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Breaking News Wed, 16 May 2012
Blood pressure meter UN: High blood pressure, glucose a global problem Wed 16 May 2012
GENEVA (AP) - A quarter of those 25 or older now have high blood pressure worldwide, and almost one in 10 has worrying levels of glucose in their blood. The World Health... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Washington Times
Glucose   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Hypertension   Women
In this photo provided by the Politika Newspaper, Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who was arrested Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Serbia after years in hiding. Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic faces war crimes trial in the Hague Wed 16 May 2012
Mladic will enter the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal as a frail 70-year-old, a far cry from the swaggering general who commanded Serb forces during the war... (photo: AP / Politika Newspaper) The Independent
Bosnia   Crimes   Photos   Serbia   Wikipedia: Ratko Mladić
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012. Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali Wed 16 May 2012
Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Mali   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Wed 16 May 2012
Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera
Afghan   Nato   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War
President Barack Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. US election: 'When your name is Barack Hussein Obama, getting elected is difficult' Tue 15 May 2012
Prejudice among some American voters will make it difficult for President Barack Obama to win re-election, he has suggested. The remarks were made on ABC's The... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) The Daily Telegraph
Election   Obama   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012
Woman - Smile - Teeth Want to be a mum? Make sure you take care of your teeth! Tue 15 May 2012
Washington, May 15: While fate determines some fertility factors, a new study has suggested that oral issues may play a key role. A recent Australian study compared rates... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Siasat Daily
Cavities   Photos   Teeth   Wikipedia; Periodontal disease   Women
A Sunni gunman, fires by his machine gun as he crosses a small alley during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012 Syria Violence In Lebanon: Unrest Spills Into Tripoli, Lebanon Mon 14 May 2012
A Sunni gunman fires during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012. Street battles pitting Lebanese Sunnis who generally support the... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Huffington Post
Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Lebanon
Palestinian Hunger Strike: Israel Prisoners' Portraits Underscore Absence (PHOTOS) Palestinian Hunger Strike: Israel Prisoners' Portraits Underscore Absence (PHOTOS) Sun 13 May 2012
KUFR RAI, West Bank -- For the thousands of Palestinian families who have a relative in Israeli detention, a photograph is the only real contact with their loved ones. In... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Huffington Post
Hunger   Israel   Mideast   Palestinian   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian people
Syria crisis still dire despite outside help Sun 13 May 2012
It has been a month since the arrival of UN monitors in Syria, and nearly three months since the mission of the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent began in the country.... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan) Al Jazeera
Mideast   Photos   Syria   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Syria
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at UN Headquarters. Israel envoy meets with Palestinian president Sat 12 May 2012
JERUSALEM — An Israeli envoy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and delivered a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu detailing his... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) Atlanta Journal
Israel   Palestinian   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos talks during a forum titled "Greece, Mediterranean and the Arab world" in Athens on Tuesday October 11, 2011. Greece's international debt inspectors have completed their review of the government's reforms, and that if its conclusions are adopted by the eurozone and IMF, the country is likely to receive the next batch of its bailout loans in early November. Greece in final bid to avoid fresh elections Sat 12 May 2012
Greece's president will meet the leaders of the country's three biggest parties on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to cobble together a coalition and avoid a repeat... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
Business   Elections   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Evangelos Venizelos
Dried canal in the Satara district - Maharashtra - India - drought India's Satara district parched by drought Sat 12 May 2012
An acute shortage of water in parts of India has left an estimated 250,000 people in the Satara district of western Maharashtra state suffering through drought... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Al Jazeera
Maharashtra   People   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Satara district
Saudi Arabia´s King Abdullah and Turkey´s President Abdullah Gul Saudi King Abdullah sacks conservative adviser Fri 11 May 2012
Saudi King Abdullah has sacked one of his most hardline advisers, Sheikh Abdelmohsen al-Obeikan. Sheikh Obeikan, who was an adviser to the royal cabinet, opposed moves to... (photo: AP / str) BBC News
Election   Photos   Saudi Arabia   Society   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian man walks in front of destroyed shops and houses where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Syria Bombings: Opposition Blames Attacks On Al Qaeda, Regime Fri 11 May 2012
TOKYO -- The head of Syria's main opposition group said Friday the twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus appeared to be the work of al-Qaida forces... (photo: AP / SANA) Huffington Post
Conspiracy   Photos   Syria   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. What is Obama risking by backing gay unions? Fri 11 May 2012
Previously, Barack Obama, the US president, had supported civil unions for same sex couples, but he had not endorsed marriage. Since 2010 he has maintained that his views... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Al Jazeera
Government   Obama   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
A Kashmiri Muslim girl read Quran at the Shah-i-Hamdaan shrine during Ramadan in Srinagar on August 18, 2011. Islam's holy month of Ramadan is calculated on the sighting of the new moon and Muslims all over the world are supposed to fast from dawn to dusk during the month. Simplified commentary on Quran to be released Fri 11 May 2012
Hyderabad, May 11: There are people, who have difficulty in absorbing and understanding the inner thoughts and teachings that lie in the Quran, the holy book of Islam. To... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily
Book   Hyderabad   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Quran
Employees work at a call centre, the first of its kind in the region run by Essar Group's business processing arm AEGIS, in Rangreth, on the outskirts of Srinagar, August 26, 2011. Call centres effecting Muslim girls’ character, creating problems of alliance Fri 11 May 2012
Hyderabad, May 11: A number of girls today are working in call centres, where they mingle with non-mahrams, which has become a common thing. It is not thought to be... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily
Girls   Hyderabad   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Call centre
Toilet available to the public, UP bride runs away for lack of proper toilet Fri 11 May 2012
May 11: Lack of a proper toilet is least of reasons a young woman revolts. Not at least in Uttar Pradesh's countryside where half the population is forced to defecate out... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi) The Siasat Daily
Photos   Population   Uttar Pradesh   Wikipedia: Toilet   Woman
Amr Moussa Secretary-General of the League, during honoring the end of his term General of the League of Arab States at Headquarters League, in the city of Cairo in Egypt Egyptian presidential candidates in first television debate Fri 11 May 2012
Million of Egyptians tuned into two private satellite channels to watch Amr Moussa and Abdel-Moneim Abul-Futoh debate Egypt's presidential candidates Amr Moussa (R) and... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Guardian
Egypt   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012
Workers at a polling station count ballots at a polling station in the Bab el-Oued neighborhood, Algiers, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Voter apathy hits Algerian election Thu 10 May 2012
Algiers - As parliamentary elections unfolded across Algeria on Thursday, voting was light for much of day in the capital, despite these contests being billed as the most... (photo: AP / Paul Schemm) Independent online (SA)
Africa   Algeria   Election   Photos   Wikipedia: Algerian legislative election, 2012
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