Israel airport security ‘allowed to read tourists' email’

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Palestinian watchdog group says corruption continues

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Brahimi suggests U.N. arms embargo on Syria conflict

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Syrian opposition urges U.S.-Russia talks based on Assad ouster

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Hagel urges caution on Syria chemical weapons claims

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Syrian army seizes strategic town near capital

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Egypt pushes ahead with controversial law

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Video: Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed

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Spain backs Syrian national unity government

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More than 100 killed in two days of Iraq violence, officials say

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U.S. targets Hezbollah’s financial arms in Lebanon

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UK, Jordan sign treaty to push Abu Qatada deportation

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Lebanese Sunni youth sign up for holy war against Hezbollah

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Grenade wounds 7 Palestinian children in Lebanon

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Former Lebanese singer urges support for new anti-Assad brigades

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Magnetic bomb kills Syria ministry official

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Afghanistan’s Karzai backs clerics’ demand for media crackdown

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Earthquake rocks Afghanistan, felt in Pakistan and India

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Ex-bin Laden secretary gets life for 1998 embassy bombings

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Accused Boston bomber may face ‘rare’ federal execution

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Musharraf denied bail over Bhutto killing

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ICC war crimes suspect killed in Darfur, say lawyers

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At least 82 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

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Watchdog reports fierce clashes at Syria's Minnigh airport

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Bomb wounds 13 near Pakistan Shiite mosque

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