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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Sri Lankian Peacekeeper patroling at the Port au Prince Central Market. After the earthquake last 12 of January, more than 4,000 convicts breakout from Port au Prince prison, since then security measures has been incresed in the most sensitive areas of the city.
Earthquake   Haiti   Human Rights   Photos   Women		  The Daily Beast 
Haiti's Rape Crisis
Wed 10 Mar 2010
The aftershocks of the Port-au-Prince earthquake are hitting especially hard among displaced women, who face an outbreak of sexual violence. Liesl Gerntholtz on the awful toll—and how to help.... (photo: UN / Pasqual Gorriz)
Palestinian schoolgirls and women attend a protest against an Israeli plan to include two deeply contested holy sites in the occupied West Bank in a national heritage renovation plan, in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah on March 9, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage late February when he said he hoped to include Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron in a national heritage restoration plan. (Photo by Ahmed/WN)
Election   Gaza   Israel   Life   Photos		  The Siasat Daily 
Gaza...1000 Days Under Siege
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pitifully looking at her baby child, Om Yamen is recalling the past 1,000 days of her life under a crippling Israeli siege. "Life has been a living hell," she told, in a broken voice. "We can’t stand... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
File - Detainees at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Cuba, sit on prayer rugs as they observe morning prayers before sunrise inside Camp Delta Oct. 28, 2009.  The Guardian  Wed 10 Mar 2010
UK complained to US about terror suspect torture, says ex-MI5 boss
• Waterboarding of 9/11 suspect was 'concealed' • Manningham-Buller criticises Bush staff... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Marcos T. Hernandez)
Guantanamo   Photos   Terrorism   Torture   UK   US
Facebook - Social Networking  The Examiner  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Facebook - Harboring Hate Groups?
Facebook logo via facebook.com If you like this ... Prop 8 adversaries link the roots of anti-gay discrimination to the church Miss Beverly Hills 2010 Condemns Gays & Gay Marriage Final Briefings... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Facebook   Networking   Photos   Sites   Social
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with visiting Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, left, during their meeting in the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The Star Tue 9 Mar 2010
Russia urges Sweden to extradite Chechen "bandits"
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden on Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists and accuses of involvement in killings... (photo: AP / Alexander Natruskin, Pool)
Chechnya   Human Rights   Photos   Russia   Sweden
Dogs - Animal - Pet Star Tribune Tue 9 Mar 2010
A chip for spot: British dog owners could be forced to microchip and insure their pets
LONDON - British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. Postmen are... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
British   Dogs   Microchip   Pets   Photos
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs Member States on his priorities for 2010. The Siasat Daily Tue 9 Mar 2010
Ban appoints Swedish woman as UN's top cop
United Nations, March 09: Marking International Women's Day, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ann-Marie Orler as Police Adviser for the Department of Peacekeeping... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Photos   Politics   Sweden   UN   Women
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it. ABC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman
a child - girl - kid - poverty - india The Examiner Tue 9 Mar 2010
An example of why society should support adoption
... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Abortion   Adoption   Child   Photos   Society
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton BBC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   US


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War on Terror
A Pakistani stock broker and stock index board is reflected from a mirror in Karachi Stock Exchange in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Pakistan is also a part of slowdown in world economies while tense situation between Pakistan and the U.S. over the rules of fighting war against terrorism on Pak-Afghan border areas will continue to keep market sentiments depressed, analysts sai Pakistan risks IMF's $1.2bn Asia Times
Chief of Police Medical Department Brig. Gen. Musaddeq Ishaq shows a picture of the most wanted Indonesian terror suspects Dulmatin who was killed during a police raid on Tuesday, during a press conference at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Bali bomb suspect killed in Indonesia CBC
The former President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - India- Politics Ex-President APJ Abdul Kalam for national campaign to eradicate terror The Times of India
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Ahmadinejad in Kabul for talks Al Jazeera
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Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law Human Rights
A wooden boat carrying Sri Lankans migrants is seen docked next to an Indonesian Navy ship at a port in Cilegon, banten province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Kevin Rudd and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to stop people smuggling The Daily Telegraph Australia
Rape increasing in Cambodia: Amnesty Taipei Times
Amnesty slams Nordic states over sexual violence The Siasat Daily
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Voices of faith: How do you know you are making contact with God? The News & Observer
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wave to the press ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden Zeenews
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Asia Times
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