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Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Bombing   Business   Karachi   Pakistan   Photos  
 Asia Times 
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explo... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
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 The Boston Globe 
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
| COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the governmen... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
U.S. Army Pfc. Billy Oates, of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during a dismounted patrol in the village of Pir Zadeh, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2009  Al Jazeera 
Karzai demands end to Nato raids
| Afghanistan's president has demanded that Nato forces in his country stop all military raids on local villages. | Speaking on Sunday at the annual Munich Security Conference, Hamid Karzai said civil... (photo: USAF / Sgt. Dayton Mitchell)

Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   S Asia   War  
Few cars pass a road in snowy Greenville, Illinois, USA as seen on this January 7, 2010 file photo.  The Boston Globe 
Mid-Atlantic slowly digs out from massive snowstorm
| WASHINGTON - Planes were grounded, trains stood still and Greyhound buses weren't rolling in the Mid-Atlantic yesterday, leaving stranded travelers wondering when they would be able to escape the ic... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)

Photos   Road   Travelers   Washington   Winter  
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Iran set to begin higher enrichment of uranium
TEHRAN - Iran will begin enriching uranium to 20 percent from Tuesday, the Islamic republic's atomic chief announced on Sunday just hours after being told to do so by har... (photo: AP Photo / Vahid Salemi)

Defence   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Uranium  
Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, speaks at a rally at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pa., Thursday evening, Oct. 30, 2008 KDVR
Sarah Palin won't rule out 2012 run
Reporting from Washington - Fresh off her speech to the Tea Party Convention, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Sunday left open the possibility that she would run for pr... (photo: AP / Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)

Alaska   Palin   Photos   President   Washington  
** FOR RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 16--FILE ** In this May 7, 2008 file photo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co. John Thain looks on during a photo shoot in Mumbai, India. The Guardian
CIT, emerging from bankruptcy, hires Thain as CEO
* Former Merrill CEO replaces interim chief immediately * Thain's experience restructuring NYSE cited in hire * CIT emerged from bankruptcy in December By Jonathan Spicer... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh ,file)

Bank   Group   Market   Photos   Stock  
We will not surrender to Maoists: Bhattacharjee Zeenews
We will not surrender to Maoists: Bhattacharjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said his government would not surrender to the Maoists who were killing CPI-M workers and accused Trinam... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

Bengal   India   Kolkata   Maoists   Photos  
Presidential candidate and head of Regions party Viktor Yanukovich greets his supporters in the town of Yenakiyevo, some 50 km (31 miles) north-west of Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Al Jazeera
Ukraine on brink of new era
| Ukraine may be on the brink of a new political era as polls suggest Victor Yanukovich, the pro-Russian opposition leader, will be the country's next president... (photo: AP / Andryi Mosienko, Pool)

Election   Europe   Photos   Politics   Ukraine  
File - A Yemeni soldier stands alert in Sana'a, Yemen, Thursday, July 5, 2007 days after a suspected al-Qaida-linked suicide bomber killed nine people Al Jazeera
Peace agreement eludes Yemen
| Yemen's government has presented northern Houthi fighters with a detailed ceasefire agreement in a bid to end a six-year conflict. | Abdul-Karim al-Iryani, an adviser t... (photo: AP / Mohammad al-Qadhi)

Defence   Mideast   Peace   Photos   Yemen  
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