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Iraqi lawmakers attend the parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Iraq's parliament approved key leadership positions Thursday in the first step toward forming a new government, after a breakthrough deal that returns Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office for a second term but falls short of Sunni hopes for greater political power.
Child Marriage in Iraq   Child abuse in Iraq   Photos   Sharia Laws in Iraq   Wikipedia: Child marriage		  The Daily Beast 
Iraq May Legalize Child-Marriage
Fri 14 Mar 2014
Mar 14, 2014 7:35 am And require wives to submit to husbands. Sharefacebooktwittergoogle plusemailprint0 A law being considered in Iraq for the country's majority Shiite population would legalize... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Franch Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a press conference, in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Le Drian said hundreds of French troops are involved in an operation that destroyed a command center of Islamic rebels in Mali.
CAR   France   Photos   Security   Wikipedia: Jean-Yves Le Drian		  Swissinfo 
France says EU shirking duty to Central African Republic
Fri 14 Mar 2014
Reuters March 14, 2014 - 15:04 PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Friday the European Union was shirking its responsibilities for international security after an EU plan to send up to 1,000... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
Joint Special Representative for Syria Briefs Media Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, speaks to journalists, following his meeting with United States Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns and Mikhail L. Bogdanov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.  The Japan News  Fri 14 Mar 2014
Brahimi: Syria poll could torpedo talks
The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP)—The U.N.-Arab League mediator for Syria warned Thursday that if the Syrian... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
Lakhdar Brahimi   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Lakhdar Brahimi
In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 file picture, a gunman holds a rocket-propelled grenade during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq. With a new label - the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - the global terror network al-Qaida is positioning itself as a vanguard defending a persecuted Sunni community against Shiite-dominated governments across Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.  Swissinfo  Fri 14 Mar 2014
Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen
Arab Spring Reuters March 14, 2014 - 14:20 By Rania El Gamal SANAA (Reuters) - Dozens of Saudi Islamist militants have left the battlefields of Syria and Iraq for Yemen, where their experience appears... (photo: AP)
Al Qaida   Photos   Syrian War   Wikipedia: War on Terror   Yemen Conflict
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This picture taken on Saturday, March 1, 2014, provided by the anti-government activist group Coordination Committee In Kfar Takharim, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens inspecting destroyed cars and buildings which were attacked by a Syrian government forces airstrike in the town of Kfar Takharim in the northwest province of Idlib, Syria. Al Jazeera Fri 14 Mar 2014
UK-Syria aid viewed through 'lens of terror'
British volunteers delivering aid and ambulances to Syria face the double danger of being attacked by regime forces and arrested on suspicion of terrorism on their return... (photo: AP / Coordination Committee In Kfar Takharim)
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Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin Daily Press Fri 14 Mar 2014
Putin speaks to Iran leader about Ukraine, Tehran's nuclear program
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani about Ukraine and expressed his... (photo: Creative Commons / Dmitry Medvedev)
Iran   Photos   Politics   Putin   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets people before the start of a high level meeting in the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters The Irish Times Fri 14 Mar 2014
Syrian conflict enters fourth year with no end in sight
UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has marked the third anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian conflict by calling upon the international community to resume the Geneva... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)
Ban Ki-moon   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Ban Ki-moon
File - Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria, met with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov, and United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, to assess the requirements for an international conference to find a political solution to the Syria crisis, 25 June, 2013. Xinhua Fri 14 Mar 2014
UN envoy calls for productive Syria peace talks
UNITED NATIONS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday called for help to assist him in pressing for a possible new round... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
Lakhdar Brahimi   Peace   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Lakhdar Brahimi
Islamic Jihad militants stands guard during a rally marking the 26th anniversary of the movement's foundation and marking the 18th anniversary of the death of the group's leader Fathi Shikaki, in Rafah Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Shikaki, the founder of the Islamic Jihad group, was gunned down in Malta by a man on a motorcycle in an attack widely attributed to Israel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Chicago Sun-Times Thu 13 Mar 2014
Rockets strike Israel, jeopardizing truce talk
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said Thursday it had agreed to halt a wave of rocket fire on Israel, signaling an end to the heaviest... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Islamic Jihad in Gaza   Palestinian rocket attacks in Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
'Toxic stew' of militants lurk in Afghanistan as NATO heads home Swissinfo Thu 13 Mar 2014
'Toxic stew' of militants lurk in Afghanistan as NATO heads home
Reuters March 13, 2014 - 16:01 By Mirwais Harooni and Missy Ryan KABUL, March xx (Reuters) - The soldiers were asleep when attackers struck their outpost, tucked... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Zachery B. Martin)
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U.S. Sen. John Kerry acknowledges applause while addressing constituents at Faneuil Hall in Boston Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The Washington Times Thu 13 Mar 2014
John Kerry admits Israeli-Palestinian mistrust hits record highs
Facebook Follow @washtimes Is Rubio right when he says the U.S. "must be involved in leading the world"? Login to Vote View results Secretary of State John... (photo: AP / Winslow Townson)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: John Kerry
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes his chair before a news conference at the Millennium Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in New York. Irna Thu 13 Mar 2014
Iran, Oman stress need for sustainable security
The statement was issued at the end of the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Muscat where he discussed major bilateral, regioanl and international issues in... (photo: AP / John Minchillo)
Iran   Oman   Photos   Security   Wikipedia: Hassan Rouhani
British Prime Minister David Cameron chats to nurses as he tours a GAVI Alliance vaccine and immunisation clinic where children are being immunised against yellow fever, fund by the British Government on Tuesday July 19, 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria. The Guardian Thu 13 Mar 2014
Tony Blair briefs David Cameron ahead of meeting with Palestinian president
Quartet Middle East envoy updates PM on state of peace talks and Palestinian economy before latter sees Mahmoud Abbas David Cameron meets Tony Blair, at the British... (photo: AP / Christopher Furlong, Pool)
David Cameron   Palestine   Photos   Tony Blair   Wikipedia: David Cameron


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Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, 7 September 2013 Iran leader visits Oman in outreach to Arabs The Gleaner
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, during a meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London Wednesday Sept. 11, 2013. Cameron told him that Britain stands ready to do everything it can to help promote the success of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Cameron meeting Abbas in Mid East Belfast Telegraph
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former foreign minister and presidential candidate Amr Moussa, center, greets supporters as he arrives to Tahrir Square to join other liberal and secular parties for a major protest against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's latest decrees granting himself almost complete powers and allowing a rushed constitution to be presented for a vote. An Egyptian official says the country’s top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into accusations against opposition leaders, Mohammed ElBaradei, Amr Moussa, and Hamdeen Sabahi, of incitement to overthrow the regime Egypt's Moussa: political future possible for Brotherhood Daily Press
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a news conference following his meeting with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, unseen, at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt Israel set to pass bill on peace deal referendum The Daily Telegraph
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Netanyahu is vowing to continue building in east Jerusalem, over the objection of Palestinians who claim the territory as capital of their hoped-for state. Missiles behind Iranian smiles: Bibi The Australian
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Mideast solutions � cut to the chase Fresno Bee
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