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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55.
Afghanistan   Crime   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jonathan Idema  
 The Independent 
The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
| Variously described as a conman, a fantasist, a sociopath, and a super-patriot, Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema died alone on Saturday of complications relating to Aids, a police official in t... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.
Iran   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: IranUnited States relations  
 Pakalert Press 
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. | “America is determi... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jaipal Reddy addressing a press conference after the bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Mr. Asim Hussain, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.  The Times Of India 
India, Pakistan say strategy soon for gas import from Turkmenistan
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are closer to agreeing on a transit fee and a joint strategy to develop gas fields and import the hydrocarbon via pipeline from the central asian republic of Turkmenistan... (photo: PIB of India / )
Delhi   Gas   India   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Indo-Pakistani relations  
Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari, steps down as he make his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field  The Boston Globe 
How an embargo of Iranian oil could affect markets
| NEW YORK-The U.S. and Europe are trying to stop Iran, the world's third-biggest oil exporter, from selling crude. Iran's response is to threaten to disrupt shipments from the entire Middle East. | Y... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Europe   Iran   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Top Stories
File - A Ugandan company commander serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 7th Battalion stands in a trench along the frontline in the Yaaqshiid District of Mogadishu, where AMISOM forces have pushed Al Shabaab militants beyond the city's northern fringes, 23 November, 2011. All Africa
Somalia May Be Kenya's Afghanistan, but Its Army Doesn't Get It
iMaverick (Johannesburg)- Kenya just doesn't seem to get it. Lost in the minutiae of military detail, a Kenyan army colonel claimed they were at the halfway point of thei... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
Africa   Kenya   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab  
President Barack Obama speaks from the White House briefing room, Sunday, July 31, 2011, in Washington, about a deal being reached to raise the debt limit. The Star
Iran slams EU oil embargo, warns could hit U.S.
| TEHRAN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran accused Europeans on Monday of waging "psychological warfare" after the EU banned imports of Iranian oil, and U.S. President Barack Oba... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Business   Iran   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Distillation of Crude Oil unit The Guardian
Oil extends gains as EU bans Iranian crude
SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures extended gains in early Asian trade on Tuesday due to concerns over supply after the European Union agreed to ban imports... (photo: Public Domain / Fredoues)
Asia   Crude   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: Oil reserves in Iran  
An Iranian security directs media at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, with the reactor building seen in the background, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Al Jazeera
EU set to hit Iran with new sanctions
| European Union governments are expected to finalise new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme on Monday, including plans to phase in an oil embargo... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
EU   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, Minister of Defense, participate in the Afghanistan Independence Day celebration held at the Ministry of National Defense in Kabul, Aug. 19, 2011. The Boston Globe
Afghan president sends condolences to France
| KABUL, Afghanistan-Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered his condolences to France's defense minister on Sunday, following the killing of four French troops by an Afgha... (photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor)
Afghanistan   Karzai   Photos   Sarkozy   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Iranian rescuers scour the waters for victims of a capsized boat, at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, some 1300 miles (2100 kilometers) south east of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. The boat sank Saturday evening while sailing between Hormuz Island and the port city of Bandar Abbas on the mainland. (AP Photo/Sami Hozni) Al Jazeera
Many drown in Iran boat accident
| At least 16 people have died after a passenger boat sank off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency has reported. | The boat sank on Saturday ev... (photo: AP / Sami Hozni)
Accident   Iran   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran  
NIGHT PATROL - U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol to deter insurgent activity. WorldNews.com
From Scattered Grains to Scattered Harvests
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Just like the more recent and devastating preemptive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, no one is certain how many tens of tho... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Cpl. Seth Maggard)
Abuse   Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Video of US troops urinating on Taliban fighters  
French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks to French troops at the 152nd Infantry Regiment military base in Tora in the region of Surobi, Afghanistan Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The Guardian
France threatens early exit from Afghanistan
| JAMEY KEATEN | Associated Press= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — France's threat Friday to withdraw early from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier killed four French troops... (photo: AP / Philippe Wojazer, Pool)
Afghanistan   France   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
 A view of Israel´s Sorek nuclear reactor center near the central Israeli town of Yavne is seen in this July 5, 2004 file photo. Israeli soldiers will begin distributing pills against radiation sickness in cities near Israel´s two nuclear reac Pakalert Press
Pressure Israel, Not Iran. Israel has an Arsenal of 200-300 Nuclear Weapons…
Share | Prof. Marjorie Cohn | Global Research | Neocons in Israel and the United States are escalating their rhetoric to prepare us for war with Iran. Even the infamous J... (photo: AP/str)
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear weapons and Israel  
Politics & Government Business & Finance
- Afghan president in UK to discuss French troop withdrawal
- France Seeks Speedier Afghan Handover
- US lawmakers' meeting sets back Obama's Afghan agend
- France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
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In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
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Society & Culture Entertainment
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Jan Kubis (centre, in red tie), the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrives in Kabul to take up his post, 17 January, 2011.
UN's new Afghan envoy heartened by talk of peace
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- Hrithik Roshan's 'Agneepath' breaks first day bo
- Nicolas Cage Wants to Haunt A Japan-Set 'Wicker Man'
- KPK screens antigraft films
- Nicolas Cage wants Wicker Man sequel: "Except this time
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- Optimism as U.S. Transfers Security Control to Afghans in Ja
- Kyrgyzstan: Prisoners Sew Mouths Shut in Protest
- France Seeks Speedier Afghan Handover
- France to Speed Troops’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Jan Kubis (centre, in red tie), the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrives in Kabul to take up his post, 17 January, 2011.
UN's new Afghan envoy heartened by talk of peace
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- Cricket: Australia mop up terrible India 4-0
- Australia v India
- Pakistan v England, day four - over-by-over report
- Match report: Australia crush India by 298 runs to complete
India's Virender Sehwag catches the ball while playing Australia on the second day in their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. India made 191 in their first innings.
Sehwag's cameo was not what India needed
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Trade & Industry Terrorism
- Third act for Irish Eurosong contest revealed
- Gazprom to Speed Up Drilling of Tajikistan's Deepest Wel
- Kyrgyzstan has energy crisis during very cold winter
- France to resume Afghanistan training mission
The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jaipal Reddy addressing a press conference after the bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Mr. Asim Hussain, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.
India, Pakistan say strategy soon for gas import from Turkmenistan
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- Emboldened Taliban Try to Sell Softer Image
- Afghanistan nation building: The impossible dream
- The Death of a Poser
- The LWOT: Guilty plea in Maryland terrorism case
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55.
The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
more