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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.
Chemical Weapons   Photos   Syria   Turkey   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war   		 The Los Angeles Times 
Turkey is alarmed by extremist militants in Syria border area
Sun 10 Nov 2013
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)
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.
Arab Spring   Nuclear Iran   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran   		 Al Jazeera 
Strangers in the night: What can we really expect from a US-Iran thaw?
Sun 10 Nov 2013
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)
File - Demonstrators rally at the Capitol to protest spying on Americans by the National Security Agency, as revealed in leaked information by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, in Washington, Saturday, October 26, 2013.  Belfast Telegraph  Thu 7 Nov 2013
Spymasters face televised grilling
Britain's spymasters are facing an unprecedented televised grilling at the hands of MPs. | For the first time the heads of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, the Security Service, MI5, and the elec... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Edward Snowden   Mass Surveillance   NSA Spying   Photos   Wikipedia: 2013 global surveillance disclosures  
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. gets into his SUV at the airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.  Dawn  Thu 7 Nov 2013
CIA will keep running Obama’s drone war
WASHINGTON: In May, the White House leaked word that it would start shifting drone operations from the shadows of the CIA to the relative sunlight of the Defence Department to be more transparent abou... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong)
Defence   Photos   Politics   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
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Iranian technician walks through the Borzuyrh petrochemical complex in Assaluyeh in the Persian gulf, Iran, Monday July 2, 2007. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez broke ground Monday on a joint petrochemical complex south of Tehran .(AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)hg3 CNN Wed 6 Nov 2013
U.S. official: We think Iran wants a nuclear deal -- and fast
November 7, 2013 -- Updated 0006 GMT (0806 HKT) | Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) -- Iran appears keen to progress swiftly toward a deal reining back its nuclear program in ret... (photo: AP photo / Hasan Sarbakhshian))
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
File - An Army Black Hawk helicopter passes over Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 13, giving Pfc. Dominic Wheeler a chance to fly a flag over the spot where his brother, DJ Wheeler, 22, was struck and killed by a rocket propelled grenade in 2003. Asia Times Wed 6 Nov 2013
A field guide to alienating the Middle East
By Bob Dreyfuss | Put in context, the simultaneous raids in Libya and Somalia last month, targeting an alleged al-Qaeda fugitive and an alleged kingpin of the al-Shabab I... (photo: US Army / Spc. Roland Hale)
Al Qaeda   Arab Spring   Photos   Syrian War   Wikipedia: Arab Spring  
A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-u-Dawa holds up a banner during a rally to condemn U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Al Jazeera Wed 6 Nov 2013
Mehsud killing leaves Pakistan on high alert
The killing of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike this week has not exactly handed officials the rare success they may have hoped for. In fact... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Al Qaida   CIA Drones   Pakistan Taliban   Photos   Wikipedia: Hakimullah Mehsud  
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the Davis Cup World Group first round match against Belgium's Olivier Rochus at the Spriroudome in Charleroi, Belgium France24 Wed 6 Nov 2013
Djokovic subdues Federer to start title defence
- Novak Djokovic got the better of Roger Federer for the second time in four days as the Serb started the defence of his ATP World Tour Finals title with a 6-4, 6-7 (2/7)... (photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaer)
Federer   Photos   Sports   Tennis   Wikipedia: Novak Djokovic  
In this photo taken with a mobile phone on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, police look down on a burnt out army personal carrier following an attack by Boko Haram in Damaturu, Nigeria. Reuters Mon 4 Nov 2013
Militants kill 70 in northeast Nigeria attacks: officials
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 70 people in three attacks in northeastern Nigeria in recent days, officials said on Monday, a s... (photo: AP)
Boko Haram   Goodluck Jonathan   Nigeria Conflict   Photos   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds an old presidential campaign poster of him with Arabic that reads, "Mohammed Morsi, president for Egypt, 2012, resurrection is the will of the people," during a protest a day before the trial of the former president taking place at a police academy in an eastern Cairo district, in Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. CNN Sun 3 Nov 2013
Egypt: Morsy trial set to start
November 3, 2013 -- Updated 2115 GMT (0515 HKT) | Cairo (CNN) -- The trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy is set to start on Monday, four months after a milit... (photo: AP / Eman Helal)
Court   Egypt   Mohamed Morsi   Photos   Wikipedia: Mohamed Morsi  
Opposition Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele, shows a letter he received from Edward Snowden to the media prior to a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. The Guardian Sun 3 Nov 2013
White House rejects clemency for Edward Snowden over NSA leaks
Obama adviser and heads of House and Senate intelligence signal hard line despite European support for whistleblower | Edward Snowden with Hans-Christian Stroebele. Photo... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn)
Edward Snowden   Intelligence   Photos   Whistleblower   Wikipedia: Edward Snowden  
File - Sgt. Kevin Fischer, Sight Security Team 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, signals his security team to fill in the security perimeter, August 22, 2011, in the deserts of Djibouti. WorldNews.com Sat 2 Nov 2013
More Barbarian Wars?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | "Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but | our country, right or wrong!"... (photo: US Army / Specialist Michelle C. Lawrence)
American Imperialism   N Africa Terrorism   Photos   The Pentagon   Wikipedia: United States Africa Command  
File - In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, right, holds a rocket launcher with his comrades in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. The Independent Sat 2 Nov 2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike
The Pakistan Taliban is expected to announce a new chief after its leader for the past four years was killed in a CIA drone strike – a move that will likely complicate ... (photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mehsud)
Al Qaida   CIA Drones   Pakistan Taliban   Photos   Wikipedia: Hakimullah Mehsud  


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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., attends a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy which struck the northeast a year ago when Booker was the mayor of Newark, N.J., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. It is Sen. Bookers first committee hearing since being sworn in last week. Booker goes to Washington a celebrity and senator Herald Tribune
President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign stop for Democratic senate candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley at Northeastern University in Boston, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Early Obamacare Data To Signal How Many Americans Are Still Waiting To Enroll Huffington Post
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This still image of Super Typhoon Bopha was taken by Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford on Sunday, Dec. 2 from the International Space Station, as the storm bore down on the Philippines with winds of 135 miles per hour. Parts of the orbital outpost are seen in the picture -- the Permanent Multipurpose Module on the left, and Mini-Research Module 1 on the right. More Than 10,000 Feared Dead in Typhoon-Ravaged Philippines Jakarta Globe
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Pakistan's former ambassador to U.S., Husain Haqqani, center, waves to media as he leaves Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Pakistan's prime minister claimed there was a conspiracy to oust the country's civilian government, a sign of growing tension with the army over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year asking the for help in averting a supposed military coup. Pakistan asked US to target TTP leaders, says Haqqani Dawn
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File - An Army Black Hawk helicopter passes over Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 13, giving Pfc. Dominic Wheeler a chance to fly a flag over the spot where his brother, DJ Wheeler, 22, was struck and killed by a rocket propelled grenade in 2003. A field guide to alienating the Middle East Asia Times
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