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Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top left, is hugged by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Bombing   Libya   Lockerbie   Photos   Wikipedia: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi  
 The New York Times 
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news agencies on Sunday, three yea... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in New York.
China   Human Rights   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Chen Guangcheng  
 The Times Of India 
Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in United States
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet NEW YORK: Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a... (photo: AP / Henny Ray Abrams)
UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa  Scoop 
UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United Nations envoy in Somalia, Aug... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Civil   Photos   Somalia   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Somalia  
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors  The Guardian 
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
| Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan A mother and her child shelter from ... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Africa   Doctors   Health   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains  
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Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis Japan Times
Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis
| WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has agreed with European Union leaders to work together in addressing Europe's sovereign debt crisis, a Japanese offici... (photo: EC / EC)
Debt   Europe   Japan   Leaders   Photos   Wikipedia: Yoshihiko Noda  
US exit creates army ripe for recruitment Canberra Times
US exit creates army ripe for recruitment
| Illustration: Simon Letch | Numbers coming out of Afghanistan often are scary but try wrapping your head around this one - 123,500. | After a roller-coaster decade of t... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Coalition   Photos   Recruitment   UN   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France's Foreign Minister United Nations
Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France's Foreign Minister
| Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, during their meeting in New York. UN Photo/E. Debebe19 May 2012 – United Nations Secretary-Ge... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
France   Issues   Mission   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Laurent Fabius  
A man holds up a child during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime in the outskirts of Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. The Guardian
Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city
| ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd)
Photos   Protests   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present)  
Yemeni policemen sit in a pickup truck in front of Sanaa's International airport in Yemen, Sunday, April 8, 2012. BBC News
Yemen's hidden war with al-Qaeda
Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian ... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed)
Photos   Qaeda   War   Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni revolution   Yemen  
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful. BBC News
Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Revolution   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya The Guardian
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
| LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Africa   Photos   Refugees   Somalia   Violence   Wikipedia: Somalia  
File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger. BBC News
US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
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