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100 killed in new Syria regime 'massacre': opposition - 06/07/2012

DAMASCUS- Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad "massacred" about 100 people, including many women and children, at a village in central Syria on Wednesday, the opposition Syrian National Council...

US mission in Libya's Benghazi attacked - 06/07/2012

TRIPOLI- The US diplomatic mission in Libya's main eastern city of Benghazi came under attack and one person was wounded, officials said on Wednesday. "There was an attack late last night on the...

Crowds pack Tahrir to protest Mubarak verdicts - 06/06/2012

CAIRO, Mona Salem- Crowds of Egyptians packed Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a mass demonstration to protest against verdicts handed down in ex-president Hosni Mubarak's murder trial....

First trial of senior official in Kadhafi regime opens - 06/06/2012

TRIPOLI- The first trial of a senior official accused of killing demonstrators in the 2011 uprising against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi opened on Tuesday. Former foreign intelligence chief Bouzid...

Anti-Shiite bomb attack in Baghdad kills 25 - 06/05/2012

BAGHDAD, Mohamad Ali Harissi and Ammar Karim- A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-packed car at a Shiite foundation's headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 25 people and sparking fears of...

Libya since Kadhafi's fall - 06/05/2012

Kadhafi was the first leader to be killed in the so-called Arab Spring. - 23: The new ruling National Transitional Council declares the "total liberation" of Libya and says more than 30,000 were...

Security chiefs freed as prosecutor appeals Mubarak verdict - 06/04/2012

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush and Jailan Zayan- Five of six security chiefs tried with ousted president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters were to be released on Sunday, as Egypt's state prosecutor...

Lebanon army restores calm after Syria-linked clashes - 06/04/2012

BEIRUT- Lebanese soldiers and security forces entered areas of the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday to restore calm after deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime gunmen, a security...

Venus, the planet of broken dreams - 06/04/2012

PARIS, Richard Ingham- When Venus next week eclipses Earth, an event that will not occur again for more than a century, millions of skygazers may have romantic thoughts about our closest neighbour...

Arabs urge UN action amid fears of civil war - 06/03/2012

DAMASCUS- Arab leaders called Saturday for UN action as at least 39 people were killed in Syria amid growing fears that envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan is failing and the country is heading for all-out...
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