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 Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. | A repor... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
Human Rights Mali Military Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état |
 Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
| Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues. | Nadeem Hotian... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera
Afghan Nato Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War |
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 Peter Berg takes command of 'Battleship' action
| ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE - On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from a U.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer ste... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W Lee) The Charlotte Observer
Celebrity Hollywood Movies Photos Wikipedia: Peter Berg |
 Muslims not to tolerate new US threats: Hafiz Saeed
Nowshera, May 14: | Ameer Jammat-ud-Dawah Hafiz Saeed has said that the Ummah would not tolerate the threats to assault Mecca and Madina from the USA, which has imposed â... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary) The Siasat Daily
Military Pakistan Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed |
 Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers
| An agreement deal that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, a senior Palestinian official to... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
Cairo Hunger Israel Palestinian Photos Wikipedia: Palestinian political violence |
 Deal with Saudis to shore up Bahrain's repressive regime
| Saudi troops leading a 1,500-strong force from the Arab Gulf states entered Bahrain in March last year as the Bahraini government began a campaign of brutal repression ... (photo: AP / Bahrain TV via APTN) The Independent
Bahrain Photos Saudi Arabia Troops Wikipedia: Bahraini uprising (2011present) |
 Robert Fisk: Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop?
| I weary a bit of this stuff. If the CIA and the Brits and the Saudis have really penetrated al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula – or AQAP, as we are now enjoined to ca... (photo: AP / U.S. Marshal's Service) The Independent
Arab world Crime Photos War crimes Wikipedia: Joseph Kony |
 Saudi says $100 per barrel great price for oil
ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sees $100 per barrel as a great price for crude, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Sunday. International Brent crude se... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The Guardian
Economy Oil Photos Saudi Arabia Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia |
 Greece in final bid to avoid fresh elections
| Greece's president will meet the leaders of the country's three biggest parties on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to cobble together a coalition and avoid a repeat elec... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
Business Elections Photos Politics Wikipedia: Evangelos Venizelos |
 India's Satara district parched by drought
| An acute shortage of water in parts of India has left an estimated 250,000 people in the Satara district of western Maharashtra state suffering through drought conditio... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Al Jazeera
Maharashtra People Photos Water Wikipedia: Satara district |
