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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.
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)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses President Hamid Karzai as he discusses a Bilateral Security Agreement with Afghanistan during an outdoor news conference in Kabul on October 12, 2013.
Afghan War   John Kerry   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
 WorldNews.com 
A New Peace Paradigm for U.S. in Afghanistan
Mon 14 Oct 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Recent peace overtures between the United States and Taliban in Afghanistan stimulated a conversation between me and an elderly acquaintance. He could ... (photo: US DoS)
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  
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 the Organisation for the Prohibi... (photo: AP / United Media Office of Arbeen)
Chemical Weapons   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
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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  
In this picture provided Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis greets faithful as he arrives in front of St. Francis' Basilica in Assisi, Italy, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. WorldNews.com Mon 7 Oct 2013
Che Guevara, Pope Francis and Politics of Revolutionaries
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | When Pope Francis declared the world "does not care about the many people fleeing slavery, hunger, fleeing in search free... (photo: AP / L'Osservatore Romano)
Che Guevara   Human Rights   Photos   Pope Francis   Wikipedia: Che Guevara  


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