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• Agence France-Presse (AFP)

  13 April 2013 ( #AFP, #Hong Kong, #Agence France-Presse, #Paris, #Nicosia, #Reuters, #Montevideo, #Associated Press )

  Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) is a French news agency , the oldest one in the world, [1] [2] and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters . [ citation needed ] It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel...

• Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil

  10 April 2013 ( #Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, #United State, #Kandahar, #Taliban, #al Qaeda, #Afghanistan, #Northern Alliance, #BBC )

  Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil (born 1971) was the last Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. [1] Prior to this he served as spokesman and secretary to Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban. After the Northern...

• Russia Today (RT)

  14 April 2013 ( #RIA Novosti, #United States, #RT (TV network), #Svetlana Mironyuk, #Moscow, #Vladimir Putin, #Mikhail Lesin, #Russia )

  RT, also known as Russia Today, is an international multilingual Russian-based television network. It is registered as an autonomous non-profit organization [2] [3] funded by the federal budget of Russia through the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications...

• The Sahara Desert

  09 April 2013 ( #Antarctica, #United States, #North Africa, #Sahel, #Atlantic Ocean, #Red Sea, #Sahara, #Arctic )

  The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى , aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Kubrā , 'the Greatest Desert') is the world's hottest desert, the third largest desert afterAntarctica and the Arctic. [1] At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it covers most of North...

• The Space Shuttle Atlantis

  06 April 2013 ( #Space Shuttle Endeavour, #Kennedy Space Center, #International Space Station, #Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, #Space Shuttle Columbia, #Space Shuttle, #NASA, #Space Shuttle Atlantis )

  English: The Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns to the Kennedy Space Center after a ten month refurbishment. The Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) was a Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space...

• Burhanuddin Rabbani

  21 February 2013 ( #Kabul, #Burhanuddin Rabbani, #Hamid Karzai, #Taliban, #United National Front, #Afghanistan, #President of Afghanistan, #Kabul University )

  Burhanuddin Rabbani Burhanuddin Rabbani (Persian: برهان الدين رباني – Burhânuddîn Rabbânî) (b. 1940), is a former President of Afghanistan. [1] Burhanuddin Rabbani is the leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Society of Afghanistan). He also...

• Moazzam Begg

  18 April 2013 ( #Bagram, #Sparkhill, #British Pakistani, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Pentagon, #Moazzam Begg, #Al-Qaeda )

  Moazzam Begg Moazzam Begg ( Urdu : مواظم بیگ ) (born in 1968 in Sparkhill , Birmingham , England), is a British Pakistani citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention by the U.S. government in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility and the Guantanamo...

• General Rommel

  03 April 2013 ( #Officer Cadet School, #Erwin Rommel, #German, #Kingdom of Württemberg, #World War II, #German Empire, #Walburga Stemmer, #Rommel )

  Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel in December 1943. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs, listen ( help · info ) ), was a German Field Marshal of World...

• Reuters

  13 April 2013 ( #Reuters Group, #News agency, #Reuter, #Paul Reuter, #Thomson Reuters, #Abraham Lincoln, #Berlin, #London )

  The Reuters Building in Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Reuters ( pronounced /ˈrɔɪtərz/ ) is an international news agency headquartered in London , United Kingdom and a division of Thomson Reuters . Until 2008, the Reuters news agency formed...

• Don't use Drones

  14 April 2013 ( #White House, #United States, #Barack Obama, #Africa, #Washington, #A.N.S.W.E.R., #Pakistan, #Federal government of the United States )

  As Washington pushes to expand its drone warfare in Africa, hundreds have gathered in front of the White House to protest the “robotic killing machines” slaughtering thousands across the globe. Organized by the ANSWER coalition, the movement is calling...

• Jimmy Connors

  10 April 2013 ( #Grand Slam, #Connor, #United States, #Roger Federer, #Ilie Năstase, #Pancho Segura, #Argosy Gaming Company, #John McEnroe )

  Jimmy Connors, Miami, Florida 2007 James Scott "Jimmy" Connors (born September 2, 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois) [1] is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. Connors won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles...

• Israel-Egypt relations

  31 March 2013 ( #Turkish people, #International Criminal Court, #United States, #Gaza, #Turkey, #Blockade of the Gaza Strip, #Israel, #Egypt )

  GAZA (Photo credit: al-saber) Recent worsening relations between Israel and its two previous friends are enough to open the eyes of authorities in Israel and its close ally, the US. The only two countries that ever accepted Israel in the region, Turkey...

