Dhaka street kids document selves
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Under an innovative project run by Plan Bangladesh, 14 street children from Dhaka were trained in photography.
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Fairuz Azalia : Welcome to the realm of poverty.
Cisca Zarmansyah : Thank you, Fai. It's a symbol of poverty in Asia. The "Poverty experts" all over the world feel "not experts" if they don't come or study the problem of poverty of this country.
Fairuz Azalia : How those categories? it's the same bitterness.
Cisca Zarmansyah : Based on their relationship with their family. There are those who take to the streets and those who in the streets. In its continuation, there are those from families that exist on the streets.
Fairuz Azalia : The latter feels more compact, but unfortunately, ... it is a solidarity in suffering.
Fairuz Azalia : You can say it as the International Basketplace
Cisca Zarmansyah : Don't feel so bad. Looking to the sky below is better.http://www.grameen-info.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=839&Itemid
Death toll rises from New Zealand quake as searches continue
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The death toll from the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch this week has risen to 113, police said Friday morning.
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CieL- FreYa Ceastle: The faces : http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/gallery-fn7z04co-1226010502629?page=18
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : It shook the Tasman Glacier : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110223-new-zealand-earthquake-glaciers-icebergs-world-christchurch/
Tensions flare in Iraq rallies
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Thousands gather in Baghdad and northern Iraq demanding improved services and an end to corruption and food scarcity.
U.S. seeks immediate steps on Libya crisis
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Obama working to build international consensus for action against Gadhafi - which could include sanctions or military action - to put an end to the bloodshed.
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IDF source says that as long as the ships, as expected, stay outside Israel's territorial waters and make no aggressive moves, there will be no confrontation.
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CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Just like someone who was coming to visit his/her family home, and the neighbors of his/her family was distraught!.... perhaps the visit also caused a little paranoid behind the curtain.
Libyan protests reach Tripoli as Gaddafi son warns of civil war - Tripoli News and Comment
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Libyan protests reach Tripoli as Gaddafi son warns of civil war - Demonstrators opposed to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi took over large parts of Libya’s second city and were reported to ...
Libyan protests reach Tripoli as Gaddafi son warns of civil war
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Demonstrators opposed to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi took over large parts of Libya’s second city and were reported to be fighting in the capital Tripoli.
Food crisis fears rise with commodities
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In Shandong Province in northeastern China, the nation's grain heartland, the worst drought in 60 years has raised the specter of shortages for the world's largest wheat producer.
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Adriaan Zef: This is your last recommendation : http://ciscazarmansyah.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-library-2.html
Cisca Zarmansyah: Beware. This is the root of social unrest, i.e: political and social turmoil in the Middle East countries which are triggered by economic problems, relating to control of food prices.
Iranian reformists call for protest
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More anti-government rallies planned for Sunday as MPs and clerics call for severe punishments for opposition leaders.
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Hezbollah members expected to be indicted for 2005 murder of former Lebanon PM, sparking fears of slide back into sectarian violence.
Pakistan court reissues arrest warrant for former president Musharraf
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A court in Pakistan reissued an arrest warrant Saturday for former President Pervez Musharraf in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a public prosecutor told CNN.
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At least 40 dead and more than 73 wounded as suicide bombers storm Kabul Bank in eastern city of Jalalabad.
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Fairuz Azalia: This is the problem of salary.
Cisca Zarmansyah: Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate (http://www.islamicemirate.com/) , told Al-Emirah by telephone that three Mujahideen, after opening fire outside the bank, entered the bank and took advantage of a large number of peop...le who were gathered in a small place, three heroic Mujahideen opened fire on them, killing or injuring a large number of police and agents. Wal Paktia Ali Shah reportedly was also attended the last bomb attacks. ( http://theunjustmedia.com/Afghanistan/Mujahideen%20operations/Feb11/19-02-11.htm ), ... you can visit this forum : http://www.pashtunforums.com/world-news-16/islamic-emirate-afghanistan-news-thursday-17-february-2011-a-13741/
84 Dead In Libya Protests In 3 Days: Human Rights Watch
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Disturbing new details are coming out of the Libya protests. Government security forces have killed at least 84 people in three days, Human Rights Watch said in a news release Friday night.
