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Anti-Mubarak protesters hold up shoes during a protest outside the police academy in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug.3, 2011.
Arab World   Democracy   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Arab Spring		  Al Jazeera 
Leadership deficit on both sides prolongs the unfinished uprisings
Tue 8 May 2012
As the Arab uprisings unfold it is increasingly clear that they are taking different forms in different countries. In three cases - Tunisia, Egypt and Libya - dictators were deposed definitively and... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Algeria's Uncertain Future
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Algeria's Uncertain Future
Tue 1 May 2012
Although its own Arab Spring received less attention than the rest of North Africa, 2011 was a decisive year for Algeria. In February, while its neighbors were grappling with a surge of discontent,... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Cargo Ships  Newstrack India  Wed 16 May 2012
India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive reforms continued to improve,... (photo: WN / prajkta)
India   Photos   Trade   Washington   Wikipedia: Trade
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.  The Daily Telegraph  Tue 15 May 2012
'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya after announcing that he would... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
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In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The Independent Tue 15 May 2012
Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya
Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. Otago Daily Times Mon 14 May 2012
Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts)
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Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths Novosti Mon 14 May 2012
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths
MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year. The... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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Gay rights pioneer Lilli Vincenz, 74, right, and her life partner Nancy Ruth Davis, 75, pose intheir home in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 10, 2012. At the birthplace of the gay rights movement, patrons at New York City's Stonewall Inn said they felt like they were living history. CounterPunch Sat 12 May 2012
Gay Marriage – It May Destroy Western Civilization, But It Sure is a Wonderful Fundraiser
It started with lesbian couples in Vermont in the mid-90s, freaked out they’d lose their babies. Vermont Freedom to Marry was born, and is now the most powerful... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
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Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons Middle East Online Fri 11 May 2012
Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons
UNITED NATIONS - About 4,000 people are still being held in militia detention centres in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday. Ian... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya. The Guardian Fri 11 May 2012
UN envoy: Libya unstable but moving to democracy
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. envoy in Libya said Thursday there are positive signs that the country is moving toward democracy... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
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A statue of Egypt's Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz is back dropped with an electoral poster of presidential candidate Amr Moussa and Arabic writing which reads, "Egypt's reconstruction needs the effort of all Egyptians," in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Egypt presidential candidates clash in TV debate Chicago Tribune
Workers at a polling station count ballots at a polling station in the Bab el-Oued neighborhood, Algiers, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Voter apathy hits Algerian election Independent online (SA)
Challenge from the Sahel Challenge from the Sahel Gulf News
Syrian soldiers check a burned truck in front of a damaged military intelligence building where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday May 10, 2012 Damascus blasts kill 40 and wound 170, says Syrian TV The Independent
Death penalty opponents hold a sign outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, to protest the execution of Michael Bascum Selsor. Anatomy of an American Execution Al Jazeera
Algerians walk past electoral posters in Algiers, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Algeria is gearing up for parliamentary elections on Thursday that promise to be the freest ever. Algeria heads to polls in parliamentary elections BBC News
Libyan revolutionary fighters look out from their trench during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Libya court to be asked to revoke 'regressive' laws France24
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Dr. Lisa Sterman holds up a bottle of Truvada at her office in San Francisco, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Prevention pill new phase in AIDS fight Clarion Ledger
Spanish doctor Pascual Caballero, center, from the relief organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, and Haitian doctor Jean-Pierre Andromarque, right, listen to the badly-infected lungs of a child at an emergency hospital run by MSF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday May 12, 2011. Child deaths: Preventable infections 'the leading cause' BBC News
The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril The Gleaner
The heart of SA health The heart of SA health Independent online (SA)
Focus on the heart of SA health Focus on the heart of SA health Independent online (SA)
File - An eight-year-old boy in the hospital in Budango, Tanzania. While being treated for malaria at the hospital, the boy received an injection with an HIV-infected needle. World Malaria Day: why the need for overseas aid? The Guardian
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