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Syrian immigrants who live in Bulgaria shout slogans during a peaceful rally in support of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, seen in poster at left, and the reforms carried out in Syria, Sofia, Sunday, April 17, 2011.
Democracy   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian protests   		 The Australian 
Syria vows to end emergency rule
Mon 18 Apr 2011
| BEIRUT: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has bowed to a popular uprising and promised to end nearly 50 years of emergency rule within a week -- but he warned that further unrest would be consi... (photo: AP / Valentina Petrova)
Syrian pro-government protesters carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad as they shout slogans after Friday prayers outside the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 15, 2011.
Democracy   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian protests   		 The Los Angeles Times 
Syria protests swell as tens of thousands turn out
Sat 16 Apr 2011
Demonstrations are reported across the country, including in Damascus a day after concessions from Assad. 'People are not afraid anymore," says a human rights lawyer. | An image taken from video poste... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
In this March 22, 2011 photo, Syrian intelligence security forces patrol in the southern city of Daraa, Syria.Unlike the armies of Tunisia and Egypt, Syria's military will almost certainly stand by the country's leader as President Bashar Assad faces down an extraordinary protest movement.  The Boston Globe  Mon 11 Apr 2011
Syrian army enters key city after deadly shooting
| BEIRUT-Syrian soldiers on army trucks and jeeps entered the key port city of Banias on Monday, a day after a shootout in which at least four anti-government protesters were killed and dozens of othe... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
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Cellphone  The Los Angeles Times  Sat 9 Apr 2011
Where even cellphones aren't safe
In authoritarian regimes, sending emails and using Facebook can be dangerous for activists. The U.S. State Department seeks to train them to protect themselves online. | By Brian Bennett | April 9, 20... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fourth right, shakes hands with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, as he welcomes him for a meeting, while Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, third right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, left, look on, at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. m&c; Thu 7 Apr 2011
Lebanon's Hariri accuses Iran of interfering in Arab affairs
| Beirut - Lebanon's caretaker Premier Saad Hariri on Thursday accused Iran of interfering in the internal affairs of the Arab world and of attempting to turn Lebanon and... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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Clinton Netanyahu Abbas 15 Sep 2010 Scoop Wed 6 Apr 2011
YouTube World View interview with PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 11:30 am | Press Release: Israeli Embassy | YouTube World View interview with PM Benjamin Netanyahu | March 30, 2011 | http://www.youtube.com/wat... (photo: Public Domain / U.S. Department of State)
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Barack Obama 2008 Kuwait 21 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed 30 Mar 2011
Barack Obama, war president
| The latest combination of war and presidential elections -- Libya and 2012 -- raises the costly and grisly question for Americans of the relationship between the two. |... (photo: Public Domain / Pfc. Alicia Torbush)
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Panic button The Times Of India Mon 28 Mar 2011
'Panic button' to erase mobile details in offing
LONDON: A "panic button" that erases mobile phone address books and sends emergency alerts is being developed in the US, which would be of help to pro-democracy campaigne... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr upload bot)
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Anti-Syrian government protesters flash V sign as they protest in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Wednesday March 23, 2011. Syrian security forces shot live ammunition and tear gas near a mosque where protesters have been camped out in southern Syria, killing six people including a paramedic, activists said. The early morning attack near the al-Omari mosque in the southern city of Daraa marks the deadliest single day since anti-government protests inspired by uprisings across the Arab world reached this country last week. The latest deaths brings the number of people killed in Daraa since Friday to at least 13. The Los Angeles Times Thu 24 Mar 2011
Syria crackdown on protests continues; 15 killed
Security forces raided a mosque in the city of Dara where demonstrators had sought shelter, witnesses say. The government says it stepped in only after a doctor and two o... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
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Gasoline Station - Petroleum - Price Hike Daily Star Lebanon Wed 23 Mar 2011
Gasoline prices to surge again Wednesday
| By Tamara Qiblawi | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, March 23, 2011 | - Powered by | --> | BEIRUT: Gasoline prices in Lebanon are set to climb by up to LL400 for 20 liters... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Mahmoud Abbas (right), President of the Palestinian National Authority, addresses the ministerial-level Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East-ayt1 Mahmoud Abbas: No New Palestinian Uprising Huffington Post
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, talks to the cleric lawmaker Mohammad Mohammadi, as other lawmakers look on, after Ahmadinejad submitted next year's budget bill, in an open session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Iran's leader supports intelligence chief not wanted by Ahmadinejad m&c;
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A Syrian university student, left, carries a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad as he shouts slogans, during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Defying the Syrian President, Thousands Protest in Sometimes Deadly Clashes Herald Tribune
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif gestures in front of Egyptian flags during a press conference in Cairo Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, a day before the country's first ever multi-candidate presidential elections. Nazif said "Tomorrow is a new day in Egypt's history, It will be a historic turning point." Egypt puts top ex-ministers on trial in graft crackdown The Jordan Times
Bahraini anti-government protesters approach a police barricade Friday, March 11, 2011, in Riffa, Bahrain, that kept tens of thousands demonstrators from marching to the royal court. Security forces reinforced by pro-government mobs fired rubber bullets and tear gas Friday to scatter protesters near Bahrain's royal palace as conflict deepened between Sunni Muslims backing the ruling system and Shiites demanding it give up its monopoly on power Bahrain to prosecute civil servants over protests The Jordan Times
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