National Council's Executive... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
U.S. academic and polemicist Noam Chomsky, left, speaks at Jordan's University in Amman, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, during an online lecture with Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.
Education   Humanrights   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Noam Chomsky		  CounterPunch 
Chomsky on Civil Liberties, Obama and the Future of Progressive Politics
Fri 21 Dec 2012
Linguistics professor Noam Chomsky has been America’s premier political dissident since the Vietnam War. As a vocal critic of US foreign policy, the self-described “libertarian socialist” has been... (photo: AP / Mohammad Abu Ghosh)
In this May 12, 2010 photo, Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with the U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali.  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Fri 21 Dec 2012
U.N. OKs offensive to oust extremists in Mali
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists, but it demanded progress first on political... (photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou)
Africa   Mali   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 Northern Mali conflict
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics.  Jakarta Globe  Fri 21 Dec 2012
UN Security Council Approves Mali Intervention Force
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led intervention force to help Mali’s army reconquer much of the country from Islamist militants. The 15-member council gave... (photo: Public Domain / Tm)
Islamists   Mali   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Tuareg rebellion (2012)
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Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, President of the Republic of Yemen addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly. CNN Thu 20 Dec 2012
Yemen's president restructures armed forces
December 20, 2012 -- Updated 1056 GMT (1856 HKT) Yemeni president Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi. Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen's armed forces have a new look after President Abdu... (photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman)
Military   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Yemeni presidential election, 2012   Yemen
FOREIGN MINISTER HINA RABBANI KHAR DELIVERING HER SPEECH AT THE NAM MINISTERIAL MEETING IN TEHRAN-IRAN-28 AUGUST 2012. The Siasat Daily Thu 20 Dec 2012
Pak to hold debate on counter-terrorism during UNSC presidency
United Nations, December 20: Pakistan will hold an open debate on counter-terrorism during its Presidency of the UN Security Council here next month, with Foreign... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan)
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   UN   Wikipedia: Hina Rabbani Khar
A wide view of the Security Council as it considers the situation in Timor-Leste. Scoop Thu 20 Dec 2012
Timor-Leste: Security Council Commends Democratic Progress
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 5:20 pm Press Release: UN News Timor-Leste: Security Council Commends Country’s Progress towards Democracy New York, Dec 19 2012 - As... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Photos   Security   Timor   UN   Wikipedia: East Timor
Secretary-General Holds End-of-Year Press Conference In his end-of-year press conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reflects on a “tumultuous” 2012, which saw tensions from Syria to the Sahel and from Eastern Congo to the Korean peninsula. The Star Wed 19 Dec 2012
U.N. chief Ban calls for peaceful Egyptian referendum
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Wednesday for the final stage of a referendum in Egypt on a new constitution to be carried out... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Egypt   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Ban Ki-moon
Security Council Meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste United Nations Wed 19 Dec 2012
Timor-Leste: Security Council commends country’s progress towards democracy
Print 19 December 2012 – As the United Nations winds down its peacekeeping operation in Timor-Leste, the Security Council today applauded the “remarkable... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Photos   Security   Timor Leste   UN   Wikipedia: East Timor
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... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras)
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Pakistani rescue workers and local residents gather at the site of a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed several people including a provincial government official at a political rally held Saturday by a party that has opposed the Taliban, officials said. Suicide Blast in Pakistan Kills Provincial Minister Voa News
'Irving Berlin's White Christmas' hits holiday spot at Kennedy Center Baltimore Sun
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
Parliamentary head Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president at a ceremony in Bamako, Mali Thursday, April 12, 2012. Traore took office as interim president Thursday, returning the country to constitutional rule three weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the nation's democratically elected leader in a coup. Mali Leader Acknowledges Extremists Not Foreigners The New York Times
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. Clinton accepts Benghazi findings Al Jazeera
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Police foil Christmas plot to kill Irish soldier in British army The Guardian
Ali Zeidan, a Europe-based envoy for the Libyan National Transitional Council, speaks to the Associated Press in Paris, Monday March, 21, 2011. Zeidan said air strikes, led by France, Britain and the United States, have helped, but the council do not want international forces to invade the country. Mission impossible: Libya seeks to close over 4,000 km desert borders Middle East Online
A wide view of the Security Council as it met to discuss a resolution on “threats to international peace and security posed by terrorism”. UN makes it easier for blacklisted Taliban militants to travel outside for peace talks Newstrack India
Pakistani security personnel visit the site of bombing in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. A car bomb exploded outside the women's waiting area of a government office in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region, killing at least many people and wounding others, government officials said. Pakistan car bombing kills 17 CBC
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