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Myanmar jails seven Muslims for up to 28 years for rioting

21 May 2013
YANGON – On Tuesday, Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection to religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a justice official said. The defendants, who were spared...
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Analysis: Crossing Obama's 'red line' on Syria will require concrete proof

Animal carcasses lie on the ground, killed by what residents said was a chemical weapon attack on Tuesday, in Khan al-Assal area near the northern city of Aleppo, March 23, 2013.
24 Apr 2013
While President Barack Obama has declared a "red line" over Syrian use of chemical weapons, US officials suggested on Tuesday that Washington was unlikely to respond without clear-cut evidence of such use — evidence that...
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Canada train plot suspects in court, will fight charges

Raed Jaser arrives to court in the back of a police car in Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2013, in this still image taken from video courtesy of CTV News. Jaser of Toronto, 35, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, face charges that include conspiring "with each other to murder unknown persons for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group."
24 Apr 2013
TORONTO/MONTREAL — Two men charged with an alleged Al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train made their first court appearances on Tuesday, and the lawyer for one said his client would fight the charges vigorously....
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Libya car bomb wounds French embassy guards

23 Apr 2013
  TRIPOLI — A car bomb in Tripoli wounded two French guards at France's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, bringing new violence to a capital that has not seen attacks on diplomats like that which killed the US ambassador in...
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Turkey PM refuses to delay Gaza trip

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his party, Ankara, June 8, 2011. Turkey will not
23 Apr 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not reschedule his trip to the Palestinian Gaza strip, he said on Tuesday, despite a request to do so from the United States that had irked Ankara. During a visit to Turkey on Sunday, US...
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Iraqi forces clash with protesters; 27 dead, army says

Prisoners wait for their release at at Al-Rusafa detention facility in Baghdad in 2010. A top Iraqi minister said Sunday that the authorities had released 3,000 prisoners over the past month in a bid to appease weeks of angry demonstrations in Sunni-majority areas of the country.
23 Apr 2013
Clashes on Tuesday in north Iraq between security forces and anti-government protesters allegedly infiltrated by militants left 27 people dead and about 70 injured, top army officers said. The clashes are just the latest violence between...
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Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists

22 Apr 2013
At least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long offensive by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a rebellious Damascus suburb, opposition activists said....
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Qatar to lash Muslim barber over drinking alcohol

From left, Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al-Thani, Qatar's Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pose outside the Ottoman-era Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey.
22 Apr 2013
A Qatari court has sentenced a Muslim barber from an unknown Asian country to 40 lashes over consuming alcohol in the Gulf state, a local daily reported on Monday. The man was arrested following a complaint by another who accused him of...
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HRW slams 'indiscriminate' Syria fire on Lebanon

22 Apr 2013
Human Rights Watch called Monday on both the Syrian regime and rebel forces to end "indiscriminate cross-border attacks" on areas in Lebanon, warning they violate international law. Fire from the conflict in neighbouring Syria...
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Syria opposition head refiles resignation, source says

Moaz al-Khatib, head of the Syrian opposition. 
21 Apr 2013
Syria's National Coalition head Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib has refiled his resignation and an interim leader is being sought, a fellow member and a source close to the main opposition group said Sunday. Khatib insists on resigning, almost a...
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