 Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 35 in busy cafe
October 20: A suicide bomber slammed his explosive-laden car today night into a busy cafe in Iraq's capital, part of a day of violence across the country that killed 45 people, authorities said. The... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The Siasat Daily
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 50 die in Syria suicide bombings as hostages released in tripartite deal
Suicide bombers killed at least 50 people at checkpoints in Hama and Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus inhabited mainly by Christians and Druze, and fighting flared around the capital and in the eastern... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman) The Irish Times
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 US-Middle East diplomacy is working but the risks are high
While much world attention has unsurprisingly been focused on the sound and fury coming out of Washington over the debt ceiling and the possible default, the diplomatic tectonic plates seem to be... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) The Irish Times
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 Qatar has 'problems to solve' ahead of World Cup-Platini
PARIS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini has urged Qatar to solve its "problems" ahead of the 2022 World Cup which will be played in the Gulf state. "It's a gift... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) The Guardian
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 Rami Abdurrahman Feeds Western Media On Syria From England
COVENTRY, England -- COVENTRY, England (AP) — He's practically a one man band, but Rami Abdurrahman's influence extends far beyond his modest home in this small English city. The bald, bespectacled... (photo: AP / Raphael Satter) Huffington Post
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 Arab states call on Saudi Arabia to rethink UNSC seat rejection
Abu Dhabi, October 20: Arab nations have appealed to Saudi Arabia to reverse its decision to reject a seat on the UN Security Council. Arab UN ambassadors made the appeal after an emergency meeting on... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) The Siasat Daily
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 Peace envoy pushes for Syria talks as bomb strikes Damascus
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday kept up his regional push for peace talks on Syria, where a suicide car bombing and assault on a key Damascus checkpoint killed 16 Syrian soldiers. cmet... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré) Khaleej Times
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 Arab states urge Saudi to keep UN Security Council seat
UNITED NATIONS: The Arab Group at the United Nations urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to reconsider its decision to renounce a rotating seat on the Security Council to protest the 15-nation body's... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Dawn
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 Riding the nuclear tiger
A deal limiting Tehran’s breakout capability is possible The United States has a Iranian tiger by the tail. Washington doesn’t know whether to hold on or let the big beast go. The Mideast... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) Khaleej Times
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 Afghan Army hindered by broken gear, bad logistics
WARDAK, Afghanistan — Their fighting season nearly over, members of an embattled Afghan army unit recently inspected their equipment, most of which was in two heaps on their base. There were Humvees... (photo: US Army / Margaret Taylor) Stars and Stripes
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