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Breaking News Thu, 29 May 2014
An Egyptian army solider adjusts his helmet in front of a polling center in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
Egypt Coup   Human Rights   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2014  
 Al Jazeera 
Revisiting Egypt's civil-military relations
As former Minister of Defence Field Marshal Abdul Fattah el-Sisi prepares to assume his duties as Egypt's new president, the debate about Egypt's civil-military relations will be brought to the fore. ... (photo: AP / Nariman El-Mofty)
In this June 5, 1989 file photo, a Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square
1989 Tiananmen Square protests   Photos   Tank Man   Tiananmen   Wikipedia: Tank Man  
 Journal Online 
Tank Man: Tiananmen protest icon
BEIJING -- He is world famous, and at the same time anonymous. The man who stood alone blocking a column of tanks at Tiananmen Square endures as a symbol of peaceful protest and defiance 25 years late... (photo: AP / Jeff Widener, File)
A Pro-Russian militia man walks at a check point on a road leading to the airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.  Al Jazeera 
Fear reigns in Ukraine's fifth largest city
The city's central market was empty. A black dog and a white dog slept in the shade of a kiosk, undisturbed by anyone shopping for faded jeans, ripe pink tomatoes or medicinal badger oil. In the veget... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
Crimea Referendum   Human Rights   Photos   Ukraine Crisis   Wikipedia: 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine  
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.  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 d... (photo: AP)
2014 Thai coup d'état   2014 Thai political crisis   Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 Thai coup d'état  
Top Stories
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a European People's Party (EPP) meeting in Brussels, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The Guardian
EU leaders ponder future with far right and hard left after elections
Long battle expected over post of new European commission chief as Strasbourg parliament faces deeper divisions | Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting of EU leaders, in Br... (photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Economy of Europe   Elections in Europe   European revolt   Photos   Wikipedia: Euroscepticism  
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
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... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
Democracy in Egypt   Egyptian Uprising   Photos   Presidential Elections - Egypt   Wikipedia: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  
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 / )
Elections in India   Indian Politics   Narendra Modi   Photos   Wikipedia: Indian general election, 2014  
A man sits under a banner with the photo of Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as he drinks his tea at the " Al Mosheer Cafe" or "Marshal Cafe" in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2014. Huffington Post
To Many Egyptians, Presidential Elections Only Mean A New Dictator
CAIRO -- A sense of celebration permeated the scene outside many polling stations here on Monday. People lining up to cast ballots for yet another president chanted and s... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zaid)
2014 Egyptian presidential election   Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi   Mohamed Morsi   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2014  
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 o... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
2014 Indian General Elections   Narendra Modi   Photos   Politics of India   Wikipedia: Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi  
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 leade... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
Petro Poroshenko   Photos   Politics   Ukraine   Wikipedia: Petro Poroshenko  
File - In this Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 file photo, Egyptian police fire water cannons to disperse a protest by secular anti-government activists in Cairo. BBC News
Echoes of the past as Egypt chooses a new president
In Egypt it seems there has always been someone lying awake in the hot, airless night, dreading the policeman's midnight knock. | It is hard to imagine it now but on... (photo: AP / Mohammed Asad)
Egypt Revolution   Human Rights   Muslim Brotherhood   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2014  
Politics United Nations
- Hagel to raise China disputes in meeting
- Finals begin at National Spelling Bee
- China allows private investment in army equipment
- SBS should sell headquarters and move in with the ABC: gover
President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 as he boards Marine One helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for his trip to Mexico.
Obama warns against Chinese ‘aggression’
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- National Guard troops head for Afghanistan as Georgia’s la
- Maya Angelou’s words will forever resonate at United Natio
- Could Hillary Clinton and Kofi Annan sit on Nobel Peace Priz
- Nation & world: Buccaneers, Manchester United owner Malcolm
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
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Elections Education
- Power supply reduced by half in rural UP after election resu
- UN urges Lebanon election as soon as possible
- Phila. election aide suspended
- Outsider could end 100-year tradition by becoming L.A. Count
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi salutes during an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo.
Egypt's Sissi Crushes at Polls, Turnout Questioned
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- Feeding America Responds to Passage of Food Donation Legisla
- Have your say on caravan and camping laws (State Government
- Nursing receives 15 scholarships from Robert Wood Johnson Fo
- Rave TV Preview: vs Real Salt Lake (Seattle Sounders FC) ###
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani taking charge as the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.
Judge me by my work: Smriti Irani
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif orders action on stoning
- Revisiting Egypt's civil-military relations
- Tank Man: Tiananmen protest icon
- Fear reigns in Ukraine's fifth largest city
Mohammad Iqbal, right, husband of Farzana Parveen, 25, sits in an ambulance next to the body of his pregnant wife who was stoned to death by her own family, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif orders action on stoning
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- Michigan mulls update to gay discrimination law
- South China Sea power play shows national self-interest, not
- Complaint accuses 4 Fla insurers of discrimination
- Michigan mulls update to gay discrimination law
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Labor Affairs Societies
- Catholic high school teachers OK new labor contract
- Labor championed doctor co-payment fees
- NC’s declining Labor Force Participation Rate, and wh
- U.S. lawmakers push for tough labor rules in Pacific trade d
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at his first news conference
Obama board backs unions again in LIRR labor talks
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- Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Child Pornography
- Sizzling heatwave 'cooks' East China
- Giant Rubber Duck waits in wings in Hangzhou
- Climber accused of taking helicopter up Qomolangma
Diagram of how microtubules desintegrate with Alzheimer's disease
'Having Alzheimer's is an adventure, not a disease'
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