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File - An Afghan National Army commando from the 6th Kandak hands schoolbags to women and children during a humanitarian assistance mission March 25, 2009, at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Women's rights in Afghanistan Women

Al Jazeera
Afghan women in fight over rights law
- Fawzi Koofi, an Afghan MP, was left out to die under the sun the day she was born, according to a story she recounts in her autobiography. She is now set to run in Afghanistan's... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Russell Klika)

LeAnn Rimes

Child Family Music Photos Wikipedia: LeAnn Rimes

Belfast Telegraph
LeAnn Rimes ‘open to surrogacy’
LeAnn Rimes says she would consider surrogacy or adoption to expand her family with husband Eddie Cibrian. The 30-year-old country singer says she would consider all avenues to expand her family with... (photo: Creative Commons / Mike Shadle)

Two Emirati men recites the holy Quran before they break their fast with Iftar in the holy months of Ramadan at a mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Al Jazeera
Islam in Dubai: It's not just for Arabs
Friday prayers in Dubai offer an opportunity which must be approached strategically. There on time? Sure, you might find parking, of a kind that would be illegal on any other day of the... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Arab Dubai Islam Photos Wikipedia: Dubai

People inspect the scene of an explosion in a busy commercial area in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.

Newsday
Sectarian bombings spread across Iraq
BAGHDAD -- Bombings and gunfire in central and northern Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens yesterday, in the latest bloody chapter of a wave of violence that has edged the country... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Iraq Photos Police Violence Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency

In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria.

Al Jazeera
Russia: Iran must join Syria peace conference
Russia has said that it is imperative for Iran to join a proposed peace conference on Syria despite reservations from some Western nations. "The issue of Iran is key for... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras)
Peace Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals

Elder people - aged people - senior citizens - Elder care

Herald Tribune
Robots and more: Technology and the future of elder care
Third of three parts Facts THE SERIES PART ONE: A revolution in home health care services. The traditional model is rapidly changing. PART TWO: Strangers in the home.... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Business Health Photos Technology Wikipedia: Elderly care

Catering services, food and drinks and tables set, for wedding feast

The New York Times
Tech Boom Turns Bangalore Weddings Into Worldly Feasts
Life and Love in the New Bangalore Tales of ambition and youth from India’s outsourcing hub. Ravi Sinha, an entrepreneur in Bangalore, innovates constantly,... (photo: WN / james)
Bangalore Food Photos Weddings Wikipedia: Bangalore

Cooked rice - staple food of Asia

The Irish Times
Asia Briefing: Latest food scare bolsters case for foreign producers
China can offer one of the great cuisines of the world but a lot of people are losing their appetites following a number of food safety scandals. Contaminated baby... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Asia China Food Photos Wikipedia: Rice

Ivan Marquez, center, chief negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is accompanied by fellow members of his team, from left, Marco Leon Calarca, Ricardo Tellez, Pablo Catatumbo, Tanja Nijmeijer and Jesus Santrich, during the peace talks with Colombia's government in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 26, 2013.

Al Jazeera
Deal reached on land reform in Colombia
The government of Colombia and leftist rebels say they have reached a deal on land reform, one of the most contentious items in their protracted peace... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Colombia Peace Photos Politics Wikipedia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

United Nations

	Indonesia religious award angers rights groups The Guardian
	UN mulls ethics of 'killer robots' BBC News
	Egypt's president sends controversial NGO law to parliament Reuters

Security Council

	Syria crisis: UN debates Qusair fighting as powers spar BBC News
	African Union accuses ICC of 'hunting' Africans Joy Online
	Obama shows a strong commitment to the drone programme BBC News

NATO

	NATO leader to meet with Obama on Friday The Guardian
	Throwing Money at Nukes The New York Times
	Can Nawaz Sharif walk the military tightrope? BBC News

