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Iraqi police, some holding Iraqi flags, raise their inked fingers after casting their vote in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010.
Elections   Iraq   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Iraq		  Gulf News 
Do Iraq's politicians believe in Iraq?
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Nearly five months after parliamentary elections were held, Iraq is still without a government. Unfortunate as this may be, it is not entirely surprising because Iraq, seven years on from the 2003... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani)
This photo released by the Fars News Agency claims to show an Iranian satellite launching rocket named "Safir-2", translated in English as "Ambassador-2", carrying the satellite "Omid", or "Hope" in English, photographed at launch at an undisclosed location on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country's president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international obser
Iran   Peace   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Iran – United States relations		  WorldNews.com 
Iran Aims for Space, U.S. Aims for War
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran plans to send a man into space by 2019, it evoked the bold initiatives and... (photo: AP / Fars News Agency)
David Cameron, foreground centre, leader of the British Conservatives party poses with members of his shadow cabinet, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.  Daily Star Lebanon  Thu 29 Jul 2010
British PM works to deepen Indian economic ties
Friday, July 30, 2010 - Powered by Ravi Nessman Associated Press NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister David Cameron worked to deepen his nation’s ties with India on Thursday, using his trip to the... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)
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Iraqis inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.  The New York Times  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
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File- Major General (MGEN) James N. Mattis, USMC, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division (MAR DIV), returns a salute from Marines of 1st Battalion (BN) 4th Marines about to be promoted, at Camp Commando, Kuwait while forward deployed in support of Operation enduring Freedom. WorldNews.com Wed 28 Jul 2010
The 'Real' Rogue Soldiers
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. At first glance and in regards to the title, it might seem this article pertains to the Afghan army sergeant who... (photo: USMC / SSgt Daniel Schrubb)
Defence   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: War on Terror
Palestinians walk past Israeli border police before Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 12, 2010. Seeking to head off further unrest, police limited access to the city's holiest site Friday and Israel's military sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel. Police allowed only men over 50 to pray Friday at the shrine at the center of the disturbances - the Jerusalem compound Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary. There were no limitations on women. Daily Star Lebanon Wed 28 Jul 2010
After Kosovo: Secession in the Middle East
Ruling could inspire misplaced secessionist movements in yemen and Occupied territories By Chibli Mallat Thursday, July 29, 2010 - Powered by... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Israel   Kosovo   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar talk after their Ramadan prayers in al-Garbi mosque at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City Sunday Sept. 16, 2007. Since Hamas' takeover in Gaza, violence has largely been contained to the roiling coastal strip _ where Israeli troops regularly battle Palestinian militants firing rockets into Israel _ while Israel has sought to bolster Abbas by reducing operations in the West Bank. Gulf News Wed 28 Jul 2010
Hamas wants dialogue with Europe
Gaza: Hamas is open to negotiating directly with European countries and has welcomed a recent call by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to enter into talks with... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
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A Palestinian youth sits in front of a section of Israel's separation barrier as he gathers with Fatah supporters at a rally marking the third anniversary of the late Yasser Arafat's death in the Aida refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Gulf News Wed 28 Jul 2010
If Kosovo, why not Palestine?
On July 22, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the following question posed to it by Serbia: "Is the unilateral declaration of... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
Freedom   Israel   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in conversation with the Senior General Than Shwe during a meeting at the Parliament House building in Yangon, Myanmar on March 9, 2006. -hires- am1 NZ Herald Mon 26 Jul 2010
Myanmar accused of nuclear programme
By Alex Spillius in Washington and Damien McElroy 4:00 AM Tuesday Jul 27, 2010 Email Print Myanmar is working on a nuclear weapons programme, experts have concluded,... (photo: PIB)
Myanmar   Nuclear   Photos   Sanctions   UN
An Israeli border police officer stands next to Jewish settlers and Ultra-orthodox Jewish men who temporarily blocked traffic by setting fire on a highway during a protest at the entrance to Jerusalem, Monday, June 1, 2009. Twenty young Jewish extremists briefly blocked the highway into Jerusalem, burning tires and a garbage bin, causing a huge rush hour traffic jam. Gulf News Mon 26 Jul 2010
Israel's intolerance is clearly apparent
Israel's liberal left has been warning about this for decades — and now those cautionary words seem like prophesies. Lines of Israeli authors, academics and... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left,and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010. Historic Saudi-Syrian Beirut visit shows Arab concern BBC News
A woman walks by the graffiti reading "Kosovo is Serbia", Thursday, May 21,2009, in Belgrade. U.S Vice President Joe Biden offered Serbia "a strong, new relationship" with the U.S. on Wednesday, along with help in its European Union membership bid, despite deep differences over independence for Kosovo. Biden, the first senior U.S. official to visit Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year has arrived in Kosovo to boost the new country's statehood in the face of strong opposition from Serbia. Serbia in UN bid to ward off Kosovo's secession Irish Times
Palestinians wheel a wounded police officer at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Israeli jets strike Gaza Al Jazeera
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British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with the Prime Minister Tony Blair, London, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence The Star
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Supporters of detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi hold her portraits during a peaceful rally in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, marking the Human Rights Day. Myanmar's quest for democracy Al Jazeera
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal addressing at the launch of the Mass Media Studies and Geospatial Practices Courses in CBSE at Senior Secondary Level, in New Delhi on July 19, 2010. The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari and other dignitaries are also seen. Need democracy in classrooms: Sibal Deccan Herald
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin , Prime Minister of Russia Russian democracy remains the perennial victim of a 'but' Daily Star Lebanon
Samajwadi Party workers stage a demonstration atop a bullock cart to protest against fuel price hike, in Allahabad , India, Monday, July 5, 2010. Transportation ground to a halt and businesses were closed Monday in many parts of India following a one-day strike by the main opposition parties to protest a government-imposed hike in fuel prices. Seceding From India's Democracy Wall Street Journal
Indonesian Muslims with the hard-line Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir shout slogans during the International Caliphate Conference 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug 12, 2007. Nearly 90,000 followers of the hard-line Muslim group packed a stadium in the Democracy is the right stuff The Australian
Hillary rodham clinton Clinton warns decline of civil society threatens democracy Inquirer
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