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US gunman shot dead after killing one in Israeli resort
World
October 5, 2012
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
World
October 4, 2012
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
Egypt
October 4, 2012
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
October 3, 2012
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
World
October 3, 2012
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
World
October 3, 2012
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’
World
October 2, 2012
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
World
October 2, 2012
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
World
October 1, 2012
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
World
September 30, 2012
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,…