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Gunmen kill Syria parliament speaker’s brotherGunmen assassinated the brother of Syria's speaker of parliament on Tuesday, state television said, in the latest episode of a deadly campaign against people regarded as linked to President Bashar al-Assad. Targets have includ More… |
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Killing raises fears for LebanonThe Beirut car bomb that killed a top Lebanese security official will probably prove to be the most destabilising attack in Lebanon since the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. More… |
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Turkey PM slams UN over Syria inactionTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the UN Security Council for inaction over Syria on Saturday as war intensified across the country, saying the world body of superpowers was repeating mistakes that led to massacres in Bosnia in the 1 More… |
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Mubarak gets life term, protests eruptHosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life in jail on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account. But More… |
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Syrian forces kill 5 in Damascus protestsSyrian forces killed at least five people on Friday when they fired at demonstrations calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. The shootings occurred des More… |
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Russia, China veto crucial UN Syria resolutionRussia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising. The setback in diplomatic ef More… |
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Stop killing your people: Ban tells AssadUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday to halt violence against a 10-month uprising and said the 'old order' of dynasties and one-man rule in the Arab world was coming to an end. More… |
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Iran says US behind scientist's killingIranian state television said on Saturday Tehran had evidence Washington was behind the latest assassination of one of its nuclear scientists. In the fifth attack of its kind in two years, a magnetic bomb was attached to the More… |
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Arab League suspends Syria, seeks end to killingThe Arab League called on Syria's army to stop the killing of civilians on Saturday and said it was suspending Syria from the regional body in a surprise move that turns up the heat on President Bashar al-Assad. The League will impose More… |
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Man gets death for killing Bahrain policemanA 21-year-old Bahraini has been sentenced to death for killing a policeman in Sitra area of the kingdom during the unrest. Ali Yousif Abdulwahab Al Taweel was convicted of the crime at the National Safety Court on Thursday. His acc More… |
