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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of Military Police at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary detention facility on Jan. 11, 2002. The detainees will be given a basi Preserved as evidence, Camp X-Ray holds dark memories
In January 2002 dozens of shackled men were taken to Camp X-Ray - as shown in a notorious photograph. | Shortly after dawn on a late-summer day more than a decade later and the sky is streaked with pi... (photo: US DoD file) BBC News
Guantanamo Detention   Human Rights   Photos   War on Terror   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp  
This photo released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau shows an aerial view of Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the region in the Philippines. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into several central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead. Philippine Typhoon death toll could reach 10,000
--> | Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from ... (photo: AP / Malacanang Photo Bureau, Ryan Lim) Sowetan Live
Extreme Weather   Philippines Disaster   Photos   Typhoon Haiyan   Wikipedia: Typhoon Haiyan  
In this photo taken on a government organized media tour, a Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Syria opposition agrees to Geneva peace talks
The Syrian political opposition has agreed to participate in international peace talks in Geneva, but only if certain preconditions are met, the Syrian National Coalition has said in a statement. | Th... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Geneva   Peace Talks - Syria   Photos   Syrian Crisis   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals  
Residents cover their nose from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortage of food, water and no electricity since the Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Typhoon Haiyan: desperate survivors and destruction in flattened city
Survivors in coastal Philippine city of Tacloban queue hundreds deep at airport in effort to leave chaos behind | Residents gather salvageable materials from the ruins of houses after typhoon Haiyan b... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) The Guardian
Extreme Weather   Philippines Disaster   Photos   Typhoon Haiyan   Wikipedia: Typhoon Haiyan  
A Syrian displaced man sits outside his tent as he enjoy the warm weather at one of the Syrian refugee camps at Delhamiyeh village in the Bekaa valley, eastern Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Turkey is alarmed by extremist militants in Syria border area
REYHANLI, Turkey — In this bustling border town, anonymous apartments serve as safe houses for Syrian rebel commanders, clinics for wounded fighters and opposition media centers equipped with ba... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The Los Angeles Times
Chemical Weapons   Photos   Syria   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses an international press corps after he and fellow representatives of the P5+1 concluded talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 10, 2013, that focused on Iran's nuclear capabilities. Strangers in the night: What can we really expect from a US-Iran thaw?
More than three decades, and a whole lot of bitter history, after the Iranian revolution of 1977-1979, high ranking Iranian and American officials are openly meeting and exchanging more than glances. ... (photo: US DoS) Al Jazeera
Arab Spring   Nuclear Iran   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
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