90,000 civilians 'killed in Iraq war' over five years
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More than 90,000 civilians were killed in just five years during the war in Iraq with general lawlessness accounting for the largest proportion, a new analysis suggests.
Clinton Blasts Leadership of Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today blasted the leadership in both Afghanistan and Pakistan for the poor economic growth, corruption, energy shortages and political instability that are plaguing their people.
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Fairuz Azalia : Project Helping Hand: Improving Hospitals and Health Care in Afghanistan :: http://www.globalwatchgroup.org/projects/2003hospitalRevitalization.html
The resurrection of pan-Arabism
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The Egyptian revolution has resurrected a new type of pan-Arabism, based on social justice not empty slogans.
Bahrain forces fire at protesters
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Troops open live fire around Pearl roundabout in Manama after nightfall, at least 66 wounded.
Social networks, social revolution
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Youtube, Facebook and Twitter have become the new weapons of mass mobilisation.
Iran funeral triggers new clashes
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Government supporters and opposition activists clash at funeral procession for student killed in Tehran.
For the love of Neda: Iran angered by new film
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In death, Neda Agha-Soltan is the tragic symbol of Iran's struggle for democracy. Her dying moments, after being shot in the chest a year ago in the protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed election victory, were captured by onlookers on their mobile phones. That scene in a Tehran street, as fellow protesters struggled to help her, quickly went viral, spreading via computer screens across the world.
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Valentino Vie: Unrest in Iran: Incident Statistics and Map for Protests, Arrests, and Deaths By Charlie Szrom, Rob Francis, Maseh Zarif, July 31, 2009
□■: http://www.irantracker.org/analysis/unrest-iran-incident-statistics-and-map-protests-arrests-and-deaths
EDITORIAL: Obama's amazing futureworld - Washington Times
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The largest hurdle in the way to this techno-future is President Obama himself. He has fostered one of the most hostile business and long-term investment climates in American history. His gut instinct is to create more government, more regulation and more controls, none of which foster innovation.
EDITORIAL: Welfare for public radio - Washington Times
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National Public Radio’s President and CEO Vivian Schiller simply gushed over President Obama’s proposed budget that preserved the funding for public broadcasting that House Republicans would just as soon cut. In expressing her gratitude to the White House, Ms. Schiller helped Republicans make their case.
DECKER: Obama's fake Christianity? - Washington Times
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Liberals hate it when anybody throws their own gaffes back in their faces. The debate over Mr. Obama's religion is happening among his most ardent supporters, just like the birther flames being fanned by MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Hawaii's Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie. Mr. Obama's critics just sit back and laugh while Democrats do their dirty work for them. With friends like Mr. Maher, Mr. Obama doesn’t need enemies.
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I have one story posted. I will eventually post some of my books which are now out of print.
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'Curveball,' Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, Iraqi Informant: I'm Proud My WMD Lies Led To Iraq War
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LONDON — An Iraqi man whose testimony the United States used as a key evidence to build a case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare labs. The Guardian newspaper published an interview Wednesday with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, who has been identified as the informer called "Curveball," whose claims about weapon labs formed part of then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the U.N. Security Council in 2003, shortly before the war began.
Iraq to face problems without U.S. military: Gates
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq will face problems in everything from protecting its airspace to using intelligence unless it alters plans to send all U.S. troops home this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert.
Middle East Protests: Demonstrations Sweep Iran, Bahrain, Yemen And Algeria www.huffingtonpost.com
Following uprisings that deposed leaders in both Egypt and Tunisia, a wave of protest movements have engulfed the Middle East in recent days. Protests have shaken the regimes in Bahrain, Iran and Yemen.
Iran opposition defiant as clashes continue
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Iran's opposition leaders remained defiant despite calls from hard-liners for them to be put to death, with one saying he was willing to "pay any price" in pursuit of democratic change.
Protesters die in Libya unrest
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Two demonstrators demanding the ouster of long time ruler, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, have been killed in clashes with police.
