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Hezbollah For Hezbollah, Claiming Victory Could Be Costly
| BEIRUT, Lebanon — With Hezbollah’s toppling of the Lebanese government, the militant Shiite Muslim movement entered what may prove to be one of the most dangerous chapters in a 30-year... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Herald Tribune
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Pope Benedict XVI, right, greets the faithful as he leaves after celebrating Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. A Vatican spokesman said a woman jumped barriers and knocked down the pontiff as he was arriving for the mass but the 82-year-old pope quickly got up and was unhurt. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Islamists in Pakistan demonstrate against call by pope to scrap blasphemy laws
| KARACHI, Pakistan - Islamist protesters demonstrated in Pakistan on Friday against a call by Pope Benedict XVI for the government to scrap blasphemy laws that stipulate the death sentence for anyone... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia) Star Tribune
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Palestinian school girls wave a Palestinian flag during a demonstration Poll: Many Jerusalem Palestinians would prefer Israeli citizenship after peace deal
| JERUSALEM - A poll suggests that a plurality of Jerusalem Palestinians would rather remain in Israel even after a peace deal and the creation of a Palestinian state. | A poll this week shows that 35... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Star Tribune
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Rescue workers evacuate unidentified victims of violence on stretchers in Tunis, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. Behind Tunisia Unrest, Rage Over Wealth of Rulers
| HAMMAMET, Tunisia -- This ancient Mediterranean hamlet, advertised as the Tunisian St.-Tropez, has long been the favorite summer getaway of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his large extended f... (photo: AP / Hedi Ben Salem) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Afghan girls walk through the bazaar on their way home, outside Forward Operating Base Wilson, of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2010. Afghan Taliban 'end opposition to educating girls'
Continue reading the main story Taliban Conflict | Despair as Nato eyes endgame Can Afghan forces step up? Who are the Taliban? Q&A;: Fighting the Taliban | The Taliban have abandoned their opposition ... (photo: US Army / Spc. Ian Schell) BBC News
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Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon, attends a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. on Apr. 25, 2001. Robert Fisk: Lebanon in limbo: a nation haunted by the murder of Rafiq Hariri
| Soldiers, soldiers everywhere. In the valleys, on the mountains, in the streets of Beirut. I have never seen so many soldiers. Are they going to "liberate" Jerusalem? Or are they going to destroy al... (photo: US DoD file / Helene C. Stikkel) The Independent
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