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Rights Group Fears Syrians Tortured After Mass Arrests

Posted July 20th, 2011 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
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A prominent human rights group says it fears Syria is torturing dozens of men detained last Saturday and Sunday after mass arrests outside of the capital, Damascus. Amnesty International says Syria is holding the men incommunicado after arbitrarily arresting them in raids in the suburb Qatana, southwest of the capital. The group has demanded that […]

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EU Denounces Israeli Plans for New Settlement Homes

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 10:40 pm (UTC-5)
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The European Union has denounced Israeli plans to build hundreds of new apartments in two Jewish West Bank settlements, saying it is “deeply disappointed” in a move that threatens regional peace efforts. The EU said Tuesday that such actions run counter to repeated efforts by the international community to achieve a peaceful solution to the […]

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Yemen’s Opposition Forms 2nd National Council

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Yemen’s mainstream opposition coalition has announced a new alliance that it says will unite all forces seeking to oust longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh and end months of violence. It is the second such group formed in days. An opposition spokesman Tuesday said the new “National Council for the Forces of the Revolution” will unify […]

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Libyan Forces, Rebels Continue Battle for Brega

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Clashes have intensified in Libya’s eastern oil port of Brega, as anti-government fighters fought to expand their control beyond the city’s residential sectors. Opposition forces Tuesday said loyalist troops in trucks disguised with rebel flags had shelled their positions, killing eight insurgents and wounding dozens more. But a rebel spokesman also said radio intercepts from […]

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Activists: Pro-Assad Forces Kill 13 People in Central Syria

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Syrian rights activists and witnesses say pro-government forces have shot and killed at least 13 people since Monday in the central city of Homs, a center of recent protests against President Bashar al-Assad. The activists and residents of Homs say Syrian troops and pro-Assad militiamen opened fire on a funeral procession outside the city’s Khaled […]

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Israel Tows Gaza Activists’ Yacht to Port

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Israel’s navy has towed a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists to an Israeli port after stopping the activists’ attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Israeli seized the Dignity al-Karama in the Mediterranean and towed it to Ashdod’s port on Tuesday. Israeli officials say the activists will be deported. Sixteen people, including […]

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Swearing-in Delayed for Reshuffled Egyptian Cabinet

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Egypt’s military-backed interim government has postponed the swearing-in of a reshuffled Cabinet until Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s health improves. The decision was announced by state-run media on Tuesday, a day after Mr. Sharaf was taken to a Cairo hospital for medical exams after suffering a drop in blood pressure. About 14 new ministers in the […]

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Yemeni Troops, Tribesmen Kill 20 Militants in South

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Residents of southern Yemen say government forces and tribal allies have killed at least 20 Islamist militants in two days of battles to retake control of parts of Abyan province. The reports on Tuesday say Yemeni soldiers and local tribesmen inflicted heavy losses on the militants in areas of Abyan seized by those militants in […]

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Syrian Violence Leaves At Least 10 More Dead in Homs

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
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Witnesses and anti-government activists in Syria say at least 10 people were killed on Tuesday when security forces fired on civilians in the city of Homs. They say at least three of the victims were shot and killed while attending a funeral for people killed during a security sweep on Monday. Homs has been the […]

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Iran Warns India on Crude Supplies in Payment Dispute

Posted July 19th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
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Iran’s foreign ministry says Tehran may stop its oil exports to India if the South Asian nation does not make timely payments for the crude. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday India’s inability to pay for Iranian oil will “negatively impact” the two nations’ annual trade, which amounts to $12 billion. Iran’s central bank […]

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