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Civilians clear the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the crowded commercial area of Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014.
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Baghdad bombings leave scores dead and more injured
Thu 27 Feb 2014
At least 26 people have been killed in bombings around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according to officials. Seventeen people were killed in one blast at a second-hand motorbike market in the eastern... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
US quietly whittles down Afghan detainees as pullout nears
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US quietly whittles down Afghan detainees as pullout nears
Thu 27 Feb 2014
WASHINGTON — The United States has quietly begun to whittle down the population of detainees it holds at a military prison in Afghanistan, but it is struggling over what to do with less than a dozen... (photo: USAF / Gary J. Rihn)
Important resolution on humanitarian access in Syria (Government of Norway)  noodls  Thu 27 Feb 2014
Important resolution on humanitarian access in Syria (Government of Norway)
(Source: Government of Norway) On 22 February, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted an important resolution that puts pressure on the parties to the conflict in Syria to improve the... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
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Due to a severe water shortage at the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the UN Mission for South Sudan's (UNMISS) Malakal Base, women walk in groups to fetch water from the Nile River, located approximately three kilometres from camp, 24 January, 2014.  Deccan Chronicle  Thu 27 Feb 2014
All sides committing 'war crimes' in South Sudan: reports
Nairobi: War crimes have been committed by all sides in conflict-wracked South Sudan, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, reporting widespread atrocities in weeks of carnage in the world's youngest... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian government forces stand next to the bodies of rebels south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Al Jazeera Thu 27 Feb 2014
Syria says 175 fighters killed near Damascus
Syrian army troops have killed 175 opposition fighters, many of them linked to al-Qaeda-linked groups, in an ambush described as one of the deadliest attacks by... (photo: AP / SANA)
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US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact San Francisco Chronicle Wed 26 Feb 2014
US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — Depicting a grim future for Afghanistan without U.S. help, the top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that Afghanistan's refusal to... (photo: USAF / Brian Wagner)
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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian army troops hold up national flags in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Times Union Wed 26 Feb 2014
State media says Syrian army killed 175 rebels
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian army troops killed 175 rebels in an ambush Wednesday south of Damascus, state media reported, a major attack targeting mostly al-Qaida-linked... (photo: AP / SANA)
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Hezbollah supporters raise their hands to great Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Independent online (SA) Wed 26 Feb 2014
Hezbollah vows response to ‘Israel air strike’
Beirut - Hezbollah on Wednesday confirmed an Israeli air raid two days earlier on one of its positions in Lebanon and vowed to respond “at the appropriate... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari)
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Nato alert over Afghanistan pullout Belfast Telegraph Wed 26 Feb 2014
Nato alert over Afghanistan pullout
Nato's secretary general says that if Afghan leaders and the White House can't agree on a key security pact, the US-led alliance will pull all of its troops and equipment... (photo: US Army / Dixie Rae Liwanag)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Turkey's opposition party leaders on Tuesday asked Erdogan to resign and demanded an investigation into Erdogan for alleged corruption. CNN Wed 26 Feb 2014
Protesters lambast Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan over phone recordings
February 26, 2014 -- Updated 1143 GMT (1943 HKT) Istanbul (CNN) -- Red banners flapped in the breeze of a packed Istanbul street Wednesday, where demonstrators gathered... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefing the Assembly. Newstrack India Wed 26 Feb 2014
UN officials reiterate call for political solution in Syria
Tweet United Nations, Feb 26 (IANS/WAM) As the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year, UN officials have again stressed the need for a political solution to end the... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
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President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Nicole Hockley and families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn., in the Oval Office, April 11, 2013. San Francisco Chronicle Wed 26 Feb 2014
Obama threatens Karzai with full US withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated with his Afghan counterpart, President Barack Obama is ordering the Pentagon to accelerate planning for a full U.S. troop withdrawal from... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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Obama could pull all troops from Afghanistan Independent online (SA) Wed 26 Feb 2014
Obama could pull all troops from Afghanistan
Washington - President Barack Obama has told the Pentagon to prepare for the possibility that no US troops will be left in Afghanistan over President Hamad Karzai's... (photo: US DoD / Sean Searfus)
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