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Breaking News Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
 Gulf News 
Nigeria faces an existential threat
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. | The group began its existenc... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel  
 The Star 
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
| GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.  Jakarta Globe 
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal, o... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Iraq under U.S. Military Occupation  
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak answers questions during a press conference after the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Lubomir Galko in Bratislava, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.  The Boston Globe 
Israel says Iran 'drifting' toward nuke goal line
| DAVOS, Switzerland-Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday the world must quickly stop Iran from reaching the point where even a "surgical" military strike could not block it from obtaining ... (photo: AP / CTK, Jan Koller)
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Ehud Barak  
Top Stories
Fidel Castro speaks during a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. Boston Herald
Fidel Castro writes again after long break
| MIAMI — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has returned to writing with a vengeance, publishing five columns since Jan. 5 and after a seven-week break that triggere... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano)
Cuba   Health   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro  
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Al Jazeera
Remembering Howard Zinn
| Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 fr... (photo: Creative Commons)
Human Rights   Justice   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Howard Zinn  
File - A woman suspected of being a Gadhafi loyalist is seen behind bars inside a detention facility in Misrata, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Zeenews
Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata
Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought ... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo)
Human Rights   Libya   Photos   Torture   Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war  
100914-F-6350L-496       U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division walk out to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Sept. 14, 2010.  A joint forcible entry training event is held six times a year in order to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and the Army.  DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force.  (Released) Jakarta Globe
US military to cut troop numbers, invest in future
The Pentagon proposed taking some 100,000 troops off active duty as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war, but vowed new investments to exert power in ... (photo: AP / Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force)
Budget   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Military budget of the United States  
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. The Star
Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N.
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, acc... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Al Qaeda   Arms   Libya   Photos   Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war  
Republican presidential candidate, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich takes part in the Republican debate, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Khaleej Times
Republicans debate again in battle for Florida
WASHINGTON ' Newt Gingrich on Thursday dramatically ramped up his attacks on Mitt Romney in the Republican race to challenge President Barack Obama in November, saying th... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall)
Debate   Florida   Photos   Republicans   Wikipedia/Newt Gingrich  
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. WorldNews.com
The 'Malaise' of Hope
Before Dante Alighieri descended into hell in the "Divine Comedy," an inscription above the door read: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. Listening to President Barack O... (photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy)
Defence   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: American imperialism  
Defence War
- The News Matrix: Saturday 28 January 2012
- Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
- Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
- Security breach: PM must detail what adviser said - Abbott
Bikini-clad bodyguards training stirs China storm
Bikini-clad bodyguards’ training stirs China storm
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- Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe
- Movie Review: A Dangerous Method, review by John Delia Jr
- Movie Review: The Grey, review by John Delia Jr
- Christian jihad: Tony Perkins attacks gay friendly Star Wars
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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Terrorism Al Qaeda
- "What's Up Doc" Now Playing, The Documentary
- Enemies of the States
- January 27 Middle East quotes of the week
- US continues to have complicated ties with Pakistan: Donilon
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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- January 27 Middle East quotes of the week
- US continues to have complicated ties with Pakistan: Donilon
- Appeals court affirms bomb attack verdict
- Nigeria faces an existential threat
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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Bioterrorism Nuclear Terrorism
- Bioterror fears halt mutant bird flu study for 60 days
- Illinois and Midwest Experts Respond to Research Debate on D
- Scientists behind Armageddon flu virus suspend their researc
- Moratorium Called on Scientific Research of Deadly H5N1 Bird
Sight to the central fissure of Laki volcano, Iceland. An estimated 120 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted, about three times the total annual European industrial output in 2006, and equivalent to a 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption every three days
Is a super-volcano just 390 miles from London about to erupt?
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- Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis
- Pentagon: Slower-growing defense budget means Army, Marines
- Obama stands firm over Iran nuclear weapons
- Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
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
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