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Hamas and Iran rebuild ties three years after falling out over Syria
Full Article The Guardian
09 Jan 2014

News that high-level contacts between Palestinian party and Tehran have resumed is likely to dismay Israel and US Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, based in Qatar, met representatives from Tehran in Ankara and Doha in recent months, and may visit Tehran in the coming months. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA A rapprochement between...

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File - Hamas leader in exile Khaled Meshaal greets members of the Palestinian family of Kamal al-Nayrab, the killed leader of the Popular Resistance Committees in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on December 10, 2012.
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January 2014 Iran and Hamas - Last days end times final hour news prophecy update
updated 14 Oct 2013; published 14 Oct 2013
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Iran Israel: 'Monkey Astronaut': A Test For Iran Nuclear Power?
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
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Lead Iran negotiator is 'only hope'
updated 27 Jan 2010; published 27 Jan 2010
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Iran in the Press (May 6, 2009)
updated 23 Jul 2013; published 23 Jul 2013
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December 26 2013 Breaking News Pastor Saeed Abedini Robbed at Knifepoint in Iran Prison
updated 11 Jan 2013; published 11 Jan 2013
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Iran & the Recent Israel-Hamas Conflict
Palestinian nationhood: End the politics of compromise now
Full Article Al Jazeera
09 Jan 2014

if Palestine is to become a genuine nation state, Palestinians and their supporters must replace the politics of compliance and compromise with a politics of unity and assertiveness. This was the conclusion drawn from discussions with academics and politicians from Arab countries including significant Palestinian leaders from Hamas and Fatah, plus...

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File - Palestinians Carrying flags, during a rally marking the 13 th anniversary of the Al-Aqsa uprising or 'Second Intifada', in the refugee camp of Nusairat, central Gaza Strip, 27 September 2013.
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The Top Story: U.S. Urges Israel and Palestine To Make Tough Compromises To Reach A Peace Deal
updated 17 Jun 2012; published 17 Jun 2012
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Palestinian Authority will never compromise, says official PA TV announcement
updated 22 Jul 2013; published 22 Jul 2013
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US hails compromises already made by Israel and Palestinians
updated 20 Oct 2013; published 20 Oct 2013
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Palestinians: Would you compromise on the number of refugees to return?
updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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September Crisis or Compromise: The Palestinians, the UN, and the Peace Process
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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اخبارات کا جائزہ|Palestinian Rights compromised always over securing Israel|Newspaper Articles
Al-Qaida-linked group ramps up regional violence
Full Article Times Union
09 Jan 2014

BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida is positioning itself as a vanguard defending the Sunni community against what it sees as persecution by Shiite-dominated governments across Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. As a result, a Syrian rebellion whose aim was the removal of President Bashar Assad is evolving into something both bigger and more ambiguous: a fight...

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In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, file photo, gunmen patrol during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq.
photo: AP

updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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ISIL In Heavy Fighting With The Syrian Army
updated 14 Nov 2013; published 14 Nov 2013
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Syria War - Heavy Firefight And Clashes Between Al-Qaeda And Syrian Rebels Plus Syrian Army
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
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Syrian Rebel Civil War: Rebels declare war on al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
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Iraq city falls fully into hands of al-Qaida group - Fallujah
updated 13 Dec 2013; published 13 Dec 2013
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● Al-Qaeda-linked rebels kidnap 120 Syrian Kurds
updated 11 Aug 2013; published 11 Aug 2013
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Al-Qaeda-linked militants kill top Free Syrian Commander
Syria crisis: Russia blocks UN statement on Aleppo attacks
Full Article BBC News
09 Jan 2014

Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's use of air strikes against civilians in the city of Aleppo. Attacks using barrel bombs and Scud missiles by President...

