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Masked Sunni gunmen chant slogans during a protest against Iraq’s Shiite-led government, demanding that the Iraqi army not try to enter the city, in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad January 7, 2014. The Iraqi army deployed tanks and artillery around Falluja on Tuesday, security officials said, as local leaders in the besieged city urged al Qaeda-linked militants to leave in order to avert an impending military assault. Many in Iraq’s once dominant Sunni Muslim minority, the main group in Anbar, share Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) enmity toward Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shi’ite-led government. But some tribal leaders in the province have been trying to steer a middle course between the two. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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A Saudi woman looks at her mobile as she walks through a coffee shop in the capital Riyadh on June 17, 2013 AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE
The Only Way is Up
From Kuwait City to Sana’a, from Jeddah to Manama, women on the Arabian Peninsula are on the move, and the coming year is likely to bring them increased opportunities, be it in the job market, the government or the private sector. These improvements are due less to...Caption:
Mourners raise candles for bomb victims two days after multiple explosions at the Boston Marathon killed three and injured 176 in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif)
Another Boston Massacre
I was visiting the Boston area, where I grew up, when two explosions went off on Monday at the world-renowned Boston Marathon, killing at least three people, including an eight-year-old boy, and injuring more than 170. The bombings untethered a wave of familiar...Caption:
A young Syrian protester holds a sign calling for a no-fly zone during a demonstration in support of the Free Syrian Army near the Syrian–Turkish border crossing of Al-Salama on September 7, 2012. Source: ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images