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Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.
Business   China   Khartoum   Photos   Wikipedia: Sudan  
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
| KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers on Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting... (photo: AP / Pete Muller)
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In this file photo taken on March 17, 2007, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, right, raise their linked arms as they move through the crowd at a special session of parliament in Gaza City.
Fatah   Hamas   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: FatahHamas conflict  
Mahmoud Abbas's choice 'peace or Hamas'
| ISRAEL has warned that a new agreement between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas amounts to a choice by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the peace process. | The warning come... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
The Australian
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton delivers a statement during a debate on the situation in Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011, at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg eastern France. EU eyes new Syria sanctions
BRUSSELS ' The European Union stepped up pressure on Syria on Tuesday as several nations recalled their ambassadors from Damascus and the bloc considered new sanctions to cut the regime's access to ca... (photo: AP / Christian Lutz) Khaleej Times
Damascus   EU   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: International reactions to the 20112012 Syrian uprising  
FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during an interview at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, May 19, 2011. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says a whistleblower from Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid will be interviewed over allegations that bribes were paid to African voters. The whistleblower claims that FIFA executive committee members Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma were paid US $1.5 million to vote for Qatar. FIFA gives $250K to families of Egypt riot victims
PRINT EMAIL FACEBOOK Tweet RSS SHARE | ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA is giving $250,000 in aid to the families of the victims of last week's soccer melee in Egypt. | FIFA says it will give the money to a charit... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) CNN
Egypt   FIFA   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes  
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President Barack Obama meets with administration officials on the Times Square attempted car bombing during a terrorism threat briefing in the Situation Room of the White House, May 4, 2010. Left to right, National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Send Hillary to Stop War
| As U.S. rhetoric intensifies with the prediction that Israel will attack Iran sooner rather than later, the president has an opportunity to stop war with an ace in the ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) Huffington Post
Iran   Israel   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 August, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sort through a haul of munitions that were used by the extremist group Al Shabaab to make improvised explosive devices. AMISOM troops and Transitonal Federal Government (TFG) forces dislodged remnants of Al Shabaab from the site following the withdrawal of most of the extremist group's forces from the city ten days ago, discovering the bomb making facility at the former steel factory in northern Mogadishu which contained evidence that the group had used the site to manufacture improvised explosive devises, suicide vests and car bombs. AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE. Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
| - The upcoming London Conference on Somalia is, potentially, a promising occasion to finally put the country on the road to peace, stability and democracy. Whether... (photo: UN / Stuart Price) Al Jazeera
Conference   London   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: London Conference  
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, center, looks at Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, left, while heading a meeting with members of Yemen's parliament in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Yemen kicks off post-Saleh election campaign
| Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the Yemeni vice-president, has officially launched his campaign for the country's upcoming presidential election, in which Hadi is the only cand... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed) Al Jazeera
Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Yemeni presidential election, 2012   Yemen  
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for a meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres, not seen, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Russia's Lavrov says al-Assad committed to halting violence
| Beirut/Damascus - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held Tuesday what he described as 'very useful' talks with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said ... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) m&c
Damascus   Photos   Russia   Violence   Wikipedia/Sergey Lavrov  
Chinese work on the assembly line at DaimlerChrysler factory in Beijing in this Sept. 15, 2006 file photo. Chrysler Group recently announced a deal with China's biggest independent automaker, Chery, to launch a low-cost production venture that will aim to export the first Chinese-made cars to the United States. Chinese manufacturers have built up a reputation for reasonably well-made, inexpensive low-tech products such as toys and textiles. But as Chinese manufacturers begin exporting big ticket items such as cars to the U.S., quality and safety issues are taking on even greater impo China has become capitalist nation aimed investments in US and EU.
