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A view of the Security Council as thirteen Members  including Nstor Osorio (centre, back to camera)  vote in favour of a draft resolution on Syria, 4 February, 2012.
Peace   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
 San Francisco Chronicle 
Violence mounts in Syria as U.N. peace plan fails
| United Nations -- | A U.N. Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony and a veto by Russia and China on Saturday, hours after the Syrian military attacked the ravaged cit... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
File - Panmujom, North Korea (July 17, 2008) - Peering out from behind a granite pillar in North Korea, a Democratic People's Republic of Korea guard studies the movements of Sailors from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group during a tour of the DMZ.
Photos   Politics   War   Washington   Wikipedia: War on Terror  
 Atlanta Journal 
Bush's 'evil' trio holds sway over US decade later
| It was the first State of the Union address after the 9/11 attacks, and America was leading an invasion of Afghanistan in pursuit of Osama bin Laden. Fittingly, this is where President George W. Bus... (photo: US Navy / Senior CMCS Spike Call)
Italian Premier Mario Monti talks to the media during a press conference at the end of a meeting in Rome's Palazzo Chigi government's headquarters, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.  The Washington Post 
Italy’s Monti warns against deepening resentment in debt crisis, Soros fears lost decade
| MUNICH — Italian Premier Mario Monti said Saturday that the eurozone must avoid stoking deeper resentment among its members as it tackles the debt crisis, while philanthropist George Soros sai... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
Debt   Eurozone   Italy   Photos   Wikipedia: European sovereign debt crisis  
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.  Al Jazeera 
Greece faces 'deadline to clinch bailout'
| Greece has only one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister has said, warning that talks were "on a knife ed... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Debt   Finance   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis  
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Bison slaughter planned if migration occurs my SA
Bison slaughter planned if migration occurs
| BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park administrators plan to capture and ship to slaughter potentially hundreds of wild bison if they migrate into Montana ... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Montana   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Bison   Wild   Winter  
Afghans carry a body for funeral ceremony, who was killed on Tuesday's suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. The Daily Telegraph
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan at highest level in a decade
A string of bigger and more complex suicide attacks by insurgents in Afghanistan have pushed civilian deaths to their highest level in a decade a United Nations report sa... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid)
Afghanistan   Death   Insurgents   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Islam - Afghan men conduct their afternoon prayers in the courtyard of the Garmsir district center, Helmand province, Dec. 28, 2011. The New York Times
Record Number of Afghan Civilians Died in 2011, Mostly in Insurgent Attacks, U.N. Says
| KABUL, Afghanistan — A record number of Afghan civilians were killed in the conflict here last year, the majority at the hands of the Taliban and other insurgent ... (photo: USMC / Cpl. Bryan Nygaard)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Ice-covered limbs of trees are seen on this February 3,2011 file photo during a ice storm in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA. Jakarta Globe
More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe
Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten it... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Europe   Photos   Snow   Weather   Wikipedia: Snow  
Egyptian protestors carry a wounded man during clashes with security forces near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 France24
Deadly clashes as anger with Egypt military boils over
| AFP - A second day of clashes with Egyptian police left five more people dead as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid fury at the recent deaths of 74 peop... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Egypt   Photos   Police   Protests   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
File - A wide view of the Security Council as it reviews the situation in the Middle East, in particular the role of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) which monitors the "Blue Line" (border line) between Israel and Syria. The Guardian
UN council meeting Saturday to consider Syria
| ANITA SNOW | Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will meet Saturday morning to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria, said a dip... (photo: UN / John McIlwaine)
Diplomats   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Tourists take shelter from snow as snowflakes fell in downtown Rome on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. BBC News
Freezing Europe hit by Russian gas shortage
Freezing weather sweeping across Europe has led to a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say. | An EU energy spokeswoman said eight cou... (photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca)
Energy   Europe   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Cold wave  
Russian police officers guard protesters during a rally against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections on Sakharov avenue in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. BBC News
Vote rigging fears ahead of Russian poll
Thousands are set to protest in Moscow against fraud in Russia's recent parliamentary election. With a month to go before a presidential poll in which Vladimir Putin trie... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Election   Photos   Protest   Russia   Wikipedia: 2011 Russian protests  
Filipino troopers arrive to pursue fleeing militants and reinforce security at Talipao town, Sulu province, southern Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Suspected Muslim militants attacked government troops guarding a school construction site, igniting a clash that killed 13 gunmen, two marines and at least one villager, a marine commander and a resident said. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan) The Guardian
Filipino troops still searching for terrorist
| JIM GOMEZ | Associated Press= MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A day after proclaiming the death of a top regional terrorist suspect in a U.S.-backed airstrike, the Philipp... (photo: AP / Nickee Butlangan)
Death   Philippines   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Abu Sayyaf  
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