6th day of unrest in Yemen; more protests in Libya and Bahrain
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SANAA, YEMEN - Hundreds of protesters demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh took to the streets for a sixth straight day Wednesday, and anti-government protesters in Libya called for the ouster of longtime ruler Moammar Gaddafi.
Protests spread to Libya
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Unprecedented demonstrations sweeping the Middle East and North Africa spread Wednesday to Libya, where police clashed with anti-government protesters in the coastal city of Benghazi, an independent source told CNN.
Top 10 Mysterious Diseases | LiveScience
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There are many sicknesses doctors can cure with the swish of a pen across prescription pad. But for all we understand now about some illnesses, there are even more that still stump the pros, confound the public and rage on uncontested.
Spiders Love Sweaty Sock Smell, Research Finds | Mosquitoes & Malaria | LiveScience www.livescience.com
The stinky smell of sweaty socks might repulse humans, but scientists now find it enthralls mosquitoes and spiders, and may lead to ways of killing malaria-causing mosquitoes.
Video: Protesters in Bahrain seek regime change
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Journalist Mansoor Al-Jamri describes thousands of protesters in Bahrain, camping out at Manama's Pearl Roundabout.
Libya
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Big News on Libya. Includes blogs, news, and community conversations about Libya.
The Domino Effect: Is Iran Next? www.huffingtonpost.com
The brutal force used by the government in Iran may succeed this time, but the brewing discontent of the Iranian lower and middle classes will always erupt again.
On the Web: ‘Something must be done’
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The cost of the violence, and its emotional and physical toll, is shared by some Iranians on various Web sites.
Algeria 'to lift emergency laws'
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Foreign minister says 19-year-old emergency will end "within days" amid calls for more protests against government.
Thousands rally across Yemen
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Several injured as protesters clash with police on fourth straight day of demonstrations in capital and country's south.
Tehran streets mostly empty after protesters clash with police
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators who marched in Tehran in defiance of the Iranian government were largely cleared from the city's streets by nightfall.
Muslim Brotherhood's key role in Egypt
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One of the biggest questions hanging over the Egyptian revolution is the role of the Muslim Brotherhood. It's impossible to fully understand the importance of the Brotherhood's position today without referring to its violent past and its efforts since the 1970s to position itself as a mainstream religious and political movement in Egypt.
Egypt's military: Key facts
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Egypt's military is the foundation of the modern state, having overthrown the country's monarchy in 1952. All four of the country's leaders since then -- Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak and now, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi -- have been army or air force officers, and the armed forces play a major role in the Egyptian economy.
WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Efforts to Change Egypt’s Military Strategy - Newsweek
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Recently leaked diplomatic cables reveal that America’s staunchest Arab ally—and the second-largest recipient of American military aid—is tenaciously resisting U.S. pleas to reform its military strategy to meet 21st-century threats.
Obama's Egypt and Foreign-Policy Failures - Newsweek
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NEWSWEEK’s new columnist on Obama’s Egypt debacle and the vacuum it exposes.
King Tut statue among missing Egypt treasures, minister says
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At least 17 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo are missing following a break-in, the country's minister of antiquities said Sunday.
Palestinian 'cabinet to resign'
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Shake-up of cabinet has long been demanded by Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Authority PM, and other members of Fatah.
Indonesian cleric's terror trial adjourned
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Indonesia's latest attempt to charge a fiery Islamic cleric on terrorism charges was swiftly adjourned moments after it started in a south Jakarta court Thursday.
Military rulers dissolve Egypt's parliament | Reuters
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new military rulers dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution on Sunday but said they would govern only until elections to replace ousted president Hosni Mubarak, possibly
Will Iran change heavy-handed tactics against pro-reform protests?
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In a few breathtaking weeks, the winds of change whipped from Tunisia east to Egypt and Jordan, bringing down two regimes and putting the third on notice that it must make democratic changes.
The domino effect: Is there more to come in Middle East, Arab world?
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ruled Tunisia for 23 years, and now he's gone. Hosni Mubarak ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years, and now he, too, has left the stage.
