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Iran's Ahmadinejad in growing rift with top cleric

Ahmadinejad blamed world powers for the stalemate over a UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal
27 Apr 2011
Tehran -- Iran's president on Wednesday shunned a Cabinet meeting for the second consecutive time this week, apparently showing his discontent over a recent government appointment by the country's supreme leader. There is a growing...
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Witness: Tank convoy seen moving around Damascus

27 Apr 2011
Amman -- A convoy of at least 30 Syrian army tanks was seen moving on tank carriers on the Damascus circular highway on Wednesday, a witness told Reuters. The tanks were coming from the southwest of Damascus near the Golan Heights frontier...
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Deadlock in Libya exposes international rifts

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27 Apr 2011
Tripoli -- Military deadlock in Libya has exposed growing international rifts, with critics of NATO bombing calling it another case of the West trying to overthrow a regime by stretching the terms of a UN resolution. "Is there a lack...
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Syria opposition demands reform, vows protests

A video grab released by AFPTV from YouTube on April 25, 2011 shows a Syrian army tank (back L) stationed in a street as troops stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa killing at least 25 people, witnesses said, as a leading rights activist accused Damascus of opting for a "military solution" to crush dissent.
27 Apr 2011
Beirut -- Syrian opposition figures said Wednesday their "massive grassroots revolution" will break the regime unless President Bashar al-Assad leads a transition to democracy, even as authorities intensified their crackdown on...
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Libya rebels try to impose order, boost credibility

Rebel fighters in Ajdabiyah, Libya
26 Apr 2011
Ajdabiyah -- Libya's rebel army has replaced ragtag volunteers with polished officers to guard the flash-point eastern town of Ajdabiyah, as it seeks to bolster its image as a credible adversary of Muammar Qadhafi. The move suggests it...
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Despite the danger, Iraqis line up to join police

Iraqi soldiers queue to vote at a polling station in Baghdad. Over 800,000 Iraqi including security personnel, doctors, prisoners and people in hospital are set to vote on Thursday in the special parliamentary voting
26 Apr 2011
Baghdad -- In a gloomy room in his parents' home, heavy with the smell of medicine, Iraqi police officer Jaafar Ali lies motionless, his body paralyzed by a bullet to the head fired by an Al-Qaeda militant. "We have spent six...
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Rebel: Qadhafi forces dig in around Brega oil town

26 Apr 2011
Ajdabiyah -- The Libyan army has reinforced positions around the eastern oil town of Brega and dug in its long-range missile batteries to conceal them from attacks by NATO warplanes, a rebel army officer said on Tuesday. Rebels intent on...
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More gunfire, arrests reported in Syrian crackdown

A video grab released by AFPTV from YouTube on April 25, 2011 shows a Syrian anti-government protester injured during demonstrations which took place across Syria on April 22 and 23, 2011.
26 Apr 2011
Beirut -- Gunfire reverberated Tuesday in the southern Syrian city of Deraa where the dead still lay unclaimed in the streets a day after a brutal government crackdown on the popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said...
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Heavy fighting in Misrata and Libyan mountains

26 Apr 2011
Tripoli -- Libya's rebel-held city of Misrata won no respite from two months of bitter siege as Muammar Qadhafi's forces bombarded the city and battled rebel fighters, despite pulling out of the city center. Qadhafi's forces...
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Nearly 500 Taliban flee in daring Afghan jailbreak

Two members of the Taliban stand on a hill in Wardak, West of Kabul, 2008.
25 Apr 2011
Kandahar -- Almost 500 Taliban fighters and commanders escaped from a prison in an audacious jailbreak in southern Afghanistan which the government admitted Monday was a security "disaster." The Taliban said it sprung the inmates...
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