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Breaking News Thu, 29 Jul 2010
Iraqis inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.
Al Qaida   Defence   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq  
Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
| BAGHDAD — In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside ... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
The New York Times
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron look at one another before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   UK   Wikipedia: Pakistan's role in the War on Terror  
Cameron Defends His Criticism of Pakistan
| On Thursday in India, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain defended remarks he had made a day earlier about the need for Pakistan to not give haven to terrorist groups. | On Wednesday, Mr. Camero... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
The New York Times
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, seen, at al-Shaab presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009. Saudi king heads to Syria
| Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is scheduled to arrive in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on the second-leg of his four-nation "Arab unity tour". | King Abdullah was in Egypt on Wednesday and held talks ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Al Jazeera
Peace   Photos   Saudi Arabia   Syria  
Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron answers a question from a journalist as he gives a speech to journalists and academics at a think tank on Policy Exchange in London, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. UK 'terror' warning angers Pakistan
| Remarks by David Cameron, the British prime minister, that Islamabad should not "promote the export of terror" have angered Pakistani officials. | Cameron made the comments on Wednesday during ... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) Al Jazeera
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   UK   Wikipedia: Inter-Services Intelligence  
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Palestinians walk past Israeli border police before Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 12, 2010. Seeking to head off further unrest, police limited access to the city's holiest site Friday and Israel's military sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel. Police allowed only men over 50 to pray Friday at the shrine at the center of the disturbances - the Jerusalem compound Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary. There were no limitations on women. After Kosovo: Secession in the Middle East
| Ruling could inspire misplaced secessionist movements in yemen and Occupied territories | By Chibli Mallat | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | First impressions ... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill) Daily Star Lebanon
Israel   Kosovo   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
Child - Teeth Doctor's warning: Stress bad for child's oral health
|  Dubai : Stress and neglect are wreaking havoc on children's oral health, an expert has warned. | Such children often fall victim to bruxism (teeth grinding) and t... (photo: WN / sweet) Gulf News
Children   Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Tooth (human)  
 wash hands sticker (sl1) How clean hands can save lives...
ABU DHABI ' Reinforcing the importance of one of the simplest methods of preventing infection ' washing hands ' Mafraq Hospital launched 'Clean Hands Save Lives', its han... (photo: creative commons) Khaleej Times
Disease   Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Hand washing  
File - A Yemeni soldier walks by the damage at the main entrance of the US Embassy in the capital San'a, Yemen Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Yemen rebels free 200 captured soldiers
SANAA ' Yemeni Shiite rebels freed on Wednesday 200 soldiers they had captured two days earlier and promised to release other prisoners, both civilian and military, a med... (photo: AP / Mohammed al-Qadhi) Khaleej Times
Military   Photos   Rebels   Yemen  
Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar talk after their Ramadan prayers in al-Garbi mosque at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Sunday Sept. 16, 2007. Since Hamas' takeover in Gaza, violence has largely been contained to the roiling coastal strip _ where Israeli troops regularly battle Palestinian militants firing rockets into Israel _ while Israel has sought to bolster Abbas by reducing operations in the West Bank. Hamas wants dialogue with Europe
| Gaza: Hamas is open to negotiating directly with European countries and has welcomed a recent call by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to enter into talks with ... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa) Gulf News
Europe   Gaza   Hamas   Photos   Wikipedia: Hamas  
A photo released Monday July 26, 2010 by the City of Marcoussis, south of Paris, showing French aid group Enimilal member, Michel Germaneau, in 2007. France promises revenge on al Qaeda for hostage's death
4:00 AM Thursday Jul 29, 2010 Email Print | France has declared war on al Qaeda, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's... (photo: AP / Mairie de Marcoussis/Enmilal) NZ Herald
Africa   Al Qaida   France   Photos   Wikipedia:Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb  
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia attends the closing session of the Arab Summit in Doha, Qatar, Monday, March 30, 2009. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king and declaring himself "the dean of Arab rulers." Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American a Abdullah's tour expected to ease regional tensions
| Riyadh: Saudi politicians and experts have concurred that King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz's regional tour will close Arab ranks and clear the atmosphere following a pledge... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) Gulf News
Mideast   Photos   Politics   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia  
President Barack Obama speaks to those attending an Earth Day reception in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2010. US lawmakers okay new war funding
| REMEMBERING VIETNAM: A bipartisan resolution to enact a law that would have given the US Congress the power to remove US troops from Pakistan was soundly defeated | AFP... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) Taipei Times
Afghanistan   Lawmakers   Photos   US   War  
Kosovo's Albanian Democratic Party Leader Hashim Thaci talks to journalists during a break from talks on the future of Kosovo, being held in Baden near Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. Don't block our path, Kosovo urges EU holdouts
| THE five European countries refusing to recognise Kosovo are defying international law and unjustly blocking the newest nation from the path to prosperity, Prime Minist... (photo: AP / Hans Punz) The Australian
Europe   Independence   Kosovo   Photos   Wikipedia: 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence  
Civil Rights Iraq
Obama seeks to mend rift with US black community
Advance Booking
Obama Takes On Critics of Education Plan
Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
President Barack Obama addresses the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Obama Takes On Critics of Education Plan
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Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
The 'Real' Rogue Soldiers
Troops return to Kentucky after a year in Iraq
Commentary: Lax oversight, bad accounting and Iraq reconstru
Iraqis inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.
Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
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Afghanistan Middle East
Afghanistan: 25 killed in blast
Body of Second Missing Sailor Recovered in Afghanistan
Exposed spy already killed by the Taliban
US is no stranger to double-dealing
File- Major General (MGEN) James N. Mattis, USMC, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division (MAR DIV), returns a salute from Marines of 1st Battalion (BN) 4th Marines about to be promoted, at Camp Commando, Kuwait while forward deployed in support of Operation enduring Freedom.
The 'Real' Rogue Soldiers
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Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker
Saudi homes need good scrubbing, finds study
Petrofac wins $400m Kuwait pipeline deal
Makkah Metro ready to serve Haj pilgrims
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, seen, at al-Shaab presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009.
Saudi king heads to Syria
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