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A Palestinian woman prepares bread, part of Gaza cuisine praised for being a unique Mediterranean food
In this Monday, March 18, 2013 photograph, Palestinian Nabila Qishta, 52, prepares bread in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, using flour donated by the U.N. Gaza cuisine is Mediterranean-based, relying on olive oil, fresh vegetables, herbs and grains. “The Gaza Kitchen” is being praised by celebrity chefs like…
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Iranian President poses with his chief of staff during a press conference in Tehran
In this Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, holds hands with chief of staff Esfandiari Rahim Mashaei, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran. In the waning months of Ahmadinejad’s presidency weakened by years of internal battles with the ruling clerics there appears no bigger priority…
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Bahrani anti-gov’t protesters clash with police after funeral of a person who died from tear gas inhalation
A Bahraini anti-government protester, masked against tear gas, throws stones at a police armored vehicle during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Clashes erupted after the politically charged funeral of Jaffar al-Taweel, 35, who relatives and rights activists say died from excessive tear gas inhalation. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Hasan…
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Female Palestinian artists paint on ceramic articles at a factory in Nablus, West Bank
Female Palestinian artists paint on ceramic articles at a factory in the famous tourist village of Sebastia, the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 27, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Nidal Eshtayeh>
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Football fans cheer under the moonlight during an int’l soccer friendly in Baghdad
Football fans cheer , as one fan holds a message for the Syrian team, during an international friendly soccer match at the al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of Iraqi football fans packed a stadium in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday to watch the country’s first…
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[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑨
[13] Only the barks of a dog accompany him on his way in the darkness. Birds are asleep, donkeys silent and people went to bed. This is Emad crossing the dusty track along the small canal on his way home. He keeps thinking about Donia. The distance between the villa…
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Delegates to the World Social Forum attend a rally to open the meeting in Tunis
Delegates of the World Social Forum take part in a demonstration on the opening day of the forum, in Tunis, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of activists from around the globe converged on Tunisia for the World Social Forum, the annual counter-hegemonic meet where opponents of neo-liberalism, free…
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An Iranian woman remembers a soldier killed in Iran-Iraq war at cemetery in Mashhad
A grave of a soldier who was killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, is seen at the Behesht-e Reza cemetery in Mashhad city, northeastern Iran, March 25, 2013. Iranians visited the cemetery to commemorate soldiers who were killed during the Iran-Iraq war, during the Iranian New Year holidays. A woman…
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Morsi’s supporters clash with opponents protesting the arrest of five activists in Cairo
FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s supporters, background, clash with opponents, foreground, outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s Islamist president makes good on vows of action against opponents, as the top prosecutor issues arrest warrants against five prominent activists and…
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Jews collect water at a mountain spring to prepare for celebration of Passover
Ultra-Orthodox Jews collect water to make matza during the Maim Shelanoo ceremony at a mountain spring, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2013. The water is used to prepare the traditional unleavened bread for the high holiday of Passover which begins Monday. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Oded Balilty>
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