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Breaking News Wed, 8 Feb 2012
Egyptians pass a police checkpoint near the `Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Court   Egypt   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
 Atlanta Journal 
Egypt's army deploys troops to reinforce police
Wed 8 Feb 2012
| CAIRO — Egypt's state news agency says the military has deployed troops to the country's streets to reinforce the police, restore security and state "prestige." Egyptian investigative judges S... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Unnamed Baby Elephant
Conservation   Photos   Wikipedia: Elephant   Wildlife   Zimbabwe  
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6-week-old lone elephant calf dies in Zimbabwe
Wed 8 Feb 2012
| Conservationists in Zimbabwe said Wednesday round-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed. The six-week-old calf who has been hand fed for... (photo: Creative Commons / Zootycoon2freak)
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 file photo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Conference organizers say the global diamond industry's oversight body has failed to reach a hoped-for compromise with Zimbabwe to export its vast stockpile of diamonds. Israel Diamond Institute spokeswoman Sharon Gefen said talks by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme ended Thursday without a deal.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)  The Independent  Wed 8 Feb 2012
Mugabe general 'killed in blaze' cannot be exhumed, says court
| The inquest is being watched for signs of divisions in Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party, where General Mujuru's wife, Joyce, was among the leading candidates to replace the veteran President. Wi... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
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Assaid Ibrahim, 23, lies burned and with a broken leg as his brother, above left, speaks to a friend who was with him when he was wounded in an attack by pro-Gadhafi forces, at the hospital in Ajdabiya, Libya, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Fierce fighting between rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces was reported midway between the eastern cities of Ajdabiya and Brega on Saturday, with a hospital supervisor in Ajdabiya reporting at least six rebels killed and 21 wounded in the battle.  BBC News  Wed 8 Feb 2012
Treatment plan for Libya war victims turns into scandal
One of the first announcements made by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) after the fall of Tripoli last August was a promise to all those wounded in the fight against former leader Muammar G... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
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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. The Star Wed 8 Feb 2012
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 wh... (photo: AP / Pete Muller)
Business   China   Khartoum   Photos   Wikipedia: Sudan  
A Syrian man cleans while attached to his shop is a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic words reading: We love you, Welders homes peace on you," in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. WPXI Tue 7 Feb 2012
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| Russian foreign minister pushes reforms in Syria as bloodshed intensifies | BEIRUT (AP) — Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Peace   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012)  
Giraffe three behind tree Daily Press Tue 7 Feb 2012
At Dallas Zoo: Will giraffes accept the elephants?
Last September when I visited the Dallas Zoo, I learned about its pioneering efforts to re-create an African savanna by mixing elephants and hoofed critters. Although oth... (photo: GFDL / Hok)
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Dallas Zoo   Wildlife  
 Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. Army, former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, talks to reporters at a press briefing in the Pentagon on June 13, 2007. Dempsey told reporters about the progress in the development, trainin The Charlotte Observer Tue 7 Feb 2012
U.S. Gen. Dempsey heads to Egypt with relations on line
| WASHINGTON — With $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid and a three-decade relationship hanging in the balance, U.S. officials said Tuesday that Army Gen. Mart... (photo: DoD / D. Myles Cullen)
Egypt   Military   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
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. The Examiner Tue 7 Feb 2012
A World At Risk
In a world that is filled with continued atrocities against man and nature how can any one individual survive, let alone prosper? A sobering question considering the comp... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Century   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Politics of the United States   World  
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, in New Delhi on February 07, 2012. The Times Of India Tue 7 Feb 2012
Concern over tax evasion: India, Mauritius vow to early pact
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over Mauritius being used as a major route for avoidance of taxes on investments by Indian companies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his count... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   India   Mauritius   Photos   Wikipedia: Mauritius  
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. CNN Tue 7 Feb 2012
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 w... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
Egypt   FIFA   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes  


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