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• Korea tension

  31 March 2013 ( #Korea, #United Nations, #United States, #North Korea, #Jeddah, #South Korea, #Kim Jong-un, #Korean Central News Agency )

  ) With the threats billowing out of North Korean regime, concern is mounting that there could be an all-out war between North Korea one side and South Korea and the US on the other. However, we see the world community and the UN doing nothing to calm...

• The Tunisian Revolution

  30 March 2013 ( #Constitutional Democratic Rally, #Mohamed Bouazizi, #Hosni Mubarak, #Tunis, #Ben Ali, #Tunisian Revolution, #Tunisia, #Zine El Abidine Ben Ali )

  The Tunisian Revolution [7] was an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations taking place in Tunisia. The events began on 18 December 2010 and led to the ousting of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in...

• Tiananmen Square

  30 March 2013 ( #Danny Schechter, #Xinhua News Agency, #Tiananmen Square, #China, #Tiananmen, #Falun Gong, #Beijing, #Chinese New Year )

  Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident The Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident took place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, on the eve of Chinese New Year on 23 January 2001. The incident is disputed: the official Chinese press agency,...

• Lech Wałęsa

  27 March 2013 ( #Nobel Peace Prize, #Poland, #Lenin Shipyard, #Solidarity, #Gdańsk Shipyard, #Lech Wałęsa, #Popowo, #Gdańsk )

  Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (Polish: [ˈlɛx vaˈwɛ̃sa] ( listen), English: /ˌlɛk vəˈwɛnsə/ or /wɔːˈlɛnsə/ ; [1] [2] born 29 September 1943) is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity...

• Ali Hosseini Khamenei

  27 March 2013 ( #Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, #Supreme Leader of Iran, #Iran, #Sayyid, #Khamenei, #Markazi Province, #Tafresh, #Ali Khamenei )

  ayatullah khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید علی حسینی خامنه ای ,Azerbaijani: سید علی حسینی خامنه ای – Seyyid Əli Xameneyi ,pronounced [ʔæˈliː hoseiˈniː xɒːmeneˈʔiː] ( listen); born 17 July 1939) [2] is the Supreme Leader of Iran, [3] and a...

• Mahmoud Abbas

  27 March 2013 ( #Palestinian National Authority, #Damascus University, #Yasser Abbas, #Fatah, #Mahmoud Abbas, #Palestine Liberation Organization, #Israel, #Abbas )

  English: Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس , Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 26 March 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن , 'Abū Māzin), an Arab of the Sunni-Muslim faith, has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation...

• The White House

  27 March 2013 ( #White House, #United States, #West Wing, #William Howard Taft, #Eisenhower Executive Office Building, #East Wing, #Theodore Roosevelt, #John Adams )

  The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The house...

• Ronald Reagan

  27 March 2013 ( #General Electric, #Ronald Reagan, #Eureka College, #Bachelor of Arts, #United States, #Screen Actors Guild, #Kings Row, #Reagan )

  Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( pron.: / ˈ r ɒ n əl d ˈ w ɪ l s ən ˈ r eɪ ɡ ən / ; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989). Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of...

• Michelle Obama

  27 March 2013 ( #Chicago, #United State, #South Carolina, #Barack Obama, #Harvard Law School, #Michelle, #University of Chicago Medical Center, #Michelle Obama )

  Barack Obama and Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South...

• Leon Panetta

  27 March 2013 ( #Barack Obama, #United States House of Representatives, #Monterey, #Bill Clinton, #Charles B. Reed, #Santa Clara University School of Law, #Panetta, #Leon Panetta )

  Official portrait of the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta. Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American politician, lawyer and professor. He served in the Barack Obama administration as Director of the Central...

• Condoleezza Rice

  26 March 2013 ( #George W. Bush, #United States, #President, #United States Army, #National Security Advisor, #Barack Obama, #United States Secretary of State, #Condoleezza Rice )

  An official portrait of Condoleezza Rice. Contrast enhanced from State department version to compensate for slight light overexposure Condoleezza Rice ( pron.: / ˌ k ɒ n d ə ˈ l iː z ə / ; born November 14, 1954) is an American political scientist and...

• Detailed SC verdict

  02 March 2013 ( #Prime minister, #Pakistan Muslim League (N), #Supreme Court of the United States, #Silvio Berlusconi, #Government, #Bill Clinton, #Pakistan Railways, #Supreme Court )

  THE detailed Supreme Court verdict must open the rulers’ eyes. The detailed verdict clearly stated that the possible result of contempt of court is five years’ of disqualification from the National Assembly . It also said the defiance by rulers and their...

• Death by medication

  24 February 2013 ( #Lahore, #Cough medicine, #Death, #Jeddah, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Saudi Arabia, #Gujranwala )

  According to news twenty people lost their lives after drinking a toxic cough syrup in Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore. It was the second major drug related tragedy there, only months ago more than one hundred fifty people lost their lives after...

