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Iranian residents in Japan, along with others, holds a placard denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and shouts slogans during a rally against the results of the presidential election in Iran.
Elections   Iran   Mideast   Photos   Politics		  The Australian 
Turmoil could thwart Iranian ambitions
Fri 3 Jul 2009
THE long-term strategic consequences of the roiling revolt of the Iranian street against the mullahs is impossible to know. But it certainly weakens the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
U.S. Marines assigned to Whiskey Company, 3rd Battalion 6th Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 conduct a security patrol in Ferris, Iraq, June 21, 2008.
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Resistance   Taliban		  Star Tribune 
US Marines meet little resistance as they push into south Afghanistan, try to win over locals
Fri 3 Jul 2009
NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of the... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Albert F. Hunt)
Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Saturday, July 12, 2008. Meetings were held Saturday between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and individual Mediterranean leaders ahead of a crucial summit which takes place on Sunday  The Guardian  Fri 3 Jul 2009
Syria mends US, Arab ties as ally Iran in turmoil

SAM F. GHATTAS Associated Press Writer= BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Assad   Obama   Photos   Politics   Syria
First arrested landing of a U.S. Navy FA-18 Hornet (from VFA-131 "Wildcats") aboard the French nuclear powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle off the Virginia Capes in 2005 US.  The Guardian  Fri 3 Jul 2009
Aircraft carriers are a cost-effective way of deterring conflicts
Simon Jenkins () condemns the new aircraft carriers as relics of the cold war and instead suggests making exclusive preparation for Afghanistan-type operations the principal driver of British defence... (photo: Creative Commons / Guillaume Rueda)
Afghanistan   Britain   Conflict   Photos   Security
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Paris Hilton's parents take time out to visit their daughter in Dubai

Dubai: Parents of hotel heiress Paris Hilton, Kathy and Rick Hilton arrived in Dubai Sunday night... (photo: creative commons / flickr)
Celebrity   Cinema   Photos   Singer   Stars
An Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Acehnese are voting in their first ever direct elections under an autonomy agreement reached with the Indonesian government after decades of armed con Voa News Wed 1 Jul 2009
Islam Still a Force in Indonesian Elections
With the Indonesian presidential elections looming, some political analysts are wondering what role Muslim organizations will play. In parliamentary elections earlier... (photo: AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Elections   Indonesia   Islam   Photos   Politics
Reinforcement Afghan soldiers wait at Kabul airport before taking a flight to Arghandab district which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The Afghan army, which flew four planeloads of soldiers to Kandahar on Tuesday from the capital, Kabul, said 300 to 400 militants had gathered in Arghandab, many of them foreign fighters. The U.S.-led coalition, however, said it conducted a patrol through the region "and found no evidence that militants control the are The Times Fri 3 Jul 2009
Government must face the real Afghan issues
Sir, The loss of Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond ("British commander is killed by Taleban bomb", June 3) yet again throws into sharp focus... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Britain   Defence   Photos   Taliban
U.S. Marines Cpl. Nolan Archer Dyer, IN, with a U.S. flag in his backpack take positions with his fellow marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. The Daily Mail Fri 3 Jul 2009
Hundreds of British troops seize Helmand canals in U.S.-led 'Strike of the Sword'

Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, in one of the largest operations that overstretched forces... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Security   US
Best of the U.S. Marine Corps, IRAQI FREEDOM Philadelphia Daily News Fri 3 Jul 2009
US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns
JASON STRAZIUSO and FISNIK ABRASHI The Associated Press NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday,... (photo: Marines / CPL TREVOR GIFT, USMC)
Afghanistan   Government   Military   Photos   Taliban
Protesters wave Iraqi flags and carry banners and a poster of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as they rally against the new constitution, in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. In the predominantly Sunni city of Baqouba, about 5,000 people rallied to protest against the proposed charter. Demonstrators carried photos of Saddam Hussein _ the first time they have been seen in public since the former dictator was arrested in December 20 NZ Herald Fri 3 Jul 2009
FBI interviews tell of Saddam's time on the run

Page 1 of 2 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 By Kim Gamel Saddam Hussein. Photo / AP... (photo: AP / Mohammed Adnan)
FBI   Iraq   Military   Photos   Saddam Hussein
King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative forum in New York, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. The non-partisan 3-day conference, led by Clinton to address poverty, climate change, and other worldwide issues, launched Thursday with a gathering of political leaders and activists who are promising to pitch in - and must put those pledges in writin NZ Herald Fri 3 Jul 2009
Jordan's King names son successor
4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II has named his eldest son as heir to the throne, ending five years of speculation over his successor.... (photo: AP / Adam Rountree)
Dynasty   Government   Jordan   Photos   Society
Cambodia, Kratie: A worker is removing the rice seedlings. IRINnews Fri 3 Jul 2009
AFGHANISTAN-ANGOLA: Rice production high but imports steady
web Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN DAKAR, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Paddy rice production in Africa is forecast to be 25.6 million tons this year, virtually unchanged from... (photo: Creative Commons)
Afghanistan   Agriculture   Angola   Photo   Photos
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill, center, and Gen. Ray Odierno are seen at a U.S. military base near Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 3, 2009. Iraqi NGOs at a U.S. military base near Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 3, 2009. The Star Fri 3 Jul 2009
Anti-U.S. protesters denounce Biden visit to Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr paraded through a Baghdad slum on Friday, burning American flags and shouting anti-U.S. slogans during a... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed, Pool)
Defence   Iraq   Photos   Politics   US


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U.S soldiers of Charle Company 173rd Airborne Combat Team wait for Blackhawk helicopter to pick them up before they head out into battle against Taliban insurgents at the U.S. forward operating base Bermel in Paktika, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov 25, 2007. A provincial police official said Sunday that air strikes killed dozens of Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanist US Marines to 'drink lots of tea' Asia Times
A Russian traditional wooden doll, Matreshka, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, is held by a street vendor in downtown Moscow, Friday, July 3, 2009. A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow Asia Times
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Man and woman (holding her child) walking by the road in northern Afghanistan Country profile: Afghanistan BBC News
Russia's Sudzha gas pumping station seen late Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Teams of EU monitors deployed Sunday at natural gas transit sites along Ukraine's vast pipeline network, but Russia appeared in no rush to restart sending gas to a freezing Europ Nigeria, Algeria agree to build Sahara gas link The Guardian
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Supporters of Pakistan's religious party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam rally against the United States and Pakistani government to condemn the ongoing crackdown against Taliban militants, during a pro-Taliban rally in the border town of Chaman, Pakistan along Afghanistan on Friday, June 19, 2009. 'Militant deaths' in US drone hit BBC News
Burqa Al Qaeda vows 'dreadful revenge' on France over plans to ban the burqa The Daily Mail
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US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1st Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1-4 Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division checks equipment on his M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) while guarding a blocking position outside of Samarra, Iraq during Operation Baton Rouge i The U.S. in Iraq: An audit of the pain The Salt Lake Tribune
A ball of smoking is seen following an Israel air strike in Rafah  Israeli strikes on Gaza labelled war crimes Independent online (SA)
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