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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Abdoulaye Wade   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade  
 The Star 
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
| DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections ne... (photo: AP)
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Arab world   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
 Al Jazeera 
UN considers resolution on Syria
| European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its ... (photo: AP)
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado  The Star 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
| GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel  
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.  Jakarta Globe 
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal, o... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Iraq under U.S. Military Occupation  
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100914-F-6350L-496       U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division walk out to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Sept. 14, 2010.  A joint forcible entry training event is held six times a year in order to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and the Army.  DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force.  (Released) Jakarta Globe
US military to cut troop numbers, invest in future
The Pentagon proposed taking some 100,000 troops off active duty as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war, but vowed new investments to exert power in ... (photo: AP / Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force)
Budget   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Military budget of the United States  
Nigeria President,Goodluck Jonathan, visits the site of the police headquarters bombed by a suicide bomber in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Al Jazeera
Jonathan urges Boko Haram to state demands
| Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Boko Haram to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks. | "If they clearly identify ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Boko Haram   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. WorldNews.com
The 'Malaise' of Hope
Before Dante Alighieri descended into hell in the "Divine Comedy," an inscription above the door read: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. Listening to President Barack O... (photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy)
Defence   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: American imperialism  
In this Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, veteran leader Sir Michael Somare, second right, attends a press conference after claiming to have been reinstated as Papua New Guinea's prime minister in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The Star
Papua New Guinea rebel soldiers demand return of former PM
| (Reuters) - The leader of a small band of soldiers who mutinied in Papua New Guinea on Thursday demanded the governor-general reinstate former Prime Minister Michael So... (photo: AP / Post-Courier)
Defence   Papua New Guinea   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2012 Papua New Guinea Defence Force mutiny  
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, delivers the opening address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The Daily Mail
Merkel demands closer EU links to avoid financial meltdown
| Angela Merkel has called Europe the world’s economic ‘headache’ and demanded closer ties between eurozone nations to avoid financial meltdown. | The G... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
Europe   Eurozone   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: European sovereign debt crisis  
Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square to mark the one year anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Chicago Tribune
A year after uprising, Egyptians celebrate and protest
| CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak,... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Arab World   Democracy   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Africa America
- Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
- UN nuclear agency to send weapons experts into Tehran
- African Union to open Chinese-funded HQ in Ethiopia
- Manifestations à Dakar - Un policier succombe à ses blessu
Rebel fighters fire their machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011.
Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
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- Bars get a temporary break from smoking ban under Indiana Ho
- 15 applicants seek to fill vacancy left after Randall Shepar
- County GOP holds slating convention
- 2 men sentenced in meth trafficking case
California passes new auto emission rules
California passes new auto emission rules
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Australia Europe
- Ball boy Dylan Colaci sends tennis fans wild with reflex cat
- United defeat Roar 3-2 in thrilling W-League final
- Two killed in Tiger Moth plane crash at Maryborough
- Union head denies being go-betweem
Blue Whale Tail Fluke Diving Balaenoptera musculus 29 July 2010 - It is somewhat rare to see the tail fluke of a Blue Whale upon diving, North Atlantic.
Blue note: scientists use sound to find lost giants of the deep
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- Deadlock in Davos as pressure on Greece rises
- Kazimierz Smolen, Director of Auschwitz Memorial Site, Dies
- Infosys to expand European workforce by 10%
- Fitch downgrades Italy, Spain and other euro-zone nations
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno delivers the keynote address during WWII Nisei Veterans Program National Veterans Network tribute to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service Nov. 1, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/ Released)
Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe
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Asia Middle East
- Made in America: When it comes to furniture, is it just a sa
- Team India denies it but is Dravid's retirement imminent
- I'm sure India's seniors can turn it around like Ric
- Saraswati Puja celebrations across the country
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speaks to Sailors and Marines in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid
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- US to send floating commando base to Mideast
- US 'bunker-buster' not powerful enough against Iran:
- Egyptian officials to visit US amid tensions
- Russia set against regime change in Syria
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
UN considers resolution on Syria
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