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File - Chuck Hagel (US Secretary of Defense) in bilateral discussion with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, 26 February, 2014.
Capitalism   Human Rights   Imperialism   Photos   Wikipedia: Imperialism		  CounterPunch 
The Strategy of Global Corporate Imperialism
Fri 28 Feb 2014
Empires as National and Cultural Megalomaniac Dreams Once upon a time, national entities and cultures aspired to build empires. The impulse was the erroneous assumption of being a superior... (photo: NATO / NATO)
U.S. Senator John Kerry speaks to the media after meeting with Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, not pictured, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Kerry said Sudan has agreed to allow some aid back into Darfur after the Sudanese president expelled more than a dozen aid groups from the region last month but did not indicate Thursday whether any of the expelled aid groups would be allowed to return.
Photos   Security   Syria   US   Wikipedia: John Kerry		  National Journal 
Obama's 'New' Syria Policy Isn't Adding Up
Fri 28 Feb 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry and other senior administration officials have begun arguing for President Obama to consider further military options in Syria, including sending U.S. military personnel... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf)
File - Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, cordon off a road after a route clearance patrol locates an improvised explosive device May 31, 2012 in Afghanistan.  The Times of India  Fri 28 Feb 2014
Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan: US
WASHINGTON: Al-Qaida's Afghanistan leader is laying the groundwork to relaunch his war-shattered organization once the United States and international forces withdraw from the country, as they have... (photo: US Army)
Afghan War   Al Qaida   Photos   War on Terror   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
President Barack Obama talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in New York, Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011.  Newstrack India  Thu 27 Feb 2014
Obama to host Palestinian president in March
Tweet Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) US President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House March 17, the White House said Thursday. The president looks forward to... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Secretary General of the League of Arab States Nabil Elaraby speaks during a Security Council meeting about Syria at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus, fueling some of the bloodiest fighting of the 10-month-old uprising, as Western diplomats tried to overcome Russia's rejection of a draft U.N. resolution demanding President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power. The U.N. Security Council was meeting Tuesday to discuss the draft, backed by Western and Arab diplomats. But Russia, one of Assad's strongest backers, has signaled it would veto action against Damascus. Khaleej Times Thu 27 Feb 2014
Arab League Secretary General calls for 
‘Arab Union’
Arab League Secretary General Dr Nabil Elaraby on Wednesday called for a European Union-like platform for the entire Arab world. In a lecture at the Emirates Centre for... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)
Arab   Emirates   Photos   Wikipedia: Nabil Elaraby   World
Civilians clear the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the crowded commercial area of Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. BBC News Thu 27 Feb 2014
Baghdad bombings leave scores dead and more injured
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... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Al Qaida   Iraq War   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
US quietly whittles down Afghan detainees as pullout nears Stars and Stripes Thu 27 Feb 2014
US quietly whittles down Afghan detainees as pullout nears
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... (photo: USAF / Gary J. Rihn)
Afghanistan   Detainees   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
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... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
Humanitarian   Norway   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War
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... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   War Crime   Wikipedia: South Sudanese conflict (2013–2014)
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)
Al Qaeda - Syria   Peace Talks - Syria   Photos   Syrian Civil War   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
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)
Afghanistan War   Photos   Martin Dempsey   US - Afghanistan Security Agreement   Wikipedia: Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
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)
Islamists Rebels in Syria   Photos   Syrian Army   Syrian War   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War
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)
Hezbollah - Israel Conflict   Hezbollah in Syria   Israel - Hezbollah   Photos   Wikipedia: 2006 Lebanon War


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Nato alert over Afghanistan pullout Nato alert over Afghanistan pullout Belfast Telegraph
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. Protesters lambast Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan over phone recordings CNN
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President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. Obama threatens Karzai with full US withdrawal The Washington Times
Syrians to replace Afghans as largest refugee population Syrians to replace Afghans as largest refugee population The Daily Telegraph
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Obama could pull all troops from Afghanistan Obama could pull all troops from Afghanistan Independent online (SA)
File- Staff Sgt. James Allen conducts a dismounted patrol of the Sharana District Center bazaar with his platoon’s Afghan Uniformed Police partners, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, 6 August, 2011. Obama warns Afghan president of full troop withdrawal The Times of India
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Syria: UN officials urge political solution to crisis, greater efforts to ease civilian suffering (UN - United Nations) Syria: UN officials urge political solution to crisis, greater efforts to ease civilian suffering (UN - United Nations) noodls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, left, arrive for a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Israel with cabinet The Independent
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