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A wide view of the Security Council during a briefing by the Chair of the Council’s Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which deals with sanctions imposed on Iran. Iran accused at UN of shipping weapons to Syria Wed 21 Mar 2012
The United States and Britain have accused Iran at the United Nations of shipping weapons to Syria that are being used by the Syrian government against their own people.... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Otago Daily Times
Iran   Photos   Syria   Weapons   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
Marines killed in copter training collision identified Marines killed in copter training collision identified Sat 25 Feb 2012
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three of the seven U.S. Marines killed in the collision of two military helicopters during a training exercise along the California-Arizona border... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Daily Press
Arizona   Helicopters   Iraq   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Marine (military)
Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, during their meeting at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Iranian ships reach Syria, Assad allies show support Mon 20 Feb 2012
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia, China and Iran showed support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, days before an international meeting likely to pile more... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) The Star
Iran   Photos   Ships   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
 THE European Union may ban the use of Nazi symbols after Prince Harry - dubbed a "royal idiot" by one MEP - wore a swastika armband at a party.   sa1 US Marines posed with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan Thu 9 Feb 2012
SAN DIEGO — The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a... (photo: WN) Newsvine
Afghanistan   Nazi   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Afghan War documents leak
NIGHT PATROL - U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol to deter insurgent activity. From Scattered Grains to Scattered Harvests Sun 22 Jan 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Just like the more recent and devastating preemptive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, no one is certain how many tens of... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps / Cpl. Seth Maggard) WorldNews.com
Abuse   Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Video of US troops urinating on Taliban fighters
The Sierra Leone-flagged Kayan-1, an 86-meter (282-feet) freighter carrying empty containers, tilts on its right side as crew pumped out water, while a tugboat wait to tow it if needed, in the Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Ship sinking after collision in Bosphorus -agent Fri 20 Jan 2012
ISTANBUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A cargo ship involved in a collision in Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday was in danger of sinking, shipping agency GAC said. "The... (photo: AP) The Guardian
Accident   Cargo Ship   Istanbul   Photos   Wikipedia: Bosphorus
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, on patrol conducting searches and village assessments in a region of Khowst, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM How the Marines video made the Afghan war even tougher Fri 13 Jan 2012
In March I returned from Afghanistan’s Helmand province after handing about 12 square miles of villages and farmlands to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, the unit... (photo: USMC file/LCpl. Justin Mason) The Washington Post
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   US   Wikipedia: Video of US troops urinating on Taliban fighters
Fiel - U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col Kyle Ellison, battalion commander of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, speaks with a local Afghan man about the importance of school for his children while on the way to the farmers market in Marjah, Afghanistan on Sept. 24, 2010. Analysis - Is Marine desecration video a new Abu Ghraib? Fri 13 Jan 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A video appearing to show U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters promises to become an enduring memory of the Afghan war and... (photo: USMC / Sgt Albert J. Carls) Daily Press
Abuse   Marine   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Marine Corps
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at Erdogan's residence in Istanbul Turkey on 01 January 2012. According to media sources, Haniyeh started on 25 December 2011 a tour of several Muslim countries, his first since his militant Islamist movement seized control of the coastal enclave in June 2007. Haniyeh will visit Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Bahrain, and Turkey, his aide Yousef Rizqah said in a statement. The reported aim is to garner support for the Palestinians and for Gaza Strip.Photo by Mohammed Al-Ostaz  / HO / WN Gaza PM stirs tension by boarding blockade ship Tue 3 Jan 2012
Mr Haniyeh was visiting Turkey as part of a two-week tour of the Muslim world, his first official trip out of Gaza since Hamas seized power there in 2007, in an effort to... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Independent
