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The occupation of Baba Amr in Homs is a key victory for Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. The U.N. calls for humanitarian access to conflict-ridden areas.
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Remote-controlled device on motorcycle explodes near offices of Turkey's ruling party as police vehicle passes byAn explosion near the Istanbul headquarters of Turkey's ruling AK party has injured 10 has police officers.The Istanbul police chief, Huseyin Capkin, said the blast, which happened in the Sutluce district,...(more)
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As violence continued to rage, officials said voters had overwhelmingly approved a new Constitution in a referendum that Western leaders labeled a farce.
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Staggeringly corrupt and repressed, Saudi Arabia is ripe for revolution. But fear deters reformers from declaring their views'Let us strangle the last king with the guts of the last priest," the French 18th century philosopher Denis Diderot said. The same phrase is now widely repeated across...(more)
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Israel's military planners may have a fantasy of bombing Iran's nuclear facilities, but any rational assessment sees only disasterThe momentum behind a prospective Israeli attack on Iran's long-concealed nuclear facilities is building. Every day brings a new Israeli warning that the situation is intolerable and that...(more)
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A day after President Obama told Syria’s dictator to take a hike, the regime’s military unleashed a brutal new round of attacks that left at least 77 people dead, activists said.
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Twelve people killed Friday as anti-US sentiment spreads for fourth straight day in wake of holy book burning at Nato baseTwelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies of the Muslim...(more)
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The series of car bombings, explosions and shootings hits during rush hour in Baghdad. Iraqi parliament Speaker Usama Nujaifi blames foreign militants.At least 30 Iraqi police officers and civilians were killed and dozens injured Thursday morning in a series of rush-hour car bombings, explosions and attacks...(more)
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France calls for humanitarian corridor to Homs after video plea from journalist injured in shelling that killed Marie ColvinEdith Bouvier, the French journalist badly injured in the explosion that killed the Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, has issued a moving video plea for help in getting...(more)
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Edith Bouvier and Paul Conroy, two foreign journalists who were wounded during an attack in Homs, appealed for help in new video messages posted online by activists.
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Two American troops were gunned down by a man wearing an Afghan uniform in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, a U.S. official said Thursday.
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Syrian forces open fire with live ammunition on demonstrators in Damascus as unrest spreads in the capitalSyrian forces opened fire with live ammunition on demonstrators in Damascus in the early hours of Tuesday, wounding at least four people, according to activists, as unrest continued to spread...(more)
