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 The Australian
Noble action likely to fail
| THE Rudd Government's effort to bring a legal action against Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for incitement to genocide is almost certain to fail. | Nonetheless, it is a noble endeavour worthy of... (photo: UN/Paulo Filgueiras)
Australia Genocide Iran Nuclear Photos |
 The Australian
UN delays on Timor extension request
| THE UN will wait until February to consider whether it will continue its peacekeeping mission in East Timor, despite President Jose Ramos Horta asking it to commit until at least 2012. | Mr Ramos Ho... (photo: AP Photo / Jordao Henrique)
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 Asia Times
US misses Iran opportunity
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | With mounting tensions in the Middle East greeting President George W Bush's trip this week to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Washington could seize the... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian,file)
Iran Mideast Nuclear Photos US |
 International Herald Tribune
The UN's responsibility to protect
| The military junta in Burma is failing the most basic responsibility of any government - to take care of its citizens. In the wake of the devastating typhoon that kille... (photo: UN /Eskinder Debebe)
Asia Burma Humanitarian Junta Military Photos Typhoon UN World |
 BBC News
Horta wants UN to stay in E Timor
| The United Nations should stay in East Timor until at least 2012, President Jose Ramos Horta has said. | He told the BBC there was still great potential instability and... (photo: AP Photo / Jason DeCrow)
East Timor Horta Peacekeepers Photos Rebel Slideshow |
 Daily Star Lebanon
Barak leads chorus of Israeli worries over unstable situation in Lebanon
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, May 12, 2008 | OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called the situation in Lebanon "serious" after... (photo: AP Photo / Ronen Zvulun)
Hezbollah Iran Israel Lebanon Photos |
 The Australian
Give generals the boot, it's the only way
| THE United Nations this week said the refusal of Burma's Government to allow workers into the country's devastated agricultural region was unprecedented in the history ... (photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein)
Burma Disaster Military Photos UN |
 The Australian
News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated
| Will Hutton, in The Observer, on why it is a bit premature to concede the 21st century to China or India | THE fashionable view is that the US economy is a busted flush... (photo: AP Photo / kalpana)
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