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
Ghana sailors work with Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) to moor the ship for the first African port visit of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West 2010. Emirates Shipping Sets Congestion Fees at African Ports Wed 30 Nov 2011
Imposes $250 surcharge per TEU at Mombasa, Dar es Salaam Emirates Shipping Line is imposing port congestion surcharges on all inbound containers handled at Mombasa,... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Martine Cuaron) Journal of Commerce
Africa   Emirates   Photos   Ports   Wikipedia: Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates
Refinery in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Petrobras global operations extends over 27 countries (including Brazil). Those operations are more related to diplomatic trades than oil exploration, although the company has important fields in India, Turkey, Angola and Nigeria. Turkish Ship Explores Off Southern Cyprus Tue 27 Sep 2011
By MARC CHAMPION ISTANBUL—Turkey's oil and gas research ship the Piri Reis is exploring off Southern Cyprus, in a similar area to the exploration rig operated by... (photo: Creative Commons / Dantadd) Wall Street Journal
Cyprus   Nature   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Oil and gas
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, gets out of a car as he arrives for a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization after tendering his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas' at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, March 7, 2009. The Titanic is sailing for Palestine Tue 27 Sep 2011
Before its maiden voyage, the Titanic, which was the largest, most luxurious and most advanced ship of its time, was dubbed "the ship that couldn't sink." Relying on that... (photo: AP / Nasser Shiyoukhi) Ha'aretz
Mideast   Palestine   Photos   Sailing   Ship
A swimming pool of five stars hotel viewing red sea  and surronded by buildings and red sea port Egypt's Ain Sokhna port reopens after strike Mon 26 Sep 2011
CAIRO - Port operator DP World reopened Egypt's Ain Sokhna port after closing it for three days due to strike action, the Red Sea Port Authority said Monday. The... (photo: WN / azza) Middle East Online
Cairo   Egypt   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Port
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 26, 2008 Turkey seizes Syrian ship with weapons - PM Erdogan Sat 24 Sep 2011
Turkey has seized a Syrian-flagged ship loaded with weapons, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He did not say where or when the vessel was stopped,... (photo: AP Photo / Bassem Tellawi) BBC News
Photos   Syria   Turkey   Weapons   Wikipedia: International reactions to the 2011 Syrian uprising
For A Marine Hero, A Medal Of Honor For A Marine Hero, A Medal Of Honor Thu 15 Sep 2011
Shortly after dawn on a September morning in 2009, American and Afghan troops set out on patrol along a rocky mile-long stretch in eastern Afghanistan. They were heading... (photo: USAF / Jessica Lockoski) National Public Radio
Afghanistan   Marine   Photos   Police   Troops
A war ship sails during graduation ceremony for naval academy cadets in the naval base of Haifa, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. Erdogan: Turkish forces to escort aid to Gaza Fri 9 Sep 2011
Turkey's naval forces would escort Turkey's humanitarian aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following Israel's refusal to... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Al Jazeera
Aid   Gaza   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
This file photo made from video provided by the Israeli Defense Force on May 31, 2010 shows what the IDF says is one of several commandos being dropped onto the Mavi Marmara ship by helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza flotilla row Fri 2 Sep 2011
Turkey is to expel the Israeli ambassador after details emerged of a UN report into last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Officials in Ankara said it was also... (photo: AP / Israel Defense Force) BBC News
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
Mavi Marmara side.jpg Gaza ship raid excessive but blockade legal, says UN Fri 2 Sep 2011
A UN report says Israel used "excessive force" in its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year, but said the naval blockade was legal, according to the New York Times.... (photo: Creative Commons / originally posted to Flickr as OntheWay) BBC News
Gaza   Israel   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
Marine from Bakersfield dies in Afghanistan Marine from Bakersfield dies in Afghanistan Wed 10 Aug 2011
The Associated Press Share E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name... (photo: AP / Steve Ruark) Fresno Bee
Afghanistan   Defence   Marine   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Marine Corps Reserve
Marine's parents sued over banner they put up in yard to support son in Afghanistan Marine's parents sued over banner they put up in yard to support son in Afghanistan Mon 25 Jul 2011
A homeowner's association is suing a family to force them to remove a sign in their front yard supporting their son's military service because it violated subdivision... (photo: US DoD / Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego) The Daily Mail
Afghanistan   Marine   Parents   Photos   US