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Muslim men organized in militias with machetes rough up a Christian man while checking him for weapons in the Miskine neighbourhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday Dec. 13, 2013. Deadly religious violence rocks CAR
New violence and looting in the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, has left at least nine people dead, including two more lynchings of minority Muslims. The latest assaults in the former... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) Al Jazeera
C.A.R. Conflict   Photos   Political Crisis - C.A.R.   Religious Violence - C.A.R.   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)
Bosnian woman protest in front of a police cordon in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Bosnia unrest: Bruised and bitter in Sarajevo
Anyone thinking Bosnia's protests were strictly a matter of disenchanted youth might have changed their mind after a Sunday in Sarajevo. Flashes of white hair dotted the crowd which gathered in... (photo: AP / Amel Emric) BBC News
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File - Internally Displaced Persons visit a health clinic at the Manik Farm camp to seek medical treatment, 23 May 2009, Sri Lanka. Is Sri Lanka turning into a rogue state?
As international pressure mounts on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to launch a credible process to investigate war crimes alleged to have taken place during the last stages of the war, the... (photo: UN) Al Jazeera
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A Syrian rebel walks past destroyed shops at al-Bayada neighborhood in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. A Syrian opposition leader said Friday the regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country. UN ‘undeterred’ by attack on Homs aid convoy
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos expressed deep disappointment last night after an aid convoy came under fire in a besieged rebel district of the Syrian city Homs, though she vowed to keep pushing... (photo: AP) The Irish Times
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UN: More children dying in violence UN: More children dying in violence
KABUL (AP): The number of children killed and wounded in Afghanistan's war jumped by 34 per cent last year as the Taliban stepped up attacks across the country and continued to lay thousands of... (photo: USMC / Zachery B. Martin) The Gleaner
Afghanistan War   Children   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Children's rights
Some Syrian people on two buses followed by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent's vehicles evacuate Syria's battleground city of Homs, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Ceasefire falters halting Homs aid
Two trucks carrying food and medical supplies into rebel-held neighbourhoods in the central Syrian city of Homs turned back under heavy fire, leaving four paramedics wounded as a ceasefire faltered.... (photo: AP) Belfast Telegraph
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