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Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
Conspiracy   Democracy   Photos   Politics   S Asia
 The Boston Globe 
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
Mon 8 Feb 2010
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Bombing   Business   Karachi   Pakistan   Photos
 Asia Times 
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
Mon 8 Feb 2010
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Iranian Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, listens to a question posed by media in his office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009  The Star  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with the... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Defence   Fuel   Iran   Nuclear   Photos
Kashmiri boys walk through a snow covered graveyard in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008.  DNA India  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Avalanche in Kashmir: 13 army personnel killed, 30 still trapped

Srinagar: In one of the most tragic incidents, 13 army personnel, including an officer, were today killed and 15 seriously injured when a group of about 350 men were swept away by a snow avalanche... (photo: AP / Dar Yasin)
Disaster   Kashmir   Photos   Storm   Winter
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A British soldier with Delta Squadron Infantry provides security in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2010. The Independent Mon 8 Feb 2010
More troop casualties likely in Afghan operation

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth warned of likely British casualties as troops prepared to take part in a major international offensive against insurgents in Afghanistan.... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)
Afghanistan   Defence   Nato   Photos   UK   War
Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw arrives to speak at the Iraq Inquiry in London,Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. BBC News Mon 8 Feb 2010
Blix: Straw 'gave incorrect answers' to Iraq inquiry

Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw gave some incorrect answers to the UK's Iraq war inquiry, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said. Mr Blix told the BBC... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Iraq   Photos   UK   UN   War   Mideast
Costa Rica's National Liberation Party presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla waves to supporters after voting at a polling station in San Jose, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Miami Herald Mon 8 Feb 2010
Costa Rica elects 1st woman president in landslide

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Costa Rica's governing party candidate swept to an election victory Sunday night that will make her the first woman president in this Central... (photo: AP / Esteban Felix)
Costa Rica   Election   Photos   Politics   Women
Employees of a warehouse store remove products containing milk powder from China, on Wednesday Sept. 24, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. The Star Mon 8 Feb 2010
China seizes more melamine-tainted milk powder

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese inspectors tracing new cases of contaminated milk have shut dairy firms in the northwest and seized 72 tonnes of milk powder tainted with... (photo: AP / Chiang Ying-ying)
Children   China   Market   Milk   Photos
The Kleen Energy plant is seen in this aerial photo after an explosion in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Philadelphia Daily News Sun 7 Feb 2010
Conn. power plant blast kills several, injures 14

PAT EATON-ROBB The Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing... (photo: AP / Jessica Hill)
Construction   Electricity   Killing   Photos   Victims
Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych is seen at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Chicago Sun-Times Sun 7 Feb 2010
Exit polls favor Yanukovych in Ukraine race

KIEV, Ukraine -- Exit polls showed pro-Russian opposition lead Viktor Yanukovych with a narrow lead Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff -- a result that could restore... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky)
Election   Photos   Presidency   Ukraine   Vote
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, gestures during a news conference in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. WorldNews.com Sun 7 Feb 2010
Redeeming the Berlin Conference and Bismarck

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. As German President Horst Koehler visits South Korea in preparation to host the G-20 Summit in November, and while... (photo: AP / Gero Breloer)
Berlin   Iran   Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Politics


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