December 17, 2011
Members of the "Hilltop Youth" fortify an outpost at Shvut Ami in the West Bank in a file photo taken in 2009. The Israeli Defense Forces are increasingly confronting a truth that many Palestinians learned awhile ago: A not-insignificant number of the Israelis who have settled on the West Bank are unhinged zealots who, in [...]
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May 6, 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (not in picture) wearing translation earphones in Rome, May 5, 2011. Extensive surveillance of Osama bin Laden’s hideout from a nearby CIA safe house in Abbottabad led to his killing in a Navy SEALs operation, US officials said, a revelation likely [...]
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March 11, 2011
A rebel fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in front of a gas storage terminal during a battle on the road between Ras Lanuf and Bin Jiwad, March 9, 2011. Libyan tanks fired on rebel positions around the oil port of Ras Lanuf and warplanes hit another oil hub further east on Thursday as Muammar [...]
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February 27, 2011
A Thai policeman holds a picture of Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto handed over by anti-government “red shirt” protesters in front of the Japanese embassy in Bangkok December 13, 2010. Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has concluded that Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, who was killed during political protests last year, was not shot by security [...]
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February 26, 2011
A girl holds an Egyptian flag during a pro-democracy rally at Tahrir Square, in Cairo February 25, 2011. Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to disperse activists demanding the cabinet appointed by Hosni Mubarak be purged by the country’s new military leaders, protesters said. Thousands had [...]
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February 12, 2011
Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians were still singing and waving flags as dawn broke over a nation reborn on Saturday, after a popular uprising forced president Hosni Mubarak from power. The streets and squares of downtown Cairo were still in the hands of the mostly young demonstrators whose [...]
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February 9, 2011
An Egyptian flag is carried through the crowd in the opposition stronghold in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 8, 2011. Egyptians counted the economic cost of more than two weeks of turmoil on Wednesday as re-invigorated protesters flocked again to Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand President Hosni Mubarak quit immediately. A day after Egyptians staged [...]
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February 7, 2011
Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans to show their support for the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Madrid February 6, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak’s new cabinet on Monday held its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an [...]
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December 7, 2010
A boy begs for alms in Kabul It took Terry Gordon all of five months to decide Afghanistan was not the place for him to be, the rich financial gains notwithstanding. Gordon left Vietnam after five years, leaving behind an expectant Vietnamese wife to work as Manager for the Supreme Group of companies which supplies [...]
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December 2, 2010
A soldier aims an XM25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Maryland. It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo,” but this latest dream weapon is real — and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban’s worst nightmare. The Pentagon has rolled out prototypes of its first-ever [...]
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