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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, waves during an election campaign in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Election   Mayawati   Photos   Uttar Pradesh   Wikipedia: Mayawati  
 The Hindu 
For Mayawati, a do-or-die battle
As the serried ranks of dalits, men and women, stoic determination on their faces, silently marched into Sitapur, 85 km north of Lucknow on February 1, from where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati... (photo: AP / Sucheta Das))
Dr. Lobsang Sangay.
China   Leader   Photos   Tibet   Wikipedia: Lobsang Sangay  
 Star Tribune 
Exile Tibetan prime minister blames Chinese rule for immolations, clashes in Tibet
| DHARMSALA, India - Chinese repression has lead to the self-immolations of nearly two dozen Tibetans and deadly clashes with Chinese authorities, the head of Tibet's government-in-exile said Wednesda... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
2010 Toyota Kluger (GSU40R MY11) KX-S wagon, photographed in Chullora, New South Wales, Australia.  CNBC 
Asia stocks up following surge on Wall Street
| BANGKOK - Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as Greece appeared close to a deal with creditors to cut its massive debts and avoid a chaotic bankruptcy. | Japan's Nikkei 225... (photo: Public Domain / OSX)
Bangkok   Economy   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Toyota  
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, unseen, at the Foreign Office in central London, Monday, June 27, 2011.  The Independent 
UK rules out military action or arming Syrian rebels
| David Cameron chaired a meeting of the National Security Council which agreed to increase sanctions against the regime and to strengthen links with opposition leaders. | The Government also reacted ... (photo: AP / Carl Court, pool)
Military   Photos   Syria   UK   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising  
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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
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  
110512-F-CU844-220       Army Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Silvernale yells commands to his troops during air assault training in Alaskas Chugach Mountain Range on May 12, 2011.  Silvernale is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment.  DoD photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross, U.S. Air Force.  (Released) The News & Observer
Admiral: Special ops to streamline in Afghan war
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By PAULINE JELINEK - Associated Press By PAULINE JELINEK Tags: | WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. mi... (photo: US DoD / enior Airman Christopher Gross, U.S. Air Force)
Mideast   Photos   Police   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam and his wife Mrs. Veena Ramgoolam, at the ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on February 07, 2012. Newstrack India
Mauritius PM arrives India for his six-day visit
| New Delhi, Feb 6: | Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam today arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi with a high level of delegates, busi... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   India   Mauritius   Photos   Wikipedia: Navin Ramgoolam  
In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo, the Maldives Police special force officers detain an opposition supporter during a protest in Male, Maldives. The Guardian
Maldives president quits after weeks of protest
| MALE, Maldives (AP) — The president of the island nation of Maldives, who became the country's first democratically elected leader in three decades, resigned Tuesday ... (photo: AP / Sinan Hussain)
Democracy   Maldives   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Mohamed Nasheed  
File - An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft prepares for takeoff in support of operations in Southwest Asia. The Examiner
The horror of Obama's Predator drone program
| Glenn Greenwald's recent piece for Salon details how US Predator drones are deliberately targeting those who show up at the scene of an attack and t... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
Defence   Pakistan   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan  
A floor trader looks on the stock price at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday, May 7, 2010. Investors dumped shares across the board in Asia after the Dow Jones industrials plunged 1,000 points at one point Thursday, the biggest drop ever during a trading day, amid fears that Greece's debt problems could halt the global economic recovery. A technical glitch is suspected of contributing to the plunge. The Times Of India
Asia stocks muted as Greek debt talks drag on
Asia stocks muted as Greek debt talks drag on | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleAP | Feb 7, 2012, 11.40AM IST BANGK... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
Business   Economy   Stock   Wikipedia: Stock   photo  
Don't want to become political, but can't remain silent: Karmapa The Times Of India
Don't want to become political, but can't remain silent: Karmapa
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | DHARAMSHALA: Reacting to the ongoing spate of self-immolations by monks and alleged persecution of Tibetans in their homeland, Tibetan spirit... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
India   Photos   Politics   Tibet   Wikipedia: Karmapa  
Visit to a Health Center and interaction with community members  Bali Indonesia  SG views a exercise class for pregnant women (practicing Yoga for good health) Kashmir Observer
Pregnant Ladies, New Born To Get Free Medicare: Omar
| Jammu, Feb 06 – Flagging appropriate health care to women and children as an important ingredient in health service expansion and upgradation scheme in the State, Chi... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Children   Free   Health   Photos   Wikipedia/Pregnant Women  
GRAND ISLE, La. - A pair of Chinook helicopters depart  Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., after President Barack Obama addressed the media concerning the ongoing, multi-agency response to the Deepwater Horizon incident, May 28, 2010.  Obama stressed that Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander of the response, has all resources to manage the response at his disposal.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Patrick Kelley. (891117) ( ) Middle East Online
In Iran Dispute, Who’s at Fault?
