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A Lebanese army soldier stands guard in front of damaged cars where a rocket struck a car exhibit at the Mar Mikhael district, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 26, 2013. 2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold
BEIRUT — Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. | Ten... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Boston Herald
Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
African heads of state pose for an official photograph at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, May 25, 2013. 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) South China Morning Post
Africa   African Union   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Organisation of African Unity  
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru at the U.S. Department of State in Washington Kerry, in Africa, Presses Nigeria on Human Rights
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Making his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as secretary of state, John Kerry urged Nigeria on Saturday to uphold human rights as it steps up its fight against Islamic extrem... (photo: Public Domain / State Department photo) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Africa   Human Rights   John Kerry   Photos   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict  
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, a Syrian man stands inside a burnt room of al-Ikhbariya TV station which was destroyed after being attacked by gunmen, in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Syria fight rages amid pressure for talks
AFP | Syrian rebels have kept up their resistance to a massive assault on the strategic central town of Qusayr as the regime's agreement to attend a planned peace conference boosted pressure on opposi... (photo: AP / SANA) Sydney Morning Herald
Peace Talk   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Burmese Rohingya refugees are seen on a bus as they arrive for demonstration outside the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Two child limit imposed on Myanmar's Rohingya
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area, and comes amid accusations of ethnic ... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) Al Jazeera
Muslim   Myanmar   Photos   Rohingya   Wikipedia: Rohingya conflict in Western Burma  
Military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, Friday, May 24, 2013, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. Woolwich murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash
There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, an inter-faith charity has said. | Faith Matters, which runs a helpline, said they had receiv... (photo: AP / Bogdan Maran) BBC News
Al Qaida   Crime   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: 2013 Woolwich attack  
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