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Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Egypt   Islamists   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Sinai Peninsula  
Sinai kidnappers release Egypt security force hostages
Seven members of Egypt's security force captured in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed. A spokesman for Egypt's military has confirmed the men are on their way back to Cairo. | Egypt's mili... (photo: AP)
Deutsche Welle
Israeli soldiers work on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Israel   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Israel warns Syria of 'consequences' if Golan fire continues
May 21: | The head of Israel's armed forces warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of "consequences" if fire continues from Syrian territory against Israeli troops in the occupied Golan He... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
The Siasat Daily
Palestinians take part in a protest against the reduction of some of the financial and food aid services given by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to Palestine refugees, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 9, 2013. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails
If Christopher Coyne's new book, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails needed a subtitle, I'd be willing to offer up "We Meant Well, Too." | Coyne's book puts into formal terms what I... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Huffington Post
Aid   Humanitarian   Photos   Wikipedia: World Food Programme   World  
People gather around a destroyed shop at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. A car bomb ripped through a funeral tent in a mainly Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, killing and wounding scores of people and prompting scuffles between police and Iraqis angry about security failures. Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) my SA
Car Bombings   Iraq   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: May 2013 Iraq attacks  
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In this Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, holds hands with chief of staff Esfandiari Rahim Mashaei, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hassanzadeh) Reuters
Ali Akbar Rafsanjani   Elections   Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei   Iran   Photos   Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013  
Head of the Iran's Experts Assembly Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, delivers his speech, during a meeting of the assembly, a powerful clerical panel charged with choosing or dismissing Iran's supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Two key candidates barred from Iran election
Iran's electoral watchdog has barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential e... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Al Jazeera
Election   Iran   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2013  
Bahrain Fort Could Bahrain Become The Next Big Heritage Tourism Destination?
Desert Island Boy, flickr The tiny Persian Gulf island nation of Bahrain is home to one of the most mysterious ancient civilizations of the Middle East. | Archaeologists ... (photo: Creative Commons / Peter) Gadling
Bahrain   Desert   Heritage   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Bahrain  
An Iraqi woman, who sells milk, passes by the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Sectarian attacks in Iraq stoked by spillover from Syrian war
Ability of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain crisis may hinge on events beyond his control | Sectarian struggle ... an Iraqi woman passes by the scene of a car bo... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The Guardian
Iraq   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Threat from within: U.S. military braced for surge in Taliban insider attacks Threat from within: U.S. military braced for surge in Taliban ‘insider’ attacks
Facebook | Follow @washtimes | Sen. John Cornyn says it's "past time" for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to step down. Do you agree? | Login to Vote | ... (photo: US Navy / Matthew Stroup) The Washington Times
Attacks   Military   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
File - An Israeli soldier drives an armored personal carrier during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Syria, Israel exchange fire over border
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military sai... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) San Francisco Chronicle
Israel   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Mourners pray over the two bodies killed in a car bomb attack before their burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. Bombings in Iraq kill at least 12
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said, a day after more than 70 died in attacks on majority Shi'ites, sto... (photo: AP / Alaa al-Marjani) The Star
Bombing   Iraq   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Bomb  
File - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Miguel Mejiacontrera takes a blood pressure reading from a detainee at the Camp 6 Medical Center. Physician dismisses force-feeding concerns
A military physician who oversees a team of nurses force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has dismissed ethical concerns raised ... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elisha Dawkins) Al Jazeera
Guantanamo   Health   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
Baird: Iraq could face civil war
Iraq reopens Russian arms deal probe
Canada warns of risk of Iraq returning to 'civil war'
Iraq reopens Russian arms deal probe
Palestinians take part in a protest against the reduction of some of the financial and food aid services given by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to Palestine refugees, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 9, 2013. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails
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Cameron pledge to Tories: No more divisive issues like gay m
Using air-conditioners by women immoral: Saudi cleric
Number of Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes' i
NATO troops begin withdrawal of equipment from Afghanistan
Israeli soldiers work on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Israel warns Syria of 'consequences' if Golan fire continues
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Syria Kuwait
Friends of Syria meet for peace talks
Over 20,000 trapped in Syria fighting
Senate panel approves arms for Syrian rebels
U.S. official: Iranian troops fight in Syria
Israeli soldiers work on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Israel warns Syria of 'consequences' if Golan fire continues
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Fund offers big prizes for children’s projects
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Kuwaiti Medics Offer Free Services in Dar es Salaam
Kuwait Fund to Step Up Support to Ethiopia
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UAE Egypt
Dubai Appreciation Award for Community Service
Drug duo arrested in Dubai
UAE, Singapore discuss global development
UAE slams Philippine move to contact firms directly
Inside a construction site in Dubai, UAE, November 2007
Dubai labourers stage rare strike for more pay
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7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
Dr Mohsin Ebrahim gets Professor Emeritus status
Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Sinai kidnappers release Egypt security force hostages
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Jordan Iran
Fighting for Media Freedoms in Arab region
Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
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Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
Iran minister calls for increase in IDB capital
Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
Kerry pushes $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
In this Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, holds hands with chief of staff Esfandiari Rahim Mashaei, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.
Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election
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