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Lebanons Palestinians are Being Pulled into Syrias War
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- Category: Palestine
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Franklin Lamb
Homs Palestinian Refugee Camp, Syria
Fracking: A Silent Death Sweeps Across the World
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- Category: Environment&Nature
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Carolanne Wright
Farmland is tainted. Drinking water is flammable. And humans along with animals are sick. The cause? Fracking.
Israel Should Be Prepared for Painful War with Hezbollah, Iran: Cmdr
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- Category: Iran
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Al-Manar
Israeli air force chief warned that a “surprise war” would break out in Syria as tensions are escalating there, saying that the Zionist entity should be prepared for painful and protracted war with Hezbollah and Iran.
In the 1st Round of Qusayr Battle: 500 Militants Killed, Hundreds Surrendered
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- Category: Mideast
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Al-Manar
Main Opposition Group Halts Talks with Bahrain Regime
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- Category: Mideast
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Al-Manar
Bahraini opposition bloc al-Wefaq has suspended talks with the regime for two weeks due to the kingdom’s deliberate "delay and absence of positive response."
Lebanons Palestinians are Being Pulled into Syrias Civil War
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- Category: Palestine
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Franklin Lamb
Homs Palestinian Refugee Camp, Syria
Friends of Syria: Assad Has no Role in Future of Syria
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- Category: Mideast
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Al-Manar
Participants in the so-called “Friends of Syria” conference considered on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad had no role in the future of Syria and pledged to “boost support to the opposition until a transitional government is in place.”
Overnight Clashes in Tripoli Kill Six, Heavy Weapons Used
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- Category: Mideast
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Al-Manar
Six people have been killed in overnight clashes that re-erupted in the northern city of Tripoli, where heavy weapons were used.
Dozens Wounded in Alexandrias Explosion
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- Category: Mideast
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Al-Manar
An explosion took place on Wednesday in Samouha district in Alexandria. An elevator was being installed to an under-construction building when it fell down on a car next to the building. Yet the car was loaded with oxygen tubes, so it exploded with other cars parked on Fawzi Maaz Street.
Holder: American Citizenship Does Not Preclude Being Killed By Drones
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- Category: United States
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by Susanne Posel
The Department of Justice has admitted to Senator Patrick Leahy in a letter that the US government has killed 4 Americans with the use of military force, i.e. drones.
Iran says US does not need Afghan bases
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- Category: Iran
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
Iran has reiterated its opposition to US plans to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan after the planned withdrawal of US-led foreign forces from the country in 2014.
Lawyers push for end to Gitmo detention
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- Category: United States
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
Civilian and military attorneys for captives at the notorious US Guantanamo military detention camp have called on the Obama administration to improve conditions there as a hunger strike by inmates enters its 108th day.
Kerry vows wider aid for Syria gangs
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- Category: United States
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
US Secretary of State John Kerry has again vowed expanded military support for foreign-backed militant gangs in Syria if “diplomacy” fails to end what he claimed as a civil war in the country.
Salmond warns UK over debt & pound
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- Category: Britain
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has warned the British government that Scotland would walk away from the UK without paying any national debt unless it was able to keep the pound currency.
‘Yemenis outraged by US raids in Lahij’
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- Category: Mideast
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
Reports say Yemenis in the southern city of Jahfa are outraged over a recent incident where a group of US soldiers raided homes in the city for ‘inspections.’
Britain approves military-style schools
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- Category: Britain
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
The British government has approved plans for opening controversial military-style state schools as a likely new method to lure British children into the armed forces.
Detained Azeri pro-Hijab politician ill
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- Category: Asia-Pacific
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
The head of the Astara branch of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (AIP), Ruhollah Azakhundzadeh, who has been detained over his support for the Islamic Hijab in the country, has been confirmed physically ill and in critical condition.
Car bombings in Niger injure several
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- Category: Africa
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
Two car bomb attacks have been carried out in a uranium processing plant owned by French nuclear giant Areva and a military base in northern Niger, injuring over a dozen people.
Several soldiers killed in Niger clashes
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- Category: Africa
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
A gun battle that followed a bomb attack on a military barracks in Niger’s Agadez has left several soldiers dead.
Muslims roundly condemn London attack
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- Category: Britain
- Created: 23 May 2013
- Written by PressTV
British Muslims have joined other authorities including Prime Minister David Cameron in condemning the “sickening” Woolwich murder, local media reported.