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Agriculture   Crops   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Genetically modified food   		 The Guardian 
GM crops: campaigners in Ghana accuse US of pushing modified food
Wed 24 Jul 2013
From farmers to MPs, debate over seed ownership and the role of foreign influences on agriculture is causing divisions in Ghana | Women sweep rice at a processing plant in the northern Ghanaian town o... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter is escorted through an honor cordon as he arrives at Afghan Ministry of Interior to meet with Minster of the Interior Ghulam Mujtaba Patang in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 2013. DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett
Afghan   Afghanistan   Parliament   Photos   Wikipedia: NATO   		 Swissinfo 
Afghan parliament dismisses interior minister over worsening security
Mon 22 Jul 2013
  | Reuters | July 22, 2013 - 09:39 | KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament voted on Monday to dismiss one of the country's chief security ministers, impeaching Interior Minister Ghulam Mujt... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
A village woman reacts after her house was damaged by an earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.  Swissinfo  Mon 22 Jul 2013
China earthquake death toll rises to 22 - Xinhua
  | Reuters | July 22, 2013 - 06:15 | BEIJING (Reuters) - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's western Gansu province killed 22 people and seriously injured hundreds on Monday, state media said,... (photo: AP / AP Photo)
Beijing   China   Gansu   Photos   Wikipedia: List of earthquakes in China  
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles as he places a red rosette on the name of his Liberal Democratic Party's winning candidate during ballot counting for the upper house elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, July 21, 2013.  Swissinfo  Sun 21 Jul 2013
Japan PM wins big in upper house vote, priorities in focus
  | Reuters | July 21, 2013 - 15:26 | By Linda Sieg | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a decisive election victory on Sunday, cementing his grip on power but... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Asia   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Japanese House of Councillors election, 2013  
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The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is a species of primate in the family of apes (Hominidae). BBC News Sun 21 Jul 2013
Chimpanzees to retire from US government research
The National Institute of Health, the largest funder of medical research in the US, is planning to stop using chimpanzees in laboratory experiments. But where will the ch... (photo: Creative Commons / Bhringer)
Animals   Chimpanzees   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Chimpanzee  
Der Kanzlerkandidat der SPD, Peer Steinbrueck, unterhalt sich am Samstag (19.01.13) in Goettingen beim Strassenwahlkampf der SPD fuer die Landtagswahl 2013 in Niedersachsen. Die Wahl findet am Sonntag (20.01.13) statt. Swissinfo Sat 20 Jul 2013
Rival accuses Germany's Merkel of deceit over euro zone bailouts
  | Reuters | July 20, 2013 - 16:44 | BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's main opposition leader Peer Steinbrueck accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of covering up the likeli... (photo: AP / Swen Pfoertner/dapd)
Berlin   Finance   Photos   Politics  
File - Ongoing operations to remove fuel from the half sunken hulk of the luxury ship Costa Concordia a month after it ran aground are seen outside the port of Isola del Giglio island in Tuscany, Italy, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Swissinfo Sat 20 Jul 2013
Five people sentenced to jail for Costa Concordia disaster
  | Reuters | July 20, 2013 - 12:03 | ROME (Reuters) - Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in Italy on Saturday for their... (photo: AP / Giorgio Fanciulli)
Crime   Italy   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Costa Concordia disaster  
U.N. asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels Swissinfo Fri 19 Jul 2013
U.N. asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels
  | Reuters | July 19, 2013 - 21:04 | By Louis Charbonneau | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Rwanda's government for evidence... (photo: MONUSCO / Sylvain Liechti)
Peacekeepers   Photos   Rebels   Rwanda   Wikipedia: Rwandan Genocide  
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a brief news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, before their meeting Swissinfo Fri 19 Jul 2013
Israel, Palestinians lay groundwork for new talks - Kerry
  | Reuters | July 19, 2013 - 19:28 | AMMAN (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians have laid the groundwork for a resumption of peace talks after an almost three-ye... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: John Kerry  
FILE - In this Monday, June 17, 2013 file photo, Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a news conference, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani on Monday leveled his first criticism of the outgoing administration since June's election, saying it has mismanaged the country's economy. Swissinfo Fri 19 Jul 2013
World powers see Iran's Rouhani as chance for nuclear deal
  | Reuters | July 19, 2013 - 18:53 | By Justyna Pawlak | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six world powers see a chance that Iran's relatively moderate new president, beset by ... (photo: AP / Ebrahim Noroozi)
Nuclear   Photos   Politics   Tehran   Wikipedia: Hassan Rouhani  
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, members of the department of defense and private industry thanking them for their work in providing Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles at the MRAP transition ceremony at the Pentagon October 1, 2012. The ceremony marks the start of the transition of the MRAP Joint Program Office from the Marine Corps to the Army and the formal establishment of an MRAP Program of Record within each service Swissinfo Fri 19 Jul 2013
Biden to praise benefits of 'rules of the road' in Asia visit
  | Reuters | July 19, 2013 - 17:58 | By Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden will press India to do more to open up trade and protect i... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Business   Photos   Politics   Trading   Wikipedia: Joe Biden  


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