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BBC News More than seven million refugees displaced in 2012 - UN The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994. (UNHCR) says that Syria is "a major new factor" driving up refugee... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Photos Refugees UN War Wikipedia: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
Xinhua Pakistan rejects Karzai remarks against security agencies ISLAMABAD, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Tuesday angrily reacted to recent remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who had alleged that Pakistani security agencies are destabilizing Afghanistan.... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) Afghanistan Military Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: Afghanistan–Pakistan relations |
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The New York Times The Taliban Agree to Talk The Taliban, more used to lobbing mortars and laying improvised explosive devices on the battlefields of Afghanistan, used a televised address in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday... (photo: AP / Osama Faisal) Afghanistan Peace Talks Photos Taliban Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
The Siasat Daily US, Taliban to have direct peace talks June 18: The US has decided to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meet is due to take place in the coming... (photo: AP Photo / Hurriyet) Peace Talks Photos Taliban US Wikipedia: Taliban insurgency |
Al Jazeera Iraq worshippers killed in mosque blast A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, killing at least seven worshippers, police said. More than 20 people were wounded in... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Iraq Mosque Photos Wikipedia: Baghdad bomb |
Voa News Obama: US Open to Iran Nuclear Talks VOA News President Barack Obama says the United States is open to holding new talks with Iran about its controversial nuclear program. But in an interview broadcast late... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) Iran Obama Photos USA Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
CBC Iran vote is a 'victory for the reformists' Hasan Rowhani's surprising first-round victory in Iran's presidential elections led to celebrations by Iranians at home and abroad, and to hope in western diplomatic... (photo: AP Photo ) Elections H. Rouhani Iran Photos Wikipedia: Hassan Rouhani |
Belfast Telegraph Afghan forces take over from Nato Afghanistan's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the US-led Nato coalition, President Hamid Karzai has announced. The handover of... (photo: US Army / Andrew Claire Baker) Afghanistan Nato Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |