Russian military vehicles have been photographed in the main square
of Sevastopol, and there are fears that Ukraine is about to plunge into a
very bloody civil war.
Syria's
starving hordes: In a biblical picture of suffering, crowd stretching
for as far as the eye can see gathers amid the rubble of Damascus for UN
food hand-outs
A couple of weeks ago President Barack Obama joined Bob Costas in an interview during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic games being held in Sochi, Russia.
Jordanian and US special forces demonstrate their skills at the King
Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre during their "Eager Lion"
military exercise in Amman May 27, 2012.
Jordanian
and US special forces demonstrate their skills at the King Abdullah
Special Operations Training Centre during their "Eager Lion" military
exercise in Amman May 27, 2012.
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The United States along with several of its Arab allies are
preparing for a major attack against Syria from the Jordan-Syria border,
helping their supported militants open a way toward the Syrian capital,
Damascus.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that the attack will
originate in Jordan and the US, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan are planning
the way it will be launched.
Recent interventions by America, France and the United Kingdom
equates to Christian persecution and enormous instability. This reality
would appear to be a constant Western policy because the same scenario
keeps on happening.
A lot of things don't make sense about the Ukrainian uprising. For
instance, we were constantly told that Russia basically ran the country –
that Viktor Yanukovych was a puppet president. In which case, why did
Yanukovych fall so easily and why did Russia do nothing to protect him?
This short film, which was an initiative of the Committee of Cyprus
Occupied Municipalities, portrays the destruction of the cultural
heritage of Cyprus by Turkey that has been taking place in the northern
part of Cyprus since the Turkish military invasion in 1974.
People flocked to Saint Michael's Ukrainian
Orthodox Cathedral in Kyiv on Sunday, after the tumultuous events they
witnessed during the past week. The church played an important role in
the movement that appears to have overthrown the Ukrainian government
and set the country on a path to greater democracy.
Zanzibar — Two homemade bombs exploded Monday on the popular Indian
Ocean tourist island of Zanzibar, but with no casualties, police said,
in the latest in a series of attacks.
TRIPOLI — Seven Egyptian Christians were
found fatally shot on a beach in eastern Libya after they were abducted
from their apartments, security officials and local residents said, in
the second such execution-style killing this year.
A few weeks ago, a senior Greek Orthodox
clergyman in Israel attended a meeting at a government office in
Jerusalem's Givat Shaul quarter. When he returned to his car, an elderly
man wearing a skullcap came and knocked on the window.
Violence has engulfed central Kiev, with rioters burning tires and throwing fireworks at the security forces. Ukraine authorities are set to launch a counter-terror operation across the country.
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accedes...
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