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File - Rami Barbakh, a released Palestinian prisoner, is reunited with his family upon arriving at his home in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 31, 2013.
Human Rights   Israeli Palestinian Conflict   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian prisoners in Israel		  WPXI 
Israel says it won't release Palestinian prisoners
Thu 3 Apr 2014
Israel will not free an expected fourth batch of Palestinian prisoners because of the Palestinians' push for recognition at the United Nations, Israel's chief negotiator said Thursday. A statement... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 photo, Mervat, 31, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press as she holds her 9-month-old daughter Shurouk inside their tent at a camp for Syrian refugees in Kab Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Trapped in her northern Syrian village by fighting, Mervat watched her newborn baby progressively shrink.
Human Rights   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Refugees of the Syrian Civil War		  New Straits/Business Times 
Number of Syria refugees in Lebanon passes 1 million mark
Thu 3 Apr 2014
BEIRUT: More than one million Syrians have registered as refugees in Lebanon after fleeing war in their country, inflicting a “staggering” impact on the tiny Mediterranean country, the UN said on... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)
In this Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, file photo, a private security company's armored vehicle rolls through Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, Iraq.  WorldNews.com  Wed 2 Apr 2014
Killing Made Easy and Entertaining, even Essential
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling According to several U.S. prosecutors, evidence reveals that the four Blackwater guards, who are facing charges of manslaughter and gun violations in the... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Human Rights   Iraq War   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Wikipedia: Blackwater Baghdad shootings
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the International Conference for the Prevention of Genocide, being held in Brussels. A view of the conference hall as participants observe a moment of silence to honour all victims of the horrors of genocide.  Newstrack India  Wed 2 Apr 2014
Prevention of genocide global responsibility: UN chief
Tweet Brussels, April 2 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared that defending human rights is a global responsibility, and called on all governments to renew their commitment to... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Brussels   Genocide   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Genocide
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A truck with men sitting on top of it, which is part of a convoy of over 100 vehicles of Muslims fleeing Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, turns around after MISCA troops, the African Union’s peacekeeping force currently being deployed in the Central African Republic, deemed the road out was not secure. Independent online (SA) Wed 2 Apr 2014
CAR strife tops summit agenda
Brussels - African and European leaders hold crisis talks on the escalating violence in Central African Republic on Wednesday as 80 nations gather in Brussels for a key... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov climb the stairs in the Russian Ambassador's house in Paris, France, on March 30, 2014, before a meeting focused on Ukraine. WorldNews.com Tue 1 Apr 2014
Misreading Russia and Trying to Control Geography, Again
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Instead of being overly alarmed with Crimea's popular and democratic referendum to join Russia, or as some in the West... (photo: US DoS)
Crimea Referendum   Photos   Russia US Relations   Ukraine Crisis   Wikipedia: 2014 Crimean crisis
Flood - People - Houses - Typhoon - Climate Change Detroit news Tue 1 Apr 2014
Climate change responses to shape Asia's future
ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press Comments In this May 22, 2008, photo, flooded paddy fields in the Irrawaddy Delta of Myanmar is shown following cyclone Nargis. Experts... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Asia   Global Warming   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Climate change
File- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A guard stands watch outside the front gate of the detention center here December 24, 2001. Marines with the 15th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) team with a U.S. Army detachment of military police Al Jazeera Tue 1 Apr 2014
CIA misled US on torture of prisoners: report
The CIA misled the US government about the scale of its abuse of prisoners and overstated intelligence gleaned from the sessions, a damning Senate classified report has... (photo: USMC file/Sgt. Joseph R. Chenelly )
CIA   Human Rights   Photos   Torture   Wikipedia: Extraordinary rendition
Singer and actress Christina Milian appears onstage TMZ Mon 31 Mar 2014
Christina Milian -- Bodyguard Swats Woman in the Face [VIDEO]
Christina Milian was caught in the middle of some Hollywood nightclub violence Sunday night -- after a woman (wearing only a bra and shorts) went after Christina's... (photo: AP / Jason DeCrow)
Christina Milian   Gossip   Hollywood   Photos   Wikipedia: Christina Milian
Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram addresses a press conference at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Chidambaram Thursday called on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani to brief him on intelligence alerts about political leaders being targeted by terrorist groups during election campaigning. Newstrack India Mon 31 Mar 2014
Chidambaram differs with government stance on vote on Sri Lanka
Tweet New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Finance Minister P.Chidambaram Monday differed with the Indian government's stand to abstain from voting on a UN human rights council... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
Delhi   HumanRights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: P. Chidambaram


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Trucks transporting construction materials are seen through a crack in a police post after entering the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing, on September 22, 2013. Israel began allowing construction materials for private projects into the Gaza Strip on Sunday for the first time in six years, in response to a request from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli defence official said. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Israel says it won't release Palestinian prisoners, seeks review of talks The Times of India
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