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The CIA Is Training Syria's Rebels: Uh-Oh, Says a Top Iraqi Leader
The covert program surfaced in a piece about John Kerry's announcement of increased aid to the fighters.
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Russian soldier 'missing' since 1980 found in Afghanistan
A former Red Army soldier who went missing in action (MIA) in 1980 during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has been found alive almost 33 years after he was rescued by Afghan tribesmen.
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UK sends armoured vehicles to Syria
The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.
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Afghan police officer embraces suicide bomber to save others
A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as it detonated, eyewitnesses said. The bomb killed the officer, Murad Khan, and eight minors between the ages of 7 and 17.
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Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal
Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot.
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Syria's priceless heritage under attack
Thousands have been killed and millions made homeless in Syria's civil war, but it has also caused irreparable damage to some of the world's most precious historical sites. The treasures now being destroyed matter to everyone on the planet, argues historian Dan Snow.
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A Palestinian protester returns a tear gas canister to Israeli troops
Those tennis lessons sure came in handy..
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Desperate Conditions Force Some Syrian Women Into Prostitution
Walk among the plastic tents in one corner of this sprawling, dust-swept desert camp packed with Syrian refugees, and a young woman in a white headscarf signals. "Come in, you'll have a good time," suggests Nada, 19, who escaped from the southern border town of Daraa into Jordan several months ago.
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Dubai in new light
Amazing view of a city in the desert.
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Iran cuts off 'illegal' VPN workaround to Internet filters
Government blocks use of popular tool used by many Iranians to circumvent Internet restrictions and mask their activities.
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Several bodies turn up in Aleppo river
At least 20 bodies were pulled out of Syria's River Quwaiq, most with their hands tied and gunshot wounds to the head.
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The Iranian Government Wants To Sue Hollywood Over 'Argo'
Because of the movie's "unrealistic portrayal" of the country.
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Death toll from new SARS-like virus climbs to 9
There has been another confirmed case of a mysterious new SARS-like virus.
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Iran Is Sealing Off the Web As It Rolls Out a Domestic Intranet
The nation has cut off access to most virtual private networks.
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Google Reader’s demise is awful for Iranians, who use it to avoid censorship
Google's announcement that it's killing off Google Reader, the company's beloved, if not wildly popular, tool for consuming RSS feeds, was met with outrage from journalists and other, largely American nerds who rely on it to efficiently churn through blogs and other websites. But the real tragedy is likely to be felt in countries like Iran.
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Obama: Iran nuclear bomb 'over a year' away
US president tells Israeli TV channel that the US will not wait until the last minute to stop alleged weapons programme.
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The Destruction of a Nation: Syria’s War Revealed in Satellite Imagery
Two years ago, joining a crescendo of protest around the Arab world, Syrians launched a peaceful uprising against the autocratic rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Back Behind Bars with Gaddafi's Would-Be Assassin
Twenty-six years ago, Azeddine Madani would have done anything to escape his cell in Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison, but right now he’s wrangling with armed guards in an effort to get back in.
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Syrian Rebels Plan to Form Government
Syria's main opposition group plans to start talks on Monday to form a cabinet and appoint a prime minister, a meeting that has polarized the opposition and brought a wave of criticism against the group's leader.
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Five myths about Iraq
Ten years ago, on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the assumptions many Americans held about the coming war, fed by rhetoric from the George W. Bush White House, turned out to be wildly inaccurate. Saddam Hussein, as we now know, did not possess weapons of mass destruction.
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