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A security guard shoves snow from the street in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the first heavy snowfall warning for central Tokyo in 13 years. Some 20-centimeter (7.9-inch) of snowfall is expected by Sunday morning in the metropolitan areas. Japan snowfall disrupts air, rail and road transport
A severe snow storm warning has been issued in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, with residents urged to stay indoors. | Correspondents say it is the first such warning for the city in 13 years. | Hundreds... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) BBC News
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French troops detain a suspected Seleka officer , preventing Christian mobs from lynching him near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9, 2013. ICC to open war crimes probe in CAR
The International Criminal Court is to open a preliminary examination into violence in the Central African Republic to determine whether atrocities committed there constitute possible war crimes, the ... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) Al Jazeera
CAR Conflict   Conflict in CAR   Photos   War Crimes - CAR   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012present)  
Syrian Arab Red Crescent members in red uniforms provide some food and drink to a man before he gets on a bus to evacuate the battleground city of Homs, Syria, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Syria crisis: Homs awaits food and medicine deliveries
The UN and aid agencies are hoping to deliver food and medicine to civilians trapped in the Syrian city of Homs. | The aid convoys are due to enter on Saturday on the second day of a three-day ceasefi... (photo: AP) BBC News
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Russian security forces stand guard as the Olympic torch makes it's way through the streets of the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Politicizing Sochi Olympics with Retaliatory Attacks
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | In 1984, Muslims, Serbs, and Croats had combined efforts to produce a well-organized and spectacular Olympic Games in the beautiful and historical city... (photo: AP / Gero Breloer) WorldNews.com
Chechen War   Photos   Russian Terrorism   Sochi Olympics   Wikipedia: 2014 Winter Olympics  
Fireworks explode after the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi opens 2014 Winter Olympics
Updated: February 7, 2014 3:38PM | SOCHI, Russia — With a flying child, floating minarets, ballet dancers, human constellations, more than 3,000 performers and an alarmingly lifelike giant bear, Soc... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong) Chicago Sun-Times
2014 Winter Olympics   Photos   Sochi Games   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony  
FILE - In this April 14, 2011, file photo White House Budget Director Jack Lew briefs reporters at the White House in Washington. Lew said Sunday, July 17, 2011 There's A New Drop-Dead Debt Ceiling Date, And House Republicans Finally Have A Plan
Congress needs to raise the nation's debt ceiling by Feb. 27 to avoid potential default on the country's obligations, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned in a letter to congressional leaders on Friday.... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak, File) Business Insider
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