 Deadly unrest fuels suspicion on eve of Syria vote
Syria's authorities and the opposition traded accusations Sunday over who was behind blast that rocked Damascus and Aleppo, on the eve of parliamentary polls designed to boost the regime's legitimacy.... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Khaleej Times
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 Opposition leaders urge Syria election boycott
The regime has portrayed the vote set for tomorrow as a sign of its willingness to carry out reforms. The election for a 250-seat parliament comes three months after the adoption of a new constitution... (photo: AP) The Independent
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 Qatari organisation launches two community schools in Afghanistan
Manama: Qatar-based Reach Out to Asia (ROTA) has launched two community schools in the Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan. With funding support from ROTA, CARE International in Afghanistan began in... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Gulf News
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 Fourth-graders visit the Defense secretary
The question was pointed and the questioners unyielding. If Israel decided to bomb Iran's uranium enrichment facilities, would the U.S. help secure overflight rights from Saudi Arabia? The press... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett) Richmond Times Dispatch
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 Egypt Army Says 300 People Held Over Defense Ministry Clashes
CAIRO—Military prosecutors ordered the detention of 300 protesters on accusations of attacking troops and disrupting public order during violent clashes outside Egypt's Defense Ministry, a... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Wall Street Journal
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 U.S., China to hold consultations on South Asia
The United States and China have announced they will hold consultations on South Asia and the Asia-Pacific region later this year, just as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in India on... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The Hindu
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 Thailand prime minister to visit Bahrain
Manama: Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will this month visit Bahrain and Qatar on her first trip to the Middle East since taking office last year. Boosting cooperation in trade and... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) Gulf News
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 Iran's runoff polls favour Ahmadinejad rivals
Final results for many constituencies in Iran's parliamentary runoff elections show conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning a solid majority of seats and cementing their hold on... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Al Jazeera
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 Obama, Osama and the GOP
WASHINGTON We expect some hypocrisy in politics, but it was still jaw-dropping to behold Republicans accusing President Obama of politicizing the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) The Charlotte Observer
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 Obama's democracy: Insulting Islam means life sentence in Libya
Barack Obama has a new foreign policy achievement to boast about on the campaign trail in 2012: turning Libya into a Iranian-style Islamofascist state. New laws in the North African country instate a... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Examiner
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