• Preventing cyber war

  31 March 2013 ( #Cyberwarfare, #China, #September 11 2001, #Warfare and Conflict, #Iran, #Computer crime, #War on Terrorism, #Russia )

  New wave of cyber attacks around the world on sensitive installations prove that cyber threat has become reality in these days. Despite growing cyber attacks world community is doing nothing to prevent this threat. It seems true that big powers are preparing...

• Björn Borg

  10 April 2013 ( #Pete Sampras, #Grand Slam, #Sweden, #Roger Federer, #Björn Borg, #Wimbledon, #French Open, #Rafael Nadal )

  Björn Rune Borg (Swedish pronunciation: [bjœːɳ bɔrj] born 6 June 1956) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles...

• Peter Sampras

  10 April 2013 ( #Pete Sampras, #Grand Slam, #Roger Federer, #Wimbledon, #Jimmy Connors, #Andre Agassi, #Tennis, #ATP World Tour Finals )

  Peter "Pete" Sampras ( / ˈ s æ m p r ə s / ; born August 12, 1971) is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 14-year tourcareer, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players...

• Hassan 'Abd Allah al-Turabi

  03 April 2013 ( #Omar al-Bashir, #Sudan, #Hosni Mubarak, #al-Turabi, #al-Arabiya, #Prophet, #National Islamic Front, #Hassan al-Turabi )

  An empty chair awaits Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, president of Sudan, before the opening of the 20th session of The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 30, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)...

• The S-300 Russian Missile

  29 May 2013 ( #Soviet Air Defence Forces, #Soviet, #NATO, #S-300, #Moscow, #NPO Almaz, #Track Via Missile, #Anti-aircraft warfare )

  The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of initially Soviet and later Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by NPO Almaz, all based on the initial S-300P version. The S-300 system was developed to defend against...

• Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  27 March 2013 ( #Tehran, #Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, #United States, #President of Iran, #Expediency Discernment Council, #Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, #Rafsanjani, #Iran )

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی , Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī , Hashemi Bahramani هاشمی بهرمانی, born 25 August 1934) is an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth president of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly...

• Ivan Lendl

  10 April 2013 ( #Pete Sampras, #Grand Slam, #United States, #Roger Federer, #Ivan Lendl, #Lendl, #Andy Murray, #John McEnroe )

  Ivan Lendl (born March 7, 1960) is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, he became a United States citizen in 1992. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into...

• Burhanuddin Rabbani

  10 April 2013 ( #Kabul, #Burhanuddin Rabbani, #Salahuddin Rabbani, #Hamid Karzai, #Taliban, #Islamic State of Afghanistan, #Afghanistan National Front, #Afghanistan )

  Burhanuddin Rabbani (Persian: برهان الدين رباني Burhânuddîn Rabbânî; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom,...

• The Stinger Missile

  01 April 2013 ( #Man-Portable Air-Defense System, #United States, #Stinger, #FIM-92 Stinger, #General Dynamics, #Surface-to-air missile, #Raytheon Missile Systems, #FIM )

  The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM), which can be adapted to fire from ground vehicles or helicopters (as an AAM), developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries...

• Illegal Arms Trade

  30 March 2013 ( #France, #United States, #Member states of the United Nations, #Arms industry, #Asia, #Congressional Research Service, #Germany, #Israel )

  Monday, September 03, 2012 - According to media news U.S. arms sales to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion. Congressional Research Service has recently issued report detailing that American arms sales hit a record high in 2011....

• Salt Lake Stadium

  09 April 2013 ( #Shahrukh Khan, #West Bengal, #India, #Kolkata, #Conference Hall, #Salt Lake Stadium, #All India Radio, #Indian Premier League )

  Salt Lake Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bidhannagar , Kolkata , West Bengal . It is the largest stadium in India , and the second largest stadium in the world by capacity. Information The stadium is the second largest non-auto racing stadium in...

• Sino-Japan tension

  31 March 2013 ( #China, #Government of Japan, #Asia, #Senkaku Islands, #Japan, #Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, #Beijing, #Tokyo )

  English: View of Shinjuku skyscrapers and Mount Fuji as seen from the Bunkyo Civic Center in Tokyo Español: Monte Fuji y la ciudad de Tokio (Photo credit: Wikipedia) At the time when world economy is passing through worse stage of its history tension...

• Mother Teresa

  30 March 2013 ( #Catholic Church, #Teresa, #Nobel Peace Prize, #Charity Missionaries, #Mother Teresa, #India, #Albanian, #Skopje )

  Mother Teresa of Calcutta; 1986 at a public pro-life meeting in Bonn, Germany Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, [1] born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu] ) and commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was...