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Civilians and security forces personnel gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the Husseiniyah suburb of northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 6, 2013. 3 car bomb attacks hit Kurdish security forces in Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Two suicide car bombers and a car bomb struck Kurdish security forces in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, killing at least two and wounding more than 29, a... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Xinhua
Iraq   Kurdisthan   Photos   Suicide Bomb   Wikipedia: 2013 Hawija clashes
Under a portrait of late Syrian President Hafez Assad, Syrians check the internet Syria cut off from global Internet
Internet connections between Syria and the outside world have been cut off, according to data from Google Inc and other global Internet companies. Tuesday's shutdown effectively "disconnects Syria... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Al Jazeera
Communication   Internet   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
A truck is pulled out a driveway from a house Tuesday, May 7, 2013, where three women who vanished a decade ago were held, in Cleveland. When people disappear, investigators scramble for clues
People rarely reappear after vanishing for a decade. In most cases that remain unsolved for years, the outcome is grim. Lizabeth Wilson, 13, was walking home from a swimming pool in Prairie Village,... (photo: AP / Tony Dejak) BBC News
Photos   Police   US   US   Wikipedia: 2013 Cleveland, Ohio, missing trio
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013. John Kerry seeks Vladimir Putin’s help in finding solution to Syria conflict
The US Secretary of State has sought Russian help in ending Syria’s civil war, telling President Vladimir Putin in Moscow that common interest in a stable Middle East could bridge divisions among the... (photo: Public Domain) The Independent
Photos   Russia   Syria   USA   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
File - A vehicle of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) perched above the Golan Heights, near UNDOF’s Camp Faouar, Syria, 15 August 2011. UN says 4 peacekeepers detained on Golan Heights
Armed men detained four U.N. peacekeepers on patrol on the Golan Heights in a tense area that separates Syria and Israel, the U.N. said Tuesday. A rebel group claimed it was holding the peacekeepers.... (photo: UN / Wolfgang Grebien) Austin American Statesman
Peace   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone
President Zuma Welcomes Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan SA, Nigeria aim to boost ties
Cape Town - The leaders of Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, were meeting on Tuesday in an effort to improve sometimes patchy ties. South African President Jacob Zuma and his... (photo: Flickr / The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa) Independent online (SA)
Economy   Nigeria   Photos   South Africa   Wikipedia: Nigeria–South Africa relations
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