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File - In this Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect damages buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria.
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updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Syria Crisis Russia Blocks U N Statement on Aleppo Attacks - January 9, 2014 New HD
updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Syria Crisis Russia Blocks U N Statement on Aleppo Attacks - January 9, 2014
updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Russia blocks UN statement on Aleppo
updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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Russia: Homemade ammunition used in Aleppo attack in March
updated 27 Dec 2013; published 27 Dec 2013
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Syria News 17.1.2013, large quantity of weapons seized (missiles, anti-aircraft guns..)
updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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SYRIA Homemade Chemical Weapons Used In March 19 Chemical Attack: Russian Probe
Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia, left, shakes hands with assembled dignitaries as he departs for Chad, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Regional leaders meet in Chad to discuss the future of Central African Republic
updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Central African Republic crisis: Djotodia future in balance
updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Central African Republic crisis Djotodia future in balance
updated 09 Jan 2014; published 09 Jan 2014
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Update on CAR situation
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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Civilians flee C.A.R. violence
updated 01 Mar 2013; published 01 Mar 2013
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8° missione Centrafrica Giov.27 gen.2011: gli amici si danno da fare.
Australian PM Defends Secrecy Over Border Protection
Full Article Jakarta Globe
09 Jan 2014

By Agence France-Presse on 9:14 am January 9, 2014. Category Featured, International, World Tags: asylum seekers, Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Indonesia-Australia relations Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended the government’s secrecy over its border protection policy Thursday after reports that boats had been...

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott gestures as he speaks to the press after laying a wreath at the memorial of the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people during his visit at the site in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Australia suffered more deaths in the attacks than any other country, with 88 of its citizens dead.
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updated 11 Nov 2013; published 11 Nov 2013
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► Indonesia's refusal to accept asylum boats 'very frustrating' Scott Morrison
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
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Australia's new government set to stop immigrants' boats
updated 05 Jun 2012; published 05 Jun 2012
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Indonesian boy to sue over Australian detention
updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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20 dead, many missing, as asylum-seeker boat sinks off Indonesia
updated 29 Sep 2013; published 29 Sep 2013
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Asylum seeker boat called Australian search & rescue multiple times & gave GPS before sinking:
updated 10 Sep 2012; published 10 Sep 2012
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Australia prepares asylum seeker centre
Humanitarian Situation In Fallujah Critical As Clashes Between Army And Militants Continue: UN
Full Article Huffington Post
08 Jan 2014

BAGHDAD, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to eradicate al Qaeda in Iraq and predicted victory as his army prepared to launch a major assault against the Sunni Islamist militants who have taken over parts of the city of Falluja. Fighters from the al Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is also...

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Gunmen gather in a street as they chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government and demanding that the Iraqi army not try to enter the city in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014.
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updated 07 Jan 2014; published 07 Jan 2014
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Iraq violence is spillover from Syrian civil war
updated 06 Jan 2014; published 06 Jan 2014
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Syria News 5/1/2014, 1000 French fighters joined terrorists in Syria, Turkish Gov turning
updated 25 Nov 2013; published 25 Nov 2013
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Libyan army in deadly clashes with Islamist militants
updated 02 Aug 2013; published 02 Aug 2013
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Tunisian army clashes with militants near Algerian border
updated 22 Apr 2013; published 22 Apr 2013
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185 killed as Nigerian army clash with Islamist militants in Baga
updated 06 Dec 2013; published 06 Dec 2013
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Libyan army on alert over clashes with Salafi militants
South Sudan Rejects Call to Free Rebels to Help End Fighting
Full Article Jakarta Globe
08 Jan 2014

By Aaron Maasho & Carl Odera on 9:55 am January 8, 2014. Category International, World Tags: Ethiopia, South Sudan Displaced people carry water containers on their heads at Tomping camp, where some 15,000 displaced people who fled their homes are sheltered by the United Nations, near South Sudan’s capital Juba January 7, 2014. (Reuters Photo)...

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Refugees who fled the recent violence in South Sudan and crossed the border into Uganda carry their belongings as they await transportation from a transit center in the town of Koboko to a nearby settlement in Arua District, in northern Uganda Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
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updated 08 Jan 2014; published 08 Jan 2014
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Talks in Ethiopia fail to end violence in South Sudan
updated 08 Jan 2014; published 08 Jan 2014
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Thousands Of People Fled South Sudanese City Of Bentiu
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
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BBC News South Sudan general killed in ambush
updated 01 Jan 2014; published 01 Jan 2014
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South Sudan Government, Rebels to Hold Talks to End Violence
updated 03 Jan 2014; published 03 Jan 2014
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Powerful storm looms for Midwest, Northeast
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
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South Sudan general killed in ambush
Syria crisis: Islamist rebels urge attacks on opposition rivals
Full Article BBC News
08 Jan 2014

A hardline Islamist rebel group in Syria has called on its supporters to attack rival opposition factions that do not support its cause. The call by the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) follows days of rebel infighting that has left scores dead. It came hours after another rebel group called on ISIS to observe a...