G8 Agenda

	Austerity-hit G8 leaders must not allow charity to begin and end at home The Guardian
	North Korea, Syria dominate G8 talks in London Zeenews
	Korea crisis high on agenda at London G8 talks BBC News

Politics Headlines

Libs to run candidate in Nats stronghold

China's Tiananmen Mothers criticize Xi for lack of reforms

Days after Naxal attack, Shinde to visit Chhattisgarh today

Syrian Opposition to boycott Geneva talks

Howard Dems coy but festive at bash honoring Ulman

Political round-up: Reactionary cartoons and outrage

Elections Worldwide

Casey Donahew Band brings 'Standoff' to Oklahoma City's Zoo

Briefs from Tribune news services

Election petition not a distraction — Prez Mahama

President Barack Obama waves to base peronnel before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington, at Honolulu Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, after spending Christmas with his family in Hawaii

US: Iran support for global terror surged in 2012

File - President Barack Obama walks on the Colonnade of the White House on his way to the Oval Office, Feb. 12, 2013.

Obama says Democrats could win back U.S. House in 2014

Michele Bachmann at the Tea Party Express rally in Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota April 8, 2010 The national tour of the Tea Party Express visited Minnesota and held a rally outside the state capitol building. U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann was the special guest speaker. The Tea Party Express announced their endorsement of Michele Bachmann at the event.

Rep. Michele Bachmann says she will not seek re-election

State Senator Dan Soucek 2013 The Examiner
Illegal alien sentenced for child-sex trafficking in Tenness The Examiner
How to take union money out of election campaigns: Letters t LA Daily News
Debra Saunders: No caucus for old men LA Daily News
Illinois Senate sends House messages on San Francisco Chronicle
Former Mexican president pushing for pot legalization CNN
Tillis-Brawley spat rooted in cable fight The Charlotte Observer
Mitt Romney's 2014 Plans Include Campaigning For GOP Candida Huffington Post
GOP’s verdict is in on reprieve for Colo. mass killer The Washington Times
Mayor Bloomberg & MAIG attacked with Ricin for Anti-Gun acti The Examiner
Military sexual assaults: Bogus epidemic New York Post Online
Fight to clean up Tremont hazardous waste grows Springfield News-Sun
Wisconsin girl eliminated from National Spelling Bee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
US State Department : Daily Press Briefing - May 30, 2013 Scoop
Illinois Senate defeats sweeping pension reform bill Reuters
>Seattle Based WASITRAC Renewed Its Mission on Trade Advocac Seattle Post
Ohio State President Apologizes for Remarks Wall Street Journal
Final vote tally requires runoff election in 16th Senate Dis The Los Angeles Times
Texan gets 25 years in prison for Saudi envoy plot The Siasat Daily
NYC police: Notes to Obama, mayor had gun threats The News & Observer

In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo, rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group shoot towards government troops during clashes at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in Karmal Jabl neighborhood, in Aleppo Syria.

Syria's opposition urges EU to send arms to rebels

This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian rebel firing locally made shells made from gas cylinders against the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syria's main opposition group is urging rebels to come from around the country to reinforce Qusair, a western town under attack by Syrian troops and members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group.

World powers struggle to reach agreement on Syria

William F. Browder, Chief Executive Officer Hermitage Capital Management, asks questions during the session 'Russia's Next Steps to Modernization' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos

