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Egypt detains leading youth activist
Cairo: Egyptian security forces have detained Ahmed Maher, a prominent activist, on suspicion of inciting an anti-government protest
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Hamas 'failed to probe executions'. Gaza
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Hamas 'force men to cut long hair'. Gaza
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Saudi Arabia may block Skype, Viber |
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Somali 'false rape victim' cleared |
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UAE 'dissidents' to stand trial |
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Saudi Arabia executes woman by beheading
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Bin Laden film attacked over torture |
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'Rights abuses' in Yemen's Abyan |
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Syria 'brutality' appals UN chief |
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Internet shuts down in Syria |
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| Nov.24 |
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Egypt NGOs denounce Morsi decree |
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Fears for 'disappeared' Syrians |
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Syria regime torture 'widespread' |
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Pakistani doctor in bin Laden raid gets 33 years in prison
Map of Peshawar| Peshawar: Shakeel Afridi accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason | |
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UN votes to boost Syria mission
UN Security Council: The Security Council has voted to increase the number of UN observers to 300 for three months. A small team is currently monitors a ceasefir...
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Ban says situation in Syria is 'highly precarious' |
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Syria agrees UN observer details |
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UN passes plan for Syria monitors| UN Security Council: Council votes unanimously to approve resolution allowing observers into Syria to monitor cease-fire | |
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Gaddafi son 'attacked in custody' |
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| Mar.12 |
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Syria dominates Security Council meeting. UN Security Council
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| Mar.11 |
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Egypt clears virginity test medic |
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Red Cross to enter Homs district. Syria
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NGO workers leave Egypt on U.S. military plane A group of American, European and Palestinian pro-democracy activists accused of fomenting unrest allowed to post bail
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UN demands Syria let aid chief in |
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| Feb.22 |
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Syria reporters' deaths condemned |
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UN assembly adopts Syria motion
UN Gen. Assembly: The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution condemning human rights violations in Syria and calling for an end to the violence
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Amnesty International: Libyan militias out of control
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Harsh condemnation for Syria at U.N.. UN
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Egypt 'to try foreign NGO staff' |
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West deplores UN Syria vote veto |
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Security Council's Syria resolution fails 
UN Security Council: As international anger grows over reports of mass carnage at the hands of the regime, a draft resolution condemning Syria failed to be adopted
| Russia and China rejected the draft resolution, which came hours after activists accused Syrian security forces of killing at least 55 people at Homs
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'Syria killings' as UN nears vote
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Group: Syrian forces tortured children |
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Arab League suspends Syria mission
The Arab League has suspended its monitoring mission in Syria due to the dramatic spike in violence and mounting fatalities
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| Jan.23 |
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Syria slams Arab League plan
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Syria toll rises to 25; monitors cheered |
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Arabs urge end to Syria bloodshed. Egypt
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Syria clashes 'kill at least 27' |
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Arab League calls for end to shooting |
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Arab body urges Syria mission end
An advisory body to the Arab League has called for the observers to be withdrawn because of the ongoing crackdown on protests
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Syrian activists: Thousands died in 2011 |
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17 non-governmental organisations raided
Cairo: Several rights groups were raided in Cairo and other Egyptian locations in what one source called a push by police to 'show some muscle'
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Syria monitors visit Damascus amid violence
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Arab League monitor viewing child's corpse |
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Homs residents confront Arab League team
Syria: Angry protesters have confronted visiting Arab League monitors in Syria's restive city of Homs, demanding international protection
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Arab League observers arrive in Syria 
Members of an Arab League delegation arrived to look into events on the ground and whether Syria is upholding a commitment to end a brutal crackdown
| A group of 50 Arab League monitors arrives in Syria as 23 people are reported killed in continuing violence
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'Horrific massacres' cry Syrian opposition
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UN estimates 5,000 killed in Syria
United Nations high commissioner for human rights raised the death toll from the Damascus government's crackdown on anti-regime activists
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'18 killed' in fresh Syria clashes |
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No guilt over crackdown, says Assad. Syria
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Arab League issues Syria new deadline |
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U.N. rights council urges Syria action |
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'Gross violations' of human rights in Syria UN: The U.N. independent commission: Syrian security forces have committed 'gross violations of human rights' since anti-government protests
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Turkish-Arab call for 'urgent' action. Morocco
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No let-up in unrest across Syria |
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Arab League sanctions for Syria Egypt: The league has voted to suspend Syria from meetings and impose sanctions against Damascus over its failure to end a crackdown on protesters
