 UN warns Syrian civil warn is devastating farming as Jordan struggles to cope with refugees
Syria's 22-month civil war has ravaged vital infrastructure and halved the output of staple crops, the United Nations said yesterday, underscoring the lasting damage from which the country will take... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The Independent
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 Syrian refugees continue to flood Jordan amid warnings of crisis
January 24, 2013 -- Updated 1308 GMT (2108 HKT) (CNN) -- As many as 20,000 Syrian refugees have flooded Jordan in just the last few days, the nation's foreign minister and refugee officials said... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) CNN
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 Israeli lawmaker: Domestic issues must be priority
By Amy Teibel Associated Press Comments Jerusalem — A top ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recommended Thursday that the next Israeli government sideline the polarizing issue of Mideast... (photo: AP / Darren Whiteside, Pool) Detroit news
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 'Assad responsible for Syria's humanitarian crisis'
Washington, January 23: Holding the regime of Bashar al-Assad responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the US on Wednesday claimed that territory and control was rapidly slipping out of the... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin) The Siasat Daily
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 Iran nuclear power plant stokes worries closer to home, too
DUBAI (Reuters) - For the Iranian government, the Bushehr nuclear power plant is proof to a world worried about Tehran's intentions that its atomic program is aimed only at securing a modern, clean... (photo: AP / Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour) Daily Press
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 Kuwait airways set to renew fleet: 20 new planes over next two years
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's national carrier plans to buy up to 21 new aircraft over the next two years after parliament on Wednesday passed a key bill transforming it into a commercial company, its... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Middle East Online
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 Russia's Lavrov says Beirut flights not Syria evacuation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is not beginning a mass evacuation of its citizens from Syria. Mr Lavrov was speaking the day after scores of Russians were flown home from the... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) BBC News
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 Russia says no peace for Syria unless opposition talks to Assad
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that there could be no peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria as long as opponents of President Bashar al-Assad refuse... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool) Daily Press
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 Israeli election ends in dramatic deadlock
JERUSALEM - Israel's parliamentary election has ended in a stunning deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line bloc and center-left rivals, forcing the badly weakened Israeli... (photo: AP / Abir Sultan) Herald Tribune
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 Netanyahu narrowly wins Israeli election
Jerusalem - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election on Tuesday, likely forcing him to reach across the aisle to court a... (photo: AP / Abir Sultan, Pool) News24
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