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Egypt Election: Rivals Claim Run-Off Place
World  (tags: world, politics, Egypt, elections, society, news, middle-east, humanrights, conflict, government )

Cal
- 15 hours ago - bbc.co.uk
The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egyptian president, Mohammed Mursi, is likely to face former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off vote, according to partial election results.
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ANALYSIS: Egypt's Elections: A Struggle Between Secularism and Political Islam -- and How It May Transform the Middle Eas
World  (tags: world, politics, Egypt elections, Egypt, balance of power, diplomacy, regional diplomacy, news, interesting, government, israel, middle-east, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, society, usa )

Cal
- 3 days ago - worldnews.msnbc.msn.com
The upcoming Egyptian elections have the potential to not only change Egypt, but the entire Middle East. There's a strong possibility that decades of American policy in the region can be overturned. The elections have huge implications for the United Sta
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Syrian Rebels Cling to Bullets and Hope
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, news, violence, Syria, UnitedNations, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, conflict, media, government, death, crime, death, HumanRights, humanrights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', society, conflict )

Cal
- 4 days ago - guardian.co.uk
While the west looks elsewhere, President Bashar al-Assad's regime is exploiting sectarian divisions
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Iran Committed to Full Annihilation of Israel.
World  (tags: Iranian threats, violence, middle-east, conflict )

Stan
- 4 days ago - dailycaller.com
Iran is dedicated to annihilating Israel, the Islamic regime's military chief of staff declared Sunday. "The Iranian nation is standing for its cause and that is the full annihilation of Israel," Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said.
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60 MINUTES: From Fear to Fortune: Tel Aviv's New Attitude
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, news, government, interesting, society, israel )

Cal
- 5 days ago - cbsnews.com
Israel's largest city is bordered on all sides by danger, but its residents now seem more focused on its beaches, bars, and booming high-tech industry
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EGYPT: From Mubarak to Worse
World  (tags: world, Egypt, living coniditions, middle-east, news, politics, society, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', interesting, government, humanrights, freedoms )

Cal
- 8 days ago - ipsnews.net
More than 15 months after Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary polls, many Egyptians say that daily living conditions are worse now than they were in the Mubarak era.
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America's Increasing Support for Syria's Rebels: 5 Takeaways
World  (tags: world, politics, society, middle-east, israel, Syria, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, government, news, violence, interesting, conflict )

Cal
- 9 days ago - theweek.com
With a U.N.-backed peace plan in tatters, America gingerly cooperates with opposition forces fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
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Syria Violence Spills Into Streets of Lebanon's Tripoli
World  (tags: world, middle-east, violence, politics, Syria, Lebnaon, ethnic clashes, war, news, conflict, government, death, humanrights, humans )

Cal
- 11 days ago - photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
Street battles pitting Lebanese Sunnis who generally support the Syrian uprising, against Alawite supporters of Assad's regime killed at least one person Monday, raising the death toll to four since Sunday. The clashes began Sunday after authorities detai
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Recovering From the Arab Spring, at a Price
World  (tags: world, politics, LIbya, Jordan, middle-east, healthcare, Arab Spring, recovery, freedoms, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 12 days ago - ipsnews.net
- The Arab Spring sent scores of sick and injured Libyans, fleeing their war- torn country, straight to Jordan, where the influx of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and disrupting the lives of Libyan and Jordanian patients ali
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Opposition: Shelling, Gunfire Torment Residents Across Syria
World  (tags: politics, middle-east, violence, world, Syria, conflict, government, death, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 12 days ago - cnn.com
Terror gripped cities across Syria on Sunday as residents came under attack by shelling and gunfire, opposition activists said.
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The Rogue Terrorist Group Tearing Syria Apart
World  (tags: world, middle-east, news, politics, violence, Syria, death, conflict, terrorism, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', war )

Cal
- 14 days ago - theatlanticwire.com
A new twist in the conflict in Syria is emerging with the rise of the Al-Nusra Front, a shadowy al Qaeda-style militant group reeking havoc in the country. On Thursday, a horrific suicide bombing ripped the face off Syria's intelligence building, killing
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Syria Unrest: UN Condemns Damascus 'Suicide Blasts'
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, news, violence, Syria, UnitedNations, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, conflict, media, government, death, crime )

Cal
- 15 days ago - bbc.co.uk
The UN Security Council has condemned car bomb attacks that killed at least 55 people and wounded almost 400 in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday.
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Egypt-Israel Gas Issue Becoming Explosive
World  (tags: world, middle-east, politics, news, diplomatic relations betweenIsrael and e, Egypt, new leaders, israel, government, conflict )

Cal
- 17 days ago - ipsnews.net
The two weeks since Egypt's abrupt cancellation of a Mubarak-era gas-export deal with Israel have seen an exchange of indirect threats and warnings between the two countries, culminating in an apparent Israeli military build-up on the border of Egypt's S
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Illegal and Brutal Detainment Lives on in Yemen
World  (tags: world, politics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, news, freedoms, government, middle-east )

Cal
- 18 days ago - ipsnews.net
In Yemen, Human Rights Watch found, people were detained for days, weeks and even months by security forces and usually denied access to attorneys, with no ability to visit with relatives and without adequate food and shelter
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Palestinian Policewomen Break Traditional Stereotypes
World  (tags: world, palestine, women, police, news, politics, society, middle-east, goodnews )

Cal
- 19 days ago - bbc.co.uk
It is rare to see women police officers on the streets in any part of the Arab world.
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