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Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his opening address during the 150th Anniversary of Standard Chartered Bank held on on Thursday Feb. 19, 2009.
Business   Photos   Politics   Singapore   Wikipedia: Lee Hsien Loong  
 Japan Times 
Who will support aging Japan?
| Under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore more than a decade ago adopted the growth strategy of making the medical industry the core of the nation's industrial development. |... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E)
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2011. NATO announced on Thursday that it is taking control of the military operation to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya.
Afghanistan   Finance   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: Anders Fogh Rasmussen  
 Austin American Statesman 
NATO chief sees financial aid for Afghan forces
| WASHINGTON — NATO's secretary general says he's optimistic that the international community will continue to finance the Afghan security forces. | Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN'-derz fohg RAHS'-m... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Barack Obama  Independent online 
G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone
The United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations agree that Europe's financial crisis must be addressed with a mix of growth and austerity measures, President Barack Obama ... (photo: Creative Commons / jvh33)
Business   Finance   Greece   Photos  
Bangladesh opposition Nationalist Party or BNP activists applaud during an anti-government rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. BNP has called for a day-long general strike on Feb. 7 to protest against a case filed against its chief Khaleda Zia.  The Guardian 
Bangladesh opposition protests jailed activists
| JULHAS ALAM | Associated Press= DHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of opposition protesters are rallying in Bangladesh's capital to demand that authorities release 33 activists and find a missing opposi... (photo: AP / Pavel Rahman)
Bangladesh   Photos   Politics   Protests   Wikipedia: Bangladesh  
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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 The Dallas Morning News
How Obama's strategy on Afghanistan war evolved
|   | 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 wa... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail)
Afghanistan   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
US exit creates army ripe for recruitment Canberra Times
US exit creates army ripe for recruitment
| Illustration: Simon Letch | Numbers coming out of Afghanistan often are scary but try wrapping your head around this one - 123,500. | After a roller-coaster decade of t... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Coalition   Photos   Recruitment   UN   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju - India- Politics The Hindu
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 gr... (photo: PIB of India)
China   Defence   India   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of ChinaIndia 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
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 o... (photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
India West Bengal TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee - India- Politics The Times Of India
Mamata Banerjee needs to talk less and do more to overcome Herculean tasks at hand
Tweet "Parivartan, my foot," snorted Aroop Roy, a 71-year-old resident of Old Ballygunge, in utter disgust at the very mention of the word. | "The only parivartan has bee... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
India   Photos   Politics   West Bengal   Wikipedia: Mamata Banerjee  
onservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Huffington Post
Rush Limbaugh Defends Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Over Tax Allegations
| Rush Limbaugh praised Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who has been accused of attempting to dodge millions of dollars in taxes, for having business savvy on hi... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)
Business   Facebook   Photos   Singapore   Wikipedia: Rush Limbaugh  
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
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 Afg... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2012 Chicago Summit  
File - Chinese soldiers look at cars confiscated from a company owned by fugitive smuggling suspect Lai Changxing, including a bullet-proofed Mercedes Benz, at an anti-smuggling exhibition in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004. Denver Post
China sentences fugitive smuggler Lai to life term
| BEIJING—The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a lurid corruption case that reached int... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
China   Corruption   Crime   Photos   Wikipedia: Lai Changxing  
House OKs continued war in Afghanistan Tulsa World
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 war-w... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Troops   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
The burqa reminder Chicago Tribune
The burqa reminder
Since a 2009 trip to Kabul, I have kept a sky-blue burqa in my office as a reminder of the responsibility we have to the women of Afghanistan. | As world leaders gather i... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Rights   Wikipedia: Afghanistan   Women  
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Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his opening address during the 150th Anniversary of Standard Chartered Bank held on on Thursday Feb. 19, 2009.
Who will support aging Japan?
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- Agriculture, industry thriving side by side: Modi
- China reports spike in agricultural trade with Africa
- Godrej expects fundflow in agriculture, tourism
- Punjab wants central government to allow wheat export
Wheat crop farm-agriculture-India.
Punjab wants central government to allow wheat export
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International Relations Climate Change Policy
- Serbs Vote in Presidential Runoff Election
- Greek vote for 'cranky extremists' would be disastro
- Unions strengthen ties ahead of massive protest march in Lon
- Taliban: NATO nations should leave Afghanistan now
Serbian President Boris Tadic addresses the media in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Kosovo won a major victory on the world stage Thursday as the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest court, said its 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia was legal.
Serbs Vote in Presidential Runoff Election
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- Document: Statement from G8 world leaders
- Feature Report: Legitimizing Global Tyranny: How Theorizing
- Pup takes his bride and the mags for a ride
- The Climate Post: Stakes High as Negotiators Begin Climate T
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
Oil Wars on the Horizon
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in United States
- China's Chen Guangcheng 'set to fly to US'
- The burqa reminder
- Bureaucratic War Criminals and Their Crimes
Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng arrives at Washington Square Village on the campus of New York University, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in New York.
Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in United States
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- Mamata intolerant to even constructive criticism', alleg
- Chinese dissident Chen praises China's restraint and cal
- Royal Challengers knoked out, Chennai in play-offs
- Ending the Mindset That Gets Us into War
	G8 expresses concerns over North Korea, Iran
G8 expresses concerns over North Korea, Iran
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Nuclear Weapons Terrorism
- For better or worse, Japan might remain nuclear-free forever
- One held in connection with Kudankulam Nuclear plant bomb th
- Disgraced Pak nuclear scientist says he was "joking abo
- Why strong beer brands like BrewDog's Tactical Nuclear P
In this image from television, foreign reporters and workers in protective gear are seen at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
North Korea 'resuming work' on nuclear reactor
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- New group sowing terror in Afghanistan
- 'Can’t rule out involvement of criminals in terror'
- NATO summit opens against backdrop of protests, foiled terro
- New group terrorizes Afghan officials, insurgents
Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, center waves to media, chief of an Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, arrives under tight security to appear before the judicial review board of High Court in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, May 5, 2009.
Muslims not to tolerate new US threats: Hafiz Saeed
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