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 Dozens dead as Syria regime pounds Homs
DAMASCUS ' Syrian forces pressed a relentless assault on the protest city of Homs Wednesday, with dozens of civilians reported killed, hours after President Bashar al-Assad said he was committed to en... (photo: Creative Commons / shamsnn) Khaleej Times
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 Sarkozy meets Israeli soldier held hostage 5 years
| PARIS — An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Election 2012: Across the nation | Romney's ... (photo: AP / Oded Balilty) Atlanta Journal
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 Philippines seeks US help to counter China
| The government of Philippines President Benigno Aquino may be wading into choppy diplomatic waters by turning to the United States to counter China's aggressiveness in ... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) Al Jazeera
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 'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
February 8, 2012 -- Updated 0955 GMT (1755 HKT) 'Anti-air tanks shooting at buildings' | (CNN) -- Not long after Russia's foreign minister touted the Syrian president's "... (photo: AP) CNN
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 Drone strike leaves several dead in Pakistan
| At least 10 people have been killed in an apparent US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region. | Pakistani security officials said the missile strikes... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) Al Jazeera
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 Greek PM seeks consensus on bailout plan
| Greek leaders are set to hold delayed talks to discuss the latest package of austerity measures demanded by Athens' international creditors in return for a bailout paym... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis) Al Jazeera
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 Nasrallah calls for unity among Muslims
| Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has called for Islamic unity and praised Iran for its support of the Lebanese resistance movement, Press TV reports.... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari) The Siasat Daily
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 U.S. Skeptical about al-Assad’s Reconciliation Initiatives
| The United States fears that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s national reconciliation initiatives will lead to nothing, a Department of State spokeswoman said. ... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Novosti
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 Iraq's Sunni MPs lift their boycott of Maliki cabinet
| The government of the Shia Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, set off the political crisis in December by issuing an arrest warrant against the country's most senior Sunn... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen) The Independent
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 Russian visit ends in talk of peace as shells rain on Homs
| Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting with the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, that the embattled leader had pledged to talk to the opposition, hold a referendum on a n... (photo: AP / SANA) The Independent
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