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Newly elected president of French conservative party UMP Jean Francois Cope is seen during a press conference, at the UMP headquarter, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives chose a right-leaning new leader on Monday in a razor-thin victory — 98 votes — and with so much rancor that some feared the party could break apart.
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French politics in disarray, except for far right
PARIS — An anti-immigration movement founded by a man repeatedly convicted of anti-Semitism now leads polls in France. The mainstream conservative party risks collapse amid a financing scandal. The... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
Yingluck Shinawatra, opposition Pheu Thai Party's candidate for prime minister and youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, gestures as she boards the train during her election campaign rally in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand Wednesday, June 29, 2011.
2014 Thai coup d'état   2014 Thai political crisis   Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 Thai coup d'état		  Khaleej Times 
Bangkok under the boot
Military rule is not the answer to Thailand’s deadlocked politics When queried five months ago about the likelihood of a military coup, Thailand’s army chief opted for ambiguity. “That... (photo: AP)
An Egyptian woman casts her vote at a polling site in the upscale Zamalek district of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the second and final day of the presidential election with the country's former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi poised for an almost certain victory.  Independent online (SA) 
Egypt election enters final day
Cairo - Former army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is expected to emerge from a second and final day of voting on Tuesday as Egypt's next president, with supporters seeing him as the man who can pull the... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
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The Nigerians United Against Terrorism group attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, May 26, 2014.  Detroit news 
Nigeria: Kidnapped girls found, not freed
Michelle Faul Associated Press Comments Abuja, Nigeria— Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them... (photo: AP / Gbenga Olamikan)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2012. Penn Live
Obama on Memorial Day: 'Our war in Afghanistan will finally come to end'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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A police officer stands guard as people attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. New Straits/Business Times
Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located
ABUJA: Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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India's new prime minister Narendra Modi, center, signs after taking the oath of office at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. The Guardian
Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian PM in spectacular ceremony
Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Indian elite and Bollywood film stars among 4,000 guests at ceremony in Delhi Narendra Modi, standing centre, takes the oath of... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee administering the oath of office of the Prime Minister to Shri Narendra Modi, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 26, 2014. Canberra Times
Narendra Modi sworn in as India prime minister promising 'inclusive' agenda
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, left, administers the oath of office to new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India. Photo:... (photo: PIB of India / )
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, and his wife Maria, right, cast their ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Ukraine's critical presidential election got underway Sunday under the wary scrutiny of a world eager for stability in a country rocked by a deadly uprising in the east. Tampa Bay Online
Early returns show Poroshenko winning Ukraine vote
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Early returns Monday suggested candy tycoon Petro Poroshenko was elected president of Ukraine in the first round of balloting. In taking on the... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
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A Somali girl from southern Somalia sit behind barbed wire in a line to receive food at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Aug, 17, 2011. UN agency warns of Somalia hunger deaths Al Jazeera
Seleka soldiers rest at their military camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants The Daily Beast
Rwandan Peacekeepers from the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol the streets of Gao, in northern Mali, 19 May, 2014. Mali Tuareg separatists accept ceasefire agreement The Times of India
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Chief Minister of Gujarat state Narendra Modi talks on his mobile phone, on the second day of Modis hunger strike against stopping of the of the work at the Narmada Dam, in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, April 17, 2006. India's Supreme Court ordered Monday that work on the controversial dam should continue, but that the federal government must ensure that tens of thousands of villagers who will be displaced by the massive power project are adequately compensated and resettled, a news agency said. In the background is written Narmada Dam will not stop, Gujarat will not bow down. Modi speaks to Indian ambassador in Afghanistan, assures help in every way The Siasat Daily
File - In this photo taken with a mobile phone on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, police look down on a burnt out army personal carrier following an attack by Boko Haram in in Damaturu, Nigeria. UN brands Boko Haram a terror group Belfast Telegraph
Special event on “Equality for women is progress for all” , on the occasion of the International Women’s Day-8 March, organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)Participants: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General; Mr. John W. Ashe, President of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly; H.E. Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator; Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women; and, Mr. Andrea Nunez, Vice President of the World YWCA Board.Moderated by? UN Blacklists Nigerian Militant Group Boko Haram Chosunilbo
NATO
A Molotov cocktail thrown by protesters flies over police during their clash in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Deadliest day for Ukraine troops: 16 slain in raid Detroit Free Press
Red Cross personnel search for remains at the site of one of Tuesday's car bomb in Jos, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Coups and terror are the fruit of Nato's war in Libya The Guardian
Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia. Putin says troops withdraw to help Ukraine vote Ohio
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British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan Russia’s expulsion from G8 must be discussed: Cameron Khaleej Times
President Barack Obama tells the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention that the bonds between the US and Israel are unbreakable, Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011, after a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state. Obama Administration pushing for exclusion of Russia from G8 The Examiner
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