Posts Tagged ‘ The West ’

Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist 

January 15, 2012
Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist 

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with journalists at Tehran's Mehrabad airport after his visit to Latin American countries January 14, 2012. Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear program have escalated [...]

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Will Israel declare war on violent settlers? 

December 17, 2011
Will Israel declare war on violent settlers? 

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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Let he who lobbed no missiles judge Libya rebels 

November 3, 2011
Let he who lobbed no missiles judge Libya rebels 

   File photo of vapor trails from NATO jets over the minaret of a mosque in the Libyan city of Misrata. NATO was on Monday formally ending its Libya mission, which it has hailed as one of its "most successful" yet after its air strikes playing a key role in the overthrow of now-slain despot Muammar [...]

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Dangerous business 

July 30, 2011
Dangerous business 

Tran Ha Duy (L) and her sister Tran Ha Tien have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an African-led drug trafficking ring African drug smuggling rings are using Vietnamese female students as traffickers instead of middle-aged women as they did earlier, a senior narcotics police officer has warned. Colonel Le Thanh Liem, deputy chief [...]

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After killing bin Laden, US grills ally Pakistan 

May 3, 2011
After killing bin Laden, US grills ally Pakistan 

  The United States warned it would probe how Osama bin Laden managed to live in undetected luxury in Pakistan, as gripping details emerged about the US commando raid that killed the Al-Qaeda kingpin. Officials said DNA tests had proven conclusively that the man shot dead by US special forces in Abbottabad was indeed the [...]

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Western warplanes, missiles hit Libyan targets 

March 20, 2011
Western warplanes, missiles hit Libyan targets 

Rebel fighters sit on a tank captured from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Benghazi March 19 European and US forces unleashed warplanes and cruise missiles against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s troops in the biggest Western military intervention in the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Libyan state television said 48 people [...]

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US vetoes UN resolution on Israeli settlements 

February 19, 2011
US vetoes UN resolution on Israeli settlements 

Palestinian protestors hold a banner during a demonstration in the West Bank. The United States vetoed an Arab-sponsored UN resolution branding Israeli settlements illegal, prompting angry Palestinians to vow to re-evaluate the entire Middle East peace process. The Obama administration cast its first veto in the United Nations Security Council after intense diplomacy failed to [...]

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Qigong: mindful movement made in China 

February 8, 2011
Qigong: mindful movement made in China 

Matthew Cohen demonstrates Qi Gong. Alabama Hills, California, 2006. If yoga is all the rage, can Qigong be far behind? Sometimes called Chinese yoga, Qigong is a mind-body practice that melds slow graceful movements, mental focus and deep abdominal breathing to boost and balance a person’s vital energy, or “qi”. As China’s star rises in [...]

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South Korea holds live-fire drill despite war threat 

December 20, 2010
South Korea holds live-fire drill despite war threat 

South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island December 19, 2010. South Korea held live firing drills in a disputed area on Monday despite threats of war from Pyongyang after an emergency UN Security Council meeting failed to agree on how to defuse the crisis. The drill, delayed from the weekend by bad weather, lasted almost [...]

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World pray for peace on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

December 26, 2009
World pray for peace on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

People from all over the world gathered in the holy city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on Christmas Eve Thursday, praying for peace on the special occasion. Worshipers pray inside the Church of Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on Dec. 24, 2009, the Christmas eve. (Xinhua/Fadi Arouri)The birthplace of Jesus Christ [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...