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Syrian rebel coalition names ambassador to Paris - 11/18/2012

PARIS- France invited Syria's new opposition coalition to send an ambassador to Paris, but remained cautious on Saturday on the issue of supplying weapons, as inside Syria rebels said they took a key...

Israeli Gaza raids continue, hitting media centre - 11/18/2012

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- Fresh Israeli air strikes hit a Gaza City media centre and homes in northern Gaza early Sunday as the death toll mounted, despite suggestions from Egypt's...

Britain has 'encouraging' talks with Syrian opposition - 11/17/2012

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- British Foreign Secretary William Hague indicated Friday he would decide within days whether to officially recognise the new Syrian opposition after "encouraging" talks with...

New Israeli strikes on Gaza raise toll to 30: medics - 11/17/2012

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- New Israeli air strikes on Gaza on Friday night killed six Palestinians, raising the toll in two days of violence to 30, a Hamas health ministry spokesman said....

Top Hamas chief killed in Israel strike on Gaza - 11/15/2012

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Mai Yaghi and Sakher Abu El Oun- Israel killed a Hamas military chief in an air strike in Gaza on Wednesday, prompting Palestinian militants to warn that the...

BBC marks unhappy 90th birthday - 11/15/2012

LONDON, Danny Kemp- The BBC marked the 90th anniversary of its first ever transmission on Wednesday, beset by doubts about its future after a series of scandals surrounding the way it has reported...

God should have a Leica, says Lou Reed - 11/15/2012

PARIS- God should have a Leica camera, Lou Reed pronounced on Wednesday, as the US rock legend unveiled a book of photography spanning four decades of his "adventures with light". Quizzed about the...

BBC showed 'basic' journalistic failings in abuse story - 11/12/2012

LONDON, Guy Jackson- The BBC showed "basic" journalistic failures in a news report in which it wrongly accused a senior politician of child abuse, an internal investigation found on Monday. The...

Syria opposition unites as Israel fires warning shots - 11/12/2012

DOHA, Faisal Baatout- Syria's opposition agreed Sunday to unite against Bashar al-Assad and elected a moderate cleric as its first leader, as Israel fired warning shots into the war-torn country...

UN leader warns Israel-Syria tensions could escalate - 11/12/2012

UNITED NATIONS- UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed Sunday to Israel and Syria to ease tensions on their disputed Golan Heights frontier amid warnings that conflict in Syria could spread. Israel fired...
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