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Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Abdoulaye Wade   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade
 The Star 
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next... (photo: AP)
India Kolkata Shopping Mall Big Bazar at Esplanade Area in Kolkata in Eastern India City
Family   Holiday   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Republic Day (India)
 DNA India 
A Republic 'holiday'
A Republic 'holiday' The Republic Day has turned out to be less about patriotism and more about family holiday and shopping. No one seems to be interested in watching the live telecast of the R-Day... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.  Al Jazeera 
UN considers resolution on Syria
European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its... (photo: AP)
Arab world   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
2 doctors held in AMRI fire case  Indian Express 
2 doctors held in AMRI fire case
Kolkata Police on Friday arrested two eminent doctors, who were on the board of directors at AMRI, Dhakuria, where fire had claimed 93 lives on December 9. The two doctors — Mani Chetri and Pranab... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Death   Fire   Kolkata   Photos   Wikipedia: AMRI Hospitals
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CM discounts PSU disinvestment Indian Express
CM discounts PSU disinvestment
Under fire from Opposition for not paying salaries to a section of employees of the state-owned transport corporations, the Mamata Banerjee government, on Friday,... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Infrastructure   Photos   Transport   West Bengal   Wikipedia: West Bengal
Sangay urges Tibetans for worldwide demonstrations The Times of India
Sangay urges Tibetans for worldwide demonstrations
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan prime minister Lobsang Sangay has given a call for world-wide vigils on February 8 to express solidarity with Tibetans in... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Lobsang Sangay   Photos   Tibet   Wikipedia: Lobsang Sangay   World
Girl-child-India. The Times of India
No country for daughters, only 914 per 1000 boys
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet NEW DELHI: Among the many ways that India confounds the world, this is a particularly ignominious one. While growth and development usually lead to... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Girl   India   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Girl
In this photograph taken July 6, 2010, a street sign is shown near the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, New York Palm Beach Post
Dow slips to first losing week of 2012
NEW YORK — The stock market closed mostly lower Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its first losing week of 2012, after the government reported... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II)
Market   Photos   Stock   Wall Street
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado The Star
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia,... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel
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