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Breaking News Wed, 15 Feb 2012
The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony meeting the Saudi Deputy Minister of Defence, Prince Khalid Bin Sultan, at Riyadh on February 14, 2012.
Defence   India   Photos   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia		  Zeenews 
India, Saudi Arabia to set up joint defence panel
Wed 15 Feb 2012
Riyadh/New Delhi: India and Saudi Arabia have looked at ways to enhance bilateral ties during the two-day visit of Indian Defence Minister AK Antony and have decided to form a joint committee on... (photo: PIB of India)
U.S. Army 1st Lt. George Rousson, right, calls his soldiers back to their vehicles after combat engineers investigated and cleared an area of interest during a mission in eastern, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2012.
Afghanistan   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)   Nato   Photos   War		  Middle East Online 
Bleak Report on the Afghan War
Wed 15 Feb 2012
An analysis by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, which the US Army has not approved for public release but has leaked to Rolling Stone magazine, provides the most authoritative refutation thus far of the... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Victor Everhart)
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 25, 2003 file photo, a policeman looks at a car damaged in a bomb blast at the Gateway of India, background, in Mumbai, then referred to as Bombay, India.  Independent online (SA)  Wed 15 Feb 2012
Tensions rise as Israel blames Iran for car blasts
NEW DELHI: Israel has blamed Iran for bomb attacks on the cars of its diplomats in India and the former Soviet republic of Georgia, heightening concerns that the Jewish state is moving closer to... (photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi)
Bomb   Delhi   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran–Israel relations
n this image from television Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 and released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, empty streets with debris are shown of what SANA describes as the Syrian army restoring "security and stability" to the central city of Hama, Syria.  The Star  Wed 15 Feb 2012
Syrian forces attack Hama, Homs despite pressure to stop
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian government forces launched an offensive on the city of Hama early on Wednesday, firing on residential neighbourhoods from armoured vehicles and mobile anti-aircraft guns,... (photo: AP / SANA)
Hama   Homs   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Hama
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File - President Barack Obama boards Marine One at Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, Missouri for flight to Osawatomie, Kansas, Dec. 6, 2011. Khaleej Times Wed 15 Feb 2012
In growing Syria crisis, Obama has few options
WASHINGTON - Eleven months into the bloodiest uprising of the 'Arab Spring,' US President Barack Obama is staking his Syria policy on a fragile and untested international... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Democracy   Photos   Syria   Washington   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Bahraini soldiers secure the area atop their armored vehicles decorated with national flags along a picture of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa near the Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Bahrain tore down the 300-foot (90-meter) monument at the heart of a square purged of Shiite protesters this week, erasing a symbol of an uprising that's inflaming sectarian tensions across the region. The Independent Wed 15 Feb 2012
A year on, violence erupts again at Bahrain flashpoint
Heavy military reinforcements were sent to the mainly Shia villages outside the capital Manama to prevent people from gathering in response to a call by the main... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
Bahrain   Photos   Protests   Violence   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising
President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. The New York Times Tue 14 Feb 2012
Obama’s Wish List for Energy
The Energy Department’s budget request for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1 sounds a familiar theme. “The United States is competing in a global race for the clean... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Government   Obama   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Ceremony of the handover of Macau to the People's Republic of China, in December 1999.In December 1961, the Portuguese army was involved in armed action in its colony of Portuguese India against an Indian invasion. Zeenews Tue 14 Feb 2012
US focus on Asia inflating China defence budget?
Singapore: China's defence budget will double between 2011 and 2015 and outstrip the combined spending of all other key defence markets in the Asia-Pacific region, global... (photo: European Community / Chanueting)
China   Defence   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Military of China
Museum in the Ninth Fort. As of early 2007, only the Ninth Fort had been completely renovated. It is now devoted to the Holocaust and Lithuania's occupations by the Nazis and the Soviets The Los Angeles Times Tue 14 Feb 2012
On Iran, a stark choice
Most people in the Arab world, according to opinion polls, believe that the Holocaust never happened, that it's a Jewish invention and trick to win the world's sympathy... (photo: Creative Commons / Andrius Vanagas)
Arab   Holocaust   Iran   Photos   Wikipedia: The Holocaust
Former Associated Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court Serafin Cuevas stresses a point as he argues for the defense at the start of the impeachment trial for Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. The impeachment trial of Corona began Monday after he was accused of corruption and trying to block the prosecution of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, Pool) Sun Star Tue 14 Feb 2012
Defense asks Senate to void subpoena on bank records
MANILA -- Lawyers of Chief Justice Renato Corona has asked the impeachment court to void subpoenas it issued for records of his accounts at two commercial banks, saying... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez, Pool)
Corona   Impeachment   Photos   Trial   Wikipedia: Impeachment of Renato Corona


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A section of Tehran's oil refinery is seen, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his remarks prior to his trip to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia where he is due to attend the OPEC summ State Media Says Iran Will Cut Oil to 6 European Nations The New York Times
Egyptian protesters peer out of their tent in Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 22, 2011 Egypt to hold presidential poll 'in May' Al Jazeera
China's Vice President Xi Jinping, left, seen, during a joint media statement with Romania's President Traian Basescu, right, at the Cotroceni presidential palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Obama friendly but firm with China’s Xi Jinping Zeenews
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Gulf of Maine (Aug. 23)--An entangled Humpback whale breechesduring a successful rescue in the Gulf of Maine. U.S. Coast Guard crews and Bob Bowman, from the Center for Coastal Studies, freed the whale after it became tangled in a lobster trap. USCG photo by PA3 BRENT M. ERB (110503) ( SEARCH AND RESCUE (FOR RELEASE) ) Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest coast STL Today
INDIA-FISHERMAN Tn Fishermen attacked by Lankan navy Deccan Chronicle
The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma taking the salute, during his visit to DG, NCC Republic Day Camp-2012 in New Delhi on January 16, 2012. The DG, NCC, Lt. Gen. P.S. Bhalla is also seen. Nuke option only if attacked by n-weapons: Naval chief Indian Express
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Control tower at Danilo Atienza AB. On 1 September 1971, the base was turned over the Philippine Navy and Air Force, with the facility being renamed Sangley Point Air Base. The two services jointly operated the facility. Gunmen kill Air Force sergeant Sun Star
U.S. actress Julianne Moore grimaces during a photocall in Venice, Italy, Monday, Sept.2, 2002. Her movie "Far From Heaven" is in competition at the 59th Venice Film Festival. Julianne Moore Marches With Mom’s Clean Air Force (Video) Treehugger
A French Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft Dassault Aviation bags $11-billion order to supply fighter jets to the Indian Air Force The Times of India
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File - Afghan President Hamid Karzai thanks the soldiers of the 101st Aviation Division and their families during a speech at Fort Campbell Afghan leader to push for access to Taliban in Pakistan Daily Press
President Barack Obama phones a Member of Congress Why Are Government Bureaucrats Turning America Into Nazi Germany? Pakalert Press
Umar Patek, an Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks, walks outside the courtroom after his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Suspected Bali Bomb Mastermind Goes On Trial Skynews
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