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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)
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)
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UN observers sent to hot spot in Syria's south  Atlanta Journal  Fri 27 Apr 2012
UN observers sent to hot spot in Syria's south
BEIRUT — The U.N. says international monitors have moved into another hot spot in Syria to try to stop violence. In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed... (photo: UN / Neeraj Singh)
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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan waves as he arrives for his meeting with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Anan says his top priority as special envoy to Syria is to end the violence, deliver humanitarian relief and finally start a "political process" to resolve the one-year conflict there. France24 Wed 16 May 2012
Annan urges Syria to stop delaying humanitarian aid
AFP - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. The United Nations has... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Arab   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Palestinians hold up their flag as they rally along the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, on May 15, 2011, during a gathering to mark the 63th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe). Nakba means "catastrophe" in reference to the birth of the state of Israel 63 years ago in British-mandate Palestine, which led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who either fled or were driven out of their homes during the 1948 war over Israel's creation. (Photo By Ahmed Deeb/ WN) The Guardian Tue 15 May 2012
Palestinians march in annual mourning ritual
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians are marching in the West Bank to mark the anniversary of their uprooting during the war over Israel's creation.... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Israel   Palestinians   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: 1948 Palestinian exodus
File - The Iraqi police duty officer of the jail, orders inmates to move to the other side of the room as he prepares to walk inside the cell, during a walking tour of the Bab al Sheikh Police Station, in Eastern Baghdad, Iraq, May 27, 2008. The Guardian Tue 15 May 2012
Iraqis held illegally in 'closed' prison, rights group claims
Human Rights Watch accuses Iraqi security forces of 'grabbing people outside of the law' and putting them in secret jails Human Rights Watch claims troops controlled by... (photo: US Army file / Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt)
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Ali Jamali Fashi, center, attends his trial, at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Jamali has been charged with the killing last year of a Tehran physicist, an assassination that Iranian authorities blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency. BBC News Tue 15 May 2012
Iran hangs 'Israel spy' over nuclear scientist killing
A man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran two years ago has been hanged, Iran's state media report. Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was convicted of... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Crime   Iran   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Masoud Alimohammadi
Palestinians hold pictures of prisoners and Palestinian flags as they celebrate the end of a prisoners' hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, May 14, 2012. Scoop Tue 15 May 2012
Palestinian prisoners, Israel make deal to end hunger strike
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 12:24 pm Article: The Scoop Team Palestinian prisoners and Israel make deal to end hunger strike The Scoop Team May 15, 2012 An Egyptian and... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed)
Hunger strike   Israel   Palestinian   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian prisoners in Israel
In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The Independent Tue 15 May 2012
Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya


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Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters Otago Daily Times
Palestinian women shouts slogans as holds poster their son during a protest in front the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in Gaza City, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, February 6, 2012. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike The Daily Telegraph
A Sunni gunman, fires by his machine gun as he crosses a small alley during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012 Syria Violence In Lebanon: Unrest Spills Into Tripoli, Lebanon Huffington Post
The Vice President of Republic of Maldives, Dr. Mohammed Waheed meeting the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Prithviraj Chavan, in New Delhi on February 20, 2010. Nasheed scaring India on Islamic fundamentalism: Waheed Newstrack India
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during his bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama at the UN Building, Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011. Under Netanyahu, Israel is Stronger Than Ever Newsvine
This screen grab taken from Bahrain TV shows troops arriving in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on Monday, March 14, 2011. A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations, launching the first cross-border military operation to quell unrest since the Arab world's rebellions began in December. Deal with Saudis to shore up Bahrain's repressive regime The Independent
This Dec. 2009 photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged in federal court with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec. 25 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Robert Fisk: Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop? The Independent
Bahraini anti-government protesters wave national flags Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, during a gathering organized by opposition parties to honor Malkiya resident Abdul Redha Buhmaid. Thousands of people gathered for speeches remembering Buhmaid, who was shot dead last spring when pro-democracy protesters faced tanks as they attempted to return to Pearl roundabout, the since-demolished center of last year's protests.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) Bahrain extends detention of human rights activist The Daily Telegraph
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A Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. Saudi says $100 per barrel great price for oil The Guardian
People on the street, building , Bank, iranian girls on the street, street telephone and ordenary life of the Iranian people working and doing shopping in Tehran capital Bosnian envoy: Iran has great tourism attractions Irna
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at UN Headquarters. Israel envoy meets with Palestinian president Atlanta Journal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 66th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Netanyahu Creates a Big New Government to Do Nothing But Survive Huffington Post
Shell Petrol Station in Bangkok, Thailand Qatar ploughs money into Shell Canberra Times
EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal Khaleej Times
Emirates SkyCargo - Emirates Airlines /aaeh Emirates posts Dh1.5b profit Khaleej Times
Iraqi students children writing the litter for the USA children about the war in Iraq and peace in this area The Children of Iraq: "Was the Price Worth It?" GlobalResearch
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