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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) transit the Strait of Hormuz, 1 May, 2012.
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 ABC News 
US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel
| The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said to a... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster)
In this image from television, foreign reporters and workers in protective gear are seen at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
North Korea   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of North Korea  
 The Daily Telegraph 
North Korea 'resuming work' on nuclear reactor
Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea has resumed work on a light water reactor that analysts believe indicates Pyongyang's intention to push ahead with efforts to enrich uranium for nuclear... (photo: AP / APTN)
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.  The Star 
Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confide... (photo: AP)
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Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses  The Washington Times 
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
| Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after recent complaints that some PTS... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Leaders   Medical   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Posttraumatic stress disorder  
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat. The Daily Telegraph
Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
President Barack Obama waits with Vice President Joe Biden before attending the STOCK Act signing event in the Hold Room of the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) of the White House, April 4, 2012. Novosti
Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
| The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era d... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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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. The Independent
Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic faces war crimes trial in the Hague
| 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 wa... (photo: AP / Politika Newspaper)
Bosnia   Crimes   Photos   Serbia   Wikipedia: Ratko Mladi  
Taxi driver patiently waits in traffic DNA India
Around 50% CMS vehicles are taxis in Bangalore
| The city police have unearthed vital clues on the armed gang that ambushed a bank vehicle carrying cash in RT Nagar and fled with more than Rs1 crore on Monday. | An in... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Bangalore   Photos   Transport   Vehicles   Wikipedia: Bangalore  
US-Pak have made considerable progress on NATO routes DNA India
US-Pak have made considerable progress on NATO routes
| The US on Monday said it had made "considerable progress" with Pakistan in negotiations on the re-opening of the NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, on the eve of crucia... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Crucial   Nato   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. Otago Daily Times
Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan st... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts)
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Israeli tourist take photos at an old abandoned Syrian army post from the 1967 Six Day War at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, on the border with Syria , Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Four decades after an underdog Israeli military campaign that captured the world's imagination, the people of Israel, the Middle East and the world are are still struggling to come to terms with it. The war tripled Israel's size and probably prevented its annihilation. But with victory came burdens, hatreds and many, many deaths for Israelis and the Palestinians in their newly-expanded territor Khaleej Times
Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan
A senior Israeli military official said that Israel is closely tracking events in Syria, fearing the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad's regime could see the Syrian G... (photo: AP / Yaron Kaminsky)
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