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President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)
Egypt   Mubarak   Photos   President   World		  Khaleej Times 
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's closest ally in the Middle East.... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
England's manager Fabio Capello looks on before the start of their World Cup group 6 qualifying soccer match against Belarus at Wembley Stadium, London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
Capello   Football   Photos   Soccer   Sport		  The Times 
Fabio Capello's main World Cup concern is defence not bugging
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Have the revelations surrounding this bugging incident only served to derail England's World Cup hopes still further? I don't think so. Fabio Capello has been dismayed by what has happened over the... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
An Afghan boy looks back as U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday Feb. 25, 2010.  Asia Times  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Marjah, the city that never was
By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   US
South Korean Army soldier stands guard with his machine gun near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2009. South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its truce with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels.  The New York Times  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Report: NKorea Has Medium-Range Missile Division
Filed at 12:14 a.m. ET SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
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Soda - Soft Drinks Philadelphia Daily News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Study links soda tax and better health
By Don Sapatkin INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Can soda make you fat? In what may turn out to be fortuitous timing for Mayor Nutter's proposed 2 cents-per-ounce tax on sugary... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Beverages   Calories   Health   Photos   Soda
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a dinner reception in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Asia Times Mon 8 Mar 2010
Maliki leads in Iraqi poll count
By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - Early indications from Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq favor Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his State of Law Coalition, although... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Election   Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Politics   War
Iraqi elections officials carry boxes of ballots cast by hospital patients, detainees and security forces in the country's provincial elections in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The polls opened Wednesday for members of the Iraqi security forces, detainees and hospital patients. General voting is scheduled on Satu The New York Times Mon 8 Mar 2010
As Iraq Tallies Vote, U.S. Says Pullout Plans Are 'on Track'
BAGHDAD — As Iraq tallied the votes from Sunday’s nationwide elections to choose a new Parliament, the top American military commander in Iraq on Monday... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani)
Elections   Iraq   Military   Photos   US
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, center, gestures upon his arrival at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010. The New York Times Mon 8 Mar 2010
Biden Arrives in Israel on Trip to Restart Peace Talks
JERUSALEM — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Israel on Monday, culminating a two-month procession of high-ranking Americans seeking to restart... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner, Pool)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US
Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, center, arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 as Palin is leaving Hong Kong for the U.S. Huffington Post Mon 8 Mar 2010
Sarah Palin: God Wrote Notes On His Hand, Too
Sarah Palin came up with a new defense for her conspicuous use of hand notes over the weekend: God did it, too. When the media first challenged her on the need to write... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
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U.S. Army soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment stand guard over a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb after polls closed for the national election in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. The Independent Mon 8 Mar 2010
Robert Fisk: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give the West its 'democracy'
In 2005 the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of suicide bombers, and voted - the Shias on the instructions of their clerics, the Sunnis... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
Democracy   Election   Iraq   Mideast   Photos


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Palestinian Said Eid stands next to his house, not seen, as construction continues on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, background, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace Daily Star Lebanon
Israel's Labor Party leader Ehud Barak gestures, during a meeting of the party's central committee in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday that would bring the centrist Labor Party into his coalition, an important step toward moderating the emerging government. Labor Party activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to vote on the deal, which calls on the government to pursue peace negotiations with the Palestinian Barak: Israel will hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hizbullah attack Daily Star Lebanon
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures to stress a point as she delivers her speech during the awarding ceremonies of the Bagong Bayani and Galing Pook Awards Friday (December 4) at Malacanang's Rizal Hall. 'Emperor' as AFP chief raises fears of poll fraud Inquirer
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A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports Daily Star Lebanon
HIV, AIDS Red Ribbon Women silent victims of HIV/AIDS: Doctors The Siasat Daily
An American Pitbull terrier, a breed of dog. Police unit takes 1,000 dangerous dogs off the street The Independent
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File - President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a G-20 leaders working dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24, 2009. US and Russia resume nuclear talks Al Jazeera
Ein Modell des Grossraumflugzeuges Airbus A380 is bei der Firma EADS in Augsburg am 18. Februar 2003 zu sehen. Der europaeische Luft- und Raumfahrtkonzern EADS hat im ersten Quartal 2006 seinen Umsatz um 30 Prozent gegenueber dem Vorjahreszeitraum auf 9, EADS makes loss but says visibility improving Philadelphia Daily News
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan Star Tribune
International Conflicts
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence, No. 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday July 11, 2007. Innocent in Iraq, insists Gordon Brown Daily Star Lebanon
An election official checks the seals on a ballot box after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdra SNAP ANALYSIS - What next after Iraq vote? The Star
Iraqi police officers Merwan Abid, Riyadh Hameed, and Khalaf Ali Hamed display their ink-stained index fingers as proof that they participated in Iraq's 2010 National Parliamentary and Council of Representatives election March 4, 2010, in Tikrit, Iraq. What next after Iraq vote? Khaleej Times
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