
| Rattled, Iran Stirs The Mideast Pot File:Ahmadinejad .jpg... |
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| FBI to assist in war leaks probe Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates hosts a Pentagon meeting with European Union Secretary General and High Representative Javier Solana.... |
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| Portrait of an occupied country A British soldier of International Security Assistance Force patrol as afghan people look on, near the site of a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 11, 2008. A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a dozen, officials said. Clashes and an airstrike in the south killed 25 militants and eight civilians held hostage by insurgen... |
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| Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is welcomed during his arrival at the closing ceremony of the Fatah convention in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.... |
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| British PM works to deepen Indian economic ties David Cameron, foreground centre, leader of the British Conservatives party poses with members of his shadow cabinet, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.... |
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| Pentagon asks FBI to probe leak Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon.... |
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| Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report Roman theater of Amman seen from Amman Citadel, Jordan. Roman theatres were built in all areas of the empire from medieval-day Spain, to the Middle East.... |
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| Arabs agree to direct talks, Abbas ‘must decide’ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he addresses the Palestine Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday July 18 2007. Abbas said Wednesday he would call early elections, harshly denouncing the Islamic Hamas in speech before... |
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| Baghdad attacks leave 16 dead An Iraqi man holds blood-stained clothes at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.... |
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| Karzai doubts allies plan to fight terror Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.... |
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| Afghan war leak may have severe consequences - Gates U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech during the 9th Asia Security Summit on Saturday June 5, 2010 in Singapore.... |
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| Palestinians say direct talks depend on Israel President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.... |
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| Heat Wave Batters Russia A local resident runs near a peat fire in a forest near the town of Lubertsi, southeast of Moscow in Shatura, late Thursday, July 29, 2010.... |
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| Qaeda vows more attacks on Yemen government - tape Yemeni soldiers on patrol in the northern Saada province of Yemen, in a photo taken Saturday, February 19, 2005. Britain said Friday April 8 2005 that it was suspending all operations at its embassy in Yemen after receiving a credible security threat as Yemeni government forces killed more than 70 rebels during two days of clashes in a northern Yemeni town.... |
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| Gunmen and bombs kill at least 12 in Iraq Family members of a victim who was killed in a suicide bombing grieve at his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009.... |
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