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    Ban Announces Annan’s Resignation As UN Envoy

    Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon (R) and Kofi Anna meet the media after a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, in this file photo taken on June 7, 2012. Ban Ki-moon announced on Aug. 2, 2012 the resignation of the U.N.-Arab…

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    Assad Defies U.N. Resolution To Resign

    FILE – This June 3, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. Arab countries on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 pushed ahead with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Assad to resign…

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    Ukranians Evacuate From Syrian Civil War

    Women and their children look out of the window in a Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry’s bus after arriving at Kiev’s Boryspil airport from Syria late Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. A Ukrainian military plane evacuated 199 people, including 177 Ukrainians, 15 Poles and seven Syrians due to the intensifying civil war…

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    Ban: UN mission chief’s convoy attacked in Syria

    Major news in <The Jerusalem Post> : UN mission chief’s convoy attacked in Syria The convoy of Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, head of the UN observer mission in Syria, was attacked over the weekend and only the vehicles’ armor prevented injuries, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. “Yesterday the…

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    Tunisia: US offers Tunisia aid in fight against terror

    Major news of Gulf Times: US offers Tunisia aid in fight against terror US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta yesterday said Washington was ready to help Tunisia develop its capacities to combat Al Qaeda, and urged closer regional co-operation in fighting the terror network. “The US Department of Defence stands ready…

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    Iranian Muslims Going Through Ramadan

    Iranian muslims have their iftar (breaking fast) during the fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Tehran, Iran, July 31, 2012. Muslims around the world refrain from eating and drinking and smoking from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia

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    Iraqi Exodus From Syrian Civil War

    In a Wednesday, July 25, 2012 photo, Iraqi refugees from Syria arrive at the border crossing near the Iraqi town of Qaim, 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Over 15,000 Iraqis have fled the Syrian civil war over the last two weeks. <AP/NEWSis news@theasian.asia

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    Saudi Arabia: 4.8 million pilgrims perform Umrah

    Major news of <Arab News>: 4.8 million pilgrims perform Umrah JEDDAH: About 4.8 million foreign pilgrims, from a total of six million, have performed Umrah this year, according to Haj Minister Bandar Hajar. He made this statement after inspecting services being extended to pilgrims by various government agencies in Makkah.…

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    Lebanon: Cabinet to resume discussion on election law next week

    Major News in <The Daily Star>:  Cabinet to resume discussion on election law next week The Cabinet agreed Tuesday to hold a third session next week to resume  discussion of a draft electoral law based on a system of proportional  representation after failing to reach agreement in two meetings. “The…

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    Syrian FM With His Iranian Counterpart In Tehran

    Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (R) and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem hold a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, on July 29, 2012. Visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem assured here on Sunday that armed rebels will fail in Syria’s northern Aleppo province. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia

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