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File - President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a G-20 leaders working dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24, 2009. US and Russia resume nuclear talks
| US and Russian negotiators are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to negotiate a treaty aimed at reducing their nuclear weapons arsenals. | The two powers are hoping to find a successor to th... (photo: White House file / Pete Souza) Al Jazeera
Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Politics   Russia   US  
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, walks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace
| JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice President Joseph Biden has told Israel that the U.S. is willing to stand by those who will "take risks for peace." | Biden also told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... (photo: AP / Debbie Hill, Pool) The Guardian
Israel   Mideast   Peace   Photos   Politics   US  
Contrasted against giant statues of ancient kings, Myanmar ruling leader Sr. Gen Than Shwe salutes the flag during opening ceremonies of Myanmar Armed Forces day Tuesday, March 28, 2007, in the new capital of Naypyitaw. The new Myanmar capital is located Burma publishes new election laws
| Burma's military junta revealed the details of its new election laws today, paving the way for the country's first polls since 1990. | However the government indicated it would pick all members of t... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath) The Times
Burma   Democracy   Election   Human Rights   Photos  
In this photo released by the Royal Thai Navy, shirtless Rohingya migrants sit on the ground on an island after they were arrested by Thai navy officers in the Andaman sea on Dec. 12, 2008. Bangladesh 'ignoring plight' of starving Burma refugees
| An American medical charity has warned that thousands of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh are facing starvation. | Physicians for Human Rights said government authorities are preventing the Rohingya, ... (photo: AP / Royal Thai Navy) BBC News
Bangladesh   Burma   Human Rights   Photos   Refugees  
Unidentified women react to the sight of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. Nigeria cracks down after attacks
| Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people. | Police and soldiers surrounded the village of D... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell) Al Jazeera
Crime   Human Rights   Nigeria   Photos   Violence  
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a dinner reception in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Maliki leads in Iraqi poll count
| By Sami Moubayed | DAMASCUS - Early indications from Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq favor Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his State of Law Coalition, although official results for the 32... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Asia Times
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