Interpol Rebuffs Russia on Its Hunt for a Kremlin Critic

Egyptian draft law said to dash hopes of free civil society The Himalayan
Friday Papers: Consumer giants turn screw on ad agencies Citywire
Li seeks to cool trade disputes China Daily
Syria's Assad to send official delegation to Geneva II confe Xinhua
Gruesome UK killing again draws spotlight on integration of The Examiner
U.S. lifts Iran embargo on communication devices in effort t LA Daily News
Frances Fitzgerald links creche failures to children allowa The Irish Times
French president's wine auctioned to raise funds Houston Chronicle
UK Economic Growth ‘Will Beat Expectations’: Ind CNBC
UFO/ET Citizen Hearing witnesses Bassett, Huneeus and Greer’ Exopolitics
Germany's President Gauck visits international courts in the Deutsche Welle
U.N. Court Acquits 2 Serbs of Crimes in Balkan Wars Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
European Commissioner Calls for Eliminating Roaming Fees Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
President Gauck visits international courts in the Hague Deutsche Welle
Mystery in Seattle, but Paris Beckons The New York Times
Moldova parliament approves new PM to end crisis The Star
Barack Obama through the eyes of John Kerry and Franklin Gra The Washington Times
Germany and France agree on euro president Norway Today
Could Youth Vote Stir Up Next European Elections? Voa News
Cyprus Athletics Gets Bailout, Too Wall Street Journal

Opposition Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Labor Party now would need an additional three seats to form a minority government, as would the conservative coalition, but Labor controls the caretaker administration in the meantime under Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Tony Abbott backs out of funding deal after Coalition resistance

A view of snow covered mountains

The last snows of Zaamin

In this image taken on Oct. 4, 2009, Pakistan's new Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, center, stands pose with his deputy Waliur Rehman, left, and spokesman Azam Tariq in Sararogha in Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan border.

Drone Strike Kills Pakistan Taliban Deputy

Slimy journalistic tactics to publish classified intel is th The Examiner
Cerberus Capital Battles With Japan's Seibu Wall Street Journal
Drilon assured of Senate presidency Sun Star
Xi visits Trinidad in key trade region South China Morning Post
Khmer Rouge leaders apologize to victims' families US News
Tony Abbott phones 8,000 voters The Guardian
Hagel to broach topic of cyberthreats with Chinese Philadelphia Daily News
US accuses Iran of surge in 'terrorism' The Siasat Daily
Attacks on Myanmar’s Muslims The New York Times
Indonesian leader gets religious 'statesman' award New Straits/Business Times
Grim Task of Identifying Factories’ Dead Overwhelms Banglade The New York Times
Govt inaction makes Reserve Bank the bad guy Scoop
Japan deflation persists, industrial output falls US News
No more politics for Christopher de Leon Sun Star
Myanmar: Inching Toward a Truce The New York Times
Myanmar, Kachin reach tentative ceasefire Sydney Morning Herald
Weekend fun in Canberra Canberra Times
The New Zealand Initiative Scoop
Commissioner's Blog: Differing perspectives on policing Scoop
Deal Shows Why China Should Open Up to U.S. Wall Street Journal

Inflatalbe S-300PMU2 SAM of Russia.

Russian S300 anti-aircraft missiles 'delivered to Syria'

John McCain speaking.

John McCain: Syrian Rebels 'Do Not Understand Why We Won't Help Them' (VIDEO)

In this Monday, April 26, 2010 file photo, an Ultra-orthodox Jewish boy walks past a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.

Israel to build 1,000 new homes in East Jerusalem

The Irrelevance of Iran's Presidential Election Huffington Post
‘Very confident’ Assad threatens Israel South China Morning Post
Iraq attacks push May death toll past 600 The Siasat Daily
Syria's Assad 'confident in victory' in civil war CBC
A confident Bashar Assad warns Israel Newsday
Syria's Bashar Assad says a peace pact would face a referend The Los Angeles Times
Key evidence has been held back in return for ex-PM's neutra The Daily Mail
Did IRS targeting start with Israel? WorldNetDaily
Iraq violence: Baghdad bomb attacks leave 25 dead The Siasat Daily
Assad 'confident' of Syria victory London Evening Standard
Cuba still on U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism The Los Angeles Times
US removes sanctions on computer exports to Iran ahead of ne The Verge
Bashar al-Assad says Russian S-300 missiles have arrived in The Guardian
No intervention in Syria WorldNetDaily
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad: We now have Russia's adva Belfast Telegraph
Tomas Young, Dying Iraq Veteran, Chooses To Live: I'll 'Hold Huffington Post
Syria's Assad threatens Israel, says he is 'confident in vic The Examiner
Saudi writer: OK to sexually molest women to protect them The Examiner
Al-Qaida destroys biblical patriarch Abraham shrine in Syria The Examiner
Obama administration to help Iranians beat government censor The Washington Post

UN to Investigate Possible Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces that, following a formal request from the Syrian authorities, he is establishing a United Nations investigation mission on the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria. The Secretary-General waves to journalists at the press encounter where he made the announcement.

