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World
Egypt Presidential Election 1 Day Ahead
An Egyptian man holds up his shoe, a sign of insult, at a poster of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik during a protest in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, June 15, 2012. Shafik is broadly perceived as an extension of the regime of Hosni Mubarak. On Thursday, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court dissolved…
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Jordanian Protesters Require Political Reforms
Jordanian protesters from the Islamic Action Front Party and other Jordanian opposition parties shout slogans against the Jordanian Government during a demonstration demanding political reforms, in Amman, Jordan, June 15, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> Jordan’s protesters hold a giant national flag during a march to protest price hikes, in front of…
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Palestinians’ Daily Life
Palestinians woman bathe in the waters of the Mediterranean sea in Gaza Strip, Friday, June 15, 2012. Palestinians sails in the waters of the Mediterranean sea as the sun sets in Gaza Strip, Friday, June 15, 2012. Palestinians ride their horses in the waters of the Mediterranean sea in Gaza…
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Descendants of veterans to visit UN cemetery
Seventeen descendants of Korean War veterans from eight countries currently studying at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies will visit the U.N. Memorial Cemetery, Saturday, to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the war, which falls on June 25. The students will pay their respects to their grandfathers and their fellow soldiers…
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Egyptians Want To Clean Remnants Of Mubarak
Egyptian protesters chant slogans against the country’s military ruling council and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, as one holds a poster with merged photos of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and Ahmed Shafiq, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament…
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West Asia
Major news in Syria: Twenty-Two Army, Law-enforcement and Civilian Martyrs Laid to Rest Top news in <Syria Arab News Agency>: Twenty-Two Army, Law-enforcement and Civilian Martyrs Laid to Rest On the music of the ‘Martyr’ and the ‘Farewell’, the bodies of 22 martyrs from the army, law enforcement forces and civilians on Thursday were escorted from the military hospitals of Tishreen in Damascus,…
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Major news in UAE: Indian hangs himself after getting job termination letter in UAE Top news in <Emirates 24/7>: Indian hangs himself after getting job termination letter in UAE One more Indian has committed suicide in the UAE, raising the number of people who ended their lives due to psychological and financial problems. Shyam Kumar, 47 from Kallampalam near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, allegedly ended his…
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Israeli Apartments Built On Palestinian Land Ordered To Remove
A view of the Jewish Ulpana enclave in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, is seen Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered five apartment buildings in the outpost to be removed by July 1 after determining they were built on private Palestinian land. Four…
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Iraqi Bomb Attack Even Kills Innocent Baby
Karim Hamid kisses the dead body of his nephew Morteda Faleh, who was killed with his father, mother, brother and sister in a car bomb attack in Baghdad, before burial in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. A wave of bombings targeted religious…
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Oil Price Slips
Motorists pump gas under a sign displaying $2.99 for unleaded regular gasoline at a station in North Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, June 13, 2012. The price of oil slipped closer to $83 a barrel Wednesday amid speculation OPEC will leave its production quotas unchanged at this week’s meeting to avoid…
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