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Reports: Thousands rally at funeral in Syria

16 Apr 2011
Thousands of Syrians on Saturday attended the funeral of a man who succumbed to his wounds after being shot in the northwestern city of Banias, witnesses and activists said. The mourners chanted slogans in favor of greater...
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Yemen president angers women activists

16 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Yemeni women protested in Sanaa and other cities against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday, a day after he called for an end to men and women joining together in anti-regime protests. "Sit-in, sit-in,...
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Iran officer: US, Israel behind Stuxnet virus

A picture taken on April 3, 2007 shows an Iranian flag fluttering outside the building housing the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Iranian port town of Bushehr, 1200 kms south of Tehran. Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr has started operations, the nation's atomic chief said on November 27, 2010,
16 Apr 2011
Tehran -- The United States and Israel are behind the computer worm Stuxnet designed to hurt Iran's controversial nuclear programme, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday quoting a military officer. "...
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Israel raids Gaza after rocket attacks

An Israeli missile is launched from the Iron Dome missile system in response to a rocket launched from the nearby Palestinian Gaza Strip close to the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, April 9, 2011. A truce declared by Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza enclave unravelled even before it could take hold as militants fired dozens of projectiles into southern Israel and the military retaliated.
16 Apr 2011
Jerusalem -- Israeli warplanes launched raids against targets in Gaza overnight after two rockets were fired at Israel from the coastal enclave, Palestinian security officials said on Saturday. No one was hurt in the air...
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IOM evacuates 1,200 stranded migrants from Libya's Misrata

16 Apr 2011
About 1,200 migrants stranded in besieged Misrata have been evacuated, and are on the way to eastern Libya's Benghazi, the International Organisation for Migration said Friday.   Most of the evacuees were...
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Libyan government forces launch rockets on Misrata

16 Apr 2011
Libyan government forces attacked the coastal city of Misrata with at least 100 Grad rockets early on Saturday, a rebel spokesman said. Government troops have laid siege to Misrata, the last major enclave in western Libya, for more than...
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Gaza rockets fired at Israel end lull in violence

15 Apr 2011
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets into Israel on Friday, police said, ending a lull in cross-border violence since an informal ceasefire took effect earlier in the week. Israel often responds to such attacks with air strikes...
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UK sees progress in securing more Libya strike planes

File photo of British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
15 Apr 2011
Britain is talking to other countries about providing more strike aircraft for NATO operations in Libya and some progress has been made in securing them, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Friday. "We are talking to other...
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Fate of Baghdad summit to be decided by Arab League FMs

14 Apr 2011
Arab League foreign ministers will meet to decide the fate of a summit scheduled to be held in Baghdad in May following demands to cancel the meeting, Iraq's foreign minister and the Arab League head said on Thursday. Countries in the...
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Yemen forces clash in Sanaa, violence kills 5

Yemeni anti-government protesters demonstrate to call for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule in Sanaa,Yemen, March 29, 2011. Saleh, under mounting pressure to step down, challenged his opponents to leave Yemen instead.
13 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Rival Yemeni forces clashed in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing two people, as the opposition awaited clarification from Gulf Arab mediators on the timeframe for a proposed transfer of the president's powers. Three...
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