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Oman calling: 10,000 expected at Muscat International Film Festival
Wed 8 Feb 2012
About 90 countries will have entries in the Muscat International Film Festival (Miff) but Dr Khalid Al Zadjali, Chairman of the Oman Film Society, rues lack of full-fledged government support.... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Syrian army defectors secure an area near an anti-Syrian regime protest in the Deir Baghlaba area of Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
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'They want to finish us,' Syrian resident says amid shelling in Homs
Wed 8 Feb 2012
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 "commitment" to ending violence,... (photo: AP)
The flag of Malaysia was hang on a roof of a house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  BBC News  Sun 12 Feb 2012
Malaysia deports Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari
Malaysian authorities have deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet. Police confirmed to the BBC that Hamza Kashgari was sent back to Saudi Arabia on Sunday... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
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Amr Moussa Secretary-General of the League, during honoring the end of his term General of the League of Arab States at Headquarters League, in the city of Cairo in Egypt.  Jakarta Globe  Sun 12 Feb 2012
Arab ministers to meet over escalating Syria crisis
Arab League foreign ministers will meet on Sunday in Cairo to discuss their next move over the Syrian crisis with the bloodshed showing no signs of abating, even spilling over into Lebanon. The Syrian... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
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In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, taken on Friday, May 6, 2011, Syrian anti-government protesters carry a banner that reads in Arabic:"we're not going to shut up on the blood of our martyrs civilians and soldiers and our blood is not more precious than the blood of our brothers, Homs Youth," and " free people of the Syrian army, we are your brothers, fathers and children," during a rally in the central city of Homs, Syria. Ha'aretz Sun 12 Feb 2012
Russia set to block Arab plan on Syria
Syrian forces bombarded districts of Homs on Saturday in a campaign to crush a revolt against President Bashar Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab... (photo: AP)
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In this picture taken on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012, Syrian citizens look to a damaged armored personnel carrier belonging to Syrian police riots forces which was destroyed by the Syrian rebels during clashes Bayada neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Khaleej Times Sun 12 Feb 2012
Syria uprising intensifies, spills into Lebanon
DAMASCUS ' Syrian armour moved against protest flashpoints and a general was gunned down in Damascus on Saturday as the bloodshed showed no signs of abating, even... (photo: AP)
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Iranian woman Marzieh Masaebi watches a TV video showing US President Barack Obama's new video message addressed to the Iranian people, and broadcast from the Tapesh Farsi-language satellite TV beamed in from the United States, at her home in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2009. Obama released the video to coincide with the major Iranian festival of Nowruz, a 12-day holiday that marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year in Iran. Iran authorities played down Obama's video message saying it welcomed the overtures while warning that decades of mistrust can't easily be erased. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Pakalert Press Sun 12 Feb 2012
Obama Signed Executive Order Declaring War On Iran
Share Collapse Network On February 5, 2012, President Obama invoked the NDAA, which authorizes the use of military force, and issues an executive order declaring the... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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NATO's new Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday Aug. 3, 2009 GlobalResearch Sun 12 Feb 2012
SYRIA: NATO's Next "Humanitarian" War
Note to Readers: Remember to bookmark this page for future reference. Please Forward the GR I-Book far and wide. Post it on Facebook. [scroll down for I-BOOK... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
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A Syrian tank is seen in Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Skynews Sat 11 Feb 2012
Syrian Forces 'Enter Town Near Lebanon'
Syrian forces loyal to President Assad have entered the besieged town of Zabadani on the Lebanese border, according to Reuters. More follows... Report this comment... (photo: AP)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he deliver his speech at a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, Tehran, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The Star Sat 11 Feb 2012
Iran to announce nuclear progress - Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, left, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, center, and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea listen as U.S. President George W. Bush welcomes the G20 world leaders to the White House for the start of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2 S. Korean leader arrives in oil-rich Saudi France24
A part of Iran's Azadegan oil field is seen close to the border with Iraq, some 480 miles (800 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions The Star
Iran's Shahab-3 ballistic missile is paraded by Iranian Revolutionary Guard in front of a picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a military parade ceremony marking the 29th anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war, in front the mausoleum of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Iran's Khamenei warns over military strike, oil embargo threat Daily Press
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes the victory sign upon his arrival at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Another War For Oil With Iran? WorldNews.com
Terrorism
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian rescue workers remove wreckage from the Syrian military intelligence building at a security compound which was attacked by an explosion, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012. Report points finger at Al-Qaeda offshoot for recent Syria bombings Middle East Online
A Lebanese Swedish woman cries as she is being evacuated from Lebanon with her family, on buses organized by the Swedish embassy, from a road intersection , leading out of the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. About 850 Swedes among about 5,000 in Lebanon have been evacuated, most to Aleppo in northern Syria. Westerners fled by land, sea and air as Israel launched waves of bombings that hit south Beirut, the border and the eastern city of Baalbek in the early hours Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Syrians trade blame over Aleppo bombings Al Jazeera
110512-F-CU844-220 Army Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Silvernale yells commands to his troops during air assault training in Alaskaís Chugach Mountain Range on May 12, 2011. Silvernale is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment. DoD photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Admiral: Special ops to streamline in Afghan war The News & Observer
GRAND ISLE, La. - A pair of Chinook helicopters depart Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., after President Barack Obama addressed the media concerning the ongoing, multi-agency response to the Deepwater Horizon incident, May 28, 2010. Obama stressed that Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander of the response, has all resources to manage the response at his disposal. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Patrick Kelley. (891117) ( ) In Iran Dispute, Who’s at Fault? Middle East Online
Islam
Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Sadr City eastern of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Scores killed in car bomb blasts in Baghdad The Independent
An Iraqi Army soldier stands next to wreckage from a car bomb in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Suicide bomber kills 53 in Iraq The Siasat Daily
Blindfolded suspected terrorists arrested by Iraqi special operations commandos during recent security operations in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, are put on display by authorities Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Bomber kills 32 in attack on Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims The Star
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