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In this photo taken on Monday, May 12, 2014, the leader of insurgency in the Luhansk region Valery Bolotov, center, greets people as they declare independence for the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine on Monday, May 12, 2014.
EU   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Ukraine Crisis   Wikipedia: 2014 Ukrainian revolution   		 The Washington Post 
Ukraine needs Russia and the West
Tue 13 May 2014
Violence in Ukraine is spreading. The Ukrainian military and police are splitting apart, a reflection of the fissures in that deeply divided country. Pro-Russian separatists are taking over government... (photo: AP / Evgeniy Maloletka)
Former Afghan war soldier: 'Flashbacks of bullets overhead'
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Troops   		 BBC News 
Former Afghan war soldier: 'Flashbacks of bullets overhead'
Mon 12 May 2014
12 May 2014 Last updated at 10:32 BST | There has been a "significant increase" in the number of UK veterans of the Afghanistan conflict seeking mental health treatment, says a charity. | Combat Stres... (photo: US Army / Javier Amador)
File - Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment fired the howitzers on their M109A6 Paladins during the first-ever firing of the Modular Artillery Charge System in the combat zone by an entire Paladin battery March 13, 2007, on Camp Taji, Iraq.  Al Jazeera  Sun 11 May 2014
Will Iraq fall apart?
We've heard it all before - Iraq is on the brink of disintegration. Sectarian tension and violence is spiking, al-Qaeda is running amok through the country and the Kurds are threatening to break away.... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp)
Al Qaida   Iraq Violence   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)  
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Senator John McCain of Arizona during a dinner hosted by Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2014.  WorldNews.com  Sat 10 May 2014
Hell Has No Fury Like a Veteran Scorned
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | "Fortunately, Senator Obama failed, not our military." -Senator John McCain | If William Congreve, an English dramatist (1670-1792), was alive and writ... (photo: US DoS)
John Kerry   John McCain   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Wikipedia: John McCain  
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In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq. Al Jazeera Sat 10 May 2014
Blackwater guard charged over Baghdad murder
A grand jury has charged a former security guard for Blackwater, the US private security company, with murder for his alleged role in a 2007 shooting of unarmed... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed, File)
Blackwater Iraq   Photos   US Military   War Crime   Wikipedia: Blackwater Baghdad shootings  
In this Tuesday, April 29, 2014 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to press after a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk, Belarus. Al Jazeera Wed 7 May 2014
Putin moves to defuse Ukraine tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked pro-Kremlin separatists in southeastern Ukraine to postpone a series of disputed referenda planned for this weekend on dec... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
Elections   Photos   Ukraine   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: Donetsk People's Republic  
In this image taken from video people travel on the road near Bentiu South Sudan on Sunday April 20, 2014. U.N.'s top humanitarian official in south Sudan Toby Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday April 23, 2014, that the ethnically targeted killings are "quite possibly a game-changer" for a conflict that has been raging since mid-December and that has exposed longstanding ethnic hostilities. BBC News Sun 4 May 2014
South Sudan government forces advance on Bentiu oil hub
Government forces in South Sudan are advancing on the oil town of Bentiu, which was taken by rebels last month. | A BBC correspondent at a UN base outside the town has he... (photo: AP / Toby Lanzer, United Nations)
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   UN   Wikipedia: South Sudanese conflict (201314)  
In this Thursday, May 1, 2014 photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, soldiers inspect the wreckage of a vehicle destroyed during fighting with al-Qaida militants in Majala of the southern province of Abyan, Yemen. Al Jazeera Sun 4 May 2014
Al-Qaeda confirms death of commander in Yemen
Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch has said that one of its local commanders died from wounds he suffered during an attack by the Yemeni army and US drones. | A Twitter accoun... (photo: AP / Yemen's Defense Ministry)
Al Qaida   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula   Yemen Conflict  
File - Edward Snowden talks during a simulcast conversation during the SXSW Interactive Festival on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Austin, Texas. The Guardian Sat 3 May 2014
Everyone is under surveillance now, says whistleblower Edward Snowden
People's privacy is violated without any suspicion of wrongdoing, former National Security Agency contractor claims | Edward Snowden joined a debate on surveillance, by v... (photo: AP / Jack Plunkett/Invision)
Edward Snowden   Mass Surveillace   NSA Spying   Photos   Wikipedia: Edward Snowden  
This file photo released on Monday, June 18, 2012 by the anti-government activist group Rebels Battalion of Baba Amro, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels holding their weapons as they prepare to fight against Syrian troops, in Homs province, Syria. Syria's government and rebels agreed to a ceasefire on Friday, May 2, 2014. The Independent Fri 2 May 2014
Syria crisis: At least 18 people killed in car bombings as ceasefire deal reached in Homs
At least 18 people, including 11 children, have been killed in car bomb attacks in two villages in Syria, according to state-run television reports. | The explosions are ... (photo: AP / Rebels Battalion of Baba Amro)
Al Qaida   Mideast Peace   Photos   Syrian War   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War  
File - Kashmiri muslims offer funeral prayers in absentia for Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in Srinagar on May 6, 2011. Al Jazeera Fri 2 May 2014
Osama bin Laden: Three years after Abbottabad
Three years ago today, US Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound. Occurring in the midst of the Arab Spring revolutions that were taking root, t... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Al Qaida   Arab Spring   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Al-Qaeda  
Heavily armed Chinese paramilitary policemen march past the site of the Wednesday's explosion outside the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday, May 1, 2014. The Miami Herald Thu 1 May 2014
China's Xi demands action after 3 killed in attack
URUMQI, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded "decisive" action against terrorism after a slashing and bomb attack at a Xinjiang train station killed three peopl... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
China Terrorism   Photos   Radical Islam   Uighur   Wikipedia: Uyghur people  
File - An Iraqi army soldier provides security at a checkpoint in Samarra, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2007. BBC News Wed 30 Apr 2014
Iraqi commander: 'The Americans abandoned us'
30 April 2014 Last updated at 05:31 BST | More than 100,000 strong, Iraq's Awakening Councils, or Sahwa, are Sunni tribesman who once fought against American troops but t... (photo: USAF / Airman 1st Class Stephanie Longoria)
Iraq Conflict   Mideast Peace   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)  


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Security Council Discusses Sudan and South Sudan Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), addresses the Security Council at its meeting on Sudan and South Sudan. ICC to probe UK 'Iraq abuse' claims Belfast Telegraph
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Senator John McCain of Arizona during a dinner hosted by Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2014. Hell Has No Fury Like a Veteran Scorned WorldNews.com
In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq. Blackwater guard charged over Baghdad murder Al Jazeera
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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the election night party at McCormick Place, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Obama Wants War CounterPunch
File - U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffery Harisch, a Brainerd, Minn., native, now a team leader with 4th Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, walks past the bazaar at Shor Tepah in Northern Balkh Province, Afghanistan, during a patrol, April 14, 2011. Afghanistan attacks mark Taliban's summer offensive BBC News
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An armed pro-Russian man stands guard at the back of a room during press conference of Vacheslav Ponomarev, the self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk and Lidia Bartasevic, president of Slovyansk's election commission in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 12, 2014. Kremlin ‘respects’ self-rule vote The Australian
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit look over their respective notes at the outset of a meeting in Juba on May 2, 2014. South Sudan's elections postponed, says President Kiir BBC News
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the election night party at McCormick Place, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Obama Wants War CounterPunch
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