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Attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York.
Internet   Online Privacy   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Google Search		  Al Jazeera 
'Big Brother' concerns over Google changes
Wed 25 Jan 2012
An announcement from Google that it is revising how it uses data from users of its services has some worried that the Internet giant is violating its users' privacy. The California-based... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
File - An Egyptian Pyramids, Sphinx and other ancient cultural heritage.
Arab World   Culture   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptology		  Al Jazeera 
Who should save Egypt's archives?
Wed 25 Jan 2012
- It has sometimes been claimed that, like human rights and democracy, the protection of Egypt's cultural heritage cannot be left to the Egyptians. Corruption, poverty and ignorance, Egypt's critics... (photo: WN / Noha)
In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, African Union peacekeepers hold their positions in the Deynile district of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after al-Shabab was chased out of the neighborhood in a dawn offensive by Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers.  Al Jazeera  Wed 25 Jan 2012
UN envoy moves to Somalia as violence rages
The UN special envoy to Somalia moved to Mogadishu for the first time in 17 years, signalling international support for a government fight against Islamist rebels and preparations for elections this... (photo: AP / Ali Bashi)
Photos   Somalia   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War
Children watch to a dried water canal filled with garbage at the slum of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010. Doctors and aid groups are rushing to set up cholera treatment centers across Haiti's capital as officials warn that the disease's encroachment into the city will bring a surge in cases. Cholera has killed more than 580 people across the country according to Haiti's health ministry.  Al Jazeera  Tue 24 Jan 2012
New allegations of UN sexual abuse in Haiti
The UN has begun an investigation into two new allegations of UN police abuse and "sexual exploitation" of children in Haiti, Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesperson, said. One case involves UN police... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Exploitation   Haiti   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: United Nations peacekeeping
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Another cover up by the CIA - 3-2011 The Australian Mon 23 Jan 2012
Former CIA officer accused of terror leaks
AN EX-CIA agent who has claimed he helped interrogate a top suspected terrorist was charged today with leaking classified secrets about fellow officers to the media. John... (photo: WN / The Hollywood Reporter)
CIA   Photos   Terror   US   Wikipedia: John Kiriakou
Obama Fallen Soldiers Afghanistan Tulsa World Mon 23 Jan 2012
Mixed record for Obama's State of the Union goals
WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his annual address to Congress, many goals he outlined in previous State of the Union speeches remain... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Obama   Photos   President   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Turkish citizens from France and other European countries demonstrate in Paris Saturday Jan. 21, 2012, to protest against a law that would make it a crime to deny "genocide" in Armenia. Al Jazeera Mon 23 Jan 2012
France to vote on Armenia 'genocide' bill
French senators are set to vote on a bill that would make it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago amounted to... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
Armenia   France   Genocide   Photos   Wikipedia: Armenian Genocide
Iranian rescuers scour the waters for victims of a capsized boat, at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, some 1300 miles (2100 kilometers) south east of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. The boat sank Saturday evening while sailing between Hormuz Island and the port city of Bandar Abbas on the mainland. (AP Photo/Sami Hozni) Al Jazeera Sun 22 Jan 2012
Many drown in Iran boat accident
At least 16 people have died after a passenger boat sank off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency has reported. The boat sank on Saturday... (photo: AP / Sami Hozni)
Accident   Iran   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran
Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Al Jazeera Sun 22 Jan 2012
Arab League to decide on Syria mission's fate
Arab League foreign ministers are due to meet in Cairo to discuss the future of an observer mission in Syria that critics say has failed to halt the... (photo: AP)
Arab World   Peace   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guard on top of a hill near El Calvario, 60 miles of Bogota, Saturday, March 29, 1998. The rebels kidnapped four American bird watchers and an Italian businessman at a roadblock earlier this week and are evaluating the foreigners' wealth to decide how much ransom to de Al Jazeera Sun 22 Jan 2012
Colombia’s FARC destroys radar station
Colombian FARC rebels have attacked a radar installation in Cauca province, killing a guard and delaying flights in the south of the Andean nation as well as some bound... (photo: AP / Ricardo Mazalan)
Colombia   FARC   Photos   S.America   Wikipedia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia


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This video image taken from amateur video released by Sham News Network, a Syrian Freedom group, shows a man, left, preparing to throw an object at a tank as others look on, in Daraa, Syria Sunday April 24, 2011. An eyewitness says at least five people have been killed in the southern Syrian city of Daraa during a security crackdown. Syrian troops in armored vehicles and tanks stormed the southern town of Daraa early Monday April 25, 2011 and opened fire. It was the latest bloodshed in a five-week uprising against President Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime. Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil The Guardian
Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012 Many killed in Yemen clashes Al Jazeera
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Obituary: Bill Mardo / Sportswriter pushed baseball to add black players Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UM — 50 years after desegregation The Miami Herald
Refugees
A flowering meadow, Russian Ridge, Silicon Valley, CA, USA. Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve is a regional park located in the Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County, California along the San Francisco Peninsula. Cassidy: Silicon Valley refugees travel the world to find their way home LA Daily News
Grocery Store - Filipino Consumers - Shoppers - Fruits - Foods - Commodities Food prices a shock for immigrant NZ Herald
Torture
Rebel fighters fire their machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011. Libya prisoners make new torture allegations BBC News
File - A woman suspected of being a Gadhafi loyalist is seen behind bars inside a detention facility in Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata Zeenews
Human Rights
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. UN considers resolution on Syria Al Jazeera
Dr. Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan government in exile addressing during the 63rd anniversary of International Human Rights Day, Dharamshala, India. No Celebration of New Year, Instead International Solidarity and a Voice for Tibet: Tibetan PM WorldNews.com
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Remembering Howard Zinn Al Jazeera
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