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Rebel fighters fire their machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011.
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war		  BBC News 
Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
Sat 28 Jan 2012
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten,... (photo: AP)
President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir (in hat) and Vice President of GoSS Riek Machar along with other senior ministers bid farewell to President Bashir's delegation before they depart to Khartoum. President Bashir visited Juba 5 days before the start of the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum on self-determination. During the visit President Bashir discussed preparations for the plebiscite and other outstanding issues with his counterparts in the Government of Southern Sudan.
Oil   Photos   Sudan   Talks   Wikipedia: South Sudan		  BBC News 
South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production
Sat 28 Jan 2012
South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. The presidents of both countries held talks in the Ethiopian... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
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.  Al Jazeera  Sat 28 Jan 2012
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)
Arab world   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
From left to right: Copts leading the crowd in prayer in Tahrir Square and Muslims and Christians United for Egypt, by Carlos Latuff.  The New York Times  Sat 28 Jan 2012
Egypt’s Assault on Civil Society
Post-Mubarak Egypt is facing profound challenges with its unfinished revolution and looming economic crisis. The last thing it needs is to pick a fight with the United States. Yet the military rulers... (photo: Creative Commons / Sherif9282)
Egypt   Photos   Protests   Society   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
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General view showing an empty beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Security officials say a shark has killed an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a few days after three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist were badly mauled in shark attacks. m&c Sat 28 Jan 2012
Egypt's tourism sector struggles to revive fortunes
Hurghada, Egypt - The beaches are almost empty and taxi drivers jockey for customers in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada, once a bustling city, now desperately... (photo: AP)
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
Victims of a car bomb lie in hospital in Kut, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The Independent Sat 28 Jan 2012
Car bomb kills 32 in Baghdad during funeral procession
Police officials said the blast occurred in the mainly Shia district of Zafaraniyah, where mourners had gathered for the funeral of a person killed the day before. They... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Iraq   Photos   Police   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency
British Prime Minister David Cameron listens at the start of his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at Chequers, the country residence of the British prime minister in Wendover, England Saturday May 15, 2010. A Downing Street spokeswoman said Karzai is stopping in Britain on his way back from the United States, where he met with President Barack Obama. The Guardian Sat 28 Jan 2012
Cameron and Karzai holding talks
David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai are to sign a pledge setting out the next stage in relations between Britain and Afghanistan. At bilateral talks the leaders will... (photo: AP / Philip Ide, Pool)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Talks   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
This video image taken from amateur video released by Sham News Network, a Syrian Freedom group, shows a man, left, preparing to throw an object at a tank as others look on, in Daraa, Syria Sunday April 24, 2011. An eyewitness says at least five people have been killed in the southern Syrian city of Daraa during a security crackdown. Syrian troops in armored vehicles and tanks stormed the southern town of Daraa early Monday April 25, 2011 and opened fire. It was the latest bloodshed in a five-week uprising against President Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime. The Guardian Sat 28 Jan 2012
Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil
ZEINA KARAM Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar... (photo: AP / Sham News Network via APTN)
Death   Photos   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Youssef Hadji of Morocco (left) and Paul Ulrich Kessany of Gabon (right) during an international match of their national teams. Gabon won the match against Morocco with 2-1. The New York Times Sat 28 Jan 2012
Gabon and Tunisia Advance
The Times's soccer blog has the world's game covered from all angles. Go to the Goal Blog Bruno-Zita Mbanangoye scored from a stoppage-time free kick in host... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske))
Gabon   Photos   Soccer   Sport   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations


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In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric Pakalert Press
Jan Kubis (centre, in red tie), the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrives in Kabul to take up his post, 17 January, 2011. UN's new Afghan envoy heartened by talk of peace Austin American Statesman
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives at his official residence in London to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, shortly after he announced at the House of Commons that all Iranian diplomatic staff were ordered to leave the UK, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Hague says Iran oil embargo is aimed at avoiding conflict m&c
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Dubai - Shaikh Zayed Road - (United Arab Emirates) UAE economy set to grow 4% Khaleej Times
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Gasoline Prices - Pump - Oil - Crude Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensions Jakarta Post
Government of Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit speaks to the press after casting his ballot. Southern Sudanese voters turned out in huge numbers on the first day of polling in the long-awaited Southern Sudan self-determination referendum. Many voters slept at the polling stations in order to be one of the first to cast ballots in the plebiscite, which will determine whether Sudan remains united or Southern Sudan secedes to form a new country. Two Sudans' oil dispute deepens as South shuts down wells The Guardian
Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari, steps down as he make his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field How an embargo of Iranian oil could affect markets The Boston Globe
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