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Ban Ki-Moon Clasps Hands With 2011 Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Winner At World Forum For Democracy
2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, of Yemen, delivers her speech during the World Forum for Democracy, Monday, Oct 8, 2012 at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France. Yemeni activist and journalist Tawakkol Karman, who galvanized Yemeni support for the Arab Spring, is also a cofounder of the…
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Meeting Of Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Opens In Istanbul, Turkey
Delegations from the relevant Ministries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States attend the Senior Officials Meeting of the COMCEC in Istanbul of Turkey, on Oct. 8, 2012. The 28th Session of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC), which is chaired by the President…
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Former Maldivian President Arrested To Face Charges Committed While In Office
In this photo released by Maldivian Democratic Party Secretariat, Maldives’ police personnel escort former President Mohamed Nasheed, center left, after he was arrested on Fares-Mathoda island, in the Gaaf Dhaal atoll, around 440 kilometers (273 miles) away from the capital Male, Maldives, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Police in the Maldives…
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Former Algerian President Bendjedid Dies At Military Hospital In Algiers
This November 2008 file photo shows former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid, center, who died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at a military hospital in Algiers. He was 83. Bendjedid gave Algeria a multiparty political system before he was overthrown in a 1992 military coup. Standing at left is former Algerian President…
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Turkish PM, Iranian First Vice President Hold Joint Press Conference In Ankara
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaks during a joint press conference with visiting Iran’s First Vice-President Mohammed Reza Rahimi in Ankara, capital of Turkey, Oct. 4, 2012. Erdogan said on Thursday that they wanted only peace and security in the region with no intention for a war. <Xinhua/Anatolia…
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Turks Still Don’t Want To Go Into War With Syria Despite Deadly Attacks
Turks students shout slogans as they hold banner that read” No to Imperialist intervention in Syria” in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed…
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Moroccan Women Protest Against Arrival Of Dutch Sailboat Advocating Safe Abortions
Moroccan women protest the scheduled arrival of a Dutch ship advocating safe and legal abortions in Smir, Morocco Thursday oct 4 2012. Their signs read “no to abortion.” Moroccan authorities sealed a port where a Dutch abortion ship was set to arrive , while demonstrators protested against its arrival. Women’s…
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Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting Opens In Vientiane, Laos
Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks at the opening ceremony of the Seventh Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP-7) in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 3, 2012. The two-day Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting, themed “Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership for Sustainable Development”, opened in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Liu Ailun) Representatives attend the…
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Jewish Holiday Of Sukkoth Celebrated At Western Wall In Jerusalem
Covered in prayer shawl, an ultra-orthodox Jewish man of the Cohanim Priestly caste prays during the Jewish holiday of Sukkoth in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who…
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Four UN Peacekeepers Killed By Ambush In El Geneina, Sudan
In this photo released by the United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), UNAMID Force Commander, Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba from Rwanda inspects one of the UNAMID vehicles that suffered an ambush Tuesday night that killed four peacekeepers, in El Geneina, Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. United Nations spokesman…
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