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An Afghan police official wallks by the police bus after a bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, June 17, 2007. A bomb ripped through a police bus in a crowded civilian area in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and wounding m
Afghanistan   Photos   Police   NATO   Terrorism		  Herald Tribune 
6 Afghans killed when minibus hits roadside bomb
Sun 1 Aug 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A minibus full of civilians struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, killing six on board, officials said. Another nine people were wounded in the explosion... (photo: AP/Musadeq Sadeq)
Undercarriage of a Boeing 777-300
Aerospace   Industry   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Boeing 777		  Seattle Times 
Boeing gets earful of 777 advice from a customer with clout
Sun 1 Aug 2010
One Boeing customer may have more influence than any other outsider on the crucial decision facing the company this year concerning the future of its star wide-body, the 777. Tim Clark, president of... (photo: Creative Commons / Dmottl)
Rice Olmert Abbas .jpg  The Jordan Times  Sat 31 Jul 2010
Obama warns Abbas against failure to resume direct talks
- US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on... (photo: Public Domain / Matty Stern (U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv))
Palestinian   People   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia:Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinians inspects the remains of a destroyed house in Rafah, south Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2010. Hamas security forces demolished dozens of illegally built homes in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Monday. Hamas officials said the buildings were constructed without proper permits on government-owned land. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)  WorldNews.com  Sat 31 Jul 2010
Arabs' ties with Israel damages the Palestinian cause: Prof Gilbert Achcar
Article by WN Guest Writer Kourosh Ziabari Prof. Gilbert Achcar is a renowned Lebanese academician, writer, socialist and anti-war activist. He left Lebanon in 1983 and taught international relations... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
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President Barack Obama talks with Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Deccan Chronicle Sat 31 Jul 2010
Obama calls on Iran to release three Americans
Obama calls on Iran to release three Americans Share ARTICLEURL... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   wikipedia : Barack Obama
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. The Siasat Daily Sat 31 Jul 2010
Iran quake injures 274; new tremor further south
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... (photo: Creative Commons / Ruler)
Middleeast   Iran   Photos   Quake   Tehran
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... (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... (photo: Creative Commons / Chad J. McNeeley)
Hamas   Israel   Middleeast   Palestine   Photos
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


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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. Afghan leak: Wikileaks' Assange denies 'blood on hands' BBC News
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. Historic Saudi-Syrian Beirut visit shows Arab concern BBC News
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Money - Currency - Economy - AED - Dirham - UAE Currency Arab stocks take cue from global gains Gulf News
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
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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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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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