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my SA Tue 21 May 2013 Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) Car Bombings Iraq Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: May 2013 Iraq attacks |
Baltimore Sun Tue 21 May 2013 Algeria's Bouteflika convalescing in France ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered by his... (photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou) Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria France Photos Wikipedia: Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
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Reuters Tue 21 May 2013 Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hassanzadeh) Ali Akbar Rafsanjani Elections Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei Iran Photos Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013 |
Al Jazeera Tue 21 May 2013 Two key candidates barred from Iran election Iran's electoral watchdog has barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Election Iran Photos Politics Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013 |
Gadling Tue 21 May 2013 Could Bahrain Become The Next Big Heritage Tourism Destination? Desert Island Boy, flickr The tiny Persian Gulf island nation of Bahrain is home to one of the most mysterious ancient civilizations of the Middle East. Archaeologists... (photo: Creative Commons / Peter) Bahrain Desert Heritage Photos Tourism Wikipedia: Bahrain |
The Guardian Tue 21 May 2013 Sectarian attacks in Iraq stoked by spillover from Syrian war Ability of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain crisis may hinge on events beyond his control Sectarian struggle ... an Iraqi woman passes by the scene of a car bomb... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Iraq Photos Syria War Wikipedia: Syrian civil war |
The Washington Times Tue 21 May 2013 Threat from within: U.S. military braced for surge in Taliban ‘insider’ attacks Facebook Follow @washtimes Sen. John Cornyn says it's "past time" for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to step down. Do you agree? Login to Vote View... (photo: US Navy / Matthew Stroup) Attacks Military Photos Taliban Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
San Francisco Chronicle Tue 21 May 2013 Syria, Israel exchange fire over border DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Israel Photos Syria War Wikipedia: Syrian civil war |
The Star Tue 21 May 2013 Bombings in Iraq kill at least 12 KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said, a day after more than 70 died in attacks on majority Shi'ites,... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani) Bombing Iraq Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Bomb |
Al Jazeera Tue 21 May 2013 Physician dismisses force-feeding concerns A military physician who oversees a team of nurses force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has dismissed ethical concerns raised... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elisha Dawkins) Guantanamo Health Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp |
WorldNews.com Tue 21 May 2013 Justice in the Age of Drone Terror Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, in revolution it is both virtue and terror: virtue without... (photo: US Navy / Alan Radecki courtesy Northrop Grumman) Defence Photos Terrorism US Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan |