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Lebanese Army investigators inspect at the site of a car bomb explosion outside of the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni city raised even more the already simmering sectarian tensions in fragile Lebanon, heightening fears the country could be slipping into a cycle of revenge attacks between its Sunni and Shiite communities.

Arrests Lebanon Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Al-Qaeda

Springfield News-Sun
Bombing, arrests spark fear in Lebanon
Fri 20 Jun 2014
A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle Friday near a police checkpoint in eastern Lebanon, while troops raided two hotels in the capital, arresting 17 suspected members of an al-Qaida breakaway group... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)

A Palestinian man exchanges currency, in the in city of Rafah the southern Gaza Strip, the U.S. dollar and shekel in black markets in the Gaza Strip on Sep. 20, 2011. Significant increase to the U.S. dollar $1000 against Israel 3.63. shekel in the Palestinian territories, the first time in five years, gets high for the dollar a due to protests in Israel, analysts said economy Palestinian. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)

Dollar Federal Reserve Photos US stocks Wikipedia: United States dollar

Reuters
FOREX-Dollar steady with U.S. yields, sterling dips
Fri 20 Jun 2014
* Reduced safe-haven move supports stronger greenback * Dollar index set for biggest weekly fall since early May * Sterling dips from recent peaks tied to economic strength * U.S./U.K. two-year yield... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, residents of the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp wait to leave the camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014.

Independent online (SA) Fri 20 Jun 2014
Syria warns UN on aid delivery
United Nations - Syria's government warned the UN Security Council that delivering humanitarian aid across its borders into rebel-held areas without its consent would amount to an attack, suggesting... (photo: AP / SANA)
Photos Syrian Refugees Syrian civil war United Nations Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War

Human Trafficking Modern Day Slavery

Swissinfo Fri 20 Jun 2014
U.S. says Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela among worst human trafficking centres
Arab Spring Reuters June 20, 2014 - 16:59 By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States downgraded Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela on Friday to its list of the world's worst centres of... (photo: WN / Bright Mills)
Human Rights Human Trafficking in the World Photos USA Wikipedia: Human trafficking

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, shows rescue workers and bystanders at a building damaged by a rocket attack, that killed at least 12 people, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. In a spike in civil war violence that Syrian state media blamed on rebel fighters a rocket attack in the northern city of Aleppo occurred during a particularly bloody week nearly two years after an uprising began against Assad's regime.

Al Jazeera Fri 20 Jun 2014
UN chief seeks arms embargo in Syria conflict
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria, describing foreign powers and groups as "irresponsible" for giving... (photo: AP / SANA)
Bashar al-Assad Peace Talks - Syria Photos Syrian Crisis Wikipedia: Timeline of the Syrian Civil War

Al-Qaeda inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014. The fighting at Beiji comes as Iraq has asked the U.S. for airstrikes targeting the militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. While U.S. President Barack Obama has not fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes, such action is not imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said.

BBC News Fri 20 Jun 2014
Iraq crisis: Fierce battles for Baiji and Tal Afar
Islamist-led militants and pro-government forces are engaged in fierce battles for the Baiji oil refinery and Tal Afar airport in northern Iraq. Baiji, Iraq's... (photo: AP)
Al Qaida - Iraq Iraq War Islamic Extremism Photos Wikipedia: 2014 Northern Iraq offensive

File - A boy plays with a soccer ball inside Za’atri refugee camp, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan, 7 December, 2012.

The Guardian Fri 20 Jun 2014
Global refugee figure passes 50m for first time since second world war
UNHCR report says more than half of those displaced are children, with aids organisations reaching breaking point Women and their children sit outside their tents at the... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Human Rights Photos Refugee Crisis UN Wikipedia: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

ASH SHUAIBA, Kuwait (March 24 2004)Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Rene Perez, 41, from West Palm Beach, Fla., keeps a look out for possible threats on the water. Perez is a member of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 from St. Petersburg, Fla., currently deployed to the region to help protect the Port of Ash Shuaiba and coalition ships involved in the largest redeployment of troops and equipment since World War II. The troops and equipment are heading into and out of Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coast Guard Port Security Units are comprised mostly of reservists and are often deployed overseas to protect strategic ports used by the U.S. Navy and coalition forces. USCG Photo by PA1 Matthew Belson (95813) ( OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM )

China Daily Fri 20 Jun 2014
War money could have been better spent
The Iraq War, which has come back to haunt Americans, Iraqis and the world these days, cost people in the United States some $2 trillion. It has been the worst reflection... (photo: US Coastguard / PA1 Matthew Belson)
2014 Northern Iraq offensive 2014 US Military Intervention in Iraq Iraq War Photos Wikipedia: 2014 Northern Iraq offensive

A Marine receives Anthrax shots.

