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UN Envoy Urges Serbia and Kosovo to Overcome Past Feuds
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UN Envoy Urges Serbia and Kosovo to Overcome Past Feuds
Tue 15 May 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 3:57 pm Press Release: UN News UN Envoy Urges Serbia and Kosovo to Overcome Past Feuds and Seek Stability New York, May 14 2012 - The United Nations envoy in Kosovo today called... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S.
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Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Mon 14 May 2012
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan stipulating a truce and dialogue... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts)
A Syrian rebel walks past destroyed shops at al-Bayada neighborhood in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. A Syrian opposition leader said Friday the regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country.  BBC News  Mon 14 May 2012
Syrian clashes 'kill 23 soldiers' in Rastan
At least 23 soldiers have died in clashes in the central Syrian city of Rastan, according to activists. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens were wounded in the attack in... (photo: AP)
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Syrian unrest spills into Lebanon  Business Day  Mon 14 May 2012
Syrian unrest spills into Lebanon
THE violence in Syria spread to neighbouring Lebanon yesterday with deadly clashes between Alawite supporters of President Bashar al-Assad and opponents, security officials said. In Syria at least 27... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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Indian village in the Maharashtra - Konkan area - rural area The Times of India Mon 14 May 2012
Jairam Ramesh asks UNDP to suggest ways for ‘greening’ rural development
Tweet NEW DELHI: With an eye to mainstreaming sustainability, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has reached out to the United Nations Development Programme to... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the opening session of the sixth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which was adopted in New York on 10 September 1996 and has been signed, to date, by 181 States. United Nations Sun 13 May 2012
Ban welcomes South Sudan's withdrawal of police from disputed Abyei area
The disputed town of Abyei was the scene of renewed violence in May 2011 after Sudanese Government forces took over the area. UN Photo/Stuart Price12 May 2012 –... (photo: UN / Sophie Paris)
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A shopkeeper runs from his store after riot police came under petrol bomb attack by Bahraini anti-government protesters, unseen, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. The Star Sat 12 May 2012
U.S. resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali)
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File - An Mi-26 heavy lift cargo helicopter of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) is seen landing as UNMIS troops prepare to depart from their mission site in armoured personnel carriers for a patrol around Abyei town, 26 May, 2011. The Guardian Sat 12 May 2012
UN: South Sudan pulls police out of disputed Abyei
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan has pulled its police force out of the disputed Abyei region on the border with Sudan. The... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian man walks in front of destroyed shops and houses where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Huffington Post Fri 11 May 2012
Syria Bombings: Opposition Blames Attacks On Al Qaeda, Regime
TOKYO -- The head of Syria's main opposition group said Friday the twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus appeared to be the work of al-Qaida forces... (photo: AP / SANA)
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Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons Middle East Online Fri 11 May 2012
Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons
UNITED NATIONS - About 4,000 people are still being held in militia detention centres in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday. Ian... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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Israeli group wins terror suit against Syria, Iran The Associated Press
"Terrorist Expertise" and the KLA: Russia Warns Against Training Syrian Rebels in Kosovo GlobalResearch
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Israeli tourist take photos at an old abandoned Syrian army post from the 1967 Six Day War at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, on the border with Syria , Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Four decades after an underdog Israeli military campaign that captured the world's imagination, the people of Israel, the Middle East and the world are are still struggling to come to terms with it. The war tripled Israel's size and probably prevented its annihilation. But with victory came burdens, hatreds and many, many deaths for Israelis and the Palestinians in their newly-expanded territor Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan Khaleej Times
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The Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi Assam plans new cells to tackle Maoists, fake currency Newstrack India
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Afghan National Army soldiers secure the gate of the military hospital after Arsala Rahmani, a former Taliban official turned Afghan peace negotiator, was killed by an unknown attacker in western Kabul, Sunday, May 13, 2012. Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul France24
FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, then Taliban Army Supreme Commander talks to reporters in Miram Shah, Waziristan, Pakistan. US lawmakers want Haqqani network named 'terrorist' group The Times of India
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Pentagon, May 11, 2012. Leaks that revealed British agent's role in foiled bomb plot investigated by FBI The Independent
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