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Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, arrived through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on November 16, 2012. Egyptian Prime Minister Kandil arrived Friday to show solidarity with the Palestinian people following a two-day Israeli military offensive in the enclave, an Egyptian official said.Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Egypt to resume IMF loan talks as reserves dwindle
Egypt will soon resume talks with the International Monetary Fund over a crucial $4.8bn (£3bn) loan to shore up the economy, the prime minister says. | Talks were suspended because of political turmo... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) BBC News
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Former Argentina player and national team coach, Diego Maradona reacts during a press conference presents him as the head coach of Al Wasl Football Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday June 4, 2011. Maradona speculation ends as Hakeem Shakir is appointed Iraq coach
The country's football association has announced that the interim boss has been handed the reins on a permanent basis, silencing rumours surrounding the Argentina icon | By Joe Wright | More On :... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Goal
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In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings from heavy shelling in Homs, Syria, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Syria risks becoming ‘new Somalia’: UN envoy
London: UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network) Zeenews
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Afghanistan's flag is seen, top right, as Afghan soldiers stand attention during a hand over ceremony of U.S.- run prison to Afghan government in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. What 2012 has meant for Afghanistan
After nearly a year of tense relations between all the major players in Afghanistan, there was at the end of 2012 a flurry of diplomatic activity that once again raised expectations for peace, writes ... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) BBC News
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Kashmiri muslim woman mourn during the funeral of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant, Imtiyaz Ahmed in Pulwama some 55kms south of Srinagar on December 28,2012. Indian troops shot dead two suspected Islamic militants in Kashmir while seven civilians received police bullet injuries when they protested the slaying of the rebels, officials said. The two militants belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba rebel group were killed while three troopers were wounded in a firefight with militants in Pulwama town, 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Kashmir summer capital Srinagar. 21 Pakistani security officers believed shot to death by Taliban
December 29, 2012 -- Updated 2218 GMT (0618 HKT) | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The bodies of 21 Pakistani tribal police officers were found Saturday night, two days after they were abducted during a ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) CNN
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Commander, 1st Brigade, Australian Brigadier Gen. John Cantwell, is interviewed by Australian media about Exercise Talisman Sabre. General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink
| SYDNEY -- In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. | John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of desert sand that had swallowed the re... (photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Paul Polach) Stars and Stripes
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