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African heads of state pose for an official photograph at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, May 25, 2013.
Africa   African Union   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Organisation of African Unity  
 South China Morning Post 
African Union celebrates 50th anniversary
China was thanked yesterday for its massive wave of investment across Africa as the continent's leaders opened extravagant celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the African Union. | Africa's leader... (photo: AP / Elias Asmare)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greets Myanmar school children as he visits Lat Yat San Friends Elementary School in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, May 25, 2013.
Japan   Myanmar   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Shinz Abe  
 Al Jazeera 
Japan's Abe in Myanmar on landmark visit
Shinzo Abe, accompanied by a large business delegation, is visiting Myanmar - the first by a Japanese leader in more than three decades as the Japanese attempt to reassert its position ... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
U.S. Marines with the 215th Corps Engineer Advisor Team, alongside engineers assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT) 7, observe their Afghan National Army engineer counterparts during a clearing operation near Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2013.  The advisor team was there to mentor and advise the ANA heavy equipment operators on the proper use of their equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released)  The Daily Telegraph 
Going to war in Afghanistan has not saved us from terrorism and drugs
Going to war in Afghanistan has not kept terrorism off our streets or helped prevent drugs being openly traded | 7:00AM BST 25 May 2013 | Comments | SIR – I recall being told while Tony Blair wa... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
People evacuate an injured man after a bomb attack that struck the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.  Reuters 
In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. | Unresolved sectarian tensions, in... (photo: AP / Emad Matti)
Iraq   Photos   US   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency  
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File - A portrait of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summits meeting on Afghanistan in Lisbon, Portugal, 20 November, 2010. The New York Times
Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term
NEW DELHI — Seeking to dispel widespread rumors that he will find a way to cling to power beyond the end of his second term next year, President Hamid Karzai of Afghani... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Business   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai  
Report: Palestinian organizations use U.S. funding to demonize Israel The Examiner
Report: Palestinian organizations use U.S. funding to demonize Israel
On Tuesday, a report presented to Congress by Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor showed that several NGOs (“non-government organizations”) in the region that receiv... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Israel   Palestinian   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Palestine  
UN Chief Promotes Gender Empowerment in Mozambique Scoop
UN Chief Promotes Gender Empowerment in Mozambique
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:48 am | Press Release: UN News | UN Chief Promotes Education, Gender Empowerment during Final Day of Mozambique Visit | New York, May 21 2013 -... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Education   Gender   Mozambique   Photos   Wikipedia: Mozambique  
Palestinians take part in a protest against the reduction of some of the financial and food aid services given by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to Palestine refugees, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 9, 2013. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Huffington Post
Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails
If Christopher Coyne's new book, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails needed a subtitle, I'd be willing to offer up "We Meant Well, Too." | Coyne's book... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Aid   Humanitarian   Photos   Wikipedia: World Food Programme   World  
President Barack Obama meets with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the Oval Office, Aug. 4, 2010. The Washington Times
McConnell calls for end of import sanctions on Myanmar
Facebook | Follow @washtimes | Do you believe Jay Carney's assertion that aides insulated President Obama from the IRS scandal? | Login to Vote | View results | Senat... (photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC)
Mitch McConnell   Myanmar   Photos   US   Wikipedia: BurmaUnited States relations  
Head of the Iran's Experts Assembly Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, delivers his speech, during a meeting of the assembly, a powerful clerical panel charged with choosing or dismissing Iran's supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Al Jazeera
Two key candidates barred from Iran election
Iran's electoral watchdog has barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential e... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Election   Iran   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013  
Fight for Somalia turns town to dust Al Jazeera
Fight for Somalia turns town to dust
- In a town not far from Mogadishu, vehicles slow to a crawl to negotiate the potholes that dot the town's only tarmac road; ownerless donkeys wander about, scavenging fo... (photo: UN / TOBIN JONE)
Amisom   Mogadishu   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Mogadishu  
Politics United Nations
- Danger when driven to distraction
- Obama: Gov't with Oklahoma 'every step' of the w
- Kerry: $4B Palestinian economic plan could work
- NTSB: Washington State Bridge Collapse Should Be A Wake-Up C
In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 file photo, Syrians walk past damaged homes during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria.
Battle for Syria's Qusayr intensifies
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- UN lawyer leading drone inquiry praises Obama's speech
- Carey a united nations of soccer
- Obama stretches terror definitions in national security spee
- UN investigator calls for ‘killer robot’ ban
File - Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, briefs correspondents at UN Headquarters, 21 October, 2011.
UN lawyer leading drone inquiry praises Obama's speech as 'significant'
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Elections Education
- Ivory Coast techies elect new 'Web Mayor'
- Belmonte vs postponement of barangay, SK elections
- High-profile MPs Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd vulnerable at ele
- Spike in unseaworthy boats as smugglers attempt to beat elec
Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina arrives at a rally in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday March 17, 2009.
Madagascar president sets out terms for quitting election race
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- Education Department refuses to help five-year-old alleged s
- NT's education review to target failing programs
- Entrepreneur Seeks to Offer High-Quality Education at Fracti
- Two Fort Worth ISD principals head to Harvard
Students - Cafeteria
Two fork-fulls of "Don't want any" food obesity answer?
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Was there genocide in Guatemala?
- Guantanamo prisoners allege widespread abuse
- Guantanamo warden may be unfit for command
- Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees
Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt stands in court before the judge enters to announce the verdict for his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013.
Was there genocide in Guatemala?
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- Economic pressure leads to resurgence of racism in Europe
- Aldershot incidents lead to three accused of racism offences
- Racism on the job an ugly problem, report discovers
- Schools to recirculate anti-racism material
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in view of the World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match against Denmark scheduled for Tuesday.
'Racism is everyone's problem, not just Italy's'
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Labor Affairs Societies
- High-profile MPs Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd vulnerable at ele
- Labor heads are in the sand
- Activists and Labor lack climate, industry nous
- Spotlight grows on China's harsh labor camps
Afghanistan accuses Iran of holding 21 laborers
Afghanistan accuses Iran of holding 21 laborers
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- Gutter oil to be used as auto fuel
- Shanghai warns against telecom scams
- Experts brew ideas for China tea
- Ex-Crimewatch presenter defends rape remarks
QM2 tied up at Pier 12. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is one of three terminals for ocean-going cruise ships in the metropolitan New York City area
Cruises sail to Xisha Islands
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