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Rebel fighters fire their machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011.
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war  
 BBC News 
Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. | The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten,... (photo: AP)
President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir (in hat) and Vice President of GoSS Riek Machar along with other senior ministers bid farewell to President Bashir's delegation before they depart to Khartoum. President Bashir visited Juba 5 days before the start of the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum on self-determination.  During the visit President Bashir discussed preparations for the plebiscite and other outstanding issues with his counterparts in the Government of Southern Sudan.
Oil   Photos   Sudan   Talks   Wikipedia: South Sudan  
 BBC News 
South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production
South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. | The presidents of both countries held talks in the Ethiopian ... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
British Museum Department of Asia  Wall Street Journal 
The British Museum's Pilgrimage
By ANDREW MCKIE | The British Museum was, from its creation by an act of Parliament in 1753, explicitly intended to be a museum of the whole world, bringing the finest arts and crafts from different c... (photo: Creative Commons / Source/Ph Own work (Self Photograph))
British   London   Mecca   Photos   Wikipedia: British Museum  
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  Al Jazeera 
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)
Death   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni uprising   Yemen  
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In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Pakalert Press
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear progra... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
Iran   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: IranUnited States relations  
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. Khaleej Times
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)
Arab world   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Entrance to Concourse 2, Dubai International Airport was conceptualized to function as Dubai's primary airport and the region's busiest for the foreseeable future without the need for relocation or the building of another airport when passenger figures increased. Gulf News
Passenger traffic up 8% at Dubai International
| Dubai: Dubai International Airport handled a record 51 million passengers last year, an eight per cent increase over 2010, as Emirates and flydubai continued their grow... (photo: Creative Commons / Diligent)
Airport   Dubai   Passenger   Photos   Traffic   Wikipedia: Dubai International Airport  
Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari, steps down as he make his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field The Boston Globe
How an embargo of Iranian oil could affect markets
| NEW YORK-The U.S. and Europe are trying to stop Iran, the world's third-biggest oil exporter, from selling crude. Iran's response is to threaten to disrupt shipments fr... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Europe   Iran   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Pro-Syrian regime protesters, shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a demonstration to show their support for their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Jakarta Globe
Syria spurns solutions by Arab League 'plotters'
Syria on Tuesday said it would spurn further Arab efforts to resolve its political crisis, as Gulf states piled on pressure by pulling their observers out the country and... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Arab World   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Iranian oil worker Gholam Reza Karimi, works at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field, some 480 miles (800 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The Australian
European oil ban to turn the screws on Iran
| EUROPEAN Union ambassadors yesterday agreed the toughest sanctions yet against Iran despite Tehran's threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Gulf, in... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
EU   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran and weapons of mass destruction  
Oil Business
- Gulf countries meet in Istanbul
- China Inching Towards Bigger Role in Persian Gulf
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Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensions
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- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
- Censoring of Tweets Sets Off #Outrage
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Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensions
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- Seven Bridges students will show their Norman Rockwell films
- Obama to talk price of college at Michigan
- Red Bulls, Klinsmann, College Soccer: Answers to ReadersR
- Kuwait teacher raped school boy, held
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- Putin's Russia set against regime change in Syria
- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
- Twitter's censorship decision blasted by critics worldwi
- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
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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Health Terrorism
- Kidnapped Norwegian freed in Yemen
- Twitter's country-specific censorship plan rouses global
- Censoring of Tweets Sets Off #Outrage
- Iran Says It Could Terminate European Oil Sales Next Week
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
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- Someone in Pakistan knew about Osama's hideout: Leon Pan
- Doctor's help in bin Laden raid confirmed
- Someone in Pakistan knew about Osama's hideout: Panetta
- Iraq car bomber hits Shiite cortege, killing 33
A Libyan rebel carrying a parachute flare shell left behind by pro-Gadhafi forces, walks by a rebels pickup truck armed with a rocket launcher with a pre Gadhafi flag and Arabic that reads "February 17th, Free Libya" at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 13, 2011.
Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N.
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