Swissinfo Fri 20 Jun 2014
Exclusive - U.S. says government lab workers possibly exposed to anthrax
Reuters June 20, 2014 - 02:25 By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - As many as 75 scientists and staff in U.S. government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed... (photo: Public Domain / Slick-o-bot)
Anthrax Health Photos USA Wikipedia: Anthrax

The Times of India Fri 20 Jun 2014
Pak needs a long-term vision for Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited Pakistani military assault has been launched in North Waziristan. For over a decade, the region harboured local and foreign militants... (photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mahsud)
Afghan Photos Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Turkmen Wikipedia: Waziristan

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with FBI Director Robert Mueller to receive an update on the explosions that occurred in Boston, in the Oval Office, April 15, 2013.

Reuters Fri 20 Jun 2014
Obama says U.S. military plans for Iraq strictly limited
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama insisted on Thursday that his decision to send military advisers to Iraq and consider targeted strikes against insurgents... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
2014 Northern Iraq offensive 2014 US Military Intervention in Iraq Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Photos Wikipedia: 2014 Northern Iraq offensive

Leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie, bottom center, and senior Brotherhood figurer Salah Soltan, right, gesture, during an appearance at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, April 1, 2014.

Baltimore Sun Thu 19 Jun 2014
Egypt court calls for death sentence for Brotherhood leader
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court signalled on Thursday that it wanted death sentences for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 13 other defendants charged with... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zaid)
Egypt Protests Mohammed Badie Photos Politics Wikipedia: Mohammed Badie

Palestinians watch rescue workers as they search for the bodies of three Hamas militants inside a tunnel targeted by an Israeli air strike, near the border between Israel and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 2, 2013. The Israeli air strike killed the three militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Islamist group Hamas said, while the Israeli army said five of its soldiers were wounded by an explosive device. The Israeli military said the fighting erupted when an explosive device went off as troops were clearing a tunnel from the Gaza Strip into Israel, allegedly to be used as a springboard for militant attacks. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN

The Siasat Daily Thu 19 Jun 2014
Israel arrests 30 Palestinians as search for teens continues
Jerusalem/Ramallah, June 19: Israeli security forces arrested 30 Palestinians in predawn raids in the West Bank as they continued searching for three Jewish youths... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
2014 kidnapping of Israeli teens Mideast Photos West Bank Wikipedia: 2014 kidnapping of Israeli teens

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Politics & Governments

	US Military Action In Iraq Crisis 'High Risk' Skynews
	Battle for Iraq refinery as U.S. hesitates to strike Sun Sentinel

Business & Finance

	How Fifa spent £16m on a film where Sepp Blatter is a hero BBC News
	US stocks rally as Fed’s Yellen says economy showing signs of strength The Australian

Terrorism

	John Kerry Denies Obama Has Been Too Passive In Iraq Huffington Post
	More US bombs and drones will only escalate Iraq's horror The Guardian

Health & Science

	ISIS militants with US passports? BBC News
	Britain to give £3m aid to Iraq Belfast Telegraph

Kurds protest after Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in Iraq, killing a dozen people, many of them believed to be smugglers mistaken for guerrillas, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 29. 2011.

Kurds committed abuses in Syria - HRW

President Barack Obama, left, speaks about the situation in Libya with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in Washington.

Hillary Clinton: I Disagreed With Obama On Syria

File - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Reese takes a knee with his military working dog Grek after hearing gunfire within 100 meters during a search for insurgents in Buhriz, Iraq, April 10, 2007.

Global peace index charts 'staggering' $9.8tn cost of war

Syria says no aid deliveries without its approval The Guardian
Exclusive - Syria warns U.N.: aid delivery without consent i Swissinfo
Obama: Idea that Syrian opposition could overthrow Assad a " Atlanta Journal
>Syria says no aid deliveries without its approval Seattle Post
Syrian refugees rescued from overloaded migrant boat BBC News
Syria conflict: Father of UK jihadi Nasser Muthana speaks BBC News
Feds pledge $50M for refugees, but doors not open for 10,000 Canoe
Ex-Syrian players form opposition team in exile The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Canada's Syrian refugees settlement plan still not finalized CBC
>Ex-Syrian players form opposition team in exile Seattle Post
Syria May Attack If The UN Continues To Deliver Aid Without Business Insider
U.N. Leader Deplores Syria War’s Spread to Iraq New York Times
Letting Go of Sykes-Picot New York Times
Lebanon security chief escapes suicide attack Khaleej Times
Clinton calls for release of Syrian activist CNN
Syria jihadi group captures town near Iraq border STL Today
Aid delivery without consent is an attack Zeenews
Syrian Oil Finances ISIL Militants in Iraq Voa News
Obama administration exploits Iraq crisis as pretext for war Irna
History unraveling in the Middle East The Japan News

President Barack Obama convenes an Oval Office meeting with his national security team to discuss the situation in Iraq, June 13, 2014.

