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Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers on the Friday following Eid -e-Milad marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 January, 2014.
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Schism between Sunni and Shia has been poisoning Islam for 1,400 years - and it's getting worse
The war in Syria began much earlier than is generally recognised. The conflict actually began in the year 632 with the death of the Prophet Mohamed. The same is true of the violence, tension or oppres... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
The Times Of India
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters and lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
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Erdogan, Obama speak by phone
Call touches on international, domestic issues | WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with his Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Wednesday to discuss a host of issues inc... (photo: AP)
Turkish Press
Malala Yousafzai listens as Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, not pictured, introduces her to reporters at Harvard University Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass. The Pakistani teenager, an advocate for education for girls, survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year on her way home from school. Malala visits refugee camp Syrians
Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. | The 16-year-old, who came to the international limelight when she was shot by the Taliban, said meeting Syrian refugee ... (photo: AP / Jessica Rinaldi) Belfast Telegraph
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Military ethics lapses are linked to lower standards, push for more troops Military ethics lapses are linked to lower standards, push for more troops
WASHINGTON • The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of crimes or misconduct has soared in the past several years as the military emerges from a decade of war that put a greater f... (photo: US DoD / Public Domain) STL Today
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File - This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Al-Qaida's expulsion of Islamist group in Syria prompts US debate
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is engaged in a debate about the extent of the president's powers to use lethal force against terrorist organizations, and the del... (photo: AP / Militant website) Stars and Stripes
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A Soldier assigned to Delta Company, 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducts a presence patrol around the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2014. Security fears threaten US future in Afghanistan
LARA JAKES | AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Warily watching to see how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan next year, American diplomats and... (photo: US Army / Cpl. Alex Flynn) The Guardian
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 The wreckage of a car bomb is seen after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a busy market in the Shiite area of Jamila, killing three people and wounding 10, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007. Police said the blast appea Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills 22 Students in Iraq
The would-be suicide bombers were all at an Iraqi camp, presumably huddled around their commander, learning how to blow themselves up amid a crowd of people, when their t... (photo: (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)) Mashable
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Hundreds of thousands of people protest in Tahrir Square on 4 February 2011 The US and the Arab Awakening: Deja vu?
Three years ago, Washington experienced its own dose of "shock and awe" - the PR phrase used to sanitise its brutal invasion of Iraq - when hundreds of thousands, if not ... (photo: Creative Commons / Mona Sosh) Al Jazeera
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Iraqi women chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Around 200 people rallied against the lack public services, rampant corruption and a scarcity of government jobs. The protests follow a similar rally a day earlier in Baghdad. The banners in Arabic reads, "we demand the offering of basic services and jobs" and "we are people who do not beg but demand our minimum rights." Iraq illegally detaining women: report
Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch (H... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Taipei Times
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Shiite Muslim women express their grief during the festival of Ashoura in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Dec. 26, 2009. Iraq slammed for women prisoners abuse
Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch ha... (photo: AP / Ahmed al-Husseini) Al Jazeera
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File - An Iraqi soldier talks with local women during a patrol in the Grayaat area of Baghdads Adhamiyah District. Iraq illegally detains thousands of women, tortures many-HRW
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of sexual abuse, H... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Mike Pryor) Reuters
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No good reason for the Iraq war
Iraq War veteran David Colón seeking Democratic nominat
Schism between Sunni and Shia has been poisoning Islam for 1
Imported scrap: Old explosives of 2004 Iraq war kept as scra
Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers on the Friday following Eid -e-Milad marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 January, 2014.
Schism between Sunni and Shia has been poisoning Islam for 1,400 years - and it's getting worse
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Militants shoot down Iraqi helicopter and occupy northern to
Militants briefly occupy north Iraq town; attacks kill 21
Ukrainian president announces early election, constitutional
Ukrainian president, opposition, agree on deal to end crisis
Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers on the Friday following Eid -e-Milad marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 January, 2014.
Schism between Sunni and Shia has been poisoning Islam for 1,400 years - and it's getting worse
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Two killed, 41 wounded in attack on Thai protest rally
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters and lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
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Iraq starts building new oil refinery
An Astronaut Snapped This Image Of Huge Gas Flares At An Ira
Iraq starts building new oil refinery
KRG: No agreement reached with Baghdad on oil trade
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Iran sticking to nuclear freeze: UN watchdog
Chad says U.N. force needed to stabilise Central African Rep
UN concerned over situation in Iraq's Fallujah
>UN concerned over situation in Iraq's Fallujah
At PK12, the last checkpoint at the exit of the town, a Muslim woman who was on a truck attacked by looters walks to join another vehicle, as Chadian soldiers protect the lorry as thousands of Muslim residents from Bangui and Mbaiki flee the Central African Republic capital Bangui in a mass exodus using cars, pickups, trucks, lorries and motorcycles, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.
Chad says U.N. force needed to stabilise Central African Republic
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Syrian army kills Arab fighters on western coast
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One Conflict, One Wall, Two Sides Of The Arab-Israeli World
Hundreds of thousands of people protest in Tahrir Square on 4 February 2011
The US and the Arab Awakening: Deja vu?
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