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Mikhail Gorbachev enjoys the view of the Brandenburger Gate before attending a symposium on security in Europe 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 8, 2014. (AFP Photo/Odd Andersen)
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Gunmen loyal to Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh (on the posters) take part in a rally to protest threatened UN sanctions against the ousted strongman and insurgent chiefs on November 7, 2014 in Tahrir Square in the capital Sana’a. (AFP/Mohamed Huwais)
Yemen announces new cabinet as UN sanctions Saleh, Houthis
Sana’a and Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi announced the long-awaited formation of a new government as the UN imposed sanctions on his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh and two senior Houthi rebels over the recent unrest in the...Caption:
Paratroopers of the US Army enter a helicopter at the training area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on February 10, 2014.
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Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands
Washington, Reuters—President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of US forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), US officials said...Caption:
A member of the community police of Guerrero state stands guard as federal police search for the missing 43 students of the teacher training college in Tianquizolco, Mexico, on November 7, 2014. (Reuters/Henry Romero)
Mexico says missing students likely burned to ashes by gang
Mexico City, Reuters—Forty-three missing students abducted by corrupt police in southwest Mexico six weeks ago were apparently incinerated by drug gang henchmen and their remains tipped in a garbage dump and a river, the government said on Friday. Attorney General...Caption:
An Egyptian policeman stands in the middle of al-Haram street in Cairo on August 14, 2014, during clashes with Muslim Brotherhood supporters. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)