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Nick Cannon, right, and his wife Mariah Carey Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon give back with Project Canvas
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were together at the Project Canvas charity event in New York City Friday night. Giving back, Cannon hosted the event affiliated with the... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong, file) The Examiner
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Last chance to avoid civil war: Annan Last chance to avoid civil war: Annan
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that... (photo: UN / Violaine Martin) Taipei Times
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A Syrian army soldier secures the scene as he stands next to a military truck which was attacked by a roadside bomb, in Daraa city, southern Syria, on Wednesday May 9, 2012. Blast hits UN observer's convoy in Syria
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet DARAA, SYRIA: A roadside bomb wounded six soldiers as they escorted a convoy of UN peace observers, including the general who heads the mission, in... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) The Times of India
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 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Iraq´s Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi are seen before their meeting in Erdogan´s residence in Ankara, late Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007. Al-Hashimi is in Turkey to discuss Turkish conc Interpol Issues Red Notice for Iraq VP, Turkish PM Pledges Support
Interpol, the international police organization, today issued a "red notice," for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is wanted on terrorism charges in Iraq.... (photo: AP Photo/Adem Altan, Pool) Antiwar
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In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi VP put on Interpol wanted list
Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice president, has been placed on an Interpol "red notice". The notice pressures all 190 members of the Lyon-based police co-operative to... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Al Jazeera
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Iraq's vice president Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Trial for Iraq's fugitive Sunni VP on terrorism charges postponed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was postponed Thursday as his lawyers appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Star Tribune
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Civilians flee from fighting after Syrian army tanks enter the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Syrian opposition undermined by splits and infighting, emails show
Syria’s main opposition group’s efforts to topple the regime are being frustrated by defections, split factions and deep ideological divisions, leaked emails... (photo: AP) The Daily Telegraph
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People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the Amil neighborhood of Baghdad Iraq, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Bombs kill 30 in Iraq's worst violence in a month
BAGHDAD — Bombs ripped through 10 Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 30 people and shattering a month of relative calm. Minority lawmakers decried the violence... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Atlanta Journal
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Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, gestures as he speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25 ,2012. Wednesday Papers: Canadian approached for top job at BoE
Top stories Financial Times: Mark Carney, the governor of Canada’s central bank, has been informally approached as a potential candidate to replace Sir Mervyn King as... (photo: AP / Michel Euler) Citywire
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Syrian youth stand in a building damaged by tank shells in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, after a raid by Syrian troops killed several rebels and civilians Thursday, April 5, 2012. Syria and Politics of 'Depth Intervention'
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "It is not what is there but what used to be there that matters. Depth is about that." -Tor Norretranders With the... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon) WorldNews.com
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Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant church in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Robert Fisk: Under siege but vicar of Baghdad is still spreading the word
White says he has even asked for Iraqi nationality. "They won't let me. Iraqis come to London and five years later they're British. I've been here for 14 years. Why... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) The Independent
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President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Masud Barzani speaks to reporters in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Obama joins meeting with Iraqi Kurd leader
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama dropped in on a meeting Wednesday between Vice President Joe Biden and the leader of Iraq's autonomous... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The Times of India
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From the Cold War to NATO's "Humanitarian Wars": The Complicity of United Nations From the Cold War to NATO's "Humanitarian Wars": The Complicity of United Nations
Humanitarian wars, especially under the guise of the “Responsibility to Protect (R2P),” are a modern form of imperialism. The standard pattern that the United States... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) GlobalResearch
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File - Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi holds up an ink-marked finger after casting his vote in the Iraqi parliamentary election at a polling station in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq Sunday March 7, 2010. Iraq's fugitive Sunni Hashemi leader leaves Qatar
The fugitive Iraqi Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has left Qatar after a four-day visit which sparked a row with the rest of the Iraqi government. Mr Hashemi is the... (photo: AP / Ali Abbas) BBC News
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Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a Press conference about the upcoming elections in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Qatar refuses to hand over Iraq's fugitive VP
BARBARA SURK Associated Press= DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar on Tuesday rejected Iraq's request to hand over the nation's fugitive Sunni vice president to face... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The Guardian
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President Barack Obama talks with Irish President Mary McAleese during a courtesy call in the Drawing Room of the President’s residence in Dublin, Ireland, May 23, 2011. Obama and the Eisenhower Standard
By FOUAD AJAMI On Nov. 6, 1956, Election Day, to be precise, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a brief message to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden: "We have given... (photo: Creative Commons / Pete Souza (Official White House Photographer)) Wall Street Journal
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Arab summit a symbolic win for Iraq, but with no breakthrough on Syria Arab summit a symbolic win for Iraq, but with no breakthrough on Syria
BAGHDAD - Arab leaders who gathered Thursday in Baghdad broke no new ground on Syria or other regional crises, but their summit was still hailed as a success - for... (photo: UN / UN) The State
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Iraq's parliament speaker says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has submitted a list of his new Cabinet and is ready to seat a government more than nine months after inconclusive elections. Fewer than half of Arab leaders attend Iraq summit
Related StoriesFollow Us OnFacebookFollow @washtimesQuestion of the DayWill Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich soon drop out of the GOP presidential race? Login to Vote View... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The Washington Times
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A US Marine firing the L85 fitted with a tritium-illuminated SUSAT sight.Rifles used by the Royal Marines, British Army infantry soldiers (and other soldiers with a dismounted close combat role) and the RAF Regiment are equipped with a SUSAT (Sight Unit Small Arms, A Short History of Blood Chits: Greetings From the Lost, Seeking Help
Today, At War looks at the use of blood chits, a little-known and partially classified American military system designed to help lost or stranded service members find... (photo: Creative Commons / Simon Martin) The New York Times
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President Barack Obama meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Erdogan has made Turkey an economic and political powerhouse
Sahit Muja: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become one of the greatest leader of all time in Turkish history. Turkey threw its support behind the Arab... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) The Examiner
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