 Blast hits Damascus as Turkey sends troops to border
BEIRUT/ISKENDERUN, Turkey: Rebel forces attacked Syria's main court in central Damascus on Thursday, state television said, while Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft rocket launchers to the... (photo: AP / SANA) The Star
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 Annan calls crisis summit on Syria
Kofi Annan summoned world powers last night (Wednesday) to an emergency meeting on the Syrian crisis after rebels launched a highly symbolic strike on a pro-government television station in Damascus.... (photo: AP / Raad Adayleh) DNA India
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 Bahrain witnesses: Activist hurt by gas canister
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Witnesses say Bahraini police injured a prominent human rights activist by shooting her in the leg with a tear gas canister. Rights activist Yousef Al-Muhafedha said Thursday... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Guardian
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 Why Palestinian refugees can't be ignored
By Ramzy Baroud When it was reported that Lebanese security had killed 18-year-old Ahmad al-Qasim in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp on June 15 - over a dispute concerning a motorbike rider without... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari) Asia Times
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 Deadly Baghdad car bombs kill and injure dozens
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded in a series of car bomb attacks in Iraq. Reports say the attacks happened in and around Baghdad, with... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) BBC News
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 Kofi Annan proposes Syria 'unity government'
International envoy Kofi Annan has proposed setting up a Syrian transitional government that could include followers of President Bashar al-Assad and opposition members in a bid to end the country's... (photo: AP / Keystone, Laurent Gillieron) Al Jazeera
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 Russia 'supports Annan unity government plan for Syria'
Russia and other big powers have agreed to back a proposal by UN envoy Kofi Annan for a national unity government to lead political change in Syria. Western diplomats said the proposed cabinet could... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan) BBC News
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 Rebels storm pro-Assad Syrian TV channel
Beirut - Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) Independent online (SA)
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 News Analysis: No unraveling for Egypt-Israel ties in sight despite win by Islamic leader
by Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Despite Sunday's victory of an Islamist as Egypt's president elect, Egypt's ties with Israel are unlikely to break down, as the military continues to... (photo: AP / ) Xinhua
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 Syria and the Phantom
What was that Turkish F-4 Phantom II up to when the Syrians shot it down? Ankara said the plane strayed into Syrian airspace but quickly left and was over international waters when it was attacked, a... (photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain) Antiwar
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