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When it comes to the UN, Assad has nothing to fear

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:59 PM EST ()

The Arab League's leadership, which has been foot-dragging for months, understood that no practical proposal for international action similar to that which took place in Libya can pass Russian and Chinese barriers.

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Women, children killed in violence-torn Syria city

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:16 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

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Fresh violence erupted Friday in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, a day after armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people including a family of women and children, activists said Fr …

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Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives and Fix U.S. Schools, and Steve Jobs (+ Video)

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:12 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

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With a pledge to give away 95 percent of Gates' personal wealth, the Gates Foundation claims to have granted more than $26 billion since 1994. While some of that money is devoted to improving U.S.

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Armenian Genocide-- "I may not go to France again if genocide bill passes":Erdoğan

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:16 PM EST ()

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hinted he may not visit France again if a proposed bill that would criminalize the rejection of Armenian genocide claims passes in the country's Senate today. When asked what his reaction would be in the event the bill …

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Britain: Protests over Muslim exhibition in Huddersfield

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:57 PM EST ()

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ANGRY Muslims in Huddersfield have denounced a group in the town. They claim that the Ahmadiyya Muslims are not true Muslims and have condemned them for hosting an exhibition of the Holy Koran. “The World Muslim League in April 1974 declared that the Ahmadiyya are false …

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Egypt's Islamists win 75 percent of parliament

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:05 AM EST (AP)

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CAIRO (AP) — Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups. The Is …

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Attack by Islamic sect kills at least 143 in north Nigeria

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:14 PM EST (The Washington Post)

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KANO, Nigeria — A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Afr …

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Muslim men accused of hate crime over anti-gay leaflet | guardian.co.uk

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:51 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

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Five Muslim men from Derby have gone on trial for allegedly handing out leaflets calling for gay people to be killed in the first ever prosecution under new legislation making such actions a hate crime.

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