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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.
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Iran boosts military support in Syria to bolster Assad
Fri 21 Feb 2014
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 t... (photo: AP / SANA)
File - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visiting at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery to cover a 3 day Buddhist teachings, near Norbulingka, Dharamshala, India.
Barack Obama   China Tibet Relations   Dalai Lama   Photos   Wikipedia: 14th Dalai Lama  
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Obama to host Dalai Lama at White House
Fri 21 Feb 2014
US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, a move likely to anger China. | The two last met in 2011, in talks that China said dama... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Scotland's in the EU and can keep the pound  The Guardian  Tue 18 Feb 2014
Scotland's in the EU and can keep the pound
The claim by the president of the European commission, José Manuel Barroso, that it would be "extremely difficult, if not impossible" for an independent Scotland to join the EU is utterly bizarre (Re... (photo: European Community / EC)
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A woman wades through a flooded street in Egham, England, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. The River Thames has burst its banks after reaching its highest level in years, flooding riverside towns upstream of London.  The Guardian  Tue 18 Feb 2014
UK storms a result of climate change, say nearly half of poll respondents
Survey for Avaaz suggests support for Ed Miliband's call for action with only 27% denying climate change linked to floods | Water being pumped out of flooded houses near the river Thames at Chertsey, ... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
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Barroso casts doubt on independent Scotland becoming an EU member South China Morning Post Mon 17 Feb 2014
Barroso casts doubt on independent Scotland becoming an EU member
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said states breaking away from existing European Union countries would struggle to gain EU membership, further complicat... (photo: European Community / EC)
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Travel agents report strong early bookings this season The Times Of India Sun 16 Feb 2014
Travel agents report strong early bookings this season
PUNE: After a slow travel season last year, bookings for summer vacations have started much earlier this time, with many travellers making a beeline for long-haul destina... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Photos   Pune   Tourism   Travellers   Wikipedia: Travel agency  
Syria talks face deadlock Independent online Sat 15 Feb 2014
Syria talks face deadlock
Geneva - Syria's faltering peace process ground to total deadlock Friday amid growing concern of complete collapse despite international pressure, as the death toll on th... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Geneva   Photos   Syria   UN Peace Talks   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War  
Lawmakers of the Justice and Development Party applaud Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan before he address them at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. BBC News Sat 15 Feb 2014
Turkish MPs pass judicial reforms amid brawl
Turkish MPs have approved controversial plans to reform the country's top judicial body, amid a brawl which left one MP with a broken nose. | The government wants th... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors   Turkey Parliament   Wikipedia: Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors  
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Napolitano is visiting Germany and was due to meet with Social Democratic chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck, but Steinbrueck spokesman Michael Donnermeyer said Napolitano called off the meeting because of the "clown" comments of Merkel's challenger. The Guardian Sat 15 Feb 2014
Napolitano consults with parties on new govt
ROME (AP) — Italy's president is consulting with political party leaders to determine if Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi has enough support to form a new govern... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber)
Enrico Letta   Giorgio Napolitano   Matteo Renzi   Photos   Wikipedia: Giorgio Napolitano  
A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a stone toward riot police firing tear gas during clashes in Dih, on the edge of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Al Jazeera Sat 15 Feb 2014
Bahrain policeman dies after bomb blast
Bahraini authorities said that a policeman has died of wounds he suffered in a bomb blast during protests marking the third anniversary of the kingdom's anti-government u... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali)
Bahrain   Bahrain Uprising   Photos   Protests in Bahrain   Wikipedia: Bahraini uprising (2011present)  
African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somaliaa tenuous link to relatives abroad. The New York Times Fri 14 Feb 2014
The World’s Best (Unaltered) Photos
In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here. | In a striking departure from past years, the World Press Photo top prize was g... (photo: World Press Photo / John Stanmeyer)
John Stanmeyer   Photos   Wikipedia: World Press Photo of the Year   World Press Photo   World Press Photo of the Year  
Aid, development must converge in responding to crises  UN reports United Nations Fri 14 Feb 2014
Aid, development must converge in responding to crises – UN reports
Print | 14 February 2014 – The rising scale of needs, a collective inability to resolve protracted crises, and the interplay of new factors such as climate change, ar... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran)
Aid   Climate   Photos   UN Development   Wikipedia: World Food Programme  


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