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Former British prime minister Tony Blair, now the Middle East envoy for the so-called Quartet peacemakers, speaks at a meeting of the French ruling conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement party (UMP), Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Paris. Blair was invited on Saturday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to deliver a speech before some 2,000 party members
Iraq   Photos   Tony Blair   War   Wikipedia: A Journey   		 The Australian 
Tony Blair memoir reveals support for George W. Bush and Guantanamo Bay
Fri 3 Sep 2010
| TONY Blair admires George W. Bush more than almost any other politician in the world and uses his memoir, A Journey, to give a qualified endorsement of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba and the... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gestures as he answers reporters during a press conference he gave on the opening day of the 48th Paris Air Show at the Bourget airport, Monday June 15, 2009.
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict   		 The Australian 
Ehud Barak hints at likely Israeli concessions
Fri 3 Sep 2010
| WHILE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been standing alongside US President Barack Obama talking about peace in vague terms, his Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, back in Israel, hinted wit... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
File - Tony Blair, Representative of the Middle East Quartet (European Union, Russian Federation, United Nations and United States), addresses a press conference on the meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee for Assistance to the Palestinian Authority.  Al Jazeera  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Blair 'cried for Iraq war victims'
| Tony Blair, Britain's former prime minister, said he did not foresee the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq and wept for the war's victims, in memoirs released on Wednesday. | The war-time leader rep... (photo: UN / Cia Pak)
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Indian army soldiers will get 2 eggs daily.  The Times Of India  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Army jawans to get 2 eggs, poultries a fat biz
COIMBATORE: Jai Jawan Jai Kisan! Poultry farmers across India are seeing a golden goose, after the defence ministry said the country’s 30 lakh-strong armed forces can look forward to an extra egg in... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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This aerial view of the river entrance of the Pentagon shows some of the ongoing renovation that will continue for several more years. Asia Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit
|      Sep 2, 2010 Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit | By Pratap Chatterjee | WASHINGTON - Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the bu... (photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway.)
Finance   Military   Pentagon   Photos   Wikipedia: The Pentagon  
An army helicopter flies over Pakistani soldiers in a military base on top of a hill in Chupria, in the upper Swat Valley, Pakistan, Saturday, June 20, 2009. DNA India Wed 1 Sep 2010
Pakistan army cancels US talks over security checks
| Pakistan's army on Wednesday said it scrapped talks with US military officials after a military delegation sent to Washington had to go through "unwarranted&qu... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
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British soldiers take rest during a fierce gunbattle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. The Star Wed 1 Sep 2010
Britain confirms Afghan combat mission to end 2015
| CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (Reuters) - British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg confirmed on Tuesday that Britain's combat mission in Afghanistan would end by 2015 and p... (photo: AP / Abdul Khaliq)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Vegetable dish The Australian Wed 1 Sep 2010
Fruit and veg could help prevent lung cancer
| EATING a variety of fruit and vegetables could decrease the risk of some kinds of lung cancer, especially for smokers. | The variety of fruit and vegetables appeared to... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Cancer   Fruits   Photos   Vegetables   Wikipedia: Cancer  
President Barack Obama speaks to the Nation from the Oval Office to announce the end of Americas combat role in Iraq, 8 August, 2010. WorldNews.com Wed 1 Sep 2010
Text of President Obama's speech on Iraq
Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq | THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I'd like to talk to you about the end of... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Iraq   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: Post-invasion Iraq, 2003present  
Antony, defence chiefs meet on security measures along border Zeenews Tue 31 Aug 2010
Antony, defence chiefs meet on security measures along border
New Delhi: In the wake of reports suggesting presence of Chinese soldiers in parts of Jammu and Kashmir held by Pakistan and deployment of missiles along India's eastern ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Chinese   Defence   Delhi   Photos   Security  
File - A U.S. Marine Corps Marine guards blindfolded suspected enemy insurgents in a temporary detention holding area at Entry Control Point 5 (ECP 5), which is located on the outskirts of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 28, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. CNN Tue 31 Aug 2010
Mission accomplished in Iraq?
| Editor's note: Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, is a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank that promotes innovative thought ... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Ryan B. Busse)
Iraq   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: Post-invasion Iraq, 2003present    
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a glass of wine after speaking to his Likud party members in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Khaleej Times Tue 31 Aug 2010
Netanyahu heads to US for peace summit
Netanyahu flew to Washington on Tuesday for peace talks with the Palestinians, leaving up in the air the question of future Jewish settlement construction once a partial ... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
In this photo taken Wednesday, May 19, 2010, South Korean Navy's Rear Adm. Park Jung-soo talks in front of the wreckage of the naval vessel Cheonan, which was sunken on March 26 near the maritime border with North Korea, during a media briefing at the Second Fleet Command of Navy in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul The Star Tue 31 Aug 2010
Obama widens U.S. sanctions on North Korea
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama broadened financial sanctions on North Korea on Monday and froze the U.S. assets of four North Korean citizens and eight f... (photo: AP / Lee Jae-won, Pool)
N Korea   Photos   Sanctions   US   Wikipedia: ROKS Cheonan sinking  


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Local youth form a human pyramid to reach and break a ´Dahi Handi´, an earthen pot filled with yogurt, as they celebrate Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Hindu God Krishna, in Bombay, India, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004. The pot is broken as Won't interfere in dahi handi: HC Indian Express
Dr. Jeffrey M. Kenkel gives patient Amy Andrade, 32, of Dallas a Botox treatment at his office in the Northpark Mall in Dallas Botox maker to pay $674m The Daily Telegraph Australia
Pentagon
President Barack Obama listens to a question during the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Obama's pyrrhic great escape Gulf News
This aerial view of the river entrance of the Pentagon shows some of the ongoing renovation that will continue for several more years. Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit Asia Times
NATO
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Gates Lands in Afghanistan The New York Times
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan Asia Times
Missile
Emirates Airline Boeing 777 at an airport. Boeing reports loss of 26 airplane orders including 15 for the new 787 Newsvine
Lakshmi Mittal, Chief Executive Officer of Arcelor Mittal visits the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. Stocks advanced Wednesday, with Wall Street enthusiastic about Home Depot Inc.'s $22.5 billion stock-repurchase plan and Morgan Stanley's wider-than-expected quarterly profit Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 23:00 ET Insurance Newsnet
Coup
An Iraqi army soldier stands guard as pilgrims walk down a street in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2008. Three suicide bombers and a roadside bomb struck Shiite pilgrims taking part in a massive religious procession in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 92, police sai Iraqis uneasy over what happens next Asia Times
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections. The degree zero of culture Asia Times
Pakistani Army deploy with small boat searching for survivors near Sajawal, Sindh province, southern Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained. Pakistan's military rises to the fore Asia Times
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