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Breaking News Wed, 8 Feb 2012
Silver White Crackles of fireworks
Festival   Film   Oman   Photos   Wikipedia: Oman  
Oman calling: 10,000 expected at Muscat International Film Festival
| About 90 countries will have entries in the Muscat International Film Festival (Miff) but Dr Khalid Al Zadjali, Chairman of the Oman Film Society, rues lack of full-fledged government support. | &qu... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Gulf News
File - Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz addresses an audience at Brandeis University, in Waltham, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007.
Culture   Israel   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Alan Dershowitz  
Alan Dershowitz on Tuba
Article By Gilad Atzmon | "Dershowitz is not only a remarkable liar and slanderer, but also an extreme opponent of elementary civil rights" Noam Chomsky | The following is an analytical yet amusing gl... (photo: AP / Steven Senne)
WorldNews.com
An unidentified Iranian cleric lawmaker talks on his cell phone as he attends an open session of the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have turned from Tehran and other big cities  and away from the direct competition with rivals loyal to Khamenei  to campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Ahmadinejad seeks rebound in Iranian elections
| TEHRAN, Iran — There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be d... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Atlanta Journal
Ahmadinejad   Elections   Iran   Photos   Wikipedia: Elections in Iran  
General: US advisory teams heading to Afghanistan General: US advisory teams heading to Afghanistan
| WASHINGTON—The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will start deploying to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a mo... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Denver Post
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   US   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Top Stories
An Israeli youth covers with an image of abducted Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit as others wave Israeli flags during a march celebrating Jerusalem Day next to Damascus gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Sarkozy meets Israeli soldier held hostage 5 years
| PARIS — An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Election 2012:... (photo: AP / Oded Balilty) Atlanta Journal
Gilad Shalit   Hostage   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Gilad Shalit  
In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for the media Wednesday Aug 10 2011, Syrian soldiers stand on their armored vehicle which is placed on a flatbed truck heading out of the city after a weeklong military assault that the government said was aimed at rooting out "terrorists," in Hama city, Syria, which has seen some of the largest anti-government protests of the 5-month-old uprising. Assad militia kills 3 families in Syria's Homes
| Militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead at least 20 civilians when they stormed the homes of three unarmed families on the edges of opposition districts... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) DNA India
Photos   Politics   Protests   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012)  
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and his sister Maria Elena Aquino-Cruz, on the platform, lead the Christening and Commissioning ceremony of the country's newly-acquired Hamilton class warship BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF15) Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 at the Manila South Harbor in Manila, Philippines. The country's biggest and most modern warship will be deployed to the volatile South China Sea, according to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Philippines seeks US help to counter China
| The government of Philippines President Benigno Aquino may be wading into choppy diplomatic waters by turning to the United States to counter China's aggressiveness in ... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) Al Jazeera
Photos   Scarborough   Spratlys   UN   Wikipedia: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea  
Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. 'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
February 8, 2012 -- Updated 0955 GMT (1755 HKT) 'Anti-air tanks shooting at buildings' | (CNN) -- Not long after Russia's foreign minister touted the Syrian president's "... (photo: AP) CNN
Human Rights   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan. Drone strike leaves several dead in Pakistan
| At least 10 people have been killed in an apparent US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region. | Pakistani security officials said the missile strikes... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) Al Jazeera
Drone   Pakistan   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Waziristan  
Al Wasl coach Argentine Diego Maradona reacts during a press conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Sept. 11, 2011. Diego Maradona denies being approached for UAE coaching job despite FA chairman Yousef Al Serkal claims
The former Argentina boss insisted he hadn't received an approach about the Emirati coaching role while a leading UAE official said he had been shortlisted for the job | ... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Goal
Argentina   Football   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Diego Maradona  
In this photo released by Al Wasl club Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, former Argentina coach, Diego Maradona, talks on his arrival at Dubai airport Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011. Dubai club Al Wasl says Diego Maradona has arrived in the United Arab Emirates to start his tenure as the team's coach. Diego Maradona and UAE Football Association at odds over national team coaching approach
The former Argentina boss insisted he hadn't received an approach about the Emirati coaching role while a leading UAE official said he had been shortlisted for the job | ... (photo: AP / Al Wasl) Goal
Argentina   Football   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Diego Maradona  
A man begs at a pedestrian crossing at Athens' main Syntagma square, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Greek PM seeks consensus on bailout plan
| Greek leaders are set to hold delayed talks to discuss the latest package of austerity measures demanded by Athens' international creditors in return for a bailout paym... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis) Al Jazeera
Economy   Europe   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
Iraq executes 14 criminals despite UN rights chief protest
Iraq seeks to clamp down on security contractors
Iraq seeks to clamp down on security contractors
Australia's link to secret Iraq prisons
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walks onstage prior to speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011.
Iraq's Sunni MPs lift their boycott of Maliki cabinet
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Foreign bodies hog our hospital beds
Iran sanctions disrupt food imports
Foreign bodies hogging our hospital beds
Why you must play your cards right
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and his sister Maria Elena Aquino-Cruz, on the platform, lead the Christening and Commissioning ceremony of the country's newly-acquired Hamilton class warship BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (PF15) Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 at the Manila South Harbor in Manila, Philippines. The country's biggest and most modern warship will be deployed to the volatile South China Sea, according to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Philippines seeks US help to counter China
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Syria Kuwait
Syrian forces in further Homs bombings, as US rejects Russia
18 premature babies die in Syrian hospital
Turkey seeks world action as Syria's Homs bleeds
Three families massacred in Homs
The 2011 Syrian protests are a series of major protests taking place in Syria, which began on 26 January 2011, influenced by concurrent protests in the region.
Dozens dead as Syria regime pounds Homs
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Why you must play your cards right
Fazza sets scorching pace in practice
Growing push to topple Assad despite Russian optimism
Will Iran Be Attacked?
Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
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UAE Egypt
Viber still working in the UAE
Dubai Appeal Court upholds death sentence
Businesswoman denies making indecent gesture
Three men held for robbery in Sharjah
Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
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Military to stay in power until June 30
Egypt accuses NGOs of meddling in politics
Egypt's army deploys troops to streets
Yemen killed 270 in Arab Spring protest
Silver White Crackles of fireworks
Oman calling: 10,000 expected at Muscat International Film Festival
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Jordan Iran
Hale and Blair discuss Middle East peace in Jordan
Turkey, Europe And Middle East Seek Balance In Islamic Count
Football and the Arab Spring February 4, 2012
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
Vitaly Churkin, U.N. Russian Ambassador speaks at a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 during emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia after France requested discussion of a new draft plan to end the hostiliti
Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
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Caught between lessons of history, caution of ally
Iran sanctions disrupt food imports
Israeli strike on Iran: Why Americans should worry
UAE, Saudi oil to make up for shortfall
An unidentified Iranian cleric lawmaker talks on his cell phone as he attends an open session of the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have turned from Tehran and other big cities  and away from the direct competition with rivals loyal to Khamenei  to campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Ahmadinejad seeks rebound in Iranian elections
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