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File - President Barack Obama and members of the American delegation, including National Security Advisor General Jim Jones, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Mike McFaul, meet with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at his dacha outside Moscow, Russia, July 7, 2009.
Barack Obama   Nuclear Iran   Photos   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: Committee of correspondence   		 WorldNews.com 
Are Global Committees of Trans-Correspondence Possible?
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | For the purpose of urging Patriots in other towns "to state the Rights of the Colonists of this Province," Samuel Adams persuaded a Boston town meeting... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
File - A young child looks on as older boys play football next to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Mogadishu, Somalia, 19 August, 2013.
Al Qaida   Eritrean Refugees   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Isaias Afewerki   		 Al Jazeera 
Is the Horn of Africa facing another collapsing state?
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Just as the Horn of Africa is witnessing the slow restoration of one collapsed state - after more than two decades of anarchic conditions in Somalia - it may be facing the collapse... (photo: UN / Tobin Jones)
File - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the press after the P5+1 Ministerial on Iran in New York City on September 26, 2013.  San Francisco Chronicle  Mon 14 Oct 2013
Nuts and bolts of this week's Iran nuclear talks
The five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany meet Iran in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday to try to reduce concerns that Tehran wants to build nuclear weapons while satisfying Iran's d... (photo: US DoS)
Iran Sanctions   Nuclear Iran   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
File - Officers of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) conduct a road trip exercise across North and West Darfur dubbed "Haboob Chase". Their vehicles are pictured in the vicinity of the North Darfur towns of Saraf Omra and Kabkabiya  Al Jazeera  Mon 14 Oct 2013
UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has condemned an attack on a convoy of an African Union-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur that resulted in the death of three Senegalese peacekeepers. | Ban descri... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran)
Darfur Conflict   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: War in Darfur  
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, citizen journalism file image provided by the United Media office of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, investigators take samples from sand near a part of a missile that was suspected of carrying chemical agents, according to activists, in the countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. BBC News Mon 14 Oct 2013
Syria chemical weapons: Concern over rebel-held sites
The head of the team tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons says he is concerned about accessing some sites in rebel-controlled areas. | Ahmet Uzumcu, of th... (photo: AP / United Media Office of Arbeen)
Chemical Weapons   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Karzais outburst at Nato forces sign of deep frustration Dawn Thu 10 Oct 2013
Karzai’s outburst at Nato forces sign of deep frustration
COMING from a man who owes his job and probably his life to US and British military support, President Hamid Karzai’s stinging criticism of Nato’s performance in Afgh... (photo: US Army / Margaret Taylor)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Family members of imprisoned army officers shout slogans outside the headquarters of Turkish army, in the background, as the several hundreds gather in front of the Appeals court in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. The Times Of India Thu 10 Oct 2013
Turkish court upholds convictions of top officers over coup plot
ANKARA: Turkey's appeals court upheld convictions on Wednesday of top retired military officers for leading a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Coup Plot   Court   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Sledgehammer (coup plan)  
Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Gunmen sprayed a police station in Egypts Sinai with bullets Thursday, setting off a brief firefight with policemen before speeding away in their truck, the latest in a series of attacks against security forces in the increasingly volatile peninsula, security officials said. Dawn Wed 9 Oct 2013
US withholds significant military aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Wednesday it would withhold deliveries of tanks, fighter aircraft, helicopters and missiles as well as $260 million in cash aid from... (photo: AP)
Egypt Crisis   Military Aid to Egypt   Photos   Protests in Egypt   Wikipedia: 201213 Egyptian protests  
In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur Rehman during his meeting with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. BBC News Wed 9 Oct 2013
Taliban talks: Group to speak with Pakistani government
9 October 2013 Last updated at 22:51 BST | The leader of the Taliban in Pakistan says he is now prepared to engage in peace talks with the Pakistani government. | In a ra... (photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mehsud)
Hakimullah Mehsud   Pakistan   Photos   Talks   Wikipedia: Hakimullah Mehsud  
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to U.S. Army soldiers, families, and civilians during a town hall at Green Ramp located at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15, 2013. Hagel visited Fort Bragg and Pope Army Airfield to speak with soldiers, families, and civilians about the effects of sequestration and furloughs on the Army. Many of the uniformed service members represented units assigned to Fort Bragg and Pope to include U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters.(U.S. Army photo by Timothy Hale/Released) National Journal Tue 8 Oct 2013
Chuck Hagel Names Special Envoy to Close Guantanamo Bay
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has picked Paul Lewis, a former House Armed Services Committee lawyer, as special envoy for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention cent... (photo: US Army / Timothy Hale)
Chuck Hagel   Defense   Guantanamo Bay   Photos   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp  
The Guardian Tue 8 Oct 2013
South Korea wants US to keep control over combined wartime defence forces
Washington is eager to meet 2015 deadline for military handover, but in Seoul reluctance grows | Opinion divided … US defence secretary Chuck Hagel and South Korea's de... (photo: )
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne during the Air Force Day function 2013, at Air Force Station Hindan on October 08, 2013. The Times Of India Tue 8 Oct 2013
All 'necessary' steps taken to protect bases against terror threats, IAF chief says
HINDON: Conscious of threats posed by Pakistan-based terrorists to its bases, IAF chief NAK Browne on Tuesday said the Air Force has taken all "necessary" steps to protec... (photo: PIB of India)
Defence   India   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Indian Air Force  
U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Coburn, a medic from 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Dragon, is hoisted back into his crew's UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise near Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2013. Medevac teams provide emergency care to U.S. and coalition forces, and transport patients by air to medical treatment facilities. Using a hoist allows medevac crews to raise and lower supplies and personnel into remote or treacherous areas where landing the aircraft is impossible. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Margaret Taylor, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment The Australian Tue 8 Oct 2013
A smoko break and a room full of children are behind the failed US Navy ...
A SIMPLE cigarette break and a 'human shield' of children foiled a high-tech US Navy SEAL raid in Somalia at the weekend. | Fascinating new details of the operation have ... (photo: US Army)
Navy   Photos   Security   Somalia   Wikipedia: United States Navy  


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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, arrives from Kirov at a railway station in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 20, 2013. Navalny returned to Moscow on Saturday after his surprise release from jail and vowed he will push forward in his campaign to become mayor of the Russian capital. Russia: Court decides not to imprison Navalny Herald Tribune
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses the media, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Foreign diplomat beaten in Moscow Independent online
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U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters after his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, not seen, at the G20 Summit in Cannes, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Glimmer of hope in shutdown saga Stuff
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File - A young child looks on as older boys play football next to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Mogadishu, Somalia, 19 August, 2013. Is the Horn of Africa facing another collapsing state? Al Jazeera
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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif being briefed by Minister for Planning and Development on Kashgar- Gwadar, Karachi - Lahore Motorways at the Prime Minister's Office, Islamabad on August 16, 2013 Pakistan faces new test of democracy with selection of army boss The Miami Herald
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