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Ex-PM says Syria regime collapsing - 08/15/2012

ALEPPO, Syria, Phil Moore- Syria's former prime minister, the highest profile government figure to defect, said Tuesday the regime was collapsing and controlled barely a third of the conflict-wracked...

Old regime loyalists attack Yemen defence ministry - 08/15/2012

SANAA- Troops of Yemen's elite Republican Guard, led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attacked the defence ministry on Tuesday, leaving five people dead and sparking US expressions...

Syria rebels claim jet downing as army advances - 08/14/2012

DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels claimed they downed a fighter jet Monday in what would be a major coup for the opposition, but the regime seized the upper hand in Aleppo as it advanced into a new rebel-held...

Qaeda front group claims dozens of Iraq attacks - 08/14/2012

"A group of believers from the Sunni people launched an operation targeting one of the corners of the Safavid project in the country, the anti-terrorism directorate in Karrada," said a statement...

Obama to NASA experts: 'Let me know if you find Martians' - 08/14/2012

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE- US President Barack Obama on Monday ribbed scientists behind NASA's roving robot Curiosity, instructing them to let him know right away if they found life on Mars. "If in fact,...

We'll miss Bashar Assad when he's gone - 08/12/2012

The institutions of Syria will collapse along with Bashar Assad's regime. (Joe Fournier illustration / August 11, 2012) Ads by Google This miserable autocrat who kills his own people and bombs his...

Truth as elusive as militants in Egypt's Sinai - 08/12/2012

SHEIKH ZUWAYID, Egypt, Samer al-Atrush- As the sun set over his desert village in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Abu Asma sat down to break his Ramadan fast when he heard gunfire from the army outpost down...

Deadly clashes rage in Syria's Aleppo - 08/11/2012

ALEPPO, Syria, Phil Moore- Syrian troops and rebels clashed on Friday in the city of Aleppo, where several people died when a shell crashed into a bakery as hundreds of residents queued for bread,...

Heavy shelling expels Syria rebels from Aleppo district - 08/09/2012

ALEPPO, Syria, Phil Moore- Rebels retreated from the key Aleppo district of Salaheddin under a deadly rain of shellfire on Thursday, with the showdown battle for Syria's commercial capital raging...

Egypt dailies protest Brotherhood 'muzzling freedom' - 08/09/2012

CAIRO- Three independent Egyptian newspapers ran white boxes on Thursday in the space where their editorials are usually found in protest at what they say is a bid by the Muslim Brotherhood to...
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