|  Sahit Muja:  China become more of capitalist nation aimed investments in US and EU. China's central bank plans to create a $300 billion investment vehic... (photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel, File) The Examiner
Capitalism   China   Economy   Investments   Photos   Wikipedia: Chinese New Left  
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, left, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, center, and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea listen as U.S. President George W. Bush welcomes the G20 world leaders to the White House for the start of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2 S. Korean leader arrives in oil-rich Saudi
| AFP - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak arrived on Tuesday in Riyadh at the start of a two-day visit to the OPEC kingpin which comes as Seoul seeks to diversify its ... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson) France24
Oil   Photos   S.Korea   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: Lee Myung-bak  
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the US President, Mr. Barack Obama, at the White House, Washington on November 24, 2009. 	The US Secretary of State, Ms. Hillary Clinton is also seen. 'No contradiction in India's ties with Iran, US'
Washington: Amid mounting pressure from the US to reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, New Delhi has said its ties with Tehran do not contradict its relationship with Wa... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division Ministry of I & B Government of India.) Zeenews
India   Iran   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
People follow foreign stock prices in a brokerage in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, after Hungary reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union on a broad economic rescue package, including substantial financing to stabilize the country's economy rocked by the global financial crisis. Hungary's currency and stock market were rising Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund said the country would get an aid package of up to $25.1 billion (20 billion euros) to rescue its economy hit hard by the global financial cri Euro rises to 2-month high against dollar
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By CHRIS KAHN - AP Energy Writer By CHRIS KAHN Tags: | NEW YORK -- Oil prices are rising as Ira... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky) The News & Observer
Currency   Dollar   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: The Coca-Cola Company  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
US to downsize Iraq embassy
US to downsize Iraq embassy
Iraq to award $3b in power plant projects
Sunni Ministers in Iraq Return to Cabinet
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in Washington. Obama says lawmakers must remember that the standoff over the cuts is not about politics: He says: "This is about the American people."
Obamas set to host dinnerin honor of Iraq veterans
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Riyadh says too early to offer funds for IMF
Region's infrastructure projects help materials supplier
West and Arab powers study ways to strengthen opposition
October trial set in NY Saudi ambassador plot case
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 August, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sort through a haul of munitions that were used by the extremist group Al Shabaab to make improvised explosive devices. AMISOM troops and Transitonal Federal Government (TFG) forces dislodged remnants of Al Shabaab from the site following the withdrawal of most of the extremist group's forces from the city ten days ago, discovering the bomb making facility at the former steel factory in northern Mogadishu which contained evidence that the group had used the site to manufacture improvised explosive devises, suicide vests and car bombs. AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE.
Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
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Syria Kuwait
Suspending Embassy Operations in Syria
The West rethinks tactics on Syria
US shuts Syria embassy
Russia has extracted a commitment from Syria to end bloodshe
A head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, in an annual state-backed rally, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
A World At Risk
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The psychology of the war with Iran
Russian FM in Syria amid escalating violence
Britain will help Syrian rebels says Cameron as Assad army b
Gulf states to expel Syrian envoys, recall their own
U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the G8 Summit, in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 9, 2009
It’s risky to attack Iran: Obama
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UAE Egypt
Education Council rolls out mobile app
Man accused of leaking company information
Woman submits waiver in murder case
UAE 'equipped to handle any leak from sunken ship'
Grocer in fruits and vegetables section, Dubai UAE
2011 food import to Dubai rises by 18 per cent
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Oman: Between a rock and a hard place
Ban Voices Sadness After Deadly Clashes At Egyptian Soccer
Egypt braces for early presidential polls
Arabic calligraphy exhibition from Feb 16
A head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, in an annual state-backed rally, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
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Jordan Iran
Hale and Blair discuss Middle East peace in Jordan
Turkey, Europe And Middle East Seek Balance In Islamic Count
Football and the Arab Spring February 4, 2012
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
Vitaly Churkin, U.N. Russian Ambassador speaks at a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 during emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia after France requested discussion of a new draft plan to end the hostiliti
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
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October trial set in NY Saudi ambassador plot case
Palestinians shift focus from Israel to unity
Save Syria, bargain with the Devil
Iran parliament summons president for questioning
A head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, in an annual state-backed rally, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
A World At Risk
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