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Iraq attacks against Shiites kill 47 - 07/02/2013

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- A wave of attacks in Iraq, mostly targeting Shiite Muslims, including a spate of market bombings, killed 47 people on Tuesday, raising fears of a revival of the country's...

Egypt army gives Morsi 48-hour ultimatum - 07/02/2013

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan and Haitham El-Tabei- The Egyptian army warned on Monday that if Islamist President Mohamed Morsi failed to meet the demands of the people within 48 hours, it would intervene with...

Gazan Arab Idol hero on triumphal West Bank tour - 07/02/2013

RAMALLAH- The Gazan winner of pan-Arab talent competition Arab Idol, Mohammed Assaf, performed in front of some 40,000 fans in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday. Crowds thronged a square near...

Ferocious assault on Syria's Homs kills civilians - 07/01/2013

DAMASCUS- Air raids on Homs killed a woman and two children on Sunday, monitors said, as Syrian government forces pressed a ferocious assault on rebel-held parts of the city dubbed the "capital of...

Italy mourns astrophysicist, 'girl who lit up the stars' - 06/30/2013

ROME- Italy on Sunday mourned the death of 91-year-old astrophysicist Margherita Hack, cherished for her simple, bewitching methods of narrating the universe and her fight for civil rights. "Goodbye...

Assault on Syria's Homs prompts opposition plea for help - 06/29/2013

DAMASCUS- Syria's armed forces battered rebel-held parts of Homs city on Saturday with air raids, shelling and a ground offensive that prompted the opposition to issue a desperate plea for foreign...

Syria rebels seize key position in Daraa city - 06/29/2013

BEIRUT- Syrian rebels advancing from the Jordanian border seized a strategic army position in the southern city of Daraa on Friday as fighting raged in the surrounding province, a watchdog said....

Muslim leaders in Britain condemn sexual grooming - 06/29/2013

LONDON- A sermon condemning the sexual grooming of young girls was delivered Friday at 500 mosques across Britain after a series of trials in which men predominantly of South Asian origin were...

Suicide bomber strikes, aid groups lament Syria crisis - 06/28/2013

DAMASCUS- A suicide bomber killed at least four people in a Christian area of the Syrian capital on Thursday as aid groups said they cannot keep pace with the ever-growing suffering. State media said...

Lebanon holds troops suspected of abusing man - 06/28/2013

BEIRUT- Lebanon's army on Thursday handed over a group of soldiers accused of abusing a detainee to the military police for questioning, a military source and the National News Agency said. The move...
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