Fresh clashes in Yemen over support for government
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Brief clashes erupted Saturday in Yemen between hundreds of pro- and anti-government demonstrators who staged rival rallies in the capital.
Protesters, police clash in Algerian capital
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Tensions erupted in another restive North African nation as security forces in Algeria on Saturday clashed with anti-government protesters who chanted, "Change the power." Police detained about 100 protesters in the nation's capital of Algiers, according to the Algerian League for Human Rights.
Riot police, along with pro government supporters in Algeria and Yemen battle in clashes with auster
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Anti-government rallies in the capitals of Algeria and Yemen, inspired by events in Egypt, have been broken up.
EDITORIAL: Peddling Islamic extremism - Washington Times
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When America’s top intelligence officer calls the Muslim Brotherhood a "largely secular" organization, it's appropriate to wonder what the intelligence community is doing with its generous budget. The spooks might get a clue get from the organization’s name, if nothing else.
Armed Yemeni government supporters break up protest
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SANAA (Reuters) - Government supporters armed with traditional knives and batons broke up a pro-democracy march on Saturday by 2,000 Yemenis inspired by the Egyptian uprising.
10 Effects of the Fall of the Modern-Day Pharaoh
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The fall of Egypt's modern-day Pharaoh and the establishment of a true democracy will likely shape that volatile region more than anything since the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Egypt Military Supports Mubarak; Protesters Mass
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CAIRO - Egypt's military threw its weight Friday behind President Hosni Mubarak's plan to stay in office through September elections while protesters fanned out to the presidential palace in Cairo and other key symbols of the authoritarian regime in a new push to force the leader to step down immediately.
Obama praises Egyptian revolution
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Top American officials welcomed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision to step down Friday but urged all sides in Egypt's rapidly unfolding political drama to ensure a peaceful transition to democracy.
DECKER: 'No drama Obama' vs. the birthers - Washington Times
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Politics is a blood sport, and it's naive to think there won't be some serious injuries when playing in the political big leagues. Because the stakes are so high, people running for office put forth enormous efforts to scrub their past and curricula vitae of any information that could give the faintest whiff of scandal or irregularity.
Post-Mubarak: How the U.S. Plans to Aid Democracy in Egypt
Getting rid of a dictator is one thing. How to make sure another one doesn't rise up in his place is a problem that requires giving Egypt a different kind of financial assistance
18 days of protest culminate in Mubarak's ouster
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Friday and handed over power to the military, his nearly three decades of iron rule ended by a groundswell of popular protests that began January 25.
Triumph as Mubarak quits
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Millions celebrate as Egyptian president cedes power to the army, ushering in a new era of optimism in the Arab world.
In pictures: Anger in Egypt
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Egyptians have taken to the streets in tens of thousands against President Mubarak, inspired by the turmoil in Tunisia.
Mohamed ElBaradei: 'Egypt will explode'
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Major Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warned of potential violent unrest after President Hosni Mubarak announced late Thursday he would not step down before September elections.
Egypt Protests: Obama Sharply Questions Mubarak Pledge To Stay In Power
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WASHINGTON — Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama on Thursday openly and sharply questioned whether Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's pledge to shift power to his vice president is an "immediate, meaningful or sufficient" sign of reform for a country in upheaval. (SCROLL DOWN FOR LATES...
Human rights group: Arab governments using violent crackdowns
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Numerous Arab governments have used violence to quash demonstrations in the wake of mass protests in Egypt, a leading human rights group says in a new report.
White House gives Egypt a to-do list
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President Barack Obama's spokesman listed Wednesday specific steps the Egyptian government needs to take to satisfy the demands of protesters convulsing the country.
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt talks
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Opposition group says it is sticking to the protesters' main condition that Hosni Mubarak step down.
EDITORIAL: Obama’s jihadist coverup - Washington Times
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A Senate investigation has found that the November 2009 Fort Hood massacre was predictable and avoidable, something that was obvious to anyone except members of the Obama administration. Worse, the White House still refuses to admit that a jihadist terror attack took place on the Army base.
