Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad (R) receives an honorary doctorate in political science from Prof.Dr Sujin Jinahyon (L) of Thailand's Naresuan University in Bangkok January 27, 2012. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Senior Hamas leader Khaled Mashal (L) shakes hands with Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, the Egyptian Imam of al-Azhar Mosque during a Hamas delegation visit to the Imam of al-Azhar mosque in Cairo January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Al Hams/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Senior Hamas official Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian ...
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Senior Hamas official Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian parliament, gestures inside a courtroom at Israel's Ofer military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah January 22, 2012. Israeli soldiers arrested Dweik on suspicion of involvement with terrorist groups on January 19, 2012, the Israeli military and Hamas said. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Relatives mourn the death of Lebanese youth Maher Hamad in Arida ...
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Relatives mourn the death of Lebanese youth Maher Hamad in Arida town in northern Lebanon January 21, 2012. Syrian forces killed a Lebanese fisherman and wounded another when they seized a boat suspected of smuggling off the Lebanese-Syrian coast on Saturday, a relative said. Lebanese security sources confirmed the seizure of the boat but declined to give details of any casualties. Ahmed Hamad told Reuters his wife had crossed into Syria and had found their 16-year-old son Maher Hamad dead in a Syrian state hospital. He said a second fisherman had been wounded and the third was being interrogated by Syrian security forces. REUTERS/Omar Ibarahim (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L) and Vietnam's ...
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong talk at the party's office in Hanoi January 17, 2012. Sheikh Hamad is in Vietnam for a two-day visit. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)