Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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EU Agrees to Iranian Oil Embargo

Measure is part of Western campaign to pressure Tehran to suspend controversial parts of nuclear program

British Foreign Minister William Hague holds a book containing his papers for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, January 23, 2012

Syria Rejects Arab League Call for Power Transfer

State television quoted government officials Monday as roundly rejecting the proposed initiative as over-the-top interference

An anti-Syrian regime protester colors his fingers during a protest outside the Arab League headquarters in Cairo

Egypt's Lower House of Parliament Holds First Post-Mubarak Session

Islamist lawmakers dominate inaugural assembly that is first since popular uprising ousted autocratic president Mubarak a year ago

A general view of the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, January 23, 2012.

Pakistan Rejects US Findings on Deadly Border Attack

Pakistan says holding its soldiers partially responsible for the incident is 'unjustified and unacceptable'

People offer funeral prayers for Saturday's NATO attack victims in Peshawar, Pakistan. (File Photo - November  27, 2011)

UN Rights Chief Urges Guantanamo Closure

Navi Pillay voices 'deep disappointment' that US government has failed to close detention facility

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay (file photo)

Obama to Deliver Second State of the Union Address

President Obama will face dramatically altered balance of power in House of Representatives when he addresses Congress, nation Tuesday

US President Obama (file photo)

Senegal's Controversial Election Race Begins

Candidates gear up to face off with country's aging but determined president, Abdoulaye Wade

A woman sits beneath graffiti supporting candidate Idrissa Seck in Dakar's Pikine District , 23 Jan 2012.

ICC Will Hold Trials on Kenya's Post-Election Violence

Four prominent figures have been charged, Amnesty International calls decision a milestone

Map of Kenya

China Starts Lunar New Year of the Dragon

As millions of Chinese travel back to their family homes to celebrate the New Year holiday, many experience anxiety over the homecoming

A man holds a dragon balloon outside Longhua Buddhist Temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai, January 23, 2012.

Giants, Patriots to Meet in Super Bowl

Same two teams played in the 2008 Super Bowl, with the Giants shocking the Patriots, 17-14.

Super Bowl Trophy
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