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Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
 Gulf News 
Nigeria faces an existential threat
Fri 27 Jan 2012
London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. The group began its existence in... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel
 The Star 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
Fri 27 Jan 2012
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)
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.  Jakarta Globe  Fri 27 Jan 2012
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,... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Iraq under U.S. Military Occupation
File - A woman suspected of being a Gadhafi loyalist is seen behind bars inside a detention facility in Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.  Zeenews  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata
Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   Torture   Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war
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Syrian army defectors, celebrate and wave the Syrian revolution flag shortly after they defected and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. DNA India Fri 27 Jan 2012
Syria security forces kill 34 civilians: rights group
Syrian security forces killed 34 civilians, including 10 children, in clashes across the country today, a rights group said. "The toll for the day has risen to 34... (photo: AP)
Arab World   Human Rights   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
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 Fri 27 Jan 2012
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 Fri 27 Jan 2012
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 Thu 26 Jan 2012
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... (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 Thu 26 Jan 2012
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... (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 Thu 26 Jan 2012
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... (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 Wed 25 Jan 2012
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


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