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Demonstrators silhouetted against the Venezuelan flag protest Venezuela Battles Media, Social and Otherwise, to Restrict Protest Coverage
Correction Appended Tensions escalated further in Venezuela on Friday as street protests that began nine days ago continued and the government persisted in clamping down on coverage of the unrest in... (photo: AP / Reed Saxon) The New York Times
2014 Venezuela Protests   Human Rights in Venezuela   Nicolas Maduro   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 Venezuelan protests
A Chinese protestor holds a Chinese national flag during an anti-Japan protest on disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, outside the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. U.S. Official: Beijing Preparing For 'Short, Sharp' War With Japan
China is stepping up war games in preparation for a possible conflict with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, a tiny island chain in the East China Sea claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo, a senior... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian) National Public Radio
China - Japan   Photos   Senkaku Islands dispute   Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands   Wikipedia: Senkaku Islands dispute
A priest addresses police officers to try stop fighting near the Cabinet of Ministers in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Ukraine foes sign crisis pact
Ukraine's opposition leaders have signed a deal with the president and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. It could be a major... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky) Belfast Telegraph
EU   Human Rights   Photos   Ukraine Protest   Wikipedia: 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
File - Somali soldiers walk near the car wreckage of a suicide bomber in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday Feb,13 2014. Somali Islamist militants claim deadly palace attack
Reuters February 21, 2014 - 12:15 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said they carried out Friday's car bomb and gun attack against the presidential palace in... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) Swissinfo
Al Qaeda   Al Shabaab   Photos   Somali Insurgency   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab (militant group)
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Palestinian activist, right, helps Palestinian residents, at the gate of the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Iran boosts military support in Syria to bolster Assad
LONDON/ANKARA (Reuters) - As Syria's war nears the start of its fourth year, Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and... (photo: AP / SANA) Reuters
Chemical Weapons   Mideast Peace   Photos   Syrian War   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War
An activist looks for a sniper through a burning tire barricade close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. EU ministers agree to impose sanctions against Ukraine
The European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Thursday agreed to adopt sanctions against Ukraine, including asset freezes, visa bans and ban on exporting anti-riot equipments, EU... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky) The Hindu
Photos   Protests in Ukraine   Ukraine EU sanctions   Viktor Yanukovych   Wikipedia: 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
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