 Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers
An agreement deal that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, a senior Palestinian official told... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
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 Deal with Saudis to shore up Bahrain's repressive regime
Saudi troops leading a 1,500-strong force from the Arab Gulf states entered Bahrain in March last year as the Bahraini government began a campaign of brutal repression... (photo: AP / Bahrain TV via APTN) The Independent
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 Palestinian Hunger Strike: Israel Prisoners' Portraits Underscore Absence (PHOTOS)
KUFR RAI, West Bank -- For the thousands of Palestinian families who have a relative in Israeli detention, a photograph is the only real contact with their loved ones. In... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Huffington Post
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 Robert Fisk: Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop?
I weary a bit of this stuff. If the CIA and the Brits and the Saudis have really penetrated al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula – or AQAP, as we are now enjoined to call... (photo: AP / U.S. Marshal's Service) The Independent
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 Bahrain extends detention of human rights activist
Bahrain has extended the detention of human rights activist Nabeel Rajab for participating in a January anti-government rally, his lawyer said on Sunday, after he was... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Daily Telegraph
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 Syria militants claim responsibility for blasts
Beirut -- A video posted online in the name of a shadowy militant group claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the Syrian capital of Damascus last week that... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan) San Francisco Chronicle
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 Israeli president released from hospital
JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokeswoman says Israel's 88-year-old president Shimon Peres has been released from hospital after hernia surgery. Ayelet Frisch said Peres was feeling... (photo: AP / Moshe Milner, GPO, HO) The Guardian
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 Syria crisis still dire despite outside help
It has been a month since the arrival of UN monitors in Syria, and nearly three months since the mission of the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent began in the country.... (photo: AP / Fadi Zaidan) Al Jazeera
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 Saudi says $100 per barrel great price for oil
ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sees $100 per barrel as a great price for crude, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Sunday. International Brent crude... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The Guardian
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 Bosnian envoy: Iran has great tourism attractions
Karaj, Alborz Province, May 13, IRNA – Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Tehran said here on Saturday evening that Iran has great tourism attractions.... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) Irna
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 Egypt tries to broker end to Palestinian hunger strike
Some 1,600 prisoners held in Israeli jails are refusing food and demanding both better conditions and an end to detention without trial. The Egyptian-brokered talks mark... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Independent
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 Israel envoy meets with Palestinian president
JERUSALEM — An Israeli envoy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and delivered a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu detailing his... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) Atlanta Journal
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 Netanyahu Creates a Big New Government to Do Nothing But Survive
Benjamin Netanyahu, ever the master maneuverer, has done it again. Just moments before the Israeli Parliament was to ratify the call for new elections, the Kadima Party... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig) Huffington Post
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 Yemen plot exposes new world of US spying
By Pam Benson As details of the foiled al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airline became public, the world learned not only about a daring operation to stop... (photo: WN / RTayco) CNN
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 Nasrallah: Era of our homelessness, Zionists’ happy days over now
Beirut, May 12, IRNA – Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah referring to capability of targeting entire Tel Aviv, said here Friday days for our homelessness and being... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Irna
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 U.S. resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Star
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 Hezbollah says able to strike anywhere in Israel
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said his militant group was capable of striking any target in neighbouring Israel, saying "the days when we fled and... (photo: AP / Mahmoud Tawil) The Star
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 Leaks that revealed British agent's role in foiled bomb plot investigated by FBI
The leaks, beginning with an Associated Press report on Monday the news agency had held back for several days at the request of the US authorities, have turned the... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) The Independent
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 Saudi King Abdullah sacks conservative adviser
Saudi King Abdullah has sacked one of his most hardline advisers, Sheikh Abdelmohsen al-Obeikan. Sheikh Obeikan, who was an adviser to the royal cabinet, opposed moves to... (photo: AP / str) BBC News
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 Qatar ploughs money into Shell
Gas-rich Qatar is ploughing more of its commodity wealth back into the sector with the purchase of a major stake in Royal Dutch Shell, while also reportedly eyeing a... (photo: WN / RTayco) Canberra Times
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