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| Iraq violence kills 11 |
| Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed 11 people, including four soldiers, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence that has left 420 people dead so far this month. |
| SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi |
| A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the Kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry announced on its website on Wednesday. |
| Nations to boost aid to Syria rebels until Assad goes |
| World powers urged Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to commit to peace, but warned on Thursday that if he fails to negotiate a political transition they would boost their backing of the opposition. |
| Bahrain spots Iranian drone in its airspace |
| Bahrain said on Wednesday that an Iranian pilotless plane was spotted in its air space recently near Saudi Arabia. |
| Captors free 7 Egyptian security men after talks |
| CAIRO — Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors on Wednesday after successful mediation, the country’s military spokesman said. |
| Let’s bury the hatchet, Mursi tells opposition |
| CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi appealed on Wednesday to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power almost a year ago. |
| US slams elimination of candidates from race |
| WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran’s disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidential candidates, accusing the “unaccountable” clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on power. |
| Ahmadinejad to fight ally’s poll ban |
| TEHRAN — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he will ask supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reverse what he branded the unjust disqualification of a close aide from next month’s presidential election. |
| Friends of Syria meet as conflict escalates |
| Backers of the Syrian uprising were to meet in Amman with the opposition Wednesday to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the two-year conflict escalated close to the border with Lebanon. |
| Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after bombings |
| Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar al-Assad’s government, stepping up security following two deadly bombings this month. |
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