Colombia: Ban Welcomes Agreement Between Government and FARC

Leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guard on top of a hill near El Calvario, 60 miles of Bogota, Saturday, March 29, 1998. The rebels kidnapped four American bird watchers and an Italian businessman at a roadblock earlier this week and are evaluating the foreigners' wealth to decide how much ransom to de

Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal on land reform

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos delivers a speech during a televised address to the nation at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.

Colombia, Rebels Reach Land Reform Agreement

Venezuela threatens to end support for Colombia peace South China Morning Post
Feds torpedo July 4th over 'sequestration' WorldNetDaily
Rio state government says it'll appeal judge's ruling to can South China Morning Post
Chilean president hopes Barrick's gold mine will proceed Mining Weekly
Chile president gives nod to huge gold mine France24
Venezuela opposition politician charged again Herald Tribune
Pakistan and Ecuador threatened with IOC ban The Times of India
US accused of withholding evidence in drug case US News
>Venezuela opposition politician charged again Seattle Post
Venezuela opposition politician charged for 2nd time in 3 mo The Washington Post
Brazil defies stereotypes of ‘developing’ nations The Washington Post
Deadly attack stokes Chile Mapuche conflict US News
Colombian government and guerrilla movement reach historic a Granma Internacional
Is Venezuela's opposition TV channel bowing to government pr The Christian Science Monitor
Venezuela police seize 2,500 rolls of toilet paper The Tribune San Luis Obispo
OPEC to meet amid Iran-Saudi tensions USA Today
US VP Biden wraps up first leg of Brazil visit US News
NO HEADLINE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Uganda Lifts Newspaper, Radio Ban After Crackdown Huffington Post
OPEC to Meet Amid Saudi-Iran Frictions CNBC

Kilimanjaro Safaris.

Nigeria, South Africa sign visa waiver

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Mohammed Morsi, center, confers with Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, right, at thw OIC summit in Cairo, Egypt

Egypt president sends draft NGO law to parliament

Malnutrition 'hits reading ability'

Malnutrition 'hits reading ability'

Park Holds Bilateral Summit with Ugandan President Chosunilbo
Pass National Seed Policy and Regulations Bill into law - SE Graphic
Ricin Letters: FBI Says String Of Suspicious Correspondences Huffington Post
Nigeria: Weapons Cache Found The New York Times
Tale of 2 converts shows Egypt's sectarian divide The Guardian
Nigeria military discovers arms cache in north Herald Tribune
Hezbollah armoury 'found in Nigeria' Joy Online
Nigeria military, secret police say they discovered a ‘Hezbo The Washington Post
>Nigeria military discovers arms cache in north Seattle Post
The Wild West in East Africa Foreign Policy
Glover protests in South Africa Belfast Telegraph
The spreading cancer of Syria's war CNN
S. Africa's Zuma Seeks Calm at Mines, Triggering Rand Fall Voa News
Gabon and Central African Republic Achieve Agreement to Prot Huffington Post
Ugandan government claims victory in standoff with press The Los Angeles Times
Five held in Rwanda genocide probe Belfast Telegraph
Libya's revolutionary president resigns for not being revolu Foreign Policy
AP Interview: Nigeria sees outside extremist help US News
Famous Bible hero 'wiped off map' WorldNetDaily
Tale of 2 Converts Shows Egypt’s Sectarian Divide The New York Times

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