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Breaking News Thu, 17 May 2012
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated
| AFP - Syrian forces were accused of summarily executing 15 civilians, as members of a UN team of observers were evacuated from a shelled town the day after a bomb blast hit their convoy. | Syria's P... (photo: AP)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad casts his ballot next to his wife Asma at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Feb. 26, 2012.
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Syria's Assad 'doomed,' says Israel's Barak
| AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "doomed," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday, urging the international community to increase pressure on his embattled regime. | Assad's dep... (photo: AP / SANA)
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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan waves as he arrives for his meeting with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Anan says his top priority as special envoy to Syria is to end the violence, deliver humanitarian relief and finally start a "political process" to resolve the one-year conflict there. Annan urges Syria to stop delaying humanitarian aid
| AFP - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. | The United Nations has been negotiating with Preside... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) France24
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Soldiers operate their Bradley armored fighting vehicle during an operation to search for weapons and munitions in areas of anti-Coalition activity along the Iraq-Syria border. The troopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment. U.S. Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters
Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan stipulating a truce and dialogue... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts) Otago Daily Times
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People on the street, building , Bank, iranian girls on the street, street telephone and ordenary life of the Iranian people working and doing shopping in Tehran capital Bosnian envoy: Iran has great tourism attractions
Karaj, Alborz Province, May 13, IRNA – Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Tehran said here on Saturday evening that Iran has great tourism attractions. | Speaking ... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) Irna
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at UN Headquarters. Israel envoy meets with Palestinian president
| JERUSALEM — An Israeli envoy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and delivered a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu detailing his ... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) Atlanta Journal
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Shell Petrol Station in Bangkok, Thailand Qatar ploughs money into Shell
| Gas-rich Qatar is ploughing more of its commodity wealth back into the sector with the purchase of a major stake in Royal Dutch Shell, while also reportedly eyeing a ch... (photo: WN / RTayco) Canberra Times
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EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal EU, Iraq sign first-ever partnership deal
The European Union and Iraq signed their first partnership agreement Friday, opening the way to a slew of trade and energy deals as well as improved cooperation to combat... (photo: EC / EC) Khaleej Times
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 Emirates SkyCargo - Emirates Airlines /aaeh Emirates posts Dh1.5b profit
DUBAI ' Emirates airline, the world's largest carrier by international traffic, on Thursday announced Dh1.5 billion annual net profit and said the years ahead will again ... (photo: AP / Matthias Rietschel) Khaleej Times
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Aid cuts could cripple Afghan peace Aid cuts could cripple Afghan peace
| "Expecting people to keep on living in these kinds of conditions is simply not acceptable’’ ... Valerie Amos. Photo: AP | THE sudden withdrawal of aid money and for... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Canberra Times
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Iraqi students children writing the litter for the USA children about the war in Iraq and peace in this area The Children of Iraq: "Was the Price Worth It?"
| The following is a presentation given in the Dialogue sessions of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, May 2012. |   | “…Line up the bodies of the children, the t... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) GlobalResearch
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In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi VP put on Interpol wanted list
| Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice president, has been placed on an Interpol "red notice". | The notice pressures all 190 members of the Lyon-based police co-operative to... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Al Jazeera
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna before a delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Clinton held security and counterterrorism talks with Indian officials Tuesday as the two countries try to broaden their relationship and manage mutual concerns about Pakistan and Afghanistan. The talks are a new round of U.S.-India strategic dialogue established last year to deepen ties between the world's oldest and largest democracies. Clinton presses Pakistan to do more on militancy
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, as she ends a two-day trip to neighbouring India. | Mrs Clinton said P... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup) BBC News
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Arab Headlines Oil
Kuwait speaker urges democracy before GCC union
Iranian negotiator warns P5+1 not to make "miscalculati
UN report says Syria continues to be main destination of ill
Maradona in race to become UAE national coach
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Syria accused of new 'massacre,' UN team evacuated
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South Sudan oil strike leaves millions hungry
Japan's JX: no problem with paying Iran for oil now
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Japan's JX: no problem with paying Iran for oil now
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
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Health Art & Culture
Syrian opposition faces fractures, infighting
Lebanese City Drawn Into Syrian Conflict
Syria Leader, in Rare TV Interview, Disparages Opponents
Diplomat: UN Experts Say Iran Sends Arms to Syria
Syria crisis still dire despite outside help
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'The Mystery of the Double Cross' at the Egyptian Th
Is it curtains for Afghanistan's fading silver screen?
Troubled by warfare, Lebanese director puts her views on fil
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.
'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
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Social Issues Law & Regulation
Assad Blames "Terrorists" for Violence
Aid groups defy Syrian government's diktat
Assad says mercenaries are behind Syria unrest
UN monitors trapped overnight with rebels after funeral atta
Anti-Mubarak protesters hold up shoes during a protest outside the police academy in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug.3, 2011.
Leadership deficit on both sides prolongs the unfinished uprisings
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Diplomat: UN experts say Iran sends arms to Syria
Assad says mercenaries are behind Syria unrest
U.S. in waiting game on Syria
Assad warns against sowing chaos in Syria
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens walk at a damaged street near the scene where two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Hopes for peace shattered as scores are killed in twin Damascus blasts
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