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  • Obamas drones Gitmo speech welcomed in Pakistan Yemen

    President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners has been welcomed by two key countries affected by the policies - Pakistan and Yemen. At the same time, Pakistani officials criticized Obama for not announcing an end to drone strikes against Islamic militants in the country in his landmark speech on Thursday, as they have long demanded. According to the ...

  • UN agency calls on Syrias neighbours to keep borders open for refugees UN agency calls on Syrias neighbours to keep borders open for refugees

    24 May 2013 150 The United Nations refugee agency today called on countries around Syria to keep their borders open for refugees, while also stressing the need for "urgent and robust" international support for host countries and aid agencies. There are already over 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...

  • India scrambles help for workers hit by Saudi Arabias new stringent work policy

    Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is here to discuss matters of bilateral interest, including the Nitaqat law, as the Indian missions in Saudi Arabia scramble to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy.Khurshid, who arrived here Friday, was welcomed by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah.In his ...

  • Hezbollah Syria government forces push for advance in Qusair

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict ...

  • Opposition talks aimed at presenting coherent front at international peace conference face prospect of collapse after Assads foes failed to cut internal deal.

    ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said on ...

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The Incredibles [Blu-Ray]

The Incredibles [Blu-Ray]

Brad Birds The Iron Giant was one of the best animated films of the last decade, which made its being so criminally overlooked in the clogged summer of 1999 that much more of a travesty. It was an ambitious film, one that told an emotionally driven story with a medium that is often e ... ...

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  • Senegal breaks with Iran over arms smuggle

    Senegal today has broken all ties with Iran, following the January seizure of an arms shipments destined to its Casamance rebels. The move could spell a large setback for Iran all over ...

  • New York City timelapse

    Thrash Lab's "Empty America" timelapse travel series takes you to New York City. All the bridge and tunnel people have been sent home and Manhattan has been wiped empty! Penn Station, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Met and Fifth Avenue have never looked so ...

  • Iran denies having forces in Syria to support Assad

    Iran, the strongest supporter of the Syrian regime, denied on Friday that it had forces in war-torn Syria supporting embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Iran’s statement came a day after nations ...

  • Charbel defends Rifi’s role in Tripoli North Lebanon

    Interior Minister Marwan Charbel defended former Internal Security Forces chief General Ashraf Rifi's role in Tripoli and said that Rifi is working to calm down the situation in the ...

  • Report US traces cyber attack wave to Iran

    May 25, 2013 American officials and corporate security experts examining a new wave of potentially destructive computer attacks striking American corporations, especially energy firms, say they have tracked the attacks back to Iran, the New York Times reported on Friday. According to the report, the targets have included several American oil, gas and electricity companies, which government ...

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