| As saber-rattling against Iran intensifies, the question of which side in this confrontation really violates international obligations has largely been avoided. | Inste... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 3rd Patrick Kelley.)
Arab   Iran   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Mitt Romney Foreign Policy
Sorry, Mitt: It Won't Be an American Century
| "This century must be an American century," Mitt Romney insisted in a recent speech on foreign policy. "In an American century," the former Massachu... (photo: Creative Commons / rawmustard)
Photos   Politics   Romney   Washington   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Agricultural Policy
- Live election webcast now a success story in assembly poll
- For Mayawati, a do-or-die battle
- Sen. Wyden seeks opinion used in al-Awlaki killing
- >General: Taliban Suicide Bombings Show U.S. ‘Progress
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, waves during an election campaign in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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- China Green Agriculture (CGA) Reports Q2 Earnings of $0.29,
- Mukherjee lays stress on food security challenge as means to
- Maize trail: Coalition for a GM-Free India demands blacklist
- Three-day agri fair A STAFF REPORTER Feb. 6: The Assam Agric
India Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Industrial Minister Partha Chatterjee at Kolkata in Eastern India City
Mukherjee lays stress on food security challenge as means to improve agriculture productivity
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International Relations Climate Change Policy
- US plays down cuts to diplomatic mission in Iraq
- Guilty verdict in theft of Motorola secrets for China
- White House takes on Romney over his criticism of Obama birt
- I was ousted in a coup: Nasheed
In this photo provided by Maldives President's Office, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed announces his resignation in a nationally televised address Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7, 2012 in Male, Maldives.
I was ousted in a coup: Nasheed
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- Google Leads Latest Greenpeace Climate IT Industry Ranking
- Is 'fire ice' wonder fuel buried under the Scottish
- Asia's highest mountains have lost no ice in past 10 yea
- One world with United Nations – there are no lovely altern
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn)
Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim W
- Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria
- Syria security forces kill 34 civilians: rights group
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012.
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
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- Half of India still defecates in the open
- Edakal cave yields one more Tamil-Brahmi inscription
- Guwahati school ranks 25th top school of the country
- India hopes to reach 100 billion dollar trade with China by
Kashmiri muslim remove weed from Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir on July 27, 2011. Pollution is turning the Dal lake, the main tourist draw in the region, into a weed-clogged swamp which is hampering the recovery of the tourism sector in the insurgency racked Himalayan state.
Jammu and Kashmir gets 3.5-billion rupee grant for Dal Lake dwellers
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Nuclear Weapons Terrorism
- Renewed push for nuclear power
- Senators irked by India’s Iran ties, stalled nuclear t
- India wants to see non-nuclear Iran: US
- Emails reveal panic at U.S. nuclear agency as experts were k
In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), a worker walks on the first floor of the No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, early Monday, May 9, 2011.
Japan to join global nuclear compensation pact -paper
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- Indonesia Terror Suspect Denies Jihad Was Motive In Attempt
- U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan - officials
- Extremist gang wanted British recruits for Pakistani terror
- Growing 'Lone Wolf' Terror Threat To UK
File - An RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle from the 432nd Wing out of Creech Air Force Base, Nev., takes off from Aeropuerto Rafael Hernandez outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28, 2010.
U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan - officials
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