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 Syria: bombs hit Aleppo as tanks pound Homs - live updates
| • State media reports many casualties in Aleppo bomb attacks | • Residents trapped in Homs as the week-long siege goes on | • Obama condemns 'outrageous bloodshed' Syrian rebels are seen in Id... (photo: AP) The Guardian
Death Photos Protests Syria Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising |
 Al-Shabab 'join ranks' with al-Qaeda
| Somalia's armed Islamist movement al-Shabab have joined ranks with al-Qaeda, the latter's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a video message posted on online forums. | "I will break the good n... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) Al Jazeera
Africa Al Qaeda Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab |
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 UN delegation arrives amid Maldives unrest
| A delegation from the UN has arrived in the Maldives seeking assurances on the "security" of former president Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned on Tuesday amid what he call... (photo: UN / UN) Al Jazeera
Civil Unrest Maldives Photos Politics Wikipedia: 2011 Maldivian protests |
 A missing peace option
All Arab countries actively support the Middle East to be a nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction free zone, and all the Middle Eastern countries signed the Nucle... (photo: AP) Khaleej Times
Arab world Nuclear Peace Photos Wikipedia: Iran and weapons of mass destruction |
 Hague: No plans to arm Syria rebels
| Britain has no plans to arm Syrian rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad, the Foreign Secretary has said. | William Hague insisted the UK had no intention o... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) London Evening Standard
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 Mexican police seize record drug haul
" />" /> | Police in Mexico have seized a record 15 tonnes of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco. | According to the UN, the record haul is twice the to... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull) Al Jazeera
Drug Mexico Photos Police Arrest Wikipedia: Mexican Drug War |
 S Africa's Zuma outlines economic plan
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, has revealed an ambitious set of infrastructure projects designed to rescue South Africa from the effects of a global recession... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) Al Jazeera
Economy Photos Projects South Africa Wikipedia: Economy of South Africa |
 Pak denies Gilani meeting with Taliban in Qatar
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday refuted media reports suggesting a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan Taliban representatives had been planned in Q... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn) Zeenews
Pakistan Photos Qatar Taliban Wikipedia: Taliban |
 ANALYSIS: Pre-emptive strike talk keeps Israel’s Iran options open
| Israel is pursuing a studied ambiguity on whether it will attack Iran, keeping its options open on how to rein in Tehran’s alleged nuclear weapons ambitions, Israeli ... (photo: AP / J. David Ake) Taipei Times
Iran Israel Photos United States Wikipedia: American military action against Iran |
 Why Russia Supports Assad
| Two senior Russian officials, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Mikhail Fradkov, the director of Foreign Intelligence, have just been to Damascus. Cristóbal Schmal | ... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) The New York Times
Arab Photos Russia Syria Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad |
