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US gunman shot dead after killing one in Israeli resort
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US gunman shot dead after killing one in Israeli resort

JERUSALEM — A US national opened fire at a hotel in the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat on the…
Jordan king dissolves parliament, calls new polls
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Jordan king dissolves parliament, calls new polls

Jordan's King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early elections on Thursday, the royal palace announced on the eve of…
Egypt court frees Christian children over Islam insult
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Egypt court frees Christian children over Islam insult

An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of two Coptic Christian children accused of insulting Islam, a source in…
Drug dealing main financier of terrorism, says pan-Arab official
Egypt

Drug dealing main financier of terrorism, says pan-Arab official

Mohammed bin Ali Kuman, secretary general of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, said drug dealing is the main financier…
Clashes in Iran as police raid money changers
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Clashes in Iran as police raid money changers

TEHRAN — A protest and scuffles with police occurred in central Tehran on Wednesday in the first sign of public…
US film protests bring boom for Pakistan flag makers
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US film protests bring boom for Pakistan flag makers

As Pakistan's mullahs railed against a US-made anti-Islam film, Naveed Haider's print works went into overdrive, running off hundreds of…
Bahraini protester ‘dies of illness in custody’
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Bahraini protester ‘dies of illness in custody’

A young Bahraini jailed for taking part in anti-government protests last year died in custody on Tuesday after being taken…
At least 31,000 killed in Syria conflict, activists say
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At least 31,000 killed in Syria conflict, activists say

Violence across Syria has killed at least 31,022 people, most of them civilians, since the outbreak of an anti-regime revolt…
Saudi ‘take steps to thwart epidemic’ at hajj
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Saudi ‘take steps to thwart epidemic’ at hajj

Saudi Arabia has taken measures to deal with any epidemic that may break out during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a…
Israel FM: Iran sanctions could spark uprising
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Israel FM: Iran sanctions could spark uprising

International sanctions could trigger a popular uprising in Iran like last year's revolt in Egypt that toppled President Hosni Mubarak,…
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