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India West Bengal  Shop Close due to Strike  in Kolkata
India   Kolkata   Photos   Strike   Wikipedia: Strike action  
 The Times Of India 
West Bengal partially hit by strike
KOLKATA: Life was partially affected in West Bengal on the first day today of the two-day countrywide strike called by central trade unions with the situation remaining peaceful. | Shops, markets and ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
FILE - In this undated file photo, Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammed, who is known to be deputy chief of the Pakistani Taliban, is seen in Pakistan's tribal area of Bajur. Maulvi Faqir Mohammed said Saturday Dec. 10, that his group was negotiating with the government, but a Pakistani Taliban spokesman on Sunday Dec. 11, 2011, denied that it was holding peace talks with the government. The conflicting claims may signal splits within the Taliban movement and may make peace more difficult.
Afghanistan   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Faqir Mohammed  
 Huffington Post 
Maulvi Faqir Mohammed, Senior Pakistani Taliban Commander, Arrested In Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan intelligence officers have arrested a senior Pakistan Taliban commander who was hiding out in eastern Afghanistan, a security official said on Tuesday. The capture could h... (photo: AP / Anwarullah Khan)
President Barack Obama greets the crowd at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nev., Friday, May 11, 2012.  Huffington Post 
Obama Making Sequester Statement As Cuts Loom
By JULIE PACE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | WASHINGTON — Facing yet another fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama is urging congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming... (photo: AP / Cathleen Allison)
Business   Florida   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gives a thumbs up to supporters as he stands with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, not in picture, on a balcony at the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Correa is running for another term in tomorrow's presidential election. Members of the National Assembly will also be elected.  CounterPunch 
Rafael Correa, An Anti-Obama in Ecuador?
Latin American elections always seem to get it these days. Western journalists cannot deny an opportunity to pass without throwing some stones. So it was hardly surprising when the words “dictatorâ€... (photo: AP / Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador   Latin America   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Rafael Correa  
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EU to organize Mali aid donor conference in May Sun Sentinel
EU to organize Mali aid donor conference in May
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will hold an international aid conference on Mali in May, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday. | France sen... (photo: EC / EC)
Aid   EU   Mali   Photos   Wikipedia: Mali  
EU launches military training mission in Mali Stars and Stripes
EU launches military training mission in Mali
BRUSSELS — Less than a year after it triggered international condemnation by seizing power in a coup, the Malian military will start receiving advice from European expe... (photo: EC / EC)
Brussels   Mali   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Mali  
Small shops in the streets and markets of Lome , capital of Togo, a country of West Africa ,located between BENIN and Ghana on the west coast of Africa De petits commerces dans les rues et marches de Lome la capital e du Togo, un pays de l'Afrique de l'ouest. situe entre le BENIN et le Ghana sur la cote ouest de l'Afrique  des revendeuses dans le march      on monday, december 27, 2010. Joy Online
Homosexuality in Ghana; The price of democracy
Ghana is in a transition! It is now the age of perverts! The perverted country, Ghana! In Ghana today, it is now the debate on homosexuality! People have now become so em... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Democracy   Ghana   Homosexuality   Photos   Price  
Former rebel fighters celebrate as they pass by a checkpoint near Bani-Walid, Libya, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Khaleej Times
Libya’s struggle to deliver justice fuels violence
Col. Faraj el-Dersi, who defected to the rebel side from Moammar Gaddafi’s police force, was gunned down late last year on the streets of Benghazi, and he bled to death i... (photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini)
Libya   Military   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war  
Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan addresses the public after the commission of national inquiry released its report in Male, Maldives, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. A domestic inquiry commission in the Maldives Thursday concluded that former president Mohamed Nasheed's resignation earlier this year was legal, and that he was not forced to step down at gunpoint as he claims. Nasheed has rejected the report and his supporters have resumed street protests in the Indian Ocean nation. Nasheed resigned in February after public protests and losing support from military and police. The commission was set up to investigate allegations that mutinying police and soldiers forced him to resign. Deccan Herald
