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West Asia
Israeli Soldiers Search Palestinian’s Van Near West Bank
A blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian stands in front a van while Israeli soldiers inspect a vehicle, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Sept. 18, 2012. <AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi> news@theasian.asia
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Bahrainis Hold Rally To Call For Freedom Of Jailed Activists
Bahraini women pray and hold up a sign calling for freedom for jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab during a pro-democracy rally organized by opposition groups in Muqsha, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including…
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Bahrain Honors Police Officers Killed Or Wounded In Clash With Protesters
Bahraini Interior Minister Lt.-Gen. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, attends a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, to honor police officers killed and wounded during clashes with anti-government protesters. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using…
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A Syrian Family Takes Shelter At School Classroom
A Syrian man and his children who fled their home in Aleppo due to government shelling, sleep in a classroom of a school where they take refuge, in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. A book is left on the ground at the yard of…
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Bahrainis Stage Anti-Government Protest
Bahraini anti-government protesters listen to speaker during a rally demanding freedom for child prisoners in Sitra, Bahrain, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Arabic writing on the wall reads: “Down Hamad,” referring to Bahrain’s king. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali> news@theasian.asia
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Israeli Armed Forces Conduct Drill At Golan Heights
Israeli Army combat forces conduct a drill in the Golan Heights on September 13, 2012. <Xinhua/JINI> news@theasian.asia
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Lebel Forces Confront Syrian Army In Street Fighting
FSA fighters fire their weapons towards Syrian Army positions from the top of a building in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The diplomat tasked with ending Syria’s civil war said that the conflict is worsening on Thursday, the same day he travelled to the country…
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Innocent Syrian Children At Refugee Camp In Jordan
A Syrian baby, who fled with family the violence in his country, sleeps in a tent at Al-Zaatri Syrian refugee camp, at the north east city of Mafraq, Jordan, Sept. 13, 2012. The United Nations says an estimated 1.2 million Syrians, more than half of them children, are internally displaced.…
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Netanyahu Inspects Israeli Military Exercise
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with soilders during visiting an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Golani Brigade exercise in the Golan Heights on September 11, 2012. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with Israeli Defense Forces'(IDF) Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (R) during visiting an IDF Golani Brigade…
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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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