President Obama can 'bypass Congress' over Iraq action

File - In this Monday, Oct. 6, 2003 file photo, an abandoned watchtower and lines of barbed wire are seen surrounding Iraq's largest oil refinery as smoke rises from a petroleum gas flare, in the city of Beiji, north of Baghdad. On Wednesday, June 18, 2014, a top Iraqi security official said Islamic militants of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant laid siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery late Tuesday night, threatening a facility key to the country's domestic supplies as part of their ongoing lightning offensive across the country. The Beiji refinery accounts for a little more than a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity and any lengthy outage at Beiji risks long lines at the gas pump and electricity shortages, adding to the chaos already facing Iraq.

Militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a joint press conference with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

WORLD CUP: Toothless ‘Rottweiler,’ ‘Big Boss’ produce boring draw

Arab Spring has stimulated terror, not democracy San Francisco Chronicle
Iraq Prime Minister facing calls to resign Deccan Chronicle
World Cup 2014: Today at the tournament - day 10 BBC News
BRAZIL BEAT: Fan mail pours in to Brazil players The State
Iranian nuclear negotiator team on way back home Irna
Argentina not just Messi Goal
54 injured in Pakistan blast The Siasat Daily
BRAZIL BEAT: Sinkhole swallows up cars in Natal The Guardian
Obama's 3-part policy can ease bloodshed San Francisco Chronicle
Iran coach Queiroz has stopped Messi before San Francisco Chronicle
Iraq turmoil impacts oil industry; higher gas prices could r The Charlotte Observer
Argentina won't need to be their best, says Queiroz FourFourTwo
Officail: Contradictory US behavior destabilizing region eve Irna
The Sunni Rebellion In Iraq Business Insider
Envoys report progress an Iranian nuclear talks STL Today
How 'Team Melli' Helps Us Understand the Complexities of Mod Huffington Post
Is a U.S.-Iranian alliance possible? Tulsa World
BRAZIL BEAT: Argentina coach sees 'strong' Iran The News & Observer
Emily B. Landau Ha'aretz
Gulf Concerns Mount as ISIL Advances in Iraq Voa News

This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.

BP and Exxon pull staff from Iraq

Royal Palace of Madrid In 1735 the architect was invited to Madrid by the Bourbon king of Spain, Felipe V, for whom he executed the projects for the Royal Palace, Granja de San Ildefonso and Palacio Real de Aranjuez, executed after the death of Juvarra by Giovanni Battista Sacchetti and other pupils

Spain's new king Felipe VI sworn in in muted ceremony

File - Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2011.

Karzai rejects situation in Afghanistan could get worse as Iraq

On Iraq, where’s Biden? Star Telegram
Rand Paul: I don't blame Obama for Iraq WorldNetDaily
Secret U.S. Plan to Aid Iraq Fizzled Amid Mutual Distrust Atlanta Journal
Obama: ‘We gave Iraq the chance to have an inclusive democra The Washington Times
Iraq vets say Obama’s promise of no combat for U.S. advisers The Wichita Eagle
Iraq's Shiites, America's Newest Allies, Prepare for Battle WPXI
Iraqis Say They Don't Want US Troops To Return Business Insider
Obama: 'Won't be a military solution' if Iraqi political str CNN
UN: Iraqis displaced by latest fighting add to worst refugee The Charlotte Observer
US stocks reach new highs despite Iraq turmoil pushing up oi The Australian
Assessing the ISIS crisis in Iraq Orlando Sentinel
Letter: Don’t bash Obama for Iraq The Salt Lake Tribune
US sends its 300, air strikes ‘risky’ Deccan Chronicle
Iraq crisis: kidnappers may seek ransom Deccan Chronicle
Chicken Littles beat war drums again Chicago Sun-Times
Obama pays price for abdications The Charlotte Observer
All eyes on Maliki as the US is pulled back to Iraq The Irish Times
The Implosion of Iraq Huffington Post
Obama Cautious on War, But Successor Won't Be Huffington Post
Iraq crisis: will the calm in Isis-held Mosul last? BBC News

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, second right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2013.

