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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012, during a forum on "Insourcing American Jobs".
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Obama administration closes US embassy in Damascus, pulls American diplomats out of Syria
| WASHINGTON - The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Basha... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012.
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising   		 Al Jazeera 
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
| The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in ... (photo: AP)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, during a visit to Damascus, Syria, 10th May, 2010.  Zeenews 
Russia, China justify veto as criticisms mount
Moscow/Beijing: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would have only sent an "unbalanced... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
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Syrian policeman, left, and army soldier, right, look inside the burned court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting "No more fear!" have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. The violence in Daraa, a city of about 300,000 near the border with Jordan, was fast becoming a major challenge for President Bashar Assad, who tried to contain the situation by freeing detainees and promising to fire officials responsible for the violence.  The Daily Mail 
Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ...
| More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs overnight. | Activists claim the military carried out a nig... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
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FILE In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. Russia defied international efforts to end a crackdown on civilians by Assad regime, shielding it from the United Nations sanctions and providing it with weapons. (AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file) The State
Moscow support for Assad well-calculated
| MOSCOW - By bluntly using its veto power to block a United Nations resolution urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has shown a willingness to defy ... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file)
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A view of the Security Council as thirteen Members including Nstor Osorio (centre, back to camera) vote in favour of a draft resolution on Syria, 4 February, 2012. San Francisco Chronicle
Violence mounts in Syria as U.N. peace plan fails
| United Nations -- | A U.N. Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony and a veto by Russia and China on Saturday, hours after the Syrian mil... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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Members of the United Nations Security Council speak with the media at the end of their second day in Khartoum, Sudan. From left Susan Rice (United States), Gerard Araud (France), Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation). The Star
Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling ... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
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Riot police, OMON, surround a protester wearing a mock mask depicting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a rally in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. The Independent
Anti-Putin protest makes a splash
| A month before the Russian Prime Minister stands for re-election as president to the Kremlin, the first major rally since the New Year showed that the anti-government p... (photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky)
Election   Photos   Protest   Russia   Wikipedia: 20112012 Russian protests  
Where Poland's wild things are The Daily Telegraph Australia
Where Poland's wild things are
| IT is the morning after the night before in the Romincka Forest. | All around, the woods look worse for wear after a messy night: clods of earth kicked up by foraging w... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Animals   Forest   Photos   Poland   Wikipedia: Romincka Forest   Wild  
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Forget global warming its Cycle 25 we need to worry about (the big chill) Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (the big chill) Pakalert Press
A Libyan rebel carrying a parachute flare shell left behind by pro-Gadhafi forces, walks by a rebels pickup truck armed with a rocket launcher with a pre Gadhafi flag and Arabic that reads "February 17th, Free Libya" at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N. The Star
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric Pakalert Press
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Members of the United Nations Security Council speak with the media at the end of their second day in Khartoum, Sudan. From left Susan Rice (United States), Gerard Araud (France), Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation). Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria The Star
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Greece faces 'deadline to clinch bailout' Al Jazeera
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (Navy) Sailors assigned to the Chinese frigate Lian Yun Gang (FFG 522) stand watch. ANALYSIS: US focus turns to Asia, Europe questions its defence future m&c
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Policemen place a Brazilian flag at a top point of the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Rio's most dangerous slum that was the backbone of the city's biggest drug gang was taken by 2,600 police and soldiers Sunday, an unprecedented accomplishment by authorities in their fight to secure this seaside metropolis that will host the 2016 Olympics. Murders soar in Brazil city as police strike Al Jazeera
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Greece faces 'deadline to clinch bailout' Al Jazeera
Opposition demonstrators carry a banner reading "Dissenters' march" during an anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Police thwarted an anti-Kremlin protest organized by chess great Garry Kasparov's opposition group Sunday, seizing demonstrators and shoving them into trucks. Later About 50 protesters, one with a banner of Kasparov's group United Civil Front, which is part of Other Russia, gathered at another site in central Moscow and marched about 1 kilometer (half a mile) along a major street, shouting slogans such as "Russia without Putin!" before they disper Rival Putin rallies hold protests in Moscow Al Jazeera
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