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Security around UN HQ in Beirut tightened
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Security around UN HQ in Beirut tightened
Mon 3 Oct 2011
Beirut- Security measures have been tightened around the United Nations headquarters in Beirut to avert any possible terrorist attack, a... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas)
Rafiq Hariri
Mideast   Politics   Lebanon   Wikipedia: Assassination of Rafic Hariri   Photos		  The Guardian 
Lebanon analysis: Fear of war as Beirut leaps into the unknown
Wed 12 Jan 2011
Coalition's collapse is a sharp reminder of the poisonous legacy of prime minister Rafiq Hariri's murder in 2005 Hezbollah flags flutter in Beirut tonight over a marble plaque in tribute to fighters... (photo: WN / Manuela Paraipan)
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a general view shows the site where one of two bombs exploded near a military compound, in the city of Idlib, northwestern Syria, Monday, April 30, 2012.  GlobalResearch  Wed 23 May 2012
US-NATO Destabilization Extends from Syria into Lebanon
Forces unable to destabilize Syria turn to Lebanon - ministry MOSCOW: Forces which have failed to implement their plans to destabilize Syria have turned to Lebanon, which is trying to prevent foreign... (photo: AP / SANA)
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Syria militants claim responsibility for blasts  San Francisco Chronicle  Sun 13 May 2012
Syria militants claim responsibility for blasts
Beirut -- A video posted online in the name of a shadowy militant group claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the Syrian capital of Damascus last week that killed 55 people. In the video... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan)
Beirut   Mideast   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Syria
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Egyptian supporters chant slogans and carry posters with pictures of presidential runoff candidate Ahmed Shafiq in front of his ransacked campaign headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A mob set fire late Monday to Shafiq's campaign headquarters. CNN Tue 29 May 2012
Demonstrators angry at Egypt runoff candidates plan more protests
May 29, 2012 -- Updated 0421 GMT (1221 HKT) An Egyptian man shouts slogans during a demonstration Monday after the first round of elections in Cairo. Cairo (CNN) --... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Egypt   Election   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012
Palestinians receive their monthly food aid at a UN distribution center in the Shati refugee camp,January 17, 2012, in Gaza City. The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza launched an appeal for emergency funds to the Palestinian territories of $ 300 million (235 million), The Deputy Chief Commissioner Margo Ellis at the third anniversary of the end of the devastating Israeli operation "Cast Lead" in Gaza (27 December 2008-22 January 2009), said the UNRWA. Photo By Ahmed Deeb/WN The Guardian Tue 29 May 2012
UN official: Israel slow to relax Gaza blockade
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.N. official responsible for Palestinian refugees says Israel has been too slow to relax its blockade of Gaza, which has obliterated the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Israel   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Blockade of the Gaza Strip
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, waves before addressing an audience during a campaign event, in Warwick, R.I., Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Newsday Mon 28 May 2012
Romney promises world's strongest military
Photos SAN DIEGO - (AP) -- presidential candidate promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world."... (photo: AP / Steven Senne)
Military   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney
Abbas Kiarostami IMDb Mon 28 May 2012
Abbas Kiarostami: 'The world is my workshop'
Unable to film in his native Iran, Abbas Kiarostami now has to shoot his enigmatic films abroad. Does it matter that Cannes audiences... (photo: AP / Martial Trezzini)
Celebrity   Iran   Movies   Photos   Wikipedia: Abbas Kiarostami
Matiur Rahman Nizami, the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh chief and former industries minister is arrested and taken from his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh late Sunday, May 18, 2008 The Guardian Mon 28 May 2012
Bangladesh indicts Islamic leaders for war crimes
JULHAS ALAM Associated Press= DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party and one of his deputies have been indicted for alleged crimes... (photo: AP / Zia Islam)
Bangladesh   Crimes   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Motiur Rahman Nizami
Ali Larijani, Speaker of Iran's parliament and his country's former chief nuclear negotiator, speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Iran says Brazil and Turkey have offered a new joint proposal for a nuclear fuel deal. Tuesday's remarks by Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast come as Tehran seeks to stave off new U.N. sanctions for its defiance of Security Council demands that it curb nuclear activities that could be used to make weapons. Herald Tribune Mon 28 May 2012
Iran parliament re-elects conservative as speaker
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's newly-elected parliament has voted to reinstate a conservative critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as temporary speaker. In the Monday vote, 173... (photo: AP / Mustafa Ozer, Pool)
Iran   Parliament   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Ali Larijani


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This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday, May 26, 2012, purports to show shrouded dead bodies following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. Syria denies Houla killings, UN condemns attack The Times of India
U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan listens to a question during a joint news conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Annan to visit Syria as UN condemns Houla massacre BBC News
UN General Assembly president condemns massacre in Syria UN General Assembly president condemns massacre in Syria Xinhua
Former US President Jimmy Carter and former UNSG Kofi Annan speak to reporters at a polling station. 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. Egypt’s Brotherhood would keep Israel treaty — Carter Gulf News
Syria's Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Syria denies responsibility for attack killing 90 The News & Observer
Joachim Gauck, candidate of the Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Green Party for the presidential elections attends a news conference Berlin, on Friday, June 4, 2010. New German president to visit Israel Deutsche Welle
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, right, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad Al-Sabah chat prior to a group photo before a US- Gulf Cooperation Council forum at the Gulf Cooperation Council Secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 31, 2012. US condemns Syria massacre and looks for Russian help to oust Assad The Guardian
This photo released by the Iranian President's Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012. Iran to build new nuclear power plant The Daily Telegraph
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Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League on the Syrian Crisis, briefs the press after reporting to the Security Council on his visits less than a week ago to Syria and Turkey, where the Syrian National Council is based, 16 March, 2012 Syria denies Annan's deputy permission to visit Atlanta Journal
Saudi interior Minister Prince Nayef attends the meeting of the Ministers of interior for Iraq neighboring countries in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Oct. 23. 2008. Saudi Crown Prince heads abroad for medical tests Herald Tribune
Arizona Senator John McCain John McCain's New Institute Launching Tomorrow Huffington Post
Airbus A380 in flight. Qatar Airways firms order for 80 Airbus A350 XWB and 3 additional A380 aircraft Qatar Airways becomes member of key global indrustry body covering MICE sector TravelDailyNews
Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov looks on prior to his speech at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Russia: Syria uprising could spread to Lebanon Austin American Statesman
Qatar - Economy - Travel - Business - Tourism 22% increase in GCC visitor rates to Doha in 1st quarter 2012 TravelDailyNews
U.S. State Department's top envoy on the Middle East, ambassador Jeffrey Feltman speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora at the Government House in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 6, 2009. AP sources: Top US diplomat for Mideast to UN job Austin American Statesman
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful. Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader BBC News
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