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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.
Democracy   Photos   Togo   US   West Africa   Wikipedia: Togo–United States relations		  Independent online (SA) 
Clinton wraps up West African tour
Wed 18 Jan 2012
Lome - American Secretary of Hillary Clinton started her West Africa trip celebrating democracy, swooping in for the inauguration of Liberia's democratically re-elected president and promising help to... (photo: AP / Larry Downing)
Chinese President Hu Jintao waves upon his arrival to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Nov. 4, 2010.
China   Cultural   Headlines   Photos   Wikipedia/Hu Jintao		  Al Jazeera 
China's cultural front against the West
Tue 17 Jan 2012
President Hu Jintao of China made headlines in the early days of the new year saying China and the West were engaged in an escalating culture war, calling on Chinese people to strengthen cultural... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012  IRINnews  Thu 12 Jan 2012
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012
WASHINGTON, 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious wish-list of priorities for Africa that would give the continent a stronger global voice, boost democracy and... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Africa   Peace   Photos   Security   Washington   Wikipedia: Sudan
North Africa may emerge as new 'theatre of jihad'  The Times of India  Tue 27 Dec 2011
North Africa may emerge as new 'theatre of jihad'
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet LONDON: North Africa could emerge as a new "theatre of jihad" with the handful of remaining top al-Qaida leaders shifting base from Pakistan and Afghanistan to countries like... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Al Qaida   Jihad   North Africa   Photos   Wikipedia: North Africa
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In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for the media Wednesday Aug 10 2011, Syrian soldiers stand on their armored vehicle which is placed on a flatbed truck heading out of the city after a weeklong military assault that the government said was aimed at rooting out "terrorists," in Hama city, Syria, which has seen some of the largest anti-government protests of the 5-month-old uprising. The Star Sat 10 Dec 2011
West warns Syria against storming rebel city
BEIRUT (Reuters) - France called on world powers to "save the Syrian people" on Saturday as it joined the United States and Britain in raising an alarm that President... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Photos   Politics   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 2011 Syrian uprising (from September)
Church confirms pope to visit Cuba in spring North Jersey Thu 8 Dec 2011
Church confirms pope to visit Cuba in spring
HAVANA— Pope Benedict XVI will visit Communist-run Cuba this spring, a senior Roman Catholic Church official said Thursday, the first trip by a pontiff since John... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Church   Communist   Cuba   Havana   Photos   Wikipedia: Church (building)
Rupees-Indian currency-Money-India. ICIS Wed 7 Dec 2011
India exports cheaper homopolymer PP to Africa on weakened rupee
LONDON (ICIS)--Depreciation of the Indian rupee against the US dollar has enabled India to export cheaper homopolymer raffia grade polypropylene (PP) into... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Business   Currency   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Indian rupee
HOYOS DEL ESPINO BOB DYLAN 07 GQ Magazine Mon 28 Nov 2011
Dylan grants covers album Amnesty
There will no doubt be tears of music purist rage over the decision to let Ke$ha anywhere near "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" but buried in the 75-strong... (photo: Creative Commons / Alfredo)
Amnesty   Grants   Music   Photos   Wikipedia :Bob Dylan
climate change - sun in between black and white clouds in the month of October The Hindu Sat 26 Nov 2011
In climate talks West would redefine rich and poor
As delegates gather in South Africa to plot the next big push against climate change, Western governments are saying it’s time to move beyond traditional... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate   Environment   Photos   South Africa   Wikipedia: Climate
Vatican Pope Vespers Breitbart Sat 19 Nov 2011
Pope's new document outlines church role in Africa
Pope Benedict XVI waves to Catholic faithful as he arrives at the basilica... Catholic faithful cheer as Benin's president arrives at the basilica in... Pope Benedict... (photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito)
Africa   Benin   Catholic   Photos   Wikipedia :Pope Benedict XVI


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File - A protester throws a stone at Greek police officers, during clashes in central Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Greek anger over new austerity measures continues. The West's tragedy of capital Al Jazeera
South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu speaks after receiving the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding Award during a ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2 South Africa ponders issuing visa for Dalai Lama The Los Angeles Times
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Britain's Conservative party leader, David Cameron speaks to the media as he leaves his house in London, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he is anxious to resolve Britain's political impasse and hopes his party can make an announcement on its decision as quickly as possible. David Cameron cuts Africa trip short over phone-hacking crisis The Guardian
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A crowd watches the independence ceremony of South Sudan from a tree in a field in Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, 2011. South Sudan: ethnic tensions threaten Africa's newest nation France24
France soccer captain Patrice Evra, left, with teammate Bacary Sagna, Patrice Evra has come a long way from Marsala to Manchester via Monaco The Guardian
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene raises his bat and helmet to celebrate scoring a century during the Cricket World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 2 , 2011. Sri Lanka not complacent about India in tri-series The Hindu
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Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term Dayton Daily News
Youssou N'Dour & Campino performing at the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" (Your Voice Against Poverty) concert in Rostock, Germany on June 7th, 2007. Senegal court says Wade can run for third presidential term Jakarta Globe
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
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns The Star
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