Waheed criticises Nasheed for taking refuge in Indian mission
Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed has accused his predecessor Mohamed Nasheed of "instigating" street protests by taking refuge in the Indian High Commission here, as he... (photo: AP / Sinan Hussain)
Business   Photos   Politics   Protest   Wikipedia: Mohammed Waheed Hassan  
Juventus goalie Gianluigi Buffon reacts during a Serie A soccer match between Cagliari and Juventus, in Cagliari, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Cagliari won 2-0 Al Jazeera
Italian leaders stunned at Roma
AS Roma striker Francesco Totti scored a stunning long-range goal just before the hour mark to sink Serie A leaders Juventus 1-0 in their Serie A clash at the Olympic Sta... (photo: AP / Daniela Santoni)
AS Roma   Campionato   Juventus   Photos   Wikipedia: 201213 Serie A  
New Bridge Road area in Singapore Al Jazeera
Singaporeans protest over population plan
At least 4,000 people have staged one of Singapore's largest-ever protests, a further sign of discontent over immigration policies and growing income disparities und... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Photos   Population   Protest   Singapore   Wikipedia: Demographics of Singapore  
Politics United Nations
- Speed Limits Drop on Some Otago Peninsula Roads
- Romney supporter Ted Nugent? Pedophile and draft dodger? His
- Lord Rennard denies sexual impropriety claims
- MPs hammer jobs scheme with 3 per cent rate of success
A soldier speaks: 'The covenant doesn't help anyone. it's just words'
A soldier speaks: 'The covenant doesn't help anyone. it's just words'
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- For a change, Vidarbha MLAs unite for National Law School i
- United States to turn up heat on nations backing cybercrimes
- Tommy Annan Forson Reveals His Wife-To-Be
- Rangers v Annan: Four fans arrested after December match
Master at Arms 2nd Class Nicholas Whisker and his canine Heby search a vehicle for explosive odors in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2013.
Number of Afghan civilians killed in 2012 declines but deaths blamed on insurgents increase
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Elections Education
- Egypt’s Morsi sets parliamentary election date
- Cicero leader, up for re-election, eager to bury town's
- Ecuador's Correa launches post-election investment drive
- Egypt's Mursi calls elections beginning April 27
Former Governor Mitt Romney speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida.
Romney to address conservative conference in March
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- USDA releases Amber Waves mobile app
- How 'Just Do It’ bomb plotters planned attacks as
- English pupils 'two years behind' Asian peers in mat
- AICTE to hold third CMAT for 2013-14 batch
The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Jitin Prasada and the Minister of Universities and Science, UK, Mr. David Willetts, signing an Indo-UK MoU on HRD, in New Delhi on February 20, 2013.
India, UK sign agreements to develop community colleges and strengthen education sector
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Food poverty 'puts UK's international human rights o
- WikiLeaks is a rare truth-teller. Smearing Julian Assange is
- V-Day: One billion 'rising' against women abuse
- Wresting Islam from Islamists
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Food poverty 'puts UK's international human rights obligations in danger'
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- Religious groups react against anti-discrimination inquiry f
- Keyon Wilson Sues Cleo Restaurant Over Alleged Anti-Gay, Rac
- Anna Dyer sues Labour Party over sex and age discrimination
- Centre discriminating in foodgrain procurement: CM
In this March 30, 2012 file picture FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during a press conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA President Sepp Blatter defended his role in a World Cup kickbacks scandal
FIFA continue battle against racism
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Labor Affairs Societies
- Business and Labor Leaders Urge Visa System for Low-Skilled
- Hockey visits heart of Labor's disaster area
- Hockey visits heart of Labor's disaster area
- Julia Gillard exposes Labor's weakness on reforms
Barroso: Labor restrictions for Bulgarians, Romanians expire Dec 31, 2013
Barroso: Labor restrictions for Bulgarians, Romanians expire Dec 31, 2013
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- MPs blast government's flagship Work Programme
- NHS chief wants consultants to embrace seven-day working
- ÂŁ54m down the pan over 20 years to improve hospital food, r
- Marwari society at 100 OUR BUREAU A nurse attends to a newbo
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron, at the Joint Press Statement, in New Delhi on February 19, 2013.
India, UK agree to further intensify cooperation in combating terrorism
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