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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag
Iran   Photos   Politics   Sanctions   US  
To Bash Them Is to Help Them
| PARIS - On her recent visit to the Gulf, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton openly stated a fact that is finally becoming clear to outsiders: Iran is moving toward military dictatorship. | However, ... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
The New York Times
In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi
Afghanistan   Australia   Defence   Photos   US  
Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
| AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. | The Daily Telegraph understands plans... (photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO)
The Daily Telegraph Australia
An Afghan boy looks back as U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. Marjah, the city that never was
| By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logist... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) Asia Times
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   US  
Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009. Business participants will search for solutions to the financial crisis with some 40 world leaders, but without the top finance officials of the new U.S. administration who are occupied by the crisis or by the confirmation process at h Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
| ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday called censorship counterproductive and urged Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. | The chairman a... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Boston Globe
Arab   Business   Censorship   Emirates   Photos  
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Rice fields in West Africa (file photo) Benin wants to quit importing rice by 2011 GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon"
web | JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast ... (photo: IRIN News / Anna Jefferys) IRINnews
Forecast   Photos   Price   Producing   Rice  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. |... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) BBC News
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   S Asia   US   War  
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
web | Photo: jamesdale10/Flickr BAGHDAD, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of displ... (photo: IRIN News / jamesdale10) IRINnews
Baghdad   Iraq   Mideast   People   Photos  
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan
| FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin... (photo: US Navy file / Chad J. McNeeley) Star Tribune
Afghanistan   Defense   Gates   MIlitary   Photos  
Joe Biden Biden in Israel says United States will back those who "take risks for peace"
| JERUSALEM - The U.S. will back those willing to "take risks for peace," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday during the highest-level visit to Israel by... (photo: Creative Commons / Sage Lewis) Star Tribune
Biden   Israel   Peace   Photos   US  
President of the republic of Kenya Mwai Kibaki Kibaki urges IGAD to assess Sudan accord
Written By:PPS   , Posted: Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | President Mwai Kibaki Tuesday called on IGAD member states to candidly and honestly assess the challeng... (photo: Creative Commons / DEMOSH) Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Kenya   Photos   Political   President   Sudan  
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it. Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer | JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, ab... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell) ABC News
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman  
 Democratic presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks at the "Take Back America" political conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (js1) Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan
SOME VOICES in the US Congress are crying hoarse that the President order the American forces to pull out of Afghanistan within 30 days. if that entails danger to US... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak) Merinews
Afghanistan   Kucinich   Military   Photos   US  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday
Iraq faces a test of sovereignty
Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
Initial results delayed, Iraq still counts ballots
Electoral workers sit in front of piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010.
Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
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Brides and wounded: The saga of Afghan cab
ME firms queue for orders to RP food suppliers in expo
The Roving Eye
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009. Business participants will search for solutions to the financial crisis with some 40 world leaders, but without the top finance officials of the new U.S. administration who are occupied by the crisis or by the confirmation process at h
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
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Syria Kuwait
Woman's remains found in park near Damascus
Israel and Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions
Israel and Syria both express interest in new nuclear reacto
Turkey says Syria-Israel talks may restart
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Qatar signs security agreement with Iran
Kuwait to withdraw citizenships obtained through fake claims
Nepal outdoes Kuwait for 2nd ACC Cup win
Robert Weker, 66; scientist with boundless interests
 U.S. Army Paratroopers from 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company (Engineers), 325th Brigade Special Troops Battalion conduct their pre-mission briefing before going on a raid in search a high value target individual in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug.
US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait
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UAE Egypt
Banks should strive to retain Emirati staff
All Silent heading to Dubai
Fourth Australian passport linked to Hamas leader's kill
Indian kids have no school to go in Abu Dhabi
Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009. Business participants will search for solutions to the financial crisis with some 40 world leaders, but without the top finance officials of the new U.S. administration who are occupied by the crisis or by the confirmation process at h
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
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ME firms queue for orders to RP food suppliers in expo
The Roving Eye
Cairo reopens restored 19th century synagogue
Muslim fashion label conquers streets of Europe
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009.
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
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Jordan Iran
Biden heads to Middle East for 5-day tour
Biden Heads To Middle East For 5-day Tour
Biden heads to Middle East for 5-day tour
Biden to Middle East for peace talk discussions
US Vice President Biden in Iraq
Biden heads to Middle East for 5-day tour
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To Bash Them Is to Help Them
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Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit Afghanistan - CNN.com
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag
To Bash Them Is to Help Them
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