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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.
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
 Al Jazeera 
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
| The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in ... (photo: AP)
This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here.
Crimes   Panama   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Manuel Noriega  
 The Australian 
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised with a suspected stroke
| FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised for what officials have described as "hypertension with a possibility of a stroke". | The 77-year-old Noriega, who is incarc... (photo: AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference at the Security Conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany  Newsday 
Clinton warns aid to Egypt could be halted
| MUNICH -- U.S. Secretary of State on Saturday issued a new warning to Egypt that the failure to resolve a bitter dispute over the status of nongovernmental pro-democracy groups may lead to the loss ... (photo: AP / Matthias Schrader)
Aid   Democracy   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Policemen place a Brazilian flag at a top point of the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Rio's most dangerous slum that was the backbone of the city's biggest drug gang was taken by 2,600 police and soldiers Sunday, an unprecedented accomplishment by authorities in their fight to secure this seaside metropolis that will host the 2016 Olympics.  Al Jazeera 
Murders soar in Brazil city as police strike
| The Brazilian government has sent federal troops to the state of Bahia to restore order after a labour strike by police opened the door to a crime wave, authorities said. | By Saturday, th... (photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil   Crime   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Crime in Brazil  
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Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Al Jazeera
Greece faces 'deadline to clinch bailout'
| Greece has only one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister has said, warning ... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Debt   Finance   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis  
Equatorial Guinea national team sing their country national anthem during the opening ceremony of the  African Nations Cup soccer opening ceremony at the  Estadio De Malabo stadium. Al Jazeera
Ivory Coast coast to semi-finals
| Didier Drogba had a penalty saved before scoring in each half as Ivory Coast triumphed 3-0 against Equatorial Guinea Saturday in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-fi... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa   Ivory   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the tenth edition of "To Walk the Earth in Safety" at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Austin American Statesman
Clinton presses Ukraine on former PM's legal case
| MUNICH — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing Ukrainian authorities to quickly resolve the criminal case brought against former Prime Minist... (photo: AP / Luis M. Alvarez)
Legal   Munich   Photos   Ukraine   Wikipedia/Hillary Rodham Clinton  
Lone Pine Peak, just left of Mt. Whitney and the rest of the Sierra Nevada, dominates the views west of town Al Jazeera
Will Republicans suggest an economic cure in Nevada?
| - As the Republican candidates depart the southeast United States to head to Nevada, one topic seems to have escaped their attention entirely: a credible economic cure ... (photo: Creative Commons / Bobak Ha'Eri)
Economy   Nevada   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Nevada  
Eyes specialty hospital in Jordan for Iraqi eyes peoples surgery Al Jazeera
Jordan hospitals struggle with Libya patients
" />" /> | Jordan's hospitals are struggling to cope with thousands of Libyans who were injured during the country's uprising. | Some of the Libyan patients are... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Arab   Jordan   Libya   Photos   Wikipedia: Jordan  
In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, members of the NYPD Counterterrorism unit talk outside the old federal courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New York. The Examiner
NYPD on high-alert to protect city from Iranian-backed terrorists
| New York's Police Commissioner  Ray Kelly has increased security at the Israeli consulate, synagogues and other Jewish cultural institutions throughout all fi... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer, File)
City   Commissioner   Photos   Terrorists   Wikipedia/Nypd  
Opposition demonstrators carry a banner reading "Dissenters' march" during an anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Police thwarted an anti-Kremlin protest organized by chess great Garry Kasparov's opposition group Sunday, seizing demonstrators and shoving them into trucks. Later About 50 protesters, one with a banner of Kasparov's group United Civil Front, which is part of Other Russia, gathered at another site in central Moscow and marched about 1 kilometer (half a mile) along a major street, shouting slogans such as "Russia without Putin!" before they disper Al Jazeera
Rival Putin rallies hold protests in Moscow
| Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the Russian capital to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power, a month before he s... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
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