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Syrians carry national flags as they protest in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Umayyad Square in downtown Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 17, 2011.
Photos   Protests   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising		  The Australian 
UN stops counting Syrian dead
Thu 26 Jan 2012
THE United Nations has stopped compiling a death toll for Syria's crackdown on protests because it is too difficult to get information, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said. Pillay gave a toll... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
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.
Iran   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: Iran–United States relations		  Pakalert Press 
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Wed 25 Jan 2012
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 program. “America is... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
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  Wed 25 Jan 2012
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 efforts to mediate in the... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Arab world   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for his Article 32 Investigation Hearing at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in San Diego County, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. Wuterich, 27, of Meriden, Conn., faces unpremeditated murder charges in the deaths of 18 people in an attack in Haditha, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2005. (js1)  Gulf News  Tue 24 Jan 2012
Marine's plea deal for Haditha massacre sparks outrage
Dubai: Many Iraqi politicians yesterday reacted with absolute shock to reports of a deal under which a US Marine squad leader facing trial over the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005 will get a few... (photo: AP / Denis Poroy)
Crime   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Haditha killings
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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 Tue 24 Jan 2012
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)
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Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Novosti Mon 23 Jan 2012
Arab League Works Out Yemen-Scenario Syria Settlement Plan
The Arab League has worked out a new plan to settle the situation in Syria, based on the crisis resolution experience in Yemen, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Arab League   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas Politburo in Damascus talks during a presser with Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, not pictured, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The Independent Mon 23 Jan 2012
Uncertainty in Hamas as leader decides to quit
Hamas confirmed in a short statement at the weekend that Mr Meshaal, who has led the movement's political bureau since 1996, had requested to step down, but said that he... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Mideast   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Khaled Mashal
Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Al Jazeera Sun 22 Jan 2012
Arab League to decide on Syria mission's fate
Arab League foreign ministers are due to meet in Cairo to discuss the future of an observer mission in Syria that critics say has failed to halt the... (photo: AP)
Arab World   Peace   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. The Los Angeles Times Sun 22 Jan 2012
Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150
Reporting from Kano, Nigeria, and Johannesburg,— A militant Islamic group whose almost daily attacks have put Nigerians on edge left the country stunned Saturday... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu)
Bombings   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: January 2012 Nigeria attacks
Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Daily Press Sat 21 Jan 2012
Arab states set to keep monitors in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states, divided over how to handle the crisis in Syria, are likely to extend a peace mission to the country that critics say is handing President... (photo: AP)
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People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March Jakarta Globe
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak answers questions during a press conference after the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Lubomir Galko in Bratislava, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. Israel says Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line The Boston Globe
An Israeli flag is seen back-dropped by the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Jewish Imperial News WorldNews.com
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Iranian technicians are seen at a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. Iran says ready for talks, blasts sanctions Breitbart
A Syrian army defector, waves the Syrian revolution flag and shouts slogans shortly after he defected with other soldiers and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 UN to discuss action on Syria Irish Times
Syrian army defectors, celebrate and wave the Syrian revolution flag shortly after they defected and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Syria security forces kill 34 civilians: rights group DNA India
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European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) stand next to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) Hungary Is Pressed on Democracy The New York Times
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou delivers a speech at the Office of the President on National Day, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. Ma Ying-jeou wins: sighs of relief in Taiwan after youthful democracy passes test in peaceful polls The Observer
Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague delivers his first foreign policy speech at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Thursday, July 1, 2010. The speech outline the Coalition Government's vision for a distinctive' British foreign policy. Keep up democracy push, says Hague London Evening Standard
Demonstrators confront military police as they try to reach Tahrir Square to hold a protest in memory of protester Mohammed Mohsen, who died on Wednesday from wounds received during clashes in the Abbasiyah area of Cairo on July 23, in downtown Cairo, Egypt Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Egypt police raid U.S.-backed pro-democracy groups The Star
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man leans on a railing as a woman and children wait at a bus station in the central Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, Monday, Dec 26, 2011. Religious extremists are undermining Israel's democracy Ha'aretz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks during a session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Netanyahu: Israel is a democracy and won't tolerate discrimination Ha'aretz
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