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Special from Turkey: Kurdish attack underscores deep-rooted tensions

Turkish soldiers on patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak
21 Jul 2011
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Although the exact details surrounding last week’s attack by Kurdish guerillas that left 13 Turkish solders and seven guerillas dead remain unclear, it is widely believed the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) is...
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Special from Gaza: Building material smuggling triggers construction boom

20 Jul 2011
GAZA CITY, Gaza - After marking its inaugural opening on Tuesday, the three-story mall in Gaza City now offers products running the gamut. The supermarket has nearly all possible commodities. Shoe stores with popular brand names, such as...
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Special from Gaza: Factions vow imminent armed uprising

Palestinian men, women and children hold up Islamic Jihad banners and a portrait of the group's late founder Fathi Shaqaqi during a rally attended by tens of thousands of Palestinians to mark the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the hardline militant movement, Gaza, Palestine, October 29, 2010.
18 Jul 2011
GAZA - Leading Islamic Jihad figure Khaled al-Batch is over fifty and has been a part of the Palestinian struggle for years. His organization is deemed a terrorist group not only by the United States and Israel, but also by the rest of the...
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Special from Yemen: Rights groups denounce rampant civilian abuses

Yemeni anti-government protesters rush a fellow demonstrator to a makeshift field hospital, Sanaa, May 11, 2011 after he was wounded in clashes with Yemeni security forces during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
13 Jul 2011
SANAA, Yemen - Disparate factions in war-torn Yemen are routinely committing abuses against civilians, according to statements from several humanitarian organizations in recent days. The accusations precede an upsurge in clashes near the...
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No Arab renters: Right-wing Judaism and minority inclusion in Israel

Israelis chant slogans while waving their national flags at Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the old city of Jerusalem, on June 1, 2011 during a Jerusalem Day parade in the city's mainly Arab eastern sector to celebrate its capture 44 years ago, during the Six Day War.
11 Jul 2011
JAFFA, Israel - As a student at a college in Safed, a small city of 30,000 residents, Yusuf checked apartment after apartment, hoping to find a home close to his academic institution. Never did the 19-year old anticipate the reaction from...
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In Lebanon, indictments against Hizbullah receive underwhelming response

File photo of Rafik al-Hariri, Former Lebanese Prime Miniser. Al-Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005.
11 Jul 2011
BEIRUT - When the first indictment from the United Nations-backed investigation into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri landed earlier this month, naming Hizbullah members as suspects, the reaction in...
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Rights group claims Syrian security committed war crimes

06 Jul 2011
International rights group Amnesty International is claiming Syrian security forces committed crimes against humanity in a mid-May crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Tell Kalakh, a town located near the Lebanese border. The...
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Special from Yemen: Economic woes generate growing calls for protest closure

Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on May 29, 2011.
05 Jul 2011
Sanaa - With an unclear political future ahead for embattled Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country continues to suffer from an increasingly ravaged economy. The dire conditions are fueling calls to bring the demonstration movement...
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Special from Israel: Cottage cheese price hikes spur nationwide clamor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem offices, April 10, 2011. Both Israel and the Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip have expressed a willingness to stop cross-border violence that has killed some 19 Palestinians and saw over 100 missiles and rockets fired into southern Israel in the past days.
28 Jun 2011
Jaffa - Diplomatic isolation isn't dominating the news agenda in Israel these days. Neither is the lack of any peace process with the Palestinians. Today everybody seems to be talking about the so-called “cottage cheese scandal,...
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Special from Yemen: Opposition groups accuse state of fomenting violence

Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, June 1, 2011.
27 Jun 2011
Sanaa - With President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s absence from Yemen lingering on, opposition leaders and anti-government protesters are, once again, accusing the regime of fomenting violence in provincial parts of the country for reasons...
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