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File - Detainees at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Cuba, sit on prayer rugs as they observe morning prayers before sunrise inside Camp Delta Oct. 28, 2009.
Guantanamo   Human Rights   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp   		 Al Jazeera 
Prisoners suspend hunger strike at Guantanamo
Sat 13 Jul 2013
Most prisoners on the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay have resumed eating, the US military has said. | The inmates of the army-controlled detention centre ended, or at least paused, the hunger strike ... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Marcos T. Hernandez)
Kolkata BSNL Employees Agitation Against Rape Case in Kolkata on Tuesday 25 June 2013
Court   India   Photos   Rape   Wikipedia: 2012 Delhi gang rape case   		 BBC News 
Delhi gang rape: Verdict on juvenile accused due
Thu 11 Jul 2013
An Indian juvenile court is due to deliver its verdict on a 17-year-old boy accused of taking part in the fatal gang rape of a woman on bus in Delhi. | The boy is charged with rape, murder, destructio... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Protesters display placards expressing support for U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines to coincide with Fourth of July celebrations in the U.S., which incidentally is observed in the country as Filipino-American Friendship Day Thursday, July 4, 2013.  Al Jazeera  Wed 10 Jul 2013
What am I missing in the Snowden affair?
I would have thought that there was a clear set of principles that make the American diplomatic pursuit of Edward Snowden as a fugitive from justice a rather empty and futile gesture. As far as I can ... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
NSA Spying   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Edward Snowden  
File - A Soldier with ISAF exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis Province, Afghanistan Jan. 5, 2011.  The Guardian  Wed 10 Jul 2013
UK forces in Helmand 'made matters worse', says report
Study says 'ignorant' troops alienated local people and the Taliban are likely to try to retake the Afghanistan province | Soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles on patrol in Helmand province, Afghanis... (photo: USMC / Sgt. Brian Kester)
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians investigate damages after two suicide bombings hit security compounds in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 23, 2013. WorldNews.com Tue 9 Jul 2013
Praise the Lord and Allah and Pass the Ammunition and Sword
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | A priest and another Christian that were beheaded before a cheering crowd by Syrian insurgents battling President Assad's... (photo: AP / SANA)
Mideast   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Osama bin Laden is seen in this image broadcast Wednesday, April, 17, 2002, by the London-based Middle East Broacasting Corp. France24 Tue 9 Jul 2013
Bin Laden report reveals Pakistani ‘incompetence’
Pakistan’s intelligence services showed gross incompetence and “culpable negligence” in failing to detect the presence of Osama bin Laden for years, according to an... (photo: AP / MBC via APTN)
Al Qaida   Intelligence   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Osama bin Laden  
The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony in a discussion with the Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, in Beijing on July 05, 2013. Newstrack India Fri 5 Jul 2013
India, China say strategic communication need for trust
Tweet | New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday held talks with his Chinese counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, and bot... (photo: PIB of India)
China   Defence   India   Photos   Wikipedia: ChinaIndia relations  
File - President Barack Obama talks with former President George W. Bush prior to the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, April 25, 2013. WorldNews.com Thu 4 Jul 2013
A Short-Lived Independence Thanks to Nationalism
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | In proposing a toast to a group of dignitaries, Stephen Decatur, a United States naval officer who led raids against the ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Nationalism   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Nationalism  
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk with former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush in the Cross Hall towards the East Room of the White House, May 31, 2012. WorldNews.com Wed 3 Jul 2013
Assassins Used to be Deranged, Now It's Presidents
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | President James Garfield was shot by a deranged assassin. During the Civil War, Garfield had shown tremendous courage at ... (photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy)
Crime   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: War on Terror  
File - The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle. Al Jazeera Wed 3 Jul 2013
Obama won't end the drone war, but Pakistan might
On June 7, the CIA launched a drone strike in Mangroti, North Waziristan, killing nine people. Days earlier, taking oath as Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif ha... (photo: USAF)
Pakistan   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan  
File - A U.S. Special Forces sergeant assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan issues guidance to a squad of soldiers assigned to the 1st Kandak, 209th Afghan National Army Corps, preparing to battle with Taliban fighters in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province April 14, 2007. South China Morning Post Wed 3 Jul 2013
Kabul army general says Pakistan could end Afghan war ‘in weeks’
Pakistan could end the Afghan war “in weeks” if it were serious about peace, and is complicit in US drone strikes despite its denunciations of the anti-militant campa... (photo: US Army / Spc. Keith D. Henning)
Afghanistan   Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Indian rupee - Coin - Currency The Times Of India Tue 2 Jul 2013
Rupee falls for second day on defence demand from importers
MUMBAI: The rupee fell for a second session on Tuesday, as state-run banks bought dollars to meet the government's defence needs and on continued worries that foreign inv... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Business   Market   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: Indian rupee  
Ernie Els, of South Africa, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the Texas Open golf tournament, Sunday, May 16, 2010, in San Antonio. Sky Sports Tue 2 Jul 2013
Ernie Els has decided to play Castle Stuart ahead of his Open defence
Ernie Els will warm up for the defence of his Open title by playing in next week's Scottish Open at Inverness. | The South African had indicated he would swerve the Castl... (photo: AP / Eric Gay)
Golfing   Photos   Sport   Star   Wikipedia: Ernie Els  


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Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and wave his campaign posters outside the Presidential palace, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president staged rival rallies Friday after he assumed sweeping new powers, a clear show of the deepening polarization plaguing the country. Egypt braces for more protests on weekly prayer day CBC
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Protesters display placards expressing support for U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines to coincide with Fourth of July celebrations in the U.S., which incidentally is observed in the country as Filipino-American Friendship Day Thursday, July 4, 2013. What am I missing in the Snowden affair? Al Jazeera
Capital of Swat Valley " Saidu Sharif ". In 1023, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi conquered Swat and defeated the last Buddhist King, Raja Gira in battle. In Pakistan, army adamant on fighting the other Taliban Swissinfo
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File - U.S. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment arrive at an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2010. Taliban likely to keep stretches of Afghanistan Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Luxembourg's Prime minister and President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker briefs members of the European Parliament on the previous Eurogroup meeting, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. France pushed its EU partners Tuesday to support boosting the powers of the International Monetary Fund to contain the turmoil that has swept financial markets worldwide and is slowing the European ec Luxembourg spying scandal breaks Juncker government Swissinfo
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army soldier fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian government forces in Saladin neighborhood, in Aleppo, Syria. Syria rebel leader killed by rivals The Irish Times
Portugal Prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho with Barroso Portugal's PM says committed to reaching cross-party deal Swissinfo
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