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A boy carries some of his family's few belongings, as people who had been sleeping in a food distribution area are moved out with the help of French troops, in an informal camp housing an estimated 100,000 displaced people, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. UN stresses Central African Republic disaster warning
A senior UN envoy has called for a huge international effort for the Central African Republic. Speaking to the BBC in the capital, Bangui, John Ging of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) BBC News
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration
Australia hit by hundreds of new wildfires Australia hit by hundreds of new wildfires
Lightning strikes ignited more than 250 fires in southeast Australia as firefighters battled to put out the flames and the country sweltered in a heatwave. Efforts in the state of Victoria on... (photo: AP / Glenn Nicholls) Al Jazeera
Australia Wildfires   Extreme Weather   Photos   Heatwave - Australia   Wikipedia: Wildfire
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters and takes some of their questions during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 24, 2013, after the P5+1 member nations concluded negotiations with Iran about its nuclear capabilities. Israeli defence minister apologises to Kerry over diatribe
Israel's Minister of Defence Moshe Yaalon apologised to US Secretary of State John Kerry after he accused the American of having an "obsession" with Middle East peace, sparking a furious diplomatic... (photo: US DoS) New Straits/Business Times
Israel Palestine Conflict   Mideast Peace Talks   Palestine State   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons and a revolutionary flag during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Syria says West talks to Damascus about Islamist rebels
Western intelligence agencies have visited Damascus for talks on combating radical Islamist groups, Syria's deputy foreign minister has told the BBC. Faisal Mekdad said there was a schism between... (photo: AP) BBC News
Peace Talks - Syria   Photos   Syrian Civil War   Violence in Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
File - Displaced people get off a river barge from Bor, some of the thousands who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. At least 200 drown in South Sudan ferry accident while fleeing fighting
Between 200 and 300 people fleeing fighting in the city of Malakal feared dead in ferry accident on the White Nile river The ferry passengers were fleeing fighting in the city of Malakal. Photograph:... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) The Guardian
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   Wikipedia: South Sudanese conflict (2013–present)   IDPs
An Egyptian worker carries boxes of ballots at the Giza courthouse, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. The January 14-15 vote on the draft constitution will be the first real test of the post-Morsi regime. Egypt holds key vote on country's new next charter
Associated Press CAIRO — Egyptians start voting Tuesday on a draft for their country's next constitution, a vision for the nation's future and a milestone in a military-backed roadmap put in... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Star Telegram
Egypt Referendum   Egyptian Protests   Muslim Brotherhood   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012–13 Egyptian protests
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