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In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, a Shiite fighter clashes with members of the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army rebel in the town of Hatita, in the countryside of Damascus, Syria.
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ISIS commander killed in Syria, hackers bypass iPhone 5s security, Rihanna 'helps' slow lorises
updated 19 Sep 2013; published 19 Sep 2013
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Al Qaeda group captures town near Syria Turkey border, eyes key crossing
updated 21 Sep 2013; published 21 Sep 2013
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Syria 'al Qaeda fighters' agree to truce
updated 20 Sep 2013; published 20 Sep 2013
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Syria rebels,jihadists agree on truce.
updated 08 Dec 2013; published 08 Dec 2013
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AA4Syria Johnny Achi on reasons why the US is standing on the wrong side of this war.
updated 05 Jan 2014; published 05 Jan 2014
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Syrian rebels want foreign fighters gone
Panama Canal authority proposes end to dispute
Full Article Lexington Herald-Leader
08 Jan 2014

PANAMA CITYThe Panama Canal Authority said Tuesday that it wants to end a standoff over the expansion of the canal by splitting construction costs with an international consortium that has threatened to halt work unless the authority comes up with $1.6 billion in extra funding. The authority said Tuesday that it would pay $183 million and...

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The Panama Canal. A ship canal is a canal especially constructed to carry ocean-going ships, as opposed to barges. Ship canals can be enlarged barge canals, canalized or channelized rivers, or canals especially constructed from the start to accommodate ships.
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updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
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Panama Canal expansion contractors in strike threat over pay dispute
updated 06 Jan 2014; published 06 Jan 2014
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Spanish Minister In Panama Over Canal Expansion Project
updated 02 Jan 2014; published 02 Jan 2014
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Panama Canal builders With Strike Against Expansion
updated 06 Oct 2011; published 06 Oct 2011
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Panama Canal Expansion Third Set of Locks
updated 08 Jan 2014; published 08 Jan 2014
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Panama Canal expansion contractors in strike threat over pay dispute
updated 07 Jan 2014; published 07 Jan 2014
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Spain in talks on Panama Canal row

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London, January 09: The United Nations has warned that the Central African Republic (CAR) is heading towards a humanitarian disaster because of overcrowded camps leading to poor...
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As U.S. forces continue to draw down in Afghanistan with the Taliban, allies of al-Qaida, still occupying most of the country, it’s difficult to see what was achieved in the...

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London: Police were acting lawfully when they shot dead an unarmed Mark Duggan, the 29-year-old father of six whose killing led to the London riots of August 2011, an inquest jury has found. There was uproar in the courtroom after the jury...
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The Detroit River flows beneath the bridge. bridge, over the Detroit River, had the longest suspended central span in the world when it was completed in 1929—564 m (1850 feet), a title it would hold until the opening of the George Washington Bridge in 1931.
A political retaliation scandal that erupted around Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday may be about to get worse. In September, according to a report from the Bergen Record, paramedics trying to reach an unconscious 91-year-old...
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New Jersey Governor says he was misled by staff over bridge scandal
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday said he was misled by his staff after fresh revelations that a top aide played a key role in closing some lanes leading to one of the world’s busiest bridges in what critics say was a political...
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A honeybee nacters almond flower as blossoms bloom as a sign of the arrival of spring after a long spell of winter at Badamwari in old downtown Srinagar, on March 21, 2012.
In more than half of European countries, there are not enough honeybees to pollinate crops, according to new research. Scientists believe that a boom in biofuels has sparked a massive increase in the need for pollination. The shortage is particularly...
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Stuttgart's Thomas Hitzlsperger, celebrates his team's victory over Rangers' at the end of their Champions League Group G soccer match at Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009.
BERLIN -- A former World Cup player from Germany came out as gay on Wednesday, rebuking the Russian anti-gay law that threatens to tarnish next month's Sochi Olympics and challenging the longstanding stigma against homosexuality in football. With his...
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Dennis Rodman coaches as North Korean and U.S. basketball players practice in Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014.
Dennis Rodman has angrily defended his visit to North Korea, ahead of a basketball game to mark leader Kim Jong-un's birthday. In an interview with CNN, Rodman was asked if he would raise the issue of a US citizen jailed in North Korea. The...
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A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), lands at sunset during external sling-load training in Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently deployed at Sierra Leone to
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