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Nigeria's former military leader Ibrahim Babangida, right, welcomes Britain's Foreign Minister Jack Straw at a lecture in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 14 2006. Straw said Tuesday that Africa is an attractive base for terrorists looking to launch worldwide attacks and that the risk is set to grow over the next decade. Straw is on a three-day visit to Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and largest oil producer.
Iraq   Legal   Photos   Straw   War		  The Daily Mail 
Jack Straw denies ignoring advice on legality of Iraq war
Mon 8 Feb 2010
Jack Straw hit back today at claims that he ignored legal advice that the Iraq war would be unlawful without further United Nations backing. He insisted he gave serious attention to a warning from his... (photo: AP)
Iraqi and US soldiers fire a howitzer during a live fire exercise in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. (AP Photo)
International   Iraq   Photos   United Nations   War		  The Independent 
Straw denies ignoring Iraq war legal advice
Mon 8 Feb 2010
Jack Straw hit back today at claims that he ignored legal advice that the Iraq war would be unlawful without further United Nations backing. He insisted he gave serious attention to a warning from his... (photo: AP)
Lalit Modi the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Cricket Premier League (IPL) speaks during the Global Sport Summit in London, Friday Oct. 23, 2008.  Sky Sports  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Overseas plans for IPL
The Indian Premier League is set to stage tournaments outside India, chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi has confirmed. Security concerns surrounding the country's elections eventually forced the... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Cricket   India   Photos   Security   Sports
Palestinian children take part in a protest organized by the Hamas movement in front of the Rafah border crossing on July 13, 2009 calling Egypt to open its border with the impoverished Gaza Strip. Britain has revoked five Israeli arms export licenses over the Gaza war, refusing to supply replacement parts to navy gunships used in the offensive, officials and reports said. Israel launched its devastating three-week war on Gaza last December. More than 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in the offensive that has been widely criticized around the globe  The Star  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Palestinians to urge again for Gaza inquiry - prosecutor

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Palestinian Authority officials will present more arguments in March urging the International Criminal Court to investigate possible war crimes during the Israeli offensive in... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Israel   Palestinians   Photos   War
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers his speech at a ceremony honoring the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday once again turned his fiery rhetoric on Israel and saying that it will soon disappear from the world map. Ahmadinejad was speaking at a ceremony honoring the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on his death anniversar The Star Mon 8 Feb 2010
ANALYSIS - Revolution day will put Iran's disunity on show
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling over the legacy and even the legitimacy of an Islamic revolution that triumphed 31 years ago this week. No compromise is in... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Ahmadinejad   Disunity   Iran   Photos   Revolution
Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian youth during clashes in Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Middle East Online Mon 8 Feb 2010
Israeli forces raid Palestinian East Jerusalem

JERUSALEM - Israeli security forces raided on Monday a Palestinian refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, arresting 11 people in what police said was an operation aimed... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
Israel   Jerusalem   Palestinians   Photos   Police
Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw arrives to speak at the Iraq Inquiry in London,Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. BBC News Mon 8 Feb 2010
Blix: Straw 'gave incorrect answers' to Iraq inquiry

Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw gave some incorrect answers to the UK's Iraq war inquiry, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said. Mr Blix told the BBC... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Iraq   Photos   UK   UN   War   Mideast
INDIA--FASHION-WEEK The Hindu Mon 8 Feb 2010
Providing a cohesive platform for Indian designers
... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi   Fashion   Indi   Photos   Society
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, gestures during a news conference in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. WorldNews.com Sun 7 Feb 2010
Redeeming the Berlin Conference and Bismarck

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. As German President Horst Koehler visits South Korea in preparation to host the G-20 Summit in November, and while... (photo: AP / Gero Breloer)
Berlin   Iran   Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Politics
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki attends the media during the annual Munich Security conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 China Daily Sun 7 Feb 2010
Mixed reactions from powers on Iran nuclear issue

MUNICH, Germany: While the United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign of Iranian concessions on its nuclear program and might opt for added pressure,... (photo: AP / Matthias Schrader)
Iran   Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Politics   UN


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Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan. Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times
U.S. Army Private First Class.Tobie Cable of Regimental Higher Headquarters Troop, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard participates in training on 12 Dec,2009 in preparation for a scheduled deployment to Iraq at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Hattiesburg Mississippi. This will be the units second tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in five years and is the largest unit in the state.(RELEASED). US troops who have died while serving in Iraq and Kuwait Hartford Courant
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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. From left are, Budget Director Peter Orszag, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and the president. Obama Challenges Terrorism Critics Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
President Barack Obama speaks about health care in the Rose Garden of the White House Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner The Boston Globe
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