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Latin American ministers during Pacific Alliance Summit
Economy   Latin America   Pacific Alliance   Photos   Wikipedia: Pacific Alliance
 The New York Times 
4-Nation Pacific Alliance Trade Bloc Forges Ahead
Wed 22 May 2013
BOGOTA, ColombiaThe presidents of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico meet in the western city of Cali on Thursday in hopes of completing a nascent trade bloc that looks to the European Union as a... (photo: AP / Fernando Vergara)
 AR RAMADI Iraq – During a mission in the city’s marketplace, Lance Cpl. James E. Hilliard,(left) a rifleman with 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and Cpl. David L. Salgado, a rifleman and 3rd Squad’s squad leader, le
CIA   Photos   UK   US   Wikipedia: Extraordinary rendition
 The Guardian 
UK provided more support for CIA rendition flights than thought – study
Wed 22 May 2013
The Rendition Project suggests aircraft associated with secret detention operations landed at British airports 1,622 times • The Rendition Project interactive • CIA rendition flights explained US... (photo: USMC file/Cpl. Tom Sloan)
File - In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo, a Lebanese army soldier rides a motorcycle, and passes in front of Syrian flag, in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon.  BBC News  Wed 22 May 2013
Ten dead in sectarian clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli
At least 10 people have died and 70 have been wounded in the latest round of sectarian violence in Lebanon's capital, Tripoli. Four people were killed overnight in fighting between Alawite... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)
Lebanon   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Lebanon–Syria relations
Victor Gonzalez seeks shelter from the rain under a sheet of plastic as he helps a friend salvage items from a tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla.  Sydney Morning Herald  Wed 22 May 2013
Search for US tornado survivors winding up
AP Rescue workers are racing to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel)
Disaster   Oklahoma   Photos   Tornado   Wikipedia: Tornadoes of 2013
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Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Deutsche Welle Wed 22 May 2013
Sinai kidnappers release Egypt security force hostages
Seven members of Egypt's security force captured in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed. A spokesman for Egypt's military has confirmed the men are on their way... (photo: AP)
Egypt   Islamists   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Sinai Peninsula
A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The Times of India Wed 22 May 2013
North Korea sends military leader as 'special envoy' to China
SEOUL: North Korea on Wednesday sent a top military official to China as a personal envoy of leader Kim Jong-Un, at a time of strained relations with Beijing and ahead of... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
China   N Korea   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: China–North Korea relations
UN Chief Promotes Gender Empowerment in Mozambique Scoop Wed 22 May 2013
UN Chief Promotes Gender Empowerment in Mozambique
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:48 am Press Release: UN News UN Chief Promotes Education, Gender Empowerment during Final Day of Mozambique Visit New York, May 21 2013 -... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Education   Gender   Mozambique   Photos   Wikipedia: Mozambique
An Iraqi woman, who sells milk, passes by the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. The Guardian Tue 21 May 2013
Sectarian attacks in Iraq stoked by spillover from Syrian war
Ability of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain crisis may hinge on events beyond his control Sectarian struggle ... an Iraqi woman passes by the scene of a car bomb... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Iraq   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
File - An Israeli soldier drives an armored personal carrier during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. San Francisco Chronicle Tue 21 May 2013
Syria, Israel exchange fire over border
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
Israel   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), marking the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea, 17 May, 2013. WorldNews.com Tue 21 May 2013
Justice in the Age of Drone Terror
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, in revolution it is both virtue and terror: virtue without... (photo: US Navy / Alan Radecki courtesy Northrop Grumman)
Defence   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan
Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt speaks during his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Thursday, May 9, 2013. France24 Tue 21 May 2013
Guatemalan court overturns Rios Montt genocide conviction
Former Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s conviction for genocide was overturned by the country’s top court on Monday. The 86-year-old was convicted earlier this... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo)
Crime   Genocide   Guatemala   Photos   Wikipedia: Efraín Ríos Montt


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