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Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, applauds and smiles during a speech at a ceremony awarding him with the 2012 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
China   Human Rights   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Chen Guangcheng  
>Dissident end of 'leadership of thieves' in China
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng on Tuesday urged China's people to end the communist-governed nation's "leadership of thieves" and for Washington not to "give an inch" on human r... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta meets with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan December 14, 2011. Secretary Panetta stated that the U.S. is committed to working with the Afghan government to produce a free and independent country.
Afghanistan   Peace   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai  
Karzai Says Peace Talks With Taliban Must be Through Afghan Government
| ISLAMABAD — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that any talks with the Taliban have to be held with the Afghan government. But  the Taliban does not consider Karzai's government legitimat... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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President Barack Obama tries to wave away a fly buzzing around his head as he announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington President Obama Announces Additional Humanitarian Aid for the Syrian People
| Americans and people all over the world have been moved by the images of courageous Syrians standing up to a brutal regime, even as they suffer the consequences of the violence waged against them by... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The White House
Photos   Politics   Syria   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Students of Kashmir University hold plea cards while holding protest against the harassement to women across the country Students demanding action against the  persons involved in recent Gang rape in New Delhi at Kashmir University in Srinagar on Tuesday 08, January 2013. Protesters in India demand death for rapists
By Associated Press Comments | New Delhi — Scores of protesters gathered near India's Parliament on Tuesday demanding the death penalty for six men accused of the fatal gang rape of a young woma... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Detroit news
Crime   India   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: 2012 Delhi gang rape case  
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FILE - In a re-crop of this Monday Oct. 30, 2006 file photo, Dutch Queen Beatrix is seen during a state banquet in at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch Queen announced her abdication in a prerecorded speech in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 28, 2013. Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, has ruled the nation of 16 million for more than 32 years and would be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. Dutch Queen Abdicates, Willem-Alexander to Succeed
| Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, telling her country it was time to hand the cr... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) CNBC
Europe   Netherlands   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Beatrix of the Netherlands  
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. Peace offer made amid northeast Nigeria violence
Maiduguri (Nigeria): A self-proclaimed commander of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram said on Tuesday that a cease-fire by the group would be imminent in northern Nige... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Zeenews
Nigeria   Peace   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at Yangon International airport before departing for India in yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Suu Kyi meets South Korea's first female leader
| SAM KIM | Associated Press= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Both women lost their fathers to gunshots. Both also overcame that tragedy and rose to political prominence in c... (photo: AP) The Guardian
Asia   Myanmar   Photos   South Korea   Wikipedia: Aung San Suu Kyi  
Egyptian protestors run from tear gas fired by security forces during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 White House: Egypt's democracy on 'difficult path'
| LARA JAKES | AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm ... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) The Guardian
Democracy   Egypt   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 20122013 Egyptian protests  
Libyan volunteers clean their weapons on the outskirts of the eastern town of Brega, Libya, Monday, March 7, 2011. Libyan warplanes launched multiple air strikes Monday on opposition fighters regrouping at an oil port on the Mediterranean coast, the second day of a harsh government counteroffensive to thwart a rebel advance toward Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold in the capital Tripoli. Most countries do little to combat corruption in arms trade, study finds
| Transparency International estimates cost of corruption in defence sector amounts to at least $20bn a year | Analysis by Transparency International shows some 70% of co... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill) The Guardian
Arms   Corruption   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Arms Trade Treaty  
US Dollars Currency The unloved dollar standard
| Role as international anchor beginning to falter, as emerging markets are frustrated by Fed's near-zero interest-rate policy | Since the end of World War II, the US dol... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) China Daily
Finance   Market   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: United States dollar  
Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. UN needs more money for Syria
Beirut - The United Nations warned on Monday that it will not be able to help millions of war-hit Syrians without more money and appealed for donations at an aid conferen... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Independent online
Money   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Syria  
In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo Dutch Queen Beatrix smiles as she arrives for the opening of cold mill 22 at Corus steel factory in IJmuiden, western Netherlands. Queen Beatrix steps down
Amsterdam - Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, telling her country it was time to ... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) Independent online
Amsterdam   Netherlands   Photos   Politics   Queen Beatrix   Wikipedia: Beatrix of the Netherlands  
Sen. John F. Kerry addresses attendees of the 2007 Navy Opportunity Forum sponsored by the Navy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Office. Kerry’s Mideast task
John Kerry’s concern regarding the potential snowballing of volatility in the Middle East is justified. He has rightly stated that a failure of a two-state solution in th... (photo: US Navy / Mr. John F. Williams) Khaleej Times
Mideast   Peace   Photos   US   Wikipedia: John Kerry  
North America Europe
U.N. nuclear watchdog backs Iran's denial of Fordow blas
Lack of trust clouds strategies of China, Japan and the US i
Let us learn from traditional societies
U.S. solons support PH arbitration case vs China
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.
