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President Barack Obama talks with Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   wikipedia : Barack Obama		  Deccan Chronicle 
Obama calls on Iran to release three Americans
Sat 31 Jul 2010
Obama calls on Iran to release three Americans Share ARTICLEURL US President Barack Obama called on Iran on Friday to release three American hikers who have been held for a year, saying their... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)
A view of the city from Mount Abidar. As in most other parts of Iran, carpet weaving is one of the most significant handicrafts of the region, especially in Bijar and Sanandaj. Shaw, kilim and jajim weaving.
Middleeast   Iran   Photos   Quake   Tehran		  The Siasat Daily 
Iran quake injures 274; new tremor further south
Sat 31 Jul 2010
Tehran, July 31: An earthquake in northeastern Iran injured 274 people on Friday, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported, and a slightly stronger tremor struck central Iran on Saturday. The first... (photo: Creative Commons / Ruler)
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Ottumwa, Iowa.  Canoe  Sat 31 Jul 2010
U.S. fears more Afghan document leaks
By DAVID ALEXANDER, Reuters WASHINGTON - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall)
Afghan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Washington
military technology. Since 1976, Israel had been the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. In 2009, Israel received $2.55 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants from the Department of Defense  Kansas City Star  Sat 31 Jul 2010
Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker
Khalil Hamra Palestinians wheel a wounded man at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Late Friday, Israel targeted back two buildings in Gaza... (photo: Creative Commons / Chad J. McNeeley)
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Air India Deccan Herald Sat 31 Jul 2010
Doha bound AI flight delays departure, passenger suffer
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 31 (PTI) A Doha-bound Air India flight's departure here has been inordinately delayed due to ''operational reasons'' causing harassment to 160... (photo: Creative Commons / conrad_col)
Aerospace   India   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Air India
Emirates A380 Seattle Times Sat 31 Jul 2010
Debt crisis failed to impede Emirates' growth
Last year the global financial crisis finally burst the economic bubble of Dubai, hitting mainly the real-estate, construction and financial sectors in the extravagantly... (photo: Creative Commons / BriYYZ)
Debt   Emirates   Growth   Photos   Wikipedia: Emirates (airline)
Rwandan military personnel with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) perform a short-range patrol in Northern Darfur. UNAMID began operations in the region in December 2007. Al Jazeera Sat 31 Jul 2010
UN extends Darfur force mandate
The United Nations Security Council has extended its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western Darfur region for another year. The 15-nation council agreed... (photo: UN / Olivier Chassot)
Darfur   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: UNAMID
File - A British army helicopter flies into Forward Operating Base Sangin, Afghanistan, to unload supplies for the Royal Irish Rangers Sept. 24, 2008. Khaleej Times Sat 31 Jul 2010
US worried more secret documents may be released
WASHINGTON - US officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III)
Intelligence   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghan War Diary
Taliban fighters ride their multiple rocket launcher near the front line, north of Kabul, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998. The Hindu Sat 31 Jul 2010
The politics of Taliban reconciliation
M.K. Bhadrakumar The onus is on the generals in Rawalpindi to effect the hardcore Taliban leadership's reconciliation and, as a quid pro quo, Washington recognises... (photo: AP / Zaheeruddin Abdullah)
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban insurgency
In this Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, made available Saturday Aug. 22, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden La., center, of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., covers a injured U.S. soldier as a helicopter lands to evacuate the wounded after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. BBC News Sat 31 Jul 2010
Afghan leak: Wikileaks' Assange denies 'blood on hands'
The founder of the website Wikileaks has rejected US claims he has blood on his hands after releasing 90,000 leaked classified documents on the Afghan war. Julian Assange... (photo: AP / David Goldman)
Afghan   Classified   Pentagon   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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. BBC News Sat 31 Jul 2010
Historic Saudi-Syrian Beirut visit shows Arab concern
It was mightily short on public statements and lasted only a... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)
Lebanon   Photos   Saudi Arabia   Syria   Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri
Palestinians wheel a wounded police officer at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Al Jazeera Fri 30 Jul 2010
Israeli jets strike Gaza
Israel has launched air attacks against targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring eight Palestinians, medical sources have said. Sami Zyara, a Palestinian journalist in the... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra)
Defence   Gaza   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Gaza–Israel conflict
Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef speaks during a press conference in Islamabad Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. The Taliban representative said that Afghan authorities are willing to detain suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and try him under Muslim law if the United States makes a formal request. T The New York Times Fri 30 Jul 2010
U.N. Removes Taliban Members from Sanctions List
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council removed five members of the Taliban from its sanctions list on Friday, in a nod toward the kind of... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
Afghanistan   Photos   UN   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban


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Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef, right, speaks to the press at Afghanistan Embassy Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Warplanes pounded the Taliban's home base of Kandahar early Wednesday for the third time in 24 hours, targeting the airport outside the southern Afghan city. UN drops 5 Taliban biggies from blacklist The Times of India
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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An Afghan man holding his son, both injured slightly in a suicide car bomb attack on an Italian military convoy, walks away from the site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better Gulf News
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues. Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth The New York Times
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a gathering in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. Karzai called on community leaders in Kandahar to support a NATO campaign to bolster security in this Taliban stronghold, urging people to work with his government to "bring dignity back." (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) Karzai urges allies to destroy terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan National Post
David Cameron, foreground centre, leader of the British Conservatives party poses with members of his shadow cabinet, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. British PM works to deepen Indian economic ties Daily Star Lebanon
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Dubai Marina at Night UAE among top 20 medical tourism destinations Khaleej Times
Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter. Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris The New York Times
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