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Rosemary Banks (left), Permanent Representative of the New Zealand to the United Nations, pays a farewell call on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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NZ could give up UN peacekeeping
New Zealand wants to give up doing peacekeeping work for the sake of being a good global citizen and instead pick missions that benefit our international interests. A review of peacekeeping options... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Brian Rumbles fires on two Taliban fighters fleeing up the side of a mountain while on a mounted patrol outside of Bala Baluk's forward operating base in the Farah Province.
Kabul   Military   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Bowe Bergdahl
 The Observer 
Taliban swapped for Bergdahl could be drone targets, Kerry indicates
A still from the Voice Of Jihad Website, showing Bowe Bergdahl before the Taliban handed him over to US special forces. Photograph: Uncredited/AP Secretary of state John Kerry has indicated that five... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason T. Guiliano)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a press conference  The Times of India 
Expansion not in Chinese DNA, says Premier Li Keqiang
BEIJING: Seeking to allay fears over China's expansionist agenda, Premier Li Keqiang said territorial expansion is not part of the Chinese DNA and the country will never indulge in it. "Expansion is... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Japan   Photos   South China Sea   Vietnam   Wikipedia: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Flight Lt. Jayson Nichols shields his face from the sun as he looks out the cockpit of a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion aircraft during a search operation of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean, Thursday, March 27, 2014. Planes and ships searching for debris suspected of being from the downed Malaysia Airlines jetliner failed to find any Thursday before bad weather cut their hunt short in a setback that came as Thailand said its satellite had spotted even more suspect objects.  Deccan Chronicle 
MH370 hunt to shift south, says Report
SYDNEY: The drawn-out search for missing Malaysian Flight MH370 will revert to an area hundreds of kilometres south of the previously suspected crash site following new analysis of the plane's flight... (photo: AP / Michael Martina, Pool)
Airline Disaster   Flight MH370   Malaysian Airlines   Photos   Wikipedia: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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President Barack Obama gestures during his joint statement with Turkey's President Abdullah Gul Ha'aretz
Obama administration blasts Corker Amendment: We can’t have 535 negotiators with Iran
The Obama Administration came out swinging on Tuesday night against efforts to curtail its negotiations with Iran, saying that it is “absolutely opposed” to... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Photo of Sheldon Adelson, chairman of Las Vegas Sands and Hong Kong-listed subsidiary Sands China. Photo taken 19 June 2010 in Hong Kong at a press conference held at the Four Seasons Hotel, following China Sands AGM. 19 June 2010 Ha'aretz
Sheldon Adelson discovers the limits of his power - in Israel
Casino mogul, GOP mega-donor and one of the richest men on earth, Sheldon Adelson, may just have met his match. On Friday, his Israeli free-sheet Israel Hayom carried a... (photo: Creative Commons / Bectrigger)
Business   Investment   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Sheldon Adelson
President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine, March 1, 2014. The Observer
Obama: Rams' pick of openly gay NFL player Michael Sam 'an important step'
Michael Sam has been at the centre of press and public attention since coming out in February. Photograph: LG Patterson/AP President Barack Obama greeted the St Louis... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Gay   NFL   Photos   Rams   Wikipedia: Michael Sam
Opening of Exhibit on trans atlantic slave trade Ha'aretz
Can you compare African slave trade to the Holocaust?
NEW YORK – “The man refused to eat. He had been sick, reduced to a ‘mere skeleton.’ He had apparently made a decision to die. Captain Timothy Tucker was... (photo: UN / UN)
African slave trade   Holocaust   Photos   Wikipedia : Holocaust   Wikipedia: Atlantic slave trade   World
A man walks to work past an almost unseen Sydney Harbour Bridge during a dust storm Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Al Jazeera
Australia hit by weakening storm
A tropical cyclone has battered Australia's Barrier Read coast, knocking out power and phone lines for thousands of people before weakening and downgraded to a Category 1... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith)
2013-14 Australian region cyclone season   Cyclone Ita   Photos   Storm   Wikipedia: Cyclone Ita
Pro-European Union activists shout slogans during a rally outside the office of the richest man of Ukraine Rinat Akhmetov during an anti-government protest in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych both pledged Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 to boost economic and trade ties to expand the "strategic partnership" between the two neighbors. Belfast Telegraph
EU working to defuse Ukraine crisis
The European Union will continue to work with Russia and Ukraine to reduce tensions between the two countries but will keep sanctions as an option, the EU's foreign... (photo: AP / Sergei Grits)
European Union   Photos   Russia   Ukraine   Wikipedia: 2014 Ukrainian revolution
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