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UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhood
April 29, 2012
UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhood
BEIRUT — UN observers struggling to shore up a shaky cease-fire in Syria visited an embattled neighborhood in the central…
Abbas discusses Palestinian reconciliation in Tunisia
April 28, 2012
Abbas discusses Palestinian reconciliation in Tunisia
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday discussed Palestinian reconciliation with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki at the start of an official…
Obama releases US$147 million in aid to Palestinians
April 28, 2012
Obama releases US$147 million in aid to Palestinians
JERUSALEM — American aid officials said Saturday they will restore development programs for Palestinians after President Barack Obama ended a…
Tehran police launch new dress code crackdown
April 28, 2012
Tehran police launch new dress code crackdown
Police in Tehran are conducting a new crackdown on women wearing mandatory headscarves improperly or in "vulgar" dress, the city's…
Al-Qaeda is gone after bin Laden says US official
April 28, 2012
Al-Qaeda is gone after bin Laden says US official
Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is "essentially gone"…
Saudi lets bin Ladens in ‘on humanitarian grounds’
April 28, 2012
Saudi lets bin Ladens in ‘on humanitarian grounds’
Saudi Arabia has allowed the three widows and children of slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden entrance into the kingdom…
Israel asks court to delay outpost demolition
April 27, 2012
Israel asks court to delay outpost demolition
The Israeli government on Friday filed an 11th-hour petition to the country's High Court asking it to extend the deadline…
Courthouse bomb in Libya’s Benghazi injures one
April 27, 2012
Courthouse bomb in Libya’s Benghazi injures one
BENGHAZI, Libya — A bomb exploded at a courthouse in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, wounding one person…