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Egyptian activists denounce the gov’t for having escalated intimidation of critics
Egyptian activists shout anti-Muslim brotherhood slogans in front of Egypt’s state prosecutors office in support of popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, as Youssef, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the…
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Palestinian President reviews honor guards upon his arrival in Amman, Jordan
King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, reviews honor guards after his arrival at the Royal Palace to meet with Kind Abdullah II, unseen, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March…
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Catholic clergy take part at Washing of Feet ceremony at church in Jerusalem
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the…
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Women hold pictures of those killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jet in 2011
A woman throws her ID card as family members of 34 Turkish Kurdish civilians who were killed in Dec. 2011 in a botched raid in Uludere at Turkey-Iraq border by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, hold their pictures as they stage a…
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Afghan female students take water from a pump at school in Balkh
Afghan girls student take water from a water pump at a school in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Azorda>
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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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