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The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar at a meeting of Leaders of Parties in Lok Sabha, at Parliament Library Building, in New Delhi on November 30, 2010.
Belarus   Delhi   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Meira Kumar  
 Newstrack India 
Meira Kumar leads parliamentary delegation to Belarus
Tweet | New Delhi, 18 May 18 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday left for Belarus leading an Indian parliamentary delegation to the east European country. | According to an official release,... (photo: PIB of India)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives state medals at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Arms   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: RussiaSyria relations  
 Al Jazeera 
US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria
The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on d... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
File - Marina Litvinenko, center, the widow of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko, speaks to the media as she leaves at the end of a pre-inquest review at Camden Town Hall in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.  BBC News 
Litvinenko's widow seeks public inquiry into death
The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko has called for the upcoming inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry. | Marina Litvinenko said it was the only way to ... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Crime   Photos   Russia   UK   Wikipedia: Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko  
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey take questions from the press in the Pentagon Briefing Room August 14, 2012.  BBC News 
Syria crisis: US rues Russian missiles sent to Damascus
The US has chided Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government. | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey said the shipment &... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
Military   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
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File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs journalists following the opening of the Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Deutsche Welle
UN pushes for swift action in Syrian conflict
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for peace talks on Syria to take place as soon as possible. A new US-Russia proposal aims to defuse Syria's civil war by overs... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Photos   Syria   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
CIA Director nominee John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee'. The Guardian
CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. | The official says CIA chief John Br... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
CIA   Defense   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: John Brennan  
President Barack Obama and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The Star
Obama and Erdogan demand Assad step down
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Thursday that Bashar al-Assad must still quit power despite moves to organi... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Photos   Syria   Turkey   Washington   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
An Afghan fireman stands next to the debris of a car at the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Al Jazeera
Suicide bomber targets troops in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber has attacked a convoy of foreign military vehicles in the Afghan capital Kabul, police have said. | "A [Toyota] Corolla suicide car detonated near two fo... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution Jakarta Post
UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution
The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes" becau... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Arab World   Photos   Syrian Crisis   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals  
The General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing outrage at the rapidly increasing death toll of at least 70,000 in Syria; condemning the continued escalation in the use by the Syrian authorities of heavy weapons; and demanding that all parties immediately put an end to all violations of international humanitarian law. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 107 in favour to 12 against, with 59 abstentions.  A view of the electronic vote tally boards in the General Assembly Hall at the time of the vote. The Times Of India
UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution on Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
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n this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens carry a dead body, at the scene where two mortar rounds exploded near an orphanage, at al-Boukhtyar area, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday March 13, 2013. The state-run SANA news agency said two mortar rounds exploded near an orphanage in al-Boukhtyar area, killing and wounding an unknown number of people. Syrian government troops fought fierce battles with rebels on Wednesday for control of key neighborhoods in the north of Damascus, residents and activists said. The Guardian
For Syria, the civil war is still to come
The US and Russia announced plans for a conference on Syria last week. The world can be forgiven for wondering: what use is that? Indeed, what use has any outside activit... (photo: AP / SANA)
Military   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
The U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul arrives at Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. McFaul has been summoned by the Russian foreign ministry in connection with an alleged spy detention in Moscow. He entered the ministry's building in central Moscow Wednesday morning and left half an hour later without saying a word to journalists waiting outside the compound. Newstrack India
Russia protests to US over spy (Changing dateline)
Tweet | Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday lodged an official protest with the US ambassador over an embassy official who Moscow says is an undercover CIA... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Espionage   Moscow   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Michael McFaul  
Russia Ukraine
- Russia May Change Adoption Law Over French Gay Marriage
- Depardieu compares Putin to Pope John Paul II
- Russia defiant over missile sales to Syria
- Russia defiant over missile sales to Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives state medals at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
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- Supporters and opponents of Ukraine president clash in Kiev
- Supporters and opponents of Ukraine president clash in Kiev
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Ukraine expects to sign cooperation accord with EU
Ukraine expects to sign cooperation accord with EU
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Belarus Azerbaijan
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- Meira Kumar leads parliamentary delegation to Belarus
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The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar at a meeting of Leaders of Parties in Lok Sabha, at Parliament Library Building, in New Delhi on November 30, 2010.
Meira Kumar leads parliamentary delegation to Belarus
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