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People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Jakarta Globe 
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal, o... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Iraq under U.S. Military Occupation  
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak answers questions during a press conference after the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Lubomir Galko in Bratislava, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. The Boston Globe 
Israel says Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line
| DAVOS, Switzerland-Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday the world must quickly stop Iran from reaching the point where even a "surgical" military strike could not block it from obtaining ... (photo: AP / CTK, Jan Koller)
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Ehud Barak  
Bank of India - national bank in India The Times Of India 
Bank of India sees subdued growth in corporate loans
MUMBAI: State-run lender Bank of India expects a subdued growth for its corporate loan book in the coming quarters and will be cautious about lending to risky sectors, senior officials said, as increa... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Hurt Lands Special BAFTA Prize
| Veteran actor John Hurt will be the toast of the upcoming British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards after landing the outstanding achievement honour. | The 72 year old, who already ... (photo: GFDL / Georges Seguin )
Arts   Celebrity   Photos   Star   Wikipedia: John Hurt  
Ducks - Avian Flu - Bird Flu Sydney Morning Herald 
Bird flu detected in Victoria
| AAP | At least 10,000 ducks will have to be destroyed to contain an outbreak of bird flu at two Victorian farms. | The virus found in birds on the two properties is a low pathogenic avian influenza ... (photo: WN / hend)
Disease   Health   News   Photos   Wikipedia: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1  
Activists of right wing all-women Dukhtaran-E-Milat (Daughters of the Faith) hold placard as they demonstrate in Srinagar on January 27, 2012. The Siasat Daily 
Kashmir women's group seeks Aafia Siddiqui's release
| Srinagar, January 27: Muslim women separatist group, Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) headed by Asiya Andrabi, staged a demonstration in Srinagar Friday, demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqu... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Aafia Siddiqui   Women  
CRPF 's Naxalite hunt- India- Terrorism The Siasat Daily 
Become ‘junglee’ to take on Reds: CRPF DG
| New Delhi, January 27: Giving a new mantra to over 70,000 CRPF troops engaged in anti-Naxal operations, its chief K Vijay Kumar has asked them to turn 'junglee' (inhabitants of forests) and hit the ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi   India   Photos   Police   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Central Reserve Police Force  
Victims of fire at AMRI, Kolkata - India The Siasat Daily 
West Bengal: 2 Doctors Arrested in Connection with AMRI Hospital Fire
| Kokata, January 27: senior doctors of AMRI Hospital, Dr. Mani Chettri and Dr. Pranab Dasgupta have been taken into custody today in connection with the death of 93 people. They are members of the ho... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Amri   Bengal   Doctors   Hospital   Photos   Wikipedia: Kolkata  
Milk-Food-India. The Siasat Daily 
Food inflation in negative zone
| New Delhi, January 27: Food inflation remained in the negative zone for the fourth week in a row, at (-)1.03 per cent for the week ended January 14, on account of cheaper vegetables. | Food inflatio... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Economy   Food   Inflation   Photos   Wikipedia: Inflation  
A Syrian army defector, waves the Syrian revolution flag and shouts slogans shortly after he defected with other soldiers and join the anti-Syrian regime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 Irish Times 
UN to discuss action on Syria
| France's UN mission said the Security Council would meet behind closed doors today to discuss the next steps regarding Syria, with council envoys saying the 15-nation body would likely get a new Wes... (photo: AP)
Photos   Protests   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
File - A woman suspected of being a Gadhafi loyalist is seen behind bars inside a detention facility in Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Zeenews 
Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata
Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   Torture   Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war  
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra  - India- Politics Kashmir Observer 
Vohra Calls for Vigil on Frontiers
| Jammu, Jan 27: Jammu and Kashmir Governor, N. N. Vohra, Thursday said that “adversary elements” operating from across the borders had not given up their “malicious resolve to disturb and desta... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Jammu   Kashmir   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Kashmir  
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A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency? BBC News
India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gestures in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during the eleventh day of his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. I have never advocated violence, says Anna Hazare Indian Express
Fidel Castro speaks during a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. Fidel Castro writes again after long break Boston Herald
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Remembering Howard Zinn Al Jazeera
Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Saad el-Katatni, right, Mohamed Morsi, centre, and Essam el-Erian hold a press conference on the latest situation in Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Muslim Brotherhood not in Egypt presidency race Zeenews
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Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting, center, and fellow team members acknowledge the applause from the crowd after their win in the Cricket World Cup Group A match between Australia and Kenya in Bangalore, India, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Australia won by 60 runs.
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak answers questions during a press conference after the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Lubomir Galko in Bratislava, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.
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A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.

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