Keating: The Saudis helped create a monster they can’t control in Iraq

Qatar Malls - Shopping - Economy -Qatar

Qataris cast eyes on foreigners in modesty push

Today in History

Today in History

Special Forces Heading To Iraq Won't Be Getting Extra 'Dange Business Insider
Saudi king stops in Cairo to visit Egypt's Sisi Daily Press
Saudi King Abdullah visits Egypt's Sisi Al Jazeera
Saudi king arrives in Cairo to visit Egypt's Sisi: state TV Baltimore Sun
Iraq Political Limbo Sees PM Lose Support Skynews
AAP MP liaised with Kuwait NGO to help out Punjabis trapped The Times of India
Keep Calm and Trust Iraqis With Iraq CounterPunch
ISIS and Regime Change in Iraq CounterPunch
Saudi king's visit to Cairo shows support for Sisi Reuters
Saudi king’s visit to Cairo shows support for Sisi Khaleej Times
LPRC Debunks Neyor's Claims of Key Role in Nigeria, Kuwaiti All Africa
The Real Culprits in Iraq CounterPunch
Letters to the editor: If only Tampa Bay Online
Fitch Affirms Kuwait at 'AA'; Outlook Stable Reuters
Fitch Affirms Bahrain at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable Reuters
We’re Going Back to Iraq Antiwar
Agents promised jobs in Dubai, sent youths to Iraq The Times of India
Can Obama avoid mission creep in Iraq? CNN
Three UAE firms among top 500 companies in the region Khaleej Times
War or Peace? Huffington Post

Great white shark between a cage and a boat

Great white shark attacks and destroys a camera rig

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to the crowd during celebrations for their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition. Palestinian officials said Monday Jan. 7, 2013, they will not rush to issue new passports and ID cards with the emblem "State of Palestine" to avoid confrontation with Israel. Last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decreed that in official documents "State of Palestine" must replace "Palestinian Authority," the name of his self-rule government

Abbas criticizes abduction of Israeli teens

Soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard walk past a satirical drawing of Statue of Liberty on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.

Can U.S. and Iran cooperate to stabilize Iraq?

Benghazi suspect faces U.S. criminal, not military, court Swissinfo
Kansas City Twin Boys Born 39 Days Apart! WPXI
U.S. oil price rises as Iraq tension escalates Xinhua
Questions for Obama about Iraq Chicago Sun-Times
Iraqi's economy has little impact on U.S. Tampabay.com
Now Even ISIS Has Its Very Own Whistleblower Business Insider
Yemenis ‘weaving together tapestry of new country’ UN envoy United Nations
CDC says more lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax Swissinfo
Analysis - Ukraine crisis forces U.S. to bolster Europe forc Swissinfo
'Many in Iraq live like prisoners' The Times of India
Influential Iraqi cleric calls for inclusive government The Los Angeles Times
UN chief opposes airstrikes on extremists in Iraq San Francisco Chronicle
Romanian court orders 30-day detention for president's broth Swissinfo
U.S. CDC says more lab workers may have been exposed to anth Swissinfo
>Vetronics (Vehicle Electronics) Market Worth $10.78 Billion Seattle Post
Abducted Indians safe, in touch The Hindu
Raytheon's $392M missile contract includes sales to Saudia A The Business Review
Govt opens Saudi channels to get to Iraqi abductors The Times of India
Palestinian village wins UNESCO listing against Israel barri Swissinfo
Russia opens new criminal case involving Putin critic Navaln Swissinfo

Etihad airways

Malaysia Airlines, Etihad eye partnership

A PTV aboard an Etihad Airways aircraft, part of the in-flight entertainment system. Economy class is known as the Coral Zone.

Etihad Airways to telecast World Cup matches live

File - Al-Shabaab fighters display weapons as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu, Somalia,Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.

Al-Shabaab commander surrenders to Somali government

Houston startup takes concussions head-on Business Journal
Dubai Municipality opens ‘smart oases’ in special needs cent Khaleej Times
Abdullah bin Zayed meets with Portuguese Prime Minister Khaleej Times
International flights run into air force barrier The Times of India
UAE and Saudi World Cup  fans biggest GCC spenders Khaleej Times
The Woodlands a top city for women in the workforce, Houston Business Journal
Houston ranks No. 1 in the country for fastest growth in for Business Journal
Dubai-owned Rizeena crowned queen of Royal Ascot Gulf News
Aerial photos of Earth using the Overview Effect reveal incr The Australian
Emirates adding seats to Houston flights with new Airbus Business Journal
Dubai’s office realty holds the line on costs Gulf News
New $100,000 Prize For Arab Pics To Be Launched At Dubai Fil Variety
Traders of all hues into gold smuggling The Times of India
Why Franz Beckenbauer fears being a victim of FIFA’s corrupt London Evening Standard
Rolling Stones do rare performance of 'Worried About You' in The Examiner
The great airspace race: Can Turkish Airlines continue to so CNN
6 Q's About the News | Dubai, Once a Humble Refueling Stop, New York Times
Anand falls behind in World Blitz after three losses The Times of India
India to pay $1.65 billion Iran oil dues via UAE The Siasat Daily
Dubai - Police Probe Sexual Abuse Claim All Africa

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