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Lebanon: Jumblatt Shifts Syria Line

Sun Oct 27, 2013 19:00:31

Walid Jumblatt is not the same person who led the "Cedar Revolution" in 2005. He is no longer enthusiastic about the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Today, the Progressive Socialist Party leader is back to his realism, or what parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri, calls "the patriotic line." Berri says, "In serious times, Jumblatt does not stray from the line, and these are serious times."

Thousands gather in Washington for anti-NSA rally

Sun Oct 27, 2013 18:26:05

Thousands of protesters have gathered by the Capitol reflection pool in Washington to march, chant, and listen to speakers and performers as part of Stop Watching Us, a gathering to protest "mass surveillance" under NSA programs first disclosed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Syria rebels prefer the war rather than talks

Sun Oct 27, 2013 17:37:37

More than twenty militant groups fighting against the Syrian government have rejected the planned Geneva 2 conference aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria.

Obama knew Merkel was being spied on: Report

Sun Oct 27, 2013 16:34:31

US President Barack Obama was actually aware of the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a new report says.

No border guard taken hostage: Iranian official

Sun Oct 27, 2013 16:15:07

Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister Ali Abdollahi says no border guards were taken hostage during an ambush by terrorists that killed and wounded a number of Iranian forces in the southeast of the country.

Car bomb attack on soldiers kills 12 in Iraq's Mosul

Sun Oct 27, 2013 15:20:29

A suicide bomber has attacked soldiers queuing up for their pay in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing 12 people, police says.

Settlers destroyed 4,000 olive trees in WB in 2012

Sun Oct 27, 2013 14:00:34

Palestinian caretaker prime minister Rami Hamdallah says Israeli settlers destroyed more than 4,000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank in 2012.

10 car bomb blasts across Baghdad province kill 37

Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:22:48

Ten car bombs have exploded across Baghdad province, killing at least 37 people, police and medics say.

Syrian army continues mop-up operations: video

Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:54:53

The Syrian army continues its mop-up operations against the foreign-sponsored militants across the country.

Iran seeks realistic solution to Syria crisis: Zarif

Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:08:14

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran seeks a realistic solution to the Syrian crisis that poses serious dangers to the region.

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