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File - A woman suspected of being a Gadhafi loyalist is seen behind bars inside a detention facility in Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   Torture   Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war		  Zeenews 
Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata
Fri 27 Jan 2012
Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speaks to Sailors in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
Budget   Military   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Leon Panetta		  GlobalResearch 
Panetta: Military Spending Is Going Up
Fri 27 Jan 2012
On Thursday, Leon Panetta held a press conference announcing what he called "cuts" to military spending. The first question following his remarks pointed out that the "cuts" are to dream... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman)
A Libyan rebel carrying a parachute flare shell left behind by pro-Gadhafi forces, walks by a rebels pickup truck armed with a rocket launcher with a pre Gadhafi flag and Arabic that reads "February 17th, Free Libya" at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 13, 2011.  The Star  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a U.N. report released... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
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In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.  Pakalert Press  Wed 25 Jan 2012
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. “America is... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
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Jan Kubis (centre, in red tie), the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrives in Kabul to take up his post, 17 January, 2011. Austin American Statesman Wed 25 Jan 2012
UN's new Afghan envoy heartened by talk of peace
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.N.'s new representative to war-torn Afghanistan said Wednesday that he was encouraged by widespread discussion about prospects for making... (photo: UN / Fardin Waezi)
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Sun in the evening at sunset - nature - environment Pakalert Press Mon 23 Jan 2012
Solar flares 2012: Solar flare can create storm
Share Solar flares may make news in the year 2012. Meanwhile you can watch solar flare tonight. Many scientists say that it can create storm in the area where it will be... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, meets with Togo President Faure Gnassingbe, center, and Gilchrist Olympio, President of the Union of Forces for Change, the country's main opposition party and the son of Togo's first elected president, at the Presidential Palace in Lome, Togo, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week is taking stock of democratic advances in West Africa after an intense year of diplomacy preoccupied by the Arab Spring. The region's improvements in multiparty governance and the rule of law have come in fits and starts, and often on the back of political violence. Austin American Statesman Sun 22 Jan 2012
Rights group calls on West to end 'Arab exception'
CAIRO — Popular uprisings sweeping the Arab world exposed biases by Western governments that supported Arab autocratic rulers for the sake of "stability" while... (photo: AP / Larry Downing)
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In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, Syrian soldiers atop armored personnel carrier cheer on their way out of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. US News Fri 20 Jan 2012
Four Reasons Why U.S. Military Intervention in Syria is Unlikely
Obama likely is mindful of political, military challenges that did not exist in Libya President Barack Obama surprised many in Washington last year when he ordered the... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
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A view of Israel´s Sorek nuclear reactor center near the central Israeli town of Yavne is seen in this July 5, 2004 file photo. Israeli soldiers will begin distributing pills against radiation sickness in cities near Israel´s two nuclear reac Pakalert Press Fri 20 Jan 2012
Pressure Israel, Not Iran. Israel has an Arsenal of 200-300 Nuclear Weapons…
Share Prof. Marjorie Cohn Global Research Neocons in Israel and the United States are escalating their rhetoric to prepare us for war with Iran. Even the infamous John... (photo: AP/str)
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Afghan border policemen march to attend at the ceremony of transfer of authority from the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops to Afghan security forces in Guzara, Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Al Jazeera Fri 20 Jan 2012
France suspends Afghan troop training
France has suspended its training programmes for Afghan troops after four of its soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan, according to both NATO and Afghan... (photo: AP / Hoshang Hashimi)
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A Cluster Bomb Unit containing more than 600 cluster bombs, that was dropped by Israeli warplanes during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israeli war, sits in a field in the southern village of Ouazaiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. A top U.N. humanitarian What's the harm of cluster munitions? Al Jazeera
Noorullah, a 26-year-old soldier from the 7th Division of the Northern Alliance, waits with other members of the division to turn in the rifle that he has used for the last eight years to a U.N. disarmament facility Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004 about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations and the Afghan Defense Ministry are attempting to disarm nearly 100,000 members of former militias associated with the Northern Alliance and other groups, as it tries to build a viable national NATO-backed Afghan militia scheme seen expanded The Star
File - U.S. Army Sgt. Bruce Harrington (left), with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, stands guard at a proposed construction site in Kandahar, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on July 14, 2011. Let Taliban share power, says key report The Independent
A Russian soldier observes from a tank at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United Sta Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense GlobalResearch
The Capitol dome is seen at rear as Chinese and U.S. flags are displayed in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, ahead of the arrival of China's President Hu Jintao for a state visit hosted by President Barack Obama. Will World War III Be Between The U.S. And China? Pakalert Press
Pakistani protesters rally to condemn a NATO airstrike on Pakistani troops, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov 27, 2011. U.S. launches probe into Pakistan border attack Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Nigeria faces an existential threat Gulf News
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March Jakarta Globe
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency? BBC News
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