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West Asia
Yemeni people hail President’s decision to make military shakeup
An elderly Yemeni man shouts slogans during a demonstration to hail the decisions by Yemen’s President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi to make a military shakeup, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Yemen’s president removed his predecessor’s son and nephews from powerful security posts on Wednesday in the most dramatic…
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[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑪
[16] She was overwhelmed by disturbing thoughts and Saadiya’s voice awoke her: “Mistress Nargis. The General is in the reception room. He wants to talk to you.” Putting on her alternative clothes Nargis said : “Tell him I’ll be there in five minutes.” A few minutes later the Shamawes woman…
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Mazen Maarouf: The Arab Dictators create their intellectuals
He is one of the creative voices of Arab poetry. He worked for several newspapers in Lebanon as for some newspapers abroad. Belonging to a Palestinian 1948 refugee family, (b. 1978) lived and studied in Beirut to hold a BS degree in general chemistry at Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences.…
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Syrian children play with toys at new refugee camp in Jordan
Syrian refugee children play toys given by members of the UAE Red Crescent after their arrival at the new Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, 20 km east of the city of Zarqa, Jordan, on April 10, 2013. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh>
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Palestinians work on Qatar-funded road in Gaza City
In this Monday, April 8, 2013 photo, Palestinians work on a Qatar-funded road in Gaza City. The newly re-elected leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, is expected to strengthen ties with Qatar, Egypt and Turkey in his next four-year term. <AP Photo/Hatem Moussa>
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Kuwait hosts 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union conference
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L, front) and Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Ali al-Rashed (R, front) attend the opening of the 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) conference in Kuwait City on April 9, 2013. Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Ali al-Rashed addresses the opening of the 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) conference…
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills 37 people in southern Iran
An Iranian man reacts as he sits among ruins of a building after an earthquake struck southern Iran, in the city of Shonbeh, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday,…
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10th anniversary of toppling of Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad
In this Friday, March 8, 2013 photo, the empty pillar, right, where the statue of former dictator Saddam Hussein sat, was pulled down by U.S. forces in 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. Ten years ago, a statue fell in Paradise Square. Joyful Iraqis helped by a U.S. Army tank retriever pulled…
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Five dead in Muslim-Coptic Christian clashes near Cairo
Egyptians chant slogans during a protest in front of the Coptic cathedral to condemn Saturday’s sectarian clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Four Christians, along with a Muslim, were killed in clashes on Saturday in a town north of Cairo. Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of…
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Turkish demonstrators break into courthouse to support political prisoners
Thousands of Turks clash with security as they try to break through barricades mounted around the prison and courthouse complex in Silivri, on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April 8, 2013. Riot police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray to disperse demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse in…
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