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Syria says pro-government TV's news service hacked
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Syria's state broadcaster said on Sunday that the text message news service of a separate, pro-government TV station had been hacked and was being used to disseminate "false messages".
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Fighting over captured Yemeni city kills five
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Four Islamists linked to Al-Qaeda and a government soldier have been killed in clashes in southern Yemen, security sources said on Sunday, hours after the breakdown of a short-lived ceasefire designed to pacify the area ahead of a presidential election.
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Clinton says Syria resolution veto was a "travesty"
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the veto by Russia and China of a U.N. resolution that would have urged the Syrian president to give up power was a "travesty".
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Arab League to pursue Syria efforts after UN setback
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Arab states will not stop their efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis even though their bid to secure U.N. backing was blocked by Russia and China, the Arab League's secretary-general said in a statement obtained by Reuters on Sunday.
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Iran will attack any country used to strike its soil: Fars
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Iran will attack any country whose territory is used by "enemies" of the Islamic state to launch a military strike against its soil, the deputy head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards told the semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday.
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41 in court at first Libya trial of Gadhafi loyalists
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Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moammar Gadhafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.
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Israeli prospector says natural gas found offshore
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American and Israeli gas prospectors say they have discovered a large amount of offshore natural gas in Israeli waters near the Lebanese border.
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Muslims urged to boycott Russia, China goods
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Jordanian Islamists on Sunday called on Muslims and Arabs to boycott Russian and Chinese products after the two countries vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria's regime over bloodshed.
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Police fire gas over Cairo's Tahrir Square
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Volleys of tear gas left a white cloud over Cairo's Tahrir Square and surrounding streets in the vicinity of Egypt's Interior Ministry, in the fourth day of clashes between security forces and rock-throwing youth protesting a deadly soccer riot.
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US should mull arming Syria rebels: senator
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The United States should look at providing weapons and other aid to Syrian rebels if Russia and China refuse to reconsider their vetoes of a UN resolution against Damascus, a top US senator said Sunday.
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Netanyahu says strength Israel's 'only guarantee'
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that economic and military might are Israel's only guarantee for peace and security following the latest developments in Iran and Syria.
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Kuwaiti emir accepts cabinet resignation
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Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday accepted the resignation of the Gulf state's cabinet, a routine step required by the constitution after a general election.
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Gunfire overnight at Syria-Turkey border
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Intense gunfire rang out overnight at the Syria-Turkey frontier as Damascus moved to root out the opposition in a Syrian border village, a local source said Sunday.
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Morocco king pardons jailed Islamist leaders
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Morocco's King Mohammed issued pardons to several leading Islamists who rights groups say were unfairly jailed, signalling a less hardline approach after moderate Islamists came to power in an election last year.
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Palestinians' Abbas, Meshaal begin talks in Qatar
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal began talks in the Qatari capital Sunday on the formation of an interim Palestinian government and staging of elections, an official said.
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US to block funding and arms to Syria
Al Jazeera English - 25 min 12 sec ago
Pledge comes as Arab League says it will not stop efforts to resolve crisis despite the bloc's failure at the UN.
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Egypt Will Try 19 Americans on Criminal Charges
New York Times - 47 min 27 sec ago
Egyptian authorities on Sunday referred 19 Americans and two dozen others to criminal trials as part of a politically charged investigation that has shaken the alliance between the United States and Egypt.
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Palestinian factions discuss elections
Al Jazeera English - 1 hour 11 min ago
Rivals Hamas and Fatah meet in Qatar to explore the formation of an interim government.
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Moscow support for Assad well-calculated
Daily Star (Politics) - 1 hour 33 min ago
By bluntly using its veto power to block a United Nations resolution urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has shown a willingness to defy the West at a scale rarely seen since the Cold War times.
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Syrian newspaper welcomes UN veto
Daily Star (Politics) - 1 hour 38 min ago
A Syrian state-run newspaper has welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Damascus' crackdown on the country's uprising.
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