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A Indian Army soldier stand a guard near the wreckage of an army bus after an explosion in Narbal on the outskirts of Srinagar July 19, 2008.
Bomb   Explosion   India   Kashmir   Photos		  Irish Times 
Kashmir bomb kills at least 9 Indian soldiers
At least nine Indian soldiers were killed and 16 wounded today when their vehicle detonated a landmine in the biggest attack on Indian soldiers in recent months. Their army bus was blown up near... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Jade Lai holds a sign as she listens to speakers at a rally protesting the American Psychological As
Britain   Human Rights   Photos   Torture   US		  The Australian 
US 'can't be trusted on torture'
THE British government should no longer accept US assurances that it does not use torture, a parliamentary oversight committee said today in a wide-ranging report looking at London's human rights... (photo: AP Photo)
David H. Petraeus  Star Tribune 
AP Interview: Petraeus says al-Qaida may be diverting fighters from Iraq to Pakistan
BAGHDAD - Senior leaders of al-Qaida may be diverting fighters from the war in Iraq to the Afghan frontier area, the top American commander in Iraq told The Associated Press on Saturday. Gen. David... (photo: public domain / )
Iraq   Pakistan   Photos   Security   Terrorism   US
South Africa's Desmond Tutu, Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks during a press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, May 29, 2008.  News24 
Tutu: Flights killing the poor
London - Businessmen who take flights rather than use video conferencing are adding to global warming that is condemning millions of the world's poorest people to death, according to Archbishop... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
Emissions   Global Warming   Photos   Poverty   Scientists
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Instant Communication Changes Customs
High tech gadgets such as cell phones are bringing profound change to developing nations, and not just economic progress. Text messaging, the Internet and other... (photo: creative commons)
Gadgets   India   Innovations   Photos   Technology
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd from the Sao Bento Monastery in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. The pontiff is in Brazil on his first trip to Latin America.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) (js1) London Evening Standard
Pope urges all faiths to unite against 'indiscriminate violence' in the name of religion
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday urged religious leaders of all kinds to unite against those who use faith to divide communities - an apparent reference to terrorism in the... (photo: AP/Victor R. Caivano)
Photos   Pope Benedict XVI   Religion   Society   Vatican
Members of a right-wing association of former special military commandos, who were trained for espionage missions in North Korea, prepare to burn a huge North Korean flag at a ceremony marking the 58th anniversary of the Korean War in Seoul, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The Korean War, that claimed the lives of millions of troops and civilians, broke out on June 25, 1950 when Soviet tank-led North Koreans invaded South Korea. The war ended in an armistice three years l Asia Times
An elusive new face for North Korea
By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON - United States think-tankers risk giving the impression of having stepped from another planet as they meditate on ways to pull the North Korean... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Economy   N Korea   Photos   Politics   US
Palestinian students, supporters of Hamas, chant anti Israel slogans and wave green Islamic flags, during a rally to support the Hamas government at the Islamic University in Gaza city, Sunday Nov. 5, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged Sund Asia Times
Fundamentalism with nuances
Hamas in Politics by Joeroen Gunning Reviewed by Sreeram Chaulia Since the 2006 election victory of Hamas in the Palestinian territories, the big debate has been whether... (photo: AP /Hatem Moussa)
Hamas   Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos
A giant birthday card stands next to a sculpture of Nelson Mandela, jsa1 News24
Mandela speaks out for the poor

Qunu - celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday by urging the wealthy to share their prosperity with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Apartheid   Family   Photos   Qunu   South Africa
Riot police are deployed when protesters tried to march to the Presidential House during a protest against U.S. imported beef in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 26, 2008. South Korea lifted its ban on imports of U.S. beef Thursday, and President Lee Myung-bak called on the country to move past the dispute, which has paralyzed his government with weeks of tumultuous protests. The import ban was lifted after South Korea won extra safeguards for an April deal that placed few restrictions on meat shipments, prompting outrage against Lee from critics who said he made too many concessions to Washington and ignored public concerns about mad cow dise BBC News
Amnesty criticises S Korea police
A report by Amnesty International claims that South Korea's police used excessive force against peaceful demonstrators during recent protests. The human rights group says... (photo: AP / Afton M Almaraz)
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In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting with several Arab ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates in that country's capital, Abu Dhabi, Monday, July 7, 2008. Iraqi PM Supports Obama's Withdrawal Plan CBS News
American supporters of Israel counter a protest by Pro-Palestinians at the Federal Building Friday, July 7, 2006, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. Protestors were demanding the release of an Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit. Hamas to raise price for Shalit The Australian
Tunisia´s Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah. (bb2) Tunisia convicts, sentences 5 in terrorism case The Charlotte Observer
In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, a United States Army helicopter, part of an aerial convoy carrying President Bush lands in Jerusalem's Givat Ram stadium. Israeli investigators have arrested six men suspected of trying to set up a terror network linked to al-Qaida, the Shin Bet security service said in a statement Friday, July 18, 2008, including a college student who expressed interest in shooting down President George W. Bush's helicopter earlier this ye Israel Arrests 6 Men Over Al-Qaida Links ABC News
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A Palestinian man, right, talks with an Egyptian soldier as stands guard at a hole in the fence on the border between Egypt, and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Egyptian riot police and armored vehicles restricted Gaza motorists to a small border area of Egypt on Saturday, in the second attempt in two days to restore control over the chaotic frontier breached by Hamas militants Ethiopian shot on Israel border Independent online (SA)
Candle light vigil for Peace and Harmony in Tibet Exiled Tibetans feeling their homeland's pain The Boston Globe
Sweden - Malmo City Hall cg1 wnhires Sweden: land of snoops The Guardian
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Indian Army soldiers are seen through a shattered windshield at the site of an explosion near Narbal, 17 kilometers, (10 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, July 19, 2008. A bomb exploded near an army convoy in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding 20 others, a police official sai Nine dead in landmine blast The Australian
President George W. Bush greets Thai troops after his remarks at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003. ula1 More troops sent in Thai-Cambodia temple dispute Irish Times
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures as he speaks in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006. Iran on Sunday vowed to push forward with efforts to enrich uranium and to change its relations with the international nuclear watchdog after the U.N. Se Iran rejects freeze of enrichment program at nuclear talks Houston Chronicle
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