Liveblogging Egypt
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6:50 p.m. President Obama's remarks on President Mubarak's announcement:
U.S. cuts prison sentence for bin Laden's cook
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's former cook had his Guantanamo prison sentence cut on Wednesday to two years from 14, under a plea agreement that remains secret, the Pentagon said.
EDITORIAL: Obama proves Osama was right - Washington Times
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Osama bin Laden warned Arab regimes that the United States always abandons its friends when the going gets tough. President Obama is proving bin Laden was right.
South Sudan votes to secede
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South Sudan has voted to secede from the north after offical results from January referendum showed landslide in favour.
Bushfire damages Australia homes
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Daylight reveals trail of damage by wildfires in Western Australia as residents wait to return to their homes.
Chechen claims responsibility for attack on Russian airport
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Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility Monday for last month's deadly attack on Moscow's main international airport that left 36 people dead.
Early data, poll show South Sudan backing independence
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South Sudanese have voted overwhelmingly to declare independence from the north in a referendum held last week, according to early figures and a Reuters survey of officials in nine of the region's ten states.
Southern Sudan votes to split from the north
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Final results of last month's referendum show that an overwhelming majority of southern Sudanese voted to split from the north, a result that will lead to the creation of the world's newest nation, the referendum commission said Monday.
Gibbs signals U.S. backing for a more deliberate process in Egypt
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Egypt faces a "bumpy" process in its transition from decades of repressive rule to a multiparty democracy, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday in signaling U.S. backing for a more deliberate approach to political negotiations.
Video: Anti-Mubarak rally in New York
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CNN's Susan Candiotti talks with protesters at a rally against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in New York across from the U.N. headquarters.
Obama: Egypt has options
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(CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Sunday that the future of Egypt is in the hands of its people, and that their options consist of more than the current situation or the Muslim Brotherhood.
Obama says Egypt 'making progress' in negotiation
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Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said Egypt is "making progress" in negotiating an end to the standoff between the government of President Hosni Mubarak and the protesters demanding his ouster.
Thailand, Cambodia trade shots, charges over ancient temple
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Fighting flared for a third straight day Sunday along the Thai-Cambodian border over a disputed ancient temple despite a reported ceasefire and international efforts to soothe tensions.
North Korea proposes talks with South in late January
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea proposed on Saturday talks with the South in late January or early February and said it will reopen a liaison office in a jointly-run factory park with the South that it shut down last year.
Mubarak still in power as government, opposition talk
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President Hosni Mubarak held onto power Monday, defying a popular uprising against his autocratic rule, after the government opened talks with opposition groups to resolve Egypt's deepest crisis in 30 years.
Egypt's opposition wary after historic talks to solve crisis
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Egypt’s opposition groups, including the banned Muslim Brotherhood, left talks with the government on Sunday dissatisfied, saying that offers to help steer the country through political crisis did not meet their demands.
EDITORIAL: The next Mideast war - Washington Times
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The Obama administration is pressing a reset button to return the Middle East to the bad old days of open Arab-Israeli warfare. The White House is requiring participation of the Muslim Brotherhood in any prospective new Egyptian government, while the brothers themselves are telling their countrymen ...
Multiculturalism has failed in Britain - Cameron | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - State multiculturalism has failed and left young Muslims vulnerable to radicalization, Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Saturday, arguing for a more active policy to heal divisions
Berlusconi: Mubarak is a wise man
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Italy's PM says he hopes there can be a transition to democracy in Egypt without a "break" from the president.
EDITORIAL: Reagan: A statement, not an apology - Washington Times
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Ronald Reagan won the Cold War, but to achieve victory he had to convince some squishes that the war was still on. Reagan's detractors habitually dismissed him as a "cold warrior," an elderly kook frightfully and dangerously behind the times. Fortunately for the cause of freedom, the Gipper wasn't a...
EDITORIAL: Egypt’s blood on Obama’s hands? - Washington Times
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President Obama is signaling the Egyptian opposition that their time has come. In a terse statement last night, Mr. Obama announced a "moment of transformation" had arrived in Egypt, "the status quo is not sustainable" and a new government must begin to form "now." An administration official later r...
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