• Most Beautiful Lakes of Pakistan

  24 February 2013 ( #Bandala Valley, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Gulmit, #Pakistan, #Borith Lake, #Malika Parbat, #Baghsar Lake, #Naran Valley )

  Aansoo Lake A high-altitude lake Elevation: 16,492 feet or 5,027 metres Location: Kaghan Valley in the Mansehra District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is near Malika Parbat in the Himalayan range. Baghsar Lake Altitude: 975m Location:...

• Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan

  24 February 2013 ( #Mehdi Hassan, #Ghazal, #India, #Asia, #Jeddah, #Jagjit Singh, #Pakistan, #Pakistani )

  Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan, Pakistan’s most famous ghazal maestro ruled the country’s film industry as a playback singer for over 40 years. He started his career as a car mechanic in a small shop, then joined Radio Pakistan as a ghazal singer and very...

• Situation in Yemen

  24 February 2013 ( #Drone attacks in Pakistan, #United States, #Yemeni, #Jeddah, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Yemen, #Al-Qaeda )

  According to news reports, the Yemeni forces have started a new offensive against militants in the Abayan province in Yemen. Several thousand tribal volunteers are also taking part in the offensive. Yemen is seeing the worst in violence and suicide attacks...

• Pakistan’s education system

  24 February 2013 ( #Islamabad, #United States, #Asia, #Iran, #Government, #Pakistan, #Business and Economy, #Education )

  Pakistan’s education system | | A A Sunday 11 November 2012 Last Update 10 November 2012 9:06 pm According to media reports, Pakistan’s federal government has announced that the families of more than 3 million poor children in Pakistan will receive cash...

• Balochistan unrest

  24 February 2013 ( #Pakistan Supreme Court, #Balochistan, #Balochistan Pakistan, #Pakistan, #Quetta, #Supreme Court, #Saturday, #Federal government of the United States )

  Balochistan unrest Sunday 4 November 2012 Last Update 3 November 2012 4:42 pm Recently, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government has failed to protect Balochistan from internal disturbances. As far as the provincial government is...

• Drone attacks in Pakistan

  24 February 2013 ( #New York University, #Drone attacks in Pakistan, #United States, #Waziristan, #Imran Khan, #Jeddah, #Pakistan, #Anti-Americanism )

  MQ-1L Predator UAV armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sunday 7 October 2012 Despite growing concern over the safety of protesters, Imran Khan has decided to continue his march toward Waziristan to protest against the US drone...

• Counterproductive offensive in Yemen

  23 February 2013 ( #United States, #Abyan, #Abyan Governorate, #Afghanistan, #Sanaa, #Pakistan, #Yemen, #Al-Qaeda )

  Firefighters battle a huge fire after several explosions were set off at the army's First Armored Division headquarters in Sanaa, Yemen on Thursday. (AP) Sunday 21 October 2012 Last Update 20 October 2012 5:54 pm According to media reports, at least 16...

• America’s drone attacks

  31 March 2013 ( #Pakistan government, #New York University, #Drone attacks in Pakistan, #Central Intelligence Agency, #Stanford University, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Amnesty International )

  MQ-1L Predator UAV armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A recent report published by Stanford University and New York University warns that the CIA's drone campaign killed very few key targets but that the attacks have resulted...

• Mario Monti

  13 April 2013 ( #Monti, #Milan, #Internal Market, #Silvio Berlusconi, #Giorgio Napolitano, #Bocconi University, #Mario Monti, #Prime Minister of Italy )

  Italiano: Mario Monti ( Mario Monti (born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist who has been the Prime Minister of Italy since 2011, leading a government of technocratsin the wake of the Italian debt crisis. Monti resigned as Prime Minister on 21 December...

• K2 Mountain

  16 April 2013 ( #Mount Everest, #China, #Baltoro Glacier, #Great Trigonometric Survey, #Karakoram, #K2, #Pakistan, #Gasherbrum IV )

  K2 (also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen) is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located on the border [2] between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik...

• Muhammad Ali

  28 April 2013 ( #Muhammad Ali, #Nation of Islam, #Joe Frazier, #Sunni Islam, #Sonny Liston, #Ali, #George Foreman, #Greatest )

  Muhammad Ali, who engaged in more 'fight of the year' contests than any other fighter in boxing history, sixCitation needed spanning almost two decades. Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., January 17, 1942) is an American former professional...

• Madison Square Garden

  01 May 2013 ( #New York, #Madison Square Garden, #New York Knicks, #Eighth Avenue, #Pennsylvania Plaza, #Garden, #Pennsylvania Station, #New York City )

  Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Rangers, New York Knicks and New York Liberty. Madison Square Garden is a multi-purpose indoor arena in midtown Manhattan in New York City. Located between Seventh and Eighth Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets,...