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Arab League denounces Syrian killings |
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| Oct.24 |
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Syria 'using hospitals for torture' |
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| Oct.21 |
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Gaddafi death transparency urged. Libya
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U.N. urges 'immediate' action on Syria |
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| Oct.10 |
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At least 31 were killed during clashes Syria: The clashes are in numerous Syrian cities. The dead included 14 civilians and 17 members of the army and security forces
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UN resolution on Syria is vetoed
UN Security Council: China and Russia have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria over its crackdown on anti-government protesters
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Libya rebels 'committed abuses' |
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Homs under fire as deaths mount |
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UK PM wants Libya rendition inquiry |
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Libya leaders vow respect for law |
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UN calls for restraint in Libya |
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Obama says al-Assad must go
Washington: Top U.S. and European leaders called on Syrian President to step down -- ratcheting up international pressure against a regime
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21 dead after naval forces shell city
Map of Latakia Syria Northern Syria: Tens of people were injured when naval forces shelled Latakia and security forces opened fire in residential neighborhoods
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US urges nations to cut Syria ties |
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| Aug.10 |
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US hits Syria with new sanctions |
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| Aug.9 |
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Turkish envoy meets with al-Assad |
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| Aug.8 |
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Saudi king: Syrian crackdown unjustified |
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Syrian tanks, bulldozers roll into Deir Ezzor. Northern Syria
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Deaths pile up in Hama siege |
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UN condemns Syria army crackdown |
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Video shows bodies tossed like trash |
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World ire mounts toward Syria |
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Syrian activists call for end to violence |
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Syria accuses US of 'interfering' |
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ICC issues warrant for Gadhafi
Map of Hague Hague: The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Monday for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two of his relatives
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Syrian general: Soldiers, police killed |
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Syria troops 'raid border town' |
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Dozens of doctors and nurses on trial. Bahrain
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25 killed in one Syrian city |
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| May.2 |
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Mass arrests in Syria protest hub |
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| Apr.27 |
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Divided UN fails to agree on Syria |
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| Apr.25 |
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Syria launches bloody new crackdown
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| Apr.23 |
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Another day of Syrian violence: 10 dead |
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Alleged rape victim no longer in custody |
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| Mar.30 |
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Syria leaves state of emergency in place
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| Mar.22 |
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'Four protesters killed' in Syria |
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Saudi Arabia imposes ban on all protests |
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U.N. chief urges end to Libya violence |
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| Feb.24 |
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Gadhafi blames drugs, al Qaeda. Libya
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| Feb.23 |
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Obama condemns crackdown in Libya |
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Libya crackdown condemned at UN |
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US urges faster change in Egypt |
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Government lifts ban on political groups. Tunisia
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Elections 'failed' international norms |
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Beheading planned in Saudi sorcery case |
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Iranian navy detains five Britons on yacht. Gulf
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Gay men 'attacked, executed in Iraq' |
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Palestinians evicted. Jerusalem
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Life in Gaza cited worst since 1967 |
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Sudan frees Briton in teddy row |
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row
Sudan: Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria 
| Libya: 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria. The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan child... | |
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Court upholds death verdicts |
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HIV medics condemned to death
Libya: A court convicted 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the virus
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| Nov.19 |
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Saddam trial 'flawed and unsound'. Baghdad
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| Feb.15 |
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New Abu Ghraib images broadcast |
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Nour jailed for 5 years. Egypt
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| Dec.5 |
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Witness at Hussein trial describes torture. Baghdad
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| Nov.27 |
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Ex-PM: Abuse as bad as Saddam era |
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Detainees 'found starving'. Baghdad
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U.S. hails Lebanese democracy move |
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| Feb.26 |
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Election reform announced |
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| Jan.23 |
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'Zarqawi tape: Democracy a lie' |
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