Top Arab Diplomat: Saudi sends military gear to Syria rebels

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Israelis imagine a better future for Sudan's girls

West of Eritrea and Ethiopia, and north of Uganda, a new African state has emerged from decades of civil war to gain its independence.

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Assad revives father’s extreme torture methods in Syria

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has taken out the torture toolkit his father once employed as he engages in the most widespread and appalling abuses his country has suffered in decades in an effort to put down a year-old rebellion.

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Alien World To Help Out Syria Since This One Refuses To

IMPERIAL CITY, PLANET ZARKLOM 12—Frustrated by "the astonishing incapacity of earthlings to halt the rampant slaughter of their own kind" in Syria, the emperor of Zarklom 12 announced Wednesday he had no choice but to dispatch his own intergalactic forces from 3 million light …

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Dozens of Iraqi teenagers stoned to death for 'emo' haircuts: activists

Iraqi activists sounded the bell over the killing of dozens of teenagers by religious police for having “emo” haircuts.

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Britain Shouldn't Aid a Lawless America

THE British government will be held in contempt of court later this week if it does not physically produce a prisoner of war whom its special forces captured in 2004 and then handed over to American soldiers. The current legal drama began in February 2004, when two Pakistani r …

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West offers words, only, as Syria killing rages

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government artillery barrages killed dozens of civilians in Homs on Thursday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignored appeals from world leaders to halt the carnage.

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AIUK : Russia must not block efforts to end atrocities in Syria

Posted: 01 February 2012 “Russia’s threats to abort a binding UN resolution on Syria for the second time are utterly irresponsible.

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RIGHTS - Paul Auster refuses Turkey visit over jailed scribes

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Syria: David Cameron accuses Russia of 'shielding those with blood on their hands' - Telegraph

David Cameron last night accused Russia of "shielding those with blood on their hands" as it tried to head off a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding President Bashar al-Assad of Syria relinquish power.

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