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Suspected US drone strike kills 'three foreign militants'
Afghanistan   Missiles   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan		  The Guardian 
Suspected US drone strike kills 'three foreign militants'
Drone fired two missiles at a home in a northwestern tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami gather on a road to block Nato supplies... (photo: USMC / Gabriela Garcia)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Head of the High-Level fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun, presents a report to the fifth Special Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Business   Peace   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Desmond Tutu		  Huffington Post 
Desmond Tutu: HRAC's Person of the Year
During the Carter Administration, due to the inexplicable appearance of the luck that befalls one once in a while, I was appointed to be country director of the Peace Corps in Lesotho. I say lucky,... (photo: UN / Pierre-Michel Virot)
The government cracks down, and Egypt shrugs  Fresno Bee 
The government cracks down, and Egypt shrugs
Egyptians say the mood is different now. Gone is the call of the revolution demanding justice for the brutal torture and killing of a young man and an end to the police abuse his case exemplified. In... (photo: UN / Tobin Jones)
Justice   Photos   Prison   Torture
What made the news headlines in 2013?  Independent online (SA) 
What made the news headlines in 2013?
London - Newspapers around the world had their work cut out for them in 2013. Here are some key events from the year... JANUARY 11 - MALI: President Francois Hollande sends French forces to Mali to... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
Africa   EU   Mali Rebels   Photos   Wikipedia: Mali
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File - While on patrol, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brendan D. Murphy of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, walks beside the children of a village in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, while engaging them in conversation on June 2, 2013. Swissinfo
If U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, much civilian aid may go too
Reuters December 26, 2013 - 07:03 By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, U.S. officials have pointed to the improvements in the everyday lives of Afghans... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Justin A. Moeller)
Afghan War   Photos   Taliban   USAID   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Six US soldiers killed in Afghan helicopter crash New Straits/Business Times
Six US soldiers killed in Afghan helicopter crash
Six US troops in Afghanistan were killed and one wounded in a helicopter crash Tuesday, but it was unclear if Taliban fire caused any of the casualties after the chopper... (photo: US Army / Eddie Siguenza)
Afghanistan   Helicopter   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
An Egyptian policeman guards the scene of an explosion at a police headquarters building that killed at least a dozen people, wounded more than 100, and left scores buried under the rubble, in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, 110 kilometers (70 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Reuters
Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian government intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, formally listing the group as a terrorist organization after... (photo: AP / Ahmed Ashraf)
Arab Spring   Muslim Brotherhood   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2013 Egyptian coup d'état
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan The Siasat Daily
Big B shoots for Dabboo Ratnani’s calendar
Mumbai, December 25: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan recently shot for ace photographer Dabboo Ratnani’s yearly calendar. The 71-year-old posted his photograph on Twitter and... (photo: AP / Dhiraj Singh)
Actor   Bollywood   Photos   Wikipedia: Amitabh Bachchan
This satellite image released by NOAA taken Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 7:45 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Chantal. Tropical Storm Chantal formed Tuesday between Bermuda and Massachusetts, becoming the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It could carry heavy rain to Canada but was not expected to threaten the United States, forecasters said. The storm had maximum sustained wind of 50 mph and was centered about 300 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, or some 600 miles east of New York City, at 11 a.m. EDT, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was moving northeast at about 29 mph. (AP Photo/NOAA) Swissinfo
Storm batters southern France, Christmas flights cancelled
Reuters December 25, 2013 - 12:55 PARIS (Reuters) - Powerful winds and torrential rain swept southern France on Wednesday, grounding flights and cutting off power... (photo: AP / NOAA)
France   Photos   Storm   Wikipedia: Cyclone Klaus
Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, left, Education Minister Nabi Avci, center, and Interior Minister Muammer Guler arrive for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. New Straits/Business Times
Two Turkey ministers resign over graft probe
ANKARA: Two Turkish ministers stepped down Wednesday, the first heads to roll over a massive graft probe that has presented Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Erdogan Bayraktar   Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Turkish Corruption   Wikipedia: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Politics
U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, from Forward Operating Base Torkham, conduct a dismounted patrol from one of their observation points to an Afghan Border Police checkpoint, Nov. 18, 2013. U.S. intelligence report has grim outlook for Afghanistan Denver Post
Hundreds of jobseekers gather at a National Career Fairs job fair at the Radisson Martinique On Broadway Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims figures Thursday Unemployment benefits end in US for 1.3 mn jobless The Siasat Daily
Displaced people camp out on a church ground in the Castor neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. Hundreds try to flee C. African Republic on emergency flights Reuters
In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, center from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. Pussy Riot members to shift from music to human rights activism The Los Angeles Times
Terrorism
Obama urges stronger action on Guantanamo Bay Obama urges stronger action on Guantanamo Bay Al Jazeera
President Barack Obama signs an accompanying letter to Congressional leaders after signing H.R. 152, which provides fiscal year 2013 supplemental appropriations to respond to and recover from the severe damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Jan. 29, 2013. Obama signs bipartisan budget deal that eases spending cuts Swissinfo
Day 13 of the Sony Open Women's Final Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs Serena Williams (USA) at Crandon Park Tennis Center Key Biscayne, Florida - March 30, 2013 Serena Williams Named AP's 'Athlete Of The Year' For Third Time Business Insider
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet gestures after touring a supermarket where troops and volunteers are packing food to earthquake survives in Concepcion, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Bachelet position on Mapuche people in Chile scrutinized ahead of second term The Miami Herald
Human Rights
Displaced people walk inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. South Sudan government agrees to ceasefire as 120,000 flee fighting The Guardian
Refugees from South Kordofan, in the Republic of Sudan, await distribution of basic goods in the Yida refugee camp in Unity State, South Sudan on Saturday May 12, 2012. More than 30,000 refugees currently reside in Yida having fled war between the government of the Republic of Sudan and rebel forces in South Kordofan. Conflict in South Sudan The Irish Times
In this photo released by the Kenyan Presidential Press Service, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, middle, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, right, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before their meeting at State House in Juba, South Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. African leaders seek peace talks in South Sudan Ohio
African leaders 'hopeful' of South Sudan peace deal African leaders 'hopeful' of South Sudan peace deal The Guardian
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