Mexico's new president mostly mum on drug violence
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Looting mars liberation as French and Malian troops secure T
Kurdish militants set for Turkey ceasefire in February - pap
Bahrain Criticized for Use of Tear Gas Following Boy’s
Spain's crisis strategy under fire as economy buckles ag
FILE - In a re-crop of this Monday Oct. 30, 2006 file photo, Dutch Queen Beatrix is seen during a state banquet in at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch Queen announced her abdication in a prerecorded speech in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 28, 2013. Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, has ruled the nation of 16 million for more than 32 years and would be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
Dutch Queen Abdicates, Willem-Alexander to Succeed
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Asia Middle East
Gandhiji - Editorial, The Hindu (January 31, 1948)
Xi vows no surrender on 'legitimate rights, core interes
Tomar death: HC slams cops
Suu Kyi meets first female president of South Korea, Park Ge
Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, applauds and smiles during a speech at a ceremony awarding him with the 2012 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
>Dissident end of 'leadership of thieves' in China
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78 bodies found 'executed' in Syria river
U.N. nuclear watchdog backs Iran's denial of Fordow blas
MPs Urge Britain To Support Regime Change In Iran
Israel Angry Over Argentina-Iran Accord on 1994 Bombing Inqu
President Barack Obama tries to wave away a fly buzzing around his head as he announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
President Obama Announces Additional Humanitarian Aid for the Syrian People
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South America Africa
Israel Angry Over Argentina-Iran Accord on 1994 Bombing Inqu
Israel angered over Argentina-Iran bombing probe
AP News in Brief at 4:58 a.m. EST
Israel summons Argentina over 1994 bomb commission
In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo Dutch Queen Beatrix smiles as she arrives for the opening of cold mill 22 at Corus steel factory in IJmuiden, western Netherlands.
Queen Beatrix steps down
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Mali secures retaken towns, donors pledge funds
Looting mars liberation as French and Malian troops secure T
For Mali Islamist rebels, death came from the sky
Money but no troops to aid Mali fight
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.
Peace offer made amid northeast Nigeria violence
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Australia Caribbean
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Anthony Mundine speaks about plan to boycott Australian anth
Australia and Sri Lanka make peace
Benghazi tries to escape its ghosts, past and present
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks about the country's newly implemented carbon tax at the McKell Institute in Sydney, Australia Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Almost 300 of Australia's biggest polluters will pay 23 Australian dollars ($24) per metric ton of carbon dioxide they emit under the tax, which took effect Sunday. The McKell Institute helps to develop public policy in Australia.
Australia unveils first national security strategy
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A Prosecutor Loath to Say ‘Not Guilty’
Antigua gets OK to become copyright haven
Antigua Gets OK to Become Copyright Haven
Jamaica farewell
Cars wait to pass the security check at the CIMEQ hospital in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.
Chavez reportedly at exclusive Cuba hospital
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