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In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a detainee walks inside the open-air yard at the Camp Four detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Sunday, May 31, 2009.
Guantanamo   Obama   Photos   Politics   US		  Star Tribune 
Pentagon: Rising percentage of former Guantanamo Bay prisoners are returning to fight
Wed 6 Jan 2010
WASHINGTON - One in five terror suspects released from the Guantanamo Bay prison has returned to the fight, according to a classified Pentagon report expected to stoke an already fierce debate over... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley, Pool)
Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, speaks at the cultural show commemorating the 800th Anniversary of the birth of the philosopher and poet Mawlana Jalal-ud -Din Balkhi, organized by the Permanent Missions of Afgh
Afghanistan   Ambassador   Government   Photos   Taliban		  Star Tribune 
Afghanistan asks UN to ease some Taliban sanctions on members who renounce violence
Wed 6 Jan 2010
UNITED NATIONS - Afghanistan's U.N. ambassador is asking the Security Council to lift sanctions on elements of the Taliban that renounce violence and agree to support the government. Zahir Tanin told... (photo: UN /Eskinder Debebe )
Saudi soldiers are seen at army base in the southern province of Jizan, near the border with Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.  Asia Times  Wed 6 Jan 2010
Russia, China keep toehold in Yemen

By Thalif Deen NEW YORK - Russia has stolen a march over the United States in the multimillion-dollar arms market in cash-strapped Yemen, whose weapons purchases are being funded mostly by neighboring... (photo: AP)
China   Photos   Russia   Yemen   us
Petronas, Petroleum Nasional of malaysia, malaysian local petroleum, oil, energy, gasoline, industry, petroleum, fuel. tp1  Yahoo Daily News  Wed 6 Jan 2010
Iraq cabinet approves oil deals with foreign firms

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq's cabinet has approved all pending deals with foreign energy firms and a signing ceremony for the nine contracts will be held soon, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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U.S. troops photograph U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks at Osan Air Base in Osan, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Independent online (SA) Thu 7 Jan 2010
 Obama 'not patient on security revamp'

By Phil Stewart Washington - United States President Barack Obama is "not patient" and is demanding immediate changes in airline security to patch holes that allowed a... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US
Slum dwellers in Tamil Nadu to get permanent houses by the state government's decision. The Hindu Thu 7 Jan 2010
21 lakh hut-dwellers in State to get permanent houses: Barnala
Special Correspondent... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Chennai   India   Politics   Students   Tamil Nadu
Iris Robinson MP MLA , jsa1 The Independent Thu 7 Jan 2010
I've had an affair, says Ireland's Mrs Robinson

The wife of Northern Ireland's most senior politician last night sensationally revealed that she had attempted to take her life while depressed after having an affair.... (photo: public domain)
Ireland   Life   Photos   Politics   Robinson
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pauses as he listens to Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, not seen, while delivering her speech during the second day of the Labour Party Conference, in Manchester, northern England, Sunday Sept. 21, 2008 The Independent Thu 7 Jan 2010
Steve Richards: The only certainty about this plot: it will damage Labour

Labour has acted madly many times since the last election. The attempt to dump Gordon Brown now is the maddest act of them all. The events of yesterday morning are a... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Brown   Economy   Election   Photos   Politics
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan drives off after a party held at his residence 'Jalsa' ahead of the wedding ceremony of Bachchan's son Abhishek Bachchan and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, in Mumbai, India, early Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, both well-known Indian actors, have been practicing a dance routine they plan to perform before a selected group of relatives and friends during a musical ceremony on Thursday, a day prior to the wedding, the Mumbai-based DNA newspaper reported. The Times of India Thu 7 Jan 2010
Bachchan offers to become brand ambassador of Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has offered to become brand ambassador for Gujarat. On the sidelines of a special screening of his film ‘Paa’ with Chief... (photo: AP / )
Bollywood   Gujarat   India   Photos   Star
U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during his joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. CBS News Wed 6 Jan 2010
Obama Announces $250M for Teacher Training

President Seeks to Improve American Students' Standing in Math and Science Font size Print E-mail Share 3 Comments President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama   Photos   Politics   Teacher   US


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Oil Prices, Gasoline prices, oil, gasoline, energy, fuel, industry, consumers, industrial. tp1 Rising Oil Prices to Boost UAE Infrastructure Spending Khaleej Times
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The reformed church of Glarus Christianity is the predominant religion of Switzerland, divided between the Catholic Church (41.8% of the population) and various Protestant denominations (35.3%). Jonathan Goldstein: Slivers of hope glimmer on Mideast horizon The Providence Journal
Israeli demonstrators hold banners with pictures of Sgt. Gilad Schalit, who was captured by Hamas-allied militants in Gaza in 2006, during a protest calling for his release outside Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's residence in Jerusalem Friday, March 13, 2009. The parents of an Israeli soldier held captive by Palestinian militants set up camp in a protest tent outside Olmert's residence on last Sunday, vowing to stay there until the end of his term in a bid to pressure his outgoing government to bring their son hom Hamas officials in Egypt to discuss prisoner exchange The Star
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Nestle's headquarters Nestle makes giant pizza strike, leaves Cadbury to Kraft Daily Star Lebanon
Exclusive photos, at the bottom of Burj Dubai construction site Dubai, UAE, November 2007 Dubai opens world's tallest skyscraper National Post
The President discusses the recent attempted act of terrorism on the Christmas day flight to Detroit, and his broader strategy to fight Al Qaeda. Inside Obama's War on Terrorism Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kuwaiti investors follow the indicator boards showing the downturn of shares prices at Kuwait Stock Exchange in Kuwait City Dubai heads regional losers; TASI gains Arab News
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Fadi Sabbagh, owner of a gas station in Paterson, N.J., pumps gas that is priced at $4.05 a gallon for regular unleaded Monday, June 16, 2008. Crude oil futures swung wildly on Monday, rising to a record and then tumbling as investors wrestled with whether they should put stock in Saudi Arabia's promise to boost production. Retail gas prices rose to a record $4.08 a gallo Dubai market heads regional losers, Saudi up on oil Daily Star Lebanon
Oil refinery (sl1) Oil Refineries to Acquire Control of Haifa Basic Oils PR Newswire
Smokestacks are seen at the Chevron refinery, Monday, April 21, 2008, in Richmond, Calif. Crude oil set a new record, spiking after an attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Middle East to close above $117 a barrel for the first time. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)hg3 UAE's crude production could rise 12.5 pc by 2014 Deccan Herald
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Secretary General Ban Ki Moon holds a joint press conference with President of South Africa at the Kgalema Motlanthe at the Presidential guest house Ban discusses Middle East peace process with senior Israeli, US officials United Nations
Lebanese Army personnel, Beirut, Lebanon 1982. The influx of Palestinian refugees between 1948 and 1970, the 1950s and 1960s reassertion of pan-Arab nationalism as espoused by Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, the founding of the PLO in 1965, the eviction or squashing of all armed Palestinian resistance movements in Syria, Jordan and Egypt, and the escalating assertion of Palestinian nationalism through armed struggle, unsettled the delicate political and demographic balance of the Lebanese communities. Ein Al-Hilweh: A fruitless search for al-Qaeda Asia Times
Britain's Prince Charles speaking as he delivers the 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust Annual Lecture in London, Tuesday May, 12, 2009. Prince Prince Charles 'should face Iraq inquiry' The Times
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