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Kofi Annan, left, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, arrives at the Great Hall of the People for talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, unseen, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Africa   Drugs   Photos   United Nations   Wikipedia: Illegal drug trade   		 U~T San Diego 
Kofi Annan tackles drug trafficking in West Africa
ACCRA, Ghana — Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a commission Thursday to tackle drug trafficking in West Africa as the region increasingly becomes a stopover point for ... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Pena Nieto says he'll mount a "real fight" against production and trafficking of marijuana, despite its legalization in two U.S. states.
Drugs   Mexico   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Enrique Peña Nieto   		 Austin American Statesman 
Mexico's new president mostly mum on drug violence
| Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico's drug cartels continue unabated. | Only the government's talk about them h... (photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)
Subhash Ghai, Bollywood Director and Chairman, National Entertainment Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry speaks during the release of a report titled  Digital Spy 
Subhash Ghai 'finds new actress amongst talentless, ugly auditions'
| Subhash Ghai has revealed his newest protégée. | Bengali actress Mishti is to play the lead heroine role in the filmmaker's upcoming Kaanchi. | "More than 240 girls auditioned for the role but mos... (photo: AP / Rajesh Nirgude)
Actress   Bollywood   Celebrity   Photos   Wikipedia: Subhash Ghai  
A youth sleeps on granite sea rocks at the Lumley Beach in Freetown, sierra Leone  Al Jazeera 
Drug traffic fuels addiction in Sierra Leone
| - Leaning against a wall, his eyes red and glazed over, Patrick Hindowa described how he spends his days getting high. "I got no job here," he explained. "Whatever [drugs] I'm going to be able to do... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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US lifts ban on women in frontline combat Al Jazeera
US lifts ban on women in frontline combat
| US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has lifted a ban on women serving in ground combat, saying female troops had proven their courage in a decade of war. | The decision r... (photo: US DoD / A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Combat   Defence   Photos   Women  
Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the Jordanian Foreign Foreign Minister, Mr. Nasser Judeh, at NATO Headquarters. Al Jazeera
Jordan reels over Syrian refugee crisis
| Jordan has launched an urgent aid appeal to cope with a refugee crisis after an estimated 20,000 Syrians crossed over into the country over the past week. | Foreign Min... (photo: NATO)
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Vice President Joe Biden talks with President Barack Obama and Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, during a meeting in the Vice President's West Wing Office, Dec. 31, 2012. Al Jazeera
The fears of fearless white men
| As US Vice President Joe Biden was casting a wide net, talking to a broad range of stakeholders, and hearing a full spectrum of suggestions about how to respond to Amer... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Crime   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Gun politics in the United States  
Karzai at the 2011 Afghan Independence Day in Kabul, which is held every year on 19 August to commemorate Afghanistan's independence from British control over its foreign affairs. Al Jazeera
Karzai calls for prison torture investigation
| The Afghan government has set up a delegation to investigate reports of torture in Afghan-run detention facilities. | The delegation, which was announced on Tuesday, wa... (photo: Creative Commons / NATO)
Afghanistan   Photos   Prison   UN   Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai  
President of France Francois Hollande, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, hug each others after Merkel's speech as part of a reception of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Al Jazeera
France and Germany commemorate Elysee treaty
| France and Germany have marked 50 years since a landmark treaty sealed their post-war reconciliation with a day of pomp, symbolism and celebration while papering over t... (photo: AP / Steffi Loos)
Elysee Treaty   France   Germany   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Élysée Treaty  
Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides in the pack during the 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 148 kilometers (92 miles) with start in Albertville and finish in La Toussuire, French Alps, Thursday July 12, 2012. Al Jazeera
Giro d'Italia new inspiration for Wiggins
| Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins has hinted that fellow Briton Chris Froome is likely to replace him as Team Sky leader for this year's race, which is&... (photo: AP / Laurent Cipriani)
Cycling   Photos   Sport   Star   Wikipedia: Bradley Wiggins  
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, Lindsay June Sandiford of Britain sits at a courthouse during her trial in Denpasar, Bali island, Indonesia. An Indonesian court sentenced Sandiford to death Tuesday, Jan. 22, for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million into the resort island of Bali US News
Indonesia sentences UK woman to death over drugs
| BALI, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced a British woman to death for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million into the resort island of Bali. | Linds... (photo: AP / Firdia Lisnawati)
Drugs   Indonesia   Lawmaker   Photos   Wikipedia: Cocaine  
Defence News
Republican Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Republicans hammer defense nominee Chuck Hagel The Guardian
Humberto de la Calle, head of Colombia's government peace negotiation team, arrives for the continuation of peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Four dead in clash with Colombia's Farc ahead of talks BBC News
Nebraska State Senator Chuck Hagel, visits with Petty Officer 2nd Class James Salmons of Wayne, Neb. Window is closing on Iran and possibility of diplomacy: Hagel Deccan Herald
World Peace Report
Israel's soccer team players celebrate a goal against Luxembourg during their World Cup Group F qualifying soccer match in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Israel won 3-0. Some Fear a Soccer Team's Racist Fans Hold a Mirror Up to Israel Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Republican Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Republicans hammer defense nominee Chuck Hagel The Guardian
Humberto de la Calle, head of Colombia's government peace negotiation team, arrives for the continuation of peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Four dead in clash with Colombia's Farc ahead of talks BBC News
War on Terrorism
Nebraska State Senator Chuck Hagel, visits with Petty Officer 2nd Class James Salmons of Wayne, Neb. Window is closing on Iran and possibility of diplomacy: Hagel Deccan Herald
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, listens to Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron as he delivers a speech in Algiers, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. UK's Cameron in Algeria for security talks Al Jazeera
U.S. Army Sgt. Keith Keller, a combat engineer assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Task Force 3/101, consults a map to determine the best route to the next objective during a patrol through a village in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2013. Turning tide? Lawmakers look to Pentagon for budget cuts The State
Terrorist Organization Profiles
NATO
Staff. Sgt. Robert Krebs, squad leader of a security force team with Zabul Agribusiness Development Team 4, provides over-watch security for the ADT members inside a local nursery in Qalat, Afghanistan, 21 Jan, 2013. Afghanistan's security prospects after Nato withdrawal BBC News
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, meets with Togo President Faure Gnassingbe, center, and Gilchrist Olympio, President of the Union of Forces for Change, the country's main opposition party and the son of Togo's first elected president, at the Presidential Palace in Lome, Togo, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week is taking stock of democratic advances in West Africa after an intense year of diplomacy preoccupied by the Arab Spring. The region's improvements in multiparty governance and the rule of law have come in fits and starts, and often on the back of political violence. President Hillary Clinton? If she wants it CNN
A youth sleeps on granite sea rocks at the Lumley Beach in Freetown, sierra Leone Drug traffic fuels addiction in Sierra Leone Al Jazeera
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