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Afghan police take cover following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013.
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 France24 
Taliban launch attack in downtown Kabul
Gunfire and explosions rocked central Kabul on Friday after at least two suicide bombs tore through the Afghan capital, the second attack to hit the city in just over a week. The Taliban have claimed ... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid)
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, Monday March 18, 2013.
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 Al Jazeera 
Russia: Syria agrees to take part in talks
Russia says the Syrian government had agreed in principle to attend an international peace conference proposed by Russia and the US, and criticised what it called attempts to undermine ... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video)
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013.  Newsday 
Cameron: Britain won't succumb to terror
LONDON -- Prime Minister vowed Thursday that his nation would not succumb to fear and promised a vigorous investigation into the brutal slaying of a British soldier by alleged Islamic extremists on a ... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)
Britain   Defense   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2013 Woolwich attack  
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington  The Miami Herald 
Obama's drone policy at a glance
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out ... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
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In this March 4, 2012 file photo, Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, who was recently nominated by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to head the country's central bank, CNBC
BOJ Kuroda Vows to Calm JGBs, Guide Recovery
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday expressed confidence the central bank can stem bond market volatility with flexible market operations and engineer a stea... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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In this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed by the Korea News Service (KNS) in Tokyo, North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae, center right, tours the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA), an industrial park in the southern part of Beijing, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The Guardian
Chinese media: North Korea envoy offers talks
BEIJING (AP) — A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks,... (photo: AP)
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Japan's newly-named Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe smiles as he waves at the media upon his arrival at the prime minister's official residence following his election at Parliament in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. BBC News
Japan PM Shinzo Abe heads to Burma for economic talks
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is heading to Burma in the first visit by a Japanese head of government since 1977. | A business delegation will accompany Mr Abe, who is keen to s... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt stands in court before the judge enters to announce the verdict for his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013. BBC News
Was there genocide in Guatemala?
Two names are synonymous with the violence of Guatemala's 36-year-long civil war. | One is Dos Erres, a village in the jungle of the Peten region which was wiped fro... (photo: AP / Moises Castilo)
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President Barack Obama talks alone with General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  after attending the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 8, 2013. BBC News
Obama shows a strong commitment to the drone programme
The CIA-directed drone strikes are increasingly unpopular. In response, US President Barack Obama has brought targeted killings out of the shadows - but just a bit. | On ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The Irish Times
John Kerry reaches out in effort to restart Middle East peace talks
United States secretary of state John Kerry is pushing ahead with efforts to resume Middle East peace talks despite no signs of a diplomatic breakthrough. | Yesterday he ... (photo: AP / Jim Young)
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Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC, Food Security A Sustainable Strategy; World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco, 28 October 2010. Scoop
Global Economic Growth Sluggish, Prospect of Improvement
Friday, 24 May 2013, 9:44 am | Press Release: UN News | Global Economic Growth Still Sluggish, With Prospect of Gradual Improvement â€" UN Report | New York, May 23 2013 ... (photo: Creative Commons)
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File - Airmen of the 432d Air Expeditionary Wing surpassed the 600,000 flight hour mark in the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system Sept. 4, 2009, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The Independent
President Barack Obama defends drone strikes - but moves to rein them in
President Barack Obama combined a vigorous defence of his controversial use of drones with a no less impassioned demand for the closure of the notorious prison at Guantan... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Newsday
Cameron: Britain won't succumb to terror
LONDON -- Prime Minister vowed Thursday that his nation would not succumb to fear and promised a vigorous investigation into the brutal slaying of a British soldier by al... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)
Britain   Defense   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2013 Woolwich attack  
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington The Miami Herald
Obama's drone policy at a glance
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential p... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Barack Obama   Counterterrorism   Guantanamo   Photos   Wikipedia: War on Terror  
A supporter of President Barack Obama uses a digital camera to snap a picture during a fundraiser at Southern Maine Community College, Friday, March, 30, 2012 in Portland, Maine. The New York Times
Obama Lifts Ban on Guantanamo Transfers to Yemen
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the coun... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Guantanamo   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp   Yemen  
Roy Antoine, 64, of Brooklyn, holds a sign in a support of Trayvon Martin before a candlelight vigil in Union Square to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of the Florida teenager by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman in Florida, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in New York. Huffington Post
New Trayvon Martin Case Evidence: Defense Team Releases Photos, Texts Of Teen Had On His Phone
ORLANDO, Fla. -- George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone ahead of a hearing that wi... (photo: AP / John Minchillo)
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A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013.
'Soldier' killed in London attack
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- IMF chief avoids French criminal charges
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ARCHIV: Der Praesident der Europaeischen Zentralbank (EZB), Mario Draghi, blickt in Frankfurt am Main waehrend der Pressekonferenz nach der EZB-Ratssitzung zu den Medienvertretern (Foto vom 02.08.12). Mario Draghi unterstuetzt die Idee, eine Art Oberkontrolleur fuer den Euro einzufuehren. Draghi sagte dem Nachrichtenmagazin "Der Spiegel" in einem am Sonntag (28.10.12) vorab veroeffentlichten Interview: "Ich unterstuetze den Vorschlag ausdruecklich".
Europe needs a more European UK, says ECB president
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- Indian teams falter at final hurdle, finish second in Asia
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A peacock near forest in India - national bird of India
Bihar to turn village into peacock breeding centre
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- Family pay tribute to 'hero' in terror attack
- Obama signals easing, not end, of drone strikes on Pakistan
- Taleban attack central Kabul
- US drone strikes in Pak territory illegal: Govt
- Obama looking for way to end America's 'war on terro
- Shot suspect's neighbours tell of Islam conversion
In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, Monday March 18, 2013.
Russia: Syria agrees to take part in talks
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- Ecuador's president sworn in for 3rd term
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Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC, Food Security A Sustainable Strategy; World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco, 28 October 2010.
Global Economic Growth Sluggish, Prospect of Improvement
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French President Francois Hollande greets well-wishers during his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu, Mali, Saturday Feb. 2, 2013.
French President Defends Mali War After Attacks
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- The Conversation: Natalie Bennett, Green Party leader
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Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt stands in court before the judge enters to announce the verdict for his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013.
Was there genocide in Guatemala?
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