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Breaking News Sun, 20 May 2012
President Barack Obama arrives to brief journalists following the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md.
Government   Obama   Photos   Politics   President
 Jakarta Globe 
NATO Protesters Planned Obama HQ Attack: Police
Sun 20 May 2012
Chicago. Three men have been charged with plotting to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and lob Molotov cocktails at police as days of protest heated up ahead of a NATO summit... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, second from right, the new commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, visits with U.S., NATO and Afghan forces at checkpoint 91 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 9, 2010
Afghanistan   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
 The Dallas Morning News 
How Obama's strategy on Afghanistan war evolved
Sun 20 May 2012
This article is adapted from “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power,” to be published by Crown on June 5. It was just one brief exchange about Afghanistan with... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail)
Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis  Japan Times  Sat 19 May 2012
Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has agreed with European Union leaders to work together in addressing Europe's sovereign debt crisis, a Japanese official said. Noda was quoted as... (photo: EC / EC)
Debt   Europe   Japan   Leaders   Photos   Wikipedia: Yoshihiko Noda
Our enemy is not only the Taliban, we're fighting time  DNA India  Sat 19 May 2012
Our enemy is not only the Taliban, we're fighting time
The American paratroopers crouched in silence as the roar and dust of the Chinook helicopters receded. The only illumination of their heavy-laden figures was the desert starlight and the ghostly glow... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Enemy   Fighting   Photos   Taliban   Troops   Wikipedia: Taliban
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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju - India- Politics The Hindu Sat 19 May 2012
China poses no threat to India: Pallam Raju
China posed no threat to India despite border dispute but the country was equipping itself well and having a strong deterrence posture so that no adversary took it for... (photo: PIB of India)
China   Defence   India   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of China–India relations
File - British Army Lt. Gen. James Bucknall, the International Security Assistance Force deputy commander, speaks with Afghan National Army soldiers during his visit to Joint Combat Outpost Pul-e-Sayad, Afghanistan, April 27, 2011. The Daily Telegraph Sat 19 May 2012
Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete
Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. Despite the winding down of... (photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Soldiers defy government and march Belfast Telegraph Sat 19 May 2012
Soldiers defy government and march
Hundreds of former and would-be soldiers in Haiti have refused government orders to disband and marched through the capital, many in mismatched uniforms. A United Nations... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
Haiti   Mission   Photos   Police   UN   Wikipedia: Haiti
Yemeni policemen sit in a pickup truck in front of Sanaa's International airport in Yemen, Sunday, April 8, 2012. BBC News Sat 19 May 2012
Yemen's hidden war with al-Qaeda
Since 12 May fierce fighting has been raging in southern Yemen between government forces, backed by US advisers, and Islamist militants allied to al-Qaeda in the Arabian... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed)
Photos   Qaeda   War   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution   Yemen
An Afghan villager unlocks the door of a suspected homemade explosives factory for U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Al Jazeera Fri 18 May 2012
The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion
Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2012 Chicago Summit
In this Monday, May 14, 2012 photo, a girl walks past Syrian rebels at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. France24 Fri 18 May 2012
Syria-wide protests urged as Qaeda fears grows
AFP - Anti-regime activists have called for Syria-wide protests on Friday in support of students in Aleppo, a day after thousands of them rallied, emboldened by the... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan)
Al Qaeda   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
House OKs continued war in Afghanistan Tulsa World Fri 18 May 2012
House OKs continued war in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Troops   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan


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