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Breaking News Fri, 27 Jan 2012
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.
Islam   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their demands as a basis for dialogue. | His remarks came nearly a week after the ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
BBC News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, gestures as he welcomes Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev for their meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Talks   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Ahmadinejad wants new nuclear talks
| But Mr Ahmadinejad insisted the pressures will not force Iran to give up its demands, including the right to enrich uranium. | The EU imposed an oil embargo against Iran on Monday. | Iran had previo... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
The Independent
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55. The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
| Variously described as a conman, a fantasist, a sociopath, and a super-patriot, Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema died alone on Saturday of complications relating to Aids, a police official in t... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti) The Independent
Afghanistan   Crime   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jonathan Idema  
Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012 Many killed in Yemen clashes
| At least 22 people are reported to have been killed in clashes in a province under rebel control in rugged northern Yemen. | A source close to rebel group known as Houthis said on Thursday fighters ... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed) Al Jazeera
Death   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni uprising   Yemen  
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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, left, arrives with his military defense attorney, Meridith Marshall for a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Haditha outraged as Marine avoids jail in massacre
| Haditha, Iraq -- | In this town which saw 24 unarmed civilians die in a U.S. raid seven years ago, residents expressed disbelief and sadness that the Marine sergeant wh... (photo: AP / Chris Carlson) San Francisco Chronicle
Crime   Iraq   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Haditha killings  
An official passes by a part of the facility of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field after the official opening by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami in Assalouyeh, southwestern Iran in the Persian gulf, Saturday April 16, 2005. Iran won't build nuclear weapon in 2012, says draft Isis report
| Analysis by Institute for Science and International Security says sanctions and threat of Israeli attack are having effect Aerial view of what is believed to be Iran's ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) The Guardian
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Weapons   Wikipedia: Iran and weapons of mass destruction  
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (right) meets with UK Prime Minister David Cameron (left), 15 June, 2011. Cameron warned his reforms will lead to rise in human rights abuses
| Human rights organisations warned that the Prime Minister's demands could backfire by undermining the basic protections the court offers to citizens of Central and East... (photo: NATO) The Independent
Government   Human Rights   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
Government of Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit speaks to the press after casting his ballot. Southern Sudanese voters turned out in huge numbers on the first day of polling in the long-awaited Southern Sudan self-determination referendum.  Many voters slept at the polling stations in order to be one of the first to cast ballots in the plebiscite, which will determine whether Sudan remains united or Southern Sudan secedes to form a new country. Two Sudans' oil dispute deepens as South shuts down wells
| Newly founded South Sudan says northern neighbour is stealing oil and charging too much for access to it pipelines South Sudanese people turn out to hear a speech by th... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka) The Guardian
Oil   Photos   Politics   South Sudan   Wikipedia: South Sudan  
Netanyahu campaign poster Netanyahu: Iran sanctions won't necessarily halt Iran's nuclear program
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is working to increase international pressure on Iran, but said that thus far, sanctions were unsuccessful ... (photo: Creative Commons / zeevveez) Ha'aretz
Government   Israel   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Israel  
Attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York. 'Big Brother' concerns over Google changes
| An announcement from Google that it is revising how it uses data from users of its services has some worried that the Internet giant is violating its users' privacy.&nb... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) Al Jazeera
Internet   Online Privacy   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Google Search  
File - An Egyptian Pyramids, Sphinx and other ancient cultural heritage. Who should save Egypt's archives?
| - It has sometimes been claimed that, like human rights and democracy, the protection of Egypt's cultural heritage cannot be left to the Egyptians. Corruption, poverty ... (photo: WN / Noha) Al Jazeera
Arab World   Culture   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptology  
A pro-Syrian regime protester, shouts pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011, during a demonstration against the Arab League meeting being held in Morocco. Syria agrees to extend Arab observer mission
DAMASCUS ' Syria has agreed to extend a widely criticised Arab League observer mission for a second month, just hours after launching an angry tirade against the bloc's e... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) Khaleej Times
Arab world   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, African Union peacekeepers hold their positions in the Deynile district of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after al-Shabab was chased out of the neighborhood in a dawn offensive by Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers. UN envoy moves to Somalia as violence rages
| The UN special envoy to Somalia moved to Mogadishu for the first time in 17 years, signalling international support for a government fight against Islamist rebels and p... (photo: AP / Ali Bashi) Al Jazeera
Photos   Somalia   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War  
Civil Rights Iraq
Farook is second Kerala governor to die in office
Costa offers $14,460 per head to survivors
Thousands throng Cairo's Tahrir to push for change
Protecting Religious Staffing by Religious Organizations
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
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Iraqi art and artists celebrated in new book
Suicide bomber kills 32 in Baghdad
Exploding Baghdad taxi kills 31
Suicide bomber kills 32 in Baghdad
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
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Afghanistan Middle East
France, Karzai urge NATO Afghanistan exit
France to Speed Troops’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Boko Haram leader tape threatens Nigeria forces
France to cut Afghan combat role
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55.
The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
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Islam no threat to democracy, new Arab ministers say
Australian expats enjoy barbecue for a good cause
Saluting a monument to education
Ray of hope for marine life
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, gestures as he welcomes Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev for their meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.
Ahmadinejad wants new nuclear talks
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