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File - Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, speaks to the press at UN Headquarters. Ms. Zerrougui briefed reporters on her recent visit to Yemen. Syria's war children will grow up illiterate: UN
BEIRUT: Syria's devastating civil war will force a generation of children to grow up illiterate and filled with hate, a UN envoy warned on Thursday as fighting raged on around the country. | Leila Zer... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The Times Of India
Photos   Syria   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in handcuffs, center, is escorted from a court in Kirov, Russia Thursday, July 18, 2013. Anti-Putin activist Navalny sentenced to five years in jail
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in prison for embezzlement. Navalny rose from obscure blogger to spearhead of the opposition, denouncing corruption wi... (photo: AP / Evgeny Feldman) France24
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Parents of youths sentenced for life protest in Srinagar Parents of youths sentenced for life protest in Srinagar
Tweet | Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) Parents and relatives of two Kashmiri youths, sentenced for life by a court in West Bengal, staged a protest here Thursday and appealed to the governments of West Beng... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Newstrack India
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Riot policemen guard the Greek parliament during a protest in Athens , Wednesday, July 17 2013, as lawmakers voted for thousands of public-sector job cuts and transfers. Greece approves scheme to fire thousands of public workers
  | Reuters | July 18, 2013 - 03:57 | By Renee Maltezou and George Georgiopoulos | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's shaky coalition government scraped through a vote on Wednesday on a bill to sack pub... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis) Swissinfo
Economy   Greece   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
File - Armed Police soldiers of Nanning perform training exercises for visitors at the barrack in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Saturday, July 31, 2004, a day before the Chinese Army Day, the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. China's Full Circle Policy: Treasured Fleets to Treasured Ground Troops
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Beijing is coming full circle in announcing that it will, and for the first time, send troops to Africa. China's forces will be part of a larger contin... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Liu Guangming) WorldNews.com
Africa   China   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: AfricaChina relations  
Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the final phase of large-scale military exercises involving Eastern and Central Military District forces, 17 July, 2013. US ties outweigh intelligence 'squabbles' - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said bilateral relations with the US are more important than "squabbles between special services". | In his latest comments on fugitive US intelligence l... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) BBC News
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