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Egypt's Brotherhood joins Sunni front over Syria
Reuters* Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood joins jihad call * Mecca sermon savages Assad as tyrant * Broad Sunni coalition hardens sectarian confrontation * Mursi to speak Saturday, may see domestic benefits By Alastair Macdonald and Maggie Fick CAIRO, June...Tags: Interior Policy, Television Industry, National Government, Government, Cairo (Egypt)
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Iran infighting turns election into real contest
Iran’s ruling theocracy was unable to overcome its notorious infighting and unite behind a single candidate in Friday’s presidential election, which has suddenly boosted the prospects of the lone moderate in the race and rekindled interest...
Tags: Elections, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, News Agency, Mohammad Reza Aref, Saeed Jalili
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Syria rebels say U.S. force needed to curb Assad
ReutersBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, June 14 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels and activists say they fear President Bashar al-Assad's troops could resort to wider use of chemical weapons, unless the United States follows up on its pledge of military support with...Tags: Activism, Armed Conflicts, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. considers no-fly zone after Syria crosses nerve gas "red line"
Reuters* Moscow says U.S. evidence of poison gas "does not look convincing" * France says no-fly zone would need U.N. resolution * Rebel and opposition leaders seek sophisticated weaponry * Bashar al-Assad's forces making gains on ground * Cities of Aleppo...Tags: European Union, Science and Technology, White House, Government, Muammar Gaddafi
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Qatar leadership change would herald little shift in policy
Reuters* Transition not expected to bring broad policy changes * Planned succession suggests continuity * Emir and Prime Minister will not disappear from view By Regan Doherty DOHA, June 13 (Reuters) - A planned leadership change that could see Qatar's U.S.-...Tags: Al Jazeera (tv network), Government, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Islam, Qatar
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READER SUBMITTED: Revolutionary War Encampment Planned For October
East GranbyThe East Granby Economic Development Commission (EDC) will be hosting a Revolutionary War Encampment at East Granby Farms on October 5 and 6. This will be a family oriented, community wide event featuring Old Lebanon Towne Militia, a living history...Tags: East Granby, Lebanon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Egyptian police accused of destroying security papers acquitted
Reuters* Protesters who stormed offices found shredded papers * Police officers, officials accused of destroying evidence * Court has yet to say why it acquitted 41 accused CAIRO, June 12 (Reuters) - A Cairo court on Wednesday acquitted all police officers...Tags: Activism, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Cairo (Egypt), Mohamed Morsi
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REFILE-Gulf Shi'ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
Reuters(Adds dropped first name, title in paragraph 26) * Syrian crisis fuels sectarian tensions in the Gulf * Inflammatory language stoked by gory footage posted online * Shi'ites fear being blamed for Iran, Hezbollah's role in crisis By Sami Aboudi DUBAI,...Tags: National Government, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Islam
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Gulf Shi'ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf, alarmed by the shrill sectarian rhetoric of some Sunni clerics after Lebanon's Hezbollah militia entered Syria's civil war, fear they will be blamed and may be victimized for the bloodshed. "Hate language is...Tags: National Government, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Religious Conflicts
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Fuel-short Egypt faces long, hot summer
Reuters* Energy shortages in former exporter Egypt * Blackouts fuel discontent with government * Infrastructure struggles to cope with summer peak By Patrick Werr and Maggie Fick CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - A gift of gas to Egypt from tiny Qatar shows just...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Gardening, Cairo (Egypt), Exports, Egypt
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Colombia's Santos calls Venezuela plot accusations 'crazy'
ReutersBy Eduardo Garcia BOGOTA, May 31 (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday dismissed as "crazy" accusations made by his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro that Santos is involved in a plot to overthrow him, and called for a...Tags: Alvaro Uribe, Elections, Politics, Venezuela, Bogota (Colombia)
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Bush clan attempts to settle in Kentucky
Harry Enoch, Sun columnist and local historian, has prepared a series of articles from his upcoming book about one of the area’s most important pioneers, Capt. Billy Bush. Southwest Virginia Castlewood on Clinch, 1771 After Billy Bush left home,...
Tags: Bedford County (Virginia), Lee County, Albemarle County, War of 1812, French and Indian War
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