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Syrians carry national flags as they protest in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Umayyad Square in downtown Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 17, 2011.
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 The Australian 
UN stops counting Syrian dead
Thu 26 Jan 2012
THE United Nations has stopped compiling a death toll for Syria's crackdown on protests because it is too difficult to get information, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said. Pillay gave a toll... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.
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 Pakalert Press 
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Wed 25 Jan 2012
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. “America is... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
A pro-Syrian regime protester, shouts pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011, during a demonstration against the Arab League meeting being held in Morocco.  Khaleej Times  Wed 25 Jan 2012
Syria agrees to extend Arab observer mission
DAMASCUS ' Syria has agreed to extend a widely criticised Arab League observer mission for a second month, just hours after launching an angry tirade against the bloc's efforts to mediate in the... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for his Article 32 Investigation Hearing at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in San Diego County, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. Wuterich, 27, of Meriden, Conn., faces unpremeditated murder charges in the deaths of 18 people in an attack in Haditha, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2005. (js1)  Gulf News  Tue 24 Jan 2012
Marine's plea deal for Haditha massacre sparks outrage
Dubai: Many Iraqi politicians yesterday reacted with absolute shock to reports of a deal under which a US Marine squad leader facing trial over the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005 will get a few... (photo: AP / Denis Poroy)
Crime   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Haditha killings
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Pro-Syrian regime protesters, shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a demonstration to show their support for their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Jakarta Globe Tue 24 Jan 2012
Syria spurns solutions by Arab League 'plotters'
Syria on Tuesday said it would spurn further Arab efforts to resolve its political crisis, as Gulf states piled on pressure by pulling their observers out the country and... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Arab World   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Novosti Mon 23 Jan 2012
Arab League Works Out Yemen-Scenario Syria Settlement Plan
The Arab League has worked out a new plan to settle the situation in Syria, based on the crisis resolution experience in Yemen, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Arab League   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals
Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas Politburo in Damascus talks during a presser with Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, not pictured, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The Independent Mon 23 Jan 2012
Uncertainty in Hamas as leader decides to quit
Hamas confirmed in a short statement at the weekend that Mr Meshaal, who has led the movement's political bureau since 1996, had requested to step down, but said that he... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Mideast   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Khaled Mashal
Syrian army defectors gather at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Al Jazeera Sun 22 Jan 2012
Arab League to decide on Syria mission's fate
Arab League foreign ministers are due to meet in Cairo to discuss the future of an observer mission in Syria that critics say has failed to halt the... (photo: AP)
Arab World   Peace   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. The Los Angeles Times Sun 22 Jan 2012
Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150
Reporting from Kano, Nigeria, and Johannesburg,— A militant Islamic group whose almost daily attacks have put Nigerians on edge left the country stunned Saturday... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu)
Bombings   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: January 2012 Nigeria attacks
Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Daily Press Sat 21 Jan 2012
Arab states set to keep monitors in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states, divided over how to handle the crisis in Syria, are likely to extend a peace mission to the country that critics say is handing President... (photo: AP)
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