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Breaking News Fri, 10 Feb 2012
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Mideast   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Avoiding the Syria trap
| Given the continued carnage in Syria, and given Russian and Chinese obstruction of a plan to have Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside, the Arab League, Western nations and the United Nations se... (photo: AP)
The Los Angeles Times
People stand at the site of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
Photos   Security   Syria   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
25 die as blasts hit Syria city
Twenty-five people have been killed and 175 wounded in two explosions that targeted security compounds in the northern city of Aleppo, Syrian media reports. | State television blamed "terrorists" for ... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Belfast Telegraph
Mourners carry a body during a funeral for a ten-year-old boy and rebel fighters killed during fighting in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 Syria: bombs hit Aleppo as tanks pound Homs - live updates
| • State media reports many casualties in Aleppo bomb attacks | • Residents trapped in Homs as the week-long siege goes on | • Obama condemns 'outrageous bloodshed' Syrian rebels are seen in Id... (photo: AP) The Guardian
Death   Photos   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
File - Hundreds of newly trained Shabaab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18Km south of Mogadishu on Thursday Feb. 17, 2011. Al-Shabab 'join ranks' with al-Qaeda
| Somalia's armed Islamist movement al-Shabab have joined ranks with al-Qaeda, the latter's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a video message posted on online forums. | "I will break the good n... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) Al Jazeera
Africa   Al Qaeda   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: Al-Shabaab  
Top Stories
Un - Syria UN delegation arrives amid Maldives unrest
| A delegation from the UN has arrived in the Maldives seeking assurances on the "security" of former president Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned on Tuesday amid what he call... (photo: UN / UN) Al Jazeera
Civil Unrest   Maldives   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2011 Maldivian protests  
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. A missing peace option
All Arab countries actively support the Middle East to be a nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction free zone, and all the Middle Eastern countries signed the Nucle... (photo: AP) Khaleej Times
Arab world   Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran and weapons of mass destruction  
U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary William Hague speak during a meeting of Libya Contact Group in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 15, 2011. Delegates from nearly 40 countries seeking an end to the Libyan conflict met in Istanbul on Friday to discuss more financial aid and diplomatic support to Libya's main opposition group as the rebels struggled to defeat Gadhafi-loyal forces. Senior U.S. officials have said the Obama administration is preparing to strengthen ties with the Transitional National Council once it presents detailed plans for a democratic, transparent and inclusive government as it becomes increasingly clear that the Council will govern a post-Gadhafi Libya. Hague: No plans to arm Syria rebels
| Britain has no plans to arm Syrian rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad, the Foreign Secretary has said. | William Hague insisted the UK had no intention o... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) London Evening Standard
Photos   Rebels   Syria   UK  
Federal police present alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel "La Familia Michoacana," detained in a recent police operation, as they are presented to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mexican police seize record drug haul
" />" /> | Police in Mexico have seized a record 15 tonnes of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco. | According to the UN, the record haul is twice the to... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull) Al Jazeera
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Sentech Tower is a 237 metres (780 ft) high TV tower in the Brixton suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a well-known and easily identifiable landmark in the city, alongside its architectural cousin, the Hillbrow Tower. S Africa's Zuma outlines economic plan
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president, has revealed an ambitious set of infrastructure projects designed to rescue South Africa from the effects of a global recession... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) Al Jazeera
Economy   Photos   Projects   South Africa   Wikipedia: Economy of South Africa  
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, adresses the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany Pak denies Gilani meeting with Taliban in Qatar
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday refuted media reports suggesting a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan Taliban representatives had been planned in Q... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn) Zeenews
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, makes a statement on the new nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S. and Russia Secretary, Friday, March 26, 2010, in the press briefing room of the White House in Washington ANALYSIS: Pre-emptive strike talk keeps Israel’s Iran options open
| Israel is pursuing a studied ambiguity on whether it will attack Iran, keeping its options open on how to rein in Tehran’s alleged nuclear weapons ambitions, Israeli ... (photo: AP / J. David Ake) Taipei Times
Iran   Israel   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: American military action against Iran  
Syrians hold a large poster depicting Syria's President Bashar Assad during a rally in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Why Russia Supports Assad
| Two senior Russian officials, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Mikhail Fradkov, the director of Foreign Intelligence, have just been to Damascus. Cristóbal Schmal | ... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) The New York Times
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Iraq Saudi Arabia
1 person found dead after fire breaks out in abandoned Oklah
War crimes trial of ex-Croat official begins with him pleadi
State Department: We are NOT cutting the Baghdad embassy by
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Australia hold nerves to beat Sri Lanka
Man Killed in Saudi Protest Shooting
Saudi king says world confidence in UN 'shaken'
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani being received by the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot, at Chandigarh airport on March 30, 2011.
Pakistan court throws out PM contempt appeal
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Syria Kuwait
EXCLUSIVE - Forbidden Syria
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Two explosions target Syrian security compounds in Aleppo
Bomb blasts bring death to Syria's Aleppo
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
Avoiding the Syria trap
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India, Iraq to resume direct flights
Will Iran Be Attacked?
BAM Clough JV awarded A$400 million Wheatstone LNG Project
Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
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UAE Egypt
McIlroy and Bjorn set pace in Dubai
Dubai to have 2 more visa medical centres
Syrian expatriates rally against President Al Assad in the U
England tame the Lions in Abu Dhabi Fri, 10 Feb 11:59:00 201
Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
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Votes Versus Rights
Egyptian security: 3 Koreans kidnapped in Sinai
'Unwrapping' an Egyptian mummy
Egypt activists march ahead of strikes
Syrians hold a large poster depicting Syria's President Bashar Assad during a rally in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.
Why Russia Supports Assad
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Jordan Iran
The Invisible Arab: Excerpt from Chapter 1
Hale and Blair discuss Middle East peace in Jordan
Turkey, Europe And Middle East Seek Balance In Islamic Count
Football and the Arab Spring February 4, 2012
Vitaly Churkin, U.N. Russian Ambassador speaks at a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 during emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia after France requested discussion of a new draft plan to end the hostiliti
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
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The return of the Keyboard
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IEA Slashes Oil Demand Growth Forecast
Two explosions target Syrian security compounds in Aleppo
Syrian rebels are seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
A missing peace option
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