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West Asia
Syrian Lebels Confident To Topple Assad’s Regime By Themselves
FSA soldiers take their positions in the Saif Al Dula district in Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Syria’s most prominent defector said in an interview that aired Monday that he opposes any foreign military intervention in the country’s civil war and that he is confident the opposition can topple…
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U.S. Politicians Raise Voice To Help Arm Syrian Lebels
FSA soldiers prepare a mortar in Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. On Friday, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham, who have toured the volatile Middle East in recent days, urged Washington to help arm Syria’s rebels with weapons and create a safe zone…
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Bahrainis Rally To Support Jailed Human Right Activist
Ali al-Ekri, a Bahraini doctor convicted on charges stemming from the Gulf island nation’s pro-democracy uprising, speaks at a rally in Bani Jamra, Bahrain, on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in support of jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, seen in picture on podium and at left on banner behind it.…
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A Palestinian Mother Cries Over Her Two Sons Killed By Israeli Shelling
Palestinian mother mourns following the killing of her two sons in Israeli artillery shelling in the northern Gaza Strip on Sept. 6, 2012. Three Palestinians were killed Thursday morning in Israeli shelling in northern Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said. The last bombing raised the number of Palestinians killed…
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Yemenis Suffering Poverty Promised $6.4 Billion Of Aid
SANAA — A poor familiy live in a house on the outskirts of Sanaa, capital of Yemen, on Sept. 5, 2012. An international donors’ meeting held in Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday pledged 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of aid to Yemen to help stabilize the impoverished country after a…
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A U.S. Congressman In Trouble Over Illegal Donation From Israeli Rabbi
In this July 11, 2011 file photo, a man kisses the hand of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto at a wedding in Lod, central Israel. In the fall of 2009, when future U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm announced his run for congress, he sorely needed a rainmaker who could get the dollars flowing…
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Members Of “Welcome To Palestine” Stage Anti-Israel Protest
Foreign activists, members of the international movement “Welcome to Palestine”chant anti-Israel slogans from inside the Police vehicle after been arrested for approaching the Israeli embassy, in solidarity with the Palestinians during a protest in front of the Israeli embassy, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Foreign activists, members of…
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Jordan: Activists urge Lower House to reject media law amendments
Major News in <The Jordan Times> : Activists urge Lower House to reject media law amendments AMMAN — Scores of press freedom activists and online media practitioners on Wednesday staged a two-hour sit-in outside Parliament to protest against the government’s proposed amendments to the Press and Publications Law. Holding banners…
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Meets Top Iranian Leaders In Tehran
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, left, meets with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under a portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, at the start of their meeting in Tehran,…
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Some 52,000 Syrians Take Refuge In Lebanon
Syrian refugees are about to leave the school they previously dwelled in since the new semester approaches, in Bekaa region, Lebanon, on Aug. 29, 2012. According to the latest report by the UN High Commissoner for Refugees (UNHRC), Lebanon hosts about 52,000 Syrian refugees in various parts of the country.…
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