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UNICEF launches record $2.2 billion aid appeal to help children in emergencies
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UNICEF launches record $2.2 billion aid appeal to help children in emergencies
Print | 21 February 2014 – The United Nations today launched a $2.2 billion appeal to help nearly 60 children in crisis situations, the majority of whom are in and around war-torn Syria. | The UN ... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, attends the burial of Deputy President John Nkomo, at the Heroes Acre, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, Jan, 21, 2013. Nkomo died of cancer aged 79. Mugabe who addressed mourners at the funeral called on Zimbabweans to be united and for peace to prevail in the country ahead of elections set for sometime this year.
Mugabe   Photos   Singapore   Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe   Zimbabwe  
 Swissinfo 
Zimbabwe's Mugabe turns 90 - in Singapore clinic
  | Reuters | Image Caption: | Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks at the opening of the ZANU-PF annual People's Conference in Chinhoyi (reuters tickers) | February 21, 2014 - 11:46 | By Cris... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
The Dalai Lama delivers his annual address from exile in India marking the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Dharamsla, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  New Straits/Business Times 
Obama to host Dalai Lama on Friday
US President Barack Obama will host Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, a move China said would "seriously impair" ties as it called for the meeting to be canc... (photo: AP / Ashwini Bhatia)
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President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers remarks at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011.  China Daily 
Opinion: Obama's move is harmful
BEIJING - The White House has announced that Barack Obama is to receive the Dalai Lama in Washington on Friday morning, which would be their third meeting since the former assumed US presidency in 200... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves during a upper house election campaign rally in Tokyo, Thursday, July 4, 2013. Abe vowed to speed up disaster reconstruction Thursday as he kicked off the campaign for parliamentary elections during a visit to Fukushima. Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner, the New Komeito, are expected to gain a majority of the 242 seats in the less powerful upper house in the July 21 election. China Daily
Abe raps NHK chief for bigoted comments
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday instructed President of NHK Katsuto Momii to take more responsibility in his role as the national broadcaster's hea... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks at a news conference after a cabinet meeting at an Air Force base in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Prime Minister Yingluck on Wednesday proposed the formation of a national reform council tasked with finding solutions to the political turmoil that is splitting the country and paralyzing governance. Swissinfo
Angry and unpaid, Thai farmers poised for airport protest
  | Reuters | Image Caption: | Farmers drive their farming vehicles on a road in Ang Thong province (reuters tickers) | February 21, 2014 - 03:32 | By Pairat Temphai... (photo: AP / Thai Spokesman Office)
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In this image taken Thursday Feb. 28, 2013 residents salvage wood from demolished houses at Ijora Badia slum in Lagos, Nigeria. Sun Star
115 killed, 1,500 buildings razed in Nigerian town
BAMA, Nigeria -- The latest attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeast has left 115 people dead, more than 1,500 buildings razed and some 400 vehicles ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
2014 Boko Haram Attacks   Abubakar Shekau   Photos   Religion in Nigeria   Wikipedia: Islamist insurgency in Nigeria  
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a statement to the media after a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, unseen, at the Istana in Singapore on Friday July 26, 2013. China Daily
Abe's 'normal state' abnormal
Japan's right-wing politicians echo Germany after its WWI defeat by stirring nationalism and challenging world order | Japan's Prime Minster Shinzo Abe visited the contro... (photo: AP / Bryan van der Beek)
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President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House during his arrival on Marine One helicopter, early Thursday morning, Feb. 20, 2014, in Washington. Obama was returning from the seventh trilateral North American Leaders Summit in Toluca, Mexico. The Japan News
Obama pressed by N. American leaders
The Associated Press TOLUCA, Mexico (AP)—Pressed by North American allies on an array of politically fraught issues, President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to press ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks during an interview with foreign media at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Yingluck said Saturday that while she sees no quick end to her country's deep political impasse, her government is willing to negotiate with opponents to end the crisis. CNN
Thai Prime Minister denies corruption allegations over rice program
February 21, 2014 -- Updated 0412 GMT (1212 HKT) | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has denied allegations that she failed to heed warni... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
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The Dalai Lama gestures while talking to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, after meeting with President Barack Obama. The Miami Herald
Obama to meet with Dalai Lama at White House in move certain to irritate China
BEIJING -- The Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday morning - their third meeting in four years and one that will be handle... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Barack Obama   Beijing   China   Photos   Wikipedia: Dalai Lama  
President Barack Obama, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, waves to the crowd after speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The Examiner
Obama refers to 'my military' at Medal of Honor ceremony
On Tuesday, Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor -- the nation's highest military honor -- to Army Captain William D. Swenson. But for the third time, Obama referred... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)
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Anti-government protesters block traffic in front of the Thai Customs Department in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Angry farmers driving hundreds of tractors have called off a threatened protest at Thailand's main airport after the embattled government agreed to make long-delayed payments on last year's rice crops by next week.
Angry farmers call off protest at Bangkok airport
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Outside its shell, the soft, curved abdomen of hermit crabs such as Pagurus bernhardus is vulnerable.Most species have long, spirally curved abdomens, which are soft, unlike the hard, calcified abdomens seen in related crustaceans.
‘Homeless’ hermit crabs hard focus of students’ campaign
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A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.9 percent to 9,412.27.
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Syria President Bashar al-Assad addresses reporters following his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Dec. 9, 2010.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, attends the burial of Deputy President John Nkomo, at the Heroes Acre, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, Jan, 21, 2013. Nkomo died of cancer aged 79. Mugabe who addressed mourners at the funeral called on Zimbabweans to be united and for peace to prevail in the country ahead of elections set for sometime this year.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe turns 90 - in Singapore clinic
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UNICEF launches record $2.2 billion aid appeal to help children in emergencies
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, attends the burial of Deputy President John Nkomo, at the Heroes Acre, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, Jan, 21, 2013. Nkomo died of cancer aged 79. Mugabe who addressed mourners at the funeral called on Zimbabweans to be united and for peace to prevail in the country ahead of elections set for sometime this year.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe turns 90 - in Singapore clinic
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