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A Haitian national flag flies at half-mast on the front lawn of the former National Palace, marking the 3rd anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Haiti quietly marks quake's 3rd anniversary
President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster's anniversary Saturday with a... (photo: AP / Dieu Nalio Chery) WPXI
Anniversary   Earthquake   Haiti   Natural Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Haiti earthquake
File - Al-Shabaab fighters display weapons as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia,Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. French secret service hostage and soldiers killed in Somali rescue mission
Helicopter raid fails to rescue agent 'Denis Allex' from Islamist group al-Shabaab, as French combat pilot killed in Mali French secret service hostage 'Denis Allex' pictured in Somalia in October... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor) The Guardian
Al Shabaab   France   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War
In this Jan. 11, 2013 photo provided by NSW Rural Fire Service, an aircrane dumps water on a fire near Tallong, Australia. Bushfires rage on in Australia 'helped' by climate change
Australian firefighters are continuing to tackle more than 100 bushfires, which have gutted houses and thousands of hectares of land. Officials say temperatures are lower than feared, but gusty winds... (photo: AP / NSW Rural Fire Service, Kerry Lawrence) BBC News
Australia   Climate Change   Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012–2013 Australian bushfire season
Protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Anti-government protests sweep Iraq
Thousands of Sunni Iraqis have taken to the streets of Baghdad and other parts of the country to decry the alleged targeting of their minority, in rallies hardening opposition to the country's Shia... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Al Jazeera
Iraq   Photos   Protest   War   Wikipedia: Iraq War
French President Francois Hollande, center, reviews troops, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, of the twelfth cuirassiers regiment in the military base of Olivet, near Orleans, central France, before delivering his New Year's greetings to French army forces. France launches military operation in Mali
PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - France's armed forces began a military intervention in Mali on Friday to help the government stem a push south by Islamist rebels who control much of the north, President... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon) The Star
France   Islamist   Mali   Military Intervention   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012–present Northern Mali conflict
In this Sunday Jan. 6, 2013 photo Syrian rebel fighters take their positions on the frontline of the ongoing battle for the military airport in Taftanaz, Syria. Rebels seize helicopter base in Syria
Beirut - Rebels seized a strategic air base in northern Syria on Friday after months of fighting, activists and insurgents said, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad's grip on the region.... (photo: AP / Mustafa Karali) Independent online (SA)
Mideast   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
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