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South African player Darren Fichardt
Golf   Johannesburg   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: Darren Fichardt		  Golf 365 
Fichardt flying high in Joburg
Thu 23 Feb 2012
Darren Fichardt has heard that the rough at Country Club Johannesburg is pretty severe. But after a first round of 64 in the Telkom PGA Championship on Thursday, he still couldn't tell you what it... (photo: AP / Keystone/Photopress, Sandro Campardo)
An elder protester of the Greek Communist party shouts slogans during a rally against the government's latest austerity measures and plans to sell off state enterprises in central Athens, Saturday, June 18, 2011.
Debt   Greece   Parliament   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis		  BBC News 
Greece bailout: MPs approve debt swap deal
Thu 23 Feb 2012
The Greek parliament has passed a law that allows a debt write-down with private creditors, which is a key plank of its EU/IMF bailout agreement. Banks and other private creditors will be asked to... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis)
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after closing arguments concluded in a military hearing that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case.  CounterPunch  Thu 23 Feb 2012
In the Hole
Today US Army Private Bradley Manning is to be formally charged with numerous crimes at Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by members of the Icelandic... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Crimes   Maryland   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Army
U.S. soldiers stand guard near the site where Afghans, unseen, receive the food stuff donations provided by U.S. solders in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Many Afghans were still sleeping when President Barack Obama announced he was sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to the war. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said NATO and U.S. forces would hand over responsibility for securing the country to the Afghan security forces "as rapidly as conditions allow." Obama said if conditions are right, U.S. troops could begin leaving Afghanistan in 18 months.  Independent online (SA)  Thu 23 Feb 2012
Afghan soldier kills two NATO troops
Kabul - An Afghan soldier joined protests on Thursday against the burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base and shot dead two foreign troops, Western military sources said, as the Taliban urged... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: NATO
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A bullet-riddled windshield is seen during a government-organized media tour in the flashpoint city of Homs in central Syria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Chicago Sun-Times Thu 23 Feb 2012
‘Friends of Syria’ consider ultimatum to Assad
Updated: February 23, 2012 8:44AM The United States, Europe and Arab nations are preparing to demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad agree within days to a ceasefire... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Europe   Photos   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Angela Stanford during Day 4 at the ADT Championship held at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 23, 2008 Golf 365 Thu 23 Feb 2012
Stanford two clear in Singapore
American Angela Stanford will take a two-shot lead into the second round of the HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore. Stanford posted a six-under-par 66 at... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
Golf   Photos   Singapore   Sport   Wikipedia: Angela Stanford
A Qatari employee of Al Jazeera Arabic language TV news channel passes by the logo of Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday Nov. 1, 2006. The English language offshoot of Qatar based pan-Arab television news channel Al Jazeera said on Tuesday it will start broadcasting on November 15, 2006. Al Jazeera Thu 23 Feb 2012
Al Jazeera English named channel of the year
Al Jazeera English has been named News Channel of the Year at this year's Royal Television Society Awards. Tuesday's award saw the five-year-old broadcaster beating... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Al Jazeera   Channel   Photos   Television   Wikipedia: Al Jazeera English
Riot police stand before a banner waved by an unseen demonstrator during a rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The banner reads "Common Struggle of Strikers-Passengers. I Don't Pay the Government-Troika Charge," referring to the recent hike in bus and subway ticket prices. More than 30,000 protesters attended the Athens rally, which had been calm before the clashes. Protesters chanting "Don't obey the rich - Fight back!" marched to parliament as the city center was heavily policed. Wall Street Journal Wed 22 Feb 2012
Greek Parliament Debates Debt Deal Amid Protests
By ALKMAN GRANITSAS And ART PATNAUDE ATHENS—The Greek government braced for further anti-austerity protests Wednesday while the country's parliament was debating... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece   Parliament   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 The Los Angeles Times Wed 22 Feb 2012
Stocks fall as Europe frets over Greece
NEW YORK— U.S. stocks fell in early trading Wednesday as investors worried over the details of a new bailout plan for Greece.... (photo: AP / Stephen Chernin)
Greece   Photos   Trading   Wall Street   Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average
Specialist Michael McDonell, center, walks across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 Denver Post Wed 22 Feb 2012
US stocks fall as Europe frets over Greece
Click photo to enlargeIn a Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stock futures are falling, Wednesday,... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Debt Crisis   Greece   Photos   Stock   Wall Street   Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average


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Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kenneth Breeden, from Corpus Christi, Texas, signals to the crane operator while sending two hand trucks to the NATO Sea Sparrow Missile platform . NATO: Caught in the headlights Al Jazeera
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, second right, speaks with from left, Belgium's Finance Minister Steven Vanackere, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin and Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos during a round table meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Eurozone seals second Greek bailout worth 130 billion euros The Times of India
Celebrity
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Women
Slovenia's Prime Minister Borut Pahor, right, speaks with from second right, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, March 25, 2011. EU leaders wrap up a two day summit on Friday focusing on the situation in Libya, the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and new financial measures they hope will contain the debt crisis that has rocked the continent for more than a year. Britain will contribute as much as £1bn to IMF bailout for Greek economy The Daily Mail
Amanda Knox looks back to greets her parents during the appeal hearing, in Perugia, Italy, Monday, June 27, 2011. Amanda Knox nets $4 million book deal The Examiner
Energy
A Kuwaiti oil worker talks on his radio at Mina Abdulah Oil Refinery, 50 Km South of Kuwait City in this file photo taken April 2005. With oil prices hovering near US$60 a barrel, producers are happy and consumers, while feeling the pinch, are still consuming, meaning the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is not expected to change its production level when it meets in Kuwait on Oil edges towards $121 Irish Times
A motorist was seen pumping fuel into his car at petrol